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Picture messages taking forever to send?

Is anyone else having this problem? Is there any tips anyone knows to make it go faster? Also, does anyone know an image converter? Shootme takes screens with png, I want to get stuff to jpg. Thanks.
I'm also using handcent sms.
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Try image shrink lite.

I thought there was a setting on MMS to automatically resize the picture before sending... or that was my old phone? my phone send pictures very fast and I don't do anything to the picture and the camera is set to the highest res

dq13 said:
I thought there was a setting on MMS to automatically resize the picture before sending... or that was my old phone? my phone send pictures very fast and I don't do anything to the picture and the camera is set to the highest res
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Are you using default messing or Handcent?

I'm still having a problem with this. On all messaging applications too. It is taking 10+ minutes to send stuff and still failing. I'm using my wifi too and get 1.5 mbps up. Please help!
It's only a 17kb picture
I notice it says, "priority normal"
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I don't have any problems with mine... I use the stock messaging and when I look at the details it says it's up to 200kb and it sends within 20 seconds on edge...
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It doesn't have the swirling circle next to your messages?
Maybe this is a.t mobile issue?
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No swirling for me. It just says sending for a little bit and then it shows the date and time that it was sent. You sure that your apn settings are right?

oquinones said:
No swirling for me. It just says sending for a little bit and then it shows the date and time that it was sent. You sure that your apn settings are right?
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How do I change those? Or look at them?
I called T-Mobile and they said the android issue has a known problem with sending data over wifi.

anyone ever find a solution for this? I'm having the same problem.

mrme8022 said:
anyone ever find a solution for this? I'm having the same problem.
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Don't use wifi, only edge or 3g.
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Maybe there is something odd with WiFi, but I use WiFi daily and have no issues... sorry man.

I had a problem yesterday, I was in a bestbuy and i took a picture of the touch pad to show my wife. I sent it then called her on the home phone asked if she received it. After about 4 minutes it showed up as the download button but would never download from the server. I wonder if there was a server side error yesterday?

I have this problem with this phone and two previous android phones. sometimes it takes forever, sometimes it is quick. I have written off to a T-Mobile network issue, though who knows.

Mark271 said:
Don't use wifi, only edge or 3g.
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I don't use the wifi... never have. :|

Incoming calls under PAY PHONE

Hey guys, just like the SMS-time delay, my phone always says: PAYPHONE when I receive a call... I think it's Rogers' problem as well, but I don't know how to fix this... Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!

Gjm127 said:
Hey guys, just like the SMS-time delay, my phone always says: PAYPHONE when I receive a call... I think it's Rogers' problem as well, but I don't know how to fix this... Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!
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I had the SMS issue, but someone on here pointed me to SMS Time Fix in the market which fixed it. It's a Rogers issue.
I am also getting Pay Phones (a call from Bell, and a call from Purolator). Maybe they throw in Pay Phone if it's unknown or blocked?

scorneil said:
I had the SMS issue, but someone on here pointed me to SMS Time Fix in the market which fixed it. It's a Rogers issue.
I am also getting Pay Phones (a call from Bell, and a call from Purolator). Maybe they throw in Pay Phone if it's unknown or blocked?
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i realized it shows Pay Phone when the caller is NOT on the same carrier as me (ex: bell, telus, koodo...). I don't know how to fix this...

please if anyone has a solution to this, it would reaaally be appreciated! I can't see who's calling me!!

Gjm127 said:
please if anyone has a solution to this, it would reaaally be appreciated! I can't see how's calling me!!
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I had the same issue with Rogers, there are two ways of solving it:
1) If you have an iPhone Value Pack, change it to a Generic Smartphone Value Pack.
2) If you have Name Display + Call Display, get rid of Name Display.
That should fix it.
SMS, I haven't figured out yet.

See the following thread for more information about why you get "Payphone" displayed all the time.
Pay Phone being displayed when receiving calls
As for the SMS issue, that is a Rogers/Fido problem wherein the SMS time stamp is offset by 4 or 5 hours. This is an issue when you use a non-Rogers phone as it will not have the fix for the offset.
Download SMS Time Fix from the market and set the offset correctly and it'll show the time stamp correctly!

Thanks a bunch guys, you were right on everything! Why is it that Rogers has this SMS delay? Btw, if I kill the SMS time-fix app, does it still do the job? Does it eat up too much space?

