Messages not sending full res pics

[ImTurningViolet]

Has anyone else noticed that? I don't know if this is a new development or not. Has it always done this and I'm just now noticing?

I went back and looked at some other pictures I've sent and some look compressed and some don't.

Is there any way to send a high quality mms? I don't really want to have to get a 3rd party messaging app, but if this is the way pictures send, I'll have to do it.

Edit to say this is zoomed in. I noticed it looked off and zoomed in and saw how pixilated it was.

 

[ImTurningViolet]

This is the original

 

[maj71303]

That's the nature of MMS. pictures you send will be compressed and not of original quality. Especially if the data size of the picture is somewhat large.

 

[ImTurningViolet]

That's the nature of MMS. pictures you send will be compressed and not of original quality. Especially if the data size of the picture is somewhat large.

Hm. I guess I just never noticed. Thx.

 

[MooMooPrincess]

Some of mine come out pixilated, most don't. Could be the nature of mms, could just be your phone, but more than likely it's just mms

 

[toiday]

mms is limited by carrier. Normally 300kb. What carrier do you have?

 

[Ry]

That's the nature of MMS. pictures you send will be compressed and not of original quality. Especially if the data size of the picture is somewhat large.

This is true.

 

[Ry]

MMS was never designed to handle the file sizes we have in 2018. You could probably say that about 2011.

 

[ImTurningViolet]

Metro. Well, I guess I can just send the links through Google photos or use a shared album. I can't believe I just never noticed that. I think it's because that one ended up very pixilated and most are just slightly pixilated. Weird.

 

[Mike Dee]

Hm. I guess I just never noticed. Thx.

I find it worse when I send pictures to some iPhones

 

[Almeuit]

MMS was never designed to handle the file sizes we have in 2018. You could probably say that about 2011.

This.

 

[MefistoManson]

Wow... Never really used this function.. I think it was modern in 2011? . With so much messanger now, I don't think anyone need it? - Facebook, Facebook mesanger, Viber Instagram, telegram, kik, snapchat.. Probably unlimited possibilities to use.

 

[Almeuit]

Wow... Never really used this function.. I think it was modern in 2011? . With so much messanger now, I don't think anyone need it? - Facebook, Facebook mesanger, Viber Instagram, telegram, kik, snapchat.. Probably unlimited possibilities to use.

A ton of people still use it it in the US since it is built into every phone. My friends won't install anything extra to message and will just continue to text/MMS.

 

[sixty_four]

A ton of people still use it it in the US since it is built into every phone. My friends won't install anything extra to message and will just continue to text/MMS.

I don't use MMS for image sharing and dislike the idea of adding a third-party app to do just this one task but some of my friends still use MMS for this.

I'll use Google Photos to share images or email them. I've never liked how MMS will squash image size/resolution.

 

[Almeuit]

I don't use MMS for image sharing and dislike the idea of adding a third-party app to do just this one task but some of my friends still use MMS for this.

I'll use Google Photos to share images or email them. I've never liked how MMS will squash image size/resolution.

I don't really mind. TBH I never noticed a huge issue with pictures since I am sending it to another phone.

 

[Aquila]

MMS is limited by the least of 3 criteria:

A = Each device has a max set in it that it'll send for file size in MMS.
B = Each carrier has a max that it'll allow for file size in MMS.
C = Each app has a max that it'll allow for file size in MMS.

Whichever is the smallest of A, B & C will be the maximum file size that you can send and it will compress to meet that file size.

The easiest way, IMO, is to share Google Photos by a link to the photo or album, rather than sending the file direct.

 

[Rukbat]

Wow... Never really used this function.. I think it was modern in 2011? .

Not really. Back in 2004, we had MMS, but you couldn't send a picture from one carrier to another. Android didn't come out until 2008, when that had all been cleared up. (But we were sending about 384X288 pictures.)

 

[muzzy996]

I don't use MMS for image sharing and dislike the idea of adding a third-party app to do just this one task but some of my friends still use MMS for this.

I'll use Google Photos to share images or email them. I've never liked how MMS will squash image size/resolution.

Understandable.

It's all a matter of context for me - if all I'm doing is communicating an idea via a photo or screenshot then the quality of the image isn't necessarily important as long as the idea is communicated. If I'm sharing a portrait or something I'll send via Google Photos link so that they get something of higher quality.

 

[chanchan05]

Some sms apps have the option to increase MMS file size limits, but that will only affect the phone side. That just means the compression will be dictated by the carrier.

 

[oks10]

If I'm sending a good picture I usually send it using the Google photos link or Facebook messenger. Mms has always compressed photos I send.