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mms without data??

so i cant download a mms or send it and i bought the g2x without a contract so no data since they want 30 bucks a month n f that but my moms got a gravity 2 n she doesn't have data but still gets pics and the rest of my fam with iphones so i was wonderin if there's a way to do it on the g2x without data..possibly idk

Wifi....otherwise no
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Is there a way to set up the mms apn seperate from the data apn? I would think you could use mms without data. Well at least back in the day on flip phones you could.
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Total FAIL!!!!!
I have APN issues when I change the "build.prop" to allow Netflix play. Its the hack that changes the manufacturer to HTC Vision.
Anyhow, everytime I do that Data stops working. MMS stops working too. Had to enable WiFi for MMS to download to the phone.
This is sad news, will always need Data, even for MMS. Just so wrong.

what? you dont need a data plan to get mms working. I dont have a data plan and my mms works great. Now depending on which build you are using you will have to turn off wifi to allow the mms to be downloaded to you phone but just make sure your data box in settings is checked and you shouldnt have any problems.

vmartinez39 said:
Total FAIL!!!!!
I have APN issues when I change the "build.prop" to allow Netflix play. Its the hack that changes the manufacturer to HTC Vision.
Anyhow, everytime I do that Data stops working. MMS stops working too. Had to enable WiFi for MMS to download to the phone.
This is sad news, will always need Data, even for MMS. Just so wrong.
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I use the build.prop for Netflix and everything works including mms and pix on my phone. All it really does that I notice is change the signature to HTC vision if I respond on my phone to xda

What are the changes you do the build.prop?
I changed everything
Model
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.name=vision
ro.product.device=vision
ro.product.board=vision
And the fingerprint.
It sucks, when I change the build.prop I lose Data connectivity and can stream on Netflix only with WiFi never on 4G
Which lines did you change?

vmartinez39 said:
What are the changes you do the build.prop?
I changed everything
Model
ro.product.model=HTC Vision
ro.product.name=vision
ro.product.device=vision
ro.product.board=vision
And the fingerprint.
It sucks, when I change the build.prop I lose Data connectivity and can stream on Netflix only with WiFi never on 4G
Which lines did you change?
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Only needed to change 2 lines: model and manufacturer. Change model to HTC Vision and manufacturer to HTC. Then reboot.

alpinestars said:
what? you dont need a data plan to get mms working. I dont have a data plan and my mms works great. Now depending on which build you are using you will have to turn off wifi to allow the mms to be downloaded to you phone but just make sure your data box in settings is checked and you shouldnt have any problems.
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Are you being billed per MB of data though?

No. No extra charges on my account for mbs. I have unlimited text messages but beyond that I have no charges
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Haven't read other responses, so, hoping I'm not repeating sage advice...I have a no data plan too, just make sure you tell t mobile you DON'T want data, the website or better a live person can block it...Then, go to phone and ENABLE DATA! There you hve it, pix and tricks till you cry...

Thanks made the changes data works with just changes to the buid.prop file.
Thanks

yea it doesn't work off wifi at all but im running the rc and after a couple reboots the edge symbol comes on and i can't go on the web but the mms works i guess it just takes a couple reboots to get it working at first

[Q] Using MMS without a data plan

Hi,
I have a Nexus S with Koodo in Canada. I have the possibility to send unlimited MMS, but it doesn't seem to work. I called the tech support and they are telling me that the only way to be able to use that option, it is by enabling Data.
I don't have any data plan. I asked to the tech support if it was possible to block all the data except the MMS, but he said me no. The only way he gave me is when I'm trying to send a MMS, enable Data and turn it off after. The problem is that many applications automatically use the Internet when possible. For every MB, I would need to pay 3$...
Is it possible to activate Data, but blocking everything on my device? I'm sure their must be a way, like blacklisting every servers except the one dealing with MMS.
Any idea? I tried an application called Quick Settings, but it doesn't seem to work when Data is off and MMS is on.
Thanks

Have you tried to set your APN type to "mms" rather than "default"?
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Is there a way to know before I activate the data that it won't sync my other applications?

I don't think so, but if you activate data with only an mms apn present, I don't think you will see a 3g icon in your status bar unless you're sending an mms.
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go to settings->wifi/networks->mobile data->apns->select your apn and edit it
Scroll to the very bottom setting, make sure it says ONLY "mms" and NOT "default,mms".
Alternatively, you can root your phone and install droidwall and select exactly which apps can access 3g/wifi.

I think it's a bit silly and disingenuous for your carrier to sell you an MMS plan knowing you don't have a data plan (and that MMS uses data) but then don't show you or direct you on how to then set it up e.t.c..

