i have a att tilt and for some reason i can no longer send multimedia messages or connect to media net. i am not sure what happened because it worked before and now no longer does. i have looked for solutions but none seem to work. my wifi still works it is just media net
Perhaps the master account blocked data access. My wife did that and then her son could no longer send multimedia text messages. They found out the hard way that the multimedia part of the text message uses data access...
hmm that could be it. but i was under the assumption that with the text message plan it was free multimedia messages also. also im pretty sure that the master account didnt block it. i just dont know what could be the problem
Did you install any configuration cabs? Those will sometimes change your mms settings to default to Isp or Internet. Check your options and settings for mms that it's using Media net to connect and of course the connection settings to default to Media net
Hi I don't have a data plan and I got a picture message I want to view..is it possible to download it throught wifi somehow since I don't have a data plan? If so, how? Thank you so much in advance!
why don't you try and find out for yourself? xD
just get wifi?
why don't you try and find out for yourself? xD
just get wifi?
phamous said:
why don't you try and find out for yourself? xD
just get wifi?
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....I've clearly tried that, but MMS doesn't work on WiFi hence my asking...
isikh said:
....I've clearly tried that, but MMS doesn't work on WiFi hence my asking...
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I'm sure there isn't. But I'm pretty sure you don't need a data plan. My old RAZR did it just fine without a data plan. I know from experience that you can't send or receive mms over wifi
MMS is solely and OTA event. You also do not need a data plan to view an MMS. You do, however, need the proper settings in your phone before it will DL a MMS OTA.
As for sending one over WiFi, yes, it is called email and IMing.
isikh said:
Hi I don't have a data plan and I got a picture message I want to view..is it possible to download it throught wifi somehow since I don't have a data plan? If so, how? Thank you so much in advance!
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you used to be able to, but T-Mobile took care of that, and the APN is now blocked so you can't send or receive the mms messages. Kinda sucks.
settings for MMS over wifi?
pcforpres mentions settings in order to be able to read MMS over wifi, what are the settings? I'm also interested in reading MMS messages over wifi. It would be awesome if I could read/write MMS messages as well, since I do have the unlimited sms/mms with the G1. Obviuosly, I don't have the data plan yet. Thanks!
i think it would be pretty useful.... cause i dont get 3G service in my room or good service at all , and sometimes its impossible to even send an sms
mobileD7 said:
pcforpres mentions settings in order to be able to read MMS over wifi, what are the settings? I'm also interested in reading MMS messages over wifi. It would be awesome if I could read/write MMS messages as well, since I do have the unlimited sms/mms with the G1. Obviuosly, I don't have the data plan yet. Thanks!
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I did not say you could send MMS over WiFi, I said you could only send MMS OTA, which means Over The Air, aka through your carrier's network.
The reason people can't send MMS with cooked ROMs most of the time is because they do not enter their carriers settings into the phone, just like you need to enter the data settings. Sometimes, the date account settings and MMS settings are one in the same, but most of the time they are not.
As well, MMS are independent from having a data account. Every single carrier allows any customer to send and recieve MMS for a nominal fee whether they have a data plan or not. Some bundle MMS in with text while others with data, but MMS is independent of both of those services in terms of network protocol and phone settings(with a few exceptions where if you have a data plan, it is the same setting that your phone uses to do MMS and internet)
WiFi and MMS
Thanks PCJforPres. Per your previous post "MMS is solely and OTA event. You also do not need a data plan to view an MMS. You do, however, need the proper settings in your phone before it will DL a MMS OTA.
As for sending one over WiFi, yes, it is called email and IMing."
You mention you do not need a data plan to view an MMS. I'm currently able to receive the MMS, but not able to download it. Is this what you are saying as well? or can we actually read it via wifi? Are there proper settings to use with no data plan? These MMS messages I somtimes get are just text, but for some reason they come in as MMS. SMS works great. Any thoughts or solutions?
