Maybe this is a stupid question but i can't seem to get it to work. Every time i try to send a picture mail (MMS) in between 1M & 2M it always converting the picture to a much smaller picture like 28k. I already tried to go to the settings and change it but it still won't work.
Can someone let me know what can i do about this.
Thanks
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There is a file size limit for mms. The carriers set it, and there is no way to change it. I send pictures through my email if I know the person has a smartphone.
Whats so crazy is that I went to setting and changed the size limit to 2M but the picture that I will try to send will only be 1.80M. It will still convert it into like 28k or even smaller. So I am not understanding the whole purpose of setting the size limit, if its going to covert it to a much smaller size.
nise_07 said:
Whats so crazy is that I went to setting and changed the size limit to 2M but the picture that I will try to send will only be 1.80M. It will still convert it into like 28k or even smaller. So I am not understanding the whole purpose of setting the size limit, if its going to covert it to a much smaller size.
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The size limitation isn't in the camera settings, it's built into the carriers MMS settings and you can't change it. Even if you have a 5m photo it'll down-convert it for MMS. The work-around is to email it or upload it to a share folder (like in Picasa) if you want the full size photo.
thanks guys for all Yall help
I can't believe there isn't one on the market!!
It kills me every time I take a picture with my phone it looks great in the gallery but when I use it as wallpaper the quality is terrible!!
Same with adding pictures to contacts... What's the point in adding pictures if they come up all blurry!
Just saying... I'd pay good money to get this fixed and I am sure a lot of others would as well.
Possibly an App that downsizes a picture to 960x800??
And contact pictures to 96x96(I think)?
unless somebody has a better way of doing this besides taking picture on phone, transferring to computer, converting size, transfer back to phone, add wallpaper/contact....
totally +1 for this, pretty odd there isn't a stock method to do this
Is anyone having issue with the compression of images when sending via MMS? Whenever I send a picture taken by the camera, it compresses it so much it goes all blocky. I'm using the stock messaging app and the max MMS size is 300k, but it compresses the images down to about 90k. Any way around this?
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I've noticed this also. Would love to hear of a cure.
I think there's a workaround for the Evo 4g, would be good if we could get the same for the DHD.
I have a similar problem.
I have the HTC Desire on T-Mobile and it always compresses the pictures to about 25kb. I've tried Handcent but it hasn't made any different.
Is this a problem with T-mobile or Android?
no solution?
I have this issue too, since I made the Gingerbread update. (It wasn't there in FroYo)
I'm using a workaround with the application "Image Shrink Lite".
With this app, I'm able to select an image in the the phone, then share it to Image Shrink, and Image Shrink redirect the well compressed file to the mms application.
This way, I'm able to use XGA(1024x768) images in my MMS.
My setup is:
-XGA size
- Quality : 85%
The only bad thing is I have to go to the image gallery first, I can't do it directly from the MMS "add attachment" option.
But it also works from the camera application, and you also can do it from any email app!
Link : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gmail.anolivetree.imageshrinklite&feature=search_result
First off im of course using the Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile network.
The issue I am having, and would like to know if it's not an isolated incident, is that when receiving MMS messages, pictures are shrunken to a fraction of its size regardless who sent it.
The other problem is when uploading pictures taken from the GN to Google+, it shrinks it also. The odd part is that it only does it to pictures that originated from the Galaxy Nexus (screenshots and camera photos) but if its a photo that is from a different device, it posts full size.
If anyone is experiencing these issues, could you raise a voice. Maybe try and offer a fix.
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First off im of course using the Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile network.
The issue I am having, and would like to know if it's not an isolated incident, is that when receiving MMS messages, pictures are shrunken to a fraction of its size regardless who sent it.
The other problem is when uploading pictures taken from the GN to Google+, it shrinks it also. The odd part is that it only does it to pictures that originated from the Galaxy Nexus (screenshots and camera photos) but if its a photo that is from a different device, it posts full size.
If anyone is experiencing these issues, could you raise a voice. Maybe try and offer a fix.
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I'm on T-Mobile as well and I too have noticed that when receiving MMS the pictures are tiny...
If you upload a picture to Google+, it will reduce the size down to 2048 px on it's longest edge. By doing this, it ensures that your pictures don't count towards your 1GB limit (any photos up to 2048 x 2048 don't count towards your storage).
