My wife has an Unlocked Galaxy Nexus with JB on T-Mobile's Monthly 4G service. For some reason, whenever she sends out a MMS message, the attached image either A: Doesn't arrive (which happens to me on my Skyrocket with CM9) or B: Takes DAYS to arrive (which happens to other people who use Android phones like the original Incredible and some Samsung phone that has a keyboard.) Like a good boy I searched here to see if other people had this issue, and it looks like there may be a JB issue with MMS stuff, but I couldn't find anyone that had the same scenario as she has. She has no problem receiving MMS messages, just sending them out. On my phone it shows that I received an MMS message, but it doesn't show any picture. On her end it looks like everything sent out fine. Anyone have any ideas as to what this may be? I'd prefer an option that doesn't require rooting the phone as she is not a power user and won't have any use for the benefits of rooting, but if it has to be done then so be it (maybe I could just unroot it after it is fixed.) Could this be an APN issue?
Not sure if this helps but I'd been using go sms pro ever since I first got my gnex and it delivers all pic messages perfectly, I just had to fill in the user agent. I know that t-mobiles network is picky about what size picture it lets your phone fetch maybe the downsizing of pictures slows down the whole sending of them?
I had a similar problem which I fixed by restoring the APN to default...
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so i moved up to RC2 of cm6, i used to have this issue with my first mytouch orginal on CM but whenever i send MMS the person just gets a black X.... ive read that it may be an APN settings issue.......??
anyone know how to fix this, and or what the correct US tmobile settings are....id love to send pictures to family, espically since im stuck in another state in a blizzard ) love to show the fam
HELP!!!
edit*** found default apn setting config and my phone seems to be set correct....... any ideas?
Aside from the APN settings I can't think of anything. Maybe call TMO and make sure nothing is screwed up on your account. I've heard that (mostly for data) sometimes your account or some aspect of it has to be reset. I've never personally had that done in 5 years but sh!t happens. The MMS on this phone is crap anyway, my 8100 could send bigger pictures lol. So losing MMS isn't much of a loss IMO.
yea it is sh!tt& but hey what can you do, what i dont understand is i can recive pictures just fine and all but i cant seem to send em...
Have you tried sending one to yourself? Also, are you on wifi? I know that should be old news but the update tmobile sent out a long time ago didn't fix that issue for everyone.
no i havent tryed that.... and i never recived any tmo updates, its a new device about 2 weeks old and was 100% wiped when i put cm on... i always do a clean wipe
and no im not on wifi... purely hsdpa
**edit** sent and recived on my end just fine, but everyone else still reports a red x when sent.... i know alot of em are on verizon.... could this be a carrier conflict seeing as im not on offical supported software??
have you tried using a different messaging app? i had that problem with my g1 and when i tried sending a message with handcent sms it worked just fine
Wonder if anybody has this problem, when receiving pixs via mms they come blurrry, sending is no problem but receiving is just impossible cause they come up blurry.....
We're using Mobilicity in Canada and the phone is T-Mo unlocked.
...thx for the replies....
what rom are u running? or is it stock?
Thx for replying, is using stock, and it seems like is an issue on the phone, like the app is not properly written, sending mms between the phones (T989) is useless, while sending mms from the t989 to my N8 works no problem cause the pix shows perfect on my phone, but receiving on the T989 looks as if it's a no go, every time there is an incoming mms the phone compresses the pic and the result is craptacular, I'm going to try Handcent (from the market) to c if that fixes the issue which will basically clear the water about the stock app as the reason for the faulty mms.
Again thx for the reply.
Ok so it seems like the MMS on Mobilicity don't work, I was wondering if anybody could tell me how to check the settings for MMS, I have look around and I'm extremely blind about it.
I want to compare with my N8 since I can send and receive no problem on my phone but I still can't make it to receive properly on the T989.
No MMS pics on TMO T989
On the Tmobile network, no pictures are received. I spent an hour with customer support on New Years Eve, trying to view what would have gotten my GF beads on Mardi Gra, but TMO CSR said they have had problems since Dec 15 on Samsung phones, in particular the T989. It can not receive MMS pics, and has a difficult time sending them, took 30 min for one pic to go out, either wifi or on the network and no work around.
