The MMS lost story
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@Giiba BTW captive portal solution is much simpler and still no ine stepped up to do it
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Just a notification to say that MMS is the main pain for me when using UT as it has a deep impact, people expecting me to know / do something when I don't have the info.
I'm willing to pay 100euros to anyone allowing me to know that I received a MMS when I don't have internet turned on and with a link to actually download it. -
@lduboeuf said in The MMS lost story:
https://github.com/ubports/nuntium/pull/3, https://github.com/ubports/telephony-service/pull/13, https://github.com/ubports/messaging-app/pull/248
I read your modification and read a bit of code around by curiosity.
I noticed this possible error line 490:
attachmentCount = imageCount + videoCount + contactCount;
It should be:
attachmentCount = imageCount + audioCount + videoCount + contactCount;
I didn't get deep in the code, but I if I'm correct, a message with only audio will trigger the error message.
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@Fla said in The MMS lost story:
...allowing me to now that I received a MMS when I don't have internet turned on and with a link to actually download it.
In my country, this service is covered by operator. I seldom turn on mobile data. Without it I can't receive MMS, as you stated, too. But after a day an SMS from my operator comes, with text that I missed an MMS and it provides me an link (with password) where I can download it.
Edit: typo
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@jezek I saw that you like the
go
lang on your profile, do you knownuntium
( the mms agent) is written in go ? -
@lduboeuf said in The MMS lost story:
@jezek I saw that you like the
go
lang on your profile, do you knownuntium
( the mms agent) is written in go ?No, I didn't know. I have no firm comprehension how the message stack works. But, maybe I can help, if you point me in the right direction. What problem do you want to solve?
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@jezek said in The MMS lost story:
No, I didn't know. I have no firm comprehension how the message stack works. But, maybe I can help, if you point me in the right direction. What problem do you want to solve?
Well the final goal for MMS retrieving issue is to provide a deferred download mechanism.
Currently nuntium even if Cellular-data is off try to fetch the mms and fail silently if any issue.
We would need to store the incoming WAP push notification, and propagate the issue to upper layer so that it can be tried later by user action. -
@lduboeuf said in The MMS lost story:
Well the final goal for MMS retrieving issue is to provide a deferred download mechanism.
Currently nuntium even if Cellular-data is off try to fetch the mms and fail silently if any issue.
We would need to store the incoming WAP push notification, and propagate the issue to upper layer so that it can be tried later by user action.To be sure, we are on the same page, you are reffering to https://github.com/ubports/nuntium repository, right? Have you any exact issue in mind?
A few questions for previous maintainers or just people of knowledge, so I don't have to search and can jump on the train faster.
- How to compile and test
nuntium
. Is there any special way? What is the best pratice? Compiling on computer, then transfer files? I have only one phone and with UT as main driver and I don't want to break it for long time. - Is there any documentation/specification for MMS available?
- How to compile and test
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@jezek said in The MMS lost story:
To be sure, we are on the same page, you are reffering to https://github.com/ubports/nuntium repository, right?
Yes
Have you any exact issue in mind?
See issues on this repo, the more important one is the deferred download (https://github.com/ubports/nuntium/issues/1)
A few questions for previous maintainers or just people of knowledge, so I don't have to search and can jump on the train faster.
How to compile and test nuntium. Is there any special way? What is the best pratice? Compiling on computer, then transfer files? I have only one phone and with UT as main driver and I don't want to break it for long time.
Normally it compiles with crossbuilder, but i was not lucky last time , or by making a PR, the CI will build nuntium for you and then you can add it with the
ubports-qa
script.Is there any documentation/specification for MMS available?
See architecture in the Readme and/or: http://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/systemdev/mms-infrastructure.html ( note that this doc is more a specification than the actual way it works; especially talking about the Incoming MMS workflow )
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@lduboeuf thanks. I've cloned the repo locally and managed to get testcoverage script working.
