3rd Party SMS app (wifi calling support) - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all, I'm looking to try out some 3rd party sms apps. Not in love with the stock one and Hangouts can't send/receive MMS when I'm connected to wifi.
Anybody know of any SMS apps that MMS works while connected to WIFI like the stock app?
(posting this in general rather than Q&A in case others are looking for the same thing in the future).
Thanks all

Are you asking for an app that sends MMS via WiFi? I don't think that's possible. When I'm connected to WiFi on stock app it uses 4g to send MMS and I have wifi calling on too.
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otariq said:
Are you asking for an app that sends MMS via WiFi? I don't think that's possible. When I'm connected to WiFi on stock app it uses 4g to send MMS and I have wifi calling on too.
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it shouldnt. and actually, if youre mobile radio is on when youre connected to wifi calling something isnt right.

mikeyinid said:
it shouldnt. and actually, if youre mobile radio is on when youre connected to wifi calling something isnt right.
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I think I confused myself lol. Okay, so normally my WiFi calling is set to cellular preferred so most of the time I have cell signal when connected to WiFi. When I'm on WiFi and send a MMS the 4g logo pops up so it never sends MMS on WiFi or at least not when I have a signal. Was op trying to ask for an app that'll send MMS over WiFi calling when he has no cell signal? Also, I think WiFi calling can send regular SMS when there's no cell signal. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that one.
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otariq said:
I think I confused myself lol. Okay, so normally my WiFi calling is set to cellular preferred so most of the time I have cell signal when connected to WiFi. When I'm on WiFi and send a MMS the 4g logo pops up so it never sends MMS on WiFi or at least not when I have a signal. Was op trying to ask for an app that'll send MMS over WiFi calling when he has no cell signal? Also, I think WiFi calling can send regular SMS when there's no cell signal. Someone correct me if I'm wrong on that one.
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when youre connected to wifi calling your signal bars should be empty with an x signifying you have no mobile radio. wifi calling handles calls/sms/mms. and any 3rd party messaging app other than hangouts should also work the same way since they actually use the stock messaging app still.

mikeyinid said:
when youre connected to wifi calling your signal bars should be empty with an x signifying you have no mobile radio. wifi calling handles calls/sms/mms. and any 3rd party messaging app other than hangouts should also work the same way since they actually use the stock messaging app still.
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Yep you're right just tested it myself. Thanks. Switched to WiFi preferred, signal went to zero and I was able to send both SMS and MMS from stock messaging app
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otariq said:
Yep you're right just tested it myself. Thanks. Switched to WiFi preferred, signal went to zero and I was able to send both SMS and MMS from stock messaging app
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anytime i can be on wifi calling i am. tmo service in my area isnt great even tho we have lte. mms sends almost instantly over wifi and call quality is much better.

mikeyinid said:
anytime i can be on wifi calling i am. tmo service in my area isnt great even tho we have lte. mms sends almost instantly over wifi and call quality is much better.
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Oh gotcha. It's gotten much better where I live. Now when I make calls a lot of times it says HD in the bottom right. Do you know what that means? At first I thought maybe it was volte but I think that's only implemented in a handful of cities
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otariq said:
Oh gotcha. It's gotten much better where I live. Now when I make calls a lot of times it says HD in the bottom right. Do you know what that means? At first I thought maybe it was volte but I think that's only implemented in a handful of cities
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HD means HD calling. T-Mo has it in places and it supposedly makes call quality much better. I havent seen it here yet so I cant comment but Ive read tech site reviews that say its legit. I think Sprint has it too.
According to the T-Mo website HD calls are nationwide now. If thats the case and we have it here, it sucks. Call quality is awful here, echoes and random noise during calls.

