AT&T iPhone MMS Carrier Update Now Available via iTunes!
The AT&T Carrier Update (v5.5), required to enable MMS on the iPhone is now live and can be installed via iTunes. Just plug in your iPhone and if it doesn’t pop up immediately, hit the check for updates button.
Note: You need to be running iPhone 3.1, so if you haven’t updated your firmware yet, do that first.
Once loaded, reboot your iPhone and then head on over the Messages app and you should see the new (for the USA!) camera icon on the bottom left.
For more info, see Apple’s support article on the matter, and TiPb’s iPhone MMS Walkthrough from earlier today!
Then let us know how iPhone MMS on AT&T is working for you!
September 25th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
It’s working perfect here in Hawaii
September 25th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
So far working here in Ohio…at least it says they have sent!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
So if we have a JailBroken iPhone with OS 3.0.1 we are pretty much left without MMS? This is BS!!! I have been waiting ALL morning
September 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I guess I’m gonna have to give up my jailbreak, gosh darn.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Mine works great. Interesting – the hacked carrier fail (file) was 5.1, now I see ATT 5.5. At any rate, there doesn’t seem to be a difference in processing and sending/receiving speed.
It’s cool! and finally here! Hopefully nothing will crash.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Still waiting.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Oh great. Someone just mooned me via MMS. I was wondering when some crazy **** like that would happen.
Ah, friends.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
ha, about a month ago i called att and had txt’s blocked completely from my phone. i guess i will never see the elusive iphone mms
September 25th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
my wifes phone no issue but mine has an error anyone seen this error with update for MMS on iPhone? http://pic.gd/15d840
September 25th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Updated carrier file but cannot send MMS here in SE Okla. Could be that i’m roaming.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Prince…..I have a jailbroken phone and was able to get the carrier update without getting 3.1…mms works great!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Crazy, How for two years we all wanted mms, and it took less than 30 secounds to get and installed what a joke ATT and Apple! But Im happy to finally have it.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Brian, do u see anything different in the carrier 5.1 than in the 5.5, i have 5.1
September 25th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Works here in SoCal. Awesome!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
After you update carrier file you have to reset your phone, at first my mms wasnt working, then i reset n now im good …… Central , nj
September 25th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
@bmfan
now why would you go and do a crazy thing like that?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I feel like my phone is complete.
BURN IN HELL VIEWMYMESSAGE.COM!!! DIE A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Not yet. I got the hacked file yesterday and today I updated again through itunes. I’ve not seen anything except when you look under settings>general>network the MMS settings aren’t there anymore. BUT the MMS options are still there under settings>messages.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I can’t recieve mms
September 25th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Yea view my message almost cost my phone its life a good few times … Lol
September 25th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Apple, You piece of monkey ****. Just because I don’t wont your crappy new firmware 3.1(the iPhone comas and poor battery life), does that give you the right to keep a carrier update from me. The rest of the world didn’t need to upgrade to have this function. They have had it for months now! I will be supporting the DEV TEAM because Apple abviously doesn’t care about us the way they do!!! Eff you @ssholes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
If you don’t want to upgrade to 3.1 here is the Apple link to the carrier file 5.5: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/CarrierBundles/061-7282.20090925.3Sph5/ATT_US.ipcc
September 25th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
But I can send it
September 25th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
MMS is working good in NYC.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
In atl it installed fine but I lost all text and mail sending. Anyone else with this problem?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
MMS in Medford or
September 25th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
@veronica the new carrier file can be used while your wifi is on, something that 5.1 didnt allow me to do.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Chris try resetting your phone.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Can or can’t I get mms on 3.0.1??? Somebody please?!?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
@Johan I keep getting that too!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
okay maybe im just slow… but after the update i was goign through the settings on my 3gs and in the ipod settings it gave me an option to turn “tv out” on or off… since when can the iphone do tv out?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
@BigMeat: You can’t get it on 3.0.1 but I posted a link to the 5.5 carrier file from Apple. You will just to follow the walkthroughs available that let us update to the hacked 5.1 file.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Can you have mms for a iPhone 2g?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
I sent mms to test it to a friend. I sent a pic with a subject and some text…nothing happened. One with text and the pic…again, nothing. just sent it as a picture with no text and he got it…anyone else having this problem? i haven’t tried it with text again cause he busy.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
It eliminates the old option that use to be in General > Networks. Now it’s just MMS On/Off in General > Messaging. Workings flawlessly in Michigan. I’ve sent and received to a person on At&t and T-Mobile.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
No issues yet
September 25th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I can’t send or get MMS! was able to update it tho!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
@epphillps Whats the difference between 5.1 and 5.5, i have 5.1, should i get 5.5??
September 25th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
STOP STOP STOP with the “it works here” posts. Please.
Post if it DOESN’T work.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Tennessee & working just fine
September 25th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
@epphllps: worked great! Thanks. I remain jailbroken with carrier 5.5! Shift-click “Update” to load the file…
September 25th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
@ Christine: I had the 5.1 and updated to the 5.5 on 3.0 and it takes away you ability to edit the APN settings(no longer need to of course) and other than it being the official carrier file, nothing I know of yet.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Guys, if your on 3.0 or 3.0.1. You might wanna hold off on trying to load a downloaded carrier file and load threw shift-restore method!! Apple is signing this also. Just like the ECID. It may not go as planned when you try to load it!! WAIT!!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
I can send MMS but I am not receiving any. I had a friend try and send me a picture 3 times and I still haven’t gotten it.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
@russ, all ipods can do that…don’t know if that setting was already there,
September 25th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I’m in Pensacola, FL… iPhone 3G updated fine, but not working. Turned MMS on and rebooted my phone, but errors out when trying to send any form of MMS… gets the little red “!” icon. Also tried it on both WiFi and 3G. Same result. Hoping AT&T is just bogged down and it will fix itself soon.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
@Johan, figures it out, I had to uninstall the custom carrier logo, if you have that installed get rid of it, it worked for me
September 25th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
LOL the ATT facebook site is getting flooded with people complaining about the 3.1 upgrade because they won’t be able to tether or jailbreak. Someone needs to post that carrier file link on that page!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Got it…works…congratulations AT&T…now where’s the tethering which is what I’d really rather have!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Updated to carrier to 5.5 but won’t send pic messages only SMS
September 25th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
I’m gonna miss google voice but when I get home I’m updating to 3.1
September 25th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
It’s working awesome!!! Already sent a lot of them already!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
@Kevin Getting the same thing! If yours changes let me know how to fix it!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Is anyone else having problems receiving MMS? The person trying to send me the MMS is on Verizon if that makes a difference.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
It’s working good. Love it!
