MB limit sending photo via MMS - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

This is weird because with my Palm Pre (Sprint) I could send an MP3 or photo (2-4MB) to another phone via MMS with no problems. With the HTC EVO for some reason it doesn't send pictures or MP3's higher than a certain MB. Which means somewhere in the code the software limits the size of a MMS message.
I take a picture with my phone and try to send it to one of my contacts; it ends up putting it in a "slideshow" (CRAP quality) which reduces the size from 2-3MB to a few hundred KB's. It is very aggravating when this phone can take such high quality pictures and I am unable to share them with my friends.
So I am hoping that someone else (whom can do something about it) is POed with this and can attempt to find the root of this issue and develop a fix PLEASE!
I understand Sprint probably wants to limit bandwidth usage, but for me, I take a lot of pictures and like to share them with my friends. You may ask, why not use Facebook or an other image sharing site..... problem is they limit the size and/or resolution of the photos too!

It is in the User Agent profile but I have not figured out how to change it. This was brought up twice in the Evo thread but no answers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=707616
armystrong said:
This is weird because with my Palm Pre (Sprint) I could send an MP3 or photo (2-4MB) to another phone via MMS with no problems. With the HTC EVO for some reason it doesn't send pictures or MP3's higher than a certain MB. Which means somewhere in the code the software limits the size of a MMS message.
I take a picture with my phone and try to send it to one of my contacts; it ends up putting it in a "slideshow" (CRAP quality) which reduces the size from 2-3MB to a few hundred KB's. It is very aggravating when this phone can take such high quality pictures and I am unable to share them with my friends.
So I am hoping that someone else (whom can do something about it) is POed with this and can attempt to find the root of this issue and develop a fix PLEASE!
I understand Sprint probably wants to limit bandwidth usage, but for me, I take a lot of pictures and like to share them with my friends. You may ask, why not use Facebook or an other image sharing site..... problem is they limit the size and/or resolution of the photos too!
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I apologize, didn't do my research on other topics. Hopefully someone can figure this out. I'm sure its a matter of changing a 0 to a 1 LOL!

its a standard size so all carriers can get mms.. if u increase the size lets say att wont get the mms ..or t mobile.. i tried that already on my HD2

ajftl said:
its a standard size so all carriers can get mms.. if u increase the size lets say att wont get the mms ..or t mobile.. i tried that already on my HD2
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Well most will receive 300kb but it auto resizes to like 16kb. It wouldnt be that bad if we could get at least 300kb.
Also OP this should be in the Q&A section

Is it possible to change the limit so we are able to send like a mp3 5mb file at least

If you pull the mms apk and look at the xml you can find the max mms values. I worked on this for a while but gave up when Handcent started sending files more toward my liking.
I have found there are some carriers and even types of phones that flat can not receive pics from my Evo.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

dwertz said:
Well most will receive 300kb but it auto resizes to like 16kb. It wouldnt be that bad if we could get at least 300kb.
Also OP this should be in the Q&A section
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that was the max on the HD2..300kb ..

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MMS Pictures(size decreased) PLEASE HELP

I am using Rickys Rose v1.2,I can send pic messages and they are normal size but when I recieve them they are smaller then a stamp.Is there a few things people can give me to try???Id really like this fixed
thegunna37 said:
I am using Rickys Rose v1.2,I can send pic messages and they are normal size but when I recieve them they are smaller then a stamp.Is there a few things people can give me to try???Id really like this fixed
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If you haven't gotten an answer to your issue , post your question here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444276
isnt there a "show full screen" or something like that? i dont use that phone anymore...so i dont have it in front of me. but i recall something of that nature

