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trouble sending mms

Anyone have trouble sending mms? Mine just stalls and eventually gives me a notice that it can't be sent...had the trouble for a while now....
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Are you having this problem on both 3G and Edge or just when you are on Edge?

your not trying to send it through google voice are you?

I had trouble with mine on EDGE. The solution was to get Handcent SMS and set the size of the MMS.
Settings->Send message settings->Maximum MMS size and I set it to 100k
No problems since.

mmm_tacos said:
I had trouble with mine on EDGE. The solution was to get Handcent SMS and set the size of the MMS.
Settings->Send message settings->Maximum MMS size and I set it to 100k
No problems since.
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I am also having this problem. I found that it was only an issue on Edge.... which is all that is available here. Pretty much rendering my MMS messages useless. Along with GPS. So im quite displeased at this moment.
As for the Settings = send message settings above thing .... I do not see the "Send MEssage Settings" option anywhere. Not in Message Settings or in regular Settings. Any particular place for it? Hope it works if i find it. Frustrated.
Correction - I see you mean to get the program Handcent SMS. Though that actually pisses me off more that I have to get a program to send on Edge, I will give it a shot.

Works
I can confirm that the Handcent SMS app on the Marketplace works for MMS on Edge network. Thanks for the tip off good sir.

If you're running Stock JF6 ROM and only has EDGE signal, you have two choices:
1. Some how shrink the picture down to 100k or so. Anything bigger won't send over EDGE. It is one of the known bugs in stock ROM.
2. You can flash to the newer leaked beta ROM. This bug has been addressed in newer ROMs.
Or you can wait for the official ROM update that fixes GPS among other things. No one know when that will happen yet.

Question for mmm_tacos
mmm_tacos -
Did you find a way to disable the regular Messaging system so you dont get two notifications for every text/MMS message received?

Finch44 said:
mmm_tacos -
Did you find a way to disable the regular Messaging system so you dont get two notifications for every text/MMS message received?
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You should be able to open the stock Messaging application and hit your menu button and go to settings and go to Notifications and uncheck it.

mmm_tacos said:
You should be able to open the stock Messaging application and hit your menu button and go to settings and go to Notifications and uncheck it.
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much appreciated

I can send a MMS, but cant receive one.
Those I send it to do receive it.
When I receive a MMS I get a Txt which has a 'Download' button in it. I try to download but it doesnt work, even if the photo is tiny.
Im on JH7

Incorrect SMS Received Timestamps on Captivate.

Hi all,
I have an unlocked Captivate running on the Rogers network here in Canada. Whenever I receive a text message it is timestamped for 3 hours earlier. If I receive a text at 8pm, it would show up as received at 5pm.
I have called Rogers and gotten them to reset me on the network. The problem still persists however. I was wondering if anyone else has the same problem as well. If so, are there any potential fixes?
Thanks.

Jedarius said:
Hi all,
I have an unlocked Captivate running on the Rogers network here in Canada. Whenever I receive a text message it is timestamped for 3 hours earlier. If I receive a text at 8pm, it would show up as received at 5pm.
I have called Rogers and gotten them to reset me on the network. The problem still persists however. I was wondering if anyone else has the same problem as well. If so, are there any potential fixes?
Thanks.
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Is this consistent for all messages? How about MMS? I can tell you that the network will have little to do with it. The time stamp comes from your phone when it receives the message. There is no time stamp in the message payload itself. Check your time and date settings specifically time zone. Try changing it manually. Test it and then set it back to update from the network.

Thank you for the reply.
Yes it is consistent with all messages. I tried using chompSMS and on the message menu it shows the correct timestamp of when the message was received. However, when I click into the individual conversations, it shows the incorrect timestamp.
I have tried to set the timezone to Pacific (I'm in Vancouver) and then back to update from network but that still doesn't work.
Any help at all would be awesome.
Thanks.

Jedarius said:
Thank you for the reply.
Yes it is consistent with all messages. I tried using chompSMS and on the message menu it shows the correct timestamp of when the message was received. However, when I click into the individual conversations, it shows the incorrect timestamp.
I have tried to set the timezone to Pacific (I'm in Vancouver) and then back to update from network but that still doesn't work.
Any help at all would be awesome.
Thanks.
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Odd. My guess is the network is setting it in a way your phone doesn't like. I would suggest this:
Set the time and timezone manually.
Clear all your current text conversations.
Reboot.
Get someone to send you some texts.

Jedarius said:
Thank you for the reply.
Yes it is consistent with all messages. I tried using chompSMS and on the message menu it shows the correct timestamp of when the message was received. However, when I click into the individual conversations, it shows the incorrect timestamp.
I have tried to set the timezone to Pacific (I'm in Vancouver) and then back to update from network but that still doesn't work.
Any help at all would be awesome.
Thanks.
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I'm from Vancouver Island running an unlocked Captivate on Rogers, I calculated the difference between my time and the incoming timestamp and adjusted my time zone setting (GMT -3.00 worked for me). It's something to do with Rogers network, I had the same issue with my N900. Works fine now.

Download a program called smsfixtimes from market
Google the program to see lots of other people with same problem.
You can also use a messaging program called Handscent. It relies on when text was received, rather than the timestamp.

