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Alternatively use a different SMS/MMS client such as TextSecure.

To quote moxie: "We don't do any pre-processing that involves stagefright. There are no technical details at all available about this vulnerability (for maximum hype), but you'd have to physically tap on the media and then click through a warning about playing media insecurely before stagefright got involved."

https://github.com/WhisperSystems/TextSecure/issues/3817

See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9959070



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