[Q] Unable to download texts with attachments on Straight Talk

May 8, 2012
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Hey everyone. To set the conditions, I'm using Straight Talk as my carrier with their ATT compatibible nano-Sim. My N6 is also bone stock...not rooted or ROM'd...yet :D

As the title states, whenever I recieve a text with data attached to it (picture or video), it will not download. When this occurs, the message I get gives basic info (text time, size, sender) and then says "tap to download" and when I do it says "Downloading" then eventually says "Failed to download."

Ironically, I can send a text with attachments and it is received without issue. Test subjects were my wife's iPhone 5s, also using a Straight Talk ATT compatible nano sim and my parents, both on with GS4's on contract with Verizon. Also, regular texts (text only, no attachments) seem to come through just fine.

I've used S-T's app from the Play Store to walk me through setting all the APN fields, but that only screws things up. When I do this, I lose celluar data capability, but luckily the phone calling works. To fix, I just "restore to default" in the APN menue. I've Googled and found various "how to fix APNs for Android on Straight Talk" and updated all the settings according to those guides, with the same results: I lose celluar data capability but retain capability to make calls.

If you use S-T with their ATT nano-sim and you can recieve texts with pictures or attachments (MMS), would you mind posting screen shots of your APN settings, please?
 

jj14

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Check to see if you have mobile data enabled. MMS requires mobile data (not just WiFi) to download attachments.
 
May 8, 2012
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Check to see if you have mobile data enabled. MMS requires mobile data (not just WiFi) to download attachments.
Thanks. Yes, mobile data is enabled. I have full LTE signal and can surf the web and send texts with attachments without issue. It's recieving/downloading texts with attachments that seem to be the problem. :confused: