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MMS receiving problem

I'm having issues. After searching XDA and Google I've come to a dead end.
What I'm running currently:
-EVO 4G now running SuperSonic EvO 3.70.651.1 OTA - Stock - Sense(Odexed) (Was MikG v3.0)
-PRI: 2.15_003
-PRL: 60683
-Baseband: 2.15.00.0808
I was running KushDecks ICS for about two weeks and everything worked great besides the FC's because of Trebuchet launcher. So I flashed JaredTheGreats ICS 4.0.3 Beta 2.5 (uses Nova Launcher) then I couldn't receive mms.
I did some research and looked like I needed to run a PRL update. So I just flashed MikG V3.0 (Great flash, btw) updated PRL and I still don't receive MMS even though i can send MMS(testing with my brothers phone).
I've found some things about APN and found some sources that show how to fix the APN but none of them are working.
Any leads would be great. Thanks in advance.
Come to think of it I will post some status updates on what I try and the results. Maybe others are having the same issue.
1/28/12
-Flashed and reFlashed Sense and ASOP roms Results: SMS receive not working
-Updated PRL and Profile on Sense Rom (MikG v3.0) Results: SMS receive not working
-APN backup fix and restore on MikG v3.0 Results: SMS receive not working
-Tried third-party SMS app (GO SMS Pro) Results: SMS receive not working
-Flashed latest stock rom from sprint. Results: SMS receive not working
-##SCRTN# reset Results: SMS receive not working
-Called Sprint - 8 resets later + ##SCRTN# reset Results: SMS receive not working
-Sprint told me locational service problem. (I think lies) Results: SMS receive not working
-Urge to hulk smash my phone.... Results: SMS receive not working
1/30/12
-The settings in my Google Voice account were messed up. Results: SMS receive is now working

It may be that there's something wrong with the native MMS/SMS application. In the 3D forums this is also an issue and we are downloading GoSMS as a work around. Give it a try.

intrlude said:
It may be that there's something wrong with the native MMS/SMS application. In the 3D forums this is also an issue and we are downloading GoSMS as a work around. Give it a try.
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Hey thanks for the reply.
Just tried Go SMS Pro. SMS send works but was delayed by about an extra 20 seconds compared to the native. SMS receive still doesn't work.

bombarded said:
Hey thanks for the reply.
Just tried Go SMS Pro. SMS send works but was delayed by about an extra 20 seconds compared to the native. SMS receive still doesn't work.
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Phone just sits there, downloading and gives error or just doesn't even give the option to do so? Okay, since you're running a Sense ROM, hopefully you have access to EPST settings and have your MSL handy; run the following ##SCRTN#, input your MSL and reset. It will only reset the NAI values and your phone will go through an OTA programming. Hopefully, that works for you.

intrlude said:
Phone just sits there, downloading and gives error or just doesn't even give the option to do so? Okay, since you're running a Sense ROM, hopefully you have access to EPST settings and have your MSL handy; run the following ##SCRTN#, input your MSL and reset. It will only reset the NAI values and your phone will go through an OTA programming. Hopefully, that works for you.
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Phone doesn't do anything. No notifications. No errors. Nothing. I just don't receive texts at all. I tried the ##SCRTN# and it still doesn't work.
Called Sprint they told me to do the ##SCRTN# as well. Nothing changed. Restarted my phone dozens of times. They reset their services for me several times.
Eventually, they told me their is a problem at my current location. But I believe that is a lie because my brother is on the same plan as me, with the same phone, on the same network and in the same location and he receives texts without a problem.
Also, i have this problem everywhere not only at my current location but also when I'm at my office maybe 5miles away. Even when I'm in the city 20miles away. I'm not receiving no texts at all.
I'm curious to what the problem could be...
I'm losing hope. :/

Other thing that could be tried is to move from device to device. Swap into another phone, let it program, try a test text message, if you receive switch back.

What exactly do you mean by swap into another phone?

bombarded said:
What exactly do you mean by swap into another phone?
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Get another phone and activate it on your account/number. Send a test text to yourself. If you receive on that temp phone, switch back. If not a smartphone you could/would incur prorated charges, but will definitely know whether its the hardware or not.
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Alright. I'll try that Monday when I have the ability to.
I'm thinking of unrooting my phone and taking it in to the Sprint store have em deal with it.

