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How to Enable MMS (picture messaging) on Your iPhone (AT&T) [UPDATED x2]
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UPDATE: The original carrier file v5.0 I had was not allowing Visual Voicemail for some people. I have updated the link below to a v5.0 that allows you to edit your settings and allows both Visual Voicemail & MMS to work. See the guide below for updates. (I’ve added steps 9 & 10.)
If you want to revert back to the carrier file 4.0 (no MMS) you may download here.
Ok, I’m super excited that I got this to work. I really think it has to with AT&T allowing it to work by removing the opt-out codes (the code AT&T put in to block MMS when firmware 3.0 came out). That’s why I think it took a few days for mine to work after doing what I’m about to show you. It’s really really easy. I’m running an iPhone 3GS, jailbroken, not unlocked, on firmware 3.0.1. Your iPhone does not need to be jailbroken for this to work and I have linked to the file needed for firmware 3.1. Here’s how I did it:
PC/Windows Instructions
1. Download this carrier update file (v5.0) if you are running iPhone firmware 3.0 or 3.0.1 (it might work with lower firmware but I haven’t confirmed it.) If you are on the new 3.1, download here (v5.1).
2. Close iTunes.
3. Click Start > Run > type:cmd then press enter. Run this command: “C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
4. Open iTunes.
5. Hold the shift key while clicking update under your iPhone in iTunes.
6. Change the file type to “iPhone Carrier Configuration files” by clicking in the the bottom right corner and switching to *.ipcc.
7. Find the file of the carrier update you just saved to your computer in step 1, select it and click open.
8. You iPhone is now updated. You may have MMS right away if AT&T has removed your opt-out code but mine took a few days.
9. To allow for Visual Voicemail to work on firmware 3.0 & 3.0.1 using carrier file v5.0, go to your Settings app > General > Network > Cellular Data Network > and under Visual Voicemail change wap.cingular to acds.voicemail
10. Double check your MMS settings below the Visual Voicemail settings above to match this (do not enter anything in blank fields):
APN: wap.cingular
Username:
Password:
MMSC: mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 066.209.011.32
MMS Max Message Size: 614400
MMS UA Prof URL:
NOTE: If you are on EDGE it will take a while for the image to send. If AT&T hasn’t removed the opt-out code on your account yet, you will get a red exclamation point next to the message.
Mac/OS X Instructions
1. Download this carrier update file if you are running iPhone firmware 3.0 or 3.0.1 (it might work with lower firmware but I haven’t confirmed it.) If you are on the new 3.1, download here.
2. Close iTunes.
3. Open the Terminal Application and run this command: defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE
4. Open iTunes
5. Hold the alt key while clicking update under your iPhone in iTunes.
6. Find your file of the carrier update you downloaded and select it.
7. Wait for the update. Once it’s done, turn off your iPhone and turn it back on.
8. You iPhone is now updated. You may have MMS right away if AT&T has removed your opt-out code but mine took a few days.
9. To allow for Visual Voicemail to work on firmware 3.0 & 3.0.1 using carrier file v5.0, go to your Settings app > General > Network > Cellular Data Network > and under Visual Voicemail change wap.cingular to acds.voicemail
10. Double check your MMS settings below the Visual Voicemail settings above to match this (do not enter anything in blank fields):
APN: wap.cingular
Username:
Password:
MMSC: mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 066.209.011.32
MMS Max Message Size: 614400
MMS UA Prof URL:
NOTE: If you are on EDGE it will take a while for the image to send. If AT&T hasn’t removed the opt-out code on your account yet, you will get a red exclamation point next to the message.
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once I did all that it still wasn’t working because on mms settings the username and password were blank, so once I typed in wap@cingulargprs.com and CINGULAR1, then it’s started to work right away, it’s been 2 days now and it still fine, so people if your username and password settings on mms are blank, use the ones I wrote above, now I’m enjoying mms FINALLY lol
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iamse7en on September 12th, 2009 10:21 am:
Where are those settings? I updated with the .ipcc file and I can’t find those settings.
Oscar on September 12th, 2009 10:25 am:
go to Settings / General / Network / Celullar Data / scroll down to where it says mms
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 10:33 am:
If you use the file I’ve linked to, you do not need to input settings.
mfleigle@gmail.com on September 12th, 2009 10:34 am:
I tried those settings with no luck. The message seems to fail to send almost immediately now. Im on 3.1 3GS.
@iamse7en General-Network-Cellular Data Network
jake on September 12th, 2009 10:42 am:
I actually just called AT&T and thy said that they are doing a slow rollout of mms rather than everyone calling on the 25th and asking why their mms isn’t working. Then they congradulated me on being one of the first people to have MMS on the iPhone 3G. I actually got mms when my phone upgraded itself without me knowing to 3.1. Brooke or Doug please write back.PLEASE!!
iamse7en on September 12th, 2009 2:14 pm:
I don’t have Cellular Data Network settings in Network.
I DO, however, have the mms icon in the Messaging app, and I tried sending an mms to myself, and it didn’t take.
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:08 pm:
This file does not give access to those settings. It will just work. If it doesn’t work, wait for AT&T to remove your optout code.
Jersh on September 12th, 2009 3:30 pm:
Oscar, any idea what to fill in for “APN” ? Also under MMS.
Ive got camera icon in MMS but when i send, nothing happens but red exclamations.
3gs Version 3.1
MAC
Oscar on September 12th, 2009 4:03 pm:
I actually follow the instructions posted by Doug, I have a MacBook, so once I downloaded the ATT Ippc file from the link provided by Doug, it works great on my iphone with no problem, and with the link posted on the instructions above all the settings are already setup, I didn’t need to add anything else. The APN is wap.cingular
mastuul on September 13th, 2009 9:47 am:
Just like iamse7en, I don’t have Cellular Data Network settings either. Why is that? I thought it might be from having Supreme Preferences installed, but I tried removing it and it still wasn’t there. I’ve noticed this before with my old iPhone on previous firmware versions. I used to have to access it to configure SwirlyMMS, and sometimes I’d find it and other times not. Any idea why it’s not there?
mastuul on September 13th, 2009 10:11 am:
Never mind, I read some of the posts below these and figured it out. It’s back in my settings with the new file. Thanks.
aaron on September 13th, 2009 10:19 pm:
left out of the ****
Jason on September 15th, 2009 5:04 pm:
i followed the instructions above and was able to have everything show up like you said, although keep getting failure when sending. its been 24hrs now and still nothing. I tried the username and password that was provided in the comments with no help also. any suggestions? I have the following settings:
cellular data:
APN- wap.cingular
Username- Blank
password- Blank
MMS:
APN- wap.cingular
Username- blank (also tried wap@cingulargprs.com)
Password- Blank (also tried CINGULAR1)
MMSC- mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy- 066.209.011.32
MMS Max Message Size- 614400
MMS US Prof URL- Blank
Please Help….
sport07 on September 17th, 2009 5:39 pm:
I think why some are getting it to work is they have a unlimited family plan messaging which includes MMS. Single iphone users only have SMS. This is my thought after reading more online.
sport07 on September 17th, 2009 5:43 pm:
I think why some are getting it to work is they have a unlimited family plan messaging which includes MMS. Single iphone users only have SMS. This is my thought after reading more online.
My friends phone works (has family plan), but mine doesn’t (single line account).
Mayfield on September 25th, 2009 2:10 pm:
I have a jailbroken 3Gs 3.0 phone and did the hack and I get all of the setting under “Cellular Data Network” but when I go to send MMS I don’t see the little camera that everyone else see to send a photo. I have rebooted 4 or 5 times.
What did I forget to do…
ctoph on September 26th, 2009 10:23 am:
I ran the cmd and itunes wont let me switch to “ipcc” files is it because i have vista or am i doing something wrong?
tommy on September 26th, 2009 9:42 pm:
@ctoph it isn’t letting me eather idk wat to do someone help plz i want mms but dont wanna lose my JB
Skeez on October 12th, 2009 6:30 pm:
I’ve tried to run the command from two different computers and this is what I get:
‘C:\Program’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
What do I do to get the command to work?
SCB on December 18th, 2009 3:02 am:
Thank You. It worked!
How would I do this on a mac? Just use terminal where you used command prompt?
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Brooke on September 12th, 2009 10:08 am:
The instructions for the Mac are at the second half of the article.
Troy on September 12th, 2009 11:13 am:
My attention span has once again failed me. Thanks brooke
Well someone had to be the 1st guinea pig! Works Perfectly on my Jailbroken 3Gs 3.0
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Sal on September 12th, 2009 10:18 am:
You phone is unlocked or locked ?
aaron on September 12th, 2009 10:30 am:
just jailbroken. I’m with AT&T
blake on September 14th, 2009 6:07 pm:
So if I do this and click the update, this won’t update to 3.1 and unjailbreak my iphone?
Phil on September 14th, 2009 11:45 pm:
same here! jailbroken 3.0 3GS
I actually just called AT&T and thy said that they are doing a slow rollout of mms rather than everyone calling on the 25th and asking why their mms isn’t working. Then they congradulated me on being one of the first people to have mms on the iPhone 3G. I actually got mms when my phone upgraded itself without me knowing to 3.1. Brooke or Doug please write back.
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Upnorth067 on September 12th, 2009 11:27 am:
@ jake, I just called 611 and got an idiot on the phone who didn’t know what I was talking about. What did you say when you called AT&T? Thx
jake on September 13th, 2009 6:45 am:
I talked to customer support. And I asked him why I had mms early. He said that he was thinking they were going to do a slow rollout of mms and when I told him that I got mms early it confirmed that thought. So AT&T are rolling mms out to everyone slowly
my iPhone 3GS it’s running on 3.1 firmware and it’s not jailbroken, in case you’re wondering
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jake on September 12th, 2009 10:25 am:
Me too isn’t it weird Oscar and I never upgraded my iPhone either it just said I had 3.1 when plugged into iTunes.
Well, oddly enough, when I hold down “shift” and click update, I don’t get the carrier option. Anyone else having this issue? Using iphone 3g, 3.0
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 10:36 am:
It has to do with iTunes. Did you close it and then run the command above?
Mike on September 12th, 2009 10:46 am:
Hey Doug. I actually downed the correct file and it worked. Thanks so much. I actually had to reboot the phone and BAM, there it was.
One thing I noticed in the settings is ” Internet Tethering” under network settings. I just enabled it and it works like a charm!!
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 11:55 am:
Yeah, tethering also is activated with this file…
Jersh on September 12th, 2009 3:42 pm:
Douglas,
I dont seem to have an “internet Tethering” setting. Any ideas?
I do have camera icon but without the ability to send MMS.
3gs Version 3.1
MAC
Alan on September 13th, 2009 7:07 am:
Doug, does this file enable tethering on the 3GS running 3.1?
nate on September 13th, 2009 11:13 am:
doesnt work for me..i run the command..then open Itunes..then i press Shift.then i click on CHECK FOR UPDATE ..then a box pop up to search for a file..i dont get anything that says change carrier…anybody got pics of doing this..screenshots…grrr
Jason on September 13th, 2009 10:28 pm:
Try clicking on Restore and then change the file type in drop down.. that how i got it to access
alexus309 on September 14th, 2009 1:42 am:
Have a 32GB 3GS connected to a Snow Leopard MacBook Pro and got MMS to work just fine but still no tethering
Keithski on September 15th, 2009 8:42 am:
I ran into the same problem – and I’m on a 3g with 3.1. I closed out iTunes several times and reopened. Each time I did the shift hit update button a window would open but it would NOT allow me to change the “file type”.
thomas on September 16th, 2009 12:08 am:
I am using 3g phone with 3.0.1 and when I alt/update it takes me to finder window the file payload is chosen it does nothing like it is the wrong type of file. HELP
Joe on September 18th, 2009 2:03 am:
I have the same problem at step six, no additional options. I have restrated the phone, computer and followed the directions to the letter with no luck on several attempts. I have a 3G running the 3.1 software. Please help.
I just did this on my 3G 3.01. At first, nothing happened. So I decided to reboot to see if that helped, no go. Then I reset the Network setting and Bam…It’s working!!
Pretty cool hack.
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And AT&T didnt add the mms opt-out with 3.0 they added way back with 1.0. Thats why it has taken this long, 9 million iPhones with AT&T need the code removed
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I am running a jailbroken 3.0 iPhone 3G and everything worked for me.
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Don’t forget to reboot your iPhone folks. Works like a charm. GREAT POST DOUG!!!
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Mike on September 12th, 2009 10:59 am:
well, I can actually send, but my buddy sent one from Verizon and I have not recieved it yet. So, still work in progress here
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 11:24 am:
Some of mine on edge took up to ten minutes between sending and receiving.
DOUG IT WOULD MEAN THE WORLD IF YOU WROTE BACK TO ME. About my mms and self upgrading iPhone but i guesse you don’t want to.
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larry on September 12th, 2009 11:14 am:
my phone got mms when i upgraded to 3.1 to! lol
elite1980 on September 12th, 2009 11:15 am:
same here! How much people did this happen to!!! hahaha!!
hunter615* on September 12th, 2009 11:17 am:
AT&T told me that they are releasing mms day by day so they dont have alot of people complaining on the 25th
tristan on September 12th, 2009 11:19 am:
this happened to me and about 5 of my friends to!! its pretty sweet!!!
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 11:25 am:
Jake, that’s kewl, but you gotta chill. You can’t be copying and pasting the same comment on all of our articles…
jake on September 12th, 2009 11:39 am:
sorry:(
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:08 pm:
Your forgiven
jake on September 13th, 2009 6:47 am:
Thanks
I have 64bit windows vista,,And I cant get this to work..Everytime I type the command line in I get the same error…
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect
What am I doing wrong?
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 11:29 am:
The path to the programs file directory is different I think it’s /Program Files (x86)/
Shwizz on September 12th, 2009 1:54 pm:
I am having the same Problems on 64 bit Windows 7 RTM build 7600…I have both a programs folder and the (x86)Programs folder and neither are working.
digijeff on September 14th, 2009 4:37 am:
having the same problem
Chris on September 14th, 2009 8:23 am:
I had the same problem, I had to enter it by hand, not copy & paste. Now it’s working!