Brain Fart, smack me upside the head then help please...MMS size increase

I am pretty sure that I came across a reg tweak that increased the size of files that can be sent via MMS. I have searched the sticky "cabs, tips, tricks" thread, I have searched for "increase MMS size, MMS file increase, MMS tweaks (which I found various settings, but not for size increase)...
I have checked in the must have apps sticky.
I have even gone through the roms section hoping to stumble across it.
I AM HAVING A MASSIVE BRAIN FART. I am pretty certain that the file size can be increased. I simply cannot remember where I found that tweak.
Please help.
And while you are at it...does anyone have "cab auto install" (not cooked into a rom), and can I use it as a stand alone for when I do re-installs?
Thanks in advance for your help and the smack upside the head to break the gas bubble stinking up my brain!!
akashastrega said:
I am pretty sure that I came across a reg tweak that increased the size of files that can be sent via MMS. I have searched the sticky "cabs, tips, tricks" thread, I have searched for "increase MMS size, MMS file increase, MMS tweaks (which I found various settings, but not for size increase)...
I have checked in the must have apps sticky.
I have even gone through the roms section hoping to stumble across it.
I AM HAVING A MASSIVE BRAIN FART. I am pretty certain that the file size can be increased. I simply cannot remember where I found that tweak.
Please help.
And while you are at it...does anyone have "cab auto install" (not cooked into a rom), and can I use it as a stand alone for when I do re-installs?
Thanks in advance for your help and the smack upside the head to break the gas bubble stinking up my brain!!
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Did you already try THIS one? I thought the tmo ROMs already had it set by default to the largest size the network would allow, but it looks like you can still manually pump up the software-imposed limit with that regedit
EDIT: I'll save the smack 'till I know if that's what you were looking for
DOH!!
Hey his Phunkee-ness, THAT was the key I was brainfarting over...sadly, it doesn't send anything more than 1000kb (not even a true MB of 1024kb)...I have some pics on my phone that are 1.5MB and was hoping that the tweak would REALLY increase the size.
Here's where I pout...and it isn't for your lack of trying. If you come across something that can increase the size to maybe 2MB...it isn't always true, but in this case, bigger is definitely better!!
Don't suppose you know about the cab auto install which is used on cooked roms...I'm hoping it can be used as a stand-alone for when I do multiple program adds, or I do re-flashes.
And yes, you may still smack me upside the head...this brain fart I'm sure is stinking up other things in my head and needs to be gone!
akashastrega said:
Hey his Phunkee-ness, THAT was the key I was brainfarting over...sadly, it doesn't send anything more than 1000kb (not even a true MB of 1024kb)...I have some pics on my phone that are 1.5MB and was hoping that the tweak would REALLY increase the size.
Here's where I pout...and it isn't for your lack of trying. If you come across something that can increase the size to maybe 2MB...it isn't always true, but in this case, bigger is definitely better!!
Don't suppose you know about the cab auto install which is used on cooked roms...I'm hoping it can be used as a stand-alone for when I do multiple program adds, or I do re-flashes.
And yes, you may still smack me upside the head...this brain fart I'm sure is stinking up other things in my head and needs to be gone!
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I'm glad we at least found the thing your brain knew was there somewhere. I'm afraid I don't know of any other way to get it up to 2MB...but doesn't tmo cap mms size at 1 or 1.5MB? If anybody knows the answer to that, please post...I think I remember reading that but haven't gone looking to confirm.
As for the cab auto install, I have no experience with it yet, but it is on my list of things I wanted to look into for when I start getting into ROMflipping
Here is a cab that should help you. Your Carrier may have a serverside limit imposed though, AT&T's is 600k, I'm not sure about other Carriers. If your carrier does have a limit set, even if your phone is set above it, your messages will not send, and you will get a "Too Large" error.
joseph881 said:
Here is a cab that should help you. Your Carrier may have a serverside limit imposed though, AT&T's is 600k, I'm not sure about other Carriers. If your carrier does have a limit set, even if your phone is set above it, your messages will not send, and you will get a "Too Large" error.
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I will try that out, thank you. I am not sure if Tmo has a limit set, but it certainly worth giving it a shot on the odd chance that they don't!
TMOUS is limited to 1024kb on the server side for what you can send or receive, if you are sending to someone on another carrier then their limits will also apply.

MMS resizing too small still...