Yes, you must set up your phone with proper MMS and SMS settings for your carrier. MMS does not need dataplan.
mobileD7 said:
Thanks PCJforPres. Per your previous post "MMS is solely and OTA event. You also do not need a data plan to view an MMS. You do, however, need the proper settings in your phone before it will DL a MMS OTA.
As for sending one over WiFi, yes, it is called email and IMing."
You mention you do not need a data plan to view an MMS. I'm currently able to receive the MMS, but not able to download it. Is this what you are saying as well? or can we actually read it via wifi? Are there proper settings to use with no data plan? These MMS messages I somtimes get are just text, but for some reason they come in as MMS. SMS works great. Any thoughts or solutions?
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What is likely happening is that you do not have the proper MMS settings, either the ROM doesn't have the MMS application, or you have yet to set the settings up. So instead of getting the MMS, you get just the text with a blank "image" box or whatever because it cannot connect to the server to download the data portion. There is no way to us WiFi to do this, because the internet has no way of accessing your carriers network and obtaining that info. It is stuck in your carriers routing system, and after X amount of time will be deleted if you do not download it.
Call your carriers CS line and ask them what the proper settings are for MMS, even if they say they don't support the G1, insist that they tell you the manual settings for a smart phone... you should get APN info, Proxy and Port info, default website info(this is the site it downloads from technically), network type (ie is it WAP, Secure WAP, HTTP, Secure HTTP)... there might be more or less info needed, but those are the basics.
You can usually search the interwebs for this info as well.
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What is likely happening is that you do not have the proper MMS settings, either the ROM doesn't have the MMS application, or you have yet to set the settings up. So instead of getting the MMS, you get just the text with a blank "image" box or whatever because it cannot connect to the server to download the data portion. There is no way to us WiFi to do this, because the internet has no way of accessing your carriers network and obtaining that info. It is stuck in your carriers routing system, and after X amount of time will be deleted if you do not download it.
Call your carriers CS line and ask them what the proper settings are for MMS, even if they say they don't support the G1, insist that they tell you the manual settings for a smart phone... you should get APN info, Proxy and Port info, default website info(this is the site it downloads from technically), network type (ie is it WAP, Secure WAP, HTTP, Secure HTTP)... there might be more or less info needed, but those are the basics.
You can usually search the interwebs for this info as well.
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And these APN settings are far and few to find but good luck if you find them, I have tried everything, every different type of APN for T-Mobile US and had absolutely no luck.
These are not facts but my own conclusion about this: What I'm afraid is that Android pushes all MMS activity through the data connection anyhow. Because after using another T-Mobile SIM, with the data connection, I was instantly able to download all my MMS pictures. So I don't think there is any correct APN setting for MMS to work without the data plan sadly. That's why I started a thread awhile ago to hopefully build support.. but I guess most people out there have the data plan or no data plan + no messaging or simply just don't care about MMS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559805
I'm just hoping that somebody will try to fix this problem eventually, but like I've discovered there just isn't much demand for it. Personally, I want to get into Android dev but I can't say how long it'll take me to learn the ropes plus if I'll even be able to do anything about it myself.
MMS over wifi
Yeah, it is crazy that MMS is not available over wifi that we know of. I was going to call tmobile for the APN, but from reading it sounds like MMS by default goes over there new data APN? no clue. What a crappy way to make money for tmobile that they have to force customers to have the data plan. At least SMS works and other functions over wifi (which is really all I need). I don't have time for non-stop data access for my phone. Yeah, hopefully there will be an alternate fix to access MMS over wifi or another APN. Any ideas or does any one have a working APN they can provide?
I guess I'll try tmobile again for a valid APN.
Like the thread title says, I'm in London at the moment. I unlocked my Captivate before leaving and bought a SIM card from 3. Unlimited data, 3000 SMS, and 300 minutes for 15 quid ... not bad.
Trouble is that I can't get any sort of data access. Voice and SMS work, but no data is coming through. I have full bars, but normally there is an E or H to the left of them with up and down arrows and that is gone. Google logins aren't working and no internet for any applications.