Thanks Doug!
Wale on September 14th, 2009 2:18 pm:
Try Running “cmd” as Administrator, worked for me
Joel on September 28th, 2009 6:42 pm:
I have 3gs 3.01 firmware jailbroke running vista home Pre itunes soft 9.0 is even up to date. I am running under the admin and put the x86 in the sytext it opens itunes I hold shift and click update and I do not get the icc file. I have tried it several times both with no luck. Please help !!!
Under the mac install……I followed all the steps until find your file of the carrier update you downloaded and select it. I dont know where to find the file.
Help,
Strat
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Sal on September 12th, 2009 11:14 am:
did you download the file? and if so,remember where that file is located…by default you should always download items to your desktop then move them around after your cool with the items.
Teddie_C on September 12th, 2009 11:20 am:
It should be in your download folder in your finder window. Or look where ever you usually download files.
i just did it and it work instantly… i received a mms from my friend and she has verizon , i send one to her and she got mine… this work wonderful… also im using a MacBook …
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every time I put the command in, I get an error that says that the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. I am copy/paste the command straight from this post. Please help.
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 11:30 am:
Mac or PC?
slthom on September 12th, 2009 11:33 am:
You can’t copy and paste. you have to type it is. Don’t ask me why, but it kept failing with I copy and pasted, but as soon as I typed it in, it worked.
MMS is working for me and my wife our 3GSs
I couldnt get the command you listed above to complete. I went to run, cmd and it would never run the command. Any idea why?
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 11:30 am:
Are you on 64 bit?
Adam Allen on September 12th, 2009 11:39 am:
No, 32 bit Vista Home Basic
Adam Allen on September 12th, 2009 12:07 pm:
I got the command to work, but Im still not getting the ipcc update option in iTunes.
Ham on September 12th, 2009 1:34 pm:
I’m having a similar problem. After running the command, iTunes launches but I don’t get the ipcc update option
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:09 pm:
What version of iTunes?
stephen on September 14th, 2009 8:58 am:
This problem is cause by the quotation marks around the file path. When the path is put on the web, the quotes are automatically shaped to “open” and “close” quote marks. The command line requires straight quotes marks. You can copy and paste, then just fix both quotation marks and you’ll be fine.
I’m getting the same error as Adam and Jon. I get an error that says that the filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. I am copy/paste the command straight from this post.
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mastuul on September 12th, 2009 11:49 am:
Don’t copy and paste it, type it in manually. Same thing happened to me.
why arnt you guys giving any credit to krllr the guy who actually made this your taking all his credit and making people think that you made it yourself. not very nice.
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mastuul on September 12th, 2009 11:39 am:
They don’t say anything about figuring it out themselves. This has been out since 3.0 was released, then it stopped working, and now it’s working again, so I think everyone knows it’s not a new discovery by them. Who cares who figured it out anyway.
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 11:59 am:
That’s correct, we did not make this hack, we just created a guide. The reason it’s working for everyone now is because AT&T is removing the opt-out codes and so now we decided to publish it. A more complicated hack worked before but wasn’t working for everyone so we didn’t publish it.
The document folder opens up automatically but the file I downloaded is not there. A bit of a novice I guess.
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desettle on September 20th, 2009 10:43 pm:
You have to open the folder where you saved the file into. Simply navigate to the folder and select it.
Anyone else think it’s stupid/lame that the OG iPhone won’t be able to do MMS? Not like it really has anything to do with the hardware, it’s merely a software limitation. Sorry, I just needed to vent on this issue as I’m still rocking my OG and AT&T was dumb enough to use a pic of it in their marketing plan for MMS on the iPhone.
I tried the method above but the firmware (3.0) I’m still using doesn’t even have the camera icon or the settings feature. Way to go with limiting the capabilities based on hardware. I’m so torn with my love of all things Apple.
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Joe on September 14th, 2009 4:21 am:
To make this work on an Original iPhone there is a file you can download from Cydia called “ActivateMMS2G” I downloaded the file prior to using the method above and my iPhone 2g now had MMS that works perfectly.
qnc on September 24th, 2009 9:54 am:
Activate MMS2G worked, but will ATT allow 2G’s to send MMS?
Ok so I updated the file and now I am on 5.0 but I dont see the camera icon in messages or anything, what am I doing wrong?
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 12:02 pm:
Turn off your iPhone, then back on.
kevin on September 25th, 2009 7:30 pm:
yeah im having the same issue where the camera icon does not appear even after a reboot. its driving me nuts as i just did up my girlfriends phone no problem. 3.0 jailbreak 3gs and im not sure where to go from here
PC
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sorry about the whole 10 article copy paste thing. my phone was on 3.0 then it upgraded by itself you know the whole story. i checked my firmware it said 3.1 i have the new 3.1 features exept for the rintone thing on itunes. and its just jailbroken not unlocked i relly never had an interest in unlocking.
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Ok so I just redid the whole process (thanks Doug for the copy and paste help) But still no camera icon in my messages. and when I go into my settings it says that I have the 5.0 carrier settings. I have rebooted 4 or 5 times now and still nothing. I am on a PC running vista. My iphone is 3.0 jailbroken. Again any help would be great!!! I understand if att hasnt set this up yet by me (Wisconsin/Ill boarder) but would love to see that camera icon. Thank you again.
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 12:03 pm:
Hm, you can try doing it again. It won’t hurt. Also try syncing.
mastuul on September 12th, 2009 12:08 pm:
If you go to Settings/Messages, there’s a toggle for MMS Messaging. When I turn it off the little camera image disappears, and it reappears when I turn it on.
kevin on September 25th, 2009 7:32 pm:
@mastuul i have the same issue as jon and MMS Messaging was not an option in Settings -> Messages
Thanks for this, it worked on my Jailbroken iPhone 3GS running 3.0. I just had to restart my iPhone and boom, the little camera icon appeared.
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Do you have to be on iTunes 9 to get this to work or an older version of the iTunes will do fine?
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does this work on the 1st generation iphone?
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:09 pm:
No
Try syncing a song or something in itunes? Sorry for bugging about this I would just love to get the mms before official release, and show my friends that I can do mms with iphone. early.
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:10 pm:
Just run a normal sync with iTunes. If that doesn’t work, restart computer & iPhone and try again.
mike on September 16th, 2009 9:35 am:
Doug – What if you make an error in installing? I did not shift key at the begining, and now I can not get the mssage back???
Bingo! I filled in wap.cingular under APN, then the username (wap@cingulargprs.com) and the password CINGULAR1. Now works!
My phone is not jailbroken and running 3.1 (Cant wait for it though)).
Thanks!!!!
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Dont know what to do? I tried syncing with itunes and that didnt work, turned on and off phone, rebooted and rebooted and still nothing is showing up. I did go into messsage setting and all I have there is a show preview toggle and a repeat alert toggle nothing else? I am so confused with this. your help is so appreciated anything else anyone can think of?
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Navec245 on September 12th, 2009 12:42 pm:
You have to go into settings>general>network>cellular data network.
I got the command to work finally, but Im still not getting the ipcc update option in iTunes. Any suggestions on what to try now?
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Jon on September 12th, 2009 12:26 pm:
What happens when you shift+update?
Brian on September 12th, 2009 12:26 pm:
I made a couple mistakes when I first tried this. The first was when typing in the command: You should note that there is both forward slashes and backwards slashes. If you just use one instead of both, the command may still run. Second, the second part of the command:
/setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
That is a capital “i,” not a lowercase “L.” I made this mistake. After fixing those, the ipcc update option was there.
Navec245 on September 12th, 2009 12:43 pm:
Did you hold down the shift key and press check for update?
Adam Allen on September 12th, 2009 12:43 pm:
Thanks it was the I that had wrong. I get it installed but they arent sending. Guess Im still waiting till the 25th.
I wasn’t able to use the link you provided, when I downloaded it there was no file present.
I found another file here: http://www.filefactory.com/dlf/f/ag74f31/b/0/h/1ea16f7738daf89f11e1cb59a13b6be64326eec5/j/0/n/att_us_ipcc
(Google search if that doesn’t work for you)
I completed the process listed above and it shows that I can send PIX but they don’t go through.
a few questions: what do i put in these fields??
MMS field:
APN: (shows: wap.cingular)
Username: ?
Password: ?
MMSC: ?
MMS Proxy: ?
MMS Max Message Size: ?
MMS UA Prof URL: ?
And what about price of sending a picture message?
THANKS for your help if you get to this!
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Josh on September 12th, 2009 12:26 pm:
BTW: after i loaded the new ipcc file i reset my network and phone and resprung the phone to show the changes.
Worked for me. Running 3.01 firmware on jailbroken iPhone 3gs (not unlocked). Using a mac with iTunes 9.0. After installing I rebooted the phone and it was working.
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:11 pm:
Great to hear. Thanks for letting us know!
the camera icon appeared but i couldn’t send it out. I have a 3GS on 3.0. Jailbroke and Unlocked. Please help me with this issue, thank you!
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fei on September 12th, 2009 12:57 pm:
i couldn’t send MMS because i think AT&T hasn’t removed the opt-out code on your account yet.so what should I do?
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:12 pm:
Just wait…
No luck here, did all you said, got the ATT 5.0 IPCC on the phone, even see the camera icon to send a video or pic, picked a pic, hit send and get red eclamation point:(
Any suggestions
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:12 pm:
Wait…
anybody else having trouble with the visual voicemail after this changes??? i tried resetting the network settings but it didnt do anything
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fei on September 12th, 2009 1:21 pm:
i have the same problem too
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:12 pm:
Mine is working.
Chad on September 12th, 2009 4:14 pm:
Mines not…
3G jailbroken AT&T resetting network settings didnt work
slthom on September 12th, 2009 5:00 pm:
mine’s working too
Al on September 12th, 2009 5:27 pm:
for those that is working, have you verified it with new voicemails? what phone and version of the firmware are you guys using? is it jailbreak?
desettle on September 20th, 2009 11:23 pm:
My VVM is working fine.
Using 8GB 3G Jailbroken
version 3.1,
att 5.1 (from the link provided in article).
Installed on phone using
iTunes 9.0.0.70 from a Windows Vista 32bit environment.
My MMS and VVS are working fine, No option showing for tethering though.
Hope this helps someone.
I went to general and i have the option to do is tethering…nothing else.
i am on a unlocked & jailbroken 3.0 Iphone 3G.
Any help if possible.Thanks.
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Al on September 12th, 2009 1:20 pm:
try to go to settings -> messages
Sal on September 12th, 2009 1:25 pm:
I did go to settings and message and all i have options on is show preview or repeat alert.
Sal on September 13th, 2009 12:06 pm:
I have the same as you.did you have your sim card in? if so,then reboot once or maybe twice and it should show up under the review or preview
is there a way to remove the ipcc file? i need my visual voicemail more than this right now…
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B.Cherry on September 12th, 2009 10:48 pm:
I had the same problem till I found a modded ipcc file that had the correct settings. Your just going to have to check it manually for the time being.
kre8iv1 on September 14th, 2009 11:34 am:
B.Cherry – where did you find the modded ipcc file? Please post link to it if you can. Thanks!
I can’t get past the command part! It continues to read: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. I have no idea what I am doing wrong. :/
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mastuul on September 12th, 2009 2:15 pm:
Don’t copy and paste, type it.
Paul on September 12th, 2009 2:21 pm:
if you are on vista 64 bit the command should be “C:/Program Files (x86)/iTunes/iTunes.exe”
on another note, make sure all the slashes are the same direction, and you type the command, don’t copy paste.
Visual Voicemail isn’t working now…Would have been nice to know that before they posted this….
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Louie on September 15th, 2009 2:23 pm:
It’s part of the instructions. Either downgrade back to 4.0 or install the new 5.0 file. If you’re using the latest file follow the instructions on how to edit wap.Cingular to acds.voicemail
Jailbroken 3gs here and on 3.01. My swirly mms just started working today for no reason, Ha!!. I have no mms toggle in my setting either.
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Does anyone know if this will work on an original iphone? (the 2g iphone)
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:13 pm:
Most likely does not.
Question… Can you send a pic to someone that doesn’t have this hack on their iPhone?
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i just did the steps but for some reason when im in itunes and i hold shift to open the itunes open screen to select the .ipcc, on the bottom right it does not give me the option to change it what should i do
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So to make sure I understand this correctly, I am able to load the ipcc file with iTunes not a problem, I select and it istalls correctly. So after a reboot I should at least see the camera icon right? I did all the steps above and rebooted, synced reset network, turn phone on and off, even installed the file again and I still cant get the camera icon. Please help!!@!!
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Jon on September 12th, 2009 3:06 pm:
One other thing, If I already ran the command once should I keep running it every time I want to retry the file? Thanks
Shwizz on September 12th, 2009 3:32 pm:
No the command just makes the ipcc settings available in iTunes.
now my visual vm wont work. Any fix for this?
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 3:13 pm:
Try resetting your network settings
kre8iv1 on September 14th, 2009 11:38 am:
Douglas –
If I reset the network settings to regain my visual voicemail, will I lose the MMS again?
What do the red exclamation points mean when I send the MMS to another iPhone that does not have your fix on it (yet)?
How do I regain tethering? Saw it somewhere in this thread, but can’t put my finger on it.
Thanks!
I’m on pc. When I click on the dowload tab for 3.0 it sends me to a rapid share page and I can’t seem to be able to dowload the file. What’s up with that?
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Shwizz on September 12th, 2009 3:39 pm:
Are you clicking on the “Free User” option under the first speedometer?
Frank on September 12th, 2009 4:23 pm:
Guess I had to wait being a free user and all. Finally got it. Works like a charm.
I’ve finally got past the first step yet for some reason when I use to ATL update I dont see the option to Change the file type to “iPhone Carrier Configuration files” by clicking in the the bottom right corner and switching to *.ipcc
Anyone else have this problem?
