T-Mobile MMS issues

[triguy]

Hello. I've been hapily running UT on Pixel 3a for several months with T-Mobile as my carrier. It's a mostly good experience, but there's a big issue: no MMS text. I cannot send or recieve MMS messages such as images. Any advice? I'm using default APN settings.

[MrT10001]

@triguy Hi, make sure T-Mobile is set to allow MMS (same issue on my carrier, quick online chat resolved). Double check the settings are correct and make sure 4G is enabled with data on.

[mdl]

@triguy did you ever make any progress on this? I have a Pixel 3a XL, and am not able to send or receive MMS messages. If this helps, during one of my attempts I monitored the logs, and found this that might be relevant:

Dec 1 10:13:22 ubuntu-phablet ofonod[1655]: setting up data call
Dec 1 10:13:22 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 2070.574575] c1 1655 R0: [ofonod][40005098418] [18:13:22.061772] wlan: [1655:E :HDD] __wlan_hdd_ipv4_changed: 936: Adapter context is invalid 0000000000000000
Dec 1 10:13:22 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 2070.580064] c1 1655 binder: 2258 has pending async transaction, but still adding a new transaction to todo list (gbinder bug workaround)
Dec 1 10:13:22 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 2070.580113] c1 1655 binder: 2258 has pending async transaction, but still adding a new transaction to todo list (gbinder bug workaround)
Dec 1 10:13:22 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 2070.580133] c1 1655 binder: 2258 has pending async transaction, but still adding a new transaction to todo list (gbinder bug workaround)
Dec 1 10:13:22 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 2070.580510] c1 1655 binder: 2258 has pending async transaction, but still adding a new transaction to todo list (gbinder bug workaround)
Dec 1 10:13:22 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 2070.648242] c7 7037 R0: [ubuntu-upload-m][40006512841] [18:13:22.135439] wlan: [7037:W :HDD] __hdd_ioctl: 7216: unknown ioctl 35591
Dec 1 10:13:22 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 2070.648307] c7 7037 R0: [ubuntu-upload-m][40006514147] [18:13:22.135507] wlan: [7037:W :HDD] __hdd_ioctl: 7216: unknown ioctl 35591
...
Then a little later, I found this around the same time the GUI changed to "Failed":
Dec 1 10:14:22 ubuntu-phablet ofonod[1655]: Deactivating context: 2
Dec 1 10:14:22 ubuntu-phablet ofonod[1655]: Clearing active context
Dec 1 10:14:22 ubuntu-phablet kernel: [ 2131.191763] c6 1655 R0: [ofonod][41168948415] [18:14:22.678965] wlan: [1655:E :HDD] __wlan_hdd_ipv4_changed: 936: Adapter context is invalid 0000000000000000
Dec 1 10:14:22 ubuntu-phablet ofonod[1655]: Deactivated data call

[lduboeuf]

@mdl
Can you check "nuntium" logs .cache/upstart/nuntium.log or via logviewer app ?.
There should be more information there ( beware it may have some sensitive data there ).

Also other thread to check: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7918/continuing-mms-issues/33

[triguy]

@mdl No progress. I contacted T-Mobile to see if they could fix it on their end. They tried but to no avail. I can receive an error message letting me know that someone tried to send an MMS message, but that is it. I cannot participate in group chats, receive large messages, images, etc. Kinda sucks, but it's good enough for me. I hope MMS can get sorted out on UT eventually. I might upload a log if it would actually help the developers solve this issue.

Somewhat unrelated, however: I did, find out that the reason I cannot receive calls is because UT (on my Pixel 3a) can seemingly only do SMS I/O and data while on LTE for some reason. While using LTE, I could not make or recieve calls. I also noticed that when trying to call someone, the call would not start dialing for a few seconds, then the service would completely shut off, then my phone would switch to 3G data, then the phone would start dialing. I found that by limiting the data to 3G, I can finally recieve spam calls from the CDC, scammers, and family again! Woohoo! (hope this information helps someone) Should probably file a bug report.