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Problem with MMS

I've had a lot of problems with receiving and sending MMS lately.
As always, T-Mobile has been no help and has said everything is working fine on their end.
When i try to send it just says "sending and never does anything" and i usually don't get people's pictures.
I've even tried to change ROMS and still have the same problem. I'm currently on the ICS AOSP one.
Any help?

Nickcu13 said:
I've had a lot of problems with receiving and sending MMS lately.
As always, T-Mobile has been no help and has said everything is working fine on their end.
When i try to send it just says "sending and never does anything" and i usually don't get people's pictures.
I've even tried to change ROMS and still have the same problem. I'm currently on the ICS AOSP one.
Any help?
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Did you lose your imei when flashing? That is typically the only reason to not be able to send texts if you have service otherwise.

Are you sure that you have your data turned on? MMS won't send or receive without it
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my normal texts work.
and yes my data is on. When i try to send it says "sending..." and never does anything (has said it for over 12 hours now) in the mean time ive done other things using data such as web browsing and using apps. So i know my data works.

Same problem here
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Was having this problem last week, and now it's degraded to the point that my data is gone too. GVoice is working sporadically only. I still have SMS and calling though. Only 2G gives me any data.

hwchan said:
Was having this problem last week, and now it's degraded to the point that my data is gone too. GVoice is working sporadically only. I still have SMS and calling though. Only 2G gives me any data.
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Was it because of the imei
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hwchan said:
Was having this problem last week, and now it's degraded to the point that my data is gone too. GVoice is working sporadically only. I still have SMS and calling though. Only 2G gives me any data.
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Factory reset/data wipe. It sucks to have to set the phone back up but Im sure it will help.

Whenever that happens I send an mms to myself. Somebody from t mobile said that would fix it, maybe in the my touch 4g forum, had no idea why though. Something worth trying at any rate
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eollie said:
Factory reset/data wipe. It sucks to have to set the phone back up but Im sure it will help.
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I actually just did that yesterday. Didn't solve the problem. I also reflashed AOKP. That didn't work. I restored to a backup of Milestone 6-1. That didn't work. I reflashed KJ6 modem. That didn't work. I flashed KG4 modem. That also didn't work. So far the only thing that seems to give me some data is running it on 2G only. I think on Monday, I'm going in to get the phone exchanged for a new one, and I'll just do a fresh flash right out of the box to ICS from stock GB. (Of course, following all the directions.)

hwchan said:
I actually just did that yesterday. Didn't solve the problem. I also reflashed AOKP. That didn't work. I restored to a backup of Milestone 6-1. That didn't work. I reflashed KJ6 modem. That didn't work. I flashed KG4 modem. That also didn't work. So far the only thing that seems to give me some data is running it on 2G only. I think on Monday, I'm going in to get the phone exchanged for a new one, and I'll just do a fresh flash right out of the box to ICS from stock GB. (Of course, following all the directions.)
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Using the heimdall one click to stock kj6 flash back to stock. Then use the antonx one click, it sounds like you just have dust bunnies that needs sweeping up.

eollie said:
Using the heimdall one click to stock kj6 flash back to stock. Then use the antonx one click, it sounds like you just have dust bunnies that needs sweeping up.
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I'd thought about doing that, I guess I'll try it right now, since I've got time. Would I be able to just install SGS Kernel Flasher and flash AntonX's kernel from that after using Heimdall to stock rooted?
EDIT: Sorry I'm kind of hijacking this thread, but I Heimdalled back to stock, but I'm still having the connectivity issues. I have full 4G signal, but data is crawling to the point where the connection times out before I can even load anything. When I set it to GSM only (EDGE), I can get data, but not the 4G speeds I'm paying for. Reverting to Plan A and getting it replaced on Monday. (I hear it's possible it's a SIM card problem too...) Thanks for the help though.

kinda lost here.........