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um me on September 14th, 2009 11:37 am:
you can’t copy and paste the cmd line, you have to type it
Thanks AIS….Great Job!
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[...] I haven’t tried this myself, but the iPhone school posted an article on how you can enable MMS messaging on your iPhone. [...]
Awesome Hack It Works Like Charm!!!!!!
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just something worth mentioning, video messaging (and receiving) works as well – but it tends to be in a much worse quality then the original.
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I think I am giving up. I just cant seem to get the camera icon, I have the tethering option but no camera icon. I guess i am sol!! Thanks though to all the feedback.
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What a joke. ATT just now giving the OK for MMS. I love my TMOBILE iPhone. Ive had MMS for months!
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Does anyone know a good 3rd party app or package I can download via my iPhone with cidia maybe? I want to DL the 3rd party games and play them on my mac. Or control the game with my mac.
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WOOT!!!!!!!!! I finally got this to work! I redownloaded from the link above the 3rd time, updated, rebooted, and saw nothing, went to settings>messages> and there was an option to enable, turned on resprung and it works!! Sending and recieving in Southern Wisconsin!!
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Oh yeah!!! This works and my tethering works too. 3gs 3.0.1. Jb and unlocked.
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It works for me, but I have also unfortunately lost my visual voicemail.
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Brian on September 12th, 2009 5:57 pm:
I downgraded the Carrier file back to 4.0 and boom, all my voicemails reappeared. I guess I can wait until the 25th.
fei on September 12th, 2009 6:08 pm:
how do you downgrade to 4.0?
Brian on September 12th, 2009 6:11 pm:
The same way you upgraded except you point it to the 4.0 carrier file. I found it here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8455547#post8455547
fei on September 12th, 2009 6:20 pm:
ok.. i found the 4.0 file and downgraded it.. visual voice is back and i no more mms. Guess i just have to wait…
Brian on September 12th, 2009 6:21 pm:
Yea, that’s the trade-off. I figured I’m going to be using Voicemail more than MMS.
Chad on September 12th, 2009 6:25 pm:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=724086
found the 4.0 file there. everything works now after downgrading and restarting.
Also:
If you want your voicemails to work with the 5.0 file you need to put in the following setting under: Settings -> General -> Network -> Cellular Data Network
Navigate down to the Visual Voicemail section and input the following (or leave blank)
APN: acds.voicemail
Username: [leave blank]
Password: [leave blank]
After changing those settings you should start to receive voicemail’s within 1-15 mins. If not, restart your phone and go back in that menu and check the settings again.
There was also a question of sending mass texts even though the carrier file was setup. What you could do is go to the following so you could send mass texts w/o it using MMS:
Settings -> Messages
Then navigate down to the option that says MMS Messaging and turn it off. After doing that, mass text messages will be sent via regular texts instead of MMS messages. This will also remove the camera icon in the text messaging section.
Best of luck.
Brian on September 12th, 2009 6:55 pm:
Downgrade to v4 fixed my VVM!! Thanks guys. Guess I’m waiting till apple releases MMS.
Brian on September 12th, 2009 7:18 pm:
I don’t even have an option for the Cellular Data Network. Does that only appear if you are using the 5.0 Carrier. I don’t remember if it was there.
Douglas on September 12th, 2009 7:44 pm:
With 5.0 you can’t see that section to edit it.
Does this effect the voicemail like the previous hacks have? I’ve missed countless vms with previous hacks and it’s a pain! Anyone have vm trouble? No notification? No visual?
Thanks,
Taylor
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Brooke on September 12th, 2009 7:00 pm:
We are having a problem with voicemail. We are trying to resolve it now…
After doing the update it seems that trying to send a batch message yields an error. When selecting my contacts the screen reads “New Group MMS” and will ultimately fail to send. I hope this will be fixed once AT&T removed my opt-out code.
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Ok so its working on my Iphone but i get the red exclamation. I know its because of the opt-out code. What do I have to do in the next few days to keep checking if AT&T removes the code? thanks
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Brian on September 12th, 2009 5:59 pm:
I think you would have to keep trying to send a new MMS every day to see if it works.
I havnt tried this yet but people are talking about the carrier setting being 5.0? Mines already 5.0 but no mms. Gonna try this soon.
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Great news guys iH8sn0w has posted a tweet that he has successfully downgraded a 3.1 to 3.0 without having the ECID. This is for those of us that didn’t get out ID’s either manually or from Saurik’s cydia. Also good news for those who buy a 3Gs with 3.1 installed!
http://twitter.com/iH8sn0w
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It worked for me! Yays.
I updated the username, password and apn or apv in the network settings.
So far i can send and receive from AT&T and Verizon. I live in the Central Coast of California.
visual voicemail works still.
Im on a 16gig 3gs thats not jailbroken or unlocked on AT&T
I havent found a tethering option in my settings.
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OK im stuck, im typed the command file in terminal app on my mac, quit itune, then reopened it and tried to hold the alt key while pressing update, all im getting is that my firmware is updated and not the option to select the file. what do i do?
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I can’t find the option for the Cellular Data Network. I just updated to the 5.0 Carrier and it wasn’t there. So it is not there when I’m on the 4.0 or the 5.0 carriers. Anyone have any idea how to enable the option? Thanks.
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Brian on September 12th, 2009 9:24 pm:
With that new Carrier file, everything works fine. I can see the Cellular Data Network and when I made the changes in Step 8 and 9, Visual Voicemail began to work again. Thanks!
iPhone 3g running 3.1. No JB or unlock. Mms worked
but when connected to home wifi it fails to send. Try disableing wifi then try to send.
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Jeremy on September 12th, 2009 7:47 pm:
Visual voice mail working.
Brooke on September 12th, 2009 7:58 pm:
What firmware are you on?
Jeremy on September 12th, 2009 8:49 pm:
On 3.1 and carrier is 5.1. Also tried new voicemail and it went through. About a 45 delay from the time I hung up till phone beeped.
Brooke on September 12th, 2009 8:52 pm:
Great, it seems like 3.1 and 5.1 work fine then with the file we have.
Jeremy on September 12th, 2009 8:59 pm:
The only prob I had was wides phone wasn’t loading apps. Synced with iTunes and it was fixed. Unable to send mms when connected to wifi.
Jeremy on September 12th, 2009 10:36 pm:
oops… wides = wife’s 3G no JB. I also didn’t get the voice mail network settings or the tethering. Still trying to figure out why i have to disable wifi though. Its a real big pain. My incoming messages don’t make it to the phone.
MarkC on September 13th, 2009 7:25 pm:
I’m having the same problem with my wife’s 3g on 3.1. I’m using the 5.1 carrier bundle. I have voicemail working again on he phone. She cannot send or receive MMS over wifi. If I disable wifi it works. My 3gs has 3.01 using the 5.0 carrier bundle. Everything works fine for me. Any suggestions other than turning off wifi?
Jeremy on September 13th, 2009 7:36 pm:
@mark c under the network settings for mms u have to add wap.cingular to APN. Then it will work when wifi is on.
live i CT and works voicemail and MMS did it in 2 phones runing 3.0.1 jailbroken
THANKS !!!THANKS !!!THANKS !!!THANKS !!!THANKS !!!THANKS !!!THANKS !!!
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Brooke on September 12th, 2009 7:58 pm:
Are you actually getting new voicemails though?
seven77 on September 13th, 2009 10:12 pm:
yes voicemail its OK !!
i cant edit my cellular data network or whatever…how are ya doing it…i mean i got the camera icon to show up but i cant send it it shows a red exclamation mark
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Brooke on September 12th, 2009 8:46 pm:
Try the new file under the first step.
CASEACE79 on September 13th, 2009 5:09 pm:
I am getting new voicemails once I changed the voicemail settings to acds.voicemail.com. Used my GF’s phone to call mine and it worked no problem.
it won’t even let me download the .ipcc file you have to DL on step 1. is anyone else having this problem? HELP! :’(
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Brooke on September 12th, 2009 8:46 pm:
You can’t right click and download. You just have to click on that link and go to rapidshare to get the file.
I just got my MMS working. But I am no longer receiving visual voicemail. Also when I check my custom greeting it just says “Retreiving greeting” and never actually retreives it. So the connection is definitely gone. I like VV and use it all the time. So I dunno if this is worth losing it. I hope there is a fix soon before the official carrier update. Cause I also like MMS lol.
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toNYc311 on September 12th, 2009 9:28 pm:
THANK YOU FOR ADDING THE NEW 5.0 ipcc FILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything works! MMS AND VISUAL VOICEMAIL!!!! THIS IS SWEET! FINALLY!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes I’m a little excited! Can you guys tell? As soon as I installed the new ipcc file my VV immediately kicked in and my Star Trek LCARS computer said “there is one message waiting for you!” lol…. Ya I’m a geek
I tested MMS again as well to make sure THAT was still working as well. AND IT IS! Thank you again. I am on a 3GS running 3.0.1 firmware.
Gues ATT still have me on their blocked list, bummer, did everything noted here over and over and still get eclamation point in DAllas TX:(
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Jeremy on September 12th, 2009 9:22 pm:
Try disable wifi?
boi on September 12th, 2009 9:30 pm:
i know it still doesnt work for me…i guess att hasnt remove my opt out code
Bigartdogg on September 12th, 2009 11:34 pm:
Try turning off ure phone wait like 2 min then turn it on. Work for me
Is anyone having the progress bar go to about 9/10 and then stop for a couple of seconds before completing when they send an MMS?
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 9:42 pm:
Yes, more like minutes when on edge…
The New file KILLS internet tethering…avoid if u NEED tethering!
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Douglas on September 12th, 2009 9:43 pm:
Good to know! Thanks!
toNYc311 on September 12th, 2009 11:33 pm:
My MMS, Visual Voicemail and tethering all work. I used the 2nd ipcc that was posted here. My carrier settings under Cellular Data Network all say wap.cingular…for Cellular Data, Visual Voicemail and MMS.
I think since I am jailbroken and installed a Cydia file from Sinfuliphone source called “MMS & Tethering Settings” is the reason why all my setups work. I’ve had this installed the whole time so I’m not sure if it made a difference. I’m just happy now because everything works the way it is supposed to!
mcon on September 13th, 2009 6:44 pm:
I noticed that the Internet Tethering was now an option. Can ATT see if you turn this on? I use PDAnet from Cydia now which I assume they can’t see. It would be great if I could use the built in internet tethering. Thanks.
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 7:24 pm:
No they cannot see it..I have been using it since the week the 3Gs came out.
iTunes 9 doesn’t like my phone. Jailbroken 3G 3.0 iTunes kicks back an exception error when applying the carrier upgrade. On 2 different computers.
Worked fine on my wife’s 3.1 un-jailbroke phone. But Phoenix is still locked down. So I guess I am waiting either way.
I am gonna have to wait for 3.1 jailbreak and Sept 25th. I hope it works then.
I am tempted to do a restore & re-jb but it is too much work when in reality I know I can’t really send them anyway!
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JB on September 12th, 2009 10:24 pm:
NOTE TO ALL!
whoever said use the regular “/” instead of “\” like stated above for 64bit was genius, but don’t forget to run cmd as admin.
so it would be like this for 64 bit…
“C:/Program Files (x86)/iTunes/iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
btw mine does pause about on about 90% sent and hangs for about 2 minutes or a tad more, but then sends. I’m guessing the tower’s aren’t really set up to accept them yet from iphone.
BUT RUN CMD AS ADMIN.
thanks for this file guys!!
Josh
JB on September 12th, 2009 10:28 pm:
BTW meant to say this, but as stated above, remove the AT&T Package in Cydia that changes the AT&T logo made by BossPref I believe. It was causing an error on when trying to update carrier info and then it worked like a charm.
But remember to reboot your device after changing the settings!
Richard on September 13th, 2009 12:36 pm:
Thanks Josh!! I did have the BigBoss AT&T Logo installed! Removed, Upgraded Carrier and reinstalled! I had forgot that it was a hack to the carrier settings and not just a Winterboard Skin and that did the trick!
LarryInAz on September 17th, 2009 2:40 pm:
Ditto on the thanks to Josh – I had tried several times on different computers [Mac and PC's] while my 3.1 phone was not jailbroken and then after it was jailbroken and I continued to get the “unknown error” message – the specific error code was 0xE800003D.
At any rate after seeing your post suggesting to remove the BigBoss logo hack I was able to update the ATT_US.IPCC. I followed the rest of the instructions above and MMS is now “working”. I unfortunately do get the red exclamation mark “fail whale” message – so I’ll just have to be patient for my local ATT to toggle the Opt Out in the Phoenix area.
terry on October 4th, 2009 2:53 am:
Josh, Thanks for the note about the ATT Logo by BossPref. I’ve been trying for days to get MMS to work and after seeing your note I had it working in minutes.
~Terry
I don’t even have the option to turn on MMS….is it supposed to show up in a few days ? or did I do something wrong haha
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Jeremy on September 12th, 2009 10:38 pm:
u did something wrong.
ace on September 12th, 2009 10:40 pm:
……really ? I’m jailbroken 3G on 3.0…my carrier says 5.0 so I don’t know…..
yup. tethering is killed. it was working then u connect and BOOM. gone.
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toNYc311 on September 12th, 2009 11:32 pm:
My MMS, Visual Voicemail and tethering all work. I used the 2nd ipcc that was posted here. My carrier settings under Cellular Data Network all say wap.cingular…for Cellular Data, Visual Voicemail and MMS.
I think since I am jailbroken and installed a Cydia file from Sinfuliphone source called “MMS & Tethering Settings” is the reason why all my setups work. I’ve had this installed the whole time so I’m not sure if it made a difference. I’m just happy now because everything works the way it is supposed to.
so i downloaded the file for 3.1 and im on windows and the 5.1 file is zipped so i unzip it and it just brings up alot of folders and i cant find the .ipcc file please help
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Not sure if anyone has wrote this already,but here it goes.
My Buddy (legit att account) did this and he is on a 3GS with 3.1,and his settings were under the general settings.
