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iPhone 3.0 MMS enabled via carrier update file
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im uploading iphone 3.0 to my idisk right now, going to share with anyone that wants it. if only some cool att rep would help me configure my account to work with mms "Jayden0606" hint hint lol. the help would be much appreciated man.
It seems to be a crap shoot with Tech Support... i would try again until you receive an iphone enthusiast.
i used the IPCC directions posted here, fyi
i used the IPCC directions posted here, fyi
I just called up and asked to be transfered directly to tech support. I explained the situation to her and she looked into the settings for me.
Not as if it did any good...
So after getting transfered thru 4 people, the fourth person, on so called "level 2 technical support" told me he opened the "portal" for MMS messaging for what ever third part application I had, and he said "I cannot promise it will work." And yet again I explained I was a part of a new software that isn't public yet and it wasn't a third part app. He said that is all he could do, and he couldn't promise anything. THe call ended by him saying as usual, "Is there anything else..." the usual ending statement. I said no and hung up. Just incase, I restarted my iphone.
Now the the info...
I tried MMS, and it didn't work...
Now the the info...
I tried MMS, and it didn't work...
I got it set up with MMS and Tethering... though the tethering won't work with my Macbook. What I did was download the Internet Tethering ipcc from this thread and edit in all the MMS features from this thread. I do have a family plan, so that's why it works I suspect, not the iPhone texting plan. If these meet your specifications then you can have it all I suppose.
I'm not sure how you are all approaching this - and this is the last piece of advise - because i'm sure some of you are not part of the official program (not passing judgement.... just saying).
I told them i was a developer, that i spoke with Apple and was told to call with this specific request. So... your mileage may vary. But i took the high road and had a professional approach - as always in dealing with matters as these.
I told them i was a developer, that i spoke with Apple and was told to call with this specific request. So... your mileage may vary. But i took the high road and had a professional approach - as always in dealing with matters as these.
I agree that the professional approach is always the best.
I honestly think that the issue is just that not every person in tech support knows exactly what has to be done.
Funny thing is, I'm going through all this work for a feature I don't even care about...
I honestly think that the issue is just that not every person in tech support knows exactly what has to be done.
Funny thing is, I'm going through all this work for a feature I don't even care about...
I do care a little for it, but I guess I will live. I spoke directly to the technical support manager, and he didn't even see that my phone number was a developer account (he said that), yet I am. He said that their (AT&T's people) internal developers have access the the coding to do such a provision (his words), but no one on the consumer support line could do this.
I will give it up for now I guess. Kinda makes me sad, but I will try yet another time, just not now after a good 40 mins on the phone.
Thanks anyways guys
I will give it up for now I guess.
Kinda makes me sad, but I will try yet another time, just not now after a good 40 mins on the phone.Thanks anyways guys
Finally got it working...
Here's the sequence of events that worked for me.
1) I installed the modified ipcc file.
2) Put my SIM in my BB and went to the AT&T media net website discussed here, entered the four digit code that was texted to me.
3) I went to my AT&T account settings online and changed from an unlimited iPhone messaging plan to an unlimited "regular" messaging plan.
4) I made a call from the BB and sent sent a couple SMSs and MMSs, just for kicks.
5) I put the SIM back into my iphone. After several minutes I found the iPhone was able to receive MMSs but not send them.
6)I called AT&T and first spoke with a representative that said they had just received an email regarding MMS and the iPhone and that the service wasn't ready to be activated yet. I insisted that some developer friends of mine have spoken with tech support and had it enabled, and that as a developer I needed to be able to test MMS functionality. He put me on hold, spoke with tech support himself, and came back and told me it had been provisioned, but that I would have to call apple to get the carrier updates to make it work. (That was my step 1)
I tested it and it works fine. Let's see how long it works...
Now that we've done a bunch of tweaking to phone and AT&T account settings, I'm also curious what we're all going to do when MMS function is actually turned on in whatever beta of 3.0 that will happen. I'm guessing there will be another call to AT&T in my future.
Here's the sequence of events that worked for me.
1) I installed the modified ipcc file.
2) Put my SIM in my BB and went to the AT&T media net website discussed here, entered the four digit code that was texted to me.
3) I went to my AT&T account settings online and changed from an unlimited iPhone messaging plan to an unlimited "regular" messaging plan.
