gringostar17
Newbie
Is there a way to make the stock messenger application send pictures and videos uncompressed? I can't find an option on my Verizon phone.
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You very likely can't, because Verizon like just about all carriers limits the size of MMS to 300kb or so.
MMS is really a legacy thing from the era of dumb-phones and feature-phones. You want to send big uncompressed images and videos, you may have to find another more modern messaging method, like WhatsApp or something.
MMS was originally designed and intended to work with limits of what phones like this could do, the Sony Ericsson K700 with VGA camera from 2004, and the MMS specification has never been changed or updated since.
MMS is really a legacy thing from the era of dumb-phones and feature-phones. You want to send big uncompressed images and videos, you may have to find another more modern messaging method, like WhatsApp or something.
MMS was originally designed and intended to work with limits of what phones like this could do, the Sony Ericsson K700 with VGA camera from 2004, and the MMS specification has never been changed or updated since.
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Video/picture texts (MMS) are heavily compressed when sending because most/all carriers have a size limit for messages.
Check your messaging apps settings, some allow you to set the maximum size of MMS so you might be able to increase the quality a little. But if it's over the limit the carrier might not send it, or compress it further.
If your messaging app doesn't have that setting you can use Textra:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra
The limit is determined by your carrier and your friends, you can try no limit and if it doesn't work go down from there.
Check your messaging apps settings, some allow you to set the maximum size of MMS so you might be able to increase the quality a little. But if it's over the limit the carrier might not send it, or compress it further.
If your messaging app doesn't have that setting you can use Textra:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.textra
The limit is determined by your carrier and your friends, you can try no limit and if it doesn't work go down from there.
gringostar17
Newbie
Thanks for the responses. This is definitely a bummer.