I should start out by saying that I have a Telus I317M N7105 Note 2. Other than rooting the stock 4.0, the only rom I have installed is ProBam (many times over) and to my knowledge it does not touch the modem files or the APN settings. I just recently learned that while I can send MMS messages (attachments to texts), I have possibly NEVER been able to receive them. If people send me a text message, I get it. If they send me a text message with a picture attached, from their end it sends normally with no errors but I never see it or any sign of it.
At first I thought it was the APN settings, but after trying approximately 7 trillion combinations nothing fixes it. I can break things all I want, but the best I can do to fix it is to get back to square one - namely, me being able to send but not receive. And before anyone points me to a link with Telus APN settings, please pm me your home address so I can come and poop in your kid's sandbox. Trust me, I know how many google results there are for such a thing because I HAVE BEEN TO ALL OF THEM.
In desperation I wondered if at some point my modem files were b0rked, even though ProBam wouldn't have touched them and neither have I. Of course I had my original modem/EFS/EMEI stuff backed up from the very beginning, needless to say it doesn't work. My phone was shipped with the I317MVLBMA3 modem, after digging around for a while I flashed the newest Rogers I317MVLUCMK5 modem. What I learned is that the Canadian modem files are NOT cross compatible. When I flashed the newer modem, my primary APN settings screen (which has 3 radio options: Koodo SP, Telus SP, and Telus SP Tether) was firmly locked onto the 'Telus SP Tether' and nothing would make the normal one (Telus SP) stick. Which wasn't a problem, because the phone worked, and so did normal text messages. What wouldn't work was MMS in either direction, no matter what the settings. Also, unlike the stock setup, it was difficult to make changes to the APN settings 'stick'. If you hit the back key, they would revert - which they don't do on stock! If you hit settings, there is a 'save' option, which WILL make them stick, but of course since I never got MMS to work who knows what is really happening?
And now for the saddest news of all: Using the new Rogers modem, my phone had NOTICABLY better reception. I live in Northwest BC, and there are more holes in the cell net around here than a Canucks goalie (sorry, inside joke). With this modem, a lot of those holes were filled, in fact the signal strength was better across the board. A shadow is still a shadow, but in the fuzzy areas I had solid reception. LE SIGH. I should mention that I don't have LTE where I live, but I do have 4G.
And so, I had to flash back to the original modem, where once again NOTHING I do makes it so I can receive MMS messages. I saw some oddball suggestions, there is a 'settings' menu in the actual SMS/MMS app (again, I am using the stock one that I guess is from CM, but I have used Chomp and others and they all work the same), some people have said that unchecking 'auto receive messages' made miracles happen for them, but it didn't make a difference to me.
The phone itself knows that I am not on a stock rom, so people who say that the APN settings are completely separate from the rom are wrong. If I hit 'reset to defaults' it changes the APN type to 'default,supl,mms'. Again, I am going to stress this one more time - I have tried EVERY SINGLE SETTING that I have found on the internet. Pro tip: you don't need spaces, and you don't need to reboot (although I have tried that too between every change, of course).
So PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, someone give me an idea as to what I can try next?! This is insane, it almost feels like a faulty sim card or something. I don't know if I have EVER received an MMS message, and it was only when someone insisted that they sent me a pic that I knew there was even something up. Please, anything...
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I cant recieve any MMS or send them either. They just stay in the outbox when I try to send them. When I was with tmobile, they worked, but then I unlocked my phone, switched to ATT, and upgraded to WM6.1 and they no longer work.
What can I do?
Thanks
You could try this -
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Excalibur_ATT
From the Wiki
Thanks! I actually tried this before, but it wasn't working until I did a few different things. Whenever it tells you to add something, make sure you delete everything else first. I don't know if there really is any difference, but it worked for me.
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Thanks! I actually tried this before, but it wasn't working until I did a few different things. Whenever it tells you to add something, make sure you delete everything else first. I don't know if there really is any difference, but it worked for me.
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Can you please provide more detail? I've had no luck trying to send picture thru mms.
Yah I have tried to help him with no success either... Hopefully someone out there is using At&t and is able to help him out.
Arite man here goes nothing, but an attempt...
