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Modified IM app

I have been testing different IM apps, but all of them have some issue that makes them less than Ideal.
In actuality, the old stock IM app from the G1 always worked best for me. It was reliable, didn't disconnect constantly, and didn't seem to kill the battery as fast.
Is there anything like that, or a mod'ed version that will work on the Nexus?
I've searched for and apk, and asked over in the general section, with no luck.

Enomther's rom comes with it.
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Ebuddy.
Works great.

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I will see if I can pull it out of the ROM and install... I'm still stock ATM, I may root soon though.
Henchman said:
Ebuddy.
Works great.
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It works well, but I can not change the notifications; and the sound is based on the media volume for some reason. Plus it can not use the proper names for yahoo contacts.

Well I pulled the IM apk from the ROM and it installed fine, but it will not sign on. It force closes when you try to sign on, though still remains running on the screen, and you can interact with the program.
Guess it would need Mod'ed to work on non-root, or maybe pushed to the system partition. Can't push with locked bootloader, so would need it to be Mod'ed.
Any devs out there know if this app needs to be in the system partition?

Henchman said:
Ebuddy.
Works great.
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The last time I tried it my battery life was dropping like crazy.

paulk_ said:
The last time I tried it my battery life was dropping like crazy.
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Another reason I want the stock IM app. It uses sms to work, so after the initial login, there is no or next to no data use; being that sms is a push type service, it does not need to poll for new IMs.
I posted this in the dev section for a reason, but they moved it... ah well. Maybe a dev will pop in here and give it a shot.

i did an im.apk search here and found the original and have been running it for a while now.messenger doesnt always want to sign in but yahoo works fine

superg81 said:
i did an im.apk search here and found the original and have been running it for a while now.messenger doesnt always want to sign in but yahoo works fine
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Were at? I need lol

Marine6680 said:
Another reason I want the stock IM app. It uses sms to work, so after the initial login, there is no or next to no data use; being that sms is a push type service, it does not need to poll for new IMs.
I posted this in the dev section for a reason, but they moved it... ah well. Maybe a dev will pop in here and give it a shot.
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since it is based on SMS, you must be charged for SMS by your telco right?

faizalmzain said:
since it is based on SMS, you must be charged for SMS by your telco right?
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Yes, but I have an unlimited plan, so I can send as many as I want.
And SMS are the biggest money makers for these companies. A recent study showed that the cost to actually send an SMS is zero. The only costs the companies have is the cost of setting up the software needed to operate the SMS functions in their systems and the cost of some servers and storage needed to hold the data as it is being sent to users (like if you send a SMS to someone without signal, they must store the info until it can be sent, and its only a few kb) I think the costs of the setup was recouped within a few months and now its pretty much all profit. Sly dogs they are (some places charge $0.25 per SMS out of plan)
Sorry had to rant...

Ouch. Thought I'd be able to use this wonderful sounding app that you've been talking about but I don't have an unlimited sms plan lol.

SMS tends to be my main form of communication on the phone, so I got the unlimited plan. The tmobile everything plus plans are not that bad price wise; more so when you don't get unlimited airtime as well. I don't need a lot of airtime because the people I talk to most just use SMS.

I'm thinking the new radio in 2.2 is not letting the IM app work properly.

Roam Only Hack

Looking over in the HERO forum someone has found out away to modify the phone.apk to include a roam only option. Wondering if this was possible for the evo as well. I tried using the apktool but the files do not match.
Heres the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745092

I'm sure it's possible. If I remember correctly when I was using CyanogenMod Nightlies, there was an option for this (it wasn't call roam only but im sure thats what it did).

Yeah this is where all of this started.... Now someone has ported it to the hero and I would really like to see if this is possible for the hero.

Why would you want to force Roam only?

tdusen said:
Why would you want to force Roam only?
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I know I would. I used to do it on my Pre while I was at work.. I work in radio and in the lower level of our building in production studios all day and my signal is very weak. Forcing the phone into roam helped me have better battery life, and a more stable phone if I got a call or something.
Roam only on the Evo would be very nice!

fastamx79 said:
I know I would. I used to do it on my Pre while I was at work.. I work in radio and in the lower level of our building in production studios all day and my signal is very weak. Forcing the phone into roam helped me have better battery life, and a more stable phone if I got a call or something.
Roam only on the Evo would be very nice!
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This is the same reason why I need it..... I used it on my pre all the time as well when at work and in other areas where coverage was very spotty

I have the phone.apk (from Fresh 3.1.01) decompiled and I have made the noted changes from the original Hero thread and I'm ready to test, but I'm having fits on compileing the apk to sign and test. Can someone else try, the modifications are simple to edit.

