ive disabled all data on my phone. is there a way to recieve or send MMS messages through wifi
RubberDucky451 said:
ive disabled all data on my phone. is there a way to recieve or send MMS messages through wifi
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I'm interested in this as well. I'm getting a Tilt tomorrow and I'm going to add messaging to the plan but not data.
I read on AT&T's forums that if your phone is setup for data and you have the messaging add-on that you will not be charged data, but I'm not sure how true this is since I haven't tried it yet.
I doubt it... Don't see how you would transmit data without a data plan.
RubberDucky451 said:
ive disabled all data on my phone. is there a way to recieve or send MMS messages through wifi
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not that I know of... I used nodata.cab and my MMS messages will sit in the outbox until I turn back on the data feature.
Once data is active I can send and recieve the MMS messages...
Tomeygun said:
not that I know of... I used nodata.cab and my MMS messages will sit in the outbox until I turn back on the data feature.
Once data is active I can send and recieve the MMS messages...
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Do you know if you get charged data usage if you only have a messaging plan?
I've read that since you have the messaging plan that they don't charge data for MMS, but I'm not sure how they can tell the difference between that and internet usage.
I can send/receive MMS and have not data plan, it's $1 for every picture/video message. This works for me as I don't get but 2 MMS' a month, I have an unlimited txt (m2m) w/ 400 to anyone. Since my GF and I txt each other the most I don't get charged for them and have 400 extra to send to anyone else. This costs $5 a month.
My wife and friends can send MMS no problem without data plans. Only problem is if I send to my family in the UK who are on different networks just get a link to a website to read the message.
you dont need a data plan..all you need is the unlimited mms/sms plan..which i have (unlimited mms/sms family plan) and my sister and my mom gets mms pics and they dont have any data plans..i only have the 10mb data plan so i can get my emails, weather, myspace, and other small things
When I am connected to media.net or teether to the internet i do not get my text messages or any multimedia messages. I have to reset my phone and then I get some of the messages and it shows them stored on my sim card? What the hell did I do to my phone, please help.
Anyone know how this is possible, ive read of older ideas but they do not work anymore...
Maybe we ned different apn settings?
My friend told me he recieved picture mail without the data plan when his phone switched to at&t up north...
sassyness77 said:
Anyone know how this is possible, ive read of older ideas but they do not work anymore...
Maybe we ned different apn settings?
My friend told me he recieved picture mail without the data plan when his phone switched to at&t up north...
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your friend probably caught a glitch... when i had a blackberry i could use the internet on it without a data plan or wifi, but everything else that came with the data plan didn't work.
however, i also didn't know you had to have the data plan for mms to work. i thought this came with the messaging plan? then again i use t-mobile. i take it your on at&t or something? i have a friend who has a g1 with no data plan and he sends me picture messages. (he's also on t-mobile)
im on t mobile. i have unlimited messaging but from day 1 could never send an mms or recieve one. there used to be a have with the apns but it doesnt work anymore.
sassyness77 said:
im on t mobile. i have unlimited messaging but from day 1 could never send an mms or recieve one. there used to be a have with the apns but it doesnt work anymore.
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waaaat? i've always got them without any data plan whatsoever. and i know the people who send them to me don't have one. maybe we're just lucky and i should shut my mouth before t-mobile finds out.
edit: dunno about mytouch, though. i've always had a data plan on this. but blackberry didn't need one and nor did any other phone. but all my other phones before blackberry weren't considered "smartphones."
weird...
yeah, i cant download the mms message, pressing the button to downlad does nothing...
sassyness77 said:
yeah, i cant download the mms message, pressing the button to downlad does nothing...