September 25th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
@Brian just reset and mail works but text seem to send but sill can’t receive. Is this common?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
@epphllps: where can I find the walkthrough for the hacked file. I downloaded the file & tried SHIFT & UPDATE but that doesnt work.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
@jay. I can’t anymore since I run the 3.1 on top of the old jailbreak. I probably have to do a full restore. My battery percentage is showing as well. Hmmm
September 25th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
@EricP:
It does make a difference. It can sometimes take as much as 12 hours for inter-carrier SMS/MMS. So test with another ATT user first.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
In CT. Isntalled the file 5.5. When people sen dme MMS I get the viewmymessages.com thing and it i try to end i get a red !. WHat is going on?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
So lets get the facts straighten out here… If you have 3.0 / 3.0.1 you can’t get MMS regardless if you update the carrier file? Someone please confirm this.. I believe the cost benefit for MMS / Jailbreak is not worth it.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Why is that people think the iphone is behind by not doing MMS? When it’s other phones that can do MMS. But are wwwaaaayyyyyy behind cause they cant do email!!!!! The first MMS was sent out in 2002. The first email in the mid 1960’s!!!! Somebody please explain.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
MMS iPhone live here in Jersey, but sending a pic is damn slow.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
really dont use this, but still glad its finally here
working here in Lee’s Summit, MO
September 25th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
working great here in boston
September 25th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
@icebike hmmm the ones I sent to my friend on Verizon were received in about 5 minutes. I can’t test sending to any friends with iPhones since I don’t know anyone who had a chance to update yet.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
i’m lovingggggggggg it
September 25th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I can’t wait to get home today to get my mms .
September 25th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Tried the 5.5 carrier file on a jailbroken 3.0 3GS. Same thing as before.. red exclamation.. grrr.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I have it and it works. (NYC) What do we #@@#@# about next? No tethering??
September 25th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Anyone getting this to work while still running their 3gs at 3.0?
September 25th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I have 3.1 on my iPhone, I just rebotted and still have 5.1. Am I spossed to reload something off of iTunes? Help please, anyone, I’m crying hear, I want to join in the fun.
September 25th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
Works here in the Lawrence,KS/Kansas City Area yeah
September 25th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
@NEA Arkansas Boy download the carrier update from iTunes then reboot iphone.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
3.1 can be hacked FYI Just be smart and get a mac !
September 25th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I’m not jailbroken anymore but I am running benm’s tethering hack.. any chance this could be ******** with the update? anyone else that my be using this hack confirm this?
September 25th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Works iPhone to iPhone but cannot receive pic messages from VZW users. WTF?!?!?
September 25th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
I got MMS on Jailbreak 3.0.1 working fine.
Now, I’ll never use it.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I’m in San Diego and my pics did get delivered just fine after I updated the carrier file. By the way my iPhone is not jailbroken. I’m using the latest iTunes and 3.1. Thanks iPhone Blog. You are far more informative than AT&T. I was waiting on the text from AT&T giving me the green light. It hasn’t came yet and who knows how long I would’ve waited. Thanks for the info Rene Ritchie! Very much appreciated!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Great. Now what about tethering?….
September 25th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
also if someone has updated and you still can’t text pics audio videos etc.. turn ur phone off and restart it.. worked for me
September 25th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Here’s how to install the update WITHOUT installing 3.1 (for you naughty jailbreakers) http://brandongoodman.posterous.com/updating-iphone-atandt-carrier-settings-to-ac
September 25th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Thanks a bunch freiteez!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Not working here in CO.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
“I sent mms to test it to a friend. I sent a pic with a subject and some text…nothing happened. One with text and the pic…again, nothing. just sent it as a picture with no text and he got it…anyone else having this problem? i haven’t tried it with text again cause he busy.”
im having the same problem.. i knew it was going to be a flaw some more
September 25th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Quick question.. has anyone here recieved a MMS from a non iphone user as of yet?
September 25th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
@daje, is your friend with AT&T?
September 25th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
@Omar, nope. I’ve had several try to send me a pic message from other carriers and they aren’t coming thru. SUCKS!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
i can’t send a pic msg to my cousin who has att but not an iphone and i can’t receive them from her either yet. my friend just sent me a pic msg from her verizon phone and i got it.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
@Pholey22.. thank for the reply.. this totally SUCKS!!! its like 1 way fun
September 25th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
QUICK QUESTION, IM ON AT&T PREPAID GOPHONE WIT IPHONE 3G ON 3.0.1 WILL THIS WORK FOR ME ?
September 25th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
@Omar, I know what gives?!? Maybe they are having overload problems….as we expected. Sometime next week I’ll have 15 pic messages finally come thru.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I got pics from verizon phones, AT&T phones, and tmobile mines works
September 25th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
@Pholey22, lol your prob right.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
@Bre bre, yur lucky!! Not able to receive pic message from anyone who doesn’t have an iPhone. Tried two different VZW phones and notta.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
OK so does anyone else have the option for tethering under the network setting
September 25th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
a big Thank yo. For the people that have provided links for people trying to upgrade their mms without losin. 3.0/3.01 jailbreak!
I’m on 3.0 and there is no way I’m upgrading to 3.1 and give up everything I have for something that should of came on the original 2g phone back in 2007.
I will try this and update the forum when I get home from work.
Long live JAILBREAK!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
A big thank you****
September 25th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I have sent and received picture messages. BUT, I had my g/f send me a mms from her verizon phone and it still hasnt come thru (about 1 hour later) so I am not quiet sure why that pic message is slow but the other ones are coming thru? Any suggestions?
September 25th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
@Brandon Goodman thanks for the link! I got to the shift updates part in iTunes but can’t get it to let me browse for the new profile. Just keeps telling me currect v. of itunes is up to date & then tries to get me to update to 3.1. Any help on this?
September 25th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Around 2pm EST, I checked for an update and was able to load 5.5 After the reboot, MMS functionality is present. NE PA.
Tested sending picture and text to Verizon phone. Arrives almost immediately.
Tested receiving picture and text to Verizon phone. Huge delay. (over 10 minutes or more)
Tested sending to picture and text to AT&T non-iPhone. So far not recieved.
Tested sending video to AT&T non-iPhone. Only audio is received.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Download the carrier file from another website, hold alt and click update in iTunes, load carrier file. Won’t require upgrade to 3.1 if you’re jailbroken. If you have a 3G then 3.1 has already been jailbroken. Just google around people these answers exist and writing something in all caps on a swamped message board will do you no good. Use your brain if you have one.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
3Gs. 3.1 Carrier 5.5 in Northeastern PA.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I have 3.0 os (not jailbroken) and did the 5.5 carrier file update and everything works great, MMS out and in to all carriers….