$ ./scripts/testcoverage.sh ? _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/storage [no test files] # _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/ofono ofono/manager.go:100: Print call has possible formatting directive %s ofono/push.go:105: Errorf call needs 2 args but has 3 args ofono/pushagent.go:86: Print call has possible formatting directive %s FAIL _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/ofono [build failed] FAIL ? _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/telepathy [no test files] ? _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/test [no test files] ? _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/cmd/nuntium-inject-push [no test files] ? _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/cmd/nuntium-decode-cli [no test files] ? _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/cmd/nuntium [no test files] ok _/home/jezek/Projects/nuntium/mms 0.010s coverage: 45.3% of statements
It is also possible to build
cmd/nuntium
using standartgo build
procedure.I will investigate the
ubports-qa
script, to see what it is doing, cause I don't want to push, then wait for github to compile and install via script after every change. I also see couple of test tools in the project dir and a lot of reading stuff.@Flohack I see, you contributed to
nuntium
project. Do you have any insights, how to test changes, or do you know anybody who can give me a quick tutorial? -
@jezek said in The MMS lost story:
I will investigate the ubports-qa script, to see what it is doing, cause I don't want to push, then wait for github to compile and install via script after every change. I also see couple of test tools in the project dir and a lot of reading stuff.
The ubports-qa will not help you build it locally. You have to look at
crossbuilder
https://github.com/ubports/crossbuilder, it used to work, but i had no success last time ( some dependencies need to be added of course withcrossbuilder inst-foreign ...
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Another question, should Ubports still maintain nuntium instead of moving to a more mainstream mms service ( if any ) ?
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Progress report:
@lduboeuf said in The MMS lost story:
The ubports-qa will not help you build it locally.
Yes, I know that. I just wanted to see, what it does. It uses
apt
command to install packages. The package is compiled on a server to a deb package.So, the build process for
nuntium
is described in repos./debian/
folder. Upon investigation I figured out it installs only 2 files. A binary to/usr/bin/nuntium
and/usr/share/upstart/sessions/nuntium.conf
which is an config for upstart.The binary
nuntium
can be compiled from the repos./cmd/nuntium/
folder usingGOOS=linux GOARCH=arm go build
command on notebook and then can be copied and replace the file on phone.If I want to replace and use the new
nuntium
binary on the phone, first the currently running process has to be stopped usinginitctl stop nuntium
. Then replace binary and start process (initctl start nuntium
).The logs in
~/.cache/upstart/nuntium.log
say, that the new (by me on notebook builded) binary is running. This means, I can compile, replace & runnuntium
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@jezek nice :). I don't understand how do you build the deb though, which command ?.
[Edit]: ok re-read your postSo the defered download feature is not a bug, but never get implemented. Nuntium should be aware of the current situation e.g: if cellular-data is off or mms auto retrieval is off and notify upper layer with a special flag that there is a pending MMS before trying to get the MMS context from ofono. ( you can see where it happens in my PR ).
Nuntium should thus provide a callable method via dbus to fetch the MMS. -
@lduboeuf
If something as good as, or better, exists, and is more "up to date", why not... -
@jezek can be interesting to have: https://github.com/ubuntu-phonedations/nuntium/commit/57e4ecda2c1363daa69eb56cf962ff2fd4589bff
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@lduboeuf said in The MMS lost story:
@jezek can be interesting to have: https://github.com/ubuntu-phonedations/nuntium/commit/57e4ecda2c1363daa69eb56cf962ff2fd4589bff
Yep, I know about that. Before any new changes I have to rewrite all imports from "ubuntu-phonedations" to "ubpors". Because of that I diffed the repo to see if everything matches and found the same code as you. Everything will be in explained in my next PR. Work in progress.
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@jezek Awesome,
Also i had confirmation that the code from phonedation is the last work from Canonical.
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It would be nice to test the PR mentioned above, so it can be merged and I can focus on furher development. I have tested it only by replacing the
nuntium
binary. Theubports-qa
method should be tested too (what should be the right command for the PR?). Write the test results to the PR comment, or here. Thank you all.Note: I did a MMS quick test (if it's working) by sending an MMS to myself. The test was successful, but I did get about 10 notifications upon delivery. Can anybody confirm, please?