Gjm127 said:
Thanks a bunch guys, you were right on everything!
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The Pay Phone on call display has been covered, but to sum it up it's an issue related to the fact that Rogers has NAME and number for call display, so when the name info comes across the phone, it doesn't understand so it simply displays Pay Phone instead of the number calling. Getting name display excluded from your package fixes the issue and call display works normally.
Why is it that Rogers has this SMS delay?
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I don't know, but I'm guessing it has something to do with UTC timezone and their network.
Btw, if I kill the SMS time-fix app, does it still do the job? Does it eat up too much space?
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The SMS Time Fix app by Matthew Precious is very small and uses almost no resources. If you kill the app it won't be running, so it can't fix the timestamp of messages when they arrive.

bfksc said:
The Pay Phone on call display has been covered, but to sum it up it's an issue related to the fact that Rogers has NAME and number for call display, so when the name info comes across the phone, it doesn't understand so it simply displays Pay Phone instead of the number calling. Getting name display excluded from your package fixes the issue and call display works normally.
I don't know, but I'm guessing it has something to do with UTC timezone and their network.
The SMS Time Fix app by Matthew Precious is very small and uses almost no resources. If you kill the app it won't be running, so it can't fix the timestamp of messages when they arrive.
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Rogers technical support knows all about the name feature, they will quickly remove it for you if you call in. Mine is now working, no more Pay Phone.

whats a payphone

Would replacing the dialer with a 3rd party app from the market have any affect on this?

darklipslide said:
Would replacing the dialer with a 3rd party app from the market have any affect on this?
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I've tried but it didn't resolve the issue.

Had this problem as well and I just fixed it by canceling name display. Another xda win
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ChongoDroid said:
Had this problem as well and I just fixed it by canceling name display. Another xda win
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I was considering cancelling name display but at the same time an update from motorola could be rolling out sooner than later, and I'd hate to mess around with my account for nothing

MMS Problems? Sending...

So i looked around for a bit on here for MMS problems, and i couldn't find anything. When i was running WinMO 6.5 i could send MMS just fine. My friend rooted my phone with Android, and now when i send MMS it just says sending...
and never sends the message. I sent something last night, and when i woke up it still said sending...
Is there a fix for this? i do have MMS service enabled though T-mobile, and i can receive picture messages just fine. I was using stock app for the messaging, but then i though, hmm, i saw one on the market. so i used Handcent and the same problem occurred. Help would be greatly appreciated
edit; now i asked a friend to send me an MMS, and it says downloading and never downloads either!

I also have the same problem. But if you wonna receive the pictures just turn your mobile data on and then go to mms and click download. It should work but this doesn't seem to work with sending the MMS.

Same here, just need to know that modules work together with the mms.apk

Check and see if the data is enabled. That may be a solution.

The thing is I don't have data so I have it off at aall times
Edit: just turned on data for the Lulz to see If it would work, nothin :/
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I have the same problem

make sure you have the correct apn settings

it concerns APN setting... i've solved with right ones

piipo4 said:
it concerns APN setting... i've solved with right ones
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Could you give me yours please?
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knifeproz said:
Could you give me yours please?
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you have to use the ones provided by your phone carrier, he is probably on a different network so the settings wont work

Richy99 said:
you have to use the ones provided by your phone carrier, he is probably on a different network so the settings wont work
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I asked the friend that rooted the phone for me that he had a similar
Problem and it solved itself
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[Q] Not getting voicemail notification

Hi,
Hope someone can help, I am running the Offical EE03 posted by k0nane and so far love the rom but running into a couple of errors and wondered if anyone had any thoughts
First problem and maybe the only important one, if i get a voicemail my phone does not notify me nor does any show up in the Voicemail app. Only way is to check the voicemail manually but sometimes i don't realize that I have a voicemail for days, even weeks. If anyone knows a way to initialize it I would be appriciative.
Other problem I have found but not nearly as pressing is I can't be heard if I use speakerphone or a headset with a mic, I can however use just regular ear buds leave phone in lap and they can hear me just fine

Why don't you update to ef02? That may help. You are still using the first GB leak.
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bmasarik said:
Hi,
Hope someone can help, I am running the Offical EE03 posted by k0nane and so far love the rom but running into a couple of errors and wondered if anyone had any thoughts
First problem and maybe the only important one, if i get a voicemail my phone does not notify me nor does any show up in the Voicemail app. Only way is to check the voicemail manually but sometimes i don't realize that I have a voicemail for days, even weeks. If anyone knows a way to initialize it I would be appriciative.
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Was having this issue on everything above ec05 as well.. might work for ya
turn off wifi turn on 4g
send a vvm to [email protected]
it seems that it doesnt know where to go on 3g, and CANT go on wifi but on 4g it connects and activates and provisions fine.

Thanks, guess i'll have to install new version cause it worked and it also didnt, it notifies me that there is a message waiting but VM app can't download it

Having the same issue with EF02. I tried the activate email address but I just get the message that voicemail failed to provision.
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through a bit of googling it appears to be related to using a non stock messaging app. I'm surprised more people aren't reporting it. It caused some major problems at work today for me.
Apparently Go Sms Pro has a toggle to make it only handle incoming messages but it's not where it's supposed to be (Settings-Receive Settings).

