i finally got this thing figured out, not sure if cheeta186 will have the same fix b/c your problem is with receiving not sending MMS the way mine was, but I called verizon support, had to go through the worthless troubleshoot person, then they'll finally contact you with tech support where the guy send he was going to 'reset my multimedia messaging function' OTA and that finally fixed everything. thanks to whatwhat, blg923, and megaroad for your input as well though