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iPhone 3.0 MMS enabled via carrier update file
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Beta 4
Has anyone successfully gotten the ATT_US.ipcc file to work with the beta 4 and the 8.2 itunes?
Everytime I try to load the ipcc, itunes gives me an error.
Has anyone successfully gotten the ATT_US.ipcc file to work with the beta 4 and the 8.2 itunes?
Everytime I try to load the ipcc, itunes gives me an error.
When you call ATT you need to get past the billing / features rep and get to support. They have a different system that they use and you need to "politely" ask them to "check a box that enables MSS" then push an OTA update to the phone. That is exactly what I did and after reboot everything was good to go. Obviously, you have to be on a non-iphone messaging plan.
Works! I did the instructions at the beginning of the thread, I put my SIM into my RAZR2 V8, sent a few texts, made a couple calls, one to 611, and then checked to change features on the ATT website. It let me switch to Messaging Unlimited. I did that, put the SIM back in my iPhone, rebooted it, and voila! Works perfectly.
This might be a dumb question but... I am on Fiod for my network, andif I were to edit an APN setting on a carrier file to allow mms and it wasn't a fido specific APN, could I recieve high charges for data or mms on my next billing? (obviously outside of my plan or any standard rates set by fido)
Funny story. In the 6 years I was with VZW, I used MMS a total of less than 20 times. I got an iPhone/switched to AT&T about two weeks ago just for a change of pace. I signed up for the developer program, got all the fancy trimmings, and started reading about the MMS functionality. I NEEDED it for some visceral reason, so I started my quest to make it work with 3.0.
With a basic understanding of what needed to be done from forum browsing before this, I placed my first call to at&t, asked a very nice support rep to 'provision me' for mms, gave the "I'm a developer" spiel- she was happy to oblige- suppose I got lucky. Done, rebooted, tried several send/recieve MMS's with her, no dice. So I do more research. Get the updated .ipcc, edit it manually to make the proxy settings user configurable, try with a bunch of different proxies and proxy combos. No dice. Downgrade to 2.2.1 and get SwirlyMMS2. No dice.
Read about WAP push. Called today to have that enabled, the VLR cleared and activation sent. The same support rep (what are the odds?) puts me on hold for like 5 minutes, comes back and say "Well, here-" and then the call is lost. No service in a 5 bar 3G area. To me, this was absolutely horrifying. I freaked out for about 10 minutes frantically pacing around a crowded restaurant parking lot with my phone above my head figuring I caught the wrong chick on the wrong day and she destroyed my beautiful hopes.. before I went "Gee, guess they did it..," rebooted my phone and SwirlyMMS worked! Figured, "Hey, if this works now, I can go back to 3.0 with no issues!'
Come home, upgrade back to 3.0, no dice. Back to square one. Ok maybe the story isn't funny.
So, I had WAP PUSH enabled when I was running 2.2.1, upgraded to 3.0, and I am using the exact same settings that worked with Swirly and MMS is not functioning. I don't know enough about WAP PUSH to determine if getting it enabled when I was in 2.2.1 and then upgrading somehow disabled it, if the jig is up and one of the 'sweeps' kicked in, or some other anomaly happened. To the best of my knowledge, it's just a set of protocols, correct? So like, it's all AT&T's end and if they enabled it, it would be enabled no matter what OS I'm running?
All I know is that a function I went the better part of a decade rarely using has somehow taken control of my life in the past few days and I must make this work. It's almost to the point of virgin sacrifices.
Thoughts?
With a basic understanding of what needed to be done from forum browsing before this, I placed my first call to at&t, asked a very nice support rep to 'provision me' for mms, gave the "I'm a developer" spiel- she was happy to oblige- suppose I got lucky. Done, rebooted, tried several send/recieve MMS's with her, no dice. So I do more research. Get the updated .ipcc, edit it manually to make the proxy settings user configurable, try with a bunch of different proxies and proxy combos. No dice. Downgrade to 2.2.1 and get SwirlyMMS2. No dice.
Read about WAP push. Called today to have that enabled, the VLR cleared and activation sent. The same support rep (what are the odds?) puts me on hold for like 5 minutes, comes back and say "Well, here-" and then the call is lost. No service in a 5 bar 3G area. To me, this was absolutely horrifying. I freaked out for about 10 minutes frantically pacing around a crowded restaurant parking lot with my phone above my head figuring I caught the wrong chick on the wrong day and she destroyed my beautiful hopes.. before I went "Gee, guess they did it..," rebooted my phone and SwirlyMMS worked! Figured, "Hey, if this works now, I can go back to 3.0 with no issues!'
Come home, upgrade back to 3.0, no dice. Back to square one. Ok maybe the story isn't funny.
