[SOLVED] Unable to send/receive MMS
 

I had been unable to send or receive MMS messages with FRX07.1. The sending issue was characterized by a persistent "sending" message, and the message was never sent. The receiving issue was characterized by a "downloading" message and the media was never downloaded. I tried several different APN settings and none would work.

I changed my radio from 2.32WU to 2.37WV and MMS now works with the APN settings in the FAQ.

Thanks to arrrghhh for the suggestion in this post. I guess this just means that I can't switch to GSM towers in the US if I wanted to, but that's not a big deal.

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to send/receive MMS
 

AFAIK the radio will work for GSM if you need it. Glad it fixed the problem!

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funny that its working for you now... i reinstalled frx07.1 and now my MMS isnt working again (i havent done anything differently)! im gonna try to update the radios

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so the radio doesnt work for cdma?? if so where can i find it?? thnx guys :)

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Gawd... No. You took that completely out of context. I meant it'll work for both - the OP seemed concerned that changing radio versions would only work for CDMA, and it wouldn't work anymore for GSM - which isn't true. My point was it'll work for both...

:rolleyes:

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to send/receive MMS
 

ohhh ok my bad. im a complete noob to this,but i try and learn :)..so where can i upgrade or downgrade to get the other radio(2.37WV)?... i tried to see what is the radio of my phone in my settings but i dont see anything that says radio..
sorry for the incovenience... i have the same problem that auburnham had, i tried the settings fromt the faq. i sent myself a pic and it could never send..plz help..

sorry again..thnx for the help guys :)

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to send/receive MMS
 

Did you try actually sending a pic? I dunno if sending a pic to yourself even works. Never tried it TBH.

Radio firmware upgrades are a WinMo thing...

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well i have sent it to myself before and it worked..but i was using a different messaging app. i was using gosms and now im using handscent. do you think that the app could be the prob? thnx for your help :)

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Dunno. Never tried to send one to myself like I said - but IMHO that's not a good test.

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well i got a mms from a friend. it just never downloaded. it just keeps saying "downloading" i wait for like 10 mins and nothing..errrrr, frustrated lol...thnx arrrghh :)

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In the same boat. MMS forever downloads, only says SENDING. Grrr.

Re: [SOLVED] Unable to send/receive MMS
 

Works great for me! Doublecheck your settings. There are many, many people on Sprint that have fully functional MMS (with the right settings configured).

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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?

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

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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.

Wirelessly posted (Opera/9.80 (Android; Opera Mini/6.5.26571/26.1023; U; en) Presto/2.8.119 Version/10.54)

I noticed that Data must be enabled for me to be able send MMS if using built in Messaging app. Would not work using WiFi with Data disabled.

Go SMS Pro on the other hand, worked with WiFi.

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That's an interesting distinction... I wonder if the built-in messaging app can't function over wifi...?

Might be something to look into, see how native Android devices handle this...

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).

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

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to send/receive MMS
 

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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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to send/receive MMS
 

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...

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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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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