I'm kinda lost and spent about 2 hrs on the phone with at&t about this. I can send text msges get on the web get emails and everything but i can't receive text msges. They told me think it is because I still have gingerbread instead of the ICS on my phone. Well I'm taking care of that right now, what I'm wondering is will that take care of me not getting my text msges. Everyone else on my account is able to receive text msges but me.
PLEASE HELP

Doesn't make sense
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how did that not make since. i can't receive text msges but at&t is saying that it could be because i don't have ICS on my phone which i do now but what i'm asking is will that take care of the problem putting ICS on my phone

sgt_addyjp said:
how did that not make since. i can't receive text msges but at&t is saying that it could be because i don't have ICS on my phone which i do now but what i'm asking is will that take care of the problem putting ICS on my phone
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He is saying att's advice was crap. It won't make a difference whether u have gb or ics. The android version is irrelevant when talking about an issue such as yours
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398

Ok thank you just upgraded it and it did not work....ugh

Try this. System Settings -> Applications -> All Applications-> Messaging-> Clear Data.
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
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Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398

I don't know anything but try resetting your apn settings.
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seanci said:
I don't know anything but try resetting your apn settings.
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398

where do i find the apn settings at.........

System settings-- More-- Mobile Networks-- Access Point Names
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Tried that and didn't work......
QUOTE=seanci;29474132]I don't know anything but try resetting your apn settings.
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Replacement?
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Did you come from an iphone on at&t before this phone by chance?

sulpher said:
Did you come from an iphone on at&t before this phone by chance?
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this could possibly it, iphones have their own individual data plans and could maybe interfere.

Juicy555 said:
this could possibly it, iphones have their own individual data plans and could maybe interfere.
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Well not sure exactly why, but had the same problem when my dad switched from an iphone 3gs to an sgs2.. everything worked but receiving messages, eventually at&t removed his old messaging plan and then added a new one and it worked finally. (least thats what they told me they did)
Should go bother them again... and this time don't let them make up excuses (like you need to switch to ICS for it to work)

no never had a iphone hate them.....will never have a iphone

sms doesnt rely on apns, mms does. if you have the right message center number, thats for sending out the texts and it gets that number from the sim card.
if you cant receive texts then its a network problem and its on att head not yours, i agree call them up

vincom said:
sms doesnt rely on apns, mms does. if you have the right message center number, thats for sending out the texts and it gets that number from the sim card.
if you cant receive texts then its a network problem and its on att head not yours, i agree call them up
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Message Centers are for sending only AFAIK, I remember on all my old phones, when I restored to stock and had to reset my number or reset message center for any other reason, I could still get peoples' texts, just not send any.
Either something is wrong with his phone or sim or something is messed up on AT&T's end.
I'm assuming you've never done anything custom to it judging by not knowing about APN's and such, so I don't see how anything software-related could cause it. But if you're desperate, try a data reset just incase but don't get your hopes up. Maybe some security app you might have downloaded is blocking them.
It's under Settings>Privacy IIRC, my phone is broken atm so I can't check for myself.
Edit: And yes, GB to ICS will make zero difference. If that was the case, you wouldn't be able to use custom roms because we have 4.0.3/4.0.4 ICS roms, JB roms now, GB 2.3.5 and 2.3.6, none would work except whatever version the newest ICS that AT&T released is.

hd2k10 said:
Message Centers are for sending only AFAIK, I remember on all my old phones, when I restored to stock and had to reset my number or reset message center for any other reason, I could still get peoples' texts, just not send any.
Either something is wrong with his phone or sim or something is messed up on AT&T's end.
I'm assuming you've never done anything custom to it judging by not knowing about APN's and such, so I don't see how anything software-related could cause it. But if you're desperate, try a data reset just incase but don't get your hopes up. Maybe some security app you might have downloaded is blocking them.
It's under Settings>Privacy IIRC, my phone is broken atm so I can't check for myself.
Edit: And yes, GB to ICS will make zero difference. If that was the case, you wouldn't be able to use custom roms because we have 4.0.3/4.0.4 ICS roms, JB roms now, GB 2.3.5 and 2.3.6, none would work except whatever version the newest ICS that AT&T released is.
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if he had problems with his phone he would have more issues than just sms, as sms is so basic that it doesnt rely on anything(just a signal to the tower) to get or send texts, even the dumbest phone can do sms, its the most basic and dumbest communicating tool there is for a phone, my bet its on att's end, call them up and reset or reorder the service for your account.

yes i've never done anything custom to it. so i'm like lost. talking to AT&T again. I hope they can get this working

Can't recieve MMS for the past year

I've been searching and sifting through the MMS threads here and I've tried everything I've come across. Checking the APN settings, trying different SMS apps, etc... and nothing seems to work.
Ever since I started flashing my 727 back in summer 2012, it's been an all out war trying to get my phone to receive MMS messages, and 95% it just flat out won't work. I've been using the PTA APN, and I've tried the wap.cingular (which I originally switched off of because I couldn't get mobile data on.) I've also tried a plethora of SMS apps like Textra, Chomp, and Handcent, along with the stock app, none of which work. I'm also on the UCMC1 radio, and currently I'm on SlimBean 4.3, although I've had this issue long before SlimBean.
Thanks guys.

