MMS on 4.4 Verizon - Moto X Q&A

I want some feedback guys. I came from a HTC Rezound, on that phone whenever I receive a MMS my phone will download the image automatically even if my mobile data was off no need to manually turn it on, but on the
Moto X every time I get a MMS I have to turn on my mobile to receive MMS manually.
Is there a way for MMS work the same way as my Rezound?
Thanks in advance
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What messaging app are you using? Most will have an option in the settings to automatically retrieve MMS and it's usually off by default.
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GreenMunky said:
What messaging app are you using? Most will have an option in the settings to automatically retrieve MMS and it's usually off by default.
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I'm using hangout as default and I don't see any option in the app
Edit: is hangouts, hope they add this feature soon I like the app, but I might go back to the stock messaging
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sorullo_xgrx said:
I'm using hangout as default and I don't see any option in the app
Edit: is hangouts, hope they add this feature soon I like the app, but I might go back to the stock messaging
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Go to Hangouts settings => SMS => Check the Auto Retrieve MMS square.
Then it will auto retrieve.
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GreenMunky said:
Go to Hangouts settings => SMS => Check the Auto Retrieve MMS square.
Then it will auto retrieve.
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K so that option is check on hangouts. I forgot to mention the person sending the MMS is using an iPhone don't know if it has anything to do with this.
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sorullo_xgrx said:
K so that option is check on hangouts. I forgot to mention the person sending the MMS is using an iPhone don't know if it has anything to do with this.
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The sender's device shouldn't matter. Are they still not auto retrieving with the box checked? Do you have any other messaging apps installed that aren't disabled?
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The sender's device shouldn't matter. Are they still not auto retrieving with the box checked? Do you have any other messaging apps installed that aren't disabled?
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I only have the stock messaging and hangouts which is my default messaging right now and on both auto retrieve is check.
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Any way to get another text app to work with the active notifications??

Just wondering if there is a way to get gosms or the cm SMS app to work with active notifications. I was looking for something with quick reply.
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mpetruzz said:
Just wondering if there is a way to get gosms or the cm SMS app to work with active notifications. I was looking for something with quick reply.
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It should just work. Go to Settings > Active Notifications > Manage notification types. Check the apps you want notifications from.
The notification appears, but when you put your finger on it the text doesn't display.
Handcent works.
mjphillips1981 said:
Handcent works.
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I use 8sms.
Closest you'll get to CM 4.3 messaging. And it works with active display.
Textra works.
Yea Textra does work I use it also.
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Official Hangout v2 Update

Finally got mine just a little bit ago, did a search on our in the General Sub-Forum for any threads on this so figured I would start it. Pretty stable so far for me.
Are you able to send and receive MMS? I still can't..
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This is the 3rd update since support for SMS and MMS. I have yet to be able to send or receive MMS on neither of my devices
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haven't had any issues yet, slower than using stock app but still goes through for ME. Takes around 4-5 minutes to round trip send myself one and receive it.
EPayne123 said:
haven't had any issues yet, slower than using stock app but still goes through for ME. Takes around 4-5 minutes to round trip send myself one and receive it.
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Same here. It's pretty slow.
A good way to get any of the MMS to send almost as fast as it does in stock messaging app is to attempt to send the MMS and you can immediately make a call or AirPlane Mode or Mobile Data toggle it and then hang up or disable AirPlane Mode or Enable Mobile Data and it'll send much quicker. The phone call method only when on 3G though, not LTE
How is the interaction with google voice? I frequently dont receive messages using GV integrated on sprint.
Hangouts took control of the voicemail on my phone after I enabled SMS. Instead of getting a voicemail notification I received a text saying I had a message.
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jejunum said:
How is the interaction with google voice? I frequently dont receive messages using GV integrated on sprint.
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It's ok. Full integration won't be until May 2014 though.
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richjolliff said:
Hangouts took control of the voicemail on my phone after I enabled SMS. Instead of getting a voicemail notification I received a text saying I had a message.
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Were you able to figure out how to disable that sms voicemail? I'd rather use the visual voicemail that came with HTC One.
No, I had to undo sms with hangouts.
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richjolliff said:
Hangouts took control of the voicemail on my phone after I enabled SMS. Instead of getting a voicemail notification I received a text saying I had a message.
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I was having the same problem. Download System Panel lite from the play store. Open GV then press back. Open System Panel and tap on GV in the list then tap exclude. This will stop the service from being flushed.
The problems i have with MMS is that it has to be on 3G to send. Otherwise (if i am on 4G or Wifi) it wont send.
I currently have a mod to enable MMS on wifi with the stock app, that also takes the compression off.
Also. It wont send SMS when roaming. I need to be on sprint.
Do you guys expreience this too? Or is it just all the mods i have affecting my phone?
Not Sure But..
Theres an Stock Messaging app in the play store that does SMS over Wifi.
Its basically the CM messaging app with some extra goodies.
Its called 8SMS
id supply a link but XDA isnt letting me post a link since im new. Sigh
Hangouts is terrible with mms/ group messaging
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Can't send text messages all of a sudden WTF

