Cannot receive mms while connect to WiFi on LG5

[Android Central Question]

Hello- my FIL has an LG5 and he cannot open mms while connected to WiFi, it works fine on data but once connected he cannot receive messages. He has a small amount of data and keeps going over his limit. Any help on how to fix this would be great.

 

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[mustang7757]

How is it on other WiFi ?

 

[Mooncatt]

MMS can only transmit through mobile data. There is a way to force that to stay on while connected to Wi-Fi, but that may then cause other issues if the data plan is so small. So your safest option may be to use another messaging service all together.

 

[mustang7757]

MMS can only transmit through mobile data. There is a way to force that to stay on while connected to Wi-Fi, but that may then cause other issues if the data plan is so small. So your safest option may be to use another messaging service all together.

Yeah true , some carriers allow you to send over wifi but to retrieve I believe data only .

 

[ManiacJoe]

Often times, any MMS over wifi ends up requiring that you use the carrier's texting app.