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Receiving MMS's

illyas — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:36:55 GMT

Is it a requirement that my data be turned on to receive MMS's? It's quite annoying because I don't have much data to spare but also don't want to miss a message. Thanks in advance!

Re: Receiving MMS's

gblackma — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:19:38 GMT

@illyas yes, but you can keep it off until you receive an mms text message. Then turn it on and select the message to download it. Mms doesn't use plan data. Stay safe

Re: Receiving MMS's

geopublic — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:22:53 GMT

@illyas Newer phones have a setting that will automatically toggle data on and then off again when an MMS is received. If your phone does not have that setting then you will need to turn it on manually.

Re: Receiving MMS's

Jb456 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:24:43 GMT

You can adjust your settings on your phone to ensure no apps run in background.

That everything updates over wifi.

If you have google maps, you can set it to wifi only and download offline maps. (You won't get real time traffic's but you'll still get the map and girl talking with offline maps)

Also ensure you turn off Wi-Fi assist on iPhone and wifi + on androids. Which automatically connects to data if wifi signal is weak.

I have 250mb and with everything set correctly the amount of data is a non issue.

That is if you want to leave data on all the time.

Or as @gblackma suggested. You can leave data off...when someone sends a MMS . you'll see "download now"..then turn data on for a second to download the picture then turn it off. Do the same when you want to send an MMS..turn data on for a second, click send, once it's sent turn it back off.

Re: Receiving MMS's

Jb456 — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:26:44 GMT

@geopublic do you know a few models that does this?. I have a Huawei P30 Pro and a Normal P30 and they don't do this

Although my old honor 6x I could use MMS with data completely off.

Re: Receiving MMS's

geopublic — Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:29:54 GMT

All Pixels running Android 10 have it. Not sure about other models.

Re: Receiving MMS's

Anonymous — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 02:59:59 GMT

@Jb456 wrote:
@geopublic do you know a few models that does this?. I have a Huawei P30 Pro and a Normal P30 and they don't do this
Although my old honor 6x I could use MMS with data completely off.

Samsung S7 running A8. You can watch the LTE icon turn on then off. If you're that bored 🙂

It doesn't grab the buffer either.

Re: Receiving MMS's

geopublic — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 04:54:03 GMT

Umidigi F2 also has it.🙂

Re: Receiving MMS's

illyas — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:48:12 GMT

Thanks for the reply! It sucks that Apple doesn't have a switch for this or something.

Re: Receiving MMS's

illyas — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:48:40 GMT

Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately Apple doesn't have that setting.