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[Alfonso Sanchez-Beato <alfonso.sanchez-beato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Sergio Schvezov <
sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Krzysztof Tataradziński <
> ktatar156@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I found two problems related to MMS receiving. Look at screenshot with
>> APN settings - that is my default settings. I found that T-mobile.pl (MMS)
>> and heyahinternet (internet) turned on (ticked with green background)
>> automatically while I get MMS. Is that okey?
>> Second one - while I've got mobile data turned off, I can't get MMS. I
>> mean, that there is even no notification that there is pending MSS (and
>> with some tip 'turn mobile data on to download MMS').
>> Where's the problem? Please look at example:
>> 8:00 Mobile data turned on
>> ....
>> 12:02 Mobile data turned off
>> ...
>> 12:04 - someone send us MMS
>> 12:04 - we should get some information that there is MMS pending to
>> download - but we don't get it
>> ...
>> 12:10 Mobile data turned on
>> ...
>> In that case we don't know that someone send us MMS. Am I correct? Is
>> that a bug?
>> Many people has usually mobile data turned off (because of battery and
>> data costs), so I think that is big problem to many of us.
>>
>
> We can surely do a better job here with notifications. It is in the back
> burner to happen (store and forward).
>
> For what its worth, and this is indeed no justification, but it behaves
> like this on android too, if data is off your MMS gets lost unless the MMS
> engine of the provider insists on an *M-NotifyResp.ind *being sent (this
> can indicate immediate or deferred downloads, but requires having data).
>
> A user level notification is also in order for when a *M-Notification.ind
> *arrives and data is off.
>


There is a related bug that has been around for a while:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nuntium/+bug/1445380