I have seen this question brough up but after looking didn't see any answers. I have tried using the stock mms as well as Handcent and Chomp. I have changed the settings to 1mb but still out going message ends up 7kb to 20kb. The person on the other end gets a picture that you need bottle caps to see.
I did a search on this and found resolves for other phones as well as a simple check your settings but nothing else.
I did come across this link below but don't know of anyone else that has done these steps.
http://connect-utb.com/index.php?op...g-size-for-mms-in-android&catid=36:technology
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. If there is already a thread on this I'm sorry I must have over looked it.
Too funny. Yeah I posted this originally and no answers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705422&highlight=mms.apk
I called Sprint and asked them why I have a HUGE screen, BIG Camera and tiny MMS. They told me this is a known issue and will be fixed in next release. I personally think they just saying that to satisfy my curiosity. They told me it was an Evo only thing. They could save lots of money if people send 16kb MMS instead of 300kb to 2mb which the phone should allow. I think most phones and providers allow 300kb to 1mb.
I did read a thread where they modified it for the G1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542540
Here is one on the Nexus one
On PPCGEEKS
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=124441
It looks like other people are starting to get annoyed with this also, but nobody has attempted to modify.
I am sure if you want to modify the mms.apk, which I looked at and could not find any settings regarding the size limit, you would still have to root your phone and unlock NAND to modify it.
http://android.modaco.com/content/g...s-apk-to-change-user-agent-o2-mms-compatible/
dwertz said:
Too funny. Yeah I posted this originally and no answers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705422&highlight=mms.apk
I called Sprint and asked them why I have a HUGE screen, BIG Camera and tiny MMS. They told me this is a known issue and will be fixed in next release. I personally think they just saying that to satisfy my curiosity. They told me it was an Evo only thing. They could save lots of money if people send 16kb MMS instead of 300kb to 2mb which the phone should allow. I think most phones and providers allow 300kb to 1mb.
I did read a thread where they modified it for the G1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542540
Here is one on the Nexus one
On PPCGEEKS
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=124441
It looks like other people are starting to get annoyed with this also, but nobody has attempted to modify.
I am sure if you want to modify the mms.apk, which I looked at and could not find any settings regarding the size limit, you would still have to root your phone and unlock NAND to modify it.
http://android.modaco.com/content/g...s-apk-to-change-user-agent-o2-mms-compatible/
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I am opening up grabbing the information off my phone now to dig deeper. If I get anything working I'll repost what I did.
blkout01 said:
I have seen this question brough up but after looking didn't see any answers. I have tried using the stock mms as well as Handcent and Chomp. I have changed the settings to 1mb but still out going message ends up 7kb to 20kb. The person on the other end gets a picture that you need bottle caps to see.
I did a search on this and found resolves for other phones as well as a simple check your settings but nothing else.
I did come across this link below but don't know of anyone else that has done these steps.
http://connect-utb.com/index.php?op...g-size-for-mms-in-android&catid=36:technology
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. If there is already a thread on this I'm sorry I must have over looked it.
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I have the same experience using handcent. Even sending the pic to an email causes the same behavior.
Im surprised by the lack of posts in this thread? Does anybody not have this issue?
I can't even send MMS, for some reason. I get them ok, but sending does nothing. Dont even get an error. Could someone post their APN settings? It is grayed out on my phone, but at least it will tell me if that is the issue.
njfoses said:
Im surprised by the lack of posts in this thread? Does anybody not have this issue?