Me,i have 3G with 3.0 jailbroken and unlocked,and my mms settings where under the messages only until i installed my sim card,before that it was not showing me nothing.
hope this helps anyone,or i am sure by this time,eveybody has figured it out.
Thanks Doug and Brooke for this,regardless who made it,still good of you guys to inform all of us…
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i have a 3g iphone os 3.1, and itunes 9, windows vista 32 bit all the steps work fine untill i have to select the file i downloaded from rapidshare! when i select the file to update it it just opens files within the file and dont select it!! please tell me what im doing wrong
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Josh on September 12th, 2009 11:41 pm:
exact same thing for me!!!
james on September 13th, 2009 12:01 am:
josh@ if u figure it out please let me know ill do the same
Josh on September 13th, 2009 12:23 am:
Hey james i finally got the file, gve me ur email address and ill send it to u
james on September 13th, 2009 12:32 am:
hope it works thinks man
james on September 13th, 2009 1:04 am:
josh@ don’t leave me hangin bro
TJ on September 13th, 2009 3:22 pm:
I have a mac, but I somewhat had the same problem. Try running the command, and then exit out. Move your ipcc file to your desktop. Then open up iTunes and follow the rest of the instructions. You should then be able to select the ipcc file.
I’ve probably tried this 10 times the mms bubble doesn’t come up. It updates the carrier file and then I restart the phone and it’s not there still. It went away a few days ago. Any one have any ideas?
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does ATT charge you for those pic messeages????
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My MMS, Visual Voicemail and tethering all work. I used the 2nd ipcc that was posted here. My carrier settings under Cellular Data Network all say wap.cingular…for Cellular Data, Visual Voicemail and MMS.
I think since I am jailbroken and installed a Cydia file from Sinfuliphone source called “MMS & Tethering Settings” is the reason why all my setups work. I’ve had this installed the whole time so I’m not sure if it made a difference. I’m just happy now because everything works the way it is supposed to!
I am on 32GB iPhone 3GS firmware 3.0.1.
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Shwizz on September 12th, 2009 11:38 pm:
Thanks…I’ll have to look into it again.
Funny how the time/date stamp on the “red exclamation” screenshot from Brooke’s phone was after? the 8:23 failed but the previous 8:21 worked? were these doctored a bit for the sake of explanation or did it quit working and then start again?
I have the dreaded ‘red exclamations’ so I’ll wait for the opt out from ATT’s end
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Jeremy on September 12th, 2009 11:47 pm:
It works. I did it on my wifes and mine. 3G no jailbreak running 3.1.
Douglas on September 13th, 2009 4:44 am:
Those are out of order. That one is trying to send but it didn’t go the first time. Then got red exclamation points. Then resent a second time and it worked.
i have a 3g iphone os 3.1, and itunes 9, windows vista 32 bit all the steps work fine untill i have to select the file i downloaded from rapidshare! when i select the file to update it it just opens files within the file and dont select it!! please tell me what im doing wrong
please help me
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Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 12:16 am:
Were u able to complete step 6 of the instructions at the top of page? change it from .ipsw to .ipcc?
james on September 13th, 2009 12:25 am:
yes’ i was able to get past #6, but when i locate and try to select the new carrier US_ATT it opens to another file then another but will not select …
james on September 13th, 2009 12:30 am:
yes’ i was able to get past #6, but when i locate and try to select the new carrier ATT_US it opens to another file then another but will not select …
like this:::
ATT_US>Payload>ATT_US.Bundle then on to more files with country names
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 12:37 am:
I’m not sure what would be causing that. When I switch over to the .ipcc option I either double clicked the new file or selected it and hit the open button. But both ways just closed the explorer and started updating settings in iTunes. are you using iTunes 9.0?
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 12:42 am:
Oh looks like Josh helped u out. Hope it works for you. Good Luck
james on September 13th, 2009 12:43 am:
yes itunes 9 and when i double click or select the fie it just opens it
james on September 13th, 2009 12:46 am:
help from the both of u would be great im still waiting on jost to reply
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 12:56 am:
Well…I’m running out of ideas honestly… I have been trying to replicate the problem on a 3g and a 3gs but I’m not having any luck. Hopefully Josh pulls through for you! I will let u know if I find anything. Sorry
james on September 13th, 2009 1:00 am:
ok the zip file from rapidshre is ipcc when i extract the file its noe folder type and not ipcc?
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 1:12 am:
There are other sites that have there own instructions and links to files..just google “How to Enable MMS on iPhone OS 3.1″ and check out the first few links.
james on September 13th, 2009 1:20 am:
thnx ill give it a shot
iFool on September 13th, 2009 9:16 am:
Don’t know if someone answered this or not, but make sure you are downloading the file through something other than safari or internet explorer 8. Personally, I used Chrome. I don’t know the technicalities, but I know that Safari or some others saves the files as the zip//bundle where as Chrome saves it the way you need to use the file, if that makes sense. The same thing happened to me, so try it this way. I am on 3.0.1 / 3G / Windows XP / Jailbroken, not unlocked and I now have MMS and Visual VM working perfectly!
James on September 13th, 2009 10:36 am:
iFool@ thnx dude i download google Crome and it worked iTunes accepted the file mms mms vvm is working thnx agian
This isnt going to work on the 1st gen iPhone. Correct?
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Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 12:17 am:
Nope!
mastuul on September 13th, 2009 5:10 pm:
When the 3.0 firmware was first released this summer I had enabled MMS on my 2G iPhone and it worked then. I have a 3GS now, so I haven’t tried it with my old phone.
okay. so I unjailbroke my 3G and updated to 3.1 and 5.1 carrier. MMS is now working…..but I don’t want 3.1 haha. anyone using a 3G on AT&T 3.0 jailbroken get theirs to work ?? If so reply back to me with how you did everything or something….
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Andres on September 13th, 2009 10:19 am:
Oh no! I think that currently, there is no way to downgrade back to 3.0 – you should have not updated to 3.1.
I might be wrong, but I don’t think so …
Sal on September 13th, 2009 12:32 pm:
Ace – my phone is working and i have the 3G on 3.0 firmware and its jailbroken and unlocked and it worked after i did the instructions…
And it should work on yours since a friend is on a 3.1 and locked and no jailbrake on his..
just wait,maybe the so calle opt thing is whats wrong.
ace on September 13th, 2009 4:46 pm:
Andres. you can downgrade as long as you’re using a 3G lol um I posted this a few hours later actually….
“I feel like I’ve been doing this all night but I went back to 3.0 factory settings on my 3G with AT&T and did all of this again. and I have the MMS options and the photo bubble in my messages but i have noneeee of the data shown in step 10 but the APN I had them with 3.1/5.1 but now I don’t…..suggestions ?”
thanks for the replies too btw. any ideas on what I should do now ?
it works! and i did it on my dads iphone and worked also. on mine tho i made sure i deleted the file i got from benm.at and i restarted the network settings and then added the carrier file, then added the mms settings, then restarted the phone and it worked.
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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO USED THE PROFILE HACK TO GET INTERNET TETHERING ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO FIX VISUAL VOICEMAIL IS REMOVE THE AT&tT PROFILE.
AFTER I DID THAT, I RECIEVED 20 VOICEMAILS AND MY VOICEMAIL IS CRANKING!!!
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MrWang on September 13th, 2009 11:18 pm:
What do you mean remove the at&t profile? I cant find the file, usually it is under setting-general and at the bottom for profiles but its not? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
I have a 3Gs on 3.0 and is jail broke. I did the first upgrade. It worked fine got the MMS to work. I then found out due to this post that my voicemail might not work. I then did the second update and as soon as i did the update my voicemail started working without having to do any setting changes. Thanks all……
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I havent got the new carrier settings to work but i got my swirlyMMS
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Worked like a charm once I realized that it was /setPref(capital i)nt not lowercase L nt in the command prompt. Visual voicemail works fine and tethering is up and running too. Awesome job with the tutorial. Thanks a million!
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Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 12:49 am:
What phone and OS are you using?
fei on September 13th, 2009 1:17 am:
how do you get tethering to work?
fei on September 13th, 2009 2:21 am:
I found the tethering enable is under General–>Network….
Have you changed the cellular data settings to the ones listed above? Try that then restart the phone. That’s restart not respring.
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I feel like I’ve been doing this all night but I went back to 3.0 factory settings on my 3G with AT&T and did all of this again. and I have the MMS options and the photo bubble in my messages but i have noneeee of the data shown in step 10 but the APN I had them with 3.1/5.1 but now I don’t…..suggestions ?
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My mms on my iphone 3g is working great. but y dosent it work when i am on wifi??
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Jeremy on September 13th, 2009 7:14 pm:
Under network setting for mms u have to add wap.cingular for apn setting. Then works when wifi on.
Great explanation … my 3GIphone work very Nice thanx .. MMS work GREAT AND INTERNET Tethering
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Just wanted to say, remb to power cycle the phone, and shazam MMS for all!!
Great post ty
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But I can still wait if I’d like, right? I know this is a dumb post but I’d like to be clear that AT&T will give me MMS on the 25th.
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so im stuck and need help badly… i have followed these instructions to the T yet when i am in iTunes and hold shift when i click on update, all i get is a message telling me that iTunes will update my phone to 3.1 and verify with apple. i have no option to change to my carrier settings. i dont want 3.1 since my 3GS is jailbroken running 3.0.1. i am using a PC with windows vista home premium 32 bit and iTunes 9. i have done the whole cmd thing probably 30 times, i have restarted my computer and done it all over again, yet it still is an epic fail for me to be able to change from the ipsw file to the ipcc. maybe my computer just hates me lol
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aaron on September 13th, 2009 8:39 am:
Hmmm..The only thing I can think of is the cmd line you are running. I am not trying to insult your intelligence but are you putting the correct back and forward slashes?? I only ask because I was putting all \ before I realized I was being retarded. Hope this helps.
mastuul on September 13th, 2009 5:15 pm:
Anytime you hold shift and select upgrade on iTunes, a window will pop-up allowing you to browse for ipsw files, but you can change it to look for ipcc files by using the drop down menu. If it doesn’t pop-up and it wants you to update the firmware without browsing for it, then your shift key isn’t working.
also are you closing out the cmd/run exe? If so you must leave it open. Open iTunes, hook up your phone, then shift + update…
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Nathan on September 13th, 2009 9:38 am:
im leaving it open, it opens iTunes for me, i connect my phone, press shift while clicking update… and im not getting the ability to select the carrier setting
Im on a macbook pro and have snow leopard and the iPhone 3GS and I downloaded the file and mms shows up on my phone but every time i try to send a pic it says message send failure. What do I do to fix this?
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Ybt on September 13th, 2009 9:58 am:
Did you type in the info in your cellular data network?
Brandon Wyche on September 13th, 2009 10:15 am:
what info?
Rod on September 13th, 2009 2:07 pm:
General then Network then Cellular data network and added under MMS APN wap.cingular the rest will self fill.
Please let us know if anyone finds a fix or a file that let’s mms visual vmail and tethering work at the same time. The new file breaks tethering. It breaks it as soon as you try to use it. I hope I don’t have to choose b/w voice mail and tethering because the old file won’t let my visual vmail work.
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Does this enable tetherig? I currently have tethering enabled on my 3G over AT&T and it works fine. Just hope this carrier bundle (5.0) doesn’t remove it.
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dhsdrmr09 on September 13th, 2009 10:31 am:
Tethering should work… Working on mine!
Hey Doug I got mine working without Swirly MMS.
I used iFile and the ipcc and i did it all on the phone!
use safari to download the file
use ifile to go to the file User/Library/Downloads
use the unzip and copy the ATT_US folder in the PAYLOAD folder
paste the files into System/Library/Carrier Bundles/
When it asks u to overwrite say yes
REBOOT!!
DONE
Mine works perfectly with VV and MMS
good Luck!
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Alan on September 13th, 2009 11:28 pm:
Safari wouldn’t download the link on the phone. How did you get it to download?
dhsdrmr09 on September 14th, 2009 1:03 am:
Use safari download manager
dhsdrmr09 on September 14th, 2009 1:06 am:
You can get a faster answer if you email me
mad08902004@aol.com or Twitter me @dhsdrmr09
acidsurfr on September 16th, 2009 9:22 am:
Sent you and email.
Tried your steps using iFile
Did not prompt me to overwrite and after a reboot of my phone it stills shows carrier as AT&T 4.0
iPhone 3G 8g
JB OS 3.0.1 with Redsn0w 0.8
dhsdrmr09 on September 16th, 2009 10:55 am:
Hello Jim
Ok this is what you need to do
When u download the carrier file just tap the file and a
Message will come up on ifile asking you what u want to open it with
Choose the “zip viewer” option
Now check all the files
And tap the button on the lower right of the screen to extract
Once you do that you will have 2 folders
1. Says “_MACOSX” and
2. Says “PAYLOAD”
Tap the ”PAYLOAD” folder and there will be a folder
That says “ATT_US.bundle”
Copy that folder and paste it into system/library/carrier bundles
Then it will ask you to overwrite
Say yes and Reboot!
For people who are getting the red exclamation mark… Yesterday I did the hack and everything worked fine as far as MMS goes. Today I did this update to fix the visual voice mail problem. I followed the steps correctly, rebooted and my voice mail worked but I received the red mark when trying to use MMS.
To fix this I went back to step 10. I deleted all the data entered under:
MMSC: mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 066.209.011.32
MMS Max Message Size: 614400
Then I rebooted. I went back in to cellular data network reentered the same data again. Rebooted one more time and everything works now.
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I updated the carrier file and added all the information under cell network and I still keep getting the message send error with the red examination point. Any ideas?
Also, i updated the carrier file and my visual voicemail started working fine. Should I still have changed the voicemail “acds.voicemail” thing if its already working fine?
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when trying to select the downloaded att bundle file its shaded cant select it. can anyone help?
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why does this not seem to work right? my computer will not let me update the carrier settings
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Has anybody with a 3GS running 3.1 got tethering to work?
