Comments on: Want MMS on your iPhone before 9/25?

By: iphonegg

iphonegg — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:52:19 +0000

for those of you who can not get your PC to find the ipcc file type; make sure that you are typing the command line in correctly. I had the same issue because I typed setPrefInt as setPreflnt. it is an i not an L. Once I corrected this in the command line it worked like a charm. Also be sure to type the spaces as well. There is a space between iTunes.exe” and /setPrefInt HOPE THIS HELPS!

By: daniel

daniel — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:49:37 +0000

tricked the iphone into enabling MMS early… well. "early." http://bit.ly/17xN3X

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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:07:12 +0000

[...] For Mac – Open up Terminal, and at the prompt type defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE and hit Enter. [...]

By: David Goodspeed

David Goodspeed — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:06:29 +0000

we just performed some upgrade surgery here at work (slow night due to the rain still coming off and on) and it worked fine on 3G iphones.
Thanks Jessica!

By: Jessica Fritsche

Jessica Fritsche — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:40:37 +0000

@damianjoshua – I wish I had an answer for you but I am not sure. Did you try redoing the command line step? I suspect that is what unlocks the ability to load both ipsw and ipcc files. I used iTunes 9 on Windows XP to do mine and I tested the Mac way on my OS X 10.5.8 machine and it was fine too.

By: damianjoshua

damianjoshua — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:05:52 +0000

I also do not have the option of browsing for a .ipcc file from the browsing box. Is there a way to fix this without downgrading to iTunes 8.2? I am using windows 7. If there isn’t then I’ll just wait until MMS is released on the 25th I guess.

By: Sean S.

Sean S. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:10:38 +0000

What’s the deal with MMS? http://tinyurl.com/oyp83z from @iNewsApp

By: Jessica Fritsche

Jessica Fritsche — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:06:11 +0000

@ResidentDan – I only changed settings for MMS, not for anything else. It may be that you just have to wait for the MMS flag to be taken off your account. My phone wouldn’t send pictures even after I updated it and input the settings…my MMS did not work until I changed from individual text plans (my husband and I are on the same account) to a family unlimited text plan. Some other people had luck with just updating and inputting the settings. It seems to be a total crapshoot.

By: ResidentDan

ResidentDan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:06:11 +0000

Updated the phone fine, but they still wont send.

in Settings > General > Network does anything need added for the “Cellular Network” username/password or just the MMS part?

By: dapsdamian

dapsdamian — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:21:46 +0000

#jailbreak 3.1 guide: http://bit.ly/1vLLu6 #AT&T carrier file (5.1): http://bit.ly/cVSdN and http://bit.ly/FvrAP no mms yet for me though

By: dapsdamian

dapsdamian — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:13:07 +0000

#iphone 3.1 mms doesn’t work yet 4 nyc. Followed ths guide: http://bit.ly/cVSdN Updated my carrier file & now have camera icon but no workie

By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:58:08 +0000

Jessica – cool. I