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Help Please Help. Receiving MMS with wifi turned on.

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mymid

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Hi Everyone. Long time lurker first time poster. First, thank you for this site as it has managed to solve all of my GS3 problems. However, I have been trying to find a solution for this for a while now but I cannot, hence my post.

My setup is standard ROM, wifi always on and connected to home network, mobile always on.

I know I cannot receive MMS via wifi. I do not want to do that. I do, however, want to be able to receive MMS with wifi turned on. Last week I could do that.

Before I got the ICS update last week, when I was sent an MMS message I would get a text with a "Download" button. I click the download button and happily view my picture.

Now, after ICS, I do not receive a text alerting me that there is an MMS message. No text, no download button.

I am with Bell, and they are no help at all. They told my to turn off wifi to receive a MMS, which works but is not acceptable. Wifi must be turned on.

How do I revert back to my previous setup where i get a text alerting me of a MMS with a "Download" button?

Thank you.


Edit: I can send MMS with wifi on - the wifi icon at the top changes to carrier whilst the mms is sent, then reverts back to wifi.

Edit 2: I have tried this on 3rd party message apps including GoPro and Chomp. No dice.
 
Thanks for the quick reply.

While i cannot find:

Messaging>Settings>Always retrieve>Off

I can find:

Messaging>Settings (Multimedia message (MMS) settings)>Auto-retrieve

It is unchecked.
 
I checked the box, went back in, saw the box was checked.

Power cycle.

From wife's phone I sent one MMS with pic and a then a plain SMS.

SMS came through, no MMS.
 
Maybe the issue is with attachments in general?

I sent myself three texts from wife's phone:

Text message: went through fine.
Text message with vcf (contact attachment): Text went through without the attachment (??)
Text message with pic: No message at all came through.
 
If you are on WiFi, your main APN will not be used.

What should work is if you create a second APN using only the MMS details from the first APN. The type should be "MMS" instead of "default,supl" which your main apn will probably have.

What Carrier / Country are you in?
 
Go to settings (wireless and networks), more settings, mobile networks, access point names..

Confirm your apn matches these:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-i7500/87145-bell-mobility-apn.html#post827267

If so, good. Create a new apn using these settings except call it BELL MMS and in type at the bottom, ONLY. Have MMS.

When you've saved the apn, you'll see your existing apn has a radio button and is selectable but your new one hasn't (if all went well)...

Try that.. it *should* work... essentially you're copying your apn but changing the type. On my s3 though I cannot copy apns like I could on other phones...
 
OK i created the new apn as per the instructions above and got the apn without the radio button - check.

NOTE: My original settings on the stock APN do NOT match those listed in the link.

I can now receive MMS with wifi turned on :)

Thank you!..

I have one issue with a specific person (wife) sending me texts and am on the phone with my carrier to see if its a Bell issue 'cause that aint right'.

Thanks +1
 
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