Using stock Samsprint bubble mms and no go. /shrug
Didn't know mms app handled the activation voice mail response.
If I get some time will test the aosp mms app. See if that makes a diff.
Tandrew86 said:
through a bit of googling it appears to be related to using a non stock messaging app. I'm surprised more people aren't reporting it. It caused some major problems at work today for me.
Apparently Go Sms Pro has a toggle to make it only handle incoming messages but it's not where it's supposed to be (Settings-Receive Settings).
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p3dr0maz said:
Using stock Samsprint bubble mms and no go. /shrug
Didn't know mms app handled the activation voice mail response.
If I get some time will test the aosp mms app. See if that makes a diff.
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Hmm, yeah I'm on Bonsai EC05. This has to have something to do on Sprint's side.

Ok, for a few users it appears to be related to new settings in Handcent and Go SMS
http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/305100#305100
For Go SMS users the July 1 update has a setting that automatically disables the notifications in the default messaging app. You can find it under "Receive Settings"
After you've disabled it try composing a voicemail to yourself and all the remaining ones should download.
Those on stock, I'm still not sure what's causing it but maybe try composing a voicemail to yourself and see if that fixes it?

[Q] Nexus 4 MMS problem

I have a Nexus 4 (bought from Google) with the stock ROM and it's up to date running 4.2.2 on T-Mobile USA. I've tried reading up on the problems that others are having with their Nexus 4 and MMS and no one seems to be having the exact problem that I am having. I always turn my data off so I conserve battery power, it has never given me problems with other phones in terms of receiving/sending MMS messages, data would come on briefly when receiving/sending an MMS with other phones, but the Nexus 4 doesn't do that automatically. When data is on I receive them fine it seems. For a while I didn't know why I wasn't getting MMS messages. Then I installed LightFlow lite for the LED notification colors, I gave MMS messages and SMS messages different LED notification colors. Then I would get notified only by the LED notifier when an MMS was coming through, but I still wouldn't get the message, nor was there an audible notification. Sometimes I am able to turn on my data before opening the messaging app (stock one) after I notice the MMS LED notifier blinking. Other times they will come through the next day when I turn the data on, and sometimes I never get them. This is the only phone that has done this, my Android HD2, Sensation, and other phones haven't given me any problems, whether I had the stock ROM or changed it out. The problem seems to lie in how the data from the cell tower doesn't get turned on by the messaging app when the MMS is being sent/received. If I knew how to enable the messaging app to be able to do that, then I wouldn't have that problem. I have also tried using the facebook messenger/SMS app and I think goSMS, I don't remember either one helping the situation.
Please don't respond with "well turn your data on" or "this isn't a problem because you have your data off, so you don't receive MMSs". I'm used to my other phones turning the data on when an MMS is coming through. This one does not, I like being able to stretch my battery life.
Can this be alleviated by changing out my ROM? I'm wanting to swap ROMs anyway, so I've been researching which ones I would like to switch to. The other reason I want to change ROMs is I'm having problems with other stock apps that I can't uninstall and reinstall, like google maps always says my GPS is turned off when GPS and data are both on. I can use the mapquest app fine without getting the GPS error, it's something with google maps.

match417 said:
I have a Nexus 4 (bought from Google) with the stock ROM and it's up to date running 4.2.2 on T-Mobile USA. I've tried reading up on the problems that others are having with their Nexus 4 and MMS and no one seems to be having the exact problem that I am having. I always turn my data off so I conserve battery power, it has never given me problems with other phones in terms of receiving/sending MMS messages, data would come on briefly when receiving/sending an MMS with other phones, but the Nexus 4 doesn't do that automatically. When data is on I receive them fine it seems. For a while I didn't know why I wasn't getting MMS messages. Then I installed LightFlow lite for the LED notification colors, I gave MMS messages and SMS messages different LED notification colors. Then I would get notified only by the LED notifier when an MMS was coming through, but I still wouldn't get the message, nor was there an audible notification. Sometimes I am able to turn on my data before opening the messaging app (stock one) after I notice the MMS LED notifier blinking. Other times they will come through the next day when I turn the data on, and sometimes I never get them. This is the only phone that has done this, my Android HD2, Sensation, and other phones haven't given me any problems, whether I had the stock ROM or changed it out. The problem seems to lie in how the data from the cell tower doesn't get turned on by the messaging app when the MMS is being sent/received. If I knew how to enable the messaging app to be able to do that, then I wouldn't have that problem. I have also tried using the facebook messenger/SMS app and I think goSMS, I don't remember either one helping the situation.
Please don't respond with "well turn your data on" or "this isn't a problem because you have your data off, so you don't receive MMSs". I'm used to my other phones turning the data on when an MMS is coming through. This one does not, I like being able to stretch my battery life.
Can this be alleviated by changing out my ROM? I'm wanting to swap ROMs anyway, so I've been researching which ones I would like to switch to. The other reason I want to change ROMs is I'm having problems with other stock apps that I can't uninstall and reinstall, like google maps always says my GPS is turned off when GPS and data are both on. I can use the mapquest app fine without getting the GPS error, it's something with google maps.
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Ok your issue is that those other phones would automaticlly turn your data on when an MMS would come in and then turn it back off. This has to built in on the OS level which AOSP doesnt support. You are not gonna find anything to fix this.