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i guess nobody uses mms? lol i certainly dont haha if i take a picture worth sharing i just upload it to facebook right then and there...i mean we have really fast 3g and if you want super speed use 4g. i was able to upload 25 pictures all at once to facebook using 4g in about 4 mins...
Yeah...haven't sent a MMS since I got the Evo on June 4th...
My Palm Pre (Sprint) was able to send an MP3 to another phone 2-4MB no problem, but this darn phone.... So I know it's possible just gotta find the right segment of code to change.
Wait a second...never heard of this before. So I just ran a test...a 1mpixel photo mms'd to my other phone. Right off the bat it resized it for the message..something about 'photo too large'. But it went so fast I couldn't read whole message.
When I open the sent message, the photo is now only about 2/3's size of the screen and only 70k.
This is crap!
Damn it. Tooke a photo from the Raphael and sent back to Evo. A 3mpixal pic left the Raphael no problem...and showed up on Evo at 60k. WHAT THE HELL?!?!
Calling Sprint first thing. I bailed on the iphone 3g for three major issues. One of which was no MMS. This is huge to me. CRAP.
Here is a thread with mms .apk stuff. I do not have root and still not OTA...so this won't help me yet, but maybe for someone else?
(Hint, they modified mms_config.xml-files ??)
Ok, ran another test today...sent pics from my two phones to a friend...and had her reply with pic from her phone to my two.
Both pics from me were taken at 1mega pixel....she got one at 40k (Raphael) and one at 17k (Evo).
She sent same pic from her camera to both my phones...Raphael got one at 210k (1600*1200) and the Evo got it at 77.9k (640*480).
Now I kinda just glossed over the FPS issue...but now I am seriously getting upset about having my phone with this wonderful screen get messed up shrunken images. I have a high quality camera and I can only send out tiny azz'd pics. Now I have reached the point of being upset with a super/smart phone that has been crippled.
You gotta love how they have great specs on the phone and the programmatically dummy it down.
sablesurfer said:
Ok, ran another test today...sent pics from my two phones to a friend...and had her reply with pic from her phone to my two.
Both pics from me were taken at 1mega pixel....she got one at 40k (Raphael) and one at 17k (Evo).
She sent same pic from her camera to both my phones...Raphael got one at 210k (1600*1200) and the Evo got it at 77.9k (640*480).
Now I kinda just glossed over the FPS issue...but now I am seriously getting upset about having my phone with this wonderful screen get messed up shrunken images. I have a high quality camera and I can only send out tiny azz'd pics. Now I have reached the point of being upset with a super/smart phone that has been crippled.
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I thought it was only me. I hate sending a 720p photo abs the person I send them to replies with...."the photo is really small" and yes the phone does resize the images. It blows
bump on this mms does suk on the evo
Yes it does suck I sent an 8mp photo to a friend and I swear it looked like she got a cif res photo
I brought this up in the store last week...they just kinda went...'Uh huh.' Seemed like they knew but weren't interested in discussing.
We need to hack this as it seems ONLY the Evo does the pre-resizing and then Sprint's system has an auto resize on tope off that.
I am learning android as fast as I can....as this doesn't seem to bug a lot of people...and I'll just have to look at it myself.
(Unless someone else knows more?)
Here's a workaround until I can actually find how to fix it in the HTC version(I've only been able to decrease image quality so far )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=709751
MMS Resizing on EVO
Hey - I know the last post was 3 days ago... Just wondering if anyone made any headway on it? I'm going to go to the last link that was posted for the AOSP MMS program, but it looks like there might be some issues with it... Rather stick with stock SMS/MMS program without any of the issues... And have this darn resizing thing fixed. It's a load of bull.
The most advanced phone on the market and seems to be the most limited when it comes to doing what it's made for! Being a multimedia device! I feel horrible sending someone a picture the size of my thumbnail when they can send me something that can be zoomed in 10x without any deterioration lol.
Def lookin forward to hearing what you find @Caulkin.

