[Q] Picture Messages [Solved] - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

My dad recently updated to ICS (Thanks Team Acid) but when someone sends him a picture a box comes up that says download as opposed to the picture just being there like on my phone which also has ICS. Can anyone help me fix this? It's important as he needs the pictures for work.
P.S. Nothing happens when you hit download. Just says downloading and nothing happens. Checked his gallery for download pictures and nothing new was there.
Help is much appreciated!
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If your talking about MMS then you need to check something on your side, MMS works fine on my side, my friend sent me a picture of his Math Homework

Check settings in the messaging app and see if auto retrieve is checked.

Make Sure Data is turned on.
Hey Jacob said:
My dad recently updated to ICS (Thanks Team Acid) but when someone sends him a picture a box comes up that says download as opposed to the picture just being there like on my phone which also has ICS. Can anyone help me fix this? It's important as he needs the pictures for work.
P.S. Nothing happens when you hit download. Just says downloading and nothing happens. Checked his gallery for download pictures and nothing new was there.
Help is much appreciated!
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salmanj1 said:
Make Sure Data is turned on.
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If his data was turned off, then he wouldn't even receive the message. His problem is that he could not see/view the picture that was sent to him.
Logic my friend

lumin30 said:
Check settings in the messaging app and see if auto retrieve is checked.
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I will check to see if he has this checked when I wake up, thanks for the feedback.
I'll let you know how it turns out.

th3controller said:
If his data was turned off, then he wouldn't even receive the message. His problem is that he could not see/view the picture that was sent to him.
Logic my friend
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Actually that's wrong, he will still receive mms but he would have to "download" it to view the picture.
He said that nothing happens when he pressed download, so I would check to make sure he has data turned on
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pisherthefisher said:
Actually that's wrong, he will still receive mms but he would have to "download" it to view the picture.
He said that nothing happens when he pressed download, so I would check to make sure he has data turned on
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How do I go about that?
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Edit: Solved

System settings
WIRELESS & NETWORKS section, More...
Mobile networks
Data enabled [v]

pisherthefisher said:
Actually that's wrong
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Possibly my three favorite words. lol
@OP Google "TMOB MMS APN" and see if your APN matches. If all that is good I'd call TMOB.

pisherthefisher said:
Actually that's wrong, he will still receive mms but he would have to "download" it to view the picture.
He said that nothing happens when he pressed download, so I would check to make sure he has data turned on
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Can you explain this further. When I had Virgin Mobile they had many growing pains when they started selling the optimus v and with that several data outages. When data was out you couldnt ever get mms pictures. I got a couple free months of service because of that. I was told by sprints level three techs mms would not be transmitted. As in you would never get the message unless data was on.
If I am misreading what you are saying please ignore. But I am almost positive you still need data to get the mms. Not just to download but to receive it.

eollie said:
Can you explain this further. When I had Virgin Mobile they had many growing pains when they started selling the optimus v and with that several data outages. When data was out you couldnt ever get mms pictures. I got a couple free months of service because of that. I was told by sprints level three techs mms would not be transmitted. As in you would never get the message unless data was on.
If I am misreading what you are saying please ignore. But I am almost positive you still need data to get the mms. Not just to download but to receive it.
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I don't know if its just the way t mobile handles mms but when I have my data off I will still receive a text message with the subject of the mms and an option to download (obviously it won't download it unless I have data enabled)
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Ive never tried guess its time to check it.

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Can't receive pic text :*+(

I can send pics but can't receive pics. I'm on simple mobile. Tried calling customer service. No luck. They told me to send myself a pic and it worked. But from my friend phone it didn't download. Keep saying download fail. She has a mytouch 4g. Thanks u guys. U guys rock!
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haha quit being cheap and get an actual tmo line. But anyways i would say search simple mobile mms settings.
Sending a pic to yourself will always work. Is your phone rooted?
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Yes it rooted. Did a lil online research and it was happing to the iPhone. So I guess bug the hell out of simple mobile.
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you might have trouble downloading on wifi or while plugged in to pc.
Turn off your wifi when you send and receive a picture message
Did you happen to mess with the build.prop file at all?
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No I did not mess with the build. But my wifi is always on but is never connected. So say I have to leave it off at all times? Many thanks for the reply.
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No, you should be able to leave it on. I have mine on right now as I'm typing this and I've an mms..
I assume you have restarted you phone multiple times. Have you been able to send/receive photos before?
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Before I can send no problem. Receiving is a hit or miss. Now all I getting is download fail.
Rom is ultimate 1.0
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crking1980 said:
Turn off your wifi when you send and receive a picture message
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I was going to say, I can never send MMS messages while on wifi calling, I have to turn it off, but if you aren't using wifi calling, must be something else!
SoneGz said:
Before I can send no problem. Receiving is a hit or miss. Now all I getting is download fail.
Rom is ultimate 1.0
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same issue here with simple mobile..
i can send 100 times without a problem but receive is always download fail
also using ultimate g2x rom
have tried with wifi on & off
also tried outside with full bars on my signal
ducehlmg said:
same issue here with simple mobile..
i can send 100 times without a problem but receive is always download fail
also using ultimate g2x rom
have tried with wifi on & off
also tried outside with full bars on my signal
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I guess we **** out of LUCK
I had a similar problem with my G1 some settings in a SMS some how got erased. I though it was the sim card.
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[Q] mms issue. People can't receive my pics