Do a factory reset in TWRP then Odin back to stock. Unless you've tried it already :/ (I'm sure you have). It fixed this same problem on mine (broken SMS), but ofc mileage varies.
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Just putting this out there; do you use an ad blocker?

mrfeuss said:
Just putting this out there; do you use an ad blocker?
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This could definitely be the culprit. Also, have you tried deleting all but one apn?
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Also call your carrier my wife's phone just stopped sending MMS all of a sudden and they said her phone wasn't provisioned for it even though she has unlimited lte
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enterflux said:
i've been searching and sifting through the mms threads here and i've tried everything i've come across. Checking the apn settings, trying different sms apps, etc... And nothing seems to work.
Ever since i started flashing my 727 back in summer 2012, it's been an all out war trying to get my phone to receive mms messages, and 95% it just flat out won't work. I've been using the pta apn, and i've tried the wap.cingular (which i originally switched off of because i couldn't get mobile data on.) i've also tried a plethora of sms apps like textra, chomp, and handcent, along with the stock app, none of which work. I'm also on the ucmc1 radio, and currently i'm on slimbean 4.3, although i've had this issue long before slimbean.
Thanks guys.
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sameething happened tom y gaaxy ace .. All i did was un pack the mms.apk from the rom delete old move that and give permissions

Neighbor808 said:
Do a factory reset in TWRP then Odin back to stock. Unless you've tried it already :/ (I'm sure you have). It fixed this same problem on mine (broken SMS), but ofc mileage varies.
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I haven't tried Odin back to stock, as I've been saving it for a last resort... I may try to find time this weekend to do so.
raptorddd said:
sameething happened tom y gaaxy ace .. All i did was un pack the mms.apk from the rom delete old move that and give permissions
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Are you saying you unpacked the MMS.apk from the stock rom and replaced the current one with it?

So, I Odin'd back to stock and was able to receive MMS on stock (though holy COW it was ugly. It's been a long time since I've been on that bloated software.) I then flashed back to SlimBean 4.3 and was still able to get MMS, although I still can't receive them through Textra, but I can deal with the stock messaging app. I guess this can be marked as solved. Thanks for the help e'rybody.

enterflux said:
I haven't tried Odin back to stock, as I've been saving it for a last resort... I may try to find time this weekend to do so.
Are you saying you unpacked the MMS.apk from the stock rom and replaced the current one with it?
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yes i did using the root explorer and given the permission i move it to the folder... before that i deleted and before that i made a titanium back up---

SMS not sending, but able to receive. MMS + Data Working.

Hello Internet, I just thought I'd chime in on the sms issue many seem to be having.
For me it started in the morning on the 21st. The day before everything was peachy. That morning I woke up and sent my normal texts that I usually do. The first text sent fine like usual, but anything after would fail to send. One quick-fix I found was to toggle airplane mode before sending a message, which would allow me to send another text or two before failing. The most interesting thing about this issue is that my brother, who is on cm 10.2 started having the issue at the exact same time and we aren't even running the same versions of android.
So I called verizon today and after about a half our I was able to get some information. I told the guy that I had tried rebooting, clearing cache, factory reseting, updating my SMSC number, etc. He said it's probably an issue in their end, which makes sense due to the timing of the issue occurring. He said he would do some behind the scenes stuff and call me back on Monday. I guess we'll see if the issue gets resolved. Keep me posted if you find a solution.

