Poll: Has AT&T Switched on Your MMS Early?
Some readers are telling us they can already access MMS on AT&T. This has been happening for a while, of course. Justin was able to use MMS during the 3.1 beta, after all. We figured AT&T was testing the system. Now, AT&T officially has until the promised September 25 drop date to get all iPhone users up and running, however, it appears more and more people are gaining access to MMS and it’s not going away (at least yet).
So, in an effort to find out just how widespread this early MMS access is, we’re running the poll above, and if you are getting MMS already, asking you to let us know where, and for how long in the comments below.
| Tweet |
|
|
Leave a Reply
Note: Comments must be civil, respectful, and on-topic. If a comment does not add to the conversation, if it contains spam advertising, or inappropriate language or content, it will be removed. Comments containing links may be held for moderation. Relax, enjoy, and share in the discussion.
I have fully functional MMS, tethering, and Visual Voicemail. What do I win?
NO!!!! why do other people have MMS and i dont!!!!!!
I have had MMS, and tethering with working VVM for about 2 weeks now. I’m in Baltimore.
Apple is going to have to add some amazing new feature for me to upgrade. I am more than happy with 3.0.1.
Doesn’t everyone have Visual Voicemail anyway?? Not MMS here in Vegas yet.
I have everything, and I have since June 19th… I live in a magical land called Canada.
@ RWD HERO I’m in Baltimore how do you have MMS?
No mms in Houston. I can’t wait anymore, I’m about to wet myself.
R u for real
No MMS here in New Milford, CT…..
P.S. No 3G connection either, only EDGE.
Thank god for WiFi.
How would I know if I have it or not?
Well how can you tell if you have MMS or not? I’m assuming I don’t have it since I don’t have the camera icon in the Messages screen.
I have AT&T 5.0 but no MMS selection or tethering. Here in NYC
How can anyone have mms if there isn’t even a button in the messages app to allow you to add a pic to a MSG?
MMS in Utah since last Thursday night
Live south of Chicago and don’t have MMS yet….for those of you who do have it, are you running OS 3.1? And if so, did you have to connect your phone to your computer and download an update?
No MMS. Or even 3G. But my EDGE has been going really fast lately.
Do I need to upgrade to 3.1 to get MMS?
I got mms by following the guide on appleiphoneschool.com
NO MMS HERE IN LOS ANGELES THE 3.1 UPDATE DIDN’T HAVE IT PLZ HELP ME TWITTER ME AT @YOJOSEPH IF U HAVE THEY TOLD ME ON SEPTEMBER 25 APPLE IS GOING TO HAVE A UPDATE FOR MMS 3.1.1
http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2009/09/12/how-to-enable-mms-picture-messaging-on-your-iphone/
I don’t even have the camera icon after 3.1 upgrade
@Edwin follow the guide with the link above to get the camera button and mms
I got a 3G…on 3.0 with 5.0 AT&T carrier. and I have MMS options and tethering but I don’t think AT&T has changed my opt out code or whatever. Hopefully in a few days though !!
I have MMS now working on my 3GS in WI. I installed the 5.1 carrier file. My only issue is when I have my Wi-fi turned on my phone, I get the red “!” when I try to send. When I turn Wi-fi off it sends fine. Anyone have an idea why?
i can send with wifi on but I talked to Att guy about it and he said that the phone can’t access the Att data plan with wifi on… I did not really belive him but that’s what he said
got mms by going to appleiphoneschool.com thanks @Luke
Do I need to upgrade to 3.1 to get MMS?
I have MMS on 3.1 with the 5.1 carrier file. It’s been working since Thursday afternoon. I’m in Houston, TX, by the way.
Just did the appleiphoneschool.com and it works….excellent!! can’t believe I’m this excited SMS
I live in va beach va. No MMS here
Oh, I sent and received picture messages with my WiFi on…hope that helps!
Cary, NC – Non-Jailbroken – 5.1 Carrier file –
Negative on the MMS
MMS Tethering and Visual VM since yesterday. I’m in NJ.
@David I loaded the carrier file 5.1, and the camera icon magically appeared in the text message app. It didn’t work right away, but after a few days it started working. I have been using the $hit out of it ever since.
MMS in NY since 3.1.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO UPDATE TO 3.1!
