[SOLVED] Unable to send/receive MMS

[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by ferny4

well i was able to receive an mms from my sister..however, i tried sending a picture and it didnt send..i waited for like 8 mins and then finally just gave up..shouldnt sending mms be the same settings as receiving mms?

Hrm, I guess try rebooting like Imaginos did?

IIRC, the APN is only used for sending. Once the code was there in the system image to handle Sprint MMS properly, reception "just works" without any setup.

[Imaginos]

Checked and rechecked my settings. Wasn't until after a reboot that it started working. Persistence paid off.

[Sc/ant864]

This would be very useful for Boost pay as you go customers running FRX especially new accounts since they upped txt from 10¢ to 20¢.

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[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by Sc/ant864

This would be very useful for Boost pay as you go customers running FRX especially new accounts since they upped txt from 10¢ to 20¢.

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I would assume you'd still get hit with the text fee, but you wouldn't get hit with the data usage fee (if you have a limited or no data plan).

[Sc/ant864]

Originally Posted by arrrghhh

I would assume you'd still get hit with the text fee, but you wouldn't get hit with the data usage fee (if you have a limited or no data plan).

Even if both users were sending via wifi or one had unlimited and the limited/sans data plan used wifi?

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[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by Sc/ant864

Even if both users were sending via wifi or one had unlimited and the limited/sans data plan used wifi?

If you're sending/receiving messages, it's going to incur a sent/received message... unless you use Google Voice, and the message is never actually processed by your carrier (or there's some other way to prevent texts from actually hitting the phone?)

[Sc/ant864]

Originally Posted by arrrghhh

If you're sending/receiving messages, it's going to incur a sent/received message... unless you use Google Voice, and the message is never actually processed by your carrier (or there's some other way to prevent texts from actually hitting the phone?)

I've never tried it but it seems like if you used an app like tikl it would avoid incurring the fee like GV, or am I just talking out of my ass?

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[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by Sc/ant864

I've never tried it but it seems like if you used an app like tikl it would avoid incurring the fee like GV, or am I just talking out of my ass?

Yea, like I said if you had some app that could basically ensure the message was never processed by your carrier, then you won't incur any charges.

To my knowledge, Google Voice would be the only way to do that. Unless there's another app that requires data usage only, and somehow 'catches' messages before they reach the carrier? I don't see how that's possible. The reason Google Voice works at circumventing the carrier is you give people a completely different phone number - so the message is never actually sent to your carrier...

[highlandsun]

The built-in messaging app always uses mobile data for MMS. Most carriers require this, because they're too lazy to do proper authentication. They accept any incoming MMS that's transmitted on their own network.

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[Sc/ant864]

Thanks arrrghhh & highlandsun, I was just wondering because my wife only runs WM so I need to find something compatible, I'll check a few different app options and update my findings.

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