September 25th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
For anyone that wants to remain on 3.0, or 3.01 but still install the carrier update: -Download the ipcc from here: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/CarrierBundles/061-7282.20090925.3Sph5/ATT_US.ipcc
-Install it with option/shift update. I’m still on 3.0 (3GS) and it worked fine.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
i already send 60 mms pic’s lol att
September 25th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Yep Guys it does work on 3.0 on a 3G S!!
http://brandongoodman.posterous.com/updating-iphone-atandt-carrier-settings-to-ac
September 25th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Works in south Georgia. Finally after 2 years I can get mms!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Can send pics and r recieved but video is sent but no body recieved it. Not on AT&T or other networks. I can recieve video but no one recieved it from me. Have most current update no jailbreak or hack on phone 3gs 32g
September 25th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Here is how to get it working without using 3.1
http://www.techjawa.com/2009/09/25/guide-get-mms-on-att-iphone-3g3gs-os-3-0-3-01-official/
September 25th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Brandon Goodman & Jesh are correct…Thank You!! the install of carrier 5.5 while being able to stay JB on 3.0.1 is PRICELESS!! i can keep my iPhone working as it was and not have to lose my JB just to get MMS. S W E E T!!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I have a JB 3G with 3.0. I did the 5.5 update using the update and I’m working and good to go. Tried and succeeded with Verizon and Sprint. Everything works fine. Took a little longer to send, but I’m on Edge in the northwoods of MN.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
So I updated to 5.5 from 5.1, and now my music is gone. It says I have 0 songs, but the amount of space they take up on my phone is still there. When I plug my iPhone into iTunes, the songs show up under “music”. Any suggestions outside of a full restore? Please email me at Elijahpr@gmail.com if you have a suggestion. Thanks!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I’m jailbroken and have had MMS for over a month now. I’m on an iPhone 3g running 3.0.1 just go to mms.iphoneaero.us and follow his tutorial. All you need is a ATT non-iPhone and to be able to access your ATT account online….. KEEP YOUR JAILBREAK!
September 25th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Doesn’t work in Maine
September 25th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
Video is confirmed sent but other phones do not get it. Sent to 2 tmoble 3 AT&T 1 sprint 1 boost nobody got the videos tried 4 different videos and 1 animation. Nothing
September 25th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Cannot receive pic message from VZW when on Edge. Came thru on 3G. Checking to see if wifi is blocking it too. Had to turn it off to get my first non-iPhone pic message.
September 25th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
MMS had been working for me just fine since wednesday. 3.0 firmware, jailbroken, carrier file 5.2. As of today, it has stopped working. I’ve updated to the carrier file 5.5 and it’s still not working. AT&T can die
September 25th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
hey i got an iphone 3gs 32gb factory and legally unlocked that i bought in hong kong which i’m using for tmobile. i have the 3.1 firmware on my iphone, once i sync…….would it let me upgrade for the mms or do you think itunes has predetermined that my carrier is not at&t and wouldn’t receive the upgrade?……….. thanks
September 25th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Wifi not blocking. Just tested…
September 25th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Been getting lots of time-outs sending pic MMS’s in Detroit area… red explanation marks… if I keep retrying they eventually go through.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Do half of you actually read the posts before you type or ask a question? I just read through every comment and most of your answers are a few posts prior. READ PEOPLE!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
i have to recant my last statement. my JB 3.0.1 3GS is NOT working. i see the options in Message settings for MMS, but when trying to send pic i get the red exclamation. F**K! i guess i’ll just wait. i’m not willing to lose the functionality of my JB iPhone just to send a pic. i’ll email the pic or post it on my blog. until then…
September 25th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
MMS’s clogged up here in New Orleans, LA
September 25th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
I can send pics but if any sends me a pic it says One or more of the message components have been deleted by MMS Adaptation. Either the message was too large or the components were unsuitable for your terminal. anyone getting this error message?
September 25th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
@EAPR To fix the music not showing up problem, add, delete, or rename a song in itunes and then resync.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Just upgraded, not getting any mms’s. my hacked carrier file worked just fine this morning and now the real one wont work great
September 25th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
MMS working in S.Cali awesome!!!!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
i cant update my carrier settings..ikeep getting an error!!! someone help!
September 25th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Sent pics to Sprint,verizon and tmobile. took less then 10 seconds to send. I am jailbroken on 3.0.1 with carrier 5.5
September 25th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
Got the update in NC on my prepaid. I get the red exclamation mark to resend everytime and I don’t recieve MMS sent to me!!! Anyone else?
September 25th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
in eastern PA btw
September 25th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
i got the red exclamation with the first pic i tried to send. I retried to send it two minutes later and it worked
September 25th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
This may sound strange but the 5.5 carrier file update has fixed my battery life issues, I have had the update installed now for several hours on a full charged battery and my battery is still on 99% after sending MMS messages and browsing the web, before the update I could literally watch my battery drain, now that’s better news than the MMS to me…
September 25th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Working here in Delaware with no issues
September 25th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Not working in Detroit, I can send them but the other party don’t get it and when they send one to me I don’t get it, I really can’t beleive the network is down allready!!! BS
September 25th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I just got an MMS that a friend sent 9:30 last night.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
got it, installed, rebooted, but it isn’t working. I goes to send, then hangs up at about 80% for a long while, then I get the red exclamatin points. Full 3G signal. In SoCal.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I had 5.1 for a couple weeks now, worked great When I added one more than 1 person to a text it turned into a GROUP MMS, kind of like a chatroom between more than 3 or more people…Names showed up in smaller letters and you were able to send texts between a bunch of people in the same box. Now that i updated to 5.5, the option is gone
September 25th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Same thing as Jeremy above……just hangs around 80-90% then rejects couple minutes later
September 25th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Got the carrier 5.5 files. I was getting the red exclamation each time I tried to send. The sending bar would nearly complete then the mms would fail. Now it’s working. Looks like there are some issues.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
cant update carrier settings as well pls help!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
i’m getting the same thing as Jeremy and Pete. i have tried to send a message to ppl on att, verizon, and sprint and they all did the same thing…
September 25th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Oklahoma City, 3:35 pm Central time. Downloaded the update, rebooted phone, tried to send picture, failed with red exclamation point. Many retries, still failure.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
@mark082 @Jeremy @ Pete same here in CT
September 25th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
Reset your network settings then try again.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
I downloaded and updated and restarted my phone but I still can’t send pic messages. There is an error every time. I can receive them but they won’t send. HELP!!