Generous tech supt offered to issue me a $1 credit on my bill. Will be going back to my local store for a refund on Monday.
Check here: post 4027
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1322642&highlight=blurry+mms&page=403
probably the person who sent pic has a low end camera. lol
Blurry MMS
I'm using a custom rom and when I receive pics they are small and blurry. I always come across this problem with certain roms...but this particular rom I love it and really dont want to change right now so that's why now i'm taking the time to try and find a fix. Any help?
NotoriousX3 said:
I'm using a custom rom and when I receive pics they are small and blurry. I always come across this problem with certain roms...but this particular rom I love it and really dont want to change right now so that's why now i'm taking the time to try and find a fix. Any help?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414560&highlight=mms+apk
Try that.
I have been using my Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile for almost a week now and have encountered a very strange issue that I have not be able to get to the bottom of. When sending MMS picture messages, regardless of picture size / quality, all messages appear to send just fine. However, depending on the recipient, the message either arrives just fine, no problems, or it is just a blank message! I have talked to T-Mobile support for hours today to no avail, as well as Samsung support also with no solution. I have tried changing my APN settings, adding MMSC proxy and port, and changing my device within the my.t-mobile.com settings and nothing seems to matter.
Here are my findings on what recipients receive the messages successfully and who receives a blank message:
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Device Carrier Result
Galaxy Nexus AT&T Fail
HTC Desire AT&T Fail
Galaxy S II Skyrocket AT&T Fail
Galaxy Nexus Verizon Fail
LG Android T-Mobile Fail
HTC Hero Sprint Success
LG Optimus T-Mobile Success
iPhone 3GS AT&T Success
iPhone 4 AT&T Success
Is anyone else on T-Mobile USA experiencing this issue? And can anyone offer any solution?
I'm on T-Mo and I'm not aware of any issues, but I'll keep an eye on things...
It seems like I'm seeing something similar. MMS sent to T-Mobile recipients send fine consistently, but my girlfriend has AT&T and it fails intermittently. I haven't found the reason either, but interesting to see that someone else experiences this.
I've also seen this behavior with my Nexus S.
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tetraq said:
It seems like I'm seeing something similar. MMS sent to T-Mobile recipients send fine consistently, but my girlfriend has AT&T and it fails intermittently. I haven't found the reason either, but interesting to see that someone else experiences this.
I've also seen this behavior with my Nexus S.
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The only thing I've been able to determine is that it must be a result of T-Mobile + Galaxy Nexus. I actually didn't experience this issue with my Nexus S, and friends of mine using Galaxy Nexus + AT&T or Galaxy Nexus + Verizon do not experience this issue.
Updated original post to add confirmation that HTC Hero on Sprint successfully received MMS picture message
Are you running the stock MMS app? do you have one from the market, or a tweaked one from a ROM? maybe it is sending picture in an incompatible format....
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lafrad said:
Are you running the stock MMS app? do you have one from the market, or a tweaked one from a ROM? maybe it is sending picture in an incompatible format....
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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Sorry, should have mentioned this in the original post:
Running stock ICS (4.0.2) no root with a locked bootloader
Using the stock messaging app and have not downloaded any replacement messaging apps. I had the same setup on my Nexus S before my GN and did not experience this issue.
I haven't noticed any issues yet, but I think i've only sent MMS messages to an iPhone 4 user and a Blackberry user on AT&T.
Just to add another couple data points...
I'm T-Mobile with my GNex at version 4.0.2.
When I send a picture to my wife's Galaxy S 4G (also on T-Mo), she seems to receive it fine.
When I send a picture to my mother's original Droid on verizon, she gets a tiny, thumbnail sized picture that only gets displayed for a split second before it disappears.
I have no issues receiving MMS pics from either phone.
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Just to add another couple data points...
I'm T-Mobile with my GNex at version 4.0.2.
When I send a picture to my wife's Galaxy S 4G (also on T-Mo), she seems to receive it fine.