With Droidwall, can I prevent some apps from using 3G, but able to use WiFi instead?

jpmonette said:
With Droidwall, can I prevent some apps from using 3G, but able to use WiFi instead?
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It would be easier to try it for yourself . But yes, you can do that. I've just checked

LordLugard said:
I think it's a bit silly and disingenuous for your carrier to sell you an MMS plan knowing you don't have a data plan (and that MMS uses data) but then don't show you or direct you on how to then set it up e.t.c..
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Usually MMS plans come /w a specific APN that is set to "MMS" only as barqers explained earlier. Ofc this is getting a bit more "delicate" on devices that almost require a data plan to function at all (and try to enable it themselves on a fresh setup).

[Q] MMS on MIUI ??

I am running the latest MIUI rom on my G2x. Everything works fine, but I can not send MMS picture messages or recieve them. I can send regular text messages, but no picture messages. Please help ???
Thank you !

Are you on wifi?
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C0dy said:
Are you on wifi?
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Well yes, I have both WiFi and Regular Data ... but I use WiFi 95% of the time. Why ?
Thanks

Thibor69 said:
Well yes, I have both WiFi and Regular Data ... but I use WiFi 95% of the time. Why ?
Thanks
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You can't do MMS over wifi, you'll have to switch to mobile data to do MMS. It should work normally, but I've found that MIUI and MMS don't really go together when you're on wifi.
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C0dy said:
You can't do MMS over wifi, you'll have to switch to mobile data to do MMS. It should work normally, but I've found that MIUI and MMS don't really go together when you're on wifi.
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I have the same issue except that even with wifi disabled I cannot send mms. Anyone else have suggestions?
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C0dy said:
You can't do MMS over wifi, you'll have to switch to mobile data to do MMS. It should work normally, but I've found that MIUI and MMS don't really go together when you're on wifi.
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Ok I see. I turned off WiFi and of course my data doesn't work. I thought MIUI/CM7 fixed the loss of apn (data) issue ? Although I can make calls, I can not use data over the mobile network unless I remove my battery and reboot with WiFi off. This sucks.

barqers said:
I have the same issue except that even with wifi disabled I cannot send mms. Anyone else have suggestions?
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Are you sure your are actually connected to the data network ? try to access the market if it fails then you are not connected.

Thibor69 said:
Are you sure your are actually connected to the data network ? try to access the market if it fails then you are not connected.
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Yup! I can successfully connect. But my apns have data and mms as different profiles. So I think its switching to mms then before it sends properly it tries switching back to data? I don't think there's a way to combine the two apns for wind mobile. But it works fine on weapon :s any more clues??
Thanks for your help so far!!
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barqers said:
Yup! I can successfully connect. But my apns have data and mms as different profiles. So I think its switching to mms then before it sends properly it tries switching back to data? I don't think there's a way to combine the two apns for wind mobile. But it works fine on weapon :s any more clues??
Thanks for your help so far!!
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APNs are like that. One APN for data, one for mms.

tahahawa said:
APNs are like that. One APN for data, one for mms.
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Hmm I noticed in #*#*4636*#*# that my phone is constantly switching between data and mms. I've tried deleting the mms that I'm sending but the phone still constantly switches between the two. Anyone have any reasons?
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I just checked and once I try and send an mms it locks the phone in this vicious cycle of switching between internet and mms apn settings. Then a reboot fixes it. Anyone else experience this? I'm not sure if or how I can give more detailed info.

i dont have any issue, but sometime when phone goes through dead spot and radio crashes.. where it stay stuck in no service, you flick on plane mode and it doesn't effect it. So you'd have to reboot in order to get your service back. Otherway around that is you go in mobile network and select your network, but apns will disappear. :d SO just reboot.

nycelitemaster said:
i dont have any issue, but sometime when phone goes through dead spot and radio crashes.. where it stay stuck in no service, you flick on plane mode and it doesn't effect it. So you'd have to reboot in order to get your service back. Otherway around that is you go in mobile network and select your network, but apns will disappear. :d SO just reboot.
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Hey! Yeah I do the same thing for the Internet apn.
All I need now is mms APN then I'd be on it full time ! lol

I have one apn for data and mms, mine works flawlessly
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nycelitemaster said:
I have one apn for data and mms, mine works flawlessly
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Would it be too much trouble to ask you how did you fix this? some of us are dealing with this issue and we will appreciate if you can give us the solution since there's no patch or fix out there
thanks

I looked around and found that mms doesn't work over wifi, regardless of rom or root or anything. It seems the tmo servers need to make a data connection in order to start mms send. I've never had a problem receiving mms over wifi, but sending seems not possible.
Edit: As far as receiving, I enabled "auto retrieve"and have had no problems receiving mms on wifi.

