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Help MMS Texts Showing Up as Slideshows

My GS3 works FINE....

The ONLY TIME it shows a picture as a slideshow, is when an IPHONE USER sends a picture they took with their iPhone....

So, a simple and OBVIOUS deduction, the problem is with the SENDER of these "slide Show Pictures" even if it's only one pix, and the picture goes blank after a few seconds to boot!

I have HUNDREDS of pictures sent from other android phones, and NONE of them open up as slideshows.

Bottom line, fix the iPhone!
Just My 2 cents (but worth a dollar) :)
 
I went to the messaging app, pressed the settings key, and scrolled down to the section labeled MMS settings, opened MMS creation mode, and set it to restricted. Now my images send as proper images (albeit compressed a bit) as far as I can tell.
 
hefistus said:
I went to the messaging app, pressed the settings key, and scrolled down to the section labeled MMS settings, opened MMS creation mode, and set it to restricted. Now my images send as proper images (albeit compressed a bit) as far as I can tell.
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I do not find message creatiom mode in the setting of the native samsung app. I'm using a GS3
 
trexmgd said:
Hi all, Noob here.

I found this thread via a search because I'm experiencing the exact same problem and it's driving me CRAZY! I never had this issue on my Motorola Droid 2 or X, so I'm guessing this is a Samsung thing, not Android?

Anyway, I just wanted to bump this up again with TwoScoop's summary of the core problem in hopes that some day we'll get a fix.

Nothing like having the screen size of a Note 2 and not being able to open/zoom in on a picture!
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For months now this has driven me crazy. I had the Atrix and think this Samsung/mms slide show sucks. It pisses me off every time I want to zoom on a pic or want to simply press and hold to do something on the photo like my Atrix did. Samsung had mad a major flaw that thousands are annoyed with. My friend had an iphone and moved to a note 2 and wants to go back just because of this daily annoyance that we all hate. I have found dozens of threads talking about this. ARG:banghead:

The closest thing I have found so far to a concrete fix is here, but it's lacking some basic info for a non-android-technophile:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44985632#post44985632

no mms settings or creation mode option on note2
 
Zoblots said:
I picked up a S3 this week after being an iPhone user for the past three years. I love the phone so far and can't believe that I waited this long to switch to Android. It is so much better than iOs.

The only thing that is bothering me about Android is that the MMS pictures I receive are showing up as a slideshows instead of just text with pictures. When I open these in the stock messaging app as well as the Handcent app, a little video plays that shows the picture and then the text or vice versa. It seems like there has to be a way to change this, but I can't find it.

Does anybody have any tips? Thanks in advance.
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has anyone tried going to camera settings and seeing if you can adjust "review screen" under "image viewer setting?" If you can find the setting to adjust review screen to none this will automatically change setting in mms to show as a pic and not a timed slideshow. Not sure where this setting is on the s3, but this setting option on Android is what causes slide shows on mms
 
I have this issue as well -- on a Motorola RAZR HD Maxx using Verizon, so it's not just a Samsung / AT&T problem. It's also not consistent -- I haven't tested, but it makes sense that the order of text/picture would be the driving factor.

That said, I do have a "menu" button in the slideshow that brings up a list of the slideshow attachments, and I can view the full image without importing it into my gallery.
 
I know this is an old thread, but here's some info:

I sent emails from my wife's AT&T IPhone5 to my AT&T Atrix 4g using picture before text, picture after text, and using horizontal and vertical orientation images. I also tried using the modified APN described by user nseriessaga. Here's the scoop: every time I entered text into the message and then added a photo, I got the slide show on my Atrix. Every time I added the picture and THEN the text, it came through fine. Changing the APN or the orientation of the photo made no difference.

Seriously, AT&T or Android--whoever's at fault here--can we please get this fixed?
 