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T-mobile can't receive or send mms on WiFi

Why can't I receive or send mms when WiFi is connected. I didn't have this issue on sprint. It sucks cause I have to turn off WiFi and then it has to connect to edge then eventually on 4g before i can get or send my mms quicker. I have to use WiFi a lot on this device so I don't go over my cap so I need to have WiFi on at home and work. Very frustrating.
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This happens on and off on my Amaze. I just think it doesnt work that well in general with tmo
My wife can't download mms on WiFi with at&t
I have the same problem with Verizon.
MMS are the texts with data right? Yeah I noticed I can't send with just wifi.
Normal text are fine.
AT&T btw for the XDA app users.
Edit: I noticed you said at all when I reread it. I can send em fine with wifi enabled but I have to have mobile network enabled as well.
Maybe this is more common than i thought.
MultiMediaMessages needs your data access to send. WiFi will not work.
Happened on my cousin's AT&T galaxy s ii when he didn't enable data
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babymatteo said:
MultiMediaMessages needs your data access to send. WiFi will not work.
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You youre right that it does need data but I think what its supposed to do is switch to mobile network real quick and send/receive then revert back to wifi. The issue is its not doing this on my Tmobile s3.
Edit: Ran a few more test. Had my gf send me 2 mms while I was on wifi and I was able to recieve 1. But other I couldnt receive. It may have something to do with my data connection as I get 50% edge. I have a feeling that when its on edge while wifi is on that it cant DL the mms but on 4g while wifi is on it will work. I need to run a test outdoor where I get full 4g but still connect to wifi.
Same issue here, on simple mobile, I will assume is GS3 MMS bug and when you do receive MMS, it's pretty small
Just use gmail.
People really need to start using email in lieu of mms, the pictures don't get distorted, it sends/receives faster, handles much larger files
I don't know why people even use mms anymore. Everything should be done in email.
ingenious247 said:
Just use gmail.
People really need to start using email in lieu of mms, the pictures don't get distorted, it sends/receives faster, handles much larger files
I don't know why people even use mms anymore. Everything should be done in email.
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Life is about choices, you like email and others prefer MMS, we are using GS3 & others prefer what they like. Email, MMS, WhatsApp, ChatOn etc is matter of preference
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wcoast said:
Life is about choices, you like email and others prefer MMS, we are using GS3 & others prefer what they like. Email, MMS, WhatsApp, ChatOn etc is matter of preference
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Yes, you're right. Life is about choices.
Just like people can "choose" to drive 3,000 miles instead of taking a flight. Or they can "choose" to ship via snail mail instead of UPS.
Doesn't mean their choices and/or preferences aren't ineffective or moronic, or that people want to hear them whine about the "choices" they make.
Aside from that, it doesn't look like it's a "choice" on Wifi. So you can choose to send an email and be done with it, or choose to whine and stomp your feet on xda which has virtually no effect on the situation other than rounding up other whiners.
It's like people complaining about using Blu-Ray and complaining they can't stream VHS to their phone
You can send and receive mms on wifi. I have done it. No data.
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jjlean said:
You can send and receive mms on wifi. I have done it. No data.
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I can send and receive too over Wi-Fi.
jjlean said:
You can send and receive mms on wifi. I have done it. No data.
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The_Biz said:
I can send and receive too over Wi-Fi.
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Are there setting/tweak that allows you guy to be able to send and receive mms while on Wi-Fi? Nobody that u know have theirs working, we all have to turn off WiFi to send/receive mms
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wcoast said:
Are there setting/tweak that allows you guy to be able to send and receive mms while on Wi-Fi? Nobody that u know have theirs working, we all have to turn off WiFi to send/receive mms
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Nope. Stock rooted. I will tell you that there are times when it won't send our receive mms or sms, but if I restart it works again. It never works 100%.
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jjlean said:
Nope. Stock rooted. I will tell you that there are times when it won't send our receive mms or sms, but if I restart it works again. It never works 100%.
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I'm on custom Rom and never had luck sending/receiving mms while on WiFi
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wcoast said:
Are there setting/tweak that allows you guy to be able to send and receive mms while on Wi-Fi? Nobody that u know have theirs working, we all have to turn off WiFi to send/receive mms
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Stock no root.
Does it make a difference if you guys enable wifi calling?
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MMS through WIFI?