I work in the technical department of a cellular service provider in the caribbean. We are not as advanced as the americans, etc in the sense of having 3g and stuff like that. Anyways, lol we do provide edge service and i have a dash w/wm6.1 Rom. I also have blackberry connect on my device. Up until recently i never tried sending MMS, so when i attempted to, i ran into a similar error. after reading a thread to fix on here, i finally received my first MMS (which was pending for days by the way), but i still couldnt send.
here's my fix...
since im using BB connect on my device, im connected with EDGE all the time. so i used my connection settings and just added or subtracted a few options from the MMS settings.
the only options i ticked in the settings were: automatic download in home and roaming network, save sent messages and allow delivery report. i then inserted the necessary MMS settings provided by my network: URL, Gateway, Port; always connect via the Internet. After this i was able to receive.
The problem with my network is that it uses WAP or blackberry to send or receive MMS, but since im using BB connect, i wouldnt have all the defaulted settings as a BB device would, so i had to set up a WAP connection and i was able to get rid of my messaged stored in the outbox.
this should be a good solution for you if you know the settings for your service provider, or you can always call and ask for the settings, since it cannot be sent OTA with the Dash.
Yea i know its kind of a long post, but i wanted to give a detailed rundown of how i got mine to work.
Okay, so today I was at work, receiving calls, making calls, sending texts, phone was working fine. I'm on AT&T, using their SIM in the Galaxy Nexus. Suddenly, I have no service. Nothing. So, after several reboots, I finally check the APN. There's nothing there. I attempt to add one, and it promptly disappears.
I went online and found others had a similar experience when they attempted to change their MCC and MNC, but I never had. Just running stock JB with the settings the OS automatically found for my SIM, which has worked for nearly a week.
Thinking my SIM might be to blame, I pulled out my Straight Talk (at&t compatible) SIM that I have on my backup Samsung Captivate. Not only does the Galaxy Nexus not find an APN, any attempt to add an APN fails. I can add one, it'll "save" but it doesn't show up in the list.
Both SIMs work fine in the Captivate.
So I just installed MIUI, in case it was some issue in stock. Same results for both. It seems it's ROM-independent and SIM-independent. Can't make an APN stick.
Any thoughts? Is my phone a lemon? I can't imagine what else to do, since a new ROM and a new SIM doesn't fix it.
Okay, further update:
I dialed the *#*#4636#*#* number to check the phone info, and the IMEI is listed as Unknown.
I'm assuming this is bad? :|
Nevermind, finally found some threads on it. Looks like I'm SOL. /sigh
I have exactly the same problem, anyone has an answer to this problem...
what tread did you found...did you fix your problem?
Hello all. Today I was playing with my phone, just doing some tinkering, running a ROM called Xylon (4.2.1) in the phone settings. You know, where you hit *#*#4636*#*# or something rather. Now I changed my network type to GSM, (or something rather) but saw I only got 2G, so I switched it back to WCDMA preferred, and left. (Honestly can't remember if I changed something else)
Now, every time I try and send a text, it says sending.... then it fails. All the time, to any number. Which is obviously annoying.
So I went ahead and flashed another ROM, clearing all my data, cache, dalvik etc. However this problem persists. Even using a different SMS app. What should these settings be? I haven't touched them after flashing another ROM.
I know I'm a goof, but I rely heavily on SMS, and I was just looking for a way to have it stay on HSDPA more often instead of 3G. Now I want to revert to stock. Many, many thanks for any help at all
Here are screen shots of my settings. Again, I'm pretty desperate, and need some help
Okay, I think I got it. My SMSC number was missing. This is basically a message center number, that is specific to the carrier. I remember seeing it back on my Blackberries, and on my old Gingerbread powered Captivate, but the settings are obviously different from ICS and above. (ICS has been out for so long, that I forgot)
So, basically you do this, go back into the settings that I showed you in the screen shot above. Leave everything disabled, and have the network on WCDMA
Use this tutorial http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/SMSC_Updates
Fido's SMSC is +15149931123
hit update and reboot
If not, try 07915141991321f3
and reboot (same thing, but it HEX)
hopefully none of you have that problem
EDIT: Girlfriend confirmed, that was the problem. Now the phone works like a champion
I should start out by saying that I have a Telus I317M N7105 Note 2. Other than rooting the stock 4.0, the only rom I have installed is ProBam (many times over) and to my knowledge it does not touch the modem files or the APN settings. I just recently learned that while I can send MMS messages (attachments to texts), I have possibly NEVER been able to receive them. If people send me a text message, I get it. If they send me a text message with a picture attached, from their end it sends normally with no errors but I never see it or any sign of it.
