EVO MMS Resizing

[its_miller_time]

So I have been sending a lot of MMS photos to my family and friends of my growing daughter and have noticed that even though I have the MMS limit set to 2MB, and even though the photo size may be 950K, the Messaging App always reduces the size to like 15K and the photo looks like crap when it is received by the receiving party.

Any way to fix this?

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

So I have been sending a lot of MMS photos to my family and friends of my growing daughter and have noticed that even though I have the MMS limit set to 2MB, and even though the photo size may be 950K, the Messaging App always reduces the size to like 15K and the photo looks like crap when it is received by the receiving party.

Any way to fix this?

Messaging will always compress it. I recommend emailing them for best quality. Rooted users have more options.

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk Pro

 

[KSmithInNY]

Download handcent from the market. It's free. This will fix the compression issue.

 

[its_miller_time]

I will try to email at times, but when I attach a lot of them it says GMail has reached its file limit. Does anyone know what the file limit is for GMail app?

It just seems that since my BB did this no issue that the Evo would be able to as well. Oh well. Thanks!

 

[jonaddis84]

Have to root or use a third party messaging app like mentioned above.

 

[its_miller_time]

So wait, Rooting fixes the limit using the stock messaging app?

 

[PhantomPhreak53]

Have to root or use a third party messaging app like mentioned above.

You don't have to be rooted to use Handcent. Handcent fixes the issue because it asks you if you wish to resize rather than it just doing it automatically.

 

[jonaddis84]

I didnt say you had to be rooted to use handcent.

Rooting itself does not fix the mms, rooting then flashing Calkulins mms compression fix fixes it.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785271&highlight=mms+compression

I tried flashing these on a stock rooted rom and it did not work for me, not sure if it was just my phone or what. Baked snack 1.9 is very close to a stock rom, but 100 times better, faster, smoother, and awesome battery life...and it comes with these fixes built in. By very close to a stock rom, I mean it still uses Sense, you probably wont notice much of a difference except a few aesthetics (ie circle with percentage battery meter, different boot screen) other than that the big changes are under the hood.

 

[Mitalis]

I want to comment on this because I've been experimenting with this for quite sometime.

When the EVO's had Android 2.1 on it, the default Messaging App had the issue where the pictures would over-compress (like they do to this day) whenever you attached a picture. However, when receiving an MMS, it wouldn't compress the picture...

I ended up using Handcent as the default Messaging application would convert all pictures sent/received as slideshows. Pictures that were sent to me came out in full quality and filled the entire screen when receiving them through Handcent.

Now with Android 2.2, the default Messaging application (MMS.apk) is not only over-compressing the images you send out, it's also compressing down the images you receive.

The MMS.apk is affecting the image quality for all the 3rd party messaging applications when receiving MMS messages. I know this for a fact Handcent will report the size of the attachment as it's downloading it. However when looking at the image properties, the file itself has been compressed down. I know this for a fact because I replaced the HTC Messaging (MMS.apk) file with the plain AOSP version of the APK, and by doing so, MMS pictures I received were no longer coming in over-compressed. (Nor were they being over-compressed to 5k images when attaching them to send out)

FYI: By replacing the MMS.apk file with the AOSP, this causes your phone to create automated text messages every time somebody leaves you a voicemail.

I'm not sure why HTC has MMS setup the way they do now... It really ruins the experience when you can't even send out a decent quality picture. I've called HTC several times about this, pointed out the issue, and they point the finger back to Sprint... Sprint claims they don't have a cap as to the size of the MMS pictures you send or receive... So I don't know who's to blame for this screw up.

 

[jonaddis84]

How is the AOSP otherwise compared to the HTC? Do you have a link or can you upload the apk?

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

If that's really that important to you root and run a ROM that has the MMS compression issue fixed.

 

[jonaddis84]

I realized why it didnt work to apply them for me. My rooted stock rom was not deodexed at the time.

 

[lfloyd5]

Handcent fixed all my problems with MMS down sizing.

 

[Mitalis]

Handcent fixed all my problems with MMS down sizing.

Handcent will not over-compress the pictures beyond the specified compression settings. However Handcent has no control when it comes to the handling the retrieval & quality of the MMS picture you receive.

 

[Mitalis]

How is the AOSP otherwise compared to the HTC? Do you have a link or can you upload the apk?

This is the AOSP MMS.apk I've used in my testing.. You may have to register with XDA to download the file attachment.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8426431&postcount=3

Be sure to backup your current MMS.apk file before installing this one...