September 25th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Works perfectly for me!!! About time!… Pictures, videos, voice memos, and contacts have been sent and recieved all morning since I got the update, and it has worked flawlessly. The first time I used it messages came through kinda slow. Since then they have been very fast.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
The 1st time mine hung up at 80% too, but I did tried a 2nd time and it went through, The only dif is that I did not have any txt, I did have a subject.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Keep getting timeouts (red explanation marks) sending pics… I hate AT&T. They either need to fix their sh.it or put a hault to new customers. It is obvious they are overloaded and cannot handle any more customers. I want a refund. This should be illegal.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
There is a workaround for this if you are on 3.0.1 You can install the 5.5 Updated Carrier file manually. Working fine here with Itunes 9.
September 25th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Gettin nothing in Dover, Delaware yet… Raged! LOL
September 25th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Same as 139, 141, & 146. I sent a couple right when I got it at noon and it worked fine.
Minneapolis, MN.
Servers crashing down???
September 25th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I havent even been able to update… says its the current version still >_<
September 25th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Im annoyed now. I want that GROUP messaging back
September 25th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Red errors here in Ohio!!! Grrrrrr
September 25th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
So got home, updated, waited a while to try. Just tried and it still says sending…Well now says it failed. Indiana here
September 25th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Works for verizon and AT&T , takes forever no us cell though
September 25th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
It’s 5pm on the East Coast and 4 in Central, plus it’s a Friday. People are getting off work, going home, updating and sending MMS. There’s a good chance the server is going down or running really slow. From now till about 8pm EST will be the busy time. If you haven’t updated yet I would wait. I haven’t b/c of this thiing called work and they tend to frown when you miss time. So I’ll be waiting till later tonight.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Message send failure every time but it worked earlier today
September 25th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
EVERYONE LISTEN UP IF U HAVE A JAILBROKEN PHONE RUNNING 3.0 OR 3.0.1 AND DO NOT WANT TO UPDATE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ADD THE SINFUL IPHONE REPO IN CYDIA AND INSTALL MMS AND TETHERING SETTINGS AND BAM! UR DONE MMS ON 3.0. THANK ME LATER
September 25th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
AT&T sucks… This still don’t work… Months of waiting and it sill don’t work… Blackberry bold 2 here I come..
September 25th, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Phoenix area here. MMS worked a few times around noon. Now all MMS sent are failing. I believe their servers are overloaded. For some reason…. I’m not surprised.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I have a little bit of water damage, so I cannot turn off my iphone (power button absolutely does not do anything). I guess I will have to restore to get it to power cycle. Oh well…
September 25th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Can only send and receive from other iphones in Missouri. If they are out of network or a different phone no go jo!
September 25th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
i had to restore, then bam got the “hey, mms is coming” text and updated and it works
September 25th, 2009 at 4:21 pm
If you iphone is jailbroken or unlocked you will get a network error, I wiped my phone then it updated no problem still cannot send in Boise,ID
September 25th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Still isn’t working in Cleveland Ohio. Updated carrier file, still getting red exclamation point saying message send failure. hmm. i hate at&t.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Had done all updates, still wasn’t able to send or receive MMS, even though my parents’ phones were able to. Kept getting the red exclamation. After an hour on the phone with AT&T, they found out that, for some reason, the system was recognizing my phone as a 2G still. They corrected the issue on their end…all is working great now! Just figured I’d give this info in case anyone else had done the updates and still couldn’t send/receive….and had previously upgraded from the original 2G iPhone. =)
http://www.facebook.com/stevegriff23
September 25th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
in in virgina sending them back in forth as we speak bout time atnt!!! i have one of the best phones on the market and couldnt send pics back n forth!! but for all that have your phone jailbroken u can keep it that way read up in he comments
September 25th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
been an hour and i stil cant update my carrier setting!!!! anyone jave an answer for this?
September 25th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Note to jailbreakers!
Disable any changes to your carrier name (AT&T Carrier Logo or MIM). This will cause an error.
Running iPhone 3GS w/ 3.0 and carrier file 5.5 just fine. =) Was getting errors from iTunes trying to install the carrier file manually when I had the carrier logo installed.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
do you have to send a message in 3g or can you send one in edge?
September 25th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
i have a jailbroken 3.1 shouldnt that work perfectly..cant update carrier settings…same as mike and ryan
September 25th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Can I just download carrier file 5.5 and update the way I did 5.1 yesterday with my 3.0.1 Jailbreak? If not, why should I upgrade? MMS works just fine for me here in LI,NY.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Downloaded the update, restarted and all I get is the apple logo in the middle of the screen…tried to restart again…can’t turn it off?? Help!
September 25th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I just loaded file and restarted phone. Tested and working in Mississippi!
September 25th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
I can send pics no problem here in Philly suburbs (to ATT and Verizon). Able to receive from ATT, but not from Verizon yet…
September 25th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Yawn…I sent a photo via text. Back to work now.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
If some of you that still can’t send you might want to call AT&T. I called and they still had me under my iPhone 2G and not my 3Gs.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
I am having the same problem, The txt pic run thru about 80% then hangs up. Tried to send my first pic. It took over a hour
September 25th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
nelson i got the apple logo too for a while but u have to let it sit there. it just takes a while booting up after u restarted it for the first time. after that it restarts fast again.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
thanks Iaurent…how long? been a good 15 minutes!
September 25th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Ah, 5.5 allows Wifi? Guess I’ll be updating just the carrier file tonight!
September 25th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
yay i have mms now!! im in abita springs, louisiana!!
September 25th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Still not working for me!
September 25th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Just get red! and failure to send notice, is this just the busy server.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Loaded it on my 3GS from iTunes just now, shut off the iPhone and turned it back on. Daughter sent a picture from her regular phone and it came through and I sent one just fine to her and a few others on other carriers with no problems.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Works great here in Clearwater, FL(Tampa Bay). Can send/receive photos in texts and to those on other carriers. Took a photo within the Message app and worked just fine
September 25th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Kept on getting the little exclamation point as well for a while. i just shut it down and rebooted and now it seems to work “ok”.
September 25th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
has anyone had the apple logo for up to a half hour after restarting?? Nothing is happening??
September 25th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I’m getting the message send failure. This blows!
September 25th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I updated everything and rebooted and I’m still getting the red exclamation point! Help!!
September 25th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I can receive with any setting but can only send without 3G or WiFi turned on. DFW with iPhone 3G(no hacks, 3.1, 5.5)
September 25th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
No luck in st. Louis.
September 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
MMS works great, still missing tethering… shakes fist
September 25th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Mine is working now guys. Both ways!
September 25th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Getting red exclamation….. FAILURE TO SEND!!!!! ANYONE????
September 25th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
@Pholey22 no my friend is not with AT&T one is with t-mobile and the other is with us cellular and i got both results both times they both said test came and then when i sent the pic by itself they said they got it
September 25th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
works great for me, although i cant sent MMS to my friend who has an LG Shine
September 25th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
cant send or receive. and im not surprised its not working…
September 25th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
@oakey
im also in st. louis, and yeah, nothing. refuses to send
September 25th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Finally SUCCESS! Sent two MMS on 3g after sending one on Edge, and received 2 MMS on 3g. This after 3 hours of red !.