When I send a picture to my mother's original Droid on verizon, she gets a tiny, thumbnail sized picture that only gets displayed for a split second before it disappears.
I have no issues receiving MMS pics from either phone.
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Very interesting... I will check if my failed recipients are seeing a tiny thumbnail before it shows up blank as well
Thanks for the reply
Im using Apex rom and when I try and send a captured camera picture to a verizon customer I get and error. Something like service not activated on network. I think the picture size is too large for t-mobile MMS, as I can send a FFC picture just not a rear camera one. Any ideas on how to auto crop rear pictures, or how to fix this. OK just figured it out, if I lower the resolution when taking the picture it works, just would be better if the MMS program did it for me.
My mms tips thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2192633. Just used this today to send pics to a friend (confirmed on 20130316 nightly of CM10.1 epic 4g on Sprint). Modem FC09 or FC19 works (I use the latter these days - seems faster). No other mods.
CM10.1 native Sprint MMS workarounds and fixes - (I've been able to send and receive pics with this couldn't do with 10.0 or prior CM's)
a) turn off wi-fi while it sending. Would be nice if it could work with wifi as stock GB did but for now it is what it is. Wifi is a MMS killer in this case.
b) if photo stuck in sending, long-press on photo and choose edit and don't do anything but hit send button. Sometimes this alone will get it to send as long as wifi is off and you have 3g connectivity
c) if still stuck forward photo to the same user or yourself (preferable) and then forward again to yourself. On the 2nd forwarded pic, repeat step B above. This by far has done it for me.
Once the pics start to send it will send all and receive all too including those stuck in sending. Sometimes you seem to have to send a pic (even to yourself) in order to receive pics. Sometimes I'll receive pics from days or weeks back. Try reboot as well with wifi off. NOTE : Must have 3g connectivity. can leave auto-download MMS settings enabled it will work still.
This has worked really well on Sprint 10.1 Epic CM build 20130120 and higher including M2 for me (in fact the best build for MMS I've had since cm7, albeit still buggy, as native app on original sprint rom didn't require all this messing around.
This is the last remaining glitch on an otherwise perfect epic 4g for me (i don't use BT). Anyone know - Is this a problem with CM in general or just this phone? For example If I upgrade to Sprint S3 am I likely to face same issue if install CM10.1?
i finally gave up and needed a more reliable solution. Handcent SMS from the play store (free) seems to be it. Glitch-free MMS. Set it as your default messaging device which it does automatically post install, delete your old icon and use it. Make sure to check the "Split 160" option to enabled in application settings to avoid garbled text if sending a long message (this was a problem I had before with GoSMS, which probably has this setting too, just wasn't aware of it then).
I should have done this years ago. Maybe someone can reverse engineer what Handcent is doing that allows for flawless MMS over wifi and 3g/4g. Or will the newly released JB for epic4gTouch reveal any clues.
Ok so the phone doesnt download any images or send any images while I am on wifi. Then the women in my family have the habit of sending big group messages and they appear as MMS and they never download either not on wifi or mobile network. Anyone gone through this. Thinking of rooting or getting a new phone. I've only had it for a few months and I love it. But as of late the images not going out or coming in have started to really annoy me. It is not rooted at all. It is from Tmobile if that helps.
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Ok so the phone doesnt download any images or send any images while I am on wifi. Then the women in my family have the habit of sending big group messages and they appear as MMS and they never download either not on wifi or mobile network. Anyone gone through this. Thinking of rooting or getting a new phone. I've only had it for a few months and I love it. But as of late the images not going out or coming in have started to really annoy me. It is not rooted at all. It is from Tmobile if that helps.
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I was having the same issue at first, when i switched to hangouts as me default text and mms app everything went back to normal.
Yes, maybe try an alternative messaging app, like Hangouts, Textra, or Chomp.
Also, I don't have your variant or run stock anymore, but we had a similar issue with CM ROMs where the APN authentication was not set for MMS, causing failures while connected to wifi. Have a look in your Mobile Networks portion of Settings and see if there is an APN where MMS is the only APN type for one of them. Changing the authentication type and rebooting is what fixed it for us. That may not be there, but worth the look.