Three things, first you will need to find the xml for T-Mobile. Second, why T-Mob? For $45 more you get real 3G and it's unlimited. I used to have T-Mob until I found out about ST byod, it's no contest. Third, without a data plan this is all a moot point, you need data for MMS.
I'm not aware of any way to get the $45 unlimited plan through Wal-Mart. AFAIK, you can only get it through straighttalkgsm.com. My tutorial is based on this plan although I imagine any ST plan would work.Sorry I definitely should have been more clear and included all info, my bad. I WILL be going to Walmart to get the $30 monthly 4g plan with unlimited web text and 100 minutes of calling. So come Thursday when I switch services I'll want MMS working. From there how do I get everything working? (I don't want my parents paying a lot for my phone, I wouldn't even have this if it weren't for the challenge)
I'm not aware of any way to get the $45 unlimited plan through Wal-Mart. AFAIK, you can only get it through straighttalkgsm.com. My tutorial is based on this plan although I imagine any ST plan would work.
Congratulations! You have just volunteered to be the first guinea pig on the Focus S. Seriously, give it a shot and report back, that's how this whole forum thing works. I don't see anything that would brick your phone or anything like that. It's not like you're writing a new image file or updating the radios.Has this method been confirmed for the Samsung Focus S as well? Thanks for all the hard work guys!
Post #16Has this method been confirmed for the Samsung Focus S as well? Thanks for all the hard work guys!
You're supposed to let it download and open on the browser. Once it has completely loaded on the browser you can find it in the email attachments folder in volatile. Patience is king when messing with these things.Thanks for this tutorial. But I'm having some problems with downloading the attachment. I'm on clean rom(mango 1.3) when pressing the .xlm file (attachment) it says downloading but it opens the file on the browser and when i go to the root tool i see the email attachment file but it's empty. Please can somebody help.
Man, I gave up on the Quantum. I had one with the Telstra ROM because I need some form of Internet Sharing but I could never get the MMS worked out. I tried installing and renaming the same xml I used for the Focus but I could never get it to work. I noticed that your file has an underscore in front of "PROV". Please don't tell me that's all I was missing. My file did not have that underscore in front. If you reply to me and tell me that is all, I'm going to have the biggest Homer Simpson moment in history. Either way, I'll be watching for your tutorial.Oh goodness gravies...
Thank you so much for this post. It's been a month laboring over my wife's LG Quatum - it was your post that finally put enough pieces together so that I could get MMS to finally work. I had to modify a few steps for the LG, build my own XML, so I plan to write a separate guide -- but thank you, thank you, thank you!
(Attached is the provisional file I built, in case anybody needs it)
I have a DVP now as well. Getting MMS is such a breeze. Get the EM (##634#) and open the bottom option (MMS Settings). From there you'll just enter the appropriate settings (apn - att.mvno, Name - Straight Talk MMS, apn - att.mvno, MMSC - http://mmsc.cingular.com, MMS proxy - 66.209.11.33, port - 80). Keep "PAP" checked for both sets of settings and hit "apply". You're done! Don't forget to enter the correct apn in settings>cellular>add apn first and reboot. If you need a guide for USB tethering, I have one in the Dell Venue Pro section here. Good luck!I don't think it was the underscore (though that might be part of it, who knows...) - I originally just renamed your Focus PROV file to match the format of the others on my Quantum (including an underscore) and as-is it didn't work for the Quantum - I had to pull the 310_410_ATT_ENG xml off the device, and copy your values into it when appropriate. There were some differences in flags set that were probably device-specific. There also seems to be some redundant code in the Quantum prov that must be necessary.
I just bought a Dell Venue Pro for myself - when I switch from Sprint to Straight Talk in a few weeks I get to start this whole process over again! From what I read there's a Dell App that will let me set the MMS settings though. Much easier switch than the Samsung and LG devices.
Now that you can just buy Straight Talk SIM's off the website, I can't believe more people don't make this switch. Especially AT&T customers - they already have a working phone, and Straight Talk will give them unlimited 3G for less half the contract price with no caps or throttling. No 4G I guess, but that has never been available on any carrier in my area so I don't mind. Over the course of 1 year I am going to save $500, and that includes the price of buying a new phone and paying an ETF.
You're supposed to let it download and open on the browser. Once it has completely loaded on the browser you can find it in the email attachments folder in volatile. Patience is king when messing with these things.Thanks for this tutorial. But I'm having some problems with downloading the attachment. I'm on clean rom(mango 1.3) when pressing the .xlm file (attachment) it says downloading but it opens the file on the browser and when i go to the root tool i see the email attachment file but it's empty. Please can somebody help.
I have a DVP now as well. Getting MMS is such a breeze. Get the EM (##634#) and open the bottom option (MMS Settings). From there you'll just enter the appropriate settings (apn - att.mvno, Name - Straight Talk MMS, apn - att.mvno, MMSC - http://mmsc.cingular.com, MMS proxy - 66.209.11.33, port - 80). Keep "PAP" checked for both sets of settings and hit "apply". You're done! Don't forget to enter the correct apn in settings>cellular>add apn first and reboot. If you need a guide for USB tethering, I have one in the Dell Venue Pro section here. Good luck!I don't think it was the underscore (though that might be part of it, who knows...) - I originally just renamed your Focus PROV file to match the format of the others on my Quantum (including an underscore) and as-is it didn't work for the Quantum - I had to pull the 310_410_ATT_ENG xml off the device, and copy your values into it when appropriate. There were some differences in flags set that were probably device-specific. There also seems to be some redundant code in the Quantum prov that must be necessary.
I just bought a Dell Venue Pro for myself - when I switch from Sprint to Straight Talk in a few weeks I get to start this whole process over again! From what I read there's a Dell App that will let me set the MMS settings though. Much easier switch than the Samsung and LG devices.
Now that you can just buy Straight Talk SIM's off the website, I can't believe more people don't make this switch. Especially AT&T customers - they already have a working phone, and Straight Talk will give them unlimited 3G for less half the contract price with no caps or throttling. No 4G I guess, but that has never been available on any carrier in my area so I don't mind. Over the course of 1 year I am going to save $500, and that includes the price of buying a new phone and paying an ETF.