4) I made a call from the BB and sent sent a couple SMSs and MMSs, just for kicks.
5) I put the SIM back into my iphone. After several minutes I found the iPhone was able to receive MMSs but not send them.
6)I called AT&T and first spoke with a representative that said they had just received an email regarding MMS and the iPhone and that the service wasn't ready to be activated yet. I insisted that some developer friends of mine have spoken with tech support and had it enabled, and that as a developer I needed to be able to test MMS functionality. He put me on hold, spoke with tech support himself, and came back and told me it had been provisioned, but that I would have to call apple to get the carrier updates to make it work.
(That was my step 1) I tested it and it works fine. Let's see how long it works...
Now that we've done a bunch of tweaking to phone and AT&T account settings, I'm also curious what we're all going to do when MMS function is actually turned on in whatever beta of 3.0 that will happen. I'm guessing there will be another call to AT&T in my future.
After speaking to AT&T numerous times and emailing them twice, they still wont budge with provisioning my phone. I have remained professional throughout all the calls. I keep telling them that other developers have had their phones provisioned and i dont understand why they cannot complete my request.
EDIT:
so i finally got a customer rep who claimed to do the provisions, but when i tried to send MMS, still no luck. I am on the phone with them again and lets see if things can be fixed.
EDIT:
so i finally got a customer rep who claimed to do the provisions, but when i tried to send MMS, still no luck. I am on the phone with them again and lets see if things can be fixed.
okay listen up everyone..i have the key to solve all of your problems..i JUST got it working for me.
1. load IPCC file, reboot phone
1. you should have a regular text plan, not an iphone text plan..this could be any non iphone text plan including family texting (which is what i have)
2. take your sim out and put it in another phone (non-iphone)..go to medianet and play around for a bit, send an MMS and confirm the other person received the text... you may get an error at first because your phone needs some time to get registered to the network..be a little patient
3. put your sim back into your iphone and try sending an MMS...it should definitely work now
EDIT: after about 15 minutes, i tried sending/receiving MMS..and it did not work..it seems as though the iphone re-registered itself back on the network, and the network is blocking the texts..my conclusion is that the network is responsible for all problems..the IPCC works fine
1. load IPCC file, reboot phone
1. you should have a regular text plan, not an iphone text plan..this could be any non iphone text plan including family texting (which is what i have)
2. take your sim out and put it in another phone (non-iphone)..go to medianet and play around for a bit, send an MMS and confirm the other person received the text... you may get an error at first because your phone needs some time to get registered to the network..be a little patient
3. put your sim back into your iphone and try sending an MMS...it should definitely work now
EDIT: after about 15 minutes, i tried sending/receiving MMS..and it did not work..it seems as though the iphone re-registered itself back on the network, and the network is blocking the texts..my conclusion is that the network is responsible for all problems..the IPCC works fine
Got voicemail working
My voicemail was broken after applying the file hosted on mediashare in this thread. I unzipped and changed this voicemail_context to 2 in carrier.plist to get voicemail working again. It was previously set to 1. Visual Voicemail now works.
I still haven't gotten ATT to enable my MMS though.
My voicemail was broken after applying the file hosted on mediashare in this thread. I unzipped and changed this voicemail_context to 2 in carrier.plist to get voicemail working again. It was previously set to 1. Visual Voicemail now works.
I still haven't gotten ATT to enable my MMS though.
Man, I guess I was lucky. I guess, if MMS is really important to you, keeping trying to get AT&T to enable it. They can and will do it if you get the right person. As someone posted above, it is all about calm professionalism. There is no reason for them not to enable it so that a developer can test a budding application. The developer ecosystem should be as important to AT&T as it is to Apple.
ALSO - make sure they REMOVE the 'iphone text plan' - and replace it with STANDARD messaging plan. This part is key. Just went through the process again with development phone...
Haha, same here. I just want to try it to try it, guess just because I'm a tech nerd.
I have the $30 unlimited family text plan so I think I should be able to get this working if I install that file posted here, but I have put my SIM in an old phone and it failed to send MMS. It says it's not enabled.
Just read a couple post in this thread that says to play around a bit with the non-iPhone so that it can get picked up by the network. So I'm going to do this and if I am able to send MMS from this other phone I'll try install the att_US file.