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Does anyone know how to send mms on a rooted G2x
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misbaa7 said:
Does anyone know how to send mms on a rooted G2x
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Sure, select New Message--->Menu key (square button on far left)--->Attach

yay, but I'm no connected to a data plan, only to wifi
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I believe there may be third party apps in the market that will allow you to do that. I'm not sure though. Can you do so with a google voice number?
There is an app called Skebby Free MMS in the market that says it sends text and mms messages via wifi. It's only free if you send it to someone else that is using the same app though. Otherwise, it will cost you money.
There is also WhatsApp and it is free for a year.

misbaa7 said:
yay, but I'm no connected to a data plan, only to wifi
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Maybe you should begin learning how to form proper question then. Do a search on the Market for WiFi MMS or pay the 10 bucks a month.

thanks everyone for your help I'll. let you know how it turns out.
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Mobile Data Toggle in Notification Panel

I had a question about the Mobile Data Toggle that's in the notification panel. When I click it I thought only data was turned off, but calls cannot be made or received either. Is there any way to change this so that data is turned off but not calls?
Thanks.

Calls and texts are suppose to come through.
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DROID3R said:
Calls and texts are suppose to come through.
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Data has nothing to do with phone calls or texts unless you are attaching something or trying to download something
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Alternative SMS?

So I've been thinking about dropping my SMS/MMS bundle plan to safe a little money. There are some free apps in the Market to text for free with data. Which do you recommend? I am currently testing Pinger, which is great. The only flaw I see is that I'm not able to text with the original number I also use for calling (which creates confusion with my friends and family.) Also, when I'm on Edge the app doesn't load/refresh for new messages. Any body find a (near) perfect alternative?
Thanks
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Why don't you try whatsapp?
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cricketAC said:
Why don't you try whatsapp?
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Doesn't that require people to use the app as well? I use it for international texting with my brother but he also uses the app, can you send to a dumb phone and receive from the same person?
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Nope. The other end should have whatsapp too. But its better than juggling two numbers, one for calls and the other for text.
I have free global texting so I hardly use whatsapp even.
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cricketAC said:
Why don't you try whatsapp?
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Doesn't that app also require the person receiving the message to have it installed? And does it use the native number? Hmm. Google voice seemed nice, but I couldn't understand how it worked and doesn't support MMS.
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I'm not sure if this will work or not but have you tried the GO SMS GO chat?

Eagl3007 said:
I'm not sure if this will work or not but have you tried the GO SMS GO chat?
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I have, and it's just SMS app replacement on same network.
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Why not use one of the IM clients out there? That's what I use to text my girl while she's in Canada.

What about Google Voice?
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partylikeaninjastar said:
What about Google Voice?
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As I said, no MMS support.
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I use Viber. It's an all in one and it's free and no adverts!!
People that you message do require it though as of course it uses Wifi or your Data Plan!
Also this allows to MMS/SMS in one shot also your can call people with this app. Again all using data so it's a VoIP app.
I tested the calling feature and it comes in quite clear! SMS with it is good also.
Hope this is somewhat of what you were looking for...
Marc

Change imei back to tmobile

Okay. So I bought an unlocked g2x brand new from Amazon. Everything almost works as it should: calling,wifi,texting ....the thing is I cannot send or receive picture messaging.
I spent hours on the phone with T-Mobile (ironically bought an unlocked phone that was originally T-Mobile to use on T-Mobile network. Funny right?) and they say because the imei number is unlocked I am unable to do picture messaging without a data plan. I can't afford a data plan right now.
Anyways I'm hoping there is a way to change the imei number back to being T-Mobile specific. In other words: I want to lock my unlocked phone back to T-Mobile.
All I want is picture messaging. I shouldn't have to have a data plan to achieve this. Can anyone please help?
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It shouldn't be your imei, it's your apn settings. Go to settings, wireless, network settings and make sure your apn is set for tmobile.
My phone is unlocked and I send pictures without a data plan. Just remember that you need to have mobile data enabled. It uses data technically, but it's incorporated with your texting plan.
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You sir are a genius. That actually fixed my problem.
Now, I have data blocked on my phone so I shouldn't be able to use the data thing even if I tried. ...
I did activate that setting and upon successfully sending a text,the 4g logo does come up where my signal strength and battery are shown. Can you confirm this to be normal? I don't want any extra charges on my next bill....
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Call them and make sure there's a data block on your phone. You won't get charged. And yes the 4G logo will show when sending an mms.
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And hopefully this time you get someone who actually gives you accurate info
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I spoke with the T Mobile representative. I believe her exact words were : Now you're not supposed to have multimedia messaging on an unlocked phone, But it's changing that setting give you the ability to do so then that is great.
Haha. But yeah she basically is telling me what you guys Are telling me I cannot thank you enough.
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I can send mms. But I can't receive them.....any ideas?
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Data turned on when downloading it? Edit your APN, make sure the APN is set to etc.tmobile.com, mmsc set to mms.msg.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc, mac set to 310, mnc set to 260
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Did you mean to put "Epc.tmobile. " on access point names?
Would I be asking to much for a little help navigating to those particular settings?
Thanks redmonke.
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Ok after rereading, I see you said to edit my apn, which I assume is short for access point names. Should I edit the only one that is there which is "T-Mobile us, Epc.tmobile. com "
Or should I create a new one?
This is of course assuming that apn is access point names.
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I did what you suggested, although I had to Create a new apn rather than edit the original because the original will not let me edit it....
After creating the new one, I suspect maybe a miss type in the settings. "Etc " is what I believe you said, but upon using that setting I could no longer send pics.
Once I changed it to "epc " I was able to do so.....
Anyways after creating the new apn as per your suggestion, I noticed that it was an exact mirror of my original apn.
But here's the kicker:
I was able to receive pics so long as my buddy selected to forward it rather than sending it directly (if that makes any sense) .
I then tried to have him compose a fresh message and select a pic to send....to no avail. I also had another friend attempt to do the same only to achieve the same results.
I am having zero issues sending pics.
And so long as data is enabled, I am able to do so.
Its the receiving pics that is giving me the issues.
I don't understand why I can receive forwarded pics....
If anyone can help I suppose I can send my cell number,(with great apprehension) ,via pm to someone who is willing to trouble shoot....
LG g2x p999
Android 2.3
Purchased new and unlocked from Amazon.
Also, not trying to open a can of worms ; but if I install a newer version of android would that rectify the situation I am having?
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Go to settings and about phone. What os version are you on?
Sorry for taking so long to respond I've been busy with school.
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I assume you mean android version: 2.3.4
Kernel :2.6.32.8
Build # grj 22
Thanks for sticking with me bud.
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Hm so it looks like you are on the latest version. Did you do a factory reset when you got it?
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No I didn't...would that somehow lock my phone to a specific carrier?
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No but something might be messing up the mms.
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Do you think if I installed a newer version of android I would be able to send and receive texts???
Or if I root it?
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Root no, if a factory restore doesn't then I'd wipe data and install cyanogenmod and see if it works.
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How to receive MMS?

Hey all,
I cannot receive MMS on my WiFi and I am on GoPhone from Att.
Anybody has any idea why?
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.... i don't recall receiving/sending MMS messages being done over WiFi....

It only doesn't work on WiFi? This might be a stretch but MMS wasn't working for me at all on AT&T, then I realized that AdBlocker was blocking my MMS messages. Turned it off and uninstalled it and now it's working fine.

crazyalaa said:
Hey all,
I cannot receive MMS on my WiFi and I am on GoPhone from Att.
Anybody has any idea why?
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SMS/MMS use phone signal to send/receive, not wifi
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