Librem 5 MMS Australia

[Nico1]

@nscomputing

You can see Optus APN settings for Android here: https://www.apnsettings.org/australia/optus-apn-settings-for-android/

Optus MMS Settings for Android:

Name: Optus MMS
APN: mms
Proxy: Not set
Port: Not set
Username: Not set
Password: Not set
Server: Not set
MMSC: http://mmsc.optus.com.au:8002/
MMS proxy: 61.88.190.10
MMS port: 8070
MCC: 505
MNC: 02
Authentication type: PAP
APN type: mms
APN protocol: Ipv4
Enable/disable APN: APN Enabled
Bearer: Unspecified
MVNO type : None
MVNO Value : Notset

Thanks for this info @nscomputing, Everything appears to be working!

[Nico1]

@stookie

Hi Nico1,

I’m on Optus now due to the Telstra issues I mentioned above. (Actually, circles.life, which uses the Optus network).

Some of these are from memory, as I had to put the sim back into an old Android, too many issues with the L5 for now.

Step 1: choose the “yesinternet” APN, disable WiFi, and confirm you can access the internet, like through a web browser.

Step 2: manually create a new APN, called “Optus MMS” or similar. Enter as many details as possible from nscomputing’s post above, but note most don’t get entered when adding a new APN. From memory, the APN is actually the only one needed.

Step 3: open chatty, the SMS/MMS app, open Preferences from the 3-line menu, open “SMS and MMS Settings”, then enter:

• MMSC: http://mmsc.optus.com.au:8002/
• APN: mms
• Proxy: 61.88.190.10:8070
  and apply

Step 4: now here’s the catch, you can only have mobile internet or MMS messages at once, due to a (hopefully temporary!!!) restriction on the L5. To get MMS messages, go back to the APN screen and select the APN you created in Step 2. Then you should be able to send MMSs, and receive any sent to you.

So how to do you know when you have received an MMS? Run the following command, and if anything appears beyond the “mms” file, you have a message to download:
ls .mms/modemmanager/

I was writing a script that would automatically notify you, but that is on hold until I go back to using the L5 with the sim.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks @stookie, everything appears to work as within a minute of entering the info you and @nscomputing gave me, I received notification of a few mms messages a friend sent last week, which came up as expired though. (on '1970-01-01 09:59).

Do you happen to know if I need to do anything to change the date (my phone time and date settings are correct for AEST though)?

Referencing your step 4, when I’m at home I only use wifi on my L5, and so far, when I’ve been out I’ve turned off the kill switch for the wlan. So, my plan is to have mms set to on, and when I’m out, only access the mobile internet if I need to.

Thanks again.

[irvinewade]

@Nico1

1970-01-01 09:59

That’s just Unix base date/time expressed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) i.e. a time value of 0 - but offset by 10 hours for the timezone difference between GMT and AEST.

Why it is then out by 1 minute is a mystery. So it is really a time value of -60 (seconds).

What that means in terms of MMS and expiry I don’t know.

Probably get your friend to send another MMS now that things are working on your end.

[frank]

Hi Nico1
When I got MMS working on my Librem 5 I also got a lot of expired MMS messages
But now MMS is working fine for sending and receiving.
to set date time and syncing I used following commands, I have UBUNTU on my PC
But the commands also worked on the phone
To set the time to your specifications, use the following command:
Display Current Date and Time with timedatectl
In Terminal
To display the current time and date information, use the command:
timedatectl
Sync Time to NIST Atomic Clock
Set the Ubuntu system to synchronize to the NIST atomic clock with the following command:
sudo timedatectl set-ntp yes
How to Change the Date
Use the same command to define the date on the system:
sudo timedatectl set-time 2019-04-10
To set the time to your specifications, use the following command:
sudo timedatectl set-time 21:45:53

[frank]

Hi
i would like to update the Purism Community Wiki on the settings to config the MMS for Librem 5 for Australia Telechoice and OPTUS sims.
Any thoughts if this is a good idea, or not. Is there a better place for this?
However even though I tried to register many times for the wiki I never get a confirmation email.
So I cannot do the update even if I wanted to.
Frank

[carlosgonz]

@frank

i would like to update the Purism Community Wiki on the settings to config the MMS for Librem 5 for Australia Telechoice and OPTUS sims.

@amosbatto

[irvinewade]

@frank

Any thoughts if this is a good idea, or not.

Yes, good idea. I suggest adding a column to: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Cellular-Providers

@frank

Is there a better place for this?

Yes, upstream - so that Linux just works out of the box for that carrier.

[amosbatto]

Hi @frank, Post the changes here that you want to add, and I (or somebody else) will add them to the community wiki.

PS: Who we can pester at Purism, so that new people can be added to edit the community wiki?

[FranklyFlawless]

@amosbatto

PS: Who we can pester at Purism, so that new people can be added to edit the community wiki?

I would ask @joao.azevedo

Also, welcome back.

[frank]

Thanks Amos

Location	Provider	Bands provided	Modem	Calls	VoLTE	SMS	Data†	MMS	Notes	Sources
Australia	Telechoice	LTE1800 (B3) 2600 (B7) 900 (B8) 700 (B28)	BM818-T1	Yes	???	Yes	Yes	CHATS/Preferences/ SMS and MMS Settings SMIL for MMS ON CHATS/Preferences/ SMS and MMS Settings MMSC: http://mmsc.mdata.net.au:8003 APN: telstra.internet Proxy: 10.1.1.180 Settings/Mobile/Mobile Data ON Settings/Mobile/Access Point Names +(add new APN) Name: Telstra(next G) APN: telstra.internet (leave others blank)	SIM activated only on a large display using a dock	frankkolmann
Australia	OPTUS	LTE2100 (B1)1800 (B3) 2600 (B7) 900 (B8) 700 (B28) 2300(B40)	BM818-T1	Yes	???	Yes	Yes	CHATS/Preferences/ SMS and MMS Settings MMSC: http://mmsc.optus.com.au:8002/ APN: mms Proxy: 61.88.190.10:8070 Settings/Mobile/Moile Data ON Settings/Mobile/Access Point Names +(add new APN) Name: Optus MMS APN: mms (leave others blank)	SIM activated only on a large display using a dock	frankkolmann

[frank]

Hi Amos. I had a thought. Perhaps you can apply to be a Wiki Administrator.

[amosbatto]

I added the two entries in the Cellular providers table. There isn’t room to add more columns, so I added the MMS info under the “Notes” column.

If Purism gives you access to the community wiki, you can edit anything so effectively you become a wiki administrator. I’m guessing that Purism got so much spam, so they don’t want to add new people.

[frank]

Looks good. Thank you Amos.