I've been reading a little bit and something about APN numbers perhaps?
Thanks
Make sure that the data radio frequencies are compatible and if so make sur they are enabled, can't remember what exactly to do but searching should find results easily
See if data roaming is disabled because the radio frequencies are probably not the same as the normally accepted ones
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Like the thread title says, I'm in London at the moment. I unlocked my Captivate before leaving and bought a SIM card from 3. Unlimited data, 3000 SMS, and 300 minutes for 15 quid ... not bad.
Trouble is that I can't get any sort of data access. Voice and SMS work, but no data is coming through. I have full bars, but normally there is an E or H to the left of them with up and down arrows and that is gone. Google logins aren't working and no internet for any applications.
I've been reading a little bit and something about APN numbers perhaps?
Thanks
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Aye, it's the APNs.
You have to get the settings from 3. As far as i know, the cappy does support the 3G bands there.
a quick google search gave me this
Name - 3
Apn - three.co.uk
proxy - not set
port - not set
Username - not set
Password - not set
Server - not set
MMSC - http://mms.um.three.co.uk:10021/mmsc
MMS proxy - mms.three.co.uk
MMS port - 8799
MCC - 234
MNC - 20
APN type - not set
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Give that a shot. In case you dont know how to get to the settings, it is. Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names > (then hit the bottom leftmost capacitive button) and press new apn.
Good Luck i hope it all works out
So it's a combination of the below answers. For anyone looking to do this you want get to the APN settings page then and make a new profile but only set the apn to be "3services" no quotes. I tried three.co.uk, but that doesn't work. 3services works just fine though and speeds are pretty reasonable. Also, you must enable data roaming as the above poster mentioned as well.
Thanks for the help guys much appreciated.
YES I HAVE USED THE SEARCH BAR.
I have a rooted captivate, custom ROM.
I do not use a data plan, I usually just remove the APN.
My question is.. is there a route that can be taken where I can still keep my MMS? A long time ago I remember an APN program had a check box that said 'keep MMS enabled.'
I am just curious and would like to find a way.
godsp33d said:
YES I HAVE USED THE SEARCH BAR.
I have a rooted captivate, custom ROM.
I do not use a data plan, I usually just remove the APN.
My question is.. is there a route that can be taken where I can still keep my MMS? A long time ago I remember an APN program had a check box that said 'keep MMS enabled.'
I am just curious and would like to find a way.
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the widget you are looking for is toggle data
godsp33d said:
YES I HAVE USED THE SEARCH BAR.
I have a rooted captivate, custom ROM.
I do not use a data plan, I usually just remove the APN.
My question is.. is there a route that can be taken where I can still keep my MMS? A long time ago I remember an APN program had a check box that said 'keep MMS enabled.'
I am just curious and would like to find a way.
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If you'd like a way that doesn't require an app or widget (depending on rom*):
Settings > Wireless and network > Mobile networks > Access Point Names > ATT WAP
Change the last setting (APN type) from "Internet + MMS" to MMS
*Apparently, this depends on settings in the ROM. When I was on Firefly, I was able to change the settings, but can't change them on Fusion. However, you should be able to duplicate the settings of the default APN and switch to your new custom APN.
The toggle data widget would upgrade me to a smartphone plan.. Right?
SabinLeto said:
If you'd like a way that doesn't require an app or widget (depending on rom*):
Settings > Wireless and network > Mobile networks > Access Point Names > ATT WAP
Change the last setting (APN type) from "Internet + MMS" to MMS
*Apparently, this depends on settings in the ROM. When I was on Firefly, I was able to change the settings, but can't change them on Fusion. However, you should be able to duplicate the settings of the default APN and switch to your new custom APN.
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Thank you, I did notice the Internet + MMS option in other custom ROM's I've used. But I have yet to run accrossed one that can just be modified to MMS. I will be looking!