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How To Enable MMS/Tethering For 3.0 GM (AT&T)

smallcrout said:
My opinion is that there are 3 things that need to be right to get MMS working.
#1 You have to have 3.0 software (beta or GM)
#2 Your carrier file has to be updated to allow (5.0)
#3 Your texting plan can't be for iphone (I have a 1500 Business plan)

To get tethering working would be easier.
#1 You have to have 3.0 software (beta or GM)
#2 Your carrier file has to be updated (I've had it work on 4.9 & 5.0)

This has worked for me without changing any settings, usernames, passwords, sim card switching with other phones, or calling AT&T. I have switched the iPhone off multiple times and sent and received MMS from multiple carriers. Tethering still works to.
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As far as MMS goes, I'm on 3.0GM, 5.0 carrier version, and family messaging plan, yet it still hasn't worked for me since Beta 2, no matter what technique I've tried. This blows.
 
MMS has always been a hit or miss for me since beta 2. Visual voicemail or tethering... the dilema... I did not even realize my visual voicemail had been off for over a month until yesterday. When I dialed into my voicemail directly I had over a dozen unheard messages.
 
I got a response from AT&T...no luck, they won't activate, or at least the guy that received my e-mail won't:mad::mad::mad:
 
I was on the phone with AT&T earlier asking if I am going to be able to activate MMS on my account tomorrow. The woman flipped out and said "We're not going to give you MMS! I don't care if you're a developer or the "owner" of Apple! Just shut the **** up!"

I stayed quiet for a few seconds and asked politely to speak to her supervisor. She tried to apologize but I insisted she pass the phone to her supervisor. I asked her supervisor when MMS would be available and he said "tomorrow". Really nice guy. I hope that woman pissed her pants!

I'm not saying that MMS will be available tomorrow (probably won't), but I just wanted to share the story. :D
 
MDMac said:
I was on the phone with AT&T earlier asking if I am going to be able to activate MMS on my account tomorrow. The woman flipped out and said "We're not going to give you MMS! I don't care if you're a developer or the "owner" of Apple! Just shut the **** up!"

I stayed quiet for a few seconds and asked politely to speak to her supervisor. She tried to apologize but I insisted she pass the phone to her supervisor. I asked her supervisor when MMS would be available and he said "tomorrow". Really nice guy. I hope that woman pissed her pants!

I'm not saying that MMS will be available tomorrow (probably won't), but I just wanted to share the story. :D
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I had someone from AT&T freak out on me today, too. I talked to the supervisor and he acted the same way. Apparently they're getting a ton of calls about MMS. Serves AT&T right for not having a big feature ready for launch day.
 
Daiden said:
I had someone from AT&T freak out on me today, too. I talked to the supervisor and he acted the same way. Apparently they're getting a ton of calls about MMS. Serves AT&T right for not having a big feature ready for launch day.
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Yep, they should have known this would happen.
 
smallcrout said:
My opinion is that there are 3 things that need to be right to get MMS working.
#1 You have to have 3.0 software (beta or GM)
#2 Your carrier file has to be updated to allow (5.0)
#3 Your texting plan can't be for iphone (I have a 1500 Business plan)

To get tethering working would be easier.
#1 You have to have 3.0 software (beta or GM)
#2 Your carrier file has to be updated (I've had it work on 4.9 & 5.0)

This has worked for me without changing any settings, usernames, passwords, sim card switching with other phones, or calling AT&T. I have switched the iPhone off multiple times and sent and received MMS from multiple carriers. Tethering still works to.
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I have the same settings as you and can't get MMS to work. Tethering does. not sure on the ipcc files floating around. But i have the B2B 1500 and can't send any MMS.
 
does anyone know if the mms will work on the update that was released by apple? I have the 5.0 file and cant seem to get mms. The tethering option is there. Would it be there if i had 4.0? I just need help please??
 
A note to those trying. I updated my Iphone this afternoon using the public release of 3.0. then uninstalled Itunes 8's public release and installed the older release that was linked on here. Added the new Ipcc file to the phone and re-updated to the public release of Itunes and am having no problems sending and receiving MMS. I have restarted the phone a couple times just to see and still no problems. One thing that gave me problems during the install of the ipcc is that I had only renamed the file from apple.ipcc.zip. If you are on OS X make sure you have extensions visible and remove the .zip extension(it should give you a warning when you do and ask if you want to keep the .zip extension or use the new .ipcc extension). I have no tethering but I have a company paid for 3G card so it isn't an issue for me.

*Edit* I did have to manually put in the mms settings. Got those from a previous post on here as well.
 
MMS 95% working...

hhll said:
if your on att, mms does not show up without an unmodified ipcc. If your on windows, you are going to need the PR version of itunes (8.2.0.10) so that you can update the carrier settings file (ipcc). After you do that, your mms menu/camera in messages app will show.
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I followed the directions, can now see the camera icon in Messages. When I try to send a message and attach a photo from my iPhone, Send begins but stalls out after it's 95%+ complete and does not finish. Has anyone else experienced this and discovered a fix?

Thanks in advance.
 
Wayazo said:
I followed the directions, can now see the camera icon in Messages. When I try to send a message and attach a photo from my iPhone, Send begins but stalls out after it's 95%+ complete and does not finish. Has anyone else experienced this and discovered a fix?

Thanks in advance.
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Can you post your MMS settings? Might be able to see something through them.
 
dubels said:
Heres how to get tethering working i just need to find MMS.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10265889-233.html?tag=TOCmoreStories.0
Right now in a parking lot I am getting 1.24mb download on my macbook and 0.25 mb upload according to speedtest.net
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Technically that is how. If you look at the screen shot on that site it has the menu for Cellular Data. That is where you go to enable the MMS settings.

Try putting in
APN: wap.cingular
Username: wap.cingulargprs.com
Password: cingular1
MMSC: mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32

These settings are working for me, there is also MMS Max message size, since it is only getting to 95% for some people maybe trying to put a max on it since it could be a timeout? Not sure if that is how it works but always worth a shot.
 
I have wap.cingulargprs.com as my username, maybe try that instead of the @ symbol. Also is your password caps or lowercase? Mine is lowercase.
 
I am so sick of not having MMS. What's even worse is all the horse**** you have to go through to get it if you have AT&T. Instead of supporting MMS like EVERY other country in the world is today, we have to wait "until AT&T says so" which is who knows when (could be next year for all they give a fark).

So you can either own a Mac and access Terminal and insert a command line

Download a beta version of iTunes 8.2, uninstall your current version, install beta version, and add the ipcc that way. Then install the normal iTunes again.

Or switch your SIM card to another phone, ask an AT&T rep to enable MMS on that phone while making up some lame story on why you're using a ten year old phone and not your iPhone. Screw with that phone for 30 minutes and then put the SIM back in the iPhone.

Am I missing anything here? Other than the fact that AT&T is...No I'll stop there. I made my point.
 
armytrixter said:
I have wap.cingulargprs.com as my username, maybe try that instead of the @ symbol. Also is your password caps or lowercase? Mine is lowercase.
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Are you rebooting your phone after making the changes? I replaced the @ symbol, no joy.
 
I didn't have to reboot mine to get it to work but I have talked to some people who have, worst case scenario it isn't working now so it might not hurt to try right?
Another thing that might have an effect is which ATT service you use specifically, I know I go through ATT Mobility, which is different from the west coast service my cousin uses. Not sure but it might mean you need a different set of MMS settings? I will do a bit of research on it, I know they had multiples for Swirly MMS for the jailbroken Iphones.
 
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