Dallas, 3G, 8GB, 3.1, 5.5 carrier file
September 25th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Failure in Tucson AZ
September 25th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Everyone that installed MMS u need to restart your phone or else u won’t see it. And it works great it’s as fast as like sending messages to two people at the sametime.
September 25th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
3 HOURS AND STILL SEEING RED EXCLAMATIONS….. PHOENIX, AZ HERE…………. HMMMMMMMMMMMMM
September 25th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Working great in Daytona Beach!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
@t0m yes I just did that.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
I am running 3.1 OS and 5.5 carrier in St. Louis MO, and it has only worked one time when i sent my wife a picture from my 3GS to her 3G but only worked just one time. Keep getting red exclamation point after a three minute time out. This is waht we have been waiting for…its faster to send to @mms.att.net!!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
still dead here in New Orleans. Red exclamation point
September 25th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Installed mms reset iPhone and …… The red exclamation point. Nothing goes or receives. FYI live in Detroit, Mi area. Any help is appreciated
September 25th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Still no luck, Called AT&T and they said my phone has to wait to be invited into the network which should be by morning. I would guess this is how they are staggering the roll out. They had me do a couple quick things which did nothing. They said there is no button they can push to make it work nor do they have to much info in tech support on it. Sounds like AT&T left their own tech support in the dark too.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
does any one know if mms will work on a 3g using a 1st gen data plan
September 25th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
MMS messaging was working fine earlier today but now everything I try to send fails. It’s 5pm here in New Mexico so I suspect it might be due to everyone getting off work, getting the update and trying it out but I wanted to know if anyone else is having problems like mine. Just for reference I have a new iPhone 3Gs that has never been hacked in any way so I’m only interested in replies from people with legit systems. I don’t want to know about all the jail-breaking issues.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:33 pm
OK great, Apple/AT&T have finally joined the 21st Century. A little too late. Why wasn’t this available June 29, 2007? What is Apple’s problem that it would not include such a widespread, simple and standard feature in a device billed as revolutionary? And yes, it was Apple and AT&T that held up MMS. Both are guilty. What a joke.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Its slow, but its working here in Central VA.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
WORKING HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA!!!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
It amazes me that so many people are so angry about the lack of MMS on the iPhone (until, of course, today). AT&T this, Apple that. Blah blah blah. So many people are acting as if AT&T and Apple have been withholding oxygen and water from the people. What a joke. Fck AT&T Fck Apple. They lied! Summer is officially over. The iPhone is the most incredible mobile device to date. Even before 3G. So MMS came later. It’s not like you can’t just e-mail stuff to your family and friends text address. It sounds like a lot of non smartphones are unable to receive MMS messages sent from iPhones anyway.
I really hope most of this is in jest. Sometimes humor or sarcasm is hard to detect in a text presentation. I’d like to think that the people who come to The iPhone Blog are iPhone enthusiasts and not people who just like to whine and be snide.
I love this site but sometimes the comments are harsh and unwarranted.
People: LOVE your iPhone, and in return, your iPhone will love you back!!
September 25th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
There was absolutely NO REASON that this old feature on phones should be a new feature on the iphone. Just plain silliness.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Yeah… but think of all the cool stuff the iPhone can do that no other phone can! Like be totally awesome!
September 25th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
@Lisa: yes, same problem here. Red ! every time I try to send.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 5.1 and 5.5!!!
in 5.1 if you group-texted multiple people, it would be called “GROUP MMS” and make a chat room like thing where everyone could see everyone’s input with their name written small above it — once you update to 5.5 it takes the update away
i totally used that Group MMS all of the time too… this isnt cool, i feel like i just downgraded my phone
September 25th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
Are we charged for two messages if we send pic.+ text. That’s the way it appears.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
I sent one message (to a VZW phone), and the text went through, but not the picture.
September 25th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
I have a jb 3g running 3.0 have had carrier file 5.1 and working mms for months. It’s still working. My wife and daughter on non jb iPhone 3g running 3.1 with carrier file 5.5 and they get red exclamation point…. I guess they just gott wait it out
September 25th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
My iphone is no longer a paperweight!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
JimmyD: people can have their own opinion. This is a basic function of almost every other phone on the planet. Can you give one good reason why it was not included on the iPhone until now?
September 25th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Red !!!!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Um.. My mms was working fine… Now the icon to attach a pic is gone?? What the hell??? Any one else?
September 25th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Same here, Bubba! MMS is old news on the iPhone to me!
September 25th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Just in case you guys didn’t know, you can send and receive animated gifs also.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
WTF??? My MMS IS NOT WORKING MORE WHAT HAPPEND?
September 25th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
WTF??? My MMS IS NOT WORKING ANYMORE WHAT HAPPEND?
September 25th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Guys, as frustrating as it may seem, I came from the Blackberry Storm and this is nothing. The Iphone is the ULTIMATE phone, second to none. With the Storm I had hourly problems, freezing, random restarts, millions of battery pulls, failed service. Since I have been here life is heaven!! ATT and Apple may not be perfect but its far better than the competition. Have patience and NO SEXTING!!! HA
September 25th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Network is running slow ofcourse with everyoe trying to send Picture messages. But it does work. Be patient. All iPhone users are just trying to use it so its jammin up the system.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Dexter, How do we do that???
September 25th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
i updated my iphone, restarted and it was stuck on the apple screen. I waited 15-20 mins and reset it again and it’s still stuck. I hope this clears itself up!
September 25th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Working just fine here in NV. Jailbroken phones: I heard from an AT&T rep that if your phone is jailbroken the update will crash your phone and turn phone into a brick! Has this happened to anyone? I know the 3.1 update did crash a lot of phones..plz post if it has.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
I’m getting mms picture and video fro sprint verizon and tmoblie no problems
September 25th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
MMS has not been working now for 2 hours, anybody else having this problem. location Houston, tx
September 25th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
nelson might be cuz u rebooted it the first time and didnt wait enough. it only took like 3 minutes for me the first time. i was freaking out but i went afk and came back and it worked and after that reboots were fast again.
September 25th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
If you have a jailbroken iphone3.0 or 3.0.1 and want to update your caerier settings dowlnoad itunes 8.2 beta and follow these instructions. Worked great for me and i still have my jailbreak!! http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iPhone/CarrierBundles/061-7282.20090925.3Sph5/ATT_US.ipcc
September 25th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
My wife just sent me 30 pictures via mms. So yeah it’s working.
September 25th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
Does it work for the 2G? I can’t seem to get it working!!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
finally glad to have my MMS all my friends have been whining about them not being able to send me MMS messages. now they can. so i am happy and so are they. I am in salt lake city utah fyi.