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doesnt work for me..i run the command..then open Itunes..then i press Shift.then i click on CHECK FOR UPDATE ..then a box pop up to search for a file..i dont get anything that says change carrier…anybody got pics of doing this..screenshots…grrr
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aaron on September 13th, 2009 12:45 pm:
nate said:
“then a box pop up to search for a file..i dont get anything that says change carrier”
Its very tricky. It’s on that box in the very bottom right hand corner.
nate on September 13th, 2009 12:51 pm:
the only thing in that box is iphone/ipod feature.ppc somthin like that..that it…
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 1:01 pm:
You have to make sure you type the command perfectly. There is one character that looks like a lowercase L but its really a capital i. If you type it in wrong it will still look like it worked but the option to switch from .ipsw to .ipcc will not be there.
nate on September 13th, 2009 1:12 pm:
which word..i copeid an past it i manually typed it in…no go..type it for me so i can copy it…
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 1:24 pm:
You cannot copy and paste you have to type it! I made that mistake a few times myself. Where it says “/setPrefInt” That is a capital i in between the f and n not a lowercase L.
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 1:27 pm:
After you get the command in correctly. You will then see the option to switch between .ipsw and .ipcc when you hold shift and click on update in iTunes. It should look like the photo after step 6 at the top of this page.
nate on September 13th, 2009 1:51 pm:
ya i got it…but ATT must not have my code done yet..i get the RED “!” next to the picture..grrrrrrrr i will have to wait longer for crappy ATT to get it together
Here is a new problem. When I send I go to send a SMS to multiple people it is sent as a Group MMS. I don’t see any way of changing settings. Anyone else with this issue?
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mastuul on September 13th, 2009 5:19 pm:
Go to Settings/Messages and you should have an “MMS Messaging” toggle. You can turn it off to send a group SMS. Kinda annoying.
Decided to post this again to see if anyone else is having this problem:
“After doing the update it seems that trying to send a batch message yields an error. When selecting my contacts the screen reads “New Group MMS” and will ultimately fail to send. I hope this will be fixed once AT&T removed my opt-out code.”
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I download this and it did not work i went into General then Network then Cellular data network and added under MMS APN wap.cingular and it now works like a charm… Thanks
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Rod on September 13th, 2009 1:57 pm:
Rafael, i sent to a group of people and it worked for me.
Rafael on September 14th, 2009 11:17 am:
I’m going to revert back to 4.0 and try it again with the new file. I’m sure the group messages not working has something to do with my MMS not working.
Hey guys, I think I just bout did everything right like the above instructed. But, I am getting the red ! on the messages. I guess the question is…, will ATT remove the opt-out if you give them a call to remove it from your account? I don’t know if anyone has already answered this question above, but there are a lot of comments to go through here.
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I did everything as instructed and still get the Red !
Has AT&T just not removed my opt-out code? If so do I just sit and wait?
Also my visual voicemail works fine but I no longer see the settings for it under cellular data. A problem?
Thanks.
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nate on September 13th, 2009 4:58 pm:
yes you must wait for ATT
Blake on September 13th, 2009 5:08 pm:
Any idea when this might happen? Like could I call ATT and find out?
Jedoonat on September 13th, 2009 10:59 pm:
This waiting game sucks! And I tried calling AT&T to see if they can lift the block early. No joy.
Hi first of all you guys i dont have the cellular data network settings in network on my Iphone 3g. Im using a windows XP. I have downloaded the AT&T file and when I click shift and update I even did restore it doesn’t do anything. I have unzipped the file and it doesn’t recognize. I have clicked it then it says MacOX then payload click on payload because I dont have a Mac. Then I click english on nothing happens. Also I click the carrier config to Ipcc. Im using windows I have followed all the directions I have done this several times. CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!!
:):)
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dhsdrmr09 on September 14th, 2009 1:11 am:
I used iFile, safari download manger and the ipcc and i did it all on the phone!
use safari to download the file
use ifile to go to the file User/Library/Downloads
use the unzip and copy the ATT_US folder in the PAYLOAD folder
paste the files into System/Library/Carrier Bundles/
When it asks u to overwrite say yes
REBOOT!!
DONE
Mine works perfectly with VV and MMS good Luck!
Oh yea I even reset my network settings on iphone 3g
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If mms isn’t working when u have wifi enabled then add wap.cingular to APN under mms in network settings.
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Just an update. Everything was working like I said up further in this thread. However, I lost my camera icon and everything I did to get it back did not work. I found that by having the extra file installed from the Sinful iPhone repo and not having the settings entered manually as directed above in the step by step instructions cause my phone to have the ability to use the features temporarily.
As soon as I turned my phone off and then back on the camera icon was gone but everything else still seemed to work. So, I got rid of the Cydia Sinful iPhone MMS & Tethering file and then I simply followed all the above intructions to the letter on my Windows Vista system running iTunes 9.0. Entered all the proper info under Voicemail and MMS and then rebooted my phone. Then voila! MMS, Tethering and voicemail ALL WORK!
The steps above are pretty straight forward. Again I have an iPhone 3GS with firmware 3.0.1.
Additionally I tried to do the exact same thing for a friend of mine. He has a 3G iPhone. But he cannot send or receive MMS but can tether and use voicemail. I’m guessing AT&T did not set him up yet because all the settings are the same. He is running 3.0.
Something else. I probably won’t even use MMS all that much, lol. But I like the fact that it’s there if I want to use it. It’s the principle of the matter in my opinion.
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Rod on September 13th, 2009 4:50 pm:
Where do you find this Tethering i don’t see it?
mastuul on September 13th, 2009 5:29 pm:
Internet Tethering can be found in Settings/Network.
Rod on September 13th, 2009 5:31 pm:
Thanks, but i don’t have it any reason?
Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 7:09 pm:
Yes I soon as I changed the Visual Voicemail setting wap.cingular to acds.voicemail…it immediately killed tethering…and the tethering setting disappeared completely from General\Network on 3Gs on 3.0.
Everytime i try to run the command “C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1, it tells me that “The Filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.” How do i correct this. I am extremely confused. Can someone help me?
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Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 6:40 pm:
You cannot copy and paste you have to type it! I made that mistake a few times myself. Where it says……….“/setPrefInt”………… That is a capital i in between the f and n not a lowercase L.
Daniel on September 13th, 2009 7:26 pm:
Thank you so much. i was getting extremely frustrated.
I did the update… phone acts as it should, but MMS still stalls at the last second… I’ll just have to keep trying..
odd though.. I don’t have /any/ visual voicemail settings under the config area.. and once I tried to connect to use tethering.. the option disappeared from my phone *shrug*
*waits paitently*
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Everytime i try to run the command “C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1, it tells me that “The Filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.” How do i correct this. I am extremely confused. Can someone help me?
P.S. Im running a 3GS on 3.0
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Scott on September 13th, 2009 10:37 pm:
create a shortcut on your desktop to your itunes.exe file. then edit the properties and on the target line paste this directly after the itunes.exe “setPrefInt carrier-testing 1″ minuse the quotations.
How i had to do it.
Works for me
JoseEdwin on September 13th, 2009 11:25 pm:
i have win vista 32bit and that same error occurred with me. i change program files to progra~1 and it worked.
C:\progra~1\iTunes\iTunes.exe
ok so now i am finally getting the pop up window where i select my ipcc file but its not where i saved it. i then extracted the zip file into a folder but i still cant find the ipcc file. can someone please help?
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Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 7:27 pm:
It should not be a zip file that u download. It’s suppose to be one file called ATT_US.ipcc…many are solving this problem by downloading the file with a different web browser.
Im on vista 64 bit. itunes 9..I download the ipcc file,it goes to a zip file and i extract it and it says:already a file with the same name as the folder name you specified.Specify a different name. I hit skip and i open that file from itunes and nothing is there.
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I updated the carrier file to 5.1 on my phone and my wifes phone. The verdict? My MMS works, sending and receiving. It’s doesn’t work however on her phone. She has the picture icon in her messages app. But, she get the exclaimations next to the images. The only difference is the carrier file added Tethering on my phone. She doesn’t have it. I’m wondering if that’s the tell tell sign its going to work or not. Thoughts?
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Shwizz on September 13th, 2009 11:02 pm:
I think you may be on to something!
8lias on September 14th, 2009 12:15 am:
I have the Tethering option on mine as well and I still get the exclamation. I think it has to do with how ATT remove the opt-out option.
yes voicemail its OK !!
im on 3G NOT 3GS
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my MMS fail to send. Its so cool having the camera icon : ) in Messsages
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iThink one thing that was left out of the entire article on what was needed t do thi is that for windows and i guess it would be the same for mac users is that u need itunes 8.2, i struggled for hours trying to find out why my command line prompt wasnt recognizing the command, thn it hit me after plenty more searching……. maybe someone could update th article to include it, im just suprised no one else commented on this same instance,,,,,,,,,,,
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yeah this definitely works. im on iphone 3Gs 3.1
i just had to enter in the blanks from the linked download
but its working perfectly
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Just so everyone knows, it definitely doesn’t work for first gen. It took me a few tries but I finally got the command line correct (duh!) figured out the ipcc drop down thing, etc. Got it all loaded and it doesnt affect my older phone. Did it twice. I figured I’d try it just to see, even though it says above it wouldnt work. So I’ll be waiting till the 25th (or whenever).
2 totally mistake free tries, sync, reboot.
So if you have a first gen I can conclusively say it wont work there.
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i’ve downloaded the file but then i locate the file with itunes but get an error when updating the file. does anyone get this or know what’s going on?
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Louie on September 14th, 2009 12:16 am:
I am using Windows XP iPhone 3GS (3.0 Jailbroken). i’m getting an error with this number OxE800003D. ????
aaliyah on September 14th, 2009 10:28 am:
i get the same error on my pc. plugged my phone into my mac and the only option i got was to update to 3.1.
Michael on September 14th, 2009 11:01 am:
I’m getting the same error, this won’t work for me.
commo on September 14th, 2009 9:11 pm:
you are right clicking and saving… you cant do that, you need to double click on it and download it from rapidshare so you get the whole file
Got MMS to work over 3G network and my visual voice mail to work, however I cannot send MMS over wifi. Any ideas or suggestions?
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Jeremy on September 15th, 2009 2:28 pm:
Under network settings for mms u have to add wap.cingular to APN this will make it work when wifi is connected.
Well finally worked but no MMS. Have the camera, updated the settings, and VV works. But goes to send and stops. Must not have the feature embedded yet. I hope that it will shut on after some time but knowing AT&T it will take forever. Im sure apple will push this into there 3.1 but will AT&T have the code on EVERYONES account. Will see.
Good work yall
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Well I couldn’t get the Itunes to work when you click update. So I used the WinScp ssh program and transferred the unzipped files into my phone. I also get the ! mark so I guess I have to wait for AT&T. But the tethering and voice mail and all the folders are where they should be. Now I wait…
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could you use 5.1 carrier while using 3.0 firmware ?
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I am stuck at the part where I have to change the carrier update to a ipcc file format. Theres no option for me to do that with I need help so I can move on
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WOW I’m running 64 bit Vista and i’ve tried all the commands people have listed above with NONE of them working… someone please help me.
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osmosis on September 15th, 2009 9:16 pm:
Look, They do work. Go to the command prompt, then drill down one path at a time till you get to the itunes directory then at the command prompt type the itunes.exe and the rest of the command. people, if you can’t navigate around a computer without the GUI you need serious help. Or leave your electronics alone and quit messing with stuff.
cd program files x86
c:\program files x86 cd itunes
c:\[prgram files x86\itunes\ itunes.exe ……(rest of command)……………….
unjailbroken 32gig 3GS 3.1.1 followed the mac instructions and MMS is now working happily in Phoenix AZ. The whole visual voicemail settings disappearing was kinda disconcerting, but eh, I never check my voicemail anyways.
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Critter on September 15th, 2009 10:52 am:
mine disappeared too.. but VVM still seems to be working.. as far as I can tell…
After the update on my 3GS 3.1 it got rid of my BENM settings for tethering my phone. Under Network the settings are now gone for tethering even after trying to put the BENM settings in again. Anyone else have this problem? Does Doug have anything to say about this?
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So I installed the 5.1 carrier on my 3.1 iphone 3gs (not jailbroken) and my visual voicemail settings disapeared and it no longer works. Is there a 5.0 carrier file that 3.1 defaulted with available for download so I can revert back to it?
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No mms for us yet upstate ny (beacon) can’t wait for it will be like my birthday
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Reinstalled everything and followed the new steps and MMS still fails to send. Group messages are still not working. Looks like I’ll have to wait longer.
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Worked great for me. I’m on a 3GS with 3.1, and the carrier file is now 5.1. I did have to jump to step 10 after installing the carrier file, and nowhere is visual voicemail listed in the settings. But it worked just fine, and visual voicemail and calls work fine as well.
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I did everything exactly as stated in the tutorial above.
I have a MacBook Pro, iTunes 9, iPhone 3G version 3.1.
I can see cellular data and MMS, but I don’t have the “Visual Voicemail” option.
I previously had tethering, but that is now gone, too.
Can you please help me?
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Anyone know of any repercussions that may take place if I’m already using these hacked settings when ATT officially rolls MMS out in about a week and a half? I’m still on the fence over whether it is worth it to hack this to work. I’m excited for MMS but I think I could wait a few more days. Also, anyone know of any repercussions to enabling tethering. Any reports of people receiving charges on their bills for using the tethering feature?
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kre8iv1 on September 14th, 2009 8:11 pm:
I tethered a couple of times and did not notice any changes in my bill.
[...] Posted by flyingember From what I can tell 3.1 will be required for MMS Not according to this: How to Enable MMS (picture messaging) on Your iPhone (AT&T) [UPDATED x2] | Apple iPhone School Theres a lot of people on there commenting the by following the directions in the article, they [...]
ok so i followed the instructions for the mac, and so far i can only receive MMS i cant send them….. any idea why???
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I did this on both my roomates and my 3GS with 3.0.1 jailbroken. We used the 5.0 carrier file, and we both have the camera icon and settings for visual VM, tethering, and MMS. We have put in the recommended settings (both with ID and pass and without), and we are able to send MMS…but they are never rcvd (tried sending to each other, and to friends on other networks.). However, we never get the red exclamation point..so what does that mean LOL? No exclamation, but its never rcvd either.
