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[Q] Group Text ...

I was being charged the group texts as photo messages (on Orange network), just now orange support people confirmed me that there's a bug in Nokia Lumia phones that it always send group texts as photo messages. is it true? any body else facing the issue? any fix?
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I don't think that's exclusive to the Lumia, or a bug. Pretty sure that's just how Windows Phone works. You may want to look at using GroupMe which does go over SMS or Push.

hmm, you mean sending sms to more than one person on windows phone goes out a photo message or MMS message? I think this was not the case in HTC Mozart i used to have last year and even in previous versions of windows phone.
is there any setting I need to change? unfortunately the orange support team gave a clear verdict that on Nokia Lumia any sms going out to more than one receipient will go as MMS / photo messages.

If you look at Messaging settings it says "Helps keep replies in one thread by using MMS" under the Group Text option. So, group text is going to use MMS on any WP7 device, not just a Lumia.

ZeeShh said:
hmm, you mean sending sms to more than one person on windows phone goes out a photo message or MMS message? I think this was not the case in HTC Mozart i used to have last year and even in previous versions of windows phone.
is there any setting I need to change? unfortunately the orange support team gave a clear verdict that on Nokia Lumia any sms going out to more than one receipient will go as MMS / photo messages.
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Try turning off Group Text option in Messaging Settings and see if that fixes it.

Thanks and I've just turn the group text off and tested with my colleagues, it's ok now. but will check the group messages abroad because that's where I was charged as photo text messages.
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HTC one M8 delayed response in text msgs,call history & gallery

Hi all
Im using htc one m8 for quite sometime now, i feel there is a weird bug in the phone,its not a major issue but very irritating.
So the issue im trying to say is something like below:
Scenario: A new text message arrives, you open the sms thread. As soon as you open the thread i expect my unread message to be at the top. But actually the thread initially shows old messages and within fraction of a second the unread sms comes and sits on top of it.
So similarly imagine u read this new arrived sms and close the sms thread, now again if you go to sms thread the sms is shown as unread and again within fraction of second it gets updated as read, one can easily identify the delay.
I see same behaviour with call history and photos in gallery,i have rebooted my phone still facing the issue.
Is anyone facing similar issue and is there any solution for this irritating problem??
Thanks for your help
-Raghu

MMS Issues on my ATT HTC One M8

Hi All,
New to XDA Developers and seeking some assistance. I'm having a lot of problems with MMS, especially when it come to group texting via iMessage. Most of my family and friends are on iOS and when group texts start to fly back and forth quickly problems start to happen:
1. Some texts fail to arrive so I'm "lost" when trying to make sense of the group text
2. Some texts are stuck in "Downloading" mode, only to never get completed
3. Sometimes when attempting to reply I end up replying just to the individual and not the group
Basically group texting is shot useless for me at the moment.
I have tried different apps apart from the native messaging app. Messenger (Google), GoSMS, Google Hangouts - all seem to exhibit the same issues. If anything it's more of an annoyance and at the end of the day I suspect folks are thinking I'm ignoring their messages. SMS seems to work fine, it's just MMS via group texting.
Please let me know if you have any solutions , looking forward to hearing from some of you!
VT

Same Issue
I am having the same issue. You couldn't have explained it better. Did you ever find a solution? I just found this thread.

Same thing - Tap to Download
Hi guys - I have the same problem.
I have tons of group chat MMS's that come in and say "downloading" but never download. After about ten minutes they switch to say "Couldn't download. Tap to download."
The weirdest part is, every day i have dozens of these, there are certain times of the day where they will actually download. It's like the signal strength comes in real good for a certain time of day and I'm able to get them downloaded.
I can provide screenshots if needed.
There has to be a solution to this, or at least a known problem. I've read about this all over the place for years but no one has a concrete solution or reasoning as to why the MMS don't download properly regularly. XDA must know!
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ht...ne-m8-4-4-4-mms-group-messaging-issues-1.html

Not receiving some group text messages?

I am using a Dev Ed HTC m9 on ATT(unrooted). I am having this annoying issue where, seemingly randomly, I do not receive some text messages from some people in a group text. I would receive maybe 1 out of 5 messages sent by one person, and it switches between people so its not like it's one person's issue. One on one texts seem to work fine. One thing to note is that everyone in the group text has an iphone and probably uses imessage sometimes, but I'm not sure if that's the problem. I have had the same group chat with the same people while using my galaxy s3 on att with no issues like this, it only came up after I switched phones and sim cards(same number tho).
I made sure my APN settings were set to ATT and I have called att several times after upgrading from the galaxy s3 while keeping the same number on the m9, but it hasn't worked.
One thing that is interesting is that textra seems to receive all the messages (or atleast more than the stock messenger app, as far as I know), while google messenger, stock messenger, and hangouts sms all seem to show the same incomplete messages threads.

not able to receive group messages

FIrstly, Hello. I had an account here years ago but forgot the email/password I used(oh well).
I actually have various issues with this phone, but the most important one(at least being worked related) is this. I am able to send and receive individual text messages just fine with both the stock "messages" application as well as the "message +"(Verizon) application. I can also send out group messages just fine.... but I am not able to receive group messages from anyone I work with. All my co-workers have iPhones. I'm the only one with an Android phone.
I have tried clearing cache/data, force stopping, resetting network settings, rebooting, adjusting every setting possible in both messages & message+ applications(including disabling/re-enabling/updating). I went through the Verizon z2 force text message troubleshooting on their website and was even on the phone with Verizon for awhile. Finally, I put my SIM card back into my old Galaxy S6 phone and tested with that... still did not work.
I then tried using other 3rd party apps: Signal & Textra (neither one worked either)
I have heard that a "group text message" being sent from an iPhone only circulates on Apple servers(meaning that only people with an iPhone can get them).... however, one of my co-workers insists that he was able to get them on his old phone(Android... nexus something).
Basically, I know the problem is not this phone(right?...) That being the case, does anyone know of any way I can receive a group message originating from an iPhone without having to switch to an iPhone?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you

Update: I had a friend using an older iphone 5(iOS 10) attempt to send out a group text message. I was able to receive it. Upon doing further research, seems there's a bug in iOS 11 in which Android users are not getting group text messages.
So... it is Apple's fault this time. Additionally, I found that by using the app 'TextPlus' on my Z2 Force, I am able to receive these iOS11 group text messages. Looks like I'll have to stick with that until Apple fixes the issue.