AnTiDoWn3r said:
Hello Internet, I just thought I'd chime in on the sms issue many seem to be having.
For me it started in the morning on the 21st. The day before everything was peachy. That morning I woke up and sent my normal texts that I usually do. The first text sent fine like usual, but anything after would fail to send. One quick-fix I found was to toggle airplane mode before sending a message, which would allow me to send another text or two before failing. The most interesting thing about this issue is that my brother, who is on cm 10.2 started having the issue at the exact same time and we aren't even running the same versions of android.
So I called verizon today and after about a half our I was able to get some information. I told the guy that I had tried rebooting, clearing cache, factory reseting, updating my SCSC number, etc. He said it's probably an issue in their end, which makes sense due to the timing of the issue occurring. He said he would do some behind the scenes stuff and call me back on Monday. I guess we'll see if the issue gets resolved. Keep me posted if you find a solution.
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Not sure if I'm doing this right usually I use the app but since I can only text on touch wiz based Roms xda app keeps crashing. Anyway I have this issue too mine seems to have started on 2-20 but same thing reboot or toggle airplane mode and I can send one that's it till next reboot. Was running carbon kit Kat. Hopefully Odin tomorrow will fix it touch wiz sucks!

tonybahr said:
Not sure if I'm doing this right usually I use the app but since I can only text on touch wiz based Roms xda app keeps crashing. Anyway I have this issue too mine seems to have started on 2-20 but same thing reboot or toggle airplane mode and I can send one that's it till next reboot. Was running carbon kit Kat. Hopefully Odin tomorrow will fix it touch wiz sucks!
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Odin does not fix...
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Dex954 said:
Odin does not fix...
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Yeah I figured that out.

Having the same problem....just wondering if anyone tried unrooting and rerooting?

mamill66 said:
Having the same problem....just wondering if anyone tried unrooting and rerooting?
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Yes doesn't fix anything.
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Just kinda bumping to see if anyone found anything?
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I talked to Verizon again yesterday night, my support ticket is still open, meaning they're looking into the possibility of it being an issue on their end, so nothing new. I'm convinced it's something with them, because of the timing. I'll keep you posted.
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AnTiDoWn3r said:
I talked to Verizon again yesterday night, my support ticket is still open, meaning they're looking into the possibility of it being an issue on their end, so nothing new. I'm convinced it's something with them, because of the timing. I'll keep you posted.
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Do they know you are running a form of CM? Or are you just saying your texts aren't working?
Just for my own info?

AnTiDoWn3r said:
Hello Internet, I just thought I'd chime in on the sms issue many seem to be having.
For me it started in the morning on the 21st. The day before everything was peachy. That morning I woke up and sent my normal texts that I usually do. The first text sent fine like usual, but anything after would fail to send. One quick-fix I found was to toggle airplane mode before sending a message, which would allow me to send another text or two before failing. The most interesting thing about this issue is that my brother, who is on cm 10.2 started having the issue at the exact same time and we aren't even running the same versions of android.
So I called verizon today and after about a half our I was able to get some information. I told the guy that I had tried rebooting, clearing cache, factory reseting, updating my SMSC number, etc. He said it's probably an issue in their end, which makes sense due to the timing of the issue occurring. He said he would do some behind the scenes stuff and call me back on Monday. I guess we'll see if the issue gets resolved. Keep me posted if you find a solution.
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I'm having the same issue that you are. I've already posted a thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657822
Are you on a version of CM? I was on mastamoon's 10.2 and moved to his CM11 and still have the problem. The only other fix I have heard/seen is that you can turn your mobile network to just CDMA and the problem goes away. (Its slow, but it works).
You are from Hershey Pa. I am in the Wilkes/Barre Scranton area. Anyone else experiencing this problem and in this area?
Do you have voice+ or google voice in your app drawer? I've seen some people who have had it in their app drawer who have been able to open that and select disable which remedies the problem. Hopefully Verizon gets back to you.