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I have the phone.apk (from Fresh 3.1.01) decompiled and I have made the noted changes from the original Hero thread and I'm ready to test, but I'm having fits on compileing the apk to sign and test. Can someone else try, the modifications are simple to edit.
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I am not running Fresh.... Wish I knew a little more about programing. I tried the apktool mentioned in the post but the rom I use has a different dialer setup than fresh's. I wonder if he would be willing to help.

I would love to have this option in a widget, shortcut, or some other method that makes it easy to toggle on and off. There were registry edits on my old HTC WinMo phones to enable this.
I have very good Sprint coverage most of the time but every once in a while I'm somewhere Verizon has better coverage. I've seen my phone hold onto Sprint with one or even no bars, and only switch to Verizon every once in a while and get full bars. This kills the battery and of course service.

Could someone post the original stock 2.2 phone.apk (unthemed). I think that the themeing on the dialer is what is causing my issues with rebuilding the .apk. This could cause issues with the htc framework used, just my .02. We should be able to port this over.

I modded the apk for Fresh 3.1.0.1, try it out and let me know if it works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745092

ssjgoku24 said:
I'm sure it's possible. If I remember correctly when I was using CyanogenMod Nightlies, there was an option for this (it wasn't call roam only but im sure thats what it did).
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I think it was called "Affiliated Networks", but I'm stuck on "Roam only" from the winmo days

MrGreg said:
I modded the apk for Fresh 3.1.0.1, try it out and let me know if it works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745092
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Unfortunately I keep getting FC's after moving this one over the old one. Rebooted the phone and still no luck. I feel like something is different with the framework or something. Could theme changes (Rosie) in this ROM be the issue? What did you do to rebuild the apk. I worked a few hrs after I moded it from your instructions trying to rebuild using APKmanger. I greatly appreciate your efforts. Trial and error, we'll get there with the EVO!!! Thanks!

I would love this app also
please

I understand the purpose of roam only but we get charged for roaming? Am I missing something here?
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this would be a huge step forward to helping me get good reception in a couple really bad areas. Thanks for working on this!!!

leeh41 said:
I understand the purpose of roam only but we get charged for roaming? Am I missing something here?
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U dont get charged for roaming it just comes out of your anytime minutes if you do not have an unlimited plan. If u have unlimited then it costs nothing
Any one have any progress to report on this

One thing that may work: load CM6, set it to affiliated networks, then restore back to your previous ROM.
It may not work, but I know on my N1, if I would set it to WCDMA only to prevent the 3G dropping to EDGE, then that would stay sticky over flashes & wipes etc.
The settings are stored in the radio, so I think setting it to roam only should stick.

coojoe1000 said:
this would be a huge step forward to helping me get good reception in a couple really bad areas. Thanks for working on this!!!
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Sprint doesn't charge for domestic voice or data roaming. They reserve the right to cancel your account if you roam for more than half your minutes or a specific amount of data (I can't remember how much), so it's not the kind of thing you'd leave on all the time. But there are situations where it would be beneficial to force roaming for a short period of time.

i'd def be interested in this. im using fresh.

[REQ] WIFI Calling App (UMA) from the G2

Over in the G2 OTA Discussion thread here on XDA, it has been noted that several people have received an OTA update to their G2's that have come with a WIFI calling app (UMA for Android).
Is anyone else interested in seeing this on their Nexus One?
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Abosolutely!
I am VERY loyal tmobile even though my coverage at work is nada. They have great customer service and prices; wi-fi calling would be fab-u-lous!

Living in the middle of nowhere=no signal.
I'd pay for N1 UMA

i had this on my bberry with tmobile a couple years ago.would love to see it again as i still do not have 3g

+1, only feature of the bb curve series i miss on my N1

Here you go. I installed it, worked fine, but havent tested it yet. Have fun!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8592605&postcount=246

I started a thread in development because this app is not working atm and wanted some collaboration and troubleshooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8593386#post8593386

tr.slate said:
Here you go. I installed it, worked fine, but havent tested it yet. Have fun!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8592605&postcount=246
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Installed, made calls over, works great... thanks!

I installed it but doesnt work, at least on the miui rom.

It ran fine but I'm not on T-Mobile. Wish there was a way to spoof carriers!

