topic Re: SMS conversion to MMS in Android

SMS conversion to MMS

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:17:50 GMT

I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and I've noticed that my account has been charged because of MMS messages. I've read some forums, etc. but can't manage to find anything useful to my situation.

Does anybody know if there is a way to stop the SMS>MMS conversion? I've had a look through the settings and I can't find anything to help.

I send long messages and I'd rather not be charged each time it happens... 😞

Thanks very much!

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:25:37 GMT

@Anonymous Long messages will convert to mms because messages only have certain amount of characters before they are classed as mms which includes emojis

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:27:17 GMT

So there's no way to stop this?

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:31:41 GMT

Not unless you use a free messenger app like WhatsApp

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:41:03 GMT

Okay, thank you.

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:42:18 GMT

Your welcome & welcome to the forum

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

MI5 — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 17:43:07 GMT

My help thread may be useful to you and you can usually switch off MMS in your settings but stay below 480 characters and you won't have a problem https://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Other-Products-and-Services/Accidental-MMS-Sending-and-How-to-Avoid-it/ba-p/1014132

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Kuribo — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:43:50 GMT

Download Google's Android Messages app from the play store and use that as your SMS app (or textra or whichever you prefer) it'll let you type as much as you want and send as SMS it doesn't convert to MMS after a certain limit like the (old) Samsung built in SMS app (the S8 SMS app doesn't do this).

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Martin-O2 — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:23:48 GMT

Great tip @Kuribo! Do you know if the app splits up long texts or just sends them as a one large MMS?

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Kuribo — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 09:54:27 GMT

It sends them as one long SMS, I use it to chat to a friend as we always type a lot and I used to go over the Samsung limit all the time! 😂

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Martin-O2 — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:05:22 GMT

@Kuribo Awesome thanks for the info! I have this issue sometimes so will check this app out.

Re: SMS conversion to MMS

Anonymous — Tue, 02 May 2017 09:33:46 GMT

This worked a treat!! And you can customize the look of your messages too!! Thank you!!