Hey all, I'm using a Galaxy S7 Edge (international ver, so G935F) on Android 6.0.1.
Recently I've been running into a few problems with my messaging app (texting in general, actually). More specifically, my MMS features seem to be acting up. I can't receive any group messages, and when people send me pictures through texting, I have to manually download them in order to see them. Downloading only works about half of the time. When it doesn't work, I'll get a message that says "Failed to download. Try again later."
After digging around a bit, I realized that my Enhanced Messaging setting was disabled. Whenever I try to turn it on, I get a loading wheel for about three seconds and a message pops up that says "Failed to enable Enhanced messaging. Check your network connection and try again." I distinctly remember it being enabled in the past, and I believe it was before I started having all these problems.
Anyway, I figured that some of my tampering to the phone may have negatively affected my messaging, so I went ahead and uninstalled my Xposed Framework. No luck, the problem still persisted. I even went as far as to flashing my stock firmware to unroot my phone, but I still cannot get my Enhanced Messaging to turn back on.
Anybody have any experience with this? I'm stuck in a rut here because group messaging is pretty important in my life :\
Thanks in advance!
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MMS Stopped Working Using Google Messenger post-MM?
Within the last few days I can no longer send or receive MMS (group text or pictures) using Google Messenger. I think this might have just popped up with the MM update. My MXPE is on Verizon. Anyone else having a similar problem?
I've looked online and seen info about changing APNs and/or removing any that aren't being used, but I wasn't positive how those apply to MXPE with MM on Verizon, though - most of the posts and troubleshooting guides are a little older.
(I've enjoyed this MXPE forum since I got the phone, just now forced to stop lurking. )
mackertm said:
Within the last few days I can no longer send or receive MMS (group text or pictures) using Google Messenger. I think this might have just popped up with the MM update. My MXPE is on Verizon. Anyone else having a similar problem?
I've looked online and seen info about changing APNs and/or removing any that aren't being used, but I wasn't positive how those apply to MXPE with MM on Verizon, though - most of the posts and troubleshooting guides are a little older.
(I've enjoyed this MXPE forum since I got the phone, just now forced to stop lurking. )
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It's a known Marshmallow bug fixed on 6.0.1. If you use Pushbullet, disable it. Otherwise turn WiFi off to get/send your MMS, or download Textra to do it for you until 6.0.1 comes to the MXPE.
Forgive me if this is too obvious, but have you tried powering the phone off and powering it back on again? I also use Google Messenger and am on Verizon, and had the same problem after I updated. Doing a simple reboot seemed to get everything back to normal.
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Forgive me if this is too obvious, but have you tried powering the phone off and powering it back on again? I also use Google Messenger and am on Verizon, and had the same problem after I updated. Doing a simple reboot seemed to get everything back to normal.
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Yeah, reboots didn't do anything. I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Messenger, which didn't help. I figured there was something more odd going on, since Moto's stock SMS app worked okay. (I just don't like it much.)
Textra (from the other reply, thanks!) did the trick - MMS messages are working just fine, happily.
Textra is great, it was my messaging client of choice for a long time. The only reason I switched to Google Messenger was because it has better Android Wear support.
So re-rooted last night, sms isn't working, everything else is working great, but sms isn't working
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So re-rooted last night, sms isn't working, everything else is working great, but sms isn't working
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Are you running 935U or 935A firmware? What caused you to re-root?
I ask because I recently flashed back to 935A PG1 firmware from 935U, and when Enhanced LTE is enabled it prevents me from sending and probably receiving sms. It just fails immediately. When it's disabled, sms/mms works.
I have altered the ims ATT .xml file in /efs/sec_efs as recommended by @najoor, but it still isn't working.