Okay, I figured it out. Hit me like a ton of bricks and now I feel stupid. haha.
I had Google Voice set up on my account for voicemails and for some reason the setting to receive texts on my phone was turned off. I turned it on and everything went well.
Derp.

[Q] [Solved] Help!-Cant Recieve Texts

So i flashed MIJJz BLEND ICS [FB21] about 2 days ago, ran into the known bug about messaging, where you can send but they will not receive, flashed the Steady kernel to get my recovery back and reverted back to my FB17 nandroid backup, everything restored fine and was working with the exception that i still could not receive any text messages, the strange thing is i can still receive picture messages just fine. so today i decided i'd had enough of using G-Voice and used Sfhubs EL29 Odin-OC restore to revert back to EL29 Rooted (as ive done to fix so many issues in the past) heres the kicker, i STILL CANT receive text messages while picture messages still work. Any input or suggestions here would be awesome. (sorry for long post but i wanted to be as detailed as possible)
Fixed - it was the "Receive text messages on this phone" setting in google voice, ive never ran into that problem before, thanks to kthejoker20 for saving my butt

Don't apologize for being detailed lol, it helps alot, but update your profile, PRL, reboot your phone. If not call Sprint and complain, they'll probably provision your phone (or whatever its called). Its possible its on the carrier end.

Vael said:
So i flashed MIJJz BLEND ICS [FB21] about 2 days ago, ran into the known bug about messaging, where you can send but they will not receive, flashed the Steady kernel to get my recovery back and reverted back to my FB17 nandroid backup, everything restored fine and was working with the exception that i still could not receive any text messages, the strange thing is i can still receive picture messages just fine. so today i decided i'd had enough of using G-Voice and used Sfhubs EL29 Odin-OC restore to revert back to EL29 Rooted (as ive done to fix so many issues in the past) heres the kicker, i STILL CANT receive text messages while picture messages still work. Any input or suggestions here would be awesome. (sorry for long post but i wanted to be as detailed as possible)
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but you can send mms and sms? you can recieve mms but not sms? have you wiped data and cache? did you restore via tb? i havent ever seen such an issue that wasnt related to sprint doing work on my nearest towers but there may be better responses. I suggest clearing data/cache from mms app and try sending sms to yourself.
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Don't apologize for being detailed lol, it helps alot, but update your profile, PRL, reboot your phone. If not call Sprint and complain, they'll probably provision your phone (or whatever its called). Its possible its on the carrier end.
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that too! is probably the fix needed as well

thanks for the quick responses guys, i've tried what was suggested, @justlovejoy, thats whats blowing my mind, the fact that i can send mms and sms perfectly fine and receive mms just not sms (i even get the "test" messages sent to myself on g-voice) im starting to think it might be something on sprints end. but before i call and try dealing with them i wanted to ask the community which seems to know more on a bad day than sprint ever has

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Maybe i should read everything first too. Sorry.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk

called sprint, according to the rep they were gonna "re-trigger" the phone (id imagine this is what phatmann meant when he said provision) but it doesnt appear to have had any effect, still not receiving these sms's.

Been through this a few times since flashing to ics. I know its aggravating.
Mine stopped after installing the ICS4ICS them and freezing the stock messaging app with titanium. I trieddefrosting but the app would hang.
Had to uninstall tbu, then reinstall the theme. Brought everything back and worked.
Not sure why tbu hangs but ivee a suspicion that having the stock and ics messaging apps together with the build being a leak has something to do with it.
I use GoSMS and it usually doesntt give issues.
Hope this helps in some way.

Vael said:
called sprint, according to the rep they were gonna "re-trigger" the phone (id imagine this is what phatmann meant when he said provision) but it doesnt appear to have had any effect, still not receiving these sms's.
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have you tried sending from mobile sms? as in device stock messenger? or trying without google voice? maybe theres some interference going on between the two?

well the only two things I can think of are these. either its sprint towers or your phone has leftover stuff messing with it. try using calkulins format all then clean install the rom. also remember in titanium backup to only restore user apps not system.

Are you using google voice?
Install the GV application. If you recieve the texts with it installed, then you have "send texts to phone" off in google voice website.

kthejoker20 said:
Are you using google voice?
Install the GV application. If you recieve the texts with it installed, then you have "send texts to phone" off in google voice website.
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are you refering to the "Receive text messages on this phone" option, because i think you just pulled my a$$ out of the fire
@kthejoker20: you are the f-ing man, that fixed it. god i feel like a noob again.

