Mint Mobile and MMS Settings

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Hello,

I have an L5 and am using Mint Mobile carrier. I’m trying to get MMS set up. I’m unable to get it to work. Is there anybody here who has an L5 with MM and is successfully sending and receiving MMS? If so, what settings did you use to get it set up?

Thanks!

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@Photon @spacemanspiffy

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I have an Ultra Mobile SIM in my L5, and Mint’s settings are nearly identical; they’re practically the same company anyway, and both owned by T-mobile now:

Go to:
Settings > Mobile > Access Point Names > Create APN if you haven’t already, or if it’s not there > Fill in:

Access Points

Name Mint
APN Wholesale

Save.

Then go to:
Chats > hamburger menu > Preferences > SMS and MMS Settings > Fill in:

MMSC http://wholesale.mmsmvno.com/mms/wapenc
APN Wholesale

Apply.

You shouldn’t have to fill in anything else, and it should start working immediately.

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I have used “Wholesale” in the past, but APN is set to “fast.t-mobile.com” now (I think it happened automatically). MNSC is set to “http://mms.msg.eng.t-mobile.com/mms/wapenc”. Works great for SMS and one-to-one messages with graphics/attachments, but is hit or miss for group texts. The misses are generally MMS messages clogged in the queue. Mostly, the clogs clear themselves on moving between towers, cycling the HKS or rebooting. Rarely, I need to unclog the queue from modem manager.

Seemed to perform about the same on “Wholesale”.

I haven’t yet found the time try SMS via Starlink. I will get to it eventually and post results.

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Confirming that this is my exact settings on “Mint by T-Mobile” as it’s called now, and SMS/MMS/calls/mobile data all work for me in the US.

Sometimes I go to my parents up in the mountains and my phone tells me I’m on AT&T. Everything still works, though.

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Mint’s plans [EDIT: POSSIBLY] include domestic roaming, as do Ultra Mobile’s and T-mobile’s. (In fact, there are Mint Mobile and T-mobile scripts running on the Ultra Mobile coverage map site. Zoom the map in to see roaming partner coverage; apparently Mint’s map doesn’t show it.)

See Ultra Mobile’s FAQ about domestic roaming.

[EDIT: I’ve been looking for a reference I saw earlier about domestic roaming with Mint, but now don’t see it. There are datapoints that they do not offer it, but that may have changed when T-mobile bought them recently. @spacemanspiffy 's experience would seem to indicate that they do, and Mint’s official T&C page, Section 8.11 mentions it, without explicitly saying that it’s included. They also seem to avoid saying it when listing plan features, so… :man_shrugging: . They proudly proclaim “free roaming in Canada,” though, probably thanks to Ryan Reynolds. Also beneficial if you’re near the border with Canada and happen to hit on the foreign cell towers.]

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