Yup, the guy above me is pretty much right. If you want to keep using the samsung messaging app that came with the phone, get the sms timefix from the market. I'm also in Vancouver using the Captivate (on fido). The problem I had with that is that when I would get a text right after I sent one (say at 5:25pm), if a friend sent me a text back within a minute of me sending the text, it would show up before my text in the thread.
That's why I gave up on that and went over to handscent sms.

Sending SMS again after restart

Hey everyone,
I currently have an AT&T Captivate on the Telus network. I had to manually put in the APN setting and stuff. I have a problem with the SMS portion of the phone. If I send an SMS using the messaging app or handscent sms it shows the sms as sending even though it has been sent. And when I restart the phone it sends all of the text messages again. It is very annoying as sometimes it will resend about 30 texts to the same person. What is wrong with the phone?

I have the same problem sometimes with handscent. Usually it's only 1 or 2 tho

canucks said:
Hey everyone,
I currently have an AT&T Captivate on the Telus network. I had to manually put in the APN setting and stuff. I have a problem with the SMS portion of the phone. If I send an SMS using the messaging app or handscent sms it shows the sms as sending even though it has been sent. And when I restart the phone it sends all of the text messages again. It is very annoying as sometimes it will resend about 30 texts to the same person. What is wrong with the phone?
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Go under 'Settings', 'Send Message Settings', and check the box for 'Prevent Resend'. This stops that problem with Handcent SMS.
Sent from my HTC Hero CDMA running Android 2.3

just tried, it would still send the message again after i restart the phone. any other ideas?

i have to delete the whole sms thread to make this not happen. Which is kind of annoying. So I am hoping someone has the same issue as me and has fixed it lol

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zzd4nzz said:
Hey guys I'm using the stock messaging application and the delivery would sometimes fail. I'm not saying this is every now and then, but this problem comes up for half of my text messages I am trying to send. I updated the PRL and my phone is completely fine. I'm running the latest humblecomb and the lastest OTB pbj kernel.
I don't know if it's just me or does anyone else get a failed delivery? It's so annoying when I have to check that my message actually sent.
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if you're texting another VZ customer I know you can turn on the 'delivery report' option in the sms settings, it gets a little annoying cuz it'll basically give you two message tones one when its delivered and one when you receive a text

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zzd4nzz said:
hm.. im not sure you get what im saying
I mean when you send the message, but in a few seconds it says the message failed to send. I would have to send it again then!
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oh ok lol, the only reason it would fail is a network issue either with your phone or the recipient... if they get the texts and/or you can receive them its something wrong with your phone, can't say i've heard of any fixes beside maybe odining your radio again
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge 4G

Texting Issues

I had this experienced with three different JB roms today. I can send mms (pics) but I can't send plain text messages.
I get the "message not sent" error.
I did a complete wipe, etc. before installing each rom. Any suggestions?

dogg409 said:
I had this experienced with three different JB roms today. I can send mms (pics) but I can't send plain text messages.
I get the "message not sent" error.
I did a complete wipe, etc. before installing each rom. Any suggestions?
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Does this happen with all text messages, or only ones that go really long?
Have you checked to make sure your APN settings are correct?
[APN][AT&T][MMS][HSPA+] Single APN for HSPA+ Speeds AND MMS - (Updated 8/21)

Ryo Misaki said:
Does this happen with all text messages, or only ones that go really long?
Have you checked to make sure your APN settings are correct?
[APN][AT&T][MMS][HSPA+] Single APN for HSPA+ Speeds AND MMS - (Updated 8/21)
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It happens with all sms....even when I send "hi" to myself.

dogg409 said:
It happens with all sms....even when I send "hi" to myself.
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Odd... Did you check the APN?

Ryo Misaki said:
Odd... Did you check the APN?
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Yeah, I tried and no luck.....I am dumbfounded.

Ive been getting a weird message.. something like
"Android services has noticed you are sending a large number of SMS messages. Do you want to continue" Then it has 2 options..
Allow or Deny..
After it pops up the first time, it comes back after every 2 or 3 messages sent..
Its powered by Jellybeaned AOKP!

I found out some of the ported ROMs removed the message center option entirely under "Messaging" -> Option key -> "Settings". There should be a "Message Center" option which you should set to +13123149810. Since it's been removed from a couple ROMs sending SMS messages will not work. Anyone know of a ROM that still has this option?

rev3la7ion said:
I found out some of the ported ROMs removed the message center option entirely under "Messaging" -> Option key -> "Settings". There should be a "Message Center" option which you should set to +13123149810. Since it's been removed from a couple ROMs sending SMS messages will not work. Anyone know of a ROM that still has this option?
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Scratch that I found out that from ICS and up they got rid of that option and replaced it with SMS Center which you can get to by opening the phone dialer and typing in *#*#4636#*#* and selecting -> Phone info.
Go to google and search for your SMS center number which should be based on the carrier you have.
Next, go to twit88.com/home/utility/sms-pdu-encode-decode
Scroll down to where you see SMSC, Receiver, and Alphabet size.
Put in the entire SMSC number, including the + sign into the box, leave receiver blank, change the Alphabet size to 8, and delete whatever is in the message box under Alphabet and hit Convert.
Now, on your phone go to the Phone info menu described above and scroll to the bottom and find the SMSC field.
Enter the first 16 numbers into that field and hit update.
Reboot your phone and you can now send SMS.
This fix is for people who have the proper modems flashed on there phones and can still receive texts but not send them.