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Picture messages (MMS) aren’t working

How to fix issues with picture messages.

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Written by Andy Collins
Updated this week

There are a few things that might stop you from sending picture messages (MMS).

You might have no credit, or it might be bigger than 300 KB. MMS are not included in our plan so you'll need to make sure you have at least 30p credit to send each picture message.

  • Make sure your MMS is no more than 300 KB

  • If you have credit, then it may be that your phone's APN settings are incorrect. Check out our APN settings guide for more info

  • If you still can't send MMS, for example you see a message like "service not activated on network", you'll need to have a chat with one of our giffgaff agents

How to check your credit balance

  1. Logging into your account at my giffgaff,

  2. Dialling 43430 and pressing Option 2

  3. Texting “INFO” to 85075


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