Funny, I made a thread earlier asking for this. Sadly, I wrapped it in [Suggestion] as opposed to [Req]... I got 150 views and no answers. Glad someone got something though.

It installed fine but keeps saying enabling. Im running the latest cm6 nightly

working fine for me

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working fine for me
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You mean you can make calls with it?

Subywill r u using a custom rom or stock?

I am on stock, and when I start the app, all it tells me is "Enabling...."

Im on CM6 too and all it says for me is enabling.

right i installed it on cyans 203 rom and im on virgin network in UK, the program launches and connects to my wifi just fine, but keeps saying INVALID SIM.

r8zer said:
right i installed it on cyans 203 rom and im on virgin network in UK, the program launches and connects to my wifi just fine, but keeps saying INVALID SIM.
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same here.
..am on Orange.

Here's a quote that might clarify some things:
So here’s the update on yesterday’s reported OTA update to the G2, which brought Wi-Fi calling and mobile hotspot creation to a very small set of users. T-Mobile released this official statement to clarify its position:
“Wi-Fi Calling and tethering Wi-Fi sharing are not currently supported on the T-Mobile G2. T-Mobile knows these features are important to consumers and we’re working to deliver them to G2 users in the future. We have nothing further to announce at this time.”
It’s pretty much what they’ve said before on the subject, and it doesn’t tell us much. It could mean that the update we saw yesterday was just a test and won’t be rolled out to the rest of G2 owners. Or it might be a test sample to see how these features affect data traffic, in order to help T-Mo with pricing. Or maybe they really are rolling it out to everyone and just haven’t put the support feautres, etc. in place yet.
via PhoneScoop by way of TmoNews
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[Q] Thread for Evo Shift on Boost Mobile

Hi - I'm new to the forum - just wondering if any others users here are running their HTC Evo Shift on Boost Mobile?
My apologies if this is posted in the wrong forum or is covered in another thread – I know there are a lot of posts in the general forum about running smartphones on Boost Mobile, but my searches weren’t returning anything specific to the HTC Evo Shift on Boost.
I've recently rooted my phone (thanks to this thread) and now I am hoping to find solutions for a couple of issues that are inherent to running the Shift on Boost:
Voicemail
Understandably my Boost voicemails aren't syncing up with the stock voicemail app that came designed for Sprint. It's not the end of the world to have to auto-dial my own phone number to manage my voicemails manually, but it would be nice to view them through an application – or, at the very least, get notifications & alerts when new voicemails are received. I've been looking at services such as YouMail and HulloMail – but from what I understand; Boost Mobile does not support the call forwarding features that are necessary for these to work. Are there any other Evo Shift users on Boost here that have found a workaround for their voicemail?
MMS
Yes, I know the issue of MMS functionality on Boost Mobile has been covered in a dozen or more other threads on the general forum. However, those threads deal with a lot of different phones – they do not address MMS issues on the Evo Shift specifically. The few solutions suggested there have not worked on my Evo Shift so far.
Just to clarify – I have no trouble sending outbound MMS messages. My pictures and videos seem to be delivered normally to the recipients. The problem is with receiving inbound MMS messages. Rather than receiving a message with the MMS content displayed, I am sent a normal text message from Boost Mobile that essentially says “Hi you’ve received a media message, click here to view it!” and then it provides a link to https://mediamail.boostmobile.com where I’m supposed to go and log in to my account to view whatever picture or video was just sent to me. Obviously, this is incredibly annoying. To make matters worse – the link that Boost provides in their text message doesn’t even work – I have to go open my web browsing app and pull up my bookmark for the media mail website.
Is there an Evo Shift user on this forum who has found a way to receive true MMS functionality through Boost Mobile? So far I’ve just been tinkering with the MMS Server URL under the advanced phone settings (##3282#), and that is not working. I’ve heard mention of the need to change or delete certain apk or codex files – or to do something with the apn – but there were no clearly defined instructions on how to do that... and to be honest, I’m still learning what those terms really mean.
And finally – if someone could point me towards a thread that provides some very introductory information about custom ROM’s for the Evo Shift – such as how they are used, what enhancements they bring to the Evo Shift – and what are the inherent risks or downsides from using them… that would really be appreciated. I’m assuming that is the next subject for me to start exploring now that I’ve successfully perm-rooted my phone. I've been browsing the development forum, but much of it is over my head.
Many thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=7IT2viSqQ6g
This looks legit based on the comments if there real.
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alher591 said:
This looks legit based on the comments if there real.
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Are you talking about the 4:25 mark where he goes in and retrieves the MMS he sent to himself?
I hate to say it.. but I think that might be a little slight-of-hand... it looks to me like he is just viewing the original sent message, not one he received. As I mentioned before - there is no issue with sending MMS, you just can't receive it.
If you look at the messages below the one he sent to himself... it's the "9000" text from Boost Mobile directing him to the media mail website.
I'll post a comment on his video, see if I can get a response.
thanks!