So, I had WAP PUSH enabled when I was running 2.2.1, upgraded to 3.0, and I am using the exact same settings that worked with Swirly and MMS is not functioning. I don't know enough about WAP PUSH to determine if getting it enabled when I was in 2.2.1 and then upgrading somehow disabled it, if the jig is up and one of the 'sweeps' kicked in, or some other anomaly happened. To the best of my knowledge, it's just a set of protocols, correct? So like, it's all AT&T's end and if they enabled it, it would be enabled no matter what OS I'm running?
All I know is that a function I went the better part of a decade rarely using has somehow taken control of my life in the past few days and I must make this work. It's almost to the point of virgin sacrifices.
Thoughts?
The Solution- Beta 5 working with MMS & Tether @ Same Time part1
Well i must say the early posts were very helpful to me so i'd like to return the favor.
BG: I had mms working without any modifications. When i enabled tethering i lost MMS. when i tried to edit files to get mms they were unsuccessfull. WHen i restored from a backup before i fuddled with carrier files mms came back.
Current situation: updated to beta 5. lost mms. lost tethering (it asked me to turn it on). SOlution: i did some backwards engineering. I jail broke into my beta 4...looked at the loaded carrier settings where my mms was working..lol then basically combined the two files.
First load attempt: MMS did not show up, tethering option was there but could not be enabled.
Long story short, i was able to get a version working that allowed MMS & Tethering to work together.
My phone is loaded with beta 5, no jail break, and has working MMS & Tether on AT&T.
FYI: the mms settings on this site were not what was on my iphone.
Well i must say the early posts were very helpful to me so i'd like to return the favor.
BG: I had mms working without any modifications. When i enabled tethering i lost MMS. when i tried to edit files to get mms they were unsuccessfull. WHen i restored from a backup before i fuddled with carrier files mms came back.
Current situation: updated to beta 5. lost mms. lost tethering (it asked me to turn it on). SOlution: i did some backwards engineering. I jail broke into my beta 4...looked at the loaded carrier settings where my mms was working..lol then basically combined the two files.
First load attempt: MMS did not show up, tethering option was there but could not be enabled.
Long story short, i was able to get a version working that allowed MMS & Tethering to work together.
My phone is loaded with beta 5, no jail break, and has working MMS & Tether on AT&T.
FYI: the mms settings on this site were not what was on my iphone.
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The Solution- Beta 5 working with MMS & Tether @ Same Time part2
There are the rest of the proof pictures. next post will have what to put in the file.
NOTE: i did not update to the LATEST itunes (so i have the itunes from the beta 4. carrier updates are allowed on this model).
There are the rest of the proof pictures. next post will have what to put in the file.
NOTE: i did not update to the LATEST itunes (so i have the itunes from the beta 4. carrier updates are allowed on this model).
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THe Solution- Beta 5 working with MMS & Tether @ Same Time part3
How i did it. Edit the files as noted in previous post re info & version changing that stuff to 5.0
Modify the carrier file to the specs attached.
Hope that works for you all!
And if anyone would like to say thank you, i'll accept donations via u telling ur friends about a website called ShareNotes.com (a place to buy/sell/share college lecture notes).
Summary: Only edit 1. info.plist 2. version.plist 3. carrier.plist (the info seen in the CDN area was imported automatically--i did not fill it out myself)
Final Note: i've attached the ipcc file i made..unzip it and load as you would normally load ur file.
Regarding my MMS: i had an HTC TYTn2..family plan...added unlimited family text.. so i never had on my account iphone text plan.. then purchased iphone..upgraded data plan...then without anything...upgraded to beta 2 and mms worked.
When upgrading the carrier file seen on this forum for tethering, i lost mms. i then used the mms settings seen in the forum to get my mms back..did not work.. called AT&T ran the "i'm a developer" song and dance..they said 1. we didn't make any changes to your account 2. iphone is not ready for mms so we can't help you ..after restoring from an old back up from a day mms did work..i got my mms ability back. That makes me think its part settings and part ATT and your account settings.
If mms does not work for you with these settings, tethering will (as i write this it has been confirmed to work by 2 other people)
You will know this update worked IF you see mms preview feature under message settings in beta 5 (as they are missing from the menu after a stock beta 5 update)
How i did it. Edit the files as noted in previous post re info & version changing that stuff to 5.0
Modify the carrier file to the specs attached.
Hope that works for you all!
And if anyone would like to say thank you, i'll accept donations via u telling ur friends about a website called ShareNotes.com (a place to buy/sell/share college lecture notes).
Summary: Only edit 1. info.plist 2. version.plist 3. carrier.plist (the info seen in the CDN area was imported automatically--i did not fill it out myself)
Final Note: i've attached the ipcc file i made..unzip it and load as you would normally load ur file.
