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MMS scales down pictures after using a ROM

I recently put a WM6 with TOUCHFLO ROM on my T-Mobile MDA...and ever since then everytime I recieve pictures through MMS they are scaled down to smaller file size and resoloution. Does anyone know how to recieve them as originals like in the regular WM5?

Tiny Pictures
Hey
Check out this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=297538

Thanks...I found it like right after I posted...OOPS

MMS incoming message problem

I have a HTC branded Touch Pro... in the US on t-mobile.
I used the start up wizard to load the T-Mobile settings for MMS when I first bought the phone... but one problem...
when someone sends me a photo (or any MMS)...
it comes out way too small..
does that have to do with any settings it installed? what can i do to work around this? any help would be appreciated
thanks!!

Touch Pro screen resolution is 640x480. Most devices send mms in resolution of 160x120. That is why it appeared so small. You have 2 choices. Ask the sender to resend with higher resolution, or while viewing the mms, tap the "content" menu and save the images. Then open with your favourite photo editor and zoom in.

Go to your SMS\MMS inbox, tab on menu --> MMS options, scroll down to photo resolution and try original or VGA. Maybe the default settings are for smaller resolutions.

I have the same issue on the same network. The save attachment is the best work around to get a good view. Just one of the downsides of the TP. Thank goodness I don't get many MMS files.

i didnt think of the Touch Pros resolution...
thanks.!!

HTC Touch Pro SMS & EMail Font Size Issue - Help Required

Team,
I am looking for some real help here.
I have a (Vodafone) HTC Touch Pro and have been using this for the last 6 months. I have a condition where my sight is at a fixed focal length. Reading SMS and EMails on this phone is very difficult for me and, at times, impossible. I use glasses but do not carry them with me at all times.
Does anyone know of a way that I can increase the size of the text on SMSs, emails and other areas of the phone? Here is what I have done over the last few months with no luck:
System Text - Basic
I have set the system font size to the biggest available through:
Settings -> System -> Screen -> Text Size -> Largest
I have also ensured that the Sensor Wheel is working when viewing texts by moving this clockwise - the text is at its largest.
This is still too small for me. :-(
Software
I tried using the AdvancedConfigurationTool from http://www.touchxperience.com/
Still no luck there.
I also changed the theme in the hope that I would be able to increase or change the text size - nope.
Finally I used a bit of software that allows the system fonts to be changed, even adding new fonts to the interface (sorry, can't find link). While this updated all text sizes the SMS text remained the same size.
Does anyone think this is the Vodafone branding preventing me from changing the font size? I would not like to invalidate the warranty at this point.
I like the phone but I am really finding it difficult to use as normal. Does anyone have any ideas?
Cheers,
Ricemonk

Thought an upload of what the SMS text is like would help:
I know this may look perfectly normal to almost all users however when on the HTC Touch Pro screen this is much smaller and difficult for me to read.

Open up Messaging and select a Mail Account. Then click on an email to view. From there, go to Menu -> View -> Text Size and select whatever size you want.
This action also effects all other txt in Both Mails & SMS.

Thanks for your reply treo927 however this was already set to highest as I changed the system text to the maximum.
It looks like I am destined to move away from the Touch Pro after only 6 months and on to a Blackberry.

ricemonk,
I recently had the opposite problem to you ... the fonts were too large, they were massive in SMS and email. I tried everything to reduce them in the mail settings.
I recall that I managed to fix it with a font setting from IE ... weird I know, but they must be connected. I cant now find exactly what setting I altered, but it was something in internet explorer.
A

adamcullen,
Thanks for your reply - I will take a look and fiddle with the settings and let you know how it goes.
Cheers,
Ricemonk

Ricemonk, try SMS Tweaker http://handheld.softpedia.com/progDownload/SMS-Tweaker-Download-62457.html
It's a free program that lets you set the text message font size in normal mode (not threaded mode) up to 16 points. It looks pretty big to me. I hope it works for you.

treo927 said:
Open up Messaging and select a Mail Account. Then click on an email to view. From there, go to Menu -> View -> Text Size and select whatever size you want.
This action also effects all other txt in Both Mails & SMS.
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Thank you. This has helped me increase my font size. I appreciate it a lot.

Small MMS image

Hi,
I have EnergyRom Genesis
Sept 5, 2009 WWE
I love it but I have a nasty problem w/ MMS images.
Every time i add an image to an MMS message (whether by adding or taking a new photo), the image size (pixels) is reduced and it is so small as to be appreciated by the recipient.
I looked around in the tweaks and settings and can't find any thing related to it.
I hope someone can help me out on this as I can't use the MMS feature at all.
TIA!!

Check the following setting and let us know what it says
Within the MMS program click on the RIGHT menu button, then MMS OPTIONS, then scroll down to PHOTO RESOLUTION. If this is set to QVGA or QQVGA, then your pics will be tiny.

Hi,
Thanks for the reply. I can't seem to find that option. Here is what I have:
I go to "Messaging"
Menu
Options
I chose "SMS/MMS" from "Tap an account to change settings"
The option there is "Use unicode when necessary"
I can't find "Photo Resolution" anywhere..
I must be missing something...
Thanks

You're not supposed to go to options
In the WM Messaging app, click on MENU, scroll all the way up and you should see MMS OPTIONS,

Hi,,
Thanks and stupid me.. I never realized you could scroll down the menu choices as there was no scroll bar!
Thanks!!!