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Are you talking about the 4:25 mark where he goes in and retrieves the MMS he sent to himself?
I hate to say it.. but I think that might be a little slight-of-hand... it looks to me like he is just viewing the original sent message, not one he received. As I mentioned before - there is no issue with sending MMS, you just can't receive it.
If you look at the messages below the one he sent to himself... it's the "9000" text from Boost Mobile directing him to the media mail website.
I'll post a comment on his video, see if I can get a response.
thanks!
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i just talked to sean's partner on the phone (hes local to me) and assures me they have that kink worked out.
hate to say it but the kids pretty damned good despite the legality issues of some of his work.
anyways ive recently switched a sprint evo shift to boost via a pick-a-choose process i collected from scouring the internet for days... some of it from XDA actually...
im considering packing it into a solution... anyways the only feature lost was visual voicemail.

oceanxblake said:
i just talked to sean's partner on the phone (hes local to me) and assures me they have that kink worked out.
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Oh, that's great! Thanks for confirming this.
So - the question now is how did they do it. Not sure I can justify mailing my phone down to them and paying whatever $ to get it fixed, but it sure would be nice to have a solution for the MMS problem.
At least we know its possible though. Someone on another forum is saying it has to do with what "donor phone" was used to activate the Boost account... if the donor phone had true MMS capability, then the new phone will too. If not, then you're stuck with Boost media mail.
I handed my phone off to a local cellular repair shop to set it up for Boost service, and god only knows what they used to activate it. I should probably start with them if I want answers.

If anyone could PM me or post a link to a step-by-step guide to using my Evo 4G on boost mobile. Thanks.

I have a Evo shift on Boost fully functional! if you are on a stock htc sense rom, you can go into the epst settings by dialing##3282#, then select edit, go to the MMSC, and change that to mm.myboostmobile.com, that should fix your MMS, as far as voicemail goes, you cannot get notifications on the stock sprint rom, but you can if you switch to Cyanogen mod 7... if you switch, which i reccomend, especially because battery life is a million times better, then you will have to download APN manager to change MMS settings to get MMS to work on that ROM... let me know if you have any questions, it took me a month to get all of this figured out, so I would be glad to save someone the headache

I made a post of this but thought it wouldn't be harmful to include it here...
I'm having troubles with my 3G speed, I think the person that flashed my phone skipped some steps or wasnt too experienced...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15324202#post15324202
Hope you guys can help me

More than likely he did, download speed test from the market and tell me what your are getting!

I recently flashed a shift over to boost mobile, but I think some of the EPST settings are messed up. Can anyone that has a working shift on boost mobile post the EPST settings?

I flashed my wives shift to boost. I'm not sure where you guys are getting your information but your should always check your an/aaa authorization when having your phone flashed and they don't provide a donor. To check if you are on 3g do this
##debug#>EVDO Engineering>AN/AAA Authentication
Should say 1 = Authenticated
Anything else is not 3g its 1x
For voicemails just download voice mail notifier or something similar from market.
This is easy stuff. The guides around the internet make it seem like its harder than it is to do these things.
I'm not sure if I addressed all the questions but I'll check back later if not
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anyone have the guide to swap HTC EVO SHIFT with sanyo incognito?
I have conflicting reports of people telling me that it is the same as the HTC EVO and not.
I also need meid locations on the shift i have 2.2......
any help would be nice, thanks

spooky187 said:
anyone have the guide to swap HTC EVO SHIFT with sanyo incognito?
I have conflicting reports of people telling me that it is the same as the HTC EVO and not.
I also need meid locations on the shift i have 2.2......
any help would be nice, thanks
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Samsung-HTC should have told you they are NOT the same phone
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strapped365 said:
Samsung-HTC should have told you they are NOT the same phone
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Uh yea? they are different phones. I was talking about the process of the phone esn swaping.
Got to love the people that make unhelpful posts just to be smart asses. I hope your day went well because of it.