Been on g935a firmware only on here, will try that
Ended up changing the roaming settings and somehow fixed it
I opened a thread on this issue over on ATT forums. Since the last update, whenever I try to send a MMS with Enhanced Messaging turned on, the failure rate is unacceptable. I send photos to my brother, who also has this phone, and has his turned on, and out of 4 photos. 1-2 will almost always fail. It seems that this also happens when photos are fired off in a rapid succession.
https://forums.att.com/t5/Data-Messaging-Features-Internet/Massive-problem-with-new-update-on-S7-Edge/m-p/4884021#M75757
Same issue here, which is why I switched to the U firmware. I like using the default messaging app (for once) with this phone because it matches the themes. My boyfriend and I send a lot of MMS back and forth, and we were constantly asking one another to resend. He has the LG G5 fully stock. Not sure if his phone has the advanced messaging or not. Since I went with the U version, the issue has resolved. However my friend who still has the S5 active has been sending me "long text messages" all week (which I'm assuming transfers into a MMS) and I have not received them at all. I don't know if it is an issue with my phone or her's (which she is complaining is slooowwwww).
To start, I'm on Android 7.0 using the September security patch and am rooted.
Never had an issue with this phone before. Ever since yesterday morning I have not been able to receive anyone's text messages. I'm not sure about MMS but I haven't gotten any of those either. The weird thing is that I can SEND texts just fine....and I can also send text messages to myself and they come through.
After digging and researching I accessed that hidden settings menu by typing *#*#4636#*#* into my dialer and looking at the SMSC number which should be for Tmobile, my provider, +12063130004. However, it's blank and I'm unable to change it. Hitting "update" gives me an "update error" in the field and if I hit refresh I get "+12063130004",145 with the quotes and the 145. If I hit update from there and reboot it's still blank. If I put in +12063130004 and reboot it's still blank.
I have data, I can make and receive calls and surf the web. So far I've tried switching sms apps to no avail. I'm currently using google messenger. I've tried removing the sim and placing it back in. I went in to TWRP wiped cache, dalvich cache and data and it did nothing. Finally I reverted to a nandroid I made about a month ago when sms was working fine and it's still not working.
I'm out of ideas fellas. At my wit's end here!
Oh, I should also let you know that I think this all started when my girlfriend sent me a text message that i received yesterday morning. It was the last text I was able to get......she's on a cruise so she sent it somewhere near mexico....I think it made my phone have a massive brain fart and I'm not sure how to fix this bug. Please help!!
No one? I've found nothing on the web..
This may sound obvious, but have you tried using a factory image to return to stock?
Sounds like you've done everything but that.
I suppose you could also try deleting your APN and manually entering a correct one for your carrier. That's helped me in the past on other devices when I've had weird data/service issues.
Funny you asked. I did a full wipe and returned to stock on the latest November build. Still a no go. People still get my texts and I can still use data/make and receive calls fine. I'll try the APN suggestion now.
As far as APN's go, I tried to reset them to default. I even tried deleting all of them except for the one I was using which in the past for other devices helped with certain issues. I then created a custom APN setting that I found on the 6p forum that helped other users with SMS/MMS issues....no help for me.
I can still send SMS,mms, make and receive phone calls. No idea what to do!!!
I have a similar but different issue. I can receive messages just fine. But sometimes when i send messages id say about 40% of the time my message gets stuck at the "sending" and it takes sometimes up to 10min for it to send. I can speed the process up if i go to the secret menu and toggle the radio off and on.
Im on ATT BTW. I thought it had something to do with ATT shutting down the 2G network and the phone getting confused as to which network to send messages on but im no expert its just a theroy.
PS. I had this problem pop out of nowhere. Had it start randomly on PN6 (last build) so i upgraded to PN7 same thing on 2 different versions of the ROM. And now im on SuperAx 7.1 and still have the issue.
Ive always had problems with Nexus's and messages. When i had the Nexus 5 i actually had to warranty it out because MMS all of a sudden would not work at all.
I received one text today from someone. That's it. Not getting all the missed sms messages and not getting any additional sms messages.
I have an odd issue on the T-mo variant and while it's great for battery life, it's killing my workflow!
This has happened across multiple ROMs and since I've had the phone.
It also seems to be the same in Wifi and Cellular.
After about 5 minutes of turning off the screen, the phone stops getting notification.