Whisk_33 said:
I'm having the same issue that you are. I've already posted a thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657822
Are you on a version of CM? I was on mastamoon's 10.2 and moved to his CM11 and still have the problem. The only other fix I have heard/seen is that you can turn your mobile network to just CDMA and the problem goes away. (Its slow, but it works).
You are from Hershey Pa. I am in the Wilkes/Barre Scranton area. Anyone else experiencing this problem and in this area?
Do you have voice+ or google voice in your app drawer? I've seen some people who have had it in their app drawer who have been able to open that and select disable which remedies the problem. Hopefully Verizon gets back to you.
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I'm in Hershey pa as well... interesting
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Whisk_33 said:
I'm having the same issue that you are. I've already posted a thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657822
Are you on a version of CM? I was on mastamoon's 10.2 and moved to his CM11 and still have the problem. The only other fix I have heard/seen is that you can turn your mobile network to just CDMA and the problem goes away. (Its slow, but it works).
You are from Hershey Pa. I am in the Wilkes/Barre Scranton area. Anyone else experiencing this problem and in this area?
Do you have voice+ or google voice in your app drawer? I've seen some people who have had it in their app drawer who have been able to open that and select disable which remedies the problem. Hopefully Verizon gets back to you.
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Yes, I'm from Hershey PA, my brother and I both have GS3s, but he's running 10.2 RC2 and I'm on the latest D2 nightly. The issue started in morning on the 20th. From what I can tell, it's only Verizon customers in our area that have been affected, my buddy on AT&T with a CM Nightly hasn't had any trouble. I tried disabling Voice+ but it didn't help anything. As of this point, my ticket is still open, so no new news yet. I'll keep you posted.

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Do they know you are running a form of CM? Or are you just saying your texts aren't working?
Just for my own info?
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I haven't told them I'm running a custom rom and I won't unless I actually need to. They don't seem to take kindly to people who like to get the most out of their phones.

AnTiDoWn3r said:
I haven't told them I'm running a custom rom and I won't unless I actually need to. They don't seem to take kindly to people who like to get the most out of their phones.
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That's why I think this is going to be a hard road..
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This is actually quite fascinating. All of those who seem to be having this issue are in Central Pennsylvania, started having the issue around the 20th, and are running a version of Cyanogenmod. I'll be sure to bring that up in my next chat with Verizon. Stay posted.

Hershey PA here
Cm11 m3 d2vzw
I've been having the same problem since ~20th as well. In glad I found this thread as I couldn't find much else when searching. I've temporarily switched to a TW ROM and it worked fine but any aosp seems affected. I even got Verizon to give me a sim but it didn't help.
My cell number starts 570-57*-**** (Scranton area number ) though I now live in Hershey pa.

This is where I wish I knew someone who worked at vzw and was a reasonable person.
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I am just outside Philly, I started having this issue on the 20th as well, occurred on both paranoid android beta 4 from notta and slim kat stable 3.0. Seems to be intermittent for me as there is times where it works freely and times I need to toggle airplane mode for every text
Edit: my number is from northeast pa (Hazleton Area). I'm wondering if it is an area code issue or something because I know people with s3s down by philly who don't have this issue with Verizon.
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bass0324 said:
I am just outside Philly, I started having this issue on the 20th as well, occurred on both paranoid android beta 4 from notta and slim kat stable 3.0. Seems to be intermittent for me as there is times where it works freely and times I need to toggle airplane mode for every text
Edit: my number is from northeast pa (Hazleton Area). I'm wondering if it is an area code issue or something because I know people with s3s down by philly who don't have this issue with Verizon.
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Been having the same issue. I live in mountaintop so maybe you're right

Central PA 570 here as well. Both my mom and I's phones are experiencing the same. What baffles me is that it happened to be people who had already flashed the ROM prior to the 20th, which means it isn't an AOSP specific SIM activation issue, because that happens on first boot. Touchwiz works fine, although I can't stand it. Whatever it is, I desperately hope it's fixed soon.

MMS pictures won't send

Hey guys. I did do searching on this, and I am not sure if I found information that works for the Verizon S3 or not since none of it is really clear what phones it is a fix for or the carriers.
Short story long, I have PA 4.4 final with leankernel and I can't send MMS messages, just sits at sending. I can send them with hangouts as NOT MMS messages but that is expected. I found the link below as maybe a fix, but it is a year old:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=42880045&postcount=12368
Any help on this would be great as it is pretty annoying not to be able to use this functionality.

Pret certain its an AOSP issue with the newer radios. Flash the MB1 radio and see If that fixes things
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Sandman-007 said:
Pret certain its an AOSP issue with the newer radios. Flash the MB1 radio and see If that fixes things
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Switched back to the MB1 firmware and was able to send via MMS with LTE on. I had been using the MF1.