Central Illinois – MMS enabled but had to be on a non iphone text plan. Tried switching to an iphone messaging plan but mms was blocked again. Switched back to non-iphone messaging and mms
This sucks hopefully sept. 25
Nothing for me.
I had mms since last Sunday it’s working flawlessly!! Thanks AT&T!! I’m in Oklahoma BTW
I had to do the sim swap and change to normal text plan 4 days ago. MMS and vvm working great.
I have MMS on 3.1 with the ATT 5.1 carrier file. Its been working since this morning. Im in Richmond, VA
This kinda sucks! AT&T sucks! I don’t even care anymore! Got Twitter!
No mms Cleveland, Ohio. 3.1 firmware 5.0 carrier.
Debating if I should do the hack or just wait two more weeks.
Dave from WI: What City are you in? I’m in Milwaukee, installed the new Carrier file and still a no go on MMS.
Thanks
Nothing here in MI, running 3.1/5.0 AT&T is taking there time with this one. I’m thinking there will be a 3.1.1 in sept. 25
@ Al Same here. I don’t know if it’s worth it. I am wondering when AT&T does update the MMS in my area my iPhone will get screwed up.
Was VVM missing for some people?
Northeastern PA /3Gs /3.1 /5.0 No MMS/Tethering
just update to carrier profile 5.1 and switch to the non iphone messaging plan and it will work for ya
Nothing yet here in ATX…
Its only working for people with the family texting plan. Its only working if you update the carrier file to 4.5 5.0 5.1 to get the camera icon. Some phones its working without loading the settings. Others have to load the settings. Everything is in this thread, settings and all. Wont work unless you are on the family plan http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=782654&page=25
I have noticed that in South Africa after the 3.1 update MMS settings for Vodacom are visible but if you try and send an MMS it bombs out after a while, what you might want to try is turning of 3G service, this seems to help in sending MMS. Not ideal but a way of doing it till our SP’s sort out there networks
I have MMS after having downloaded the AT&T 5.1 carrier profile. Visual voicemail and my tethering hack both still work flawlessly.
Curiously, why are some people saying things like “apple better add a bunch of cool stuff to make me upgrade”? I really don’t think it makes a difference to Apple if a few stubborn customers didn’t upgrade, and is it really that big of a deal? It takes what, 10-20 minutes (minus the backup) to upgrade your phone from 3.0 to 3.1? Why not have it? Unless you for some very odd reason CANNOT come up with 20 mins to spare, there’s no reason not to upgrade, and then bitch about how Apple didn’t sell 3.1 to you well enough.
Ok, my ranting and bitching is done.
@Luke thanks for the tip. But I still get the red ! No luck with MMS in Princeton NJ
I don’t have MMS yet but when I updated to 3.1 I got tethering. I live in Miami, FL.
Canada has MMS officially since day one. How many times did I use it? ONE – just to test that it works. LOL.
I loaded a hacked .ipcc file onto my phone a while back which unlocked the phone for MMS on the iPhone side. Then at a little after midnight on the 5th of this month I have been able to send and receive MMS
I live in Hawaii and MMS started working on Wednesday – but not all of my friends were able to get theirs to work. Someone said they heard it has to do with the family plan messaging vs. the individual plan. ?
Baltimore here as well, mine had been working since before the 9th
whats strange for me is in my network settings i have i have MMS but my vvm is gone. The only thing i have done was the hack to get tethering a few months before 3.1 came out. My tethering is still there but the vvm info is gone there isn’t even an area for me do add acds.voicemail very strange, i guess ill use the 5.1 carrier file.
I’m updated with 3.1software. No mms yet. I’ll wait til the 25th for the mms. Not a real big deal at the moment.
after updating the carrier file to 5.1 i have the ability to select a photo in a message but it doesn’t send, it loads almost all the way and stops, my vvm info is also still missing but i still have tethering… curious, anyone have any ideas?
Im in Bmore and no MMS. Curious that RWD has it.
my phone was flickering between home screen and a update icon what’s up with that?
@EAPR
I believe what others are expressing regarding the upgrade to 3.1 is the sacrifice of features that are currently enabled on their phones. If the phone is jailbroken with MMS and tethering, not to mention other ideal functions which are currently not offered through Apple; all of that would be relinquished after the upgrade until there is a safe way to side load those features back on.
3.1 does not offer enough changes to warrant that temporary loss for some people. I don’t think it has anything to do with the time and effort to upgrade.