I am running the infused 1.5.3 rom and go sms. When I try to send a picture to my friend who has the exact phone I do and also my wife who has the iphone 4. They are both receiving this message
"Your phone is not compatible with this message type or size. Portions of this message will not be displayed."
Yet pics I send to my friend who has verizon go just fine. Is there some setting I'm missing? Thanks in advance.
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Have you tried sending the message through the stock messaging app?
yhbrandon said:
Have you tried sending the message through the stock messaging app?
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Yes I have, they receive the same message.
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My friend with his infuse can send me pics and I can get pics from my wifes iphone 4 when she sends them as well but they can't get mine.
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does your phone ask you if you would like to resize them when you try and send...if so are you selecting yes
are there any other changes that you have made like:
freezing thesms/mms app
using a different sms app
etc etc
and then the same goes for their end...
have they made any changes, do they receive pics from others and only not yours
00mred00 said:
does your phone ask you if you would like to resize them when you try and send...if so are you selecting yes
are there any other changes that you have made like:
freezing thesms/mms app
using a different sms app
etc etc
and then the same goes for their end...
have they made any changes, do they receive pics from others and only not yours
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I am using go sms and I've tried stock sms. I haven't froze any sms apps. It doesn't ask me to resize, just the usual compressing or resizing message it normally gives without prompting for a user response. My friends infuse is stock and not rooted and my wifes iphone 4 is jailbroken but nothing has changed anytime recently with it. The apps I have frozen is just media hub. Yes they can receive pics from others and send them as well.
Edit: I have media hub, maps, and news & weather frozen.
Actually it just reads "converting to multimedia message" no prompt for anything. Very frustrating as to why mainly verizon people are getting my pics and not others. Thats how it seems anyway.
As far as trying to send pics that I actually took with my phone then forget about it. Longest I've had it sit is about 15 minutes before I get pissed and just delete the send. Those stay stuck on "sending" and never go anywhere.
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Anyone have any ideas? Maybe I'm missing some kind of setting after flashing infused
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Fee454 said:
Anyone have any ideas? Maybe I'm missing some kind of setting after flashing infused
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I use handcent...in the settings there is an option of "max mms message size limit"
I believe you want that to be 2mb...anything over that will not send to some phones.
that has been the only instance where some people did not receive my msgs.
Have you tried on wifi and network? I have not noticed the issue on att, but on sprint you could not send or receive mms while on wifi
those are the only things I can think of
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I use handcent...in the settings there is an option of "max mms message size limit"
I believe you want that to be 2mb...anything over that will not send to some phones.
that has been the only instance where some people did not receive my msgs.
Have you tried on wifi and network? I have not noticed the issue on att, but on sprint you could not send or receive mms while on wifi
those are the only things I can think of
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I do currently have it set to 4g 5M for the photo size. I could give that a shot. Still odd that it would not send to my friends infuse I have tried wifi and att network and home I have the 3g microcell which is NOT worth the $200. I'm kinda pissed I bought it.
If you want full bars yet calls cut in and out and you want to resend each text about 4 times cause they will instantly fail (happens no where but when I'm connected to microcell) then pick one up lol
But yea the mms issue happens elsewhere as well.
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Fee454 said:
I do currently have it set to 4g 5M for the photo size. I could give that a shot.
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I bet that is it.... let me know...
it will usually work for sending, but their phone may be blocking
00mred00 said:
I bet that is it.... let me know...
it will usually work for sending, but their phone may be blocking
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I kept the size the same for now but unchecked preserve image size and now it seems the pics send. Yesterday it would be stuck on sending. I can only test with people at work. The ones with issues are asleep right now. Hopefully that or the 2m image size fixes the issue
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[Q] No MMS after rooting

