Hi!
I use the Cyanogenmod ROM, been using it since the nightlies of the 6.0-version, but one thing has been bothering me..
I don't have a full plan for data; I pay for what I use, so I have data disabled - and enables it whenever I need it.
However, when someone sends me a MMS, my phone recieves it (with a "download now"-button) like it's supposed to do, BUT! There are no way of knowing this. It doesn't notify, no sound, no flash, nothing in the notification area, I have to randomly open the app and suddenly see that I've recieved an unread message from someone..
Anyone else experiencing this? Any settings I've overseen? Thanks in advance!
Poke around in the settings for the messaging app, see what you find It could be that Android only notifies when it's downloaded the message
Thanks for tip, but I've already poked around in the settings :/ Just wondering if it's a bug, or if it's the SMS/MMS-app itself. Thanks for replying, though!
Hmmm. I don't use mms stuff, so I can't be of much more help. Sorry
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Hi!
Sorry if there is alredy a similar topic for this. I searched before, but can't find any information to solve my problem.
I have an X8 / E15i, with 2.1 running on it.
BTW I've alredy rooted it, but the problem was the same before the rooting, too.
1. I can send SMS messages, but I can rarely receive some. Sometimes, I never get the message, sometimes there is a very big delay. HOW???
2. I can't use the MMS service. Can't send and can't receive, either.
My MMS configuration is good, data traffic is on, but modified the APN, to prevent expensive data costs (not the MMS APN!).
Please help me, if you know some solution to this
Thank you very much!!
Well regarding your problem that your not able to receive SMS - is your internal phone storage full? Do you see that warning in the notifications?
That's a pretty annoying issue Android still has, it also bothered me before...
Incoming SMS never reach you as long as your internal phone storage is full.
Try uninstalling some unnecessary apps and reboot the phone, if that's the case. And then: Wait. I had to wait like 24 hours until all the undelivered SMS finally reached me.
Aaaaaah, I can't believe that. It's a shame, but let's give a try
I uninstalled some, now I'm waiting. I hope it will be OK. Thanks a lot!
That's why I want to install app2sd, but I can't...I did everything they wrote to install it, but it's not working...and after that, my phone can't connect to WiFi.
So I restored it...
edit: my message arrived...you were right....it's a BIG BIG shame to SE
...but I still have the MMS problem...
PsYtiB said:
...but I still have the MMS problem...
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try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1014585
Has anyone else had problems using GO SMS?
I really like this app and want to continue using it but it's acting really weird.
I'm using GO SMS Pro and when I have a convo with someone I get the notifications fine but when I go back into the thread to see the messages I sometimes see 5 of my texts followed by 5 or so other the other person's.
With one conversation it even listed all my friend's messages first and then all of mine. Is anyone else getting this problem or know of a fix?
Btw, I'm using a Bell Atrix on Rogers.
Thanks!
Go to Go SMS> Settings> Important Tips>Sort type of conversation messages>Sort by order of messages
I was having the same issue when i first installed and Darkkamikaze's suggestion was exactly the issue
That did the job.
So simple yet I didn't see it. I was about to uninstall, glad I didn't.
Thanks guys.
It happens because it only sorts by minutes and not by seconds
anyone having a problem with Go SMS syncing with contacts?
check the actual times of the text messages. They might be incorrect. If thats the case, get sms fix times from the market.
Setting a unique "Message alert" for a contact doesn't work. I mean, yes I can set it, but when I get a message from that contact, the phone still plays the default message notification and not the unique one I just set for that contact. This is getting really frustrating.
I'm assuming, of course, that this "Message alert" is for SMS or MMS messages, at the very least. I'm running Android 4.2.2 (stock OS with SGS4 SGH-M919).
I looked on another phone running Android 4.0 -- that setting isn't there, so maybe it is a new and buggy addition? Can someone give this a test to see if it works?
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Setting a unique "Message alert" for a contact doesn't work. I mean, yes I can set it, but when I get a message from that contact, the phone still plays the default message notification and not the unique one I just set for that contact. This is getting really frustrating.
I'm assuming, of course, that this "Message alert" is for SMS or MMS messages, at the very least. I'm running Android 4.2.2 (stock OS with SGS4 SGH-M919).
I looked on another phone running Android 4.0 -- that setting isn't there, so maybe it is a new and buggy addition? Can someone give this a test to see if it works?
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Is it that difficult for one person to give this a test? At the very least? I mean, if this is not an issue with any other SGS4, then it would be nice to know. But if it is an issue with the SGS4, then it is certainly worth investigating! Is it an SGS4 issue, or is it as widespread as any device with Android 4.2.2?
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You people gotta be kidding me!!! second try at creating this question thread, 100 views and NOT ONE PERSON WILL EVEN TRY FOR A MOMENT TO CONFIRM OR DENY THIS ISSUE!!! wow! not a single response! These forums are very often very helpful! But what luck I am having with this thread!
No love at all!!
grrrr!!
