AT&T Slowly Enabling MMS For Some iPhone Owners?

[Michael Johnston]

<div id="inlinead" class="inlinead"><IFRAME src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewHTML?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000" width="300" height="250" align="middle" frameborder=0 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 scrolling=no><script language="JavaScript" src="http://adserver1.backbeatmedia.com/servlet/ajrotator/13894/222/viewJScript?pool=13886&type=3158&pos=20&zone=5000"></script></IFRAME></div><div class="nodecontent"><img src="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/icons/smsicon.jpg" align="right" />

Several iPhone developers using the iPhone 3.1 beta have reported that MMS is beginning to work on AT&T. <a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/news/apple-seeds-iphone-os-31-beta-sdk-31-to-developers" target="_blank">We reported earlier</a> when 3.1 was seeded that it enabled the MMS option, although the required support from AT&T was still disabled. One developer in Little Rock, AR reports that sending and receiving photos has been working since July 9th. Another reported on the 17th that MMS worked in several major cities during a road trip. MMS still seems to be disabled for most users so it's likely that AT&T is enabling it on a phone-by-phone basis.<!--break-->

Additionally, a reader has sent in a screenshot showing that their personal iPhone SMS plan was set to expire on the 17th. It's possible that this was the point when AT&T switched his account over to MMS, although he doesn't have the ability to test on 3.1.

<center><img src="http://www.iphonealley.com/images/storyimages/july09/dataexpires.png" /></center>

At this point if any of you have 3.1, try sending an MMS from your iPhone. If it works, let us know in the comments!</div>

[biteme1412]

i have the 3.1 beta, im in college and my room mate has an iphone 3g like i do. i got him access to the 3.1 beta, well he can send MMS but i still cant :(

[jlp09550]

I have 3.0, but with a hacked AT&T profile. I can't send MMS right now, but my plan looks weird. It doesn't say the effective stuff, but the package changed.

http://jared.grabup.net/2009-07-21_2254.png

[ifind2comtext1]

Finally a Real solution to AT&T's no MMS multi media messages for the iPhone $1.99 Monday, August 10, 2009 8:45 AM

http://www.ifind2.com/text/1 This l ink is free for now.
It will be $1.99 one time fee to get it shortly.

I did it. The whole world is asking for this and I spent about 60-70 hours programming, but I made it work. (I did not even go to church and was up three nights and worked all day).

1.
The problem: AT&T blocks all MMS (multi-media pictures and video) text messages.

THE PROBLEM:
2.
If you actually get fedup and call AT&T now they enable the system, so even though you won't get your MMS messages, at least you get a reminder text message from them that "You have an MMS text message" and they give you their own AT&T link with an ID and Password that the customers have to remember once they went to their link. But both the ID and the Password are miserably long and impossible to remember and people even when they write it down somewhere they can't figure it out.

They send codes like: ID: IJK09546891l
Password: Iuw479I0
Imagine. the first one is an L the one before the zero is an i and so on... it's impossible to get it and the whole world is outraged and complaining about it.


3.
SOME CURRENT SOLUTIONS THAT ARE TERRIBLE that coest $2.99 (I bought them).
I purchased some software packages for the iPhone through the iphone apps store that claim that help you retrieve your MMS messages that people send to you. Well, the best one, (which is still miserably bad) simply allows you to take a snap shot IMAGE of your ID and password, enlarge it, but still requires you to manually type it in. Well, that was NO HELP, since I still could not tell if it was an i or a 1 or an L most of the times. I1l (yep those are three different characters) or 0O which one is the zero and which one is the letter o? anyway. I had to come up with a solution and I'll charge a dollar less than everyone else. It will be implemented by tonight.


THE REAL SOLUTION:
4. When you do get the message from AT&T that you do have a text message and they give you the http: link and the ID and Password for the iphone and some other phones, you simply: COPY, PASTE it inside the ifind2.com MMS field, click process and click GET MY MMS.

It will automatically figure out which server you are getting the message from and retrieve the MMS message instantly, no more remembering any codes, etc.

Andy
http://www.ifind2.com/text/1