September 25th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
@dondadda76 no MMS does not work for iphone 2G supposedly it does not have hardware that support spicture messaging. if you want it you will have to upgrade to either the 3G or 3GS
September 25th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Had to restore my phone before it would let me do the carrier update. Apple said it was because it used to be jailbroken….now it’s loaded on there but every mms in or out fails. SMS works fine. In chicago, any ideas??
September 25th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Brian: Can you give me one legitimate reason to curse two companies because a function that is completely unnecessary for the iPhone was not included until now? Opinion is one thing. Name calling is not opinion. Opinion is: I really think MMS should have always been a part of the iPhone. Opinion is not: I hate AT&T and Apple because they’ve screwed us. Or: Let’s crash the system! I honestly think the bulk of negative/nasty comments are from non iPhone people. The iPhone has been on the market, without MMS, for two years. Everyone knew there was no MMS. So if MMS is/was the deal breaker, why did so many people go ahead and buy the iPhone? I agree that Apple should not have said “by the end of summer” knowing full well that people were going to make their calendars. Maybe a more responsible target could have been: Before the end of the 3rd Quarter. My comment is aimed at the posters who are acting as if both Apple and AT&T have deprived them of elements that could prevent them from breathing. THEY PROMISED! I just hope these same people are just as passionate about health care and the economy.
September 25th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
All good here in San Diego,CA. Tried sending MMS 1st time and failed. Did a resend and all MMS work fine now. 6:39pm PST
September 25th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Going on 7 hrs of red (!). I’m getting over this! The amount I pay per month for two of these things and to get this **** service from a provider…. They should be paying us! I left “v” because of **** service to find AT&T not much better!
September 25th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
In San Antonio, TX….everything is working good. I’ve sent several pics and video’s and I must say it gives the iPhone another step above the rest.
September 25th, 2009 at 8:50 pm
i can send pic texts but i can not get any..they come in as emails any ideas?
September 25th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
It has stopped working for me all evening
September 25th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Getting Error up until about 1 hour ago…what can all be sent besides pics and vids? Can you send more than one pic at a time?
September 25th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
By the way…never did get a text from AT&T saying MMS was available. Wisconsin here.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Los Angeles California is having problems with mms I called AT&T and they told me BS that all AT&T phones are having problems and that by tommoro it will start working now for that I’m going to try to keep in touch with the manager of AT&T and tell him WTF or CEO f**k AT&T they suck!! If any body is having problems in California plz post a comment here..
September 25th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
10:04 in NJ outside Philly. No SMS from AT&T saying it was activated. Have the new carrier file, but have been getting red ! for the last 5 hours.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Chicago is good to go. 3.0 3gs jailbroken with 5.5 carrier file. Thanks everyone well thanks everyone who helped with this. File would not download until I tried it in firefox then bam mms here I am.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Calls would hang at “calling” for minutes, and would sometimes not connect until a power cycle is done!
Called ATT, talked to a nice rep, saying they were having some tower problems in the Sacramento, CA areas.
MMS would work, but very-very slow! Signal would go from 1 bar to 5 bar, to “Searching”. My Edge and 3G would fluctuate randomly. Phone never moved, you could literally watch this happen on the phone as it rests on the arm of the couch! Crazy!
September 25th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Could care less about mms. If you have a non iphone data plan, this update breaks your cellular network data. So just went to get the us_att.mobileconfig from a site and my data plan works again. What a bull **** that they want me to pay an extra $10 to have the same data plan as I used to be having for a long time now. Boooo ATT.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
After waiting over an hour for the phone to boot up the second time, I realized I hadn’t run the last iTunes update. Did that, restarted my phone while it was plugged in and it finally came up. Not sure if that was directly correlated but it worked!
September 25th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I’ve been using it all day and no issues. Northern mn here.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Still just red (!)
September 25th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
I haz MMS
September 25th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
In Cleveland: The first 2 hours worked great! But last 8 hours have the RED! and seem to stick at 80% then fail!
September 25th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Finally!
September 25th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
AT&T and Apple. Was that so hard now. What the heck took so long?
September 25th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Los Angeles here. Update went fine. Rebooted and still unable to send or receive. “Message send failure”/red ! instead. I guess the network is overloaded.
September 25th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Im down in san diego and when i try to send a message i get a red exclamation mark? whats up what am i doing wrong?
September 25th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
hello any help?
September 25th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
I’ve been using mms since 3.1 came out. Tim have you rebooted?
September 25th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Hello, I have my iPhone 3G 3.1 I when to iTunes download said nothing… I need help please….
September 25th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
reboot means just turn off the back on correct?
September 25th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Apple/AT&T have had to deliberatly keep it from us iPhone owners. I you bought a hybrid car but the manufacturer withheld the great gas mileage, would you be happy?!?
For all you douches you say that we should shut up about finally getting the MMS we deserve, F**k you. I still don’t have MMS on my jailbroken 3Gs but I’ll wait. I just don’t want to hear you palm pre/storm owners hoping in here bashing us for having better smartphones then you.
September 26th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Does carrier update not include first generation iphones?
September 26th, 2009 at 12:22 am
nope just 3g and 3gs
September 26th, 2009 at 12:24 am
oh that makes me angry!
September 26th, 2009 at 12:24 am
haha sorry im just the messenger
September 26th, 2009 at 12:41 am
When I plug in my iphone it does nothing, so I clicked “check for updates”, and it comes back with “the version of the iPhone software (3.1) is the current version. Does anyone know how to get past this?
September 26th, 2009 at 1:12 am
MMS working great down here in Alabama. Finally!!
September 26th, 2009 at 1:24 am
It doesn’t work for the 2G!!!! That’s ****! I’ve had phones that weren’t even close to the power & design of this phone! I’m so tired of paying more than most people would ever pay & getting half the service! I’m not going back to a contract; if I knew how to get my phone on the BOOST network I would! I guess if anyone knows were I can get a 3Gs in the box for around 250; give me a holla!
September 26th, 2009 at 3:15 am
FOR THOSE OF YOU WANTING GROUP MODE BACK
You can edit the carrier.plist inside the ATT_US.ipcc and check a boolean value called “GroupModeEnabled” to turn this feature back on.
September 26th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Worked fine after I installed last night. Florida suburbs.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:43 am
And 8 hours of sleep later, 7:45am in NJ suburbs of Philly – red ! galore and no MMS in or out.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:50 am
7:45 in NYC. Just woke up and tried to send an MMS. Still getting the red exclamation point. EPIC FAIL for AT&T
September 26th, 2009 at 7:25 am
DFW area. 3G on AT&T with jailbroken 3.0.1, carrier file 5.0. MMS still working, though there is a slight hang right before it sends. Reception quick from AT&T, varies with other networks.(First one from T-mobile took 5 hours, but that was several days before official rollout) 5.0 still has the tethering options showing. VVM works. MMS sends on 3G and WiFi. Having no other issues. Should I really update to 5.5?