I think it also compresses them down quite a bit - there is quite a size difference between the original on your phone and those on G+ (it can be around 1MB less on G+).
I was intending to use the instant upload as my "set and forget" backup for my photos, but after noticing this I don't think it's a very good idea
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I'm on T-Mobile as well and I too have noticed that when receiving MMS the pictures are tiny...
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Have you seen of anyone trying to figure a way to fix this, if there is a way?
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If you upload a picture to Google+, it will reduce the size down to 2048 px on it's longest edge. By doing this, it ensures that your pictures don't count towards your 1GB limit (any photos up to 2048 x 2048 don't count towards your storage).
I think it also compresses them down quite a bit - there is quite a size difference between the original on your phone and those on G+ (it can be around 1MB less on G+).
I was intending to use the instant upload as my "set and forget" backup for my photos, but after noticing this I don't think it's a very good idea
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The thing is that when you upload a picture that hasn't been taken with the Galaxy Nexus, it's uploaded at normal resolution. The photos are put onto the web at full resolution.
So basically in order for me to post my GN photos at full resolution, I have to let it instant upload and then post it from the website.
even if you take a photo with the galaxy nexus, and MMS yourself. When you receive the photo its a little thumbnail and out of resolution. Im on t-mo
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The thing is that when you upload a picture that hasn't been taken with the Galaxy Nexus, it's uploaded at normal resolution. The photos are put onto the web at full resolution.
So basically in order for me to post my GN photos at full resolution, I have to let it instant upload and then post it from the website.
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Do you mean when you actually share your pictures in a post?
If that's the case, then yeah I noticed that too. Uploading pictures to your albums (privately) will just resize them to 2048, if you actually share the picture (as in upload it as a post) then it shrinks them down even further. Which is odd, I agree.
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even if you take a photo with the galaxy nexus, and MMS yourself. When you receive the photo its a little thumbnail and out of resolution. Im on t-mo
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Yeah, have you heard of anyone working on a fix. It seems to be a T-Mobile thing cause there hasn't been any mention of this on the other GSM networks.
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Do you mean when you actually share your pictures in a post?
If that's the case, then yeah I noticed that too. Uploading pictures to your albums (privately) will just resize them to 2048, if you actually share the picture (as in upload it as a post) then it shrinks them down even further. Which is odd, I agree.
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Yeah, I meant post, not upload. =p
But it's annoying. The G+ is something I can deal with though.
The MMS is what really annoys me though. I know I can use email to get around it, but I hate having to have two separate means of texting and receiving pictures. I like it all under one thing.
I have tmo and have this issue with mms as well. My images are small and blurry when received.
Is anyone outside of T-Mobile having these issues?
I seem to remember this happening with the Nexus S as well. It's on T-Mobile's end and they have to do something "flip a switch" if you will, to allow it to work properly.
mms is fine on at+t, but the google plus thing reeeeally bothers me and hasn't been updated.
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Thank you guys for the help.
I guess I'll give T-Mobile a call and see what they can do about it.
I have the MMS issue also. Posted in the US TMo users thread and people ignored it so i thought i was the only one. I went nuts messing with APN settings etc but nothing worked.
It is a issue with T-Mobile. The same thing happens on other phones like the HTC Sensation Z710e vs. HTC Sensation 4G.
T-Mobile does not recognize the MMS UA String. I have to set my Sensation Z710e to a Sensation 4G MMA UA String in order to receive full size pictures.
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It is a issue with T-Mobile. The same thing happens on other phones like the HTC Sensation Z710e vs. HTC Sensation 4G.
T-Mobile does not recognize the MMS UA String. I have to set my Sensation Z710e to a Sensation 4G MMA UA String in order to receive full size pictures.
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how does one do this?
Edit a file inside a ROM under \system\customize\MNS\default.xml
This is for Sensation ROM, not sure if its the same path for Nexus ROM.
Don't use MMS but the Google+ tiny posting issue makes it completely useless.
It has to be addressed.
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I liked what the 4S had, but now I find my SGS3 just e-mails the huge original 8mp file when trying to e-mail a photo. I've tested a couple apps as per suggestions in some threads I've found but most of them seem pretty mediocre and require a lot of hoops to go through and/or the compression isn't very efficient for web. Sometimes cropping an image resulted in a larger file! I typically use K-9 as my e-mail client. Any helps is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
PS: Unrooted phone here..for now.
Text it to the email address BOOM!