So I installed evolve SMS and everything was ok. Now after a day when a new text comes in and I reply it just disappears when I press send.
I uninstalled evolve SMS and have the same issue with my stock SMS app.
Any ideas as to what it might be or a fix??
mpetruzz said:
So I installed evolve SMS and everything was ok. Now after a day when a new text comes in and I reply it just disappears when I press send.
I uninstalled evolve SMS and have the same issue with my stock SMS app.
Any ideas as to what it might be or a fix??
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reinstall stock sms from stock firmware zip.
if still nothing restore from backup
if you dont have a back up time for a factory wipe.
if you still have the same issue sounds like something got deleted and you need to restore to stock and re root.
I'm not rooted so how would I reinstall the stock app. I haven't deleted anything.
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I just went into the stock messaging app and it says messaging disabled in the reply box. How the hell did that happen!!!
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Ghosts?
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I deleted evolve SMS for the past day and have had 0 issues. I'm assuming that app was the culprit
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mpetruzz said:
I just went into the stock messaging app and it says messaging disabled in the reply box. How the hell did that happen!!!
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If you're not rooted and not custom, might go to the carrier and ask them to fix it.

[Q] Disable Hangouts SMS 4.4.2

So strange issue. I enabled SMS for Hangouts thinking I could deal with its inability to split text messages. Turns out I can't, oops....
ANYWAYS, Typically when this is enabled you can disable it in the SMS settings under Hangouts. This seems to not be the case anymore. Trying to edit the SMS settings now takes me to the general "settings" area of the phone as if I had selected the "gear" icon in the apps list or quick settings area of the phone. has anyone else run into this issue of 4.4.2? Have you found a solution? I would appreciate any assistance.
So are you trying use the HTC messages as the default instead of hangouts?
Settings->More->Default SMS App
demo27vol1 said:
So are you trying use the HTC messages as the default instead of hangouts?
Settings->More->Default SMS App
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Thanks I just dug that up. My lapse in common sense.... Thanks for the help though
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Moto X showing "unable to send messages"

This is my wife's new X. She wanted a freaking Iphone but I talked her into this. Just some color here.
She now has a notification in the tool bar that reads "messages unable to send." If you pull it down, it brings you to the general text app. There is nothing that tells her WHAT messages didn't send. It's driving her crazy. Even to the point of her going to Verizon (which she despises) who were, of course, zero help. Made her delete all her texts and it's still happening. All her texts read as sent and if you exit the text app, the notification goes away for a few seconds then reappears.
Need to know if any of you guys have an idea of why this is happening and if so, how to stop it.
She'll turn that thing into an iphone by the end of the week if I can't figure it out.
Thanks gang.
Does she have an active mobile data connection? I think she needs that to text on Verizon, wifi may not be sufficient.
Groid said:
Does she have an active mobile data connection? I think she needs that to text on Verizon, wifi may not be sufficient.
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Yeah. data is up and running.
Groid said:
Does she have an active mobile data connection? I think she needs that to text on Verizon, wifi may not be sufficient.
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Anyone else have a guess? It's driving her nuts.
Are her messages actually being sent and received?
Remove her sim and reinsert.
Google the Verizon APN settings and confirm they are correct in network settings.
Try a different texting app. I'd recommend Textra or hangouts.
If none of that works reply here I'm sure there will be more help incoming.
I sometimes have this problem when sending pictures to iPhones, it will constantly fail to send. Rebooting usually solves it
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Have you tried Settings > Apps > swipe R to L to get to All > Messaging > Force stop > Clear cache > Clear data. Restart and try another message. Or as others have suggested, try another messaging app. I really like 8SMS and have set that as my default messaging app and set Active Notifications to show 8SMS notifications by default.
Switched to Chomp SMS and it's fine.
Thanks all.
redddog said:
Switched to Chomp SMS and it's fine.
Thanks all.
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I had the same problem before the 4.4.3 update. It was picture mail that wouldn't send. Our APNs have a dedicated MMS APN that needed to be configured for my mvno . once I configured the APN I rebooted and it sent whatever picture mail I had been trying to send out.
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marnold425 said:
I had the same problem before the 4.4.3 update. It was picture mail that wouldn't send. Our APNs have a dedicated MMS APN that needed to be configured for my mvno . once I configured the APN I rebooted and it sent whatever picture mail I had been trying to send out.
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A lot of people actually seem to be having trouble with SMS after the 4.4.3 update. It generally seems to be because they've disabled the app "messaging" and for whatever reason, they can't reenable it after the update.
It doesn't make much sense though, because texting apps can't rout messages through other apps anymore.
thebeastglasser said:
A lot of people actually seem to be having trouble with SMS after the 4.4.3 update. It generally seems to be because they've disabled the app "messaging" and for whatever reason, they can't reenable it after the update.
It doesn't make much sense though, because texting apps can't rout messages
I had the problem before the update and after I updated it was already fixed but it was because my service provider and I figured it out before the update
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I'd been getting the unsent SMS every couple days on 4.4.2. I used 'Permission Friendly Apps' to find what had 'Send SMS' permissions. I don't use Skype from my phone, so I uninstalled it. I also disabled SMS and turned off the 'Improve Hangouts' option in Hangouts. After about a week, still no mysterious empty message.
It's not proof any of that fixes anything, but may be worth a try?
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