Help How to disable the Messages Encryption?

[javierdl]

I think this is keeping my messages from being sent right away. Instead, they sit for a while, in the meantime, I am thinking that they were sent a long time ago. Then like an hour later I see a notification saying that the message was not sent. However, if I click on it, it'll show me an option to switch to SMS to send it.
I just wish I could stay in regular SMS as a default to avoid this very annoying situation.

Thanks in advance guys

 

[Clementine_3]

It's not encryption that's slowing it down really, it's RCS and your settings. Go into settings and make sure the box that says 'resend as text (sms/mms)' is turned on, if it already is then clear cache for Messages.
I had issues with it when it first came out and gave up, went back to Textra and never miss s text. I like the ability to customize it as well.
That said, messages has gotten much better and really should work for you - tweak the settings for it.

edit to add: if you turn chat off then it will be just a 'regular' SMS/MMS app.

 

[Milo Williamson]

Yeah with Textra I never missed out a text either. Still I use Messenger plus as my cloud back up for it.

 

[javierdl]

It's not encryption that's slowing it down really, it's RCS and your settings. Go into settings and make sure the box that says 'resend as text (sms/mms)' is turned on, if it already is then clear cache for Messages.
I had issues with it when it first came out and gave up, went back to Textra and never miss s text. I like the ability to customize it as well.
That said, messages has gotten much better and really should work for you - tweak the settings for it.

edit to add: if you turn chat off then it will be just a 'regular' SMS/MMS app.

Clementine_3, thanks a bunch for your reply
Unfortunately, I do not see either choice among the choices I have. Please have a look at my screenshot:

https://i.postimg.cc/TYn9rZvy/Screenshot-20230319-121656-283.png

 

[Clementine_3]

Click on 'chat features', the settings for chat and SMS/MMS are in there, sort of hidden.

 

[javierdl]

Click on 'chat features', the settings for chat and SMS/MMS are in there, sort of hidden.

Got it! As you said: It was inside Chat Features. For some reason, Chat Features looked like the title of the page to me, so I didn't think of clicking. I turned Chat off now.

 

[Clementine_3]

Hopefully that does the trick! If you decide to turn chat back on (it really should be pretty stable now) remember to make sure the send as SMS/MMS is also on, if it's not already - that's the key setting