Regarding my MMS: i had an HTC TYTn2..family plan...added unlimited family text.. so i never had on my account iphone text plan.. then purchased iphone..upgraded data plan...then without anything...upgraded to beta 2 and mms worked.
When upgrading the carrier file seen on this forum for tethering, i lost mms. i then used the mms settings seen in the forum to get my mms back..did not work.. called AT&T ran the "i'm a developer" song and dance..they said 1. we didn't make any changes to your account 2. iphone is not ready for mms so we can't help you ..after restoring from an old back up from a day mms did work..i got my mms ability back. That makes me think its part settings and part ATT and your account settings.
If mms does not work for you with these settings, tethering will (as i write this it has been confirmed to work by 2 other people)
You will know this update worked IF you see mms preview feature under message settings in beta 5 (as they are missing from the menu after a stock beta 5 update)
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I put in the settings just like the MMS attached picture you used and my MMS still does not work. Was there anything else that you did? I am using Beta 5 and the ATT_US.IPCC file. Can your file that you made be sent?
Didnt work for me
I updated my ipcc file that you attached and i still cannot send MMS. I have searched for what settings to use under the CDN but nothing seems to work. I have Beta 5 and am at a loss for what to do to get MMS when I can edit settings on CDN, and MMS did work for me on Beta 2 but not since...
I updated my ipcc file that you attached and i still cannot send MMS. I have searched for what settings to use under the CDN but nothing seems to work. I have Beta 5 and am at a loss for what to do to get MMS when I can edit settings on CDN, and MMS did work for me on Beta 2 but not since...
So if you updated to the newest iTunes, how can you upload ipcc files. I know I can just downgrade, but I dont see any way to get ahold of the old iTunes.
same here. I had everything working with beta2. With the file posted above tethering works but MMS still does not.
ATT has started sweeping iPhone accounts again for settings that shouldnt be there like they did before 3.0. when 3.0 first came out ATT didnt know what to do on the tech support level and they listened when we called and said that we are devs and need the MMS feature to test apps and they flipped the switch. unfortunately the calls were overwhelming and ATT first put a stop to it growing further by stopping turning the MMS feature on as per a request they all received from corporate to not do it and have us call Apple. now they are starting to go back to sweeping iPhone accounts to turn MMS off. from what i have read it will most likely stop for everyone if it hasnt already. Apple also incorporated the IPCC file update ability in the latest version of iTunes. since you eventually have to upgrade your iTunes and ATT is turning the service off it is going to most likely completely disappear until they let us have it.
a few might be able to keep it working and i do not know why but even before 3.0 Swirly MMS would work for a few but not for others with the same type of accounts with ATT.
i didnt miss it that much until i had it again with 3.0 beta 1
a few might be able to keep it working and i do not know why but even before 3.0 Swirly MMS would work for a few but not for others with the same type of accounts with ATT.
i didnt miss it that much until i had it again with 3.0 beta 1
ATT has started sweeping iPhone accounts again for settings that shouldnt be there like they did before 3.0. when 3.0 first came out ATT didnt know what to do on the tech support level and they listened when we called and said that we are devs and need the MMS feature to test apps and they flipped the switch. unfortunately the calls were overwhelming and ATT first put a stop to it growing further by stopping turning the MMS feature on as per a request they all received from corporate to not do it and have us call Apple. now they are starting to go back to sweeping iPhone accounts to turn MMS off. from what i have read it will most likely stop for everyone if it hasnt already. Apple also incorporated the IPCC file update ability in the latest version of iTunes. since you eventually have to upgrade your iTunes and ATT is turning the service off it is going to most likely completely disappear until they let us have it.
a few might be able to keep it working and i do not know why but even before 3.0 Swirly MMS would work for a few but not for others with the same type of accounts with ATT.
i didnt miss it that much until i had it again with 3.0 beta 1
mine has been working since beta 1 with no problems. just tried o send a mms today and its broken... gg AT&T
I don't get this :S
I don't get this step
2) Add the following:
Quote:
In the wap dictionary (mine is wap.cingular, sts's was wap.dol.ie), add a new pair. Do not edit the password or username:
type-mask = (NUMBER) -2
What's with the "=" and the () ?!
Do I just put it as : type-mask Number -2 ??
I don't get this step
2) Add the following:
Quote:
In the wap dictionary (mine is wap.cingular, sts's was wap.dol.ie), add a new pair. Do not edit the password or username:
type-mask = (NUMBER) -2
What's with the "=" and the () ?!
Do I just put it as : type-mask Number -2 ??
UPDATE: i was able to get my MMS back working after leaving my SIM in another phone for a few hours.
lost mms feature on iphone 3.0 gm. anyone know how to get the option to display? it was working fine until i updated. now i can't even see the option to enable mms.
same problem as you. anyone?