Fix SMS converting to MMS in Galaxy and other Android Phones (Guide)
SMS converting to MMS in Samsung Galaxy phones and many other Android phones is a headache for many users around the world. The problem may occur in the cloned copies of the Android phones. It can also be caused by malware, dirty apps and data chunk out the bounds problems. There are a very few ways to solve auto conversion of SMS to MMS problem in Galaxy phones. If you have a rooted Android device then things can be easy for you. If not, still, you can solve this problem. The first way is to install a perfect app that does not only stop automatic conversion of SMS to MMS, but also gives a good messaging experience.
Fix SMS converting to MMS in Android/Galaxy Error
Using Handcent App
Meet Handcent, a messaging app for Android that is very famous around the world. It gives an explicit option for its users to stop SMS converting to MMS in Android phones. You can do so by following these steps.
Launch Handcent messaging apps in your Galaxy or any other Android phone.
Go to the Menu of the messages.
Go to Settings
Tap Send Message Settings
You will see a checkbox with an option ‘Auto-convert to MMS’. Uncheck this option and save the settings.
Enjoy! You just got rid of SMS converting to MMS in Samsung Galaxy error. You can now easily write long messages, full of emojis and your message will not be converted to MMS. This app basically overrides the device’s internal settings. This is because of the fact that when you send messages from this app, you are no longer using the native system messaging app of your device.
Using Native Settings from Messages
But many people are not happy installing third party apps in their phones. People with older devices facing SMS converting to MMS error in Android may feel that their phone has gone slow after installing messaging apps. If you don’t want to install app, follow the process given below.
Go to Messages of your Android phone.
Press Menu button and go to Settings.
There will be an option called ‘Input Mode’ or Encoding.
You will see 3-4 options in it. If ‘Automatic’ or Unicode s selected, that means that your device is converting SMS to MMS automatically in Android.
Change this setting to ‘GSM’ alphabet.
That’s it. This is how to fix SMS converting to MMS error in Android in Samsung Galaxy and other Android smartphones. You can either use the app or perform this operation.