Hi all -
I'm using the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727 and I have just rooted last night. This morning, I am unable to receive MMS picture as I usually can from my girlfriend, who is an iphone user. If I send an MMS pictures to myself, it works fine. I read somewhere you have to reset your APN settings, which I've done but it doesn't seem to have changed anything. I've also rebooted a few times. I should tell you that I have backed-up and uninstalled the stock messaging app, since I use Go SMS exclusively. I tried to restore it but was unable to. Could this be the problem or do I need to make more changes to my APN settings?
Thanks in advance
If you search for skyrocket APN's you should get an idea of the settings (PTA is the only one I use)
If you long press the message, does it let you see the attachment/recognize the message as a mms?
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na
it just shows the text - no mms. I got one successfully from my brother (who's on an android), so i'm waiting to see if I can get one from the iphone
take a look at GO SMS in the market and what it supports; it may not support MMS. A lot of apps don't process MMS texts just fyi.
So message details only recognizes it as a SMS, but only when sent from an iPhone? Can you have them turn off imessage? I'm going to guess that's part of the issue
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Just thought id mention this, my mom, dad and sister all have iphones and tried sending me MMSs yesterday, did not work just continuously say downloading.
however i called my mom and while on the phone she sent me the mms again, i checked it while on the phone and it successfully downloaded.
could it have been a fluke? or is there something that changed while i was on the phone?
I had constant moms problems with family/clients using iPhones with imessage enabled
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If you turn off DATA or momentarily don't have data on; MMS will stick at "downloading...."
you have to disable "Auto Retrive" in Messaging settings then attempt to download the MMS again.
hm if android receives android, I bother it is the problem of your phone.
What you should do is a simple delete and install from the market, to start again.
If nothing changes, I should throw you girlfriends iPhone in a lake and take care she will get an SGS2
Any solution?
Hi all,
Has there been any sign of a solution for this issue yet? I just rooted my GS2 LTE and can not seem to send or receive MMS to anyone at all. I do not want to download any other aps to do it for me, I just want to figure this out. I've also read a lot about changing APNs, any ideas on that?
Thanks in advance.
Guys how can you expect any help if you don't include a carrier in your post?
I know that for rogers when I flash a new rom I have about 4-5 APNs in my list. I actually have to remove one labeled MMS from the bottom of the list and leave the one that is marked as LTE. Then after a reboot I can get MMS no problem. BTW GoSMS does do MMS, I used to use it but have since been using the stock SMS/MMS app.
~PsyCl0ne
Sorry, it was late at night/ early in the morning. Thought I included he fact that I was with Rogers. I also have a few APNs. I've played around with a few of them and now I seem to sometimes be sending pictures. It's entirely inconsistent and still takes over 5 minutes to send on the rare occasions it decides to.
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Cerberus0616 said:
Sorry, it was late at night/ early in the morning. Thought I included he fact that I was with Rogers. I also have a few APNs. I've played around with a few of them and now I seem to sometimes be sending pictures. It's entirely inconsistent and still takes over 5 minutes to send on the rare occasions it decides to.
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OK in my area I kinda have lte. But these settings work for me.
~PsyCl0ne
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Thanks for the reply but that seems to work even less for me. Now the MMS won't even pass the "sending" point.
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I may have found the solution to my issue. I deleted all APNs and made one Rogers APN to act as all of them. I used the instructions I found on a website which I am apparently too new to link to. So far I have managed to send and receive picture texts to myself 100% of the time within a reasonable timeframe. I will be back if that changes when I message other people. Thank you all again for your help.
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Thought I had it working. Sent a picture to someone besides myself today and it took over an hour and a half to arrive...
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Downloading MMS