Hope that helps.
This is bullcrap! I should have had MMS last year because my sense of entitlement is more important than the rest of the world’s!!! Whine, whine, whine, bitch, bitch, bitch, moan, moan, moan!!! I need my ass kicked big time!!!
Working here (just outside Wash. D.C.) as of this morning. Have 5.0 ipcc loaded on 3GS/3.0 and non-iphone 200 messaging plan.
I’m in Houston,TX and no MMS just yet!
Yes! I have it thanks to iPhone school.. MMS AND TETHERING!
Using 3.1 with 5.0 carrier file (which as I understand it comes standard with 3.1, even though I installed it a couple months ago), and I’m up and running in Hartford, CT
Let me correct my previous statement…”no MMS just yet!” without having to install the updated ipcc on my 3GS. Lol!
11 more days and we’ll all have it
How is tethering working for people. Even if AT&T activated it, wouldn’t they charge?
Where do I get at&t 5.1 at?
No MMS for me. I’m in the St. Louis area.
I’m in new York and I still don’t have MMS. But I’ll wait till the 25. There us no rush. I’m happy with the the 3.1 update. Since I updated I notice that the speed of the iPhone (3g) got better
Updated to carrier file 5.1 but MMS doesn’t go through. I’m on firmware 3.1
_Chicago
In central washington mms is working thanks to carrier file update.
I am using 3.0 software and have MMS. AT&T must have just switched it on for me as it started working on Sunday! I have the updated 5.0 carrier file.
nothing here in Las Vegas. and i didnt do the apple school hack. i do have 3.1 but nothing on mms. And when i updatred to 3.1 i noticed the click sound when i type has gone too quiet. it sounds like i have a finger covering the speaker but i dont. and that is the only thing i didnt like about my update to 3.1 its CRAP………..
So I did the apple school hack…just wondering if there are any repercussions to it…increased billing, red flag to AT&T, that sort of thing. Thanks
ok i originally updated both iphones i have on my account to 3.1 (one iphone 3g and one iphone 3GS) and mms wasnt activated. so i followed the instructions from this website:
http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/2009/09/12/how-to-enable-mms-picture-messaging-on-your-iphone/
and now they both work great. I have sent and recived from both at&t and sprint phones and they both went through.
ps I am located in Midland Texas….
here in virginia they turned it on early!!
@EAPR I said that because I am very happy with my phone the way it is now. I have MMS finaly, flawless tethering, and the phone is running smooth as butter. I don’t really care if apple cares if I upgrade or not, I was saying that because for once I have everything I need on one device.
Is it really worth bothering with screwing up your VVM to have MMS 11 days early??
Interesting “scr ewing” is filtered
Where do I locate it on the IPhone to see if the feature is avbailable
No MMS for me here in San Diego, CA….. Reminds me of a song in iTunes, “San Diego/California /I want to goooooooo/ to la Jolla /& Coronado ….
No mms in Philadelphia but I’m on 3.1 with carrier file 5.0 but I have the tethering option available on my phone which I find odd
where can I check if I have mms on my 3gs
the new profile will work if you get off the iphone text pack and on to a messaging plan. IE put your sim in a non iphone and log into your account and switch to the messaging plan you want
MMS is good to go. 3.1 firmware; 5.1 carrier file; not jailbroken. Richmond, VA.
Yes, I do. It helps to live in the same city as AT&T HQ
Updated to the 5.1, but cant send or recieve in MA
ATT insists they have not turned on MMS:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/technologylive/2009/09/att-no-early-mms-for-iphones.html
So I have to ask:
Does Anyone here have MMS on AT&T who:
1) is not jailbroken
2) Has not installed an unauthorized/third party carrier file?
3) is using a US/ATT iPhone?
4) has not in any way tinkered around with the phone?
Show of hands please?
Carrier files can belivered OTA or via iTunes, but the current one is 5.0, so if you did some gray-market upgrade to 5.1 (Like David and COOLJoe), you don’t count…
Icebike, I’m certain no one who’s using MMS on AT&T is using the pre-packaged carrier file. The entire purpose of the 5.1 carrier file is to enable those features on the phone; the carrier file bundled with the latest official update has MMS and Tethering set to off.
I doubt MMS availability has anything to do with location, but instead is simply based on whatever random method AT&T is using to go through and activate it on each account.