ok, so ive noticed that when on TW, you can send and recieve MMS on wifi (which is great for me because of not so good 3g speeds) but on CM9 you cant. Is there a way to make it work on CM9? or is this only for TW? OR just explain whats going on here, thanks.
tonyec7 said:
ok, so ive noticed that when on TW, you can send and recieve MMS on wifi (which is great for me because of not so good 3g speeds) but on CM9 you cant. Is there a way to make it work on CM9? or is this only for TW? OR just explain whats going on here, thanks.
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As far as I know you need a phone signal for mms...if you want to use wifi u need to use something like Google voice for texting.
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dante32278 said:
As far as I know you need a phone signal for mms...if you want to use wifi u need to use something like Google voice for texting.
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believe me, it works. if you are on TW try it. my mms sends within seconds on wifi. on 3G, pfft.
tonyec7 said:
believe me, it works. if you are on TW try it. my mms sends within seconds on wifi. on 3G, pfft.
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I'm on cm9 so it may be a Samsung benefit.
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dante32278 said:
I'm on cm9 so it may be a Samsung benefit.
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is there a way where it could possibly work on CM9 though?
tonyec7 said:
is there a way where it could possibly work on CM9 though?
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Not that i know of....I tried right now airplane mode on and wifi connected but it said no go til I have a signal.
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When I can't send mms I use text plus. Its a free app. World like a charm.
Edit: Misunderstood sorry. Durrr
flashback7 said:
When I can't send mms I use text plus. Its a free app. World like a charm.
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I am familiar with that app, but im talking about receiving/sending MMS from and to your number, in the stock app, handcent, or anything similar.
I have no problem sending and receiving mms on cm9 w/ wifi on. The phone still sends it via 3g, it just connects to the network real quick and then disconnects.
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brooksyx said:
I have no problem sending and receiving mms on cm9 w/ wifi on. The phone still sends it via 3g, it just connects to the network real quick and then disconnects.
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thats the problem, on TW it would use wifi, not 3g. its great for me because where i live, data speeds arent that great |not complaining|. now, id like to do that on CM9
Mms through wifi only works thru Samsung's stock messaging app. I know exactly what OP means. You can uncheck 3g and 4g and still mms go thru just on wifi. I wondered why at one point my epic stopped doing this so I played with some settings and figured out that handcent was the culprit. Once I stopped handcent from disabling the stock app mms over wifi worked again. So to OP the reason why it don't work on cm9 is bcuz stock messaging app is removed or if you're on stock then you probably have a third party SMS app with the disable stock setting on.
Edit: This also applies to 4g. With the stock app you can send thru 4g too. If you disable or remove it, sending thru 4g or wifi won't work and stick to 3g only.
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SMS over Wifi?