So my sister in law just got this phone and picture messaging doesn't seem to want to work except on WiFi? Is a factory reset necessity.
So says Latinmaxima, so it shall be done!
Sprint 3g is slow so it my seem like it doesnt work
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latinmaxima said:
So my sister in law just got this phone and picture messaging doesn't seem to want to work except on WiFi? Is a factory reset necessity.
So says Latinmaxima, so it shall be done!
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OK, there is an issue with select Motorola Photon Q's where the MMS function doesn't work on the stock messaging application. I actually had mine replaced over the issue, as I was unable to send or receive MMS. This should not be an issue with the network. From my understanding, Sprint is aware of the issue, as the store I bought my phone at called them to try to fix the issue. So, an OTA should come out with the fix.
Now, there is a workaround that has worked for me. Use another messaging app, such as Go SMS Pro, and MMS will work.
zodiac12345 said:
OK, there is an issue with select Motorola Photon Q's where the MMS function doesn't work on the stock messaging application. I actually had mine replaced over the issue, as I was unable to send or receive MMS. This should not be an issue with the network. From my understanding, Sprint is aware of the issue, as the store I bought my phone at called them to try to fix the issue. So, an OTA should come out with the fix.
Now, there is a workaround that has worked for me. Use another messaging app, such as Go SMS Pro, and MMS will work.
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So glad I found this thread..On my third Photon Q in three days. First had a defective vibrate motor..the second would not send or receive MMS unless using WiFi so they replaced it. Third one is doing the same thing. Just installed Handcent SMS and its working perfect using the 3G. Maybe someone should forward this to Sprint? I after two hours wasted with tech support and several tickets created, I am thrilled with the phone now. I love everything about it except the MMS not working. Thanks guy!!
There has been a fix for this issue as per the Sprint discussion board. I have verified it has fixed my MMS problem. You will need your MSL to change a setting, if you dont have it you need to call sprint or use another method to obtain it. It appears some data profile usernames were borked during provisioning
Steps to follow:
1. Open your dial pad and dial ##3282#
2. Tap on Data Profile
3. Look at your username, mine ended in ".comom"
4. If yours is obviously wrong (like mine), fix it, save it and then reboot phone.
5. good to go.
Yepe... Mine says .compcs.com... Gonna have to call Sprint.
Thanks for this.
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Here is a thread with a link to a tool to get the msl.. it worked great. don't forget to show your thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894038
swintec said:
There has been a fix for this issue as per the Sprint discussion board. I have verified it has fixed my MMS problem. You will need your MSL to change a setting, if you dont have it you need to call sprint or use another method to obtain it. It appears some data profile usernames were borked during provisioning
Steps to follow:
1. Open your dial pad and dial ##3282#
2. Tap on Data Profile
3. Look at your username, mine ended in ".comom"
4. If yours is obviously wrong (like mine), fix it, save it and then reboot phone.
5. good to go.
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What should the user name be? Mine ends in sprintpcs.comcs.com. I assume that is wrong and it should be sprintpcs.com?
robbi24r said:
What should the user name be? Mine ends in sprintpcs.comcs.com. I assume that is wrong and it should be sprintpcs.com?
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Correct
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Is it just my imagination, or does this seem to be more of an issue when receiving an MMS from an iphone?
robbi24r said:
Is it just my imagination, or does this seem to be more of an issue when receiving an MMS from an iphone?
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I receive and send mms to iPhones all the time. No problems on my end. One thing I notice is when I'm receive a mms I lose connection for a couple of seconds
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903tex said:
I receive and send mms to iPhones all the time. No problems on my end. One thing I notice is when I'm receive a mms I lose connection for a couple of seconds
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Strange, have not had any of these issues.
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tetrabyt said:
Strange, have not had any of these issues.
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Doesn't do it all the time. Its happen three times, but I recieve mms thru work and personal reason all the time so its not something that has me in concern
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Trouble sending/receiving MMS

Has anyone else had trouble sending or receiving pic messages or anything else attachable to texts. When I get a message it'll have a download button but will never download. Regular texts work fine though. Solutions?
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See this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850846&highlight=mms
Spartacus916 said:
Has anyone else had trouble sending or receiving pic messages or anything else attachable to texts. When I get a message it'll have a download button but will never download. Regular texts work fine though. Solutions?
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Also I have noticed that if I am on wifi, it's not an issue. But if I am on 3g (no lte here yet) the mms will not download at all.
robbi24r said:
Also I have noticed that if I am on wifi, it's not an issue. But if I am on 3g (no lte here yet) the mms will not download at all.
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That's because of the nature of the issue, i.e. the settings in the phone are borked when trying to route through Sprint's network. Read the thread linked above and the reason should evident for you
I did do that method, fixed the domain name, and still have the issue if I am not on wifi.
robbi24r said:
I did do that method, fixed the domain name, and still have the issue if I am not on wifi.
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Same for me, I called Sprint and got my code, changed the profile name and had the guy refresh the profile. I started my phone up again and it still doesnt work over the 3G. Im going to try one of the other SMS apps and see if it works then. Ill let you know how it goes.
I got the Handcent sms app from the app store and I can now receive picture messages. It does work, its a nice way to work around the Photon Q's problem.
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