Review of Save MMS for Google Android & How to Use It

Written by:  • Edited by: Simon Hill
Updated Jul 6, 2011
• Related Guides: Android
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Have you ever received pictures in a text message and want to save the picture? Only to find out that you cannot. If so, the Save MMS application in the Google Android Market is the application for you. Save MMS gives the ability to save pictures in an easy and timely fashion.

Using Save MMS

By default, the T-Mobile G1 is not able to save pictures from multimedia messages (MMS). You have the ability to text message and send pictures, but when a picture comes in you cannot save it. There are ways around this, such as forwarding them to your email and saving them as an attachment, but who wants to take the time to do all that?

This is where the Save MMS application comes into play. Save MMS is a fairly simple app that lets you save pictures that have come through in MMS message form to your Google Android based device. When you receive an MMS message and want to save the picture that came along with it all you have to do is launch the Save MMS application, the application will then automatically find the pictures that have come through as attachments and are in your text message inbox.

After Save MMS finds your text messages you can then select the picture that you would like to save, rename the picture, and save it to the SD card. Pictures get saved to the SD card in a folder called SavedMMS.

The default path to the saved files after you've selected which ones to save is then as simple as navigating to sdcard\savedmms. Unfortunately there is currently no option to change the folder where the pictures get stored.

The Verdict
Rating Good

Overall, the Save MMS application is a winner. It does what the title says it does, it enables you to save MMS pictures. I would recommend this application to those who text often and would like to save some of the pictures they get and not be forced to keep the whole message forever all because of that picture that they didn’t want to lose.

The Save MMS app is located in the Google Android Market under: Applications | Tools. You can also find it by pressing the search key on the G1 and inputting the application name in the search field.


Comments

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Sharon Waugh Jan 11, 2011 1:18 PM
Downloads
Thank you so much. After an hour on the phone with Sprint's technical support they finally told me there was no way to save pictures from Text messages. I got lucky to view your site. Worked perfectly!

Thanks!
Kellie Jan 9, 2011 10:01 PM
It worked for me
I did what Steve said to do which was shutting down my phone and restarting it and the pics saved on Save MMS appeared in my gallery. I had to shut down my phone a few times to get all the pics but it worked:) Thanks!
Anne Dec 5, 2010 11:40 AM
Save MMS for Xperia
I couldn' find the application on my phone, Xperia 10 mini Pro, when searching the app name.
Steve Oct 28, 2010 10:35 AM
Access
The only way I've found is to shut down and restart the phone, then they appear in gallery
Diane Nardon Aug 12, 2010 12:07 PM
Then What
So i downloaded the app Save MMS and saved the pictures. Easy. Now what? How do I access them or set them as wallpaper
 
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