"Message not sent" error :(

Hey everyone. I'm having a big problem w/ my 16GB GSM Galaxy Nexus running bigxie's rooted, deodexed 4.1 rom, and I'm hoping you guys can help me.
Whenever I send a message, I get a "Message not sent" error in the notifications bar, and a red triangle w/ an exclamation point appears under the text of the text message. I have T-Mobile and I have FULL signal bars. I can make calls and this texting issue is the only problem I'm having. I installed this rom a few days ago and this problem just suddenly started today. When I send a text with the "Messaging" app, the area code (I live in the US) of the phone number disappears. So if the number in my phonebook is stored as:
"1 (areacode) sevendigit-phonenumber"
It instead shows up like this after I select the contact:
"1 sevendigit-phonenumber"
If I try and send a text by selecting the contact from the "People" app, it works just fine.
Last night I flashed the Popcorn kernel, but I then I also sent a text and it worked. I thought maybe somehow this might have something to do w/ the kernel or a rom (both unlikely), so just in case I re-flashed the STOCK 4.1 this time (the first rom, the one that appeared on ROM Manager the day of the Google I/O). Now I'm back to stock Jelly Bean everything (including kernel, and also the Jelly Bean baseband) but I'm still getting the problem. I tried clearing the "Messaging" app's data and cache, but nothing fixes the problem. I have a strong feeling that the cause of the error is because the "Messaging" app removes the area code from in front of the phone number, but now I can't remember if that's normal (did that happen in ICS?, did it happen before in JB?, I don't remember).
Has anyone else encountered such an error? Please help me.

I too am experiencing this issue running bigxie's 4.1 ROM on my 16 GB Galaxy Nexus.
I hope someone has a solution!

I think I may have fixed the problem for myself. It seems like in both the stock JB and also bigxie's rom, the "Messaging" app is doing some sort of mishandling of the phone numbers. Try changing one or some of your phone numbers in your contact list to this format: "(307) 456-7895" <-- parenthesis around the area code, then a space after the parenthesis, then the seven digit number with a dash (-) after the third. Try changing this format on Google Contacts, not on your phone. Then sync the contacts on your phone.
Try this with just one contact that wasn't previously working and please let me know what happens.

I'm having the same problems with the same rom and tried the same steps to fix it but it didn't work for me. Also tried going back to cm9, no luck.

Search for the setting for something like ##info#* or whatever. I blew mine out when I flashed a new rom (not the roms fault i did it not knowing better). Don't have time now to look but there are important settings for sending sms.
Jeff

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Search for the setting for something like ##info#* or whatever. I blew mine out when I flashed a new rom (not the roms fault i did it not knowing better). Don't have time now to look but there are important settings for sending sms.
Jeff
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Thanks I figured it out. I had a hard time finding this info so ill re post it here for any one who needs it. It solved all my problems.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/14916-howto-sms-centre-numbers-if-your-gnex-wont-send-messages/
Hi
This damned *#*#4636#*#* menu!!!
I know, I shouldn't be messing with what I don't know but I moved from an iphone so that I could 'fiddle' with a phone hence the GNex.
Anyhow. I have been having serious issues in sorting this out until I pieced the information together in this post. None of this I can take credit for - as it is built on others work - I just put it together in one easily accessible place.
The problem is that this menu somehow wipes the SIM card's record of the SMSC number.
You can't just enter the SMS Centre number as it is, you have to convert it into something called PDU format (no idea what this is)
I have converted a number of UK SMS Centre numbers into the correct format below.
Method:
1. Go to phone dialpad.
2. Enter *#*#4636#*#*
3. Scroll down to the bit that says SMSC
4. Type your sixteen digit number in from the table below.
5. Press Update
6. Press Refresh
7. Press Back button to exit the app.
8. Test by sending an SMS
Hope that helps. The GNex doesn't give an option which is easily accessible from anywhere to change the SMSC number, downright silly as my 10 year old Nokia would let me do that.
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PDU Decoder
http://www.twit88.com/home/utility/sms-pdu-encode-decode

I couldn't quite follow those directions, but my problem fixed itself without doing any of that. It just suddenly started working after I changed the format of the numbers in Google Contacts.

i tried these steps but no luck.. its simply the format of phone numbers.
this format is no good: +1 (123)-456-7891
this format is good: +1 123-456-7891
another solution is just to manually update each contacts.. i wish there was an app that does it automatically

install handcent sms app...go to undelivered SMS in menu...delete in any undelivered sms is there...it worked for me...
u can uninstall Handcent post that

I had the same problem , Can't send but can recieve sms ,
the problem presents since updating to jb 4.2.2 ,but it was working in 4.1.2
I tried the smsc solution but no luck at all ,
I think it's not a carrier problem cause i can send from Moto Defy "CM7.2 " ,but no luck with JB
Plz help

Another Fix
Tried all the fixes I could find with no luck. Then found out that I had enabled Google Voice+ to send SMS messages through Google Voice. After I disabled this everything went back to normal.
Just another thing to try that worked for me.

