Hey i was wondering if someone can help me out! i just recently started getting a lot of MMS messages and sending MMS messages. Now i was wondering if there was a way to send and receive MMS messages with out using the data plan. I dont pay for the data plan so each time i send/receive MMS i have to pay. Is there a way to use WiFi connection so i dont have to pay and i can send/receive for free? Is there some settings i need to change? or some programs i can dl? or there is nothing i can do!
Thanks!
lern2lvewithit said:
Hey i was wondering if someone can help me out! i just recently started getting a lot of MMS messages and sending MMS messages. Now i was wondering if there was a way to send and receive MMS messages with out using the data plan. I dont pay for the data plan so each time i send/receive MMS i have to pay. Is there a way to use WiFi connection so i dont have to pay and i can send/receive for free? Is there some settings i need to change? or some programs i can dl? or there is nothing i can do!
Thanks!
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You could always attach media in an email. That uses WiFi.
Hope that helps.
that wont work cause i would like to recieve and send to people cell phones not to email!
In Settings -> Connections -> Connections you could set you settings to "My Work Network" which it usually assigned to WiFi (you can check in WiFi settings)
MIGHT work but I'm not 100% positive. And even if it did, you'd have to stay connected to WiFi all day or for an access point to just Send/Recieve to see if you got an MMS message.
OR I do believe theres an option through activesync that you can use your computer's internet through your phone. So that would probably be your best bet.
Hope that helps.
Does AT&T still charge data for MMS messages? I read somewhere they don't anymore even though MMS still uses data.
http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1484340
MMS is under your messanging package.
I have a family plan and in that plan it is unlimited messaging (SMS and MMS)
I also have unlimited data so I need not worry.
On the other hand, when another member of the family plan gets a MMS message, it will cost them the $0.25 per KB or whatever the rate is now to download the MMS.
MMS uses the data connection to get the message.
Got in deep charges once with that on an older phone.
MMS will ALWAYS use Data. Such Is Life.
That is true but i spoke to someone at ATT since i have unlimited text messaging...mms is free....yes the data starts up when you send/receive mms messages/downloads and will stop right after its done....and with unlimited text its free...theres a reason it is but i dont remember why!
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I turned off my data plan since I dont really use it. I was wondering how I could turn off all data and only allow my MMS. My data is always connected for whatever reason I see it connected for hours at a time. I have them all disabled in Kaiser Tweak ATM but I am sure I wont get MMS since it always connects to receive the messages.
Thank you,
"Bandswitch" - I had some success with that.
Jonathan1683 said:
I turned off my data plan since I dont really use it. I was wondering how I could turn off all data and only allow my MMS. My data is always connected for whatever reason I see it connected for hours at a time. I have them all disabled in Kaiser Tweak ATM but I am sure I wont get MMS since it always connects to receive the messages.
Thank you,
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Use NoData from MoDaCo.
You select to toggle on/off GPRS connections and/or mms connections
http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility/
great program... thx for the link.
Thanks for the tip, gona check it out tonight
I recently realized that i cannot send or receive picture messages. Does anyone know there way around the AT&T Tilt better than me that can help me with some connection settings?
Any help is appreciated!
Thanks
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an added tip: is there any way to set up your Tilt so that you can Access Wi-Fi only for the internet (i don't have an unlimited data plan) and still be able to send picture messages. So basically is there a way to turn off the data and still send texts?
Hello,
Has anyone ever experienced the inability to download pictures from SMS/MMS while connected to wifi? My buddy can send me a pic via messaging or chomp sms and once it gets to me, usually a long time later, I will get a small, empty chat balloon touch the balloon and it will give me the loading circle for a few minutes and it will eventually stop without dl'ing anything. If I turn off wifi then it will dl within seconds. This is the same on both my phone and my buddy's(captivate) the only difference is I run the Firefly 2.0.5 and he is running stock eclair.
Is this just something that we have to deal with or is there a fix for this?
I did a samsung live chat and the agent said it was the way samsung makes their phones and restrict it to only allow SMS/MMS DL from the carrier signal.
Thanks for any and all help.
mms are done over 3g, are you able to browse the internet on 3g? are your APN settings correct?
I get mms when on wifi too. I was home two days back when I got like 4 sms. And at home I'm always on wifi.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Never had a problem
MMS are only done over your carrier network. To prove this send your self an mms and as it is sending and receiving what your task bar and you will see that your data network connects to download it.
since the phone has to drop the wifi signal and connect to the carrier data signal to send or receive MMS (it might not show in the icon though), yours might be lagging somewhat in doing that...
so when the buddy is on wifi his one does it quicker yes?
Trusselo said:
mms are done over 3g, are you able to browse the internet on 3g? are your APN settings correct?
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Yes can browse the internet while on 3G and WIFI.
I do not know if my APN settings are wrong or right.
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since the phone has to drop the wifi signal and connect to the carrier data signal to send or receive MMS (it might not show in the icon though), yours might be lagging somewhat in doing that...
so when the buddy is on wifi his one does it quicker yes?
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No, in reference to the way the devices act both do the same thing. Do not allow you to DL MMS while the WIFI is turned on. neither seems faster or slower it just will not complete the task on wifi.
Thanks to all for the replies
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MMS are only done over your carrier network. To prove this send your self an mms and as it is sending and receiving what your task bar and you will see that your data network connects to download it.
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I checked it 2 days back. Even when on wifi, it turns on EDGE/3G, downloads MMS and disconnects it.
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I checked it 2 days back. Even when on wifi, it turns on EDGE/3G, downloads MMS and disconnects it.
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So is there a setting that I need to look for that allows for the edge/3g to turn on/off for mms?
Anyone?
Would love to figure this out as it is quite annoying.
My friend's Moto X just arrived. Extremely stoked about this awesome phone, but he ran into a weird problem. It would not send an MMS picture message without first disconnecting from his home network (WiFi). I did some research and came up with this post: MMS wont's send when on WiFi from this forum. It was for an S4 on VZ, so I wanted to post in the Moto X community the following hack that worked for ATT as well:
Send yourself a picture from your Gmail account that's associated with your phone, and it will work itself out. Once you have received the e-mail on the phone, MMS will work even when connected to WiFi.
I understand that MMS messages don't actually transmit via WiFi as they still go out over the data network. Therefore, you must have sufficient data coverage for the MMS to send. Another setting to check if this doesn't work is that the "Data enabled" box is checked under Settings > more (under Wifi/Bluetooth) > Mobile Networks while you are on WiFi.
Hope this helps anyone else out.
I think that's a Verizon (or maybe a CDMA) thing. My Verizon phones do what you described. My T-Mobile phone sends text and MMS while connected to Wi-Fi calling, which appears to disable the phone radio. Unless it's using data without indicating it to me.
benmctee said:
My friend's Moto X just arrived. Extremely stoked about this awesome phone, but he ran into a weird problem. It would not send an MMS picture message without first disconnecting from his home network (WiFi). I did some research and came up with this post: MMS wont's send when on WiFi from this forum. It was for an S4 on VZ, so I wanted to post in the Moto X community the following hack that worked for ATT as well:
Send yourself a picture from your Gmail account that's associated with your phone, and it will work itself out. Once you have received the e-mail on the phone, MMS will work even when connected to WiFi.
I understand that MMS messages don't actually transmit via WiFi as they still go out over the data network. Therefore, you must have sufficient data coverage for the MMS to send. Another setting to check if this doesn't work is that the "Data enabled" box is checked under Settings > more (under Wifi/Bluetooth) > Mobile Networks while you are on WiFi.
Hope this helps anyone else out.
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had this issue and sending the gmail email worked like a charm. thanks so much OP. Been looking for a solution for a little while but hadn't come across anything.
instructions: Send an email from your you gmail account on your phone to the gmail account on your phone with an attached picture. Then you will be able to send MMS while connected to a wifi network. IN other words. open up gmail on your phone. send an email to yourself with an attached picture. issue solved.
Hi Guys,
I hope someone can help me with this. I noticed when I was trying to send an MMS my data connectivity drops. So, when I am on mobile data I can't receive nor send MMS message. My work around is to delete the incoming or outgoing MMS messages.
The thing is when I am connected to Wi-Fi I can receive MMS no problems but then again I am not connected to wifi all the time.
Any insights is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Jovie.Android
That's a correct behaviour, due to mms using different connection settings (APN for example).
No big surprise. If you look on the GCF website, it doesnt appear that the MMS testing was performed. Likely they say, we support it, but not according to 3GPP or OMA. This is becoming more and more popular as MMS testing costs about 20k€ for first run testing and most people never even use MMS anymore.
They also fail most of the wifi alliance testing, btw. That is slightly related. They have a big issue with cellular stack performing a PDP context deactivation when it shouldn't. Basically, the stack looks if wifi is attached, but not whether or not data traffic is possible, then drops the cellular data connection.