MMS auto resize

[ulysses]

hi all.. i recently got my first Android phone the other day (EVO). and i noticed that it'll automatically resize my pics when i send them in an MMS.. now, i don't want to send an 8mp pic... but it's be nice to send it at least 600x800 or 768x1024...
is there a way to change this?

thank you,
-u

[Fabulas]

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I have wondered the same thing. My TP2 had this option.

[ulysses]

yep... and it also let you add more than one pic... i'm sure there's a way... anyone?

[ulysses]

bump..


there's gotta be a way to set the size for resize...

[w7excursion]

Not liking this -

[ulysses]

Originally Posted by w7excursion

Not liking this -

what do you mean?

[xSD]

There is a method which requires rooting and pulling and pushing files through adb. Search XDA or Google.

[w7excursion]

Originally Posted by ulysses

what do you mean?

I like to send lots of picturemail and dont like having my pictures shrimped up. I have to pay this extra fee/evo prem data/features for limited picturemail access? I dont like that and dont want to root. Doesnt make sense for sprint to do this. My evo is getting the dumbphone treatment.

[rainfreak]

There is a limit, set by the carriers (i.e. Sprint, Verizon, ATT, etc), on the total size of the MMS image. The EVO, and other smartphones, send within that limit. I also had a TP2 and remember that you could change the size of the image sent, but I don't remember that you could send it as the original size. And even if it did, the size difference between an image from the TP2 camera (3.2 MP) and the EVO camera (8.0 MP) would be huge.

Now, with all that said, I can tell you that if you use Handcent or ChompSMS you will have more options. I am currently using ChompSMS and one of the options is to "Preserve Image Resolution," which by default is not checked. Checking that, and setting the MMS Size limit to "No limit" will send larger images with the original resolution. Though many other smartphones may have an issue viewing your image.

[xSD]

Originally Posted by rainfreak

There is a limit, set by the carriers (i.e. Sprint, Verizon, ATT, etc), on the total size of the MMS image. The EVO, and other smartphones, send within that limit. I also had a TP2 and remember that you could change the size of the image sent, but I don't remember that you could send it as the original size. And even if it did, the size difference between an image from the TP2 camera (3.2 MP) and the EVO camera (8.0 MP) would be huge.

Now, with all that said, I can tell you that if you use Handcent or ChompSMS you will have more options. I am currently using ChompSMS and one of the options is to "Preserve Image Resolution," which by default is not checked. Checking that, and setting the MMS Size limit to "No limit" will send larger images with the original resolution. Though many other smartphones may have an issue viewing your image.

You are right. Carriers do have a MMS limit on the size of received messages but it is not 21kb that my pictures are being reduced to by the Android default messaging app. Still very well worth it to send bigger pictures (those I usually would send to from my TP2 would get 700kb images). I believe the receive limit on most carriers is about 1.2mb or so.