Whenever I try to send a pic via text message, it automatically turns it into a slide show. Then I recieve error messages "Unable to send, generic issue". All I want to do is send a picture via text...please help.
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Whenever I try to send a pic via text message, it automatically turns it into a slide show.
I never had problems with other people receiving my pictures when I use the stock app, even on my friend's dumbphone that can't play videos. It always appears as a regular picture to them. So I guess that it sends as a regular picture message, but the HTC app interprets as a slideshow for some stupid reason. Either that or the Verizon servers change it to a regular picture so it works with his phone. And since its obviously its an HTC thing, I'm sure the Incredible does it as well.The slideshow problem is an HTC bug--submit a ticket and complain to them. Currently, they refuse to acknowledge that it's a bug, so more users need to tie up their support resources if there's any chance it'll be fixed.
The slideshow thing is a nuisance to begin with. But it's worse if you exchange pictures with friends who have phones that can't receive slideshows.
I never had problems with other people receiving my pictures when I use the stock app, even on my friend's dumbphone that can't play videos. It always appears as a regular picture to them. So I guess that it sends as a regular picture message, but the HTC app interprets as a slideshow for some stupid reason. Either that or the Verizon servers change it to a regular picture so it works with his phone. And since its obviously its an HTC thing, I'm sure the Incredible does it as well.
Wait, when did the HTC app change? I thought it always did that.Unfortunately, I do have a friend who, as of this change, is unable to receive messages from me anymore. We exchanged pictures daily before...then they switched to slideshows...and he suddenly can't get MMS from me. Despite nothing on his phone changing.
I sent an e-mail to HTC about the Eris MMS changes, and this was their response:
"I understand that, after the last OTA update for the Droid Eris, the Messages application has been putting the pictures in a slideshow. The device has done this since the original 2.1 update, but now it is functioning differently. There is no way to change this on the device. However, you can download a third party messaging application such as Handcent SMS to be able to send out pictures without putting them into a slideshow. Please be aware, HTC does not support any third party applications. Any support needed for these applications would need to be obtained from the developer of that application."
So it looks like HTC is aware that the Messages app is performing differently, but they are suggesting a 3rd party application as a solution.
Your really getting worked up over this, aren't you? To be honest, its not a huge deal, nor worth wasting their time (yes I said that) to fix on a discontinued phone and release an official OTA for (which is incredibly time consuming for both HTC and Verizon).Same sleight of hand as they tried to pull on me. Notice the initial claim, that the Eris treated MMS as slideshows since the initial update to 2.1. That's definitely false--whether the rep just doesn't know what they're talking about, or they've decided that's the lie they're going to stick with, I can't tell. I myself got 3 completely different stories from 3 different reps as to where they think the problem originated.
And their "support answer" is, "we don't feel like fixing it, so go download something else and leave us alone." Yeah, some solution. Support that bad is truly offensive.
Your really getting worked up over this, aren't you? To be honest, its not a huge deal, nor worth wasting their time (yes I said that) to fix on a discontinued phone and release an official OTA for (which is incredibly time consuming for both HTC and Verizon).
Everything they said is entirely correct though.
"The device has done this since the original 2.1 update, but now it is functioning differently."
Notice the bolded text. It did actually do this before, if you added text to the message (at least mine did, and I never received the latest OTA because I was rooted). Now they realize its "functioning differently" because it now does it regardless of there being text present.
Your complaining about how they DARE suggest using a 3rd party app is the solution and think its a cheap cop out. You asked for a solution and that IS the only solution for the current version. Unfortunately for you, if you don't like it, tough beans. Because that may have been the last update for the Eris. Even if HTC wanted to update it, they probably couldn't because its still Verizon's call on whether or not they send out the update.
Unintentionally broke, by trying to fix much more critical problems with the phone. I have no idea how they could have broke MMS, but as many dev's here know for themselves, its REALLY easy to break something, once you fix another problem. MMS is actually one of the more finicky things in these ROMs.Yes, I am getting worked up over it--they broke MMS functionality, and refuse to fix it. They're obligated to: they broke it.
"The device has done this since the original 2.1 update, but now it is functioning differently."
Note the bold. They're saying it's the same as it was. It can't both be working the same way, and working a different way. It's a poor attempt at an excuse.
Activating slideshow functionality required either selecting a slideshow, or turning a picture into a slideshow by adding text. Until the update, a picture was a picture.
And, yes, how dare they suggest a 3rd party app over fixing theirs: it might be a workaround for some, but it's certainly not a solution. Whether I use a 3rd party app or not, the phone's app is broken, it hasn't been fixed, the problem hasn't been solved. They broke it, they have to fix it, that's common sense.
I'd also add that if it were true that, "nor worth wasting their time (yes I said that) to fix on a discontinued phone and release an official OTA," then they never would have released the OTA--after it was discontinued--to break MMS. If it was good enough to break after being discontinued, it's good enough to fix.
Unintentionally broke, by trying to fix much more critical problems with the phone. I have no idea how they could have broke MMS, but as many dev's here know for themselves, its REALLY easy to break something, once you fix another problem. MMS is actually one of the more finicky things in these ROMs.
Its not the best solution I'll admit, but its the best we can do. Even if they do release an update for the Eris, we'll have to wait AT LEAST another month, if that. We can try to be optimistic. So until then, 3rd party is your only choice, short of living with it.
I'll feel HTC isn't doing their job once they release an update and don't fix MMS.