Ya'll are pathetic.... just really felt like sayin' that!
I've helped a lot of people on xda in the short amount of accumulated time I've spent here.... just kinda makes me want to say nothing when I can help.
Found this searching for the same issue, you're not alone... Tried setting up a distinct messaging alert for a contact but it doesn't change, still plays the same default tone I have set up for all other text messages. Anyone come up with an answer for this by chance?
Solved by downloading "SMS Popup" from the play store, different notification sounds for individual contacts work fine with it.
gruuvin said:
Setting a unique "Message alert" for a contact doesn't work. I mean, yes I can set it, but when I get a message from that contact, the phone still plays the default message notification and not the unique one I just set for that contact. This is getting really frustrating.
I'm assuming, of course, that this "Message alert" is for SMS or MMS messages, at the very least. I'm running Android 4.2.2 (stock OS with SGS4 SGH-M919).
I looked on another phone running Android 4.0 -- that setting isn't there, so maybe it is a new and buggy addition? Can someone give this a test to see if it works?
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Setting custom notifications works...
my device is 100% stock.
I set them from contacts app.
Not sure if you have anothet setting throwing it off.
Try looking in your main notifications settings to see if everything is default.
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I originally asked this in Tasks thread because that is my ROM, but it isn't only his ROM as it has happened before on different phones, but always AOSP.
When I have my phone set to auto-retrieve MMS it does the expected behavior unless the MMS doesn't download correctly the first try. Sometimes I miss the message completely if it doesn't download and sometimes it notifies me with "Message not downloaded tap to retry" but when I tap that it takes me to a messaging screen where that MMS is gone. If I set the phone to not auto-retrieve I can try to download multiple times and I will not lose the message.
I know the logical answer is not to have it auto retrieve, but in a group MMS I have to go to each specific contact and hit download on each message which is counter intuitive to the smart phone.
Again, I don't think this is rom specific because I remember it on my S3 happening a time or two when GroupMMS first came to AOSP, but is there any way to make the phone keep the message in messaging if it fails to download? I used to be able to download GOSMS and use it to find them, but on the S4 they are nowhere to be found with any app I've used so far. Sometimes the message when set to not auto retrieve will just sit and say downloading forever and I have to delete it. It is pretty frustrating. I saw something on Google about it where someone had started the issue but it was for Android 2.2 and it wasn't quite the same issue.
If you haven't seen this, try setting to auto retrieve and have someone send you a bunch of mms, see if you get them all. Sometimes I don't even realize I'm missing them, which sucks too.
Anyone else experiencing this? Anyone fixed it?
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I originally asked this in Tasks thread because that is my ROM, but it isn't only his ROM as it has happened before on different phones, but always AOSP.
When I have my phone set to auto-retrieve MMS it does the expected behavior unless the MMS doesn't download correctly the first try. Sometimes I miss the message completely if it doesn't download and sometimes it notifies me with "Message not downloaded tap to retry" but when I tap that it takes me to a messaging screen where that MMS is gone. If I set the phone to not auto-retrieve I can try to download multiple times and I will not lose the message.
I know the logical answer is not to have it auto retrieve, but in a group MMS I have to go to each specific contact and hit download on each message which is counter intuitive to the smart phone.
Again, I don't think this is rom specific because I remember it on my S3 happening a time or two when GroupMMS first came to AOSP, but is there any way to make the phone keep the message in messaging if it fails to download? I used to be able to download GOSMS and use it to find them, but on the S4 they are nowhere to be found with any app I've used so far. Sometimes the message when set to not auto retrieve will just sit and say downloading forever and I have to delete it. It is pretty frustrating. I saw something on Google about it where someone had started the issue but it was for Android 2.2 and it wasn't quite the same issue.
If you haven't seen this, try setting to auto retrieve and have someone send you a bunch of mms, see if you get them all. Sometimes I don't even realize I'm missing them, which sucks too.
Anyone else experiencing this? Anyone fixed it?
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Do you have any ad blocking software installed such as ad-away or ad-block? If so disable them and see if it works.. These programs I don't know which one exactly were causing this issue on my phone at one time. I disabled them and MMS worked correctly again. I never felt like going in and checking which setting was causing this problem so I just uninstalled them...
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Do you have any ad blocking software installed such as ad-away or ad-block? If so disable them and see if it works.. These programs I don't know which one exactly were causing this issue on my phone at one time. I disabled them and MMS worked correctly again. I never felt like going in and checking which setting was causing this problem so I just uninstalled them...
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I don't. Thanks for that info though. The weird thing is I might even get 9 out of 10 MMS, but randomly one will not download the first try and it just disappears. I'm ok with it not downloading the first try, but if it just disappears and I don't see it I have no idea who it's from or what it was about.
I'm having the same exact problem, OP. I'm rocking a Play Store Galaxy Nexus on AT&T. I miss a lot of group messages and I'm almost ready to switch to an iPhone, or a carrier that does MMS over WiFi.
