What carrier? This isn't supported on Sprint
FWIW,I had it on my SGS3 w/SPRINT,rarely used it though,maybe twice just to see if it worked.Just wanted to throw that out there,for carrier/mfg/troubleshooting purposes.
Was it the sprint version? I just checked my wife's new S3 and could not find the option to turn it on.
Was it the sprint version? I just checked my wife's new S3 and could not find the option to turn it on.
I'm just finding out about this now? There are no apps out there that can handle this like iOS? Really? I've settled for not having some of the convenivce features of iOS to have such a ridiculously awesome phone, but come on Android devs. Almost to OS v5 and this still hasn't been addressed?
From what I've seen, it has to go through a MMS conversion and then it sends out multiple messages. 3 texts for 3 recipients. When someone replies, it only comes to me and not the group. Happens with both Chomp and Sense Messages.
Doing a quick search, it seems like a global Android issue.
Sorry for the mini rant, just frustrated.
I posted this over at XDA but havent' got any responses.
So I always thought other peoples phones just sent a picture at a smaller resolution but last night my buddy and I recieved the same picture at the same time from someone and his was at a much higher resolution. He was using the stock SMS program and I was using Handcent. I uninstalled Handcent and had the person resend the picture so I would get it via the stock program and the picture came at a higher resolution, but not as great as the other persons. I was using my T-Mobile HTC One and he was using a Verizon HTC One X.
I was thinking it was maybe a T-Mobile thing limiting the MMS size, but today I sent a picture to both my wife and myself to compare. Hers is the Nexus 4 and I have the HTC One.
The original size of the picture being sent (after being compressed by the texting app is 235KB and 1909x1080.
My wife received that picture at 235KB @ 1909x1080 and I received the picture at 405KB 1023x579.
Does anyone have an explanation for why it's coming in like that and a fix for it? This was on the stock texting program on the phones.
Also FWIW, when Handcent is installed and I send from the stock app to myself and Handcent recieves the picture, it comes in at 188KB @ 639x362. I'm no longer a Handcent user. None of the other SMS apps did this
I also just tested another picture that I sent to myself. It went out at 647KB @ 1088x1920 and came back at 258KB @ 435x767.
Any ideas?
Do you have your Maximum Message Size set to 2M in Messaging Settings under MMS?
No, it's set at 1MB which is the highest it shows. Even still, the phone should be able to receive what it's sending and the same that the other phones are receiving. The size is under 1MB which shows the limit to be. Makes no sense to me
Is that 1MB in Handcent? The Stock Messaging App has it at 300k, 600k, or 2M. Even though the size is under 1MB, that setting still affects compression.
What carrier do you have? Mine shows 300k, 600k, 1000k. That's on the HTC One on T-Mobile on the stock sms.
I see these threads got merged..I had posted a reply but it looks like it didn't go through.
Yes we are in the same settings w/ the different options due to carriers. I originally wanted to blame T-Mobile, but that wouldn't explain my wifes Nexus 4 on the same carrier is able to get the higher res pictures and my HTC One is getting lower quality. I'm currently using the stock SMS but I've tried Handcent, Go SMS, and Chomp.
I've been playing with these settings since day one trying to get a resolution.
On the Telstra version, the maximum message size is 600kb
TBH, I don't feel this has anything to do with it - my One XL, same carrier, was actually set to 300kb (for whatever reason), but it NEVER reduced incoming pictures this much.
It's definitely a ROM issue, not just a 'settings' issue.
Out of interest, anyone in this thread rooted and using a custom ROM? Care to post your experiences?
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