For example, with the phone off, I have no Whatsapp messages.
Once I open Whatsapp on the other had, the phone blows up with all sorts of missed messages.
Same is true with other apps.
I use a messaging app, and the user account for the phone actually shows disconnected with the phone off.
It only comes back if I open the app, or after the phone is on about 3-4 minutes.
I have excluded the above apps in optimization, with the same results.
So, who's got ideas?
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Im not experiencing the delay but via text as you but I'm definitely getting the lagging Gmail. I click it (sometimes I dont have to) and wham ... 8 emails. It's really become an issue. I do experience the random no reply from a texting every now & then ... It seems to be only non TMobile people it does it with. Like me and someone can be having a lengthy back & forth via text and outta nowhere they won't respond. Someone mentioned using Textra as a fix.
Im rooted on stock rom, T-Mobile with a few minimalistic thing's frozen.
I'm hoping somebody has experienced this before and found a fix and can help me out...
All day I've been struggling to send SMS messages... I'm on 11.0.1.1, magisk rooted, with RICE installed. Everything was working great but today when i woke up, i was unable to send SMS messages...
I'm receiving them, but sometimes they are delayed and i get a few at a time with nothing coming in again for a short time after that, but i've made no changes to my phone in the last 2 days. I've rebooted a few times between then and now (twice yesterday, just because), so i cant really understand why i would just randomly be unable to send text messages or why they are received in bursts like this?
I've gone in and reset my "Wi-Fi, Mobile & Bluetooth" settings from within the reset options, and this appears to fix the issue, but only for a minute or so and suddenly they stop sending again... I thought maybe its the tower, so i used my daughters phone to text my wife and that worked perfectly fine. Immediately before and after, mine wouldnt send.
Any ideas, links, or guidance that might help me figure this out?
Since there's been some updates and no responses to my thread, i wanted to revisit this and see if i'm still the only one on earth with this issue.
The issue seemed to have completely gone away on its own, no idea why or how... But a couple weeks ago i decided to install the update to 11.0.2.2 on my IN11AA. Ever since, my phone will randomly stop receiving SMS messages completely. I can still send, just cant receive. The only way to fix this is to reboot.
Anyone else with this issue? Anyone find a reason for this? A fix perhaps?
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Since there's been some updates and no responses to my thread, i wanted to revisit this and see if i'm still the only one on earth with this issue.
The issue seemed to have completely gone away on its own, no idea why or how... But a couple weeks ago i decided to install the update to 11.0.2.2 on my IN11AA. Ever since, my phone will randomly stop receiving SMS messages completely. I can still send, just cant receive. The only way to fix this is to reboot.
Anyone else with this issue? Anyone find a reason for this? A fix perhaps?
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Seeming this issue doesn't seem to be widespread, could be a carrier side issue?
It's a shame we don't have dual boot capabilities because you could have switched to stock and checked.
Also try a secondary SIM from maybe someone in your household and send using that SIM and see what happens.
I know there are delays after rebooting, I do a lot of magisk module work and every reboot try sending notifications using SMS or some other methods and I get around 3 mins no send or receive but not at the length you do.
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Seeming this issue doesn't seem to be widespread, could be a carrier side issue?
It's a shame we don't have dual boot capabilities because you could have switched to stock and checked.
Also try a secondary SIM from maybe someone in your household and send using that SIM and see what happens.
I know there are delays after rebooting, I do a lot of magisk module work and every reboot try sending notifications using SMS or some other methods and I get around 3 mins no send or receive but not at the length you do.
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I just had the issue again yesterday. Wife and I started texting eachother at about 8am, except, i didnt receive any of her messages until 5:30pm when she got home and told me she had been texting me. I rebooted 3 times, which once usually resolves the issue but not this time. I had to go into the settings and reset my WiFi/Mobile/Bluetooth settings, then it worked immediately.
Because of the solutions, i wouldnt think its a sim issue, but im going to test it anyway. I've factory reset a few times in the past and i still get the issue. I've had the issue while rooted and not rooted. Four of us have phones, 3 are Samsung and then there's mine, and mine's the only one with the issue.
