[Q] Sending video MMS - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm not sure which forum to be posting this in, so I'm going to start with the general Android forum... I'm an avid defender of Android vs. iPhone enthusiasts, but I've noticed, since my wife got an iPhone (I know, I know....) that there is an MMS feature that I am completely jealous of... When recording a video in HD, the MMS messaging app AUTOMATICALLY re sizes it for sending via MMS. You can actually leave the video recording quality set to "HD" without having to change it manually to some ridiculously low resolution in order to send it via MMS. My question is, is there a setting that I've just completely missed that tells Android to do this? Or possibly an app or a mod?

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When I send a picture message to my friend on the iphone 4, she never receives it. When she sends me a picture message I receive it. I'm on tmobile and I'm using default messaging app. Shes on att. Do I have to resize my images or something?
I think the native app resizes pics automatically, so I'm going to bet it's a crappy iPhone signal/AT&T data.
You could try image shrink lite to reduce pic sizes and try that?
I've never had a problem sending picture MMS's to iPhones. Just tested with my coworker's iPhone 4.

Is there a way to increase the MMS size limit?

Every video I try to send says over 1000k, can't send.
With my iPhone4 I could send anything. No matter how long.
I know there is a "take video for MMS" setting but that's stupid. I never take a video just to send via MMS. I want to be able to send any video via MMS later. And the MMS setting is total crap when it comes to quality. I can't even send 640x480 video.
This is a big deal for me. Might even drive me back to the iPhone if there isn't a way around it.
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I see that you have posted that in a number of threads but I think you misunderstand what I am trying to do.
I don't need to add 100 contacts to a MMS and i'm not having issues with text being converted to MMS.
When I try to send a video that I shot, the default limit for video size is 1000k. That's about a 5 second video at full resolution. Even switching to 640x480 only allows about 15 seconds of video.
On the iPhone, you can shoot any length video and send it full resolution. I can't seem to do that on the S2.
I use handcent, and it lets you alter the mms size, mine is limited to 290kb by my carrier Vodafone uk. Very annoying.

[Q] Media & Group Messaging Broken

Hey, folks. I'm new, obviously.
I recently rooted and s-offed my LTEVO. I installed TWRP 2.6.3.0 and CM10.1 Stable (I also installed the exFAT fix). The problem I'm having and that I'm reading a lot of people are having is with MMS. I'm not sure if group messaging falls into MMS or SMS but I can neither send/receive picture or media messages, nor can I SEND group messages (although I can receive them). I'm not sure what's going on behind the scenes, whether there's a fix that I just haven't found (I have done extensive searching/trolling before making a profile to ask this question) or if this is a common issue which may have been resolved in newer builds. Essentially, I was wicked pumped when I found out that I could receive group messages from people because the stock, unrooted LTEVO would receive "multimedia messages" from everyone participating in the conversation individually instead of all within the same thread or whatever you wanna call it. But, as I've come to find out, I can't actually participate in these group sessions, I can only SEE them organized within one text thread (which is still better than stock, but disappointing that it doesn't take one seemingly essential step further). Also, I thought it was just crappy Sprint service, but it seems that I can't send or receive multimedia messages (that aren't in text form). I was excited, again, to see that the preview of the image I was going to send was minimally compressed, if at all. I was sick of sending people screenshots of blurry, illegible caca, but again this feature falls short and now I can't actually send or receive any form of media.
Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong, or maybe what I'm just NOT doing right. At any rate, if anyone could shed some light on my unfortunate situation that'd be stellar. I'm forced to use Voxer for the time being.
I'm having the same problem. Any assitance is welcome!
I can't say I completely understand your issue but will give an answer with my best guesstimate as to a fix.
You are trying to group messages with others that have iPhones. iPhones natively send texts as mms while android natively sends as sms. Hence your problem (I think).
You need to use a third party messaging app. There are a couple that handle this but I use Go Sms Pro. It allows you to send and receive texts all while staying in the group without splitting the messages.
Once you install go sms pro you need to change a few settings in the app (you can find the correct group settings on Google easily) and disable the notifications from the stock messaging app (so you don't get multiple notifications for one text).
Hope this is what you were asking about as it is an issue for a lot of people.
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Text/video/sync app comparable to iMessage for Android?

I think I know the answer to this.. but figured I'd ask XDA. I recently took a very regretful 2 year detour away from Android and got an iPhone 6+. I'm now back to Android with an S7 Edge (after getting the Note 7 ) and I also got a Samsung Tab S2. The only thing I miss about Apple is iMessage. It really was perfect. I'm looking for an app that does Text / Video chat / sync's between my phone and tablet and is available for my Apple friends. It's looking like this isn't possible. Here are the apps I've tried (and failed).
Stock SMS: Splits long messages into a million pieces. Doesn't do Video. Can't see on tablet. Just sucks out loud.
Allo: Great for text and pictures, has send/read receipts. Available for iPhone/iPad. Has times when the message takes forever to send regardless of Wifi strength. Does not sync between phone and tablet.. making it worthless!
Duo: works good as Facetime alternative. But that is all it does. Boo
Google Messenger: Seemed to be better at not parsing long texts. But had issues with WiFi. Was getting texts not sent/received. I'd turn Wifi off and they would go thru. Plus no sync between devices. No video chat. Boo
Hangouts: Seems to be the best and only choice. Text and picture messaging great, Video chat, sync's between devices great, works for iPhone. The only issue here is you are making everyone you know not only download Hangouts, but have a Gmail account. Just for you... Plus no send/received notifications.
Is there anything I'm missing? HAS to be a better way!

video quality bad in messages

so my wife and i use the stock samsung messaging app. when we try to send messages through sms they aren't the best quality. should we change the settings or maybe use a different messaging app? ill include video i made today and sent her. any suggestions would be awesome we are both coming from iphone 6s plus. heres link to video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCf9k_bVetA&feature=youtu.be
From my experience in general with multiple carriers and different phones, sending video via mms will always downgrade and distort the video quality due to limitations by the carrier (this is a common issue with all carriers and a google search will provide an explanation of why that occurs). Sometimes you might get an error that the video size is too large and can't be sent. When texting from iphone to iphone it's being sent over imessage not mms therefore your video quality won't be modified in any way. I personally use Google Allo when it comes to sending video files but any messenger app like fb or whatsapp will also do the trick.
Anything sent over MMS is limited to right around 1mb, carrier dependant. iPhones, as you're used to, uses iMessage, which is more of an internet based chat rather than a true SMS app. iMessage I believe limits you to 100mb.
Now, depending on what carrier you're on, Samsung uses RCS to send media, which kind of works like a combination of MMS and iMessage, and will allow you to send MUCH larger files. I know T-Mobile and Sprint have it active for Galaxy S7/8/9 users on the same carrier, and it should be going into wide spread release in the US in about a year.
If you're outside the US, I couldn't even begin to tell you about your carrier.

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