I've been having a similar problem with my Android phone sending/receiving MMS.
I have been using the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate since it's release in 2010 (yes my phone still works). I no longer pay for 3G because in my opinion it's a useless expense when I can connect to WIFI for free. I have not been able to send/receive MMS for a very long time, probably years. I don't know if it has anything to do with not having 3G or if it's a software/hardware issue. I have tried adding and changing APN's, I have tried downloading alternative texting apps (handcent, chomp) to remedy this issue but nothing has worked. When I receive a picture text or a mass text I get a message that says "Message Size: 1KB Expires: (gives date)" and has a button that says "Download" on it. When I click download, even if I'm connected to the internet, it tells me it cannot be downloaded until service becomes available. When I try to send a MMS it tells me that service is not available and it will send when it does, and never ends up sending it even if I'm connected to internet.

This has recently become a rather big annoyance to me and I would very much like to fix it, any tips??
 
meigdaily said:
I've been having a similar problem with my Android phone sending/receiving MMS.
I have been using the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate since it's release in 2010 (yes my phone still works). I no longer pay for 3G because in my opinion it's a useless expense when I can connect to WIFI for free. I have not been able to send/receive MMS for a very long time, probably years. I don't know if it has anything to do with not having 3G or if it's a software/hardware issue. I have tried adding and changing APN's, I have tried downloading alternative texting apps (handcent, chomp) to remedy this issue but nothing has worked. When I receive a picture text or a mass text I get a message that says "Message Size: 1KB Expires: (gives date)" and has a button that says "Download" on it. When I click download, even if I'm connected to the internet, it tells me it cannot be downloaded until service becomes available. When I try to send a MMS it tells me that service is not available and it will send when it does, and never ends up sending it even if I'm connected to internet.

This has recently become a rather big annoyance to me and I would very much like to fix it, any tips??
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I'm guessing you need mobile data on to send or recieve MMS on this phone, unfortunately it's pretty much as simple as that (or at least that was always the case on my phone)
 
meigdaily said:
I've been having a similar problem with my Android phone sending/receiving MMS.
I have been using the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate since it's release in 2010 (yes my phone still works). I no longer pay for 3G because in my opinion it's a useless expense when I can connect to WIFI for free. I have not been able to send/receive MMS for a very long time, probably years. I don't know if it has anything to do with not having 3G or if it's a software/hardware issue. I have tried adding and changing APN's, I have tried downloading alternative texting apps (handcent, chomp) to remedy this issue but nothing has worked. When I receive a picture text or a mass text I get a message that says "Message Size: 1KB Expires: (gives date)" and has a button that says "Download" on it. When I click download, even if I'm connected to the internet, it tells me it cannot be downloaded until service becomes available. When I try to send a MMS it tells me that service is not available and it will send when it does, and never ends up sending it even if I'm connected to internet.

This has recently become a rather big annoyance to me and I would very much like to fix it, any tips??
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Yes, MMS requires 3G. They won't download over WiFi. If your provider offers a minimal data plan, it should be enough to get your MMS.
 
Zoblots said:
I picked up a S3 this week after being an iPhone user for the past three years. I love the phone so far and can't believe that I waited this long to switch to Android. It is so much better than iOs.

The only thing that is bothering me about Android is that the MMS pictures I receive are showing up as a slideshows instead of just text with pictures. When I open these in the stock messaging app as well as the Handcent app, a little video plays that shows the picture and then the text or vice versa. It seems like there has to be a way to change this, but I can't find it.

Does anybody have any tips? Thanks in advance.
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Here's the problem. The person sending the pic is on an i-phone. If they insert the picture first then the text it will come as picture. If they insert words first, then the pic it comes as a slide show. If they are on an android it shows up as a pic. I don't know the fix other than insisting your i-phone pals do it the "right way". Good luck with that!
Handcent does the same thing as the native Android messaging.
 
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Sorry, bigbadwulff, we both have S3's.and any pic sent between the two phones shows as a slideshow. I have had this problem since my Captivate. It is odd, though, that it only happens with the stock messaging app. Use another app, like Google Messaging, and the pics come through as pics. I seem to remember, from a few years ago, that someone mentioned in the Capyivate forum, that this was a problem with the stock messaging app. (Or maybe just with AT&T. Hey, they screw up mostly everything else, why not this.) For me, this has been going on since 2010. I just deal with it.
 
So for those of us unwilling to install another texting app to handle this, a workaround is to just forward the iPhone MMS to your email. Not ideal but I'm not switching my text app because of an iOS fail!
 
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