[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] davethebossman:
Standardizing our posts on troubleshooting?

I think I'm addressing this to dstruct2k, but really it's open to anyone who thinks they can help. Using various modems on this thread, i've had varying degrees of speed in sending and receiving MMS texts (i'm strictly talking about pics).

-in MVLLE8 i receive the "pic incoming" message from an iphone in a matter of seconds, and my phone auto-retrieves that MMS and physically views the picture within 1 minute. To me, that is a functioning and fast MMS exchange. However, when sending an MMS pic to that same iphone, life becomes much more complex. Using GoSMSPro and/or the Stock Msging app it'll be "sending" for like 5 minutes; the problem is that my bro's iphone won't receive the MMS until about 5-10 min later with GoSMSPro or Stock Msging app.

-where's the consistency????

I think a big problem in this thread is twofold:

1. People (like me) might be tech-savvy but aren't quite able to diagnose/repair their situation by themselves

2. Not enough standardization when posting a thread.

I'm not trying to get pissed, it's quite the opposite. I'm zealous for this thread. I want my posts and my experimenting to be useful to someone else. So with that in mind, dstruct2k, i need you to help decide what a "standardized experiment" might consist of. If you tell me that, I can report in a format that might help others better.

For example:

***When migrating between any ROMs, I always do a Titanium backup, then do a cwm FORMAT of /sdcard and /data and then /sys. Then I reflash the stock S3 ROM, and finally I re-root and then install the new ROM through cwm***

-Telus Mobility i747m in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

-went from stock to Wicked ICS ROM v7 (stock-based ROM)

-SMS worked with Stock Msg and GoSMS, MMS was ridiculously unstable and either sent empty texts with Stock Msg or a "view pic at www.gosms.blahblahblah" using GoSMS

-called Telus, they reported that I needed only one APN for default,supl,mms,dun instead of the 2 APNs in my phone

-did as requested, saved as single APN entry, then rebooted phone

-no SMS or MMS functionality

-did factory reset to restore old APNs

-tried first modem, MVLLE8, using Stock Msg app and GoSMS app

----installed using cwm, then clear Dalvik, then reboot

----tested with another S3 on Telus, also tested with 2 different Telus iphones

----sent SMS to other devices

pass

, receive SMS from other devices

pass

----sent MMS pic to other devices

fail

(takes forever to upload, fails to send 50% of the time, takes around 8 mins if it ever receives)

----receive MMS from other phones

pass-ish

(works 50% of the time, no real rhyme or reason, other phones typically need to send the MMS multiple times)

K i'm going to stop typing... soon. Which of my problems might be due to GoSMS? Which due to the Wicked ROM (which, incidentally, is a T999 build according to the Titanium Backup system apps)? Which issues are because iphones are gay? What kind of MMS performance is "good enough" in the android world?

Again, dstruct2k, what is our "standard"? Only report usage of Stock Msg app? Locale of phone usage? Don't report any usage at all in this thread? This thread is suuuuuper important and I don't want it to become 600 pages long. You've done such a great job keeping the OP nice and I want it to be a rockin resource. So maybe we need to link a thread in the OP for a separate troubleshooting thread, or maybe insert a section in the OP of "people have found the MVLLE8 modem sucks in western Canada but rocks in central Canada". That kind of thing.

Chew on my massive post for a while. If anyone wants to suggest a standard for experimenting, please go ahead. And if anyone's got success with a ROM (***ICS only, i hate the broken garbage heap called JB***) and a modem firmware for an i747m on Telus Mobility in the Edmonton area, i'm all ears. Heck, i'm gonna be replacing my SIM because i can't even get reliable MMS using a completely stock phone with the Stock Msg app. SOMETHING must work!

David H

P.S. I know people have jobs, so I understand if i'm putting a lot on the OP's shoulders.