MMS over Wifi issues

[mnphoneguy1]

I am on Sprint and I am unable to send a MMS (group message) over wifi? I was chatting with Sprint text support and they are trying to tell me this is a limitation for Android phones. I know this is BS because my wife has a HTC M8. Am I doing something wrong? Are others experiencing this with their Edge S6?

Their solution is to send MMS messages over mobile data. That is a pain because I do not think it is acceptable to have to toggle between mobile and wifi to send group messages. I did test and the group/MMS messaging does work on Mobile data so this is purely limited to my wifi being an issue

 

[mrsmumbles]

MMS requires cell data to send and receive. Some apps momentarily switch from WiFi to data at the point of sending or receiving.

 

[mnphoneguy1]

I see, so maybe the native app for Samsung (touchwiz) does not do that? Is anyone aware of a texting app that does? I was thinking about downloading google or something else

 

[mrsmumbles]

Textra, which is what I use, does it.

 

[jschu22]

I have had issues with the Google Messenger app doing (or not doing) this but never with the Samsung one.

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[mnphoneguy1]

I have had issues with the Google Messenger app doing (or not doing) this but never with the Samsung one.

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Interesting. I will try a few different messanger apps. If anyone has a recommendation that doesnt force me to turn off wifi anytime i send a MMS please let me know. I never had an issue before and my wife's HTC works. It must be a thing with Samsung, bummer!