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I've had fmms working for quite some time, pretty much since it's creation over a year ago. (Off an on... there were a few broken versions where it stopped working, then started again. :)

It's rather simple to setup if you follow the wiki age (linked on the first page of the forum announce thread) and follow the instructions there. Fmms shouldn't be using 3G at all, it's all done over 2G, thus the need for a separate APN listing. I doubt it's fmms that's using that much data in any case, as the max size for MMS is typically in the 40 to 50K range. More likely it's App Manager, which can use 20MB to 30MB of data per online hit if it's updating and you have extras-devel enabled.

As for those with an "extra" MMS connection, that should have been removed when fmms was uninstalled. If it wasn't you can always grab the fapn utility to remove the extra apn, or search the online forum for the thread about how to remove it by hand via xterm. (fapn is much simpler though.) The best place to get help for this is really the forum, as most people don't subscribe to the mailing lists.


---- Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> wrote:

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I could never get mms working on my phone despite having fmms and the
correct settings which my service provider set on my phone.
Are there any other N900 users who had success with this?

A recent effort to receive a mms resulted (after several aborted
connections) in a warning that I have used more than 100Mb of 3G
connection. That is expensive!

Regards
Johann

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> wrote:
> I could never get mms working on my phone despite having fmms and the
> correct settings which my service provider set on my phone.
> Are there any other N900 users who had success with this?

Yes, I think it works for most people who tried it based on feedback
in the forums. Some people have trouble with it, though. Configuring
it with the proper settings for your mobile provider can be tricky,
most of the big ones are in the Wiki pages, but specific settings
might different based on your mobile plan. If you have access to
another phone which has working MMS, put your SIM in it and then find
the settings that it uses, that might be the easiest way to go.

> A recent effort to receive a mms resulted (after several aborted
> connections) in a warning that I have used more than 100Mb of 3G
> connection.  That is expensive!

N900 is designed for flat-rate data plans.

Some ways to limit data usage are to disable automatic internet
connection, disable automatic update checks in gconf (see wiki),
disable automatic email checks (otherwise it will check every time you
connect, regardless of schedule). Remove widgets that access internet,
like weather, facebook, RSS, etc.

Good luck
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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Johann Spies <johann.spies@gmail.com> wrote:
> I could never get mms working on my phone despite having fmms and the
> correct settings which my service provider set on my phone.
> Are there any other N900 users who had success with this?

Yes, I think it works for most people who tried it based on feedback
in the forums. Some people have trouble with it, though. Configuring
it with the proper settings for your mobile provider can be tricky,
most of the big ones are in the Wiki pages, but specific settings
might different based on your mobile plan. If you have access to
another phone which has working MMS, put your SIM in it and then find
the settings that it uses, that might be the easiest way to go.

> A recent effort to receive a mms resulted (after several aborted
> connections) in a warning that I have used more than 100Mb of 3G
> connection.  That is expensive!

N900 is designed for flat-rate data plans.

Some ways to limit data usage are to disable automatic internet
connection, disable automatic update checks in gconf (see wiki),
disable automatic email checks (otherwise it will check every time you
connect, regardless of schedule). Remove widgets that access internet,
like weather, facebook, RSS, etc.

Good luck
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