Unknowingly sent Picture Messages?

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Hello,

My girlfriend has just had a unexpectedly large phone bill, after investigation this looks like it’s due to her unknowingly sending and receiving picture messages (when she thought it was a standard text message), after having a quick look I can’t tell the difference between normal message and a picture message on either phone? I’ve got a Galaxy Note 2 and she has a Galaxy 3, is there an easy way to tell the difference and I’m missing it?

Or is there any easy to use app that will stop picture messages? (I use Whatsapp for pictures anyway).

Thanks
 
As above if shes just running stock firmware and the stock sms app then anything over 3 sms long will automatically become mms
 
She's sending one or two words! Does anyone know how to tell the difference between a MMS and a text easily within Android? (Let’s assume she's not “sending and receiving naked pictures with some dude” for now…)
 
I have an HTC One-X and in my messages screen (I happened to send an MMS earlier) it says the folllowing for the message I sent:

"Me: Multimedia Message." - I then press it to see what I sent.

On normal texts it doesn't say this. It just has a short preview of the text message with the date and time stamp and who I've sent the text to.

Hope that helps/makes sense.
 
I think it allows you to do attachments on MMS, it's not 100% obvious but size is the usual thing. I'd suggest you use whatsapp/gtalk/<anything else>.
 
From what I see every text I start allows me to add a picture etc. I assumed at that point the text would convert to a MMS?

I can't see a way of starting a Text message that doesn't have the option to attach a picture?

I thought I’d missed something obvious but it appears not, if your contract doesn’t include picture messages this is a big deal…if all messages are charged at MMS rate this adds up very quickly (my girlfriend has never knowingly sent a text message and uses Whatsapp for all multimedia texts).
 
ssmacc said:
From what I see every text I start allows me to add a picture etc. I assumed at that point the text would convert to a MMS?

I can't see a way of starting a Text message that doesn't have the option to attach a picture?

I thought I’d missed something obvious but it appears not, if your contract doesn’t include picture messages this is a big deal…if all messages are charged at MMS rate this adds up very quickly (my girlfriend has never knowingly sent a text message and uses Whatsapp for all multimedia texts).
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Your messages aren't converted to MMS until they're over 3 texts long. It's not that all your messages are automatically MMS, you just have the option to add a photo and turn it into an MMS. Download an alternative SMS app, something like GoSMS, and it should show a little paperclip icon next to the threads containing MMS messages.
 
It’s on honest question, no one has an answer, it’s very hard, almost impossible to tell the difference between a text and a picture message, I’ve looked on my Note 2 and I can’ tell if the short messages are text or MMS?
 
SpaghettiOs said:
Your messages aren't converted to MMS until they're over 3 texts long. It's not that all your messages are automatically MMS, you just have the option to add a photo and turn it into an MMS. Download an alternative SMS app, something like GoSMS, and it should show a little paperclip icon next to the threads containing MMS messages.
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Here is the app I use

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In this text I am on 1 message, I have 147 characters left out of 160 until I go into 2 text messages
If she is typing messages over 480 characters its probably turning into an mms. It can be disabled
 
What is that app?

Her texts are very short that’s not the problem, I'll give that app a go (on my phone as well).

I suspect she has been sent a picture messages and the replies have all been MMS despite been short texts...

Thanks.
 
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I'm pretty sure that replies I have sent to MMS's have been sent as SMS, but I guess behaviour might vary between messaging apps.
 
Is this a Samsung thing?, or do other Manufacturers do it??! Cos My Xperia Arc just sends Mahoosive texts as multiple texts (I've sent 10 in a row once! :D ) thankfully as I hate using txt spk :)
 
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