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when i go to change the options to the iphon ipcc it doesnt have it available only the iphone software …any ideas on why this is ? is there something ive done wrong ?
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Not only are username and password blank under my cellular MMS options, but so so APN. Manually adding wap.cingular does not make MMS messaging work. In fact, it makes the message fail faster. Any suggestions?
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the .ipcc file isn’t showing up on step 6 =/
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so i installed it last night and it worked great, then i woke up this morning and it was just gone. I then re installed it an its not showing up anymore. Any thoughts?
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so i installed this last night and it was working fine. I just sent about 3 mms and now my phone turned off and won’t turn back on…it’s freakin dead wth is this related?
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Wow…
Internet was gone at the house, so I was gonna tether to my iPhone 3G on 3.0. I went to Settings>General>Network, and Internet Tethering was there, but once I turned it on and chose USB Only, it took me back to the Network menu, so no more tethering for me I guess. Guess I’ll have to stick with PdaNet for emergencies (unless someone knows of a workaround to get native tethering working).
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Ok so everything worked fine….?I got the mms, but am getting the Exclamation…. so im waiting for at&t i guess… But what about Tethering? I read some people say it was an opiton in the general tab, but I dont have it? ANYONE explain? anyone….. Bueller?
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NJ on September 14th, 2009 5:01 pm:
Mine is doing the same thing. doesn’t send it, even changed username and password and didn’t work…
Alan on September 14th, 2009 8:22 pm:
I had it, then didn’t, then did a “reset network settings” and it came back. Hooked up to my laptop, turned off wireless and it actually worked.
Keithski on September 16th, 2009 9:20 am:
I get the same thing – I am now able to successfully send and receive MMS (it took 1 day for AT&T to turn it on for me after doing this upgrade), but I do NOT have a Tethering option under the Network settings?? Anyone have any thoughts or solutions why? Running 3G with 3.1.
So, if at&t hasn’t removed the opt out code I just have to wait? I got the hack to work but I still get the red exclamations next to photos I try to send. Is there any way around just waiting?
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So i upgraded, but I dont see a field for visual voice mail in settings so i cannot fix it?
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No need for all this carp! This is way to much! Ok so i havent seen anybody do this, but I’m sure people out there have done it. So here’s what to do…
Add source: repo.sinfuliphone.com
Install: MMS and Tethering Settings
Then you’ll go to: Settings> General> Reset, then push Reset Network Settings and reset.
When the phone turns back on you’ll have mms and tethering. It worked for me. I don’t mess with tethering cause i don’t want to pay for it at the end of the month.
You can send pics and videos(3gs) to people that can receive them. If your’re trying to send to another iphone they have to do the same thing. Or else they wont receive it. Oh, and one time it stopped working, so all I did was reset the settings again. It work!
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blake on September 14th, 2009 8:18 pm:
I did what you said….Add source: repo.sinfuliphone.com
Install: MMS and Tethering Settings
And Reset Network Settings
Still won’t work for me.
I can send pics, but the person I’m sending to doesn’t get them.
My phone shows the pics as being sent too.
He has a Blackberry and gets MMS, so I’m not sure what’s up.
Am I supposed to put something in the User name and password fields
under Settings>General>Network>Cellular Data Network>MMS
By the way, it shows that I have tethering, but I haven’t tried it yet.
So I followed everything and what other people commented on but I get nothing.
<> (IN RED) is what I get when sending every time…I guess this may only work in certain areas. In San Antonio,Tx it doesn’t work. Try numerous ways to get MMS before At&T rolls it out I guess I have to wait for them
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Now that you have mms working, how about unlimited incoming and outgoing calls plus data and mms for 110.00 a month vs 170.00. Hit me up I got the details working great for me.
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Carlo on September 17th, 2009 11:11 am:
How did you get unlimited for 110?
I called AT&T and took the plunge. Told them some who have 3.1 have MMS capabilities. Asked him to turn off the opt out thingy. He said he not only turned it off, he deleted it off my account. No MMs yet but we’ll see later…Here’s hoping…
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Andrew on September 15th, 2009 5:06 pm:
I think this really depends on who you get on the other line. I called and was told that lots of people have been calling about their opt-out code but that they couldn’t remove them at this time.
If your plan has a family texting plan MMS is already activated. You just need to update the file.
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i tried to send a group text today but it couldn’t go out, even though i turned off the MMS switch. I think AT&T still haven’t removed the code for me, so I decided to go back to 4.0. BUMMER!!! Well,..have to wait….
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I don’t get the file type. my only option is .ipsw. What can I do?
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aje0924 on September 15th, 2009 2:50 am:
Same here. I can get past the command prompt but no luck getting the drop down menu. itunes just tells me I have the current version update. Any ideas
Shwizz on September 15th, 2009 10:31 pm:
You need to enter the command correctly. You cannot copy and paste you have to type it! I made that mistake a few times myself. Where it says……….“/setPrefInt”………… That is a capital i in between the f and n not a lowercase L
It works DOUG! Thanks bro!
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I did this even before this was posted. I think I did it on the 10th of September. Still no luck. Keep getting the red exclamation marks. My friends with iPhone 3GS did it, and it worked instantly on theirs. I have a 3G on 3.1. I guess I’ll wait it out.
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Forgot to mention that maybe this only works with 3GS right now? and maybe some 3G’s that have the opt-out code removed already.
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I got mms workibg and all, but i cant use 3g or edge. I have to change the setting bach for that.
Fw 3.1 — awaiting jailbreak
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Fixed it…
The 5.1 file doesn’t have visual voicemail either
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I have tried eveything on this site I guess I have to wait it out for AT&T I have a 3GS ON 3.0 I have the new setting 5.0 now my friend and his wife updated and theirs are working fine they have a family plan no problems with theirs I have unlimited everything on my plan and I still get the red exclamations I also have tried swirly mms which doesn’t work and I’ve tried the sinfuliphone repo with the mms and tethering thing and hat doesn’t work for me
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i do the command and then itunes starts up on its own but theres no option after the shift+update only whats already there
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Ben on September 15th, 2009 11:05 am:
also it seems that itunes freezes when i plug in my iphone this blows.
Shwizz on September 15th, 2009 10:34 pm:
U need to enter the command correctly. You cannot copy and paste you have to type it! I made that mistake a few times myself. Where it says……….“/setPrefInt”………… That is a capital i in between the f and n not a lowercase L
If your VVM isn’t working change the Voicemail APN to acds.voicemail.
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I had it working great using SSH but had to add the fields to get my voicemail to work. I had the fields for MMS blank but when I filled in and rebooted the phone I lost the MMS ability but still have 5.0. Does anyone know what happened?
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Louie on September 16th, 2009 12:23 am:
whatever you do not mess with the setting if MMS is working fine. there is no need to enter anything in the fields if it is already working. I didn’t and my MMS capability went away. I had to restore my phone with 3.0 luckily i had uploaded my files to saurik’s server and was able to restore.
Just did it on my 2nd gen with 3.1 and my brothers 1st gen with 3.0.
Why is the wap cingular? Shouldn’t it be at&t? Is this gonna cost me a bunch of extra cash? I have unlimited text and data and everything on my plan.
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I cant get my visual voicemail working on my iPhone 3gs not jailbroken running 3.1 and the 5.1 carrier update file. Is there a way to get things all back working with or without mms, without having to do a complete restore of my iPhone.
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WhiteGuy2 on September 15th, 2009 8:33 pm:
I’m just like you and no 1 will help me out. So if you find any way to fix this please help me
Shwizz on September 15th, 2009 10:29 pm:
Just restore to 4.0 carrier settings.
WhiteGuy on September 16th, 2009 1:20 pm:
just as stated below i used the 4.0 carrier file but instead it sent me to 5.0 so im still not working. I also did a restore but it didnt make a change.
I can’t see the mms, even on the 5.0 carrier file.
Everything was working (I still couldn’t send mms because my account hasn’t gotten the opt out code yet) and I could see the mms icon and i had the ability to try and send it (it would fail obviously). A few hours later after I turned on my phone, the mms was gone. In no place could I select mms (messages, camera, messages setting), the cellular data network settings are still there that allows you to change the mms apn settings (the cellular data and visual voicemail are still there also). Tethering still works also, and I don’t know about visual voicemail because I don’t even know what that is. I tried reinstalling the carrier file, and no luck. everything was the same. Anybody have any ideas? I know I will not be able to send any, but I would like to be able to check everyday to see if my opt out code is good that would allow me to. Thanks!
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My Ipod on my iphone is crashing now. mms is working fine but i cant open the ipod. hard reset has no effect
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So, is there a way to remove the opt out from your online account management tool? Just a thought…
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Works great!!!
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Well I followed instructions and my dropdown only show the .ipsw selection. There is no .ipcc selection. Only one for me and wont work. My phone was jailbroken till i updated to 3.1
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Kind of a stupid question…but i noticed on your screenshots that you were able to change the colors of the little message bubbles. How do you do that?
And what are all of the different icons and stuff that are on the top of your screen that I don’t have? Are these things customized through apps or some kind of hacking?
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I followed your instructions, and it all works great, except I cant send videos?
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hey just letting you guys know.. i used the 3.1 file with my 3.0 3GS and it worked with no problems…. VMail everything works fine… Thanks for the tutorial =) peace
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I have non JB iPhone 3G, with OS 3.1, and downloaded and installed carrier file v5.1
I get the camera icon but cannot send images, and also have lost voicemail. Interestingly I do not have a section For “Visual Voicemail” under Settings->Cellular Data.
Will probably go back to carrier file 4.0 unless someone has other thoughts,
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hibernate on September 16th, 2009 1:14 am:
It appears that the link above to a 4.0 carrier file actually is a 5.0 carrier file.
Any help?
L3thal on September 16th, 2009 5:13 pm:
I have the exact same problem and AT&T customer service is utterly useless.
hibernate on September 16th, 2009 5:45 pm:
We can’t blame them if we hacked our phones. I take full responsibility.
Rapidshare = fail
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i used the 4.0 carrier file but instead it sent me to 5.0 so im still not working. I also did a restore but it didnt make a change. I cant access my voice mail and i have the 3.1 software. Please Help if anyone has any suggestions.
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hibernate on September 16th, 2009 5:44 pm:
I have the same problem. See my comment above yours. No solution yet. No visual voicemail and no MMS and I can’t revert back.
I have to say u are a genius, followed the steps thoroughly and now i have mms!
Iphone 3GS
original 3.0 firmware
AT&T
jailbroken but not unlocked
itunes 9
Windows 7
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On jb3.0.1 3GS – mms working. initially input wrong string for voicemail so it wasn’t working. reckon i need to pay closer attention to details.
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Instructions worked great for me! AT&T disabled opt out code within 2 hours.
Using iphone 3.1 and carrier file 5.1.
I did have to type wap.cingular in APN field to complete the job.
Thank you! Well done!
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I have a jailbroken 3.1 3G and I did the update which gives me the 5.1 carrier bundle, but when I went to the Settings>General>Network>Cellular Data Network, there were no settings for Visual Voicemail. I haven’t received any calls in the last few hours, but I assume now I have no VV. Is there any way to fix this?
Also, my MMS isn’t working so I assume that I am not been opted out yet.
Tethering would be pretty great to have as well.
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I got tethering and MMS features but can’t send MMS. Is it because ATT have not turned the feature on in my account? It’s 9/16/09 today.
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I cant get the shift-click on check for updates to work. When I do that it doesnt do anything different, just says Your software is up to date on 3.1 or whatever. Help please.
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Wow . Won’t work for me no matter what .. I even did the sim switch
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which file do i choose for the carrier for step 7? once i drill down, is it payload? which file under payload? please advise
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Just adding to the chorus here.
I followed the instructions exactly (Mac) and software wise, it works great. Got the camera icon, MMS settings have been changed, etc. However, I can’t send out MMS messages.
Is this because they haven’t removed the opt-out code for my area yet? And if so, there’s no workaround for that, right? I just have to wait?
Thanks for the hack, this is great!
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Works, and works well. I did everything and then the icon didnt show up. went into message settings mms was there and i turned it on.
my friend sent me a video from a non-iphone phone and i was able to watch it no problem. i have 3.0.1 jailbroken and have yet to get 3.1
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I just tried this and i no longer have visual voice mail settings just cellular data and MMS and a reset settings button… anybody know anything about that? i have a 3G 3.1
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Louie on September 18th, 2009 3:16 am:
You need to type in acds.voicemail in your network setting in your voicemail field.
John on September 18th, 2009 10:31 am:
Same situation here. No Voicemail settings area at all under network -> cellular data network – only cellular data and MMS areas. Any one else have this missing?
Also, still no luck gettig MMS to send. I have the camera icon but it wont go. I’ve tried pretty much everything. Probabaly just have to wait.
I have 3GS running 3.1 (7C144) and AT&T 5.1 carrier.
I did this and it worked beautifully on my iphone 3g 3.1 but one other person commented that tethering was enabled on there’s (i dont actually really wanted it i just wasnt sure if you cared about how it worked or not). But my dad got antsy about it so i reverted back to 5.0 THANKS
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I’m having the same problem as Aaron. I don’t even have a voicemail field to type in acds.voicemail into.
So, no visual voicemail anymore! What is wrong?
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John on September 18th, 2009 10:58 am:
My voicemail still works. Test is by leaving yourself a message. I just no voicemail area under network -> cellular data network.
I am having the same problem as Aaron…
followed all the instructions, everything works great (mms), but my visual voicemail isn’t working…
under the cellular data settings, there is no “visual voicemail” setting options, just “cellular data” and “mms”….
I just reinstalled everything, noting the update, but it still is not working.
Help?
non-jailbroke, 3.1, mac
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where did that carrier file come from? is it from att or is this a hack??
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I did this last nite and it worked great! this morning ive been sendhing pix and the status bar would stay at about 9/10 for about a minute then it would send..then later on the messages would send pretty quick in about 10 seconds.Thanks for the instructions..yet tethering is not showing up.anyone else have similar problems?
