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Finally MMS, Tether and VVM on 3GS on AT&T

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garciarios

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Sep 6, 2008
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I finally got it to work after nights of no sleep and dreams about it. I was previously successful on the 3g with a post from this forum but failed on the 3gs time after time after following many different threads. I mixed and matched ideas, threads, sim cards and finally got it to work flawlessly and been working for the last 24 hours. I can send Pictures and Video. I had given up on MMS on the 3GS but had a dream about mms so I kept trying lol. :cool:

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Here is what you do.

1. Update the carrier file on your iphone then reboot your iphone. Once iphone reboot update carrier file again and remove sim.

2. Setting-General-Network-Cellular Data AND ENTER ON ALL FIELDS *****except first line in voicemail enter "acds.voicemail"****
APN: wap.cingular
Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM (CAPS
Password: CINGULAR1 (CAPS)
MMSC: mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32
MMS Max Message Size: [leave blank]
MMS UA Prof URL: [leave blank]
HIT the home button then leave iphone alone DO NOT REBOOT!!!!

3. insert sim into an mms capable att phone. Make a 1 minute phone call (No need to log into ATT or call ATT).

4. Go to https://mymedianet.wireless.att.com/ (on your computer) and register for media net while sim is in mms capable phone if it give you an error saying that phone is not capable of media make another phone call until it lets you register it. It will tell you that a text was sent to that phone with a 4 digit pin and it will ask you for the pin. You will receive a text with the pin enter the pin on your computer then hit continue. It will ask you for an email if its the first time you register if it does enter your email then hit continue. After that send a picture (mms) from the non iphone.

5. Log into ATT and under your number if you still see an iphone manually switch it to the mms capable phone. Go to features and change it to a regular text plan not an iphone text plan. (If you currently have family iphone text you will have to change it to the 1500 text plan then change it to unlimited family text (not iphone text plan)
***Your account must say under features "Messaging Unlimited for Families - Shared" (NOT Iphone Text)

6.Remove SIM from non iphone and insert it into the iphone. DO NOT REBOOT IPHONE and also DO NOT GO INTO CELLULAR DATA SETTING. You will now have MMS on your iphone and it wont stop working unless you mess with setting or reboot phone.


I have tried it many times and never fails. Please Sticky......

BTW I got it working flawlessly to where I put it on my girls phone as well as my dads and friends.
 
You were probably just one of the lucky ones who got through the AT&T gauntlet, but why post about it if you're not going to share? "neener neener" posts are uncool.
 
Ntombi said:
You were probably Judy one of the lucky ones who got through the AT&T gauntlet, but why post about it if you're not going to share? "neener neener" posts are uncool.
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Ok I added the insttructions to my first post and there is NO NEED to CALL ATT and go through their Gauntlet lol.
 
notjustgc said:
Which carrier file? There must be five or six different ones floating around the forums...
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I have it on my desktop dont remember where I got it. From what I understand all the 6 you reffer to are the same they just update the carrier file to 5.0. I can upload it just not sure where I can upload it to for you guys.

BTW I been sending mass MSS this morning and still working flawlessly
 
i have personally done this exact same thing with another att phone that has mms..

my account does not have the opt out and i still cant send mms.


but i can wait till att enables it..so im good...
 
iphone.aggie said:
Do we really need another MMS thread that just repeats the same stuff over and over?
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This isnt the same thread because there is yet a thread that makes 3gs work with mms. But I can just delete the instructions no problem.

BTW also works with 3g
 
notjustgc said:
Which carrier file? There must be five or six different ones floating around the forums...
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Which file? Like he said there are more carrier files than MMS threads on here. Dose your visual voicemail work too?
 
You know, with all the options out there, twitter, flickr and everything else - who really sends MMS anymore anyways? Really? I am not saying that because the phone still can't do it, I am saying that because since I got the iPhone last year - I have never had a need to do that.

I have email, pixelpipe, flickr and a couple of other apps that I use. I think MMS is an outdated form of communication. It only still exists for the people who DON'T have smart phones. For everyone else, your phone has internet, wifi, yahoo, aim, msn, beejive and god knows what else.

Am I the only one that thinks this? Even if I had MMS I probably would never use it.
 
AbSoluTc said:
You know, with all the options out there, twitter, flickr and everything else - who really sends MMS anymore anyways? Really? I am not saying that because the phone still can't do it, I am saying that because since I got the iPhone last year - I have never had a need to do that.

I have email, pixelpipe, flickr and a couple of other apps that I use. I think MMS is an outdated form of communication. It only still exists for the people who DON'T have smart phones. For everyone else, your phone has internet, wifi, yahoo, aim, msn, beejive and god knows what else.

Am I the only one that thinks this? Even if I had MMS I probably would never use it.
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It's just you and one other person that thinks this. :)
 
garciarios said:
This isnt the same thread because there is yet a thread that makes 3gs work with mms. But I can just delete the instructions no problem.

BTW also works with 3g
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Does it still work after you reset your phone or do a "reset network settings" ?
 
AbSoluTc said:
Lol, so you like MMS huh? Whatever works for you. I just really have no need for it.
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I'm mostly tired of getting messages I can't open that have pictures attached. I think it's ridiculous to have to make sure everyone I know knows my email address. It would be so much simpler for most people to just use my phone number (like all the rest of the cell phones out there!)
 
AbSoluTc said:
You know, with all the options out there, twitter, flickr and everything else - who really sends MMS anymore anyways?
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Well, you must not have any girls that send you naked pics, because twitter and flicker dont allow nudity.

BTW: wheres the OP I wonder if his MMS is still working
 
TSX said:
Well, you must not have any girls that send you naked pics, because twitter and flicker dont allow nudity.

BTW: wheres the OP I wonder if his MMS is still working
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The OP doesn't answer a number of questions, to be frank (like the carrier file he used, why his iPhone doesn't get sweeped like the rest of the people who got MMS to work, etc.). I'll be glad when AT&T finally officially gives it to us, so we won't see these threads anymore. :D
 
iphone.aggie said:
I'm mostly tired of getting messages I can't open that have pictures attached. I think it's ridiculous to have to make sure everyone I know knows my email address. It would be so much simpler for most people to just use my phone number (like all the rest of the cell phones out there!)
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See, I forgot about that :) Thanks for reminding me. You are correct.


rhett7660 said:
Sooo because YOU have no need, others don't?? :rolleyes:
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Yeah, because I definitely said that in my post. :rolleyes:


TSX said:
Well, you must not have any girls that send you naked pics, because twitter and flicker dont allow nudity.

BTW: wheres the OP I wonder if his MMS is still working
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Nope, I don't get nekid pics on my phone. Thankfully. :)
 
trying this method out now.

I will be glad to answer all questions if it works :p
 
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