How to set up mms on your phone

Modernity is the era of new technologies. Fifty years ago, no one could have imagined that today we would be able to send our favorite images, music to the other side of the country. Tell about your impressions not with the help of words, but by sending a "documentary film" of our life. One such possibility is MMS. Multimedia messages have gained significant popularity with the advent of smartphones.

What is MMS

We are all familiar with text messages and use them quite regularly, but they cannot send any image or sound. The MMS service was created specifically for this. The name itself is an abbreviation that translates into Russian as “multimedia messaging service”. It seems incredible, but in the US and Norway, more than two-thirds of the total is accounted for by MMS. There is a version that the technology was developed by the first providers for paid storage of photos taken from users' phones on their servers.

The difference between MMS and SMS is that thanks to it you can send not only text, but also an image, sound, presentation or video. You can combine all this with each other or with text, provided that the size does not exceed 999 kB in the end (in some phones, the size is limited to 100 kB). Almost all operators have support for this type of message. In order to successfully send MMS, 3 and 4G protocols are required. This is UMTS and above. Previously, low-speed data could be transmitted via GPRS, but today this does not look serious.

Packet transmission can be used for any purpose, but is usually used specifically for accessing the Internet. Because it is convenient to conduct billing not by time, as in a telephone conversation, but by the amount of information transmitted. Which is what is required in this case. MMS are delivered in a fundamentally different way. It was found that not every message the recipient wants to read. Therefore, to save traffic, the data is delivered to the server, from where a brief request about the presence of the package comes. The shelf life usually does not exceed 3 days.

Information of network protocols is transmitted at the moment when there are free voice channels formed by frequency and code methods. It is believed that the operator himself decides what kind of information to give the prerogative, but if the quality of voice communication deteriorates sharply, then many will want to change their mobile operator. Be that as it may, with the introduction of smartphones, multimedia messages have become so popular that the priority issue has had to be reconsidered in recent years: in the US, many are dissatisfied with the service!

Not all phones support MMS because it requires some minimal capabilities. And the first of them is access to the Internet. Cheap phones can't do this because they don't have the hardware and software to do it. Physically, the phone can receive encoded information, because the transmission is on the same frequency, but it is not able to decrypt and display it: there are no decoders and multimedia playback tools.

Setting up MMS

Before setting up your phone, you need to make sure that the operator cannot do it himself. For example, MTS claims that no settings are required at all. The service is provided automatically, provided that the package includes the ability to access the Internet. If MMS does not work, then you need to go here (www.mts.ru/mobil_inet_and_tv/help/settings/settings_phone/) and enter your phone number in the field by filling in the captcha.

After sending, MTS will kindly inform you whether the operation was successful. In our case, it could not pass successfully, because the package does not include Internet access services. Which is what we were informed about. MTS is always on guard. If the settings do not want to be applied or saved, then you need to adjust the data manually. For this, the provider provides point by point:

1. Internet.

Rather, we move on to the last section to see what interesting things they say there. In the window that opens, the following sub-items are offered (very competently):

1. iOS for the new sixth generation iPhone.
2. Other gadgets from Apple.
3. Devices with Android operating system.
4. Phones with Windows.
5. Other non-smartphone devices.

Ordinary phone

An old phone with CSD technology is shown, which was later replaced by GPRS. Therefore, the settings are carried out taking into account this archaic feature. In the menu, you need to enable the use of GPRS, because by default there will be an attempt to transfer data without packets via CSD.

Then we proceed to set the ip-address 192.168.192.192 and the transfer port 9201.

It's time to enter the MMS server address.

MTS has already created its own profile for us, it remains only to activate it.

And yet we check if the settings have changed over the past 10 years.

No, everything remains the same. Login: mts, and the password is the same. To activate the service, send a trial MMS to the free number 8890.

Trying to set up Android

Under Android operating systems, you need to go to the settings, find Wireless networks there. Since any communication goes through the air, this is the only option for a smartphone.

The ultimate goal is to find the Access Points subsection. We create a new one.

Enter the access point settings according to the list, if necessary, specify the MMS WAP 2.0 transmission protocol.

After that, you need to send an MMS to the free number 8890.

Send MMS

Service packages

In a typical case, MMS setup goes through a request for a short or regular number (see above). Several services are connected at the same time. MMS at the mobile operator goes side by side with the Internet 3/4G. If you do not understand, you can call the support service or use the hotline - they will help you there. If your device supports two SIM cards, take your time to activate the service, study the tariffs and choose the most advantageous one for your usage level. Next, let's look at how to set up MMS on your phone.

The next steps will depend on what brand of phone you have. We will cover the iOS and Android platforms.

MMS for Apple

Let's take a step-by-step look at what needs to be done with the phone so that the multimedia messaging service works for you.

1. First of all, you need to go to the home menu and get into the "Settings".
2. In the drop-down menu, select the "Basic" sub-item.
3. The next inscription that you need to click on is “Network”.
4. Further "Cellular data network".
5. Having reached this point, you will need internet from another resource. Here you need to enter the operator settings. You can find them either simply on the Internet, or by referring to the information from the official website, which, of course, is preferable. The fact is that they are sometimes changed, and the operator's resource has the latest data.
6. After you have entered all the necessary information, be sure to restart the device.
7. The next step is to add the SIM card number. Again you need to go to the "Settings" settings and select the "Phone" sub-item.
8. In the "My number" field, you need to drive in the number of the SIM card through which you connected the mobile Internet service.
9. In order for the media service to work, you need to restart your phone again.

These 9 points will help you enable the MMS transfer function. If you have done everything, but the Internet does not work, check everything again, starting from the first point. If everything is correct, and the connection is still not established, try to find other data to fill in the operator settings. Even if this fails, do not despair and call the support service.

Calling for help

MMS service settings on this platform are somewhat different from the previous ones. The easiest way is to call the operator and ask to send automatic settings. To do this, you will need to tell him the model of your phone and install the settings that came after a while. For those who for some reason are not satisfied with this method, we take the manual version in the same detail and point by point.

There are several important details related to receiving MMS. If you send a message to a phone that already has this feature installed, everything is fine, the recipient will receive the information and view it without any additional effort. When the multimedia messaging service is not set up on the device, it will be more difficult to read the information that has arrived. If the phone has a WAP browser, then the person will receive an SMS with a WAP link. If the machine does not support a browser, a URL link will be sent in the message, which can be viewed from a computer.

Now you know everything about how to set up MMS on your phone and you can safely share your favorite ringtones, photos and funny videos wherever you are.