I know this is somewhat old but wanted to say for me, that the messages were being sent but there was one stuck in the queue. I followed the directions of installing handcent and found the empty text sitting in the queue... like a draft message. Once removed the message went away. I uninstalled handcent and all is good. It sucks that the stock JB 4.2 messaging app doesn't have a outbox and draft box to find stuff like this. Thanks for the help!

hellandj said:
Tried all the fixes I could find with no luck. Then found out that I had enabled Google Voice+ to send SMS messages through Google Voice. After I disabled this everything went back to normal.
Just another thing to try that worked for me.
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THIS all the way!! I was trying everything to get my sms to work but it ended up being google voice+
Thanks for the reminder

[Q] Sending texts causes crash

There are two people (at least) that I can't send text messages to. One is on AT&T and one is on Sprint so their carrier isn't the issue. And it doesn't matter which sms app I use.
When I use Chomp I get this result: "Unfortunately, chomp SMS has stopped."
When I use the stock messaging app I get this result: "Unfortunately, Messaging has stopped."
There is no existing thread with these people and their cell phone numbers are valid. When they send me texts everything looks normal on their end but I don't get the message.
I am bone dry stock.
Any ideas? This is very annoying and I probably will have the same problem with other people, I just haven't discovered it yet.

I've never heard of this issue before
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uscpsycho said:
There are two people (at least) that I can't send text messages to. One is on AT&T and one is on Sprint so their carrier isn't the issue. And it doesn't matter which sms app I use.
When I use Chomp I get this result: "Unfortunately, chomp SMS has stopped."
When I use the stock messaging app I get this result: "Unfortunately, Messaging has stopped."
There is no existing thread with these people and their cell phone numbers are valid. When they send me texts everything looks normal on their end but I don't get the message.
I am bone dry stock.
Any ideas? This is very annoying and I probably will have the same problem with other people, I just haven't discovered it yet.
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Did you accidentally Block them ?

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Did you accidentally Block them ?
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I don't think so. How do I check? When I long press their names in the contact list I see an option to "add to reject list" which suggests they aren't blocked. How else can I check?
I don't think I've blocked anyone. Is there a way to check everyone I've blocked? And on a related note, what happens when I add someone to the reject list? If they call me will they go straight to voicemail or what?

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I don't think so. How do I check? When I long press their names in the contact list I see an option to "add to reject list" which suggests they aren't blocked. How else can I check?
I don't think I've blocked anyone. Is there a way to check everyone I've blocked? And on a related note, what happens when I add someone to the reject list? If they call me will they go straight to voicemail or what?
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Are you opposed to rooting and trying out a ROM? I honestly don't know what's going on, but if it's crashing your sms programs, it sounds to me somehow software or settings related (but I've never seen anything that could do that). Since it's most-likely software related, I'd bet a fresh install would solve it.
But that being said, it's a really bizarre thing to have happened.

I'd try erasing the problem contacts and re-adding them before going too far into it. Very odd problem though, thats for sure!

It does not sound like you have anyone Blocked / Rejected. Did you install any apps before the issue started?
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11

Honestly, I have never heard of this before. Usually, I would never want to bother sprint tech, but I would go show them and see what they think. That is very odd. Have you tried a factory reset? (Backup everything first)
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Sprint Galaxy S3 "Supernexus"
Whiplashh Rom
Look it up.