zelendel said:
Ok your issue is that those other phones would automaticlly turn your data on when an MMS would come in and then turn it back off. This has to built in on the OS level which AOSP doesnt support. You are not gonna find anything to fix this.
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ok. so since it is an OS level thing.then it would depend on what the developer has done with the new ROM that I install then? Maybe I'll end up getting a ROM that would work then?

match417 said:
ok. so since it is an OS level thing.then it would depend on what the developer has done with the new ROM that I install then? Maybe I'll end up getting a ROM that would work then?
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They would need to add it to the AOSP source code in the messaging app but do to the restrictions that AOSP has for programs changing system settings, I wouldnt bet on it. Non of the roms here work that way. I use AF firewall for to control data

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They would need to add it to the AOSP source code in the messaging app but do to the restrictions that AOSP has for programs changing system settings, I wouldnt bet on it. Non of the roms here work that way. I use AF firewall for to control data
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All ROMs I've used automatically receive and send my MMS, there's even an option in SMS settings for auto retrieve.
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drmclove69 said:
All ROMs I've used automatically receive and send my MMS, there's even an option in SMS settings for auto retrieve.
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My "auto retrieve" is selected, and always has been to my knowledge. My problem is the MMS not getting sent or received when I have my data turned off. The messenger app isn't turning on the data to allow it to be sent/received.
I do like the idea that zelendel stated about using the firewall. I hadn't thought about that.

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All ROMs I've used automatically receive and send my MMS, there's even an option in SMS settings for auto retrieve.
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That has nothing to do with what we are talking about
Wayne Tech Nexus

match417 said:
My "auto retrieve" is selected, and always has been to my knowledge. My problem is the MMS not getting sent or received when I have my data turned off. The messenger app isn't turning on the data to allow it to be sent/received.
I do like the idea that zelendel stated about using the firewall. I hadn't thought about that.
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When I was on a super limited data plan I had to find a work around for just this issue on AOSP roms
Wayne Tech Nexus

zelendel said:
When I was on a super limited data plan I had to find a work around for just this issue on AOSP roms
Wayne Tech Nexus
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Yeah, my plan is 200 MBs a month. I selected that, I don't need more. I only check email, facebook, forums, and do google searches from the phone, and the occasional directions. It never goes over 50 MB, unless a few apps start hogging data (geico brostache app for example). It's either ads or geico is collecting data about my location/driving. I have to kill it with my app killer after I use it because it will go over my 200MB limit after a few days.

Yeah I use AFwall donate. You can set it up to allow apps to only use Wifi or cell data, none or both.
Wayne Tech Nexus

zelendel said:
Yeah I use AFwall donate. You can set it up to allow apps to only use Wifi or cell data, none or both.
Wayne Tech Nexus
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well, thanks. I consider my problem solved then. Your advise seems solid, and it is a problem that there doesn't seem to be a simple fix for. I'll look into AFwall. I was looking for a firewall like that a while back, downloaded some awful ones, then gave up on the search.

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That has nothing to do with what we are talking about
Wayne Tech Nexus
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As I stated.....mine SENDS MMS automatically too, just tested once again to make sure I'm not speaking BS.
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As I stated.....mine SENDS MMS automatically too, just tested once again to make sure I'm not speaking BS.
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To add to this I am currently on axiom ROM but has always worked with everyone.
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As I stated.....mine SENDS MMS automatically too, just tested once again to make sure I'm not speaking BS.
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To add to this I am currently on axiom ROM but has always worked with everyone.
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Shut your data off and try it. YOu are not understanding what we are talking about.

zelendel said:
Shut your data off and try it.
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I did. Can make you a video to confirm
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I did. Can make you a video to confirm
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Go for it

zelendel said:
Go for it
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Nvm can't find cam, sure someone will confirm.
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drmclove69 said:
Nvm can't find cam, sure someone will confirm.
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Link to the rom?

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Link to the rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282015 odexed version is very nice!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282015 odexed version is very nice!
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Thanks I found it. I would never run an odexed rom though. I check the source.
Wayne Tech Nexus

zelendel said:
Thanks I found it. I would never run an odexed rom though. I check the source.
Wayne Tech Nexus
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I just finished unlocking, rooting, and putting cyanogen mod 10.1 RC2 on it. My friend just successfully sent me an MMS and I definitely had the data off. It works now! SOOO now I can leave my data off AND get MMS messages . Awesome!!