September 26th, 2009 at 7:59 am
Just an FYI
For those who claim an mms = 4sms and so forth, this is not true. I’ve checked my bill statement online and it shows an mms as 1 message.
September 26th, 2009 at 8:00 am
If you are getting the red (!) that means ATT hasn’t removed the opt-out code yet. Most likely you are towards the end of the “rollout”. If I understand it correctly even after the codes are removed it could take a little while.
September 26th, 2009 at 8:35 am
Here’s a funny story for you. I just got the message from AT&T about mms and have had it for a day already
September 26th, 2009 at 8:54 am
I just Found out that the iPhone 3G can RECEIVE, VIEW, SAVE, and EDIT video. The only thing you can’t do is send it. I haven’t been completely shafted!
September 26th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Still not working in Columbia, MO.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:51 am
11am or so outside Philly. I got the AT&T message about MMS this morning, but as of yet, red ! and nothing will send. :-/
September 26th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Nothing in Tucson. I can’t even make a phone call myself. Phone not jailbroken, has all updates. Rebooted several times.
Since I don’t have a landline I can’t call AT&T. Haha. WTF should I do?
September 26th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Ahh… After not even being able to make a call in Tucson for the last 16 hours or so, I finally got a text-only message sent…
…sent to my second iPhone sitting next to me…
Still haven’t received it yet but hey, at this point I’ll be glad if the network let’s me dial a phone call!
September 26th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Works good going out, no incoming from us cell or verizon
September 26th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Well, in Santa Fe, NM it installed in 30 seconds and then had message send errors for the first two hours or so, before it finally worked regularly later that evening. It is slow, however …
September 26th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
MMS has worked flawlessly for any carrier I send it to! Also have noticed that text messages send faster so I’m guessing they may have updated their servers! Finally iPhone is a cell guru!
September 26th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I had some errors when I updated my non-jailbroken phone. I called AT&T and they found out why. Apparently my IMEI number was incorrect. It was still showing my iPhone 2G when I have a 3G therefore their system was not allowing data to pass to my phone because it thought it was the 2G. If you are still having problems, call AT&T and find out if that is the case. They were very helpful and as soon as that problem was fixed, I powered the phone off and on and it works fine.
September 26th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I have a jailbroken 3.1 3G and just updated the carrier settings using ITunes and it works like a charm!
September 26th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Attention to anyone having problems with updating the 5.5 ipcc carrier file manually (to 3.0 or 3.01)
They are many directions out there as to how to do this. Including the links in this very same thread. However I would have saved a bunch of time if someone would have kindly mentioned that downloading the ipcc through internet explorer (or even safari reportedly) will not work..for me at least.
It took me since yesterday to figure this out, and if it wasn’t for this one guy on youtube stressing that you should download the ipcc file under the FIREFOX browser, then I would not have mms as we speak.
Downloading the carrier update file via internet explorer will download the file as a zip which then screws everything up even if you extract. According to some posts on youtube, some safari users might experience difficulties too but i’m not sure (unfortunetly on pc).
The only way this “hack” worked for me was when I downloaded the att_us ipcc file with the FIREFOX browser. Firefox will download the ipcc file directly to your download folder as is-unmodified-which is the only way it will work. Thereafter, you can follow the directions that everyone else has been posting (executing command prompt, shift click on update button in itunes, etc)
Hope this helps someone..because If someone would have mentioned this to internet explorer users as myself a little sooner…it would of saved me a lot of time!
However Now I have mms on my 3gs 3.0 and am very happy I was able to keep my jailbreak =)
Long live Jailbreak!!
September 26th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I was able to get mms working without having to go thru iTunes using the Ben help link and it’s awesome!
September 26th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Make sure Your sim card is a 3g sim card and you must also have the 3g {$40} multimedia plan not the 2g {$30}
September 26th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I was so excited to get it then i sent ONE and received ONE then i was done with it.
September 26th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Does anyone have the 3.0.1 OS, and did this? Can you still tether if so? I have carrier 5.1, but would like to go to 5.5 as long as my tethering is still enabled, because my VVM doesn’t work on 5.1.
September 26th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
@RonJ
I have 5.0 on 3.0.1. If you have a section in Cellular Data Network for Visual Voicemail settings, set the apn to acds.voicemail instead of wap.cingular. VVM should work then. I’ve heard tethering is disabled in 5.5, and since my MMS on 5.0 is working with tethering and VVM, I’m leaving well enough alone.
September 26th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
(Assuming 5.1 has the same settings pages as 5.0)
September 26th, 2009 at 5:05 pm
after being frustrated with this for 24hrs i decided to call att mms was workin on my moms 3g but not mine so i called and idk wat they did but it works now in si ny and got $5 credit
September 26th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Appears to be working in Tucson now.
September 26th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
is there any way I can get the update without the use of a computer??
September 26th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Still just getting message failures here in Chicago….wonder if I should calll AT&T?
September 26th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
I started itunes and it said there was a new carrier file. I updated, reset the iphone, and there is no change. No mms, no change to messenger, no change to camera. Nothing different. Anyone have any ideas?
September 26th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
how do you check the carrier file, anyway?
September 26th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
@dagwolf
Thanks SO MUCH!!!!!!!! It worked.
September 26th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
anyone having issues with pic failing to send call ATT and have them remove your messaging plan and then re add it. also make sure your phone is off during this (800) 331-0500 I just did this and now I can actually send MMS. Just trying to help anyone with issues I was very frustrated with this until now.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Im in san diego and im still getting the red exclamation mark wtf!
September 26th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
@ANBU
there is no $40 multimedia that we need to jump on in order to have MMS. Who told you that lie that your misinforming everyone with?
I think $30 is more than enough for data.
September 26th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Does anyone know if any jailbroken quick text app will be already compatible with mms? Will I have the same camera button?
September 26th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
To everyone who is getting the red exclamation mark when trying to send a mms message, i think i found a fix and its simply. On your iphone, go to settings, then click General, and at the bottom click Reset and finally click reset all settings. Should work, let me know.
September 27th, 2009 at 1:09 am
i have a jailbroken iphone,and i am running 3.0. don’t want to upgrade to 3.1 for the reasons you all know. have followed some basic set up giving at the beginning og this topic. now my mms is working fine. i used to use swirlymms for mms before the update.
September 27th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Orlando, FL just updated but getting little red !. Going to sleep….. better work in the morning or i will not be a happy camper…..