Beekersguy said:
I looked around and found that mms doesn't work over wifi, regardless of rom or root or anything. It seems the tmo servers need to make a data connection in order to start mms send. I've never had a problem receiving mms over wifi, but sending seems not possible.
Edit: As far as receiving, I enabled "auto retrieve"and have had no problems receiving mms on wifi.
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I'm not using WiFi to send MMS and after checking the APNs I found two one says epc.t-mobile.com and the other one says simple with proxy settings in it... did a hard reboot, reboot, wipe dalvik cache, wipe cache and still have the same issue, very frustrating

Tethering & Mobile Hotspot Temp Fix for ICS

Ok guys, here is a temp fix for you to continue using the mobile hotspot. But I am not sure how long it will be able to work until it gets blocked.
Go to Settings
Mobile network
Access Point Names
New APN
set the name
set the APN to: epc.tmobile.com
save
after you save, select the new APN you created instead of T-Mobile data.

Anyone mind confirming?

yeah please confirm if this helped anyone

jspina said:
Anyone mind confirming?
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Bigger question is what is the new APN? epc has been the updated apn for a long time since the days of wap/internet2/3

ziddey just create the new APN with epc.tmobile.com and save it as is without any additional changes.

waxlabo said:
ziddey just create the new APN with epc.tmobile.com and save it as is without any additional changes.
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lul

try it and see if it works. i'm not sure why it does but it does. you won't get the t-mobile launch page asking you to pay.

I can confirm named it the bs fix
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waxlabo said:
try it and see if it works. i'm not sure why it does but it does. you won't get the t-mobile launch page asking you to pay.
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Actually, this does work. The only difference I can see between the APN that was on the phone and the new APN created is the following:
Original APN
APN Type: default,supl,admin,hipri
Newly created APN
APN type: Not Set
I have no clue what this means, but that is the only difference I see and the newly created APN does in fact work and allow me to tether over 4G.
Also, I had purchased EasyTether a while back to use on Sprint with my HTC Hero (before I learned to root a phone), and easytether also works using a USB cable.
Thanks to the OP for finding this!!

remove admin from apn type.

Found a possible issue with this fix. When I have the newly created APN enabled, I cannot send an mms. When I select the original APN and try and resend the mms, the mms goes through.
Anyone have suggestions?
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thanks for pointing that out jtress, will try to look into it.
edit: jtress i was testing it out and it does work with the current settings. i'm not sure why you are having problems with mms. does anyone else have this issue with the mms not going through?

I have no problem either
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Does this still work? I've tried it and it didn't work for me when trying to go to amazon.com. I've also tried deleting the default apn and removing the apn type. I've even tried using wap.voicestream.com as the apn. So far nothing works.

My issue with the APN and not being able to send MMS, may have something to do with me being on Tmobile prepaid plan.
I can live with it this way. I very rarely use the tethering. So, if all I have to do is go in to the settings and switch the APN for the few minutes I use the tethering, I can live with that

tethering workarounds
Regarding the new tethering block, there are a few other workarounds that worked for me.
1) Change your user agent string to something mobile on your browser
2) Browse through an encrypted proxy (work VPN works great for me)
3) Use the internet for things other than HTTP and you'll be fine. (HTTPS works fine)

Confirm that it worked for me. I entered the new APN and restarted the phone and now it works like it did before. Thanks!

hey guys, does the usb tether still works after the update?

Wow I feel both dumb and extremely happy all at the same time but I got it to work! I never restarted the phone before so I guess my phone never properly set up the APN.
The way I got it to work:
1. Selected Default T-Mobile Data APN
2. Delete all of the information from the APN type
3. Reboot Phone
Thanks for reminding me to do the simple things!

Looks like the fun is over...
I had been using Wifi tethering for root users and it seemed to allow me to use it just fine. All of a sudden this morning it stopped working and I got a push notification to my phone about mobile hotspot access being blocked. Came here, found the APN settings in this thread and tried it. Worked for about 30 seconds before the same thing happened again.
Looks like they are being pretty hardcore about it now...
Anybody else experiencing this or know how to get around it still?

At&t APN to use data for MMS only?

Hey all,
Is there a way to setup my phone to use the at&t data for sending and receiving MMS only? I have a hotspot that I carry around so I don't need the data on the phone for anything else. I tried setting APN type to MMS only. But still getting hangout messages that aren't text related when WiFi off and only phone data .
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