PMad said:
I just had the issue again yesterday. Wife and I started texting eachother at about 8am, except, i didnt receive any of her messages until 5:30pm when she got home and told me she had been texting me. I rebooted 3 times, which once usually resolves the issue but not this time. I had to go into the settings and reset my WiFi/Mobile/Bluetooth settings, then it worked immediately.
Because of the solutions, i wouldnt think its a sim issue, but im going to test it anyway. I've factory reset a few times in the past and i still get the issue. I've had the issue while rooted and not rooted. Four of us have phones, 3 are Samsung and then there's mine, and mine's the only one with the issue.
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What SMS app are you using? I wonder if you have enabled RCS messaging the new Google style messaging? Because maybe it uses WiFi to download some of the SMS, and if your carrier doesn't support it maybe you only receive it when you are on WiFi.
Try on WiFi then try just on mobile data and see if you notice.
I attached a photo check the top setting. Google might be persisting your setting (if you are using Google messages)
Also why don't you and your wife try a simnswap next time you happen and you are both at home, if your wife doesn't receive it then it's sim/network related.
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What SMS app are you using? I wonder if you have enabled RCS messaging the new Google style messaging? Because maybe it uses WiFi to download some of the SMS, and if your carrier doesn't support it maybe you only receive it when you are on WiFi.
Try on WiFi then try just on mobile data and see if you notice.
I attached a photo check the top setting. Google might be persisting your setting (if you are using Google messages)
Also why don't you and your wife try a simnswap next time you happen and you are both at home, if your wife doesn't receive it then it's sim/network related.
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I'm using Google Messages, and yes i do have RCS enabled. I dont believe thats the case though because the messages that are blocked are sometimes just an "ok" message. I'm almost always on WiFi though too.
The primary issue with sim swapping with my wife is that we would need to swap sims for up to 2 weeks since sometimes I have no issues for 2 weeks, then i get the issue once or twice a day for three days. The worst part (for me anyway) is that her screen is SHATTERED on her phone (she's using a Note10+) and its hard to see anything, so i've been trying to get her to get a new phone. I think we might be FINALLY upgrading her (after 5 months) to an S21 Ultra, so maybe we'll give that a shot there.
I'm actually wondering if it has something to do with messages for web. I've noticed that the issue only really happens after using that, but.. It doesnt always happen after using messages for web, so it might just be a coincidence.
I'm pretty sure its not Google Messages, or RCS, and fairly certain its not messages for web, because i used to use Signal only, and i still had the issue a few times.
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I'm using Google Messages, and yes i do have RCS enabled. I dont believe thats the case though because the messages that are blocked are sometimes just an "ok" message. I'm almost always on WiFi though too.
The primary issue with sim swapping with my wife is that we would need to swap sims for up to 2 weeks since sometimes I have no issues for 2 weeks, then i get the issue once or twice a day for three days. The worst part (for me anyway) is that her screen is SHATTERED on her phone (she's using a Note10+) and its hard to see anything, so i've been trying to get her to get a new phone. I think we might be FINALLY upgrading her (after 5 months) to an S21 Ultra, so maybe we'll give that a shot there.
I'm actually wondering if it has something to do with messages for web. I've noticed that the issue only really happens after using that, but.. It doesnt always happen after using messages for web, so it might just be a coincidence.
I'm pretty sure its not Google Messages, or RCS, and fairly certain its not messages for web, because i used to use Signal only, and i still had the issue a few times.
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When you say "ok" are you just sending short messages or the suggested replies by Google?
I had problems with auto reply in notifications for a while.
Tbh I just use telegram or signal becuase they don't require being connected to the device directly when using the web/desktop versions.
Yeah swapping for 2 weeks isn't great!
Interesting you had this issue with signal too, sounds like Google cloud messaging (needed for any app push notifications and messaging) is in a standby mode.
You got naptime or servicely installed? Shame no one else is seeing this issue might be easier to diagnose