So I'm in a major bind. I realized that the problem was for anyone who I didn't already have a sms thread with. If I send/receive text messages with someone that has an existing thread, it works fine. If they don't have a thread send/receive text fails as I described.
I tried uninstalling Chomp SMS and that didn't help. So I figured there might be some corruption in my text message store so I backed up my sms & mms and then deleted everything. Now I can't send/receive text messages from ANYONE and when I try to restore my text messages it fails. I backed up with two different apps to be safe and they both failed.
At this point it seems like the only option is a factory reset. Does anyone have another suggestion to fix this?
Before doing a factory reset I'd like to back everything up but I'm not rooted yet and to make matters worse I'm on vacation with my Mac rather than my Windows laptop -- so rooting is not possible. I don't want to do a factory reset and lose everything but I can't be away for this many days without the capability to send/receive text messages. Especially since people who are texting me have no idea I'm not getting their texts. FML

Turn on Mobile Data. Update Profile & PRL, Turn off your mobile data.
Backup export your contacts list. should be like a
Contacts.VCF file.
And backup your SMS messages if possible
Go into applications / All Applications > Wipe Data for both messaging apps + Wipe Contacts list.
Turn off your sync for contacts.
Reboot your device.
Open up both messaging apps and tweak / change what ever you need in the settings for both applications.
Turn on your data and reset LTE/CMDA CMDA/EVDO back and forth once
Reboot your phone.
Import your contacts list.
Re-sync your contacts.
Then try messaging them.
If that doesn't work then I have no clue what'll help with your issue being non-rooted.

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Turn on Mobile Data. Update Profile & PRL, Turn off your mobile data.
Backup export your contacts list. should be like a
Contacts.VCF file.
And backup your SMS messages if possible
Go into applications / All Applications > Wipe Data for both messaging apps + Wipe Contacts list.
Turn off your sync for contacts.
Reboot your device.
Open up both messaging apps and tweak / change what ever you need in the settings for both applications.
Turn on your data and reset LTE/CMDA CMDA/EVDO back and forth once
Reboot your phone.
Import your contacts list.
Re-sync your contacts.
Then try messaging them.
If that doesn't work then I have no clue what'll help with your issue being non-rooted.
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I tried this, it didn't work.
Now I have another problem. When I try to sync my contacts, after restoring them from the backup, I'm getting an error. The error says "Sync is currently experiencing problems.It will be back shortly." Maybe it will be back shortly but in my experience with a similar problem with calendar syncing a couple years back, this is not so easy to fix.
Any suggestions?

Your firmware and base is updated to MD4 right?
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Have you tried Go SMS Pro Using this method?
Download from Google play
Open application and go to settings
Click Advanced Tab.
Click MMS Settings
Checkmark Fill APN Configuration Manually.
Code:
MMSC
http://mms.sprintpcs.com
MMS Proxy
68.28.31.7
MMS Port
80
Force Close application, and then reboot it, and now try sending something SMS or MMS.

Yes, I'm on MD4.
I actually think MD4 may have something to do with this. The first time I noticed the problem was right around the time I installed MD4. It was within a day, either right before or right after. For some reason Sprint pushed MD4 to may waaaaay after everyone else got it which is why I just recently got it.
I tried your Go SMS Pro technique but got not joy. The stock messaging app still crashes. Go SMS doesn't crash when I send messages but nothing is actually sent. And whenever someone sends me text messages I still don't get them.

No text messages

I searched for my topic and see other text messaging threads but the latest being 2008 and not for the Note 2...
I have the l900 Sprint Galaxy Note 2 and my problem is that I don't receive any text messages from anyone for the last 2 weeks. It seems to have started after a weekend of trying s few different LP ROM's, but this has never happened before in the last 4 years of flashing. I have factory reset the l900 3 times this weekend and took it back to unrooted stock with the same result. I odin'ed the NE2 Stock Restore tarball (NE2-Modem/Kernel/ROM - Stock) and set the l900 up several times without any change in the messaging status. I have tried to go in and create an APN based on the default Sprint-LTE settings in my Sprint Galaxy S5 APN's, which are the same as in the Note 2. I can send to the S5 but cannot receive from there or anyone else. Any help would be appreciated!
Solved: Thank you @The_mamba :highfive:
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Dray,
I did eventually solve it, though the problem persisted even after RUU. It turns out that the issue was with Google Voice. I don't use Google Voice, but I flashed a ROM that had SMS turned on in Google Voice by default. When I flashed a new ROM, sms was still being handled by Google Voice despite neither Voice nor Hangouts being installed on my phone. You should go into settings in Google Voice and make sure sms is turned off. If the app is not installed on your phone, download it and make sure it is turned off anyway, because as aforementioned it was affecting my sms even though Google Voice wasn't even installed. This should solve it.
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