Hey I have an Evo on Boost Mobile, I was wondering if flashing a custom rom from XDA can possibly change the flash and put me back to Sprint? I dont wanna loose my boost flash so i am asking before i do it...Thanks in advance for the help

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Got to love the people that make unhelpful posts just to be smart asses. I hope your day went well because of it.
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No but it sure did once I seen this
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hey did anyone posted a step y step guide for Evo Shift to boost? , i have my account with boost using a incognito but i want to flash my evo **** to it and i've been searching for three days now and i can find for the evo and he epic but nothing for the shift, would the evo tutorial work for the shift ?
thanks in advanced

evo shift on boost
i have an evo shift on boost for the last 4 months. just recently it started going haywire. everytime i turn it on, it starts clicking on random stuff. any thoughts? i cant post any specifics cause it wont allow me to navigate at all. its a paperweight that accepts incoming calls. halp me, iz not a cheezburger!

The EVO shift is confirmed not to work right for boost. It's best to stick with the EVO 4G or the new boost slider the Transform Ultra.
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Please pin this thread

Why on Earth do people use MMS? Am I missing something here?

Every time a device gets AOSP (for the first time) I see a flood of posts whining about MMS being broken. (I've had an Evo 4G and an Evo 3D and saw this on both when they first got AOSP, now I see it in the unofficial CM9 thread here.)
Why MMS? What's good about MMS that you can't get with any other app or service?
Did I miss the train?

Do you know what mms is? From your post it doesn't sound like it.
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Do you know what mms is? From your post it doesn't sound like it.
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Yea.. I gather that as well.

How else would one sext and send nudes?

1) It's universal.
No matter what phone the other person is using, chances are it supports MMS.
2) It's in-line.
Unlike email, you can just go "Here's a picture" instead of "I just sent you an email, you should go check it out"

xeper said:
Every time a device gets AOSP (for the first time) I see a flood of posts whining about MMS being broken. (I've had an Evo 4G and an Evo 3D and saw this on both when they first got AOSP, now I see it in the unofficial CM9 thread here.)
Why MMS? What's good about MMS that you can't get with any other app or service?
Did I miss the train?
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I know its a serious question but made me laugh a bit. "Why God why!!" Lol

My girlfriend and I send MMS's (plural?lol) all the time. Sometimes she wants to send me something she saw or maybe a new outfit she bought With email I don't always have autosync on for battery life and its just that extra hassle. If I'm trying to send something pretty high resolution I will use email though since it doesn't compress it.

its the easiest and fastest way to send a pic to a person on another mobile phone, any other mobile phone, any OS, any platform, any carrier.
was this a joke?

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FTFY

I guess I just don't get why you couldn't just email pictures or videos. All you have to do is tap after you've taken your picture and the UI asks how you want to share it. I don't know a single human being who still uses MMS outside of these forums and maybe my mother, who keeps buying feature-phones. :^\

It's easier to send a quick picture to a phone than through email. I don't know much of my friend's email addresses off the top of my head

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I guess I just don't get why you couldn't just email pictures or videos. All you have to do is tap after you've taken your picture and the UI asks how you want to share it.
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Which is also one way send an MMS.
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Who wants to tell every single person to email them pics instead of texting them. Reminds me of the first few years of the iPhone.

xeper said:
Why MMS? What's good about MMS that you can't get with any other app or service?
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I guess the bigger question is why not?

Almost not wanting to dignify the question... But....
Mms is also used as a group chat in messaging apps like gosms. Allows you to text multiple people at once and everyone in the chat can see everyone elses response. Just fyi
My pants are vibrating

xeper said:
I guess I just don't get why you couldn't just email pictures or videos. All you have to do is tap after you've taken your picture and the UI asks how you want to share it. I don't know a single human being who still uses MMS outside of these forums and maybe my mother, who keeps buying feature-phones. :^\
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I have a lot of friends who use mms that aren't a part of the forums. As a matter of fact, I'm positive none of my friends are on the forums.
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Here is a better question: Why do people still use CDMA carriers such as verizon and sprint? SIM lacking carriers are almost non-existant outside the USA.

Why MMS??? Then why sms ?? Yeah you could SMS but then if u wanted to send a pic or video then you would have to open a separete app which takes more time mms is simply faster
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Why ? Because they want to.
THREAD CLOSED.
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.

xeper said:
I don't know a single human being who still uses MMS outside of these forums and maybe my mother, who keeps buying feature-phones. :^\
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I'm pretty sure almost everyone that I know sends pics through MMS...