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AT&T Customer Reports of iPhone MMS Activation Surfacing

Hey everyone, thanks to Andy A. I now have an IPCC that will enable MMS a little bit differently in the ipcc itself. For this one you will not need to enter a username or password or anything. I am currently rewriting my guide, then I will post the new guide and IPCC.

For this one, all you will have to do is upload the ipcc to your phone, reboot, and bam...it will also enable tethering if you are on 3.0 or 3.0.1 but just MMS if you are on 3.1.
 
jatt559 said:
did you not read my post... i'm on individual plan
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Actually, I did, and I tried it your way, but with no luck.
I was just wanting others who have gotten it to work on the Individual plan to post how they did it, if different.
 
This link will now take you to the new guide, which includes a link to download the updated IPCC

http://adam.midlane.net/iPhone/iPhoneMMS.pdf

This one also keeps group texts as SMS's instead of changing them to MMS.

*NOTE* This will give you AT&T 5.2 on your about screen, this is just for convenience purposes to allow us to be able to tell the difference in IPCC's.

For just the newest IPCC:
http://adam.midlane.net/iPhone/ATT_US.ipcc
 
After updating I noticed that my 3G coverage seemed pretty poor and was reverting to Edge almost all the time. This is in a static location that has always provided me with perfect full bar 3G coverage. I have since reverted back to the previous v5.0, and am back to full bars under 3G service on a continuous basis. Any ideas on that?
 
Still receiving "!" after send...

ashad0509 said:
This link will now take you to the new guide, which includes a link to download the updated IPCC

http://adam.midlane.net/iPhone/iPhoneMMS.pdf

This one also keeps group texts as SMS's instead of changing them to MMS.

*NOTE* This will give you AT&T 5.2 on your about screen, this is just for convenience purposes to allow us to be able to tell the difference in IPCC's.

For just the newest IPCC:
http://adam.midlane.net/iPhone/ATT_US.ipcc
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Hi there,

I've downloaded the new IPCC and followed the new direction and I am still receiving "!" after I hit the send button.

How do I remove opt out service from AT&T?
Can I do this on line or do I have to call customer service or go to AT&T store?
 
i can sync my iphone on my macbook or imac, both have identical info. i did the update on the macbook. if i sync on my imac will it go back to the old ipcc or since its on my phone now it will move over tho imac as well?
 
iPhonen00be said:
Hi there,

I've downloaded the new IPCC and followed the new direction and I am still receiving "!" after I hit the send button.

How do I remove opt out service from AT&T?
Can I do this on line or do I have to call customer service or go to AT&T store?
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I am online chatting with a rep right now, but looks like I will have no luck.
Maybe I can get a favor from a friend who works at an AT&T store.

opt1.jpg
 
2nd. i've called ATT and asked about the opt-out. they say there's no such thing and that iphones can't yet send picture messages. i explained to the rep that people can, and have. she didn't know what i was talking about.

should we have an opt out on our accounts or not? i guess the question is, what should we be asking the reps to do?

in addition, earlier in this thread, someone mentioned that you can make changes to your online account. where? i don't see any opt-out under the 'manage features' area.

iPhonen00be said:
Hi there,

I've downloaded the new IPCC and followed the new direction and I am still receiving "!" after I hit the send button.

How do I remove opt out service from AT&T?
Can I do this on line or do I have to call customer service or go to AT&T store?
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pprshell said:
I am online chatting with a rep right now, but looks like I will have no luck.
Maybe I can get a favor from a friend who works at an AT&T store.

opt1.jpg
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Please do ask your friend and let us know... I have been dying to get MMS feature on iPhone since the day 1...

I've just got off the phone with AT&T customer service and here is my exact conversation:

ATT REP: "How may I help you today?"
Me: "Is MMS blocked on my account?"
ATT REP: "No, you have unlimited data and txts for your iPhone plan. Currently, iPhone is not capable of MMS until the 25th of this month"
Me: "Okay, I will wait 'till the 25th then. Thank you"
 
mdwsta4 said:
2nd. i've called ATT and asked about the opt-out. they say there's no such thing and that iphones can't yet send picture messages. i explained to the rep that people can, and have. she didn't know what i was talking about.

should we have an opt out on our accounts or not? i guess the question is, what should we be asking the reps to do?

in addition, earlier in this thread, someone mentioned that you can make changes to your online account. where? i don't see any opt-out under the 'manage features' area.
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I just called and asked if my MMS was blocked... I have no idea what opt out code is or anything... and it's not available on-line.
 
iPhonen00be said:
Please do ask your friend and let us know... I have been dying to get MMS feature on iPhone since the day 1...

I've just got off the phone with AT&T customer service and here is my exact conversation:

ATT REP: "How may I help you today?"
Me: "Is MMS blocked on my account?"
ATT REP: "No, you have unlimited data and txts for your iPhone plan. Currently, iPhone is not capable of MMS until the 25th of this month"
Me: "Okay, I will wait 'till the 25th then. Thank you"
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Theres your main problem...you are on the iphone plan...

