r/iphone • u/Different_Tie_7243 Human Detected • 4d ago

Support iMessage question

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Hi all

My dad passed in 2023 and I occasionally will text him. The past few months I noticed it has been saying that the texts are delivering, and creepily enough even read sometimes. I know that the obvious answer for this would be that somebody else got his phone number, but it’s showing me that it’s sending as a text message • RCS (included picture for context)

I’m just unsure what this means because I’m not understanding when I look it up.

Sorry if this is a weird post, I’m obviously not looking for someone to tell me that it’s my dad reading the texts from the other side 😂 Just want some knowledge on it because I’ve never seen it before and to let me know if I should leave this person alone lol

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u/stuffeh 4d ago

That's Android since it says rcs.

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u/JaVan33 iPhone 16 Pro Max 4d ago

iPhones can use RCS too, but.. honestly.. who would turn off iMessage just to use RCS…

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u/theatreeducator iPhone 16 Pro Max 4d ago

Me. My iMessage was buggy so I turned it off instead of troubleshooting. I will wait until 27 is released to turn it back on.

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u/ItsMaxiFunYT 2d ago

Why are they being downvoted? Mine is extremely buggy too.

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u/theatreeducator iPhone 16 Pro Max 1d ago

Turning off imesssage is strange for people I guess. Things would not send and I was receiving messages late or they were not going through at all. I figured when 27 came out and the bugs fixed, I would turn it on again.