I have ****ty coverage in my area so I'm wondering if it's possible to send sms over wifi just like wifi calling.
bloopblah said:
I have ****ty coverage in my area so I'm wondering if it's possible to send sms over wifi just like wifi calling.
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For SMS over t-mobile wifi calling works great. MMS on ICS/JB roms seems to have issues but GB ROMS it worked the last time I tried it. I would also note that when I was in Europe with WIFI only (no roaming on my phone), that MMS messages wouldn't go, but SMS did.
Also if you use T-Mobile WIFI Calling make sure you signup for the **free** add on. If you don't when you use WIFI Calling, it counts against your minutes when calling someone.
Thanks for the info. I'm using Andromadus Mimicry v1.3.2. So maybe that's the problem?
bloopblah said:
Thanks for the info. I'm using Andromadus Mimicry v1.3.2. So maybe that's the problem?
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Works fine for me. I have very poor coverage at home, wifi-calling is the main reason I'm not running the JB ROM full time.
Been using Mimicry as my DD for a couple months. T-Mobile's wifi-calling sometimes flakes and doesn't want to connect, but if it says it's connected SMS is fine. Not sure about MMS.
Its been confirmed that mms over tmo wifi calling doesn't work on ics by edkeys. But you can see when you receive an mms and at that point you can switch to cell data and just get it. And then switch back to wifi calling
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bloopblah said:
Thanks for the info. I'm using Andromadus Mimicry v1.3.2. So maybe that's the problem?
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I'm using 1.3.2 as well, but you have to be using the 26.13.04.19 radio in order for the T-Mobile wifi calling app to work. Calling and SMS works, MMS doesn't.
PS: Installing the Google Now zip will break wifi calling (ie: it'll be active, but will fail to receive/send)
I haven't noticed the Google now error ill have to test
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Warbuff said:
I haven't noticed the Google now error ill have to test
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When I tested, the icon showing wifi calling enabled looked fine and all, and wifi bars would show with data bars off just like normal. However when you goto send an sMS for example it would immediately fail as if it were relying on the data connectivity. Something in the Google Now Package (tried v5 and v6) breaks it. But if you were to re-flash edkey's wifi calling after Google Now it seems to work.
I guess the reason I never noticed was because when I did it I flashed mimicry then google now and wifi calling. That only happened because when I upgraded to the new mimicry I noticed wifi calling missing so that's why I added it last. I guess I just got lucky
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MMS over WiFi calling

Hey guys I noticed the past couple days maybe week+ I haven't been able to send and receive mms solely on Wi-Fi with the stock messaging app. This is without cellular network as my work gets zero cellular service. It has worked before, but hasn't recently.
Does anyone else noticed this?
Any known fixes?
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Teo032 said:
Hey guys I noticed the past couple days maybe week+ I haven't been able to send and receive mms solely on Wi-Fi with the stock messaging app. This is without cellular network as my work gets zero cellular service. It has worked before, but hasn't recently.
Does anyone else noticed this?
Any known fixes?
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nvm updated the newest update and it fixed it.
Yep
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Only HTC Messages sends mms over wifi calling
is it me? I can only get the delivered HTC Messages (ie the one that comes with the phone) to send MMS over wifi calling. Hangouts and all 3rd party text message programs I have tried just sit and do not send it.
thanks
-brad
**update**: Found the answer: only the stock delivered one will mms over wifi calling: http://textra.uservoice.com/knowledgebase/articles/257060-t-mobile-mms-over-wifi-calling
also found this link as well: https://support.t-mobile.com/thread/72043

Messaging App

Alternative Text Messaging app.. I've found.. Been using it.. Lots of features and customization to it..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smitten.smms
Sweet but need wifi calling and data over wifi so cant use this.
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raw2000j said:
Sweet but need wifi calling and data over wifi so cant use this.
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What would using this app have anything to do with wifi calling? I've been using Smitten for a while now on my G3 and my wifi/wifi calling is fine. It's a really good sms app too. I can't stand the stock sms app and Smitten is a big improvement.
kingtoxik said:
Alternative Text Messaging app.. I've found.. Been using it.. Lots of features and customization to it..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smitten.smms
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I like this, but I was experience some weird annoying bugs that led me to stop using it. Messages would appear to go to the wrong person, event though they didn't. Random crashes frequently.
I mean I need mms over data and texting when no signal only with wifi calling with stock app will work.
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raw2000j said:
I mean I need mms over data and texting when no signal only with wifi calling with stock app will work.
Same boat. I love the hoverchat app for SMS but don't use it as my primary because anything other than stock seems spotty when on WiFi.
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raw2000j said:
I mean I need mms over data and texting when no signal only with wifi calling with stock app will work.
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Hmm, I never use wifi calling so I guess I wouldn't have noticed this problem.

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