PEOPLE: calling is not going to do any good, they won't change anything.
and having a friend who works at a store wont do any good either. he doesnt have the same system and tech support
 
ashad0509 said:
Theres your main problem...you are on the iphone plan...

PEOPLE: calling is not going to do any good, they won't change anything.
and having a friend who works at a store wont do any good either. he doesnt have the same system and tech support
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Then what plan do I need to have in order to get this MMS working before the 25th of this month? Business plan/Enterprise? What's the difference?
 
MMS tip-make sure contacts include area codes

My wife and I did the hack and got our 3gs's to work. They worked when sending from the message app. However only my wifes worked when trying to send them from the camera app. I discovered when I entered my wifes contact info in the contact app I did not enter her area code so the mms I kept sending didnt recognize her. As soon as I put her area code in I could mms from the camera app. Just a tip.
 
Guess I got a bit overzealous. I can wait another week. Just was hoping that it would work now, instead. With the option to do it but with ! is just a tease :p
 
michial said:
My wife and I did the hack and got our 3gs's to work. They worked when sending from the message app. However only my wifes worked when trying to send them from the camera app. I discovered when I entered my wifes contact info in the contact app I did not enter her area code so the mms I kept sending didnt recognize her. As soon as I put her area code in I could mms from the camera app. Just a tip.
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What did you do to make it work?? I followed the exact direction but mine still doesn't work... Only shows "!" everytime...
 
first off your prolly old second i have a couple of lady friends who like to send me pictures of themselves and it kinda ruins the mood saying oh yeah btw you gotta send to my email bc at&t is lame and won't release mms and apple is 4 yrs late on it, and i won't be fishy ill be straight up. I WANT MMS TO SEE PICTURES OF MY FRIENDS BOOBAGE!


*LTD* said:
Is it just me, or does no one really use MMS to begin with?

It's either text messages or email.

All this hoopla over missing MMS is a tempest in a teapot. People seem to want it not because they're actually going to use it, but because they can then claim their device is feature complete, or finally has a feature that other devices have had for years, etc. In other words, the motivations of the complainers seems fishy.
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am I screwed???

Great site first off... I told a buddy about the process regarding getting the mms feature. I have a 3gs - which he jailbroke etc. He followed the directions from the pdf however one minor oversight (I hope...) I did not have the 3.1 update before he did anything with it... I am terrible w/ computers and only use my mac for pics and home movie editing... Please Help or am I screwed???
 
runeasgar said:
so.. having read all this, am i correct in assuming that no one's phone simply.. started working with mms?

it sounds like everyone had to do some sort of modification to something they wouldn't normally be modifying.

did anybody's phone "just start working"?
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My phone "just started working" after I upgraded to 3.1. I haven't hacked anything since upgrading to 3.1, but I did try to hack it to get it working on jailbroken 3.0.1 with no luck. Upgrade to 3.1 seemed to be the magic bullet for me. I'm in Central Florida and have the unlimited family messaging plan.
 
francoA6 said:
Great site first off... I told a buddy about the process regarding getting the mms feature. I have a 3gs - which he jailbroke etc. He followed the directions from the pdf however one minor oversight (I hope...) I did not have the 3.1 update before he did anything with it... I am terrible w/ computers and only use my mac for pics and home movie editing... Please Help or am I screwed???
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Is there something wrong with your iPhone? Or is everything working besides the MMS feature?

If there is something wrong with your iPhone try a Hard reset by holding power and home button for 5 seconds until it powers back up. If this doesn't work then the only thing you can do is plug it in to iTunes and hit restore which brings you back to the last backed up stage. This should solve your problem.
 
Voice mail feature not working - the mms feature semi-worked. I have the camera icon but when I tried to send I got the red exclamation mark.
 
updated itunes and iphone

have at&t carrier 5.0 still nothing, i guess it just depends on what state you live in if you get it or not, went to my message setting nothing about mms and no camera icon so i'm just gonna wait another ten days
 
CaryMacGuy said:
Is there anyone in San Antonio area (area code 210) that has MMS???
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I'm in SA now with a 210 and after making the text plan change I was able to get MMS working.. There was a hint a while back that said to put your sim into another phone and make a few calls in the other phone, then login to your AT&T account and change the text plan from iPhone Text to a Normal Text plan...it would see the phone change and allow you to do this..

This seems to have worked along with making the changes as noted in tonight's postings by krillr and then the updates to the fields.. the combo of these 3 seemed to get it working for me...

YMMV....Rick.
 
if you are on Carrier 5.0 then you haven't followed either of the guides at all....The latest will put you on 5.2 and the guide before that puts you at 5.1
 
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