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After five days, my MMS was enabled.
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I followed all the instructions and the feature works (I can add images to a text message) However when I try to send it, I get the red exclamation points and it does not send.
I have the 3Gs with 3.1- I just got it and everything is the most recent version.
I called AT&T to see if I could also get the feature enabled early and they told me I had to wait until Sept 25th! I know its only a week away but I am very impatient!!!
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I followed all the Mac instructions to a “T” and can now receive MMS messages but I can’t send them out. I’m on a JB 3G on the regional carrier Long Lines. I cycled the phone, made sure I was on 3.1 but no matter what I do, I can’t get the ipcc 5.1 to take in the update process. My iPhone stubbornly remains at 5.0. Would that have anything to do with it?
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[...] Originally Posted by Philatangy Could you give a quick explanation of how to do this? Check out this link…it has the file needed and instructions How to Enable MMS (picture messaging) on Your iPhone (AT&T) [UPDATED x2] | Apple iPhone School [...]
[...] The carrier file will be pushed via itunes on the 25th I believe. Take a look here to enable it early How to Enable MMS (picture messaging) on Your iPhone (AT&T) [UPDATED x2] | Apple iPhone School [...]
i copy and paste the command but gets an error message …please help
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Frank on September 21st, 2009 6:43 pm:
Type it out. Don’t copy and paste. On PreFInt, that is a capital letter i not a lower case L.
So what do you do if you call AT&T and there is no opt-out code but you are still getting a red exclamation?
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Recieved the 5.0 carrier bundle via email from a friend. Deleted the previous version on my phone, reset network settings and it worked flawlessly. Did the exact same thing with my wife’s phone and get the red “!”. Same 3G with 3.0.1 and even on the same account. Is the opt out per phone/number or per account?
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I followed these instructions and mine works. iPhone 3.1 3Gs on family messaging plan in Pittsburgh PA.
I’ve noticed a few things:
Texts with pictures go to about 90% and then take about a minute before they send. Has anyone else seen this?
Friday was fine but Saturday and Sunday every MMS i send fails the first time. If I send it a second time it works. So now every MMS i send has to be sent twice. Once will have the red ! and not get there but the second will. Has anyone seen this?
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robert on September 21st, 2009 2:04 am:
ive had this happen to me the first day or so i had mms..try restarting your iphone a few times and see how that goes.my pic messages now send in about 15 seconds so thats a big increase from when i first activated mms
Havrek on September 21st, 2009 7:36 am:
I’m curious at what your settings are. I have seen a few different ones posted.
MMS
APN = wap.cingular
Username=”blank”
Password=”blank”
MMSC=http://mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy=66.209.11.32:80
MMS Max Message Size=614400
MMS UA Prof URL=”blank”
Since Sunday, I’ve managed to send a few MMS but it is mostly hit or miss. If I’m in a fringe area then it definitely won’t go through, but if I want to send in a strong signal area, I have to make sure to always restart the phone. And mostly baffling of all is that my carrier file still reads 5.0 instead of 5.1 on my phone after numerous updates. I’m using an unlocked, jailbroken iPhone since AT&T won’t come to my part of the prairies for a year. My software is 3.1 as well.
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[...] working today after I updated my MMS settings to match those shown in the screen shots on this page:How to Enable MMS (picture messaging) on Your iPhone (AT&T) [UPDATED x2] | Apple iPhone School I rebooted my iPhone and tried to send an MMS. It failed. I updated to those settings, rebooted the [...]
With at&t and had the tethering working before and after I did this I don’t see the option anymore. What needs to be done?
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I followed the steps listed above and after restarting the phone i now have the camera logo in my messaging template, however when i send the picture it stalls at about 90% on the progress bar then fails. I assume this is due to the opt/out code that doug was discussing, what is this? and how will I know when At&t removes mine? Do I need to ask them to do this? does installing the files mentioned above void my warranty? probably should have asked prior to installing them.
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in addition i just discovered that all my downloaded apps have stopped working after completing the process, they just start to open then close immediately with no error message, have reverted back to previous carrier file (no mms) and the camera icon is gone but the problem remains, aweomse… help please?
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pdubya on September 22nd, 2009 4:24 pm:
in addition i just discovered that all my downloaded apps have stopped working after completing the process, they just start to open then close immediately with no error message, have reverted back to previous carrier file (no mms) and the camera icon is gone but the problem remains, aweomse… help please?
[solved my own problem, sorry should have done some troubleshooting before panicking]
gonna wait and see if my mms just comes naturally in a few days before trying to do any tweaking on my own.
After a whole week of the RED exclamation mark it finallly worked today i thot it was a istake when the msg went thru n then it happened again
. Its here it works
EUREKA EUREKA EUREKA
oh wait 3 yrs late!!!
neways it feels so good i am MMS evry1 in my address book even land lines just to get my $$ worth
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It works!! Now question: I have seen the MMS icon in some phones, this workaround works, but is there any way to have the MMS icon to show on my scren or is it too much to ask? Thank you
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Stupid question….when i hold alt? (on Mac) and click update, this will NOT update my firmware and kill my jailbreak, correct?
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qnc on September 24th, 2009 7:51 pm:
not if you only update the carrier file as instructed.
Yessssssss i have mms & tethering on my 3gs and mms on my 3g…..you rock!!!!
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Dana on September 23rd, 2009 11:31 pm:
A couple of things after spending most of the night working on it. I have Vista 64 and the my path was not my user first, so after typing cmd, it typed cd\ to get to the C prompt. Then typed in the 64 bit info from above. There is (at least on mine) a space between Files and (x86), and as others have discovered that is a a capital letter I not a lower case L (took hours to figure that out) if you do type in the L it will not give you the option for the ipcc, once you do it correctly, it takes literally 10 seconds to do the whole thing (4 hours later.lol)
i have two seperate cell phones, one Sprint and one Iphone. I was able to send and receive photos to my Iphone with no problem and no hanging before it went through and also tested my voicemail and it works fine.
But, where the heck are you all getting tethering.
Thanks so much for this blog, even though I could have waited until Friday to get it, it is always cool to have it before everyone else.
I can get any two items working but not MMS and VVM and tethring. What I do now is keep MMS and VVM going until I have the need for the others and just install tethering when I need it, then I revert back to MMS and VVM.
I have a 3GS and OS 3.0. I get MMS by adding the name and password, and I get VVM by using acds.voicemail. As soon as I add acds.voicemail, tethering disappears.
If someone (ANYONE) knows how to get the tethering to work with MMS and VVM then let me know. I will be a happy camper and probably NEVER upgrade to the 3.1.
Thanks y’all!
Keith
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Interesting I just went in to my settings and it still states 5.0 not 5.1
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@ Dana you cant have tethering with iphone 3.1 if you already updated its will not work….. if you havent updated go to http:help.benm.at/usa.php
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There are a lot of crazy instructions out there, but these actually worked perfectly. MMS enabled, just 1 day before its enabled for everyone. But I feel special.
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[...] have it lol. just thought i would share that with u. so if you want it a day early check it: How to Enable MMS (picture messaging) on Your iPhone (AT&T) [UPDATED x2] | Apple iPhone School worked great except a little problem with wifi but will be fixed [...]
Ok so i got it everything up and running but i get the little red ! mark im just gonna try to reboot the phone a couple times see if it works also i do have the tethering option, anyone know if this chargers anything right now?
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Mine went on around noon today..Using the hack of course and still on 3.0…Eagerly awaiting 3.1 jailbreak…
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Activate MMS2G worked, but will ATT ever allow 2G’s to send MMS?
this would work great if I was on Tmobile
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Thanks, Doug!! I followed the step exactly as detailed above. The only thing I needed to add was a “Turn off iPhone and re-start” step and mine showed up and worked perfectly. Thanks, again.
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So I did this carrier update about 2 weeks ago and it never worked. Always got the red exclamation mark on my iphone 3g with at&t. Today, well yesterday cuz I’m in LA and it’s the 25th 1:18AM, yesterday the 24th at 11:40pm my MMS started working without updating anything else on itunes. I checked on itunes for any updates since today is the long awaited 25th of September, and still nothing. Will the “update” be up later? Should we update even though we already have mms functioning?
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Finally, My mms is working!!!!
Jailbreak Cydia
itunes 8.2.0
iphone 3.0.1
follow Instruction above (Dont copy/paste, Type what its said)
Maybe need to reboot then go to Cydia
Download at Cydia “ActivateMMS2G”
Dont change the “Visual Voice mail” from what i see its still the same “APN wap.cingular”
Be sure to go to iphone settings > Messages > MMS Messaging “on”
then u are all set.
Happy MMS!!!!!
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got update ,charlotte,nc, 1:30pm est, though i downloaded the update on itunes, no sync required but i had to manually press off and home botton at same time and then took for 5 min to boot, sent a pic about 15 sec .complete.
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[...] der Link zur Einrichtung für alle Betroffenen. Veröffentlicht in News. Schlagworte: AT&T, MMS. [...]
[...] How to Enable MMS (picture messaging) on Your iPhone (AT&T) [UPDATED x2] | Apple iPhone School [...]
Thank you. got tried of waiting for at&t and itunes. Did your method, and done. MMS. Thanks again.
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Muscle! I was having a problem, and then I realised something, tested and found the solution. This is something that will help everyone running 64-bit windows. In order to have the cmd line locate the correct file, (provided you installed iTunes in the “Program Files (x86) folder) you need to type in cmd: “C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
Thanks, that is specifically for 64bit users. Hope that can be edited in. I tried for like 30 minutes to set that, and it wouldn’t work until I specified the 32bit folder.
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I did all of this and had NO problems…..until i rebooted my phone. Now I don’t have the little camera symbol when I go into my messages but I still have the MMS section in my settings…..???? Help me please!
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Not working the file. When you reboot the phone , no little camera on it… Any other file?
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What am I doing wrong? I dont get the option to change file types to the ipcc type.
the only option in the pull down menu is standard ipsw file type. please advise.
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Rahnee on September 25th, 2009 10:51 pm:
Ditto…
I used the 5.1 update with my macbook and everything looked liked it worked at first, sent pics to myself then received some from a friend. Then the red icon with ! started showing up. Just sent one pic out, but then the rest keep doing that red icon mark and not sending out. Why is it doing this?
I have software version 3.0 on my JB iphone 3GS and have tried both 5.0 and 5.1 and they do the same thing, send 1 out of 10 times? Has anyone else experienced this. Settings for 5.1 had everything correct except it did not have the MMS APN- wap.cingular, it was black so I typed that in.
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chris on September 25th, 2009 7:29 pm:
I used the 5.1 update with my macbook and everything looked liked it worked at first, sent pics to myself then received some from a friend. Then the red icon with ! started showing up. Just sent one pic out, but then the rest keep doing that red icon mark and not sending out. Why is it doing this?
I have software version 3.0 on my JB iphone 3GS and have tried both 5.0 and 5.1 and they do the same thing, send 1 out of 10 times? Has anyone else experienced this. Settings for 5.1 had everything correct except it did not have the MMS APN- wap.cingular, it was black so I typed that in.
I can also receive pics, just cannot send them
Ok, so I tired doing this. Everything went fine untill I got to the part where I clicked on the update file. It then told me that ” The iphone could not be updated. An unknown error occured.(0xE800003D). I did everything right until it gave that error. Not sure what to do now?
Jailbroken(with cydia) 3GS 3.0.1
Not Unlocked
iTunes 9
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Rome on September 26th, 2009 1:53 pm:
There might be some apps that you have downloaded from cydia that interferes with this download…One known apps is the big boss at&t carrier, you will need to remove these type of apps and then try again.
Blazer on September 27th, 2009 9:32 pm:
YAHTZEE !! Thank you Rome !! The Big Boss ATT logo was my problem. I removed it, followed instructions to a T…. restarted my phone (3G / 3.0 / iTunes 8.2.1.6 / JB)…. LOVE the MMS feature.
[...] to Appleiphoneschool for the [...]
Ditto…I don’t even get an option to change the file type.
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Hey .. when i hold shift and click update.. i cant find the ipcc file.. it only alows me to look for ipsw files..
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This appears to be working. I was running the mobileconfig file from http://www.phonetweaks.com/att_com.mobileconfig on my ATT iPhone, with OS 3.01 and carrier file ATT_US 4.0 and NO Jailbreak on my 32GB 3GS, with tethering working fine via bluetooth and USB. I installed the ATT_US 5.0 using this technique and rebooted. I didn’t want OS 3.1 because I might want to JB some day.
Afterwards visual voice mail was not there to configure in settings > general > network > Cellular Data Network. Also the tethering was still able to be turned on but it disappeared when I tried to use it the first time via blue tooth. However, I confirmed MMS was working by sending a photo to my VZW phone. I sent a photo back to my iPhone from the VZW phone and it took 20 minutes to arrive but at least it did show up! I then removed the phonetweaks mobileconfig profile and I could finally see the Visual Voice Mail settings, so I was able to update to acds.voicemail for it to work.
Then I went to the http://help.benm.at/usa.php website and installed their mobileconfig (instead of the old one) and went to turn on tethering but was told to contact the carrier. I rebooted again (maybe had to do it twice, I lost count) and tethering now works. In facy I am currently connected to the internet via tethering with USB as I type this (airport is turned off on my Macbook). I was afraid to try bluetooth tethering since that caused it to be removed last time, and I don’t care about bluetooth tethering which will drain the iPhone battery too fast.
The MMS I sent from the iPhone showed up on the VZW phone quickly, but I can’t explain the 20 minutes it took to receive an MMS. I will test it more later, but I don’t want to overload the MMS servers or the network since everyone seems to be doing that.
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Doc Jekl on September 26th, 2009 2:33 am:
The Visual Voice Mail went back to the default wap.cingular and I changed it back to the acds.voicemail. I suspect that happened after I installed the mobileconfig profile from the help.benm.at website above.