Annoying Conversion of SMS to MMS for Long messages

Hi Guys!
I have this issue in messaging app that whenever I am sending a message that is more than 3 pages/message it automatically turns to MMS that is somewhat annoying specially when you need to type a message more than the allowed characters.
The thing is I am on Sir Balliboxer's Odex AMF7 Rom
Can someone help me on this issue I tried the creation mode on the settings, set it on free or restricted still nothing works, Go SMS don't work, then I don't like the Big SMS app.
Can someone help me on this? I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thanks in advance for those who will help me!
KD
kimdarrel said:
Hi Guys!
I have this issue in messaging app that whenever I am sending a message that is more than 3 pages/message it automatically turns to MMS that is somewhat annoying specially when you need to type a message more than the allowed characters.
The thing is I am on Sir Balliboxer's Odex AMF7 Rom
Can someone help me on this issue I tried the creation mode on the settings, set it on free or restricted still nothing works, Go SMS don't work, then I don't like the Big SMS app.
Can someone help me on this? I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thanks in advance for those who will help me!
KD
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Kabayan,
I do a lot of texting so I am familiar. However it is the first time I heard about this problem. I don't(well almost don't) monitor the number of characters anymore as after 160 the message count automatically updates. How it becomes MMS on yours I cannot understand. could you explain further how it converts by itself to MMS? Perhaps there is a setting on the messaging app that you have accidentally ticked?
UPDATE: Apparently there is a 480 character limit set for SMS so after 480 you get converted and there is no solution but to break up your sms so as not to exceed 480 or 160 x 3.....
bongski55 said:
Kabayan,
I do a lot of texting so I am familiar. However it is the first time I heard about this problem. I don't(well almost don't) monitor the number of characters anymore as after 160 the message count automatically updates. How it becomes MMS on yours I cannot understand. could you explain further how it converts by itself to MMS? Perhaps there is a setting on the messaging app that you have accidentally ticked?
UPDATE: Apparently there is a 480 character limit set for SMS so after 480 you get converted and there is no solution but to break up your sms so as not to exceed 480 or 160 x 3.....
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yea, I'd been searching the whole morning and can't find any solution. Hoping someone will answer me.
Good to hear someone here is from Philippines I almost felt I'm the only Filipino here from the start.
kimdarrel said:
yea, I'd been searching the whole morning and can't find any solution. Hoping someone will answer me.
Good to hear someone here is from Philippines I almost felt I'm the only Filipino here from the start.
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oh there are a lot of us here. others are just lurking.
You can put an notification when the mms mode is triggered. other than that just watch out when txt count goes to 4.
Since you guys have a galaxy device maybe your secmms.apk is similar to the gs3. Check out the T-Mobile gs3 android dev forum. S we have a whole thread on secmms.apk tweaks.
Also maybe you have a feature.xml if you do them check out our feature.xml tweaks. Both should be able to stop the converting to mms. You only have to do one but can do both.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
aamir123 said:
Since you guys have a galaxy device maybe your secmms.apk is similar to the gs3. Check out the T-Mobile gs3 android dev forum. S we have a whole thread on secmms.apk tweaks.
Also maybe you have a feature.xml if you do them check out our feature.xml tweaks. Both should be able to stop the converting to mms. You only have to do one but can do both.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38653211&postcount=2
That is a lot of manual coding, command line.......:crying::crying:
@aamir123
Hello this is dog! lol, I'm not into programming/developing on that depth, I'm somewhat a script kid only not really knowledgeable I can do some but it is by trial and error only not really that deep lol.. thanks with the help though, will try this if I'm ready this us just too much for me now. Still on the learning process of things and this is my first android too
Ok I understand ur query and will provide u sms tweak with not converting long sms in mms.
Will certainly anticipate this Balli....
kimdarrel said:
@aamir123
Hello this is dog! lol, I'm not into programming/developing on that depth, I'm somewhat a script kid only not really knowledgeable I can do some but it is by trial and error only not really that deep lol.. thanks with the help though, will try this if I'm ready this us just too much for me now. Still on the learning process of things and this is my first android too
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Try to do using a feature.xml tweak thats very easy. Just one file with a one line change.
aamir123 said:
Try to do using a feature.xml tweak thats very easy. Just one file with a one line change.
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Is it "feature_default.xml" in system/etc ? I see sms settings on that file.
bongski55 said:
Is it "feature_default.xml" in system/etc ? I see sms settings on that file.
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It may be called that for your phone, for us it's simply feature.xml. Also if you visit our forum there are a couple threads explaining various tweaks you may do to that file and the changes that will be made.
aamir123 said:
It may be called that for your phone, for us it's simply feature.xml. Also if you visit our forum there are a couple threads explaining various tweaks you may do to that file and the changes that will be made.
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I can't find the "feature.xml" thread. Please link.
@balliboxer
i'll be happy to wait sir! thank you a ton in advance..
bongski55 said:
I can't find the "feature.xml" thread. Please link.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121686&highlight=feature
Be sure to click thanks for the op
aamir123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121686&highlight=feature
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I cannot find anything pertaining to SMS to MMS conversion on that link.
Before switching to Grand I used Galaxy 3 (GT-I5801). In that section Kyrillos had modified the stock apk to prevent conversion of SMS into MMS. He also increased the number of recipients for a SMS. Maybe it will be of some help
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I cannot find anything pertaining to SMS to MMS conversion on that link.
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Line # 52 - Orig 4, can't seem to get any variable to change (always says 200)
Code:
<CscFeature_Message_SmsToMmsTextThreshold>200</CscFeature_Message_SmsToMmsTextThreshold> <!-- Orig 4, Unconfir
Apparently this has been unconfirmed, I'm not entirely sure it works as well but it's such an easy mod that its worth a try. If not then you might wanna try the secmms.apk mod thread. The mods in that thread work 100% no doubt. You can also try just pushing a modded gs3 mms.apk to your phones and see if it works without problems. Who knows it's worth a shot.
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Line # 52 - Orig 4, can't seem to get any variable to change (always says 200)
Code:
<CscFeature_Message_SmsToMmsTextThreshold>200</CscFeature_Message_SmsToMmsTextThreshold> <!-- Orig 4, Unconfir
Apparently this has been unconfirmed, I'm not entirely sure it works as well but it's such an easy mod that its worth a try. If not then you might wanna try the secmms.apk mod thread. The mods in that thread work 100% no doubt. You can also try just pushing a modded gs3 mms.apk to your phones and see if it works without problems. Who knows it's worth a shot.
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I've worked on this to as mine is limited to 140 Characters only.
I found this code:
<CscFeature_Message_MaxSmsByte>140</CscFeature_Message_MaxSmsByte>
I changed it to 480 (3 x 160; 160 is the standard), I was able to type a message 480 characters long and the phone did not convert. I was able to send the message but the recipient was not able to receive it. It is because the phone sent the whole chunk of message as 1 message. The phone should have divided it into parts of messages consisting of 160 characters and the receiving phone should handle the "stitching".
having no luck, I just increased the 140 default setting to 160 and that's all I can do. We have to find a way to make the phone process a multi-part SMS.
Solve Automatic SMS to MMS conversion
kimdarrel said:
Hi Guys!
I have this issue in messaging app that whenever I am sending a message that is more than 3 pages/message it automatically turns to MMS that is somewhat annoying specially when you need to type a message more than the allowed characters.
The thing is I am on Sir Balliboxer's Odex AMF7 Rom
Can someone help me on this issue I tried the creation mode on the settings, set it on free or restricted still nothing works, Go SMS don't work, then I don't like the Big SMS app.
Can someone help me on this? I'm sure I'm not the only one. Thanks in advance for those who will help me!
KD
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Hello All,
I was having the same issue with my Galaxy Grand, so I hope this will help you all:
Go to"Messaging".
Open SMS, tap "Menu button"
Open "Settings"
Scroll down and go to "Text message SMS settings.
Select "Input Mode"
Change it to "GSM alphabet"
Then return to Messaging and test it
Then you`re done.
Hope I help you!

Increase MMS size limit

Did a quick search but couldn't find anything. Looking to increase the MMS limit size when sending videos and pictures. I know there is a rom that has the limit increased but won't run properly on the TMO N3, has WiFi and Bluetooth issues I believe. I'm on Vision-X ROM now. Anyone have any pointers? Also I'm on ATT network if that means anything.
I was on the same search a few weeks ago but I never made a post asking for help, If you do find a way to do it please share it thanks.

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