At first I thought it was the APN settings, but after trying approximately 7 trillion combinations nothing fixes it. I can break things all I want, but the best I can do to fix it is to get back to square one - namely, me being able to send but not receive. And before anyone points me to a link with Telus APN settings, please pm me your home address so I can come and poop in your kid's sandbox. Trust me, I know how many google results there are for such a thing because I HAVE BEEN TO ALL OF THEM.
In desperation I wondered if at some point my modem files were b0rked, even though ProBam wouldn't have touched them and neither have I. Of course I had my original modem/EFS/EMEI stuff backed up from the very beginning, needless to say it doesn't work. My phone was shipped with the I317MVLBMA3 modem, after digging around for a while I flashed the newest Rogers I317MVLUCMK5 modem. What I learned is that the Canadian modem files are NOT cross compatible. When I flashed the newer modem, my primary APN settings screen (which has 3 radio options: Koodo SP, Telus SP, and Telus SP Tether) was firmly locked onto the 'Telus SP Tether' and nothing would make the normal one (Telus SP) stick. Which wasn't a problem, because the phone worked, and so did normal text messages. What wouldn't work was MMS in either direction, no matter what the settings. Also, unlike the stock setup, it was difficult to make changes to the APN settings 'stick'. If you hit the back key, they would revert - which they don't do on stock! If you hit settings, there is a 'save' option, which WILL make them stick, but of course since I never got MMS to work who knows what is really happening?
And now for the saddest news of all: Using the new Rogers modem, my phone had NOTICABLY better reception. I live in Northwest BC, and there are more holes in the cell net around here than a Canucks goalie (sorry, inside joke). With this modem, a lot of those holes were filled, in fact the signal strength was better across the board. A shadow is still a shadow, but in the fuzzy areas I had solid reception. LE SIGH. I should mention that I don't have LTE where I live, but I do have 4G.
And so, I had to flash back to the original modem, where once again NOTHING I do makes it so I can receive MMS messages. I saw some oddball suggestions, there is a 'settings' menu in the actual SMS/MMS app (again, I am using the stock one that I guess is from CM, but I have used Chomp and others and they all work the same), some people have said that unchecking 'auto receive messages' made miracles happen for them, but it didn't make a difference to me.
The phone itself knows that I am not on a stock rom, so people who say that the APN settings are completely separate from the rom are wrong. If I hit 'reset to defaults' it changes the APN type to 'default,supl,mms'. Again, I am going to stress this one more time - I have tried EVERY SINGLE SETTING that I have found on the internet. Pro tip: you don't need spaces, and you don't need to reboot (although I have tried that too between every change, of course).
So PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, someone give me an idea as to what I can try next?! This is insane, it almost feels like a faulty sim card or something. I don't know if I have EVER received an MMS message, and it was only when someone insisted that they sent me a pic that I knew there was even something up. Please, anything...
Asking this for a friend who has an S9. I have an S10, so I have some familiarity, but we're still fighting with the problem. Here's the story:
He was on TMobile. I suggested he try changing to Total Wireless (Verizon MVNO) as I have had good luck with them. He switched and things were working fine for a few weeks.
Nothing on the phone was changed, but then about 2 weeks ago, his text messages weren't going through, particularly to iPhone users. Normally, we'd think this is a problem on the iPhone side, but nothing changed there either (his wife's iPhone)... in addition, this happened with multiple iPhone users, so it's not just one person...
We've done a ton of digging, contacted the carrier, they contacted VZ for help, tried different apps (stock, Google Messages, etc)... no one has been able to figure out the solution. The most recent finding was that the stock Samsung messaging app works fine for all users, but GMessages continues to have problems. With regard to GMessages, we have checked and confirm that iPhone users are getting detected at "SMS/MMS" and not RCS, so that doesn't appear to be the issue either.
APN settings match what I have (I have no problems with my S10 with any users - iPhone or otherwise).
Only remaining thing I can see is that his phone is seeing a CSC of TMB/XAA/SPR (mine is TFN/TFN/SPR). I think it could be due to the TMB/XAA he's seeing, but the carrier thinks this is not the issue. His ROM is showing up as SM-G960U_OYN_TMB.... I wonder if it's because it's U (instead of U1) so it's unable to switch to TFN?
Anyone else have any ideas on what could be going on here? Since the stock app works, it seems it's not a carrier issue... but I still don't get why that would fail to work on GMessages when it works fine on the stock messaging app?
Any ideas appreciated. We're quite technical and able to do all sorts of things (ODIN flashing, etc)... so nothing is off the table. Just trying to figure out how to fix this.
Bump - no one has any ideas or theories? I'm in brainstorming mode, so no idea is not worth trying!