The Visual Voice Mail went back to the default wap.cingular and I changed it back to the acds.voicemail. I suspect that happened after I installed the mobileconfig profile from the help.benm.at website above. And, bluetooth tethering is also working, not just USB.
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I can’t even load the carrier update on my phone it gives an error every time so it won’t load, what do I do?
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**** MMS on 3GS with 3.0.1 JB **** Solved! **** No more Red ! marks ****
OK, I spent most of my evening trying to get MMS working using the 5.0 carrier files here, but no success. I even tried carrier files on other sites, but still no success. I eventually reset them back to the 5.0 from this site.
So, I just got off the phone with AT&T (I caved and called the evil empire). Funny thing…AT&T had me registered to my original first gen iPhone and also had me on the cheaper 2G data plan…even though I was getting 3G service (I knew that all along…I was just milking the lower data plan for as long as I could). That is why I was getting the red ! marks.
So, AT&T changed me back to the pricier data/text plan of $35/mo.
and had me “Reset” Network Settings in iPhone’s settings menu. To do this, go to: Settings | General | Reset | Reset Network Settings
If you’re in my boat and you are still on the cheaper 2G data plan, or you want to avoid human interaction with AT&T, try “resetting” your network settings BEFORE calling AT&T. If you’re still not getting MMS to work, you’ll have to call “the man.” (AT&T)
I’m back to paying their pricier data plan, but MMS is working and as a bonus it appears tethering is active too. I haven’t tried it out yet, but that was a nice surprise.
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ctoph on September 26th, 2009 10:28 am:
I ran the cmd and itunes wont let me switch to “ipcc” files is it because i have vista or am i doing something wrong?
Michael on September 26th, 2009 10:45 am:
I had the same issue with the command prompt settings in Vista. The CMD prompt directions at this site don’t seem to work in Vista, but I found another site that changed the sequence and I was successful. Here’s what I did…
1. Go to a CMD prompt.
2. Enter: “cd C:\Program Files\iTunes\” (OMIT all quotes) and press “Enter”
3. You should now be at: C:\Program Files\iTunes>
3. Now enter: “iTunes.exe /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1″ (OMIT all quotes) in the Command Prompt line and press “Enter.”
4. You should be back to a regular command prompt without any errors. If so, the setting took.
Michael on September 26th, 2009 10:54 am:
Also, be sure when you’re doing steps 5, 6, & 7 that your phone is connected to the PC, the phone is turned on, and it’s done syncing. Plus, make sure you are holding the “Shift” key when selecting the “Update / Check Update” in iTunes.
FYI…I’m using iTunes 9.0…not sure if that makes a difference, but it shouldn’t.
ctoph on September 26th, 2009 1:14 pm:
ok that worked and everything seemed to work right I got no errors but I still cant do mms do I need to go into carrier setting and add the mmsc and mms proxy like on the pic above or just wait for att?
Michael on September 26th, 2009 1:43 pm:
These are my MMS settings in my Network Settings:
APN: wap.cingular
Username: (blank)
Password: (blank)
MMSC: mmsc.cingular.com
MMS Proxy: 66.209.11.32
MMS Max Message Size: 614400
MMS UA Prof URL: (blank)
If you’re not seeing these, make the changes and give it another try.
Havoc2000 on September 27th, 2009 5:07 pm:
I dont have any of the above in my settings.Everything is blank except the APN, which says “WAP.CINGULAR” This is on my 3G, jailbroken and running MMS and visual VM flawlessly. Just an FYI
**** MMS on 3GS with 3.0.1 JB **** Solved! **** No more Red ! marks ****
PS. I had to adjust my voicemail APN settings to acds.voicemail to get voicemail back working. That was an easy fix…just follow instruction #9 above.
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I did what you said but when I hold shift and update, I have a different window pop up then what is shown. There is no option to change the file type to 6. Change the file type to “iPhone Carrier Configuration files” by clicking in the the bottom right corner and switching to *.ipcc.” step 6. when I hit the drop down, it only gives me the original option, nothing else to choose. I have a jailbroken 3g running latest itunes on windows xp. why is my box different? please help
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when i download the carrier update file (v5.0) it downloads to my computer but it appers weird, i cant click on it, or move it, and it wont appear when i update my iphone
and i cant change the file type to “iPhone Carrier Configuration files” that switches to ipcc
i have a pc (windows)
plz help???
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Rome on September 26th, 2009 1:30 pm:
Follow the 3rd step from the instruction above….The file downloaded are not meant to be view but would appear on the option when you the update. Remember to hold shift while you click on the update option in iTunes.
Michael on September 26th, 2009 1:46 pm:
Make sure you successfully ran the CMD prompt instructions in steps 3. If you’re running Vista, see my previous post just above on how to do the CMD prompts differently than this site tells you.
Hi,
Thanks for the easy to follow step by step instruction. Worked great!
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ok this worked great on my iphone thank you for the help. Now my question is does anyone know how to get mms on an unlocked iphone with tmobile
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ok i dont understand whats going on. i dl the attus.ipcc succesfully on my vista pc and ran the cmd prompts over and over and over just fine with itunes closed but when i go to shift update and i select the file my phone wont update it gives me an error and says exactly this “The iPhone “Perry’s iPhone” could not be updated. An unknown error occured (0xE800003D)” PLEASE HELP also i have a JAILBROKEN 3GS running 3.0…i really dont want to upgrade to 3.0
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Jordan on September 26th, 2009 6:08 pm:
I have had the same exact issues… It is driving me crazy!!!!!
T-A on September 26th, 2009 6:46 pm:
I am having the same problems with my 3GS. I was told about some programs from big boss were causing problems but I don’t have any installed from big boss.
T-A on September 26th, 2009 7:12 pm:
I don’t want to loose my jailbreak. I’m not worried about loosing the carrier break. My phone is unlocked from AT&T already so I don’t need that and I’m also with AT&T anyway.
zachary Minot on September 27th, 2009 12:26 pm:
Are you running the Big Boss ATT logo on Cydia? I was having the same problem and someone mentioned deleting that in an above comment. After 2 days of trying to figure it out, I finally have mms on a 3.0 3gs.
How do you have the pink and blue Windowd for your mms screen here in this page showing instructions?
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Anyone get tethering to work? (I used to use benm.at mobielconfig file for tethering before MMS)
It appears when I initially update the carrier file but once I input the settings for visual voicemail (acds.voicemail), turn tethering ON (USB only), and plug it into my MBP with OS X 10.6——> tethering DISAPPEARS.
So has anyone been able to use MMS, visual voicemail, and tethering together?
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Thanks!
Confirmed working on jailbroken 3gs 3.0.1 done on itunes 8.2 under vista64
Tested voicemail and MMS and both work great.
Just a FYI, I received a text this morning from AT&T saying my account was now MMS enabled with instructions on how to enable it by updating in Itunes. Maybe people who are having trouble need to wait until AT&T texts them that MMS is enabled for their account before it will function properly.
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Kevin on September 27th, 2009 10:09 am:
I also have a jailbroken 3gs 3.01. Received the text from AT&T yesterday but MMS still fails.
When i go to shift update and i select the file my phone wont update it gives me an error and says exactly this “The iPhone “Terry’s iPhone” could not be updated. An unknown error occured (0xE800003D)”
I have rebooted my PC, my iPhone 3GS, unplugged and replugged my USB cable and removed: 74.208.105.171 gs.apple.com from the hosts file.
I have an iPhone 3GS with 3.0.1 and iTunes of 9.0.1.8 any ideas what to try?
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Bob on September 26th, 2009 10:09 pm:
I have been having this same problem all evening. Also driving me nuts. Finally got it working. It was a permissions problem. I have itunes 9.01 and a jailbroken 3gs at 3.01. I’m not sure what non jailbroken owners can do to fix this – since I had to use SSH to change th permissions.
SSH into your iphone (if you are jailbroken, you can get all of the instructions on this at Cydia). Once in, you need to navigate to your Carrier Bundles folder, as follows: /private/var/mobile/Library/Carrier Bundles/. Once there, you need to change the permissions box to read 0777 (it will likely read 0755 when you first log in). Once you do this, repeat the steps 5,6, and 7 – and it should now load the carrier file without the error.
Hope this helps. Finally worked for me. Perhaps someone else can chime in and with information on how non jailbroken folks can change the permissions on this folder. Bob
Terry on September 27th, 2009 6:12 pm:
Thanks! I did what you said and did NOT work but I went back and saw that the files in the ATT_US.bundle folder all had x0755 permissions so I checked the box to “Set group, owner, and permissions recursively” and then did steps 5,6, and 7 again and it worked. (added a bunch of files!) Thanks again for the help!!
Hi, I follow the steps with no problem, but when I create a TXT message it dosent have the camera button to sent picture.
Any Ideas?
Version 3.0.1 (7A400)
Carrier AT&T 5.0
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forte_pr on September 27th, 2009 4:15 pm:
I forgot to enable the MMS on the messages area. up to now its working great..
Wow! I finally have mms!! For people having trouble like me delete the AT&T carrier logo that you downloaded off cydia by big boss..that did it for me and now I’m sending mms like crazy!! The only downside is that most of the mms I send fail if I don’t have great service damn edge!!!
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! This is the one feature I’ve been so pissed about losing since switching to my iPhone 3G S but now I’m 100% happy with it and I still have my jailbreak!
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I followed this because my 3G is jailbroken and I wanted MMS, since that was the only thing left to have.This worked great, but remember to restart your phone.Then goto the settings\messaging and make sure the new MMS toggle is on.As soon as I restarted my phone, I had the new toggle, which was turned on by default.Thanks for all the help! A barebones I-phone sucks, nothing like being jailbroken!!
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[...] with OS 3.01 (I think carrier file 5.1 wont allow the tethering hack with 3.01). What I wrote at How to Enable MMS (picture messaging) on Your iPhone (AT&T) [UPDATED x2] | Apple iPhone School : [...]
[...] http://projectdownload.googlecode.com/files/ATT_US.ipcc The top lik seems to be dead. I used this one. [...]
Does anyone know if this works for 3g running 3.0? I dl’d thecarrier update file and tried looking for the ipcc file but could not find it when I used the drop down menu only the ipsw file is shown?
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steve on September 28th, 2009 2:18 pm:
yes it does work for 3.0 i just did it
jp on September 28th, 2009 8:23 pm:
i have the same problem
the file doent appear…………….
Thanks Douglas! Worked like a charm once I rebooted my phone. 3gs 3.0.1 on Windows.
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I have windows vista 64…i’m just wondering if I am missing a step here I DL the first file carrier update v5.0..I am jailbroken on a 3g with I think I have 3.0 or it may be 3.01.. updated Itunes ..I will try again tonight .But want to make sure if all the steps are in the instructions or is their another part in the replys?
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Ok so I got MMS to work I have a 3g 3.0 8g i HAVE WINDOWS VISTA 64 I ran cmd as an admin I think you have to type in the cmd not copy and paste “C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe”/setPrefInt carrier-testing 1 it has to be typed with the quotaition and the spaces included after i pressed enter i followed the rest of the steps and voila works like a charm… actually the (x86) part for VISTA 64 users wasnt found until I read the comments and another MMS hack site hope this helps 3G 3.0 users
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when i hold shift and then i click update
the carrier update file doesnt appear
plz help??????????
and im sure im doing the other steps right
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Chris on September 29th, 2009 3:26 am:
6. Change the file type to “iPhone Carrier Configuration files” by clicking in the the bottom right corner and switching to *.ipcc.
if you don’t do this, it doesn’t show.
Ok, I got the MMS to work on my phone after several tries. First couple of tries seem to have gone smoothly, no errors popped out or anything. But after rebooting and checking the Message icon, I saw no camera. So I checked Network> Phone Data Settings and nothing was there. At this point I was little frustated, so I opened Cydia and deleted my theme boards etc. I rebooted than tried again however it still wasnt working. So i tried using another ipcc file thinking maybe that where the problem was(at the end i dont think it was). So I tried again, no errors are coming up, everrything updates properly but still no camera icon on my Message app. So I finally decide to check the small details which were Settings>Messages>Turn on MMS lol.
So after all that, it seems like Visual Voicemail, Tethering, and MMS work. The only problem though is that my Phone Data Settings doesn’t show up more. >?<
Anyhow, I hope my troubleshootingh helps.
UTNeK
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hi i am trying the C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe” /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1
thing and i get ” The filename, directory name, or valume label syntax is incorrect.” i do change “C” to a “D” cuz thats what my windows is running on.
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I am not sure about switching the C to a D wouldnt hurt to try… I typed in the command exactly how the author had it …altho since i was on 64 vista I had to use (x86) after Files hope this helps …I also used spaces where indicated..it took a few times but it eventually did work
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I followed the steps on Windows, but i cant change the file type when i open itunes, it only shows *.ipsw
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The same thing happens to me. Itunes wont recognize the carrier file. Its greyed out in iTunes and I cant open it. I have given up on trying and will just wait for Jailbreak 3.1 with MMS.
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So does anybody know if this will method will work for a 2G iPhone running 3.1? I had didn’t read enough into it and tried the ActivateMMS2G on it and Borked it and now i’m finally back and running and I don’t want to make the same mistake twice. I’m using Tmobile as well.
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Hey !! Thankx fo dis n wana ask u sumthin how can i get all dat wether,apple simbole n 2 tyms(12hr n 24hr) plz tell me email me how to do it..! Plz i hv 3GS wit 3.1 softwr.. N thankx agine fo da helpfull tips..
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Ok I cannot get past the command prompt! Step one has me dead in the water. Two different computers and I can’t get either to work. I’ve tried all sorts of variation to no avail. One computer is running XP, the other Vista 32bit.
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Ramon on October 26th, 2009 8:50 am:
Make sure you type everything in. Do not cut & paste. If you cut & paste it will not work. Hope that helps.
I have the iphone 3g but i got it unlocked and have been using free Wifi instead of paying for the data plan. They havent charged me. After doing this codeto get the MMS messaging I now have internet and im not in an area with WIFI, does this mean apple knows i updated my iphone? Ahh
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Do you have to jailbreak your iphone to do this?
and will the process give your computer a virus?
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