No problem, there is a little tiny menu bar on the menus that have something below. Its hard to see but if you look closely you will see a dark little bar.

Moved as not ROM Development..

just search for a tiny mms cab fix around here

[APP] Mms.apk Mod [30-03-10]

Recently, I've made this for quite some time but didn't release it to the public because it was buggy. (Though, I think someone released it)
Today I finally found some time to fix it so I can share with you guys. I'll let the community help each other out if there's problems.
As usual, code is in github. Cyanogen has grabbed *some* of the codes so it'll be in the next CM.. hopefully.
Changelog
[30-03-10] DOWNLOAD HERE
- Added White to Black gradient (and now the color wheel looks awful )
- Hence, now having 3 extra colors White, Gray, Black
[29-03-10] DOWNLOAD HERE
- Fixed alignment errors for alternate view
- Quite latest changes from CM repo
- early implementation of Font color picker!*** Press the center of the color picker to confirm the color (No white or black color)
[18-03-10] DOWNLOAD HERE
- Black Background option
- Font Size option
- Hide Names option
- Alternate Message Layout option
- When using LatinIME, show Enter button instead of the '' button

Thanks! Downloading this now.

Fan of your work you know I have to try.

Confirmed
Works well. Thank you!

I like it, but for some reason the text of my messages shows up as Dark Grey on the Black BG, which is unreadable. Any way to fix this?

any chance of screenshots?

Really love the way it is looking. Nice and smooth. Black background is sleek, alternative layout is great to see in the stock app. The only thing (which is very small and doesn't bother me really) is with the black background enabled, would it be possible to have an option to set the visibility (right now, it is kind of dark, more so when the screen is dimmer) of my text.
Thank you very much for all the hard work you put into all your mods. It is a great improvement over the original Mms.apk.

It is already in the new CM.
Works great.

looks real nice...any chance of adding an option for mass texting? dunno if it's possible but that'd be great.

AbsoluteDesignz said:
looks real nice...any chance of adding an option for mass texting? dunno if it's possible but that'd be great.
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Can't you already send text to more than one person at a time?
i think all you have to do is tap on new message and add the name or numbers to the senders list

chronzz said:
Can't you already send text to more than one person at a time?
i think all you have to do is tap on new message and add the name or numbers to the senders list
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yea but I meant like ChompSMS allows. Gives you a checklist of all your contacts to easier send a mass text.

SMS delivery reports
There is a problem with the delivery reports for SMS on this version which is released in CM5.05. Sometimes the envelope does not show up at all even though "delivery reports" is checked for SMS.

what he said
alishankiti said:
There is a problem with the delivery reports for SMS on this version which is released in CM5.05. Sometimes the envelope does not show up at all even though "delivery reports" is checked for SMS.
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this is exactly what i was about to bring up haha, arctu does your mod fix this or is it the same as cm 5.0.5 ?

my mod was the caused of the bug. haha. CM uses partial of my code. i'm working on fixing it + CM mms.apk latest patches.

Since you seem to know quite a bit about the MMS backend, could you somehow incorporate something for At&t users? Our MMS send limit is capped at 600k I believe, so whenever we send a MMS, the image needs to be resized or compressed to be below the 600k limit.
As of now, C's ROM doesn't do this, so if we try to send a 1Mb image, it just sits there and never goes.
I'm not sure if this is something set within the MMS.apk file or somewhere else.
Thanks!

!!
Wow great job Arctu! SO MUCH POTENTIAL HERE GUYS! Maybe change the background to different colors? change the font to different types of fonts? This way we would have a nice "stock" sms app. We wouln't need all these "ads" supported third sms apps! (chomp sms) lol

mindfrost82 said:
Since you seem to know quite a bit about the MMS backend, could you somehow incorporate something for At&t users? Our MMS send limit is capped at 600k I believe, so whenever we send a MMS, the image needs to be resized or compressed to be below the 600k limit.
As of now, C's ROM doesn't do this, so if we try to send a 1Mb image, it just sits there and never goes.
I'm not sure if this is something set within the MMS.apk file or somewhere else.
Thanks!
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+1 on this. Some sort of customizable size would be ideal.

Possible bug - not checking file size at all!
I believe I found the reason why the Mms.apk in Cyanogen's mod is not resizing the images. I wish I had the programming knowledge to fix it, but I don't.
In packages/apps/Mms/src/com.android.mms.model/ImageModel.java
The class on line 125 checkContentResriction checks for image content type and image resolution but not image size.
Upon further investigation there is checkMessageSize(int messageSize, int increaseSize, ContentResolver resolver) in the CarrierContentRestriction class.
The code is there to handle the exception thrown by this function, but I do not know how to create the ContentResolver to add the lines to the check.
Maybe someone with more programming prowess than I can fix it so we can start sending MMS messages again.
[edit] Think I figured it out, compiling it all now. Anyone know how to just compile the Mms.apk and not the entire thing, kernal, apps, etc...? [/edit]

make Mms
Hope you succeed and share the code.

Did not work. I'll toy with it some more tonight and/or later this week. Hopefully I can figure this out. I am positive it has something to do with the fact that the checkFileSize is not included.