Google messages app slow to download sms

Symptoms "Tap to download" message Cannot receive multimedia (MMS) messages (group and picture) Environment Motorola Phones Messages by Google Resolution Check the MMS Auto-Download Setti. On your phone, turn your Wi-Fi off and back on. Make sure your phone and computer are connected to the internet with a strong signal. If you have connection problems, restart your phone. Make sure your phone has background data turned on for the Messages app. Open your device's settings. Tap Network internet Data usage Mobile data usage.  · I have an LG G5, using Android. I am using Messaging, not Messenger. Can receive but can’t open some text messages from an iphone. Says to Download the message but download always fails. I just change my setting from Wifi to Data and then try again. Message downloads. This has worked for the past few years for me. Hopefully this helps.

Make sure you have the most updated version of Messages. If you have a SIM card, ensure that it is inserted properly. If you're on Fi, sign in to the Project Fi app. Verify that Messages is set as your default texting app. Learn how to change your default texting app. Make sure your carrier supports SMS, MMS, or RCS messaging. Samsung adopted Google Messages as its default messaging app on the Galaxy S21 series, switching out its own Samsung Messages www.doorway.ru, Google seems to be making its SMS app even more suited for. This fixed my issue for about 24 hours. Then the app returned to being very slow and taking seconds or more to open a message thread. I uninstalled the current live version of and returned to the Pixel 5's factory default version of This corrected the issue for now.

Symptoms "Tap to download" message Cannot receive multimedia (MMS) messages (group and picture) Environment Motorola Phones Messages by Google Resolution Check the MMS Auto-Download Setti. Well, if you're sending it using Android Messages, you're sending an MMS. That means more than likely it's going over the mobile data connection unless your provider supports WiFi texting. So really, the problem is likely your cell reception. I have an LG G5, using Android. I am using Messaging, not Messenger. Can receive but can’t open some text messages from an iphone. Says to Download the message but download always fails. I just change my setting from Wifi to Data and then try again. Message downloads. This has worked for the past few years for me. Hopefully this helps.