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I'm having the same exact problem, OP. I'm rocking a Play Store Galaxy Nexus on AT&T. I miss a lot of group messages and I'm almost ready to switch to an iPhone, or a carrier that does MMS over WiFi.
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Don't like the iPhone idea, but I do wonder what else I'm missing. Today I woke up and had 3 text messages showing, but when I clicked the notification I only had one unread. I don't know if it was an incorrect notification or if I lost those sms also. I might download go and leave it on there to see if it helps. So far Handcent hasn't helped. I have it hidden in the background to see if it will catch these. I also got a message that I missed this morning and I'm not sure if it was a resend or if it just randomly came to me, but I got it 4 hours later.
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Don't like the iPhone idea, but I do wonder what else I'm missing. Today I woke up and had 3 text messages showing, but when I clicked the notification I only had one unread. I don't know if it was an incorrect notification or if I lost those sms also. I might download go and leave it on there to see if it helps. So far Handcent hasn't helped. I have it hidden in the background to see if it will catch these. I also got a message that I missed this morning and I'm not sure if it was a resend or if it just randomly came to me, but I got it 4 hours later.
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We're definitely losing messages. Sometimes I get a toast messages "Can't download message from Jane Doe" if I catch it at the right time.
Sometimes it also shows up in my notifications preview, "Jane Doe" but I click on it, it takes me to the Group MMS, but then Jane Doe's message isn't in the thread. It shows up in my friends' iPhone threads though. It's like the phone receives it initially, then just throws it out.
Other times if I miss messages, I get a ton of "Hidden Sender Address" in my notification bar. I tap on it, it's blank. I check my friends' threads, and of course there's some messages I miss.
Like you said, the only reliable way to receive these MMS is to turn off auto-retrieve, but then I'm going into each individual's thread and clicking download a many times. If we're all live group chatting, this is a little intense, but I want to be part of the group...
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We're definitely losing messages. Sometimes I get a toast messages "Can't download message from Jane Doe" if I catch it at the right time.
Sometimes it also shows up in my notifications preview, "Jane Doe" but I click on it, it takes me to the Group MMS, but then Jane Doe's message isn't in the thread. It shows up in my friends' iPhone threads though. It's like the phone receives it initially, then just throws it out.
Other times if I miss messages, I get a ton of "Hidden Sender Address" in my notification bar. I tap on it, it's blank. I check my friends' threads, and of course there's some messages I miss.
Like you said, the only reliable way to receive these MMS is to turn off auto-retrieve, but then I'm going into each individual's thread and clicking download a many times. If we're all live group chatting, this is a little intense, but I want to be part of the group...
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Also, I'm guessing we aren't the only ones dealing with this, but maybe others haven't noticed it yet. It's pretty frustrating.
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Also, I'm guessing we aren't the only ones dealing with this, but maybe others haven't noticed it yet. It's pretty frustrating.
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I found this issue awhile ago in the tracker. Pretty much sums it up, but compound it with group MMS. Look how old the dates are...
FYI - I was having issues with Text/Picture Messaging Not Downloading/Sending with AOSP ROMS.
After some heavy duty Googleing and putting the pieces together from numerous posts across different sites this is what I came up with...
Go to: Settings --> Mobile Networks --> Preferred Network Type
Select: CDMA+LTE/EVOD instead of Global and reboot. (I think AOSP ROMS are set to Global for the purpose of being used worldwide.)
Since I did this my picture messaging works perfectly! Be sure to check this each time you change ROMS or update your current installed ROM.
I send out the same text to a group of people quite often and I get a message saying messenger is sending a large amount of messages do you want to allow this? I have to click on it for each message that goes out. Is there any possible way to change the limit? I know you used to be able to set it to anything you want in settings/security but it's not there anymore. Any help would be greatly appreciated...this is so annoying.
Have you tried GoSMS Pro?
Maybe I've never sent to as many as you, but I've never encountered that warning or behavior. I've used GoSMS for several years.
I've only seen this when I send many messages in quick succession (either with Google Messenger or something like Tasker). There should be a checkbox that says to always allow.
I'm also looking for a solution. I was using ResurrectionRemix (a CM based ROM) and it has an option to set the text restriction. So, it CAN be done. We just need to know WHERE the code is so that it can be changed. I can't find any search results explaining how to accomplish this. That SMS Limit Unlock app doesn't work on later ROMS.
After hours of searching today - it appears that the setting has been moved into the framework?
com.android.internal.telephony
https://android.googlesource.com/pla...geMonitor.java
I hope I'm wrong as I'm no Android dev.... But, if I'm correct the only way I know of to "fix" it is to make the change in a custom Android build/ROM.
This SUCKS as I use mass texting for business purposes (communicating with many individuals who sign up for contract work). I really like Android N (along with AndroidPay) - but, looks like I'll be going back to M (on a custom ROM)...
If anyone locates/determines a way to alter that file using RootExplorer/Sqlite or some other way - please let me know.