Unlike WhatsApp, where the other person must have the application installed and must be registered, sending MMS is a function that can be easily activated on any 32- or 64-bit Android phone.
Activating and configuring MMS requires a few steps. If you want to know how configure and activate the function Messaging Service. Multimedia on your android phone to send text, picture, audio and video messages, read on.
Configure and activate the MMS function
First of all you have to take into account that to use MMS mobile data is required, this is because it also uses an internet connection. And to activate it you just have to follow the following steps:
- In your menu go directly to "Settings"
- Look where it says "Wireless connections"
- Access "Mobile networks"
- Select the option that says "Access Point Names" or it might appear directly as an APN
- Tap where it says "Restore Defaults"
After following these simple steps, your phone will automatically download the MMS settings, so you don't need to do anything else. From now on, by simply selecting the APN option, you will be able to access the Internet to send multimedia files via MMS.
This way of activating MMS is automatic, some people prefer to do it manually, so if you are one of those people who also want to learn how to do it yourself, follow the steps below:
- Open “Settings” on your Android phone
- Tap the option that says "Wireless connections", then select the option "Other".
- Log in where it says "Mobile networks"
- Tap the option "Access Point Names" or "APN". (On some devices this option may vary)
- Tap where it says "New APN". In many models this option is represented only by the plus symbol (+) and is used to manually add the settings needed to activate MMS.
- Now you need to enter the following information requested by the mobile device:
- First name.
- APN
- Username.
- Password. (It's important to think of one you won't forget)
- MMSC.
- MMS proxy.
- MMC.
- MNC.
- Authentication type.
- tipo APN.
- Vector.
- To finish, you just have to select the option "Save". This option can only be recommended to someone who already knows all the data on your phone and the connection you use, which in this case would be the phone line you use.
Send MMS to other devices
Once you have configured and activated the APN option to be able to send MMS, your phone will be ready to perform this function without any problem. If you want to learn how to send it, you need to follow the following steps:
- Log into the messaging application on your phone.
- Select "Send new message" or the option with the plus sign (+).
- Enter the name or contact number of the person you want to send your first MMS to.
- Next to the bar that says "Send message" tap the little symbol that looks like a paper clip.
- It will now show various shipping options. In the case of this mobile device, you can take a photo immediately and below you have the options to choose an image from your gallery, send an audio note or very well send a video.
- Once you have selected what to send, it will appear as a small image. Just select the normal option to send a message, wait for the phone to use the necessary mobile data and voila, within a few seconds your first multimedia message will be sent.