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like you can't see the picture you get? or it just tells you that you have a mms and you have to download? it never asks me anything like that. i've seen another person say that they can't download mms (even with data plan because of an error), but i just get the mms without clicking download.
maybe they don't actually have a data plan, though. people here seem to tend to leave out the most important details. i don't know how to help, though. i would have put money on it you could get a picture message without a data plan as long as you had texting.
are you sure you have a G1?! ha but i thought everone had to dowload the mms before you could actually see it. Thats all ive heard and if been trying to find the answer for a year and a half! I thought it was wierd that whe my friend when up north and it switched to AT&T he was able to recieve picture messages. I get a notification that says 0 new messages which is weird...but then i have the message in the thread with only a download button. i have an "mms notification" it says when i long press and click details on the message.
anyone?
Is there other people who can recieve mms without the data plan on t mobile?
I do have unllimited messaging, and i could recieve them on everyother phone i owned except my g1.
i have a mytouch, and no i never have to click download... i gust get a new msg and it has a little paper clip on it and it shows directly up... now thats for PICTURE... ones that have music or something i have to click download but as for pictures not once have i had to download... am i supposed to have to click download on picture? lol. that's odd as hell.
What's up everyone. If u have a g1 or my touch with tmobile and u don't have a data plan and u can send and receive mms please post ur apn settings. I think that's why we are here. Thanks.
im going to bump this thread because the issue hasnt been resolved yet
If you root a mytouch can you then use MMS again? I want to get the MyTouch slide but with no data plan.
i am having the same issue except sometimes i get the pics and sometimes i don't i think it depends on the size and maybe what network the sender is on. I changed some settings and started getting pics but when I tried it again i'm not getting them. still working on it. I have a G1
I have a G1 with the new prepaid plan and no data plan, i can recieve pictures and videos but i cant send any at all. Does anyone know why?
Your phone has to have a data connection to receive MMS. With MMS, the network basically sends your phone a special SMS message containing a URL and your phone then loads the URL to retrieve the full MMS message.
You shouldn't need a data plan to use MMS as your carrier should charge visits to that URL as MMS and not regular data usage, but you do still need your carrier's APN setup in your phone.
athakur999 said:
Your phone has to have a data connection to receive MMS. With MMS, the network basically sends your phone a special SMS message containing a URL and your phone then loads the URL to retrieve the full MMS message.
You shouldn't need a data plan to use MMS as your carrier should charge visits to that URL as MMS and not regular data usage, but you do still need your carrier's APN setup in your phone.
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So, what are the APN settings for T-mobile?
I have a similar problem, I get free mms from my carrier but to receive them I need to turn on data, If its off I receive a message with download button but it says: cant download atm, try again later. If I have data on it downloads perfectly. To do this you need to have 2 apns configured, one for net and one for mms, on your provider webpage there should be the configurations you need around the suport areas, or ask someone with same phone and carrier to copy them.
My problem is that I have a data plan, and so when I turn on the data it starts synchronizing, downloading mails etc... and wastes my limited badwidth.
Now I do remember on my stock phone I used to be able to grab mms with data off.. anyone have a clue about how to do it? or some app that blocks net but not the mms?
Running stock rooted. Does anyone else on Sprint notice that it takes sometimes up to a minute for SMS messages to send? I have this issue regardless of location and signal strength. Happens on both the messaging app and hangouts.
There's a few threads touching on this topic. But there is an issue with the LTE/3G/1X hand off. So you either take a long time to send texts, or send multiple duplicate texts etc while on LTE. Some people also miss phone calls while on LTE.
The only work around is to put the phone on 3G. But of course that sucks. We're all awaiting Sprint to make some change on their network.
I seem to be having an issue with hangouts not sending my texts. I'll type out my text, hit send and put the phone down. Look at it a few minutes later and it says message not sent, touch to resend. It doesn't do this on every message, but most.
I use hangouts for texts because I do a combo of SMS and hangout messages throughout the day. Not worth using two apps when one does it. Never had this issue on my nexus 5, so I'm not sure if its a version issue or what.
You have APN Issues
Any suggestions on settings? I have what T-Mobile suggests on their site as my settings except I changed to IPv4/IPv6 from IPv4 in the APN Protocol. Can't imagine that would be all.