category: MMS Messaging

How do I send an MMS?

These are the steps required to get MMS working: 

1. Get the content (images, text etc....) that you wish to send


2. Use the content from step 1) to create and encode an MMS file 


3. Host this MMS file on a webserver that is accessible to the rest of the world. It will then have a URL something like http://yourdomain.com/mymmsfile.mms 


4. Send an MMS notification to the handset via our gateway. This is basically a binary sms that tells the phone that an mms is being sent to it and it needs to download the MMS. It should then connect to your webserver (usually via gprs) and download the mms file quietly. It will then alert you if it worked. If not then it usually does nothing. 

For step 2 you can use the Nokia toolkit to create the file. You can download this from http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/d57da811-c7cf-48c8-995f-feb3bea36d11/Nokia_Mobile_Internet_Toolkit_4.1.html 


You might also need a Nokia Multimedia Converter for converting common multimedia files (AVI, WAV,
MP3 etc.) into standard 3GPP/AMR, Wide Band and Narrow Band supported formats for
use in mobile phone applications such as MMS (Multimedia Messaging).http://www.forum.nokia.com/info/sw.nokia.com/id/45bb041c-97c8-4dc9-a4c6-1c3313411189/nMMConverter_v2_0.zip.html



For step 3, this would probably be straight forward for a web developer. It would simply consist of uploading the content to the webserver. You would, however,  most likely have to add the following mime type to your webserver config: 

• AddType application/vnd.wap.mms-message .mms 

There are other mime types that you could possibly add to your server which may prove useful. These can be found in this FAQ


For step 4, you would need to perform a HTTP POST to our gateway. The info for this can be found here: http://www.aql.com/site/test_mms_si.htm This script contains the MMS notification gateway info.

More help available from technicians via our online support system.

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