September 27th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Adam from Houston—– reset all setting fixed my problem. I can now send and receieve mms. Thanks a million!!!
September 27th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Workin great here in Pendleton, IN. To the guy that had text messages turned off his iphone! WTF!!!! Why would u buy an Iphone and not use the text messaging? I must be missing something.
September 27th, 2009 at 10:15 am
What does a jailbroken phone do? Anyone??
September 27th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
for the people who are able to change the boolean command to make Group Messaging possible again like it was with the 5.1 carrier file:
would you be able to post an enabled 5.5 carrier file somewhere online? because i tried to do it myself but i think you need a mac to go into the .plist file thats within the ipcc file
September 27th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Thanks Adam! Went to settings>general<< reset all settings, now mms working great.
September 27th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Ok, the carrier setting update worked and MMS is working perfectly… BUT now my iPhone battery life is beyond bad. I burned through 15% just typing this. The battery life has never been great, but this is ridiculous. Anyone else experiencing this since updating to MMS?
September 27th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
YUUSSSSS so cool finally, dudes
September 28th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Still not working for me. Reset all network settings as some have mentioned above. I guess my next step is to call AT&T to make sure they have my phone listed as 3G and not 2G.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Thanks so much Adam from Houston! I had the explanation point since friday and gave up hope until now! Works like a charm! Single guy Money, reset all settings not reset all network settings.
September 28th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Glad i could help those who it worked for. Yea, it was a real pain in the *** to learn that that would work.
September 28th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
I have the old iPhone, and updated to 3.1. There is no picture message option. What to do??
September 28th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
I updated my iphone tonight, and it will forward messages and do the voice memo thing but it still will not send pic messages
September 29th, 2009 at 12:35 am
I was getting the red circle with the exclamation mark when trying to send MMS messages.
I just spent the last 50 minutes on the phone with AT&T to resolve.
The txt message lady (department) was not able fix it.
She transferred me to the (ANS ?) data department. They had me power on and off the phone a few times and changed some settings but were not having any luck. Finally the 2nd tear support was chatting with my phone agent and they changed something else on there end. Next they asked me to clear out and failed outgoing MMS messages, shut off the phone, and turn it back on.
As soon as I turned the phone back on I received a flood of test MMS messages from AT&T. I am also able to send MMS messages now.
September 29th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
It does not work on my older model iphone, pre 3G. I wonder if that is the issue. I followed the instructions.
September 30th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
I updated and rebooted and my text icon does now say “messages”…Although the camera icon never showed up next to the message bar. Any tips on why?
September 30th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
my perents and i both updated our phones but we don’t even have the option to send a picture. my friend’s updates phone can though?? what’s going on apple?
September 30th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
I updated my i-phone 3gs to 3.1 softwear but still i dont see camra option in my SMS.. wat to do?? i hv windows..
Plzzz help me any1.. if u hv answer how can i do dat MMS update plz email me my email id is janakpatel09@yahoo.com
Thankx..
October 1st, 2009 at 1:21 am
Updated carrier settings to 5.5. on a jailbroken 3GS – MMS working fine, tethering still working, but battery life sucks big time now! Guess ATT carrier file 5.5. has a bug as before the update Battery life was not the best, but at least was ok for 2 or 3 days (now drained in 1 day)
October 1st, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Still not working in San Diego, granted it says it does, the feature is there but alas, only text arrives.
October 1st, 2009 at 11:11 pm
my friends arent receiving my mms and i’m not receiving theirs! Updated and rebooted. any ideas? mms is on as well
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
For me resetting the network settings worked to get rid of the exclamation points when sending MMS. See this: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
October 3rd, 2009 at 11:35 am
Works for me! Bout time AT@T!
Its great
October 3rd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
i can send mms but when i send to other att customers the pic will complete sending but they never receive the pic?! any suggestions???
email: xxchiefs2007xx@aol.com
October 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
I got mine to work fine, there were a few snags but here is what I got it working on: iPhone 3GS, FW 3.1, previsouly jailbroken on 3.0. carrier bundle 5.1.
Be sure you add the proper stuff in this menu: To get where you need to be, go to Settings -> General -> Network area. You should see a new Celullar Data Network option. Go into that area, and enter the following settings:
Im in Michigan, working great now.
October 6th, 2009 at 11:27 am
My phone says it sends pictures fine, but it won’t receive them. My wife’s iPhone does the exact same thing. Both say they send photos, but the other never receives them. I haven’t tried sending to a non-iPhone user to see if they receive or not. Thus, not working in Utah yet.
October 7th, 2009 at 1:47 am
Anyone tried using MMS without actually paying for the monthly Internet subscription bcause I’m not paying for it. I noticed that my friend after not having the Internet subscription and subscrbing again she was able to send and recieve MMS. If I have to pay Internet I think that’s pretty retarded since I’m already paying for text.
October 7th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Can someone clear this up for me. I MMS iPhone to iPhone fine. However, if I send to iPhone that doesn’t have MMS set up it acts like it went on my iPhone but they never receive and I never get message saying it didn’t send. Same issue if I send to someone on Sprint that I know has MMS working?
Is that normal?
October 8th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I need help. I just bought the new 32GB 3Gs Iphone last sunday; went home update from itunes; reset my iphone; checked on the message thing and it shows the little icon for picture messaging. I was able to send pictures to my boyfriend (w/at&t service) and to a few other friends (from different network service providers); They received the picture message; When they tried sending me picture message, I DIDN”T GET ANYTHING from them. HELP HELP HELP!!!
Thanks!
October 8th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
The new MMS update has KILLED my battery life from the usual 1-1/2 day lifespan to less than 12 hours from a FULL charge!! ATT and Apple need to get their sh*t straight!! The phones sell for $199 to $599 and the product works half a$$?? My point made……
October 16th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Since I got MMS on my iphone 3g, I can’t send pics to anyone’s (including mine) email address. MMS works fine..what do I need to do?
October 20th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
So i’ve followed the links to d/l the latest carrier update. I ran the command prompts as instructed but I still can’t Click Shift and update in Itunes. I’m using Itunes 9.0.1.8 on a Windows Vista 64bit. I’m on a 3G phone with 3.0 FW. Any suggestions?
October 21st, 2009 at 7:45 am
Great article you got here. It would be great to read more about that topic.
October 21st, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I have an unlocked iPhone, got the 3.1 new software (so probaly no mor eunlocked) but do not have the original AT&T Sim Card anymore. Just a friend’s Prepaid AT&T card. The apps are no longer working after downloading the new iPhone & iTunes verison – iTunes is now promting me to update my carrier setting. First of all: Is it safe to do with a Prepaid card Secondly: Could this fix my app not working problem?
I don’t want to kill me phone! Thanksssss!