Auto downloads and photos not showing up in text messages :(

I just got a Samsung Galaxy S4 and I noticed that my phone automatically downloads updates onto my phone. It burned through a huge chunk of my data, so I turned the auto update feature off....I think. (Honestly, I still don't know my way around my phone..the user manual was SO great.) Anyway, I discovered that when people send me photos in text messages, I can't view (download) them. Is there any way I can keep my updates as manual and still get photos via text?

Changing your Play Store settings to not automatically update apps or to just update over wi-fi has no effect on your texts.
Picture texts cannot be sent/received over wi-fi ... they require a mobile data connection.  The Auto Network Switch is what tells the phone to switch to mobile data when picture texts are sent/received whenever you have both mobile data and wi-fi enabled.
To send/receive picture texts, you need to ensure that your mobile data is turned on ... and again, picture texts count against your text plan, not your data plan.
I'm on wi-fi most of the time, so I keep my mobile data turned off until I need it.  I leave my text app sent to Auto Retrieve.  Whenever I want to send a picture text or I get a notice that I've received one (it tells you in the notification shade that you have a text that needs downloading), I turn mobile data on long enough for the text(s) to send/receive, then turn it back off.
Does this help, or is it clear as mud? 

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