Well, I think that's an unrelated problem. You must have mobile network data enabled (3G basically) in order to send picture messages. Picture messages are a data service so they obviously won't work with data off.I had the same problem. For some reason my phone would not send a text with a pic unless the 3G was on.
I'm assuming why they can't tell us if there will be an update or not, is because their development teams do not work with the Customer Service reps. Customer Service cannot guarantee we are getting an update if they have no clue. They barely have a clue what they are talking about as it is. We didn't find out about MR4 until days before its release (I have no clue why they keep updates secret like that). Just cross your fingers for an update. In the meantime, like they said, the only solution is a 3rd party app.Whatever happened to beta testing? It's one thing to accidentally break something that users don't stumble upon very easily, but MMS? There's really no reason they shouldn't have noticed and fixed it before releasing the OTA.
It's also debatable that they did fix the more critical problems--some of those are still being reported after MR4, such as the silent call bug, and other users are reporting no improvements, just the addition of this problem. Like I said myself, this update has only caused me problems, whereas the phone was tolerable to me beforehand.
They're unable to fix the problems they claimed they fixed, and completely missed a problem that should have been obvious in testing the fix--at best, this means their devs are inept. Add in a support team that either hasn't been trained, or has been told to lie (like I said, I got 3 different stories from 3 different reps as to why this problem is occurring), and it certainly doesn't paint a favorable picture--their BBB rating bears that out.
I wouldn't mind waiting a month...if they actually gave some indication that they're trying to fix it instead of trying to blame Google or saying there's nothing to fix. They're trying to get out of fixing it, and it's really dishonest--I could respect them if they owned up to their error instead of stonewalling those of us who have been trying to get service.
I'm assuming why they can't tell us if there will be an update or not, is because their development teams do not work with the Customer Service reps. Customer Service cannot guarantee we are getting an update if they have no clue. They barely have a clue what they are talking about as it is. We didn't find out about MR4 until days before its release (I have no clue why they keep updates secret like that). Just cross your fingers for an update. In the meantime, like they said, the only solution is a 3rd party app.
I'll just keep using Handcent on KaosFroyo. Can't really affect me if I'm rooted.
I'd say go for it. Its really hard to brick a phone nowadays, especially with root methods so well documented. The worst that can really happen is that the OS gets caught in a boot loop and you need to reflash it from the recovery partition (its happened to me a couple times). Just make sure your battery is charged so it won't die while its flashing a bootloader (the most important thing not to screw up).lol...Them having no clue is what's frustrating me so much. It shouldn't be that hard to have them on the same page--I mean, really, even if they're not trained, they're reading from a script. (Or, three different scripts in this case I suppose.) I don't even care if there's an ETA, just a, "We're aware, and we're working on it" would be helpful.
Aside from corporate ignorance, I think it's a sign of a bad business in general. I think a good parallel is this time, when I was in college, that my friends and I went to a small Italian restaurant we were fond of. This particular time, we'd gotten the worst server we'd ever had anywhere--if he wasn't screwing up the order, he was dropping silverware, or coming back a few times because he kept forgetting something, and he didn't seem particularly friendly, among other goofs. It was a very bad experience, and we'd decided we weren't going to tip him.
...then, to our surprise, he owned up to his mistakes. When he gave us the bill he said, "I know I really sucked tonight, I'm really sorry about it. The drinks and gelato are on the house." He didn't need to take anything off the bill--once he apologized, it was fine; he owned up, and we appreciated that. So we tipped him more than we would have if he hadn't screwed everything up.
It's hard to respect a business that can't say, "oops, sorry, we goofed," and opts for, "Huh? Mistake? Noooo! And...uh...if it is, it's not our fault. Really."
As for Handcent...I want to like it, I keep hearing about how smoothly it works, but I can't get it to display in a way that I can read. I prefer the Android style (the bubble thing is just plain annoying), but I don't like sent and received to be different colors--unfortunately, that lack of border just compounds the tiny spacing, and the texts all run into each other. If they ever add the ability to adjust the cell padding, and allow dividers between messages, I'm on board.
I keep hearing that rooting is the way to go, but I'm afraid of bricking my phone. I chose this phone at least partly because I can't justify spending money on a more expensive phone--if it gets bricked, then I'm even more out of luck.
I'd say go for it. Its really hard to brick a phone nowadays, especially with root methods so well documented. The worst that can really happen is that the OS gets caught in a boot loop and you need to reflash it from the recovery partition (its happened to me a couple times). Just make sure your battery is charged so it won't die while its flashing a bootloader (the most important thing not to screw up).
You could then flash something like xtrSense, and your phone should become faster as well. Just sort of explore around a bit.
It seems that's the way businesses are treating problems their products have nowadays. You probably know about the whole Apple fiasco with the iPhone 4 antenna. Well, that's the business world I suppose. Admitting fault is something that's hard for these companies to do for some reason.
I'll feel HTC isn't doing their job once they release an update and don't fix MMS.
Well that sort of sucks. Looks like your only real option is rooting your phone now. Find a ROM without Sense and you have a ROM with no HTC BS.Just got confirmation by phone, from Danty in the Escalations Department (they responded to my Better Business Bureau complaint) that there will not be any additional updates for the Eris at all.
...posting here after I've submitted my FCC complaint.
Well that sort of sucks. Looks like your only real option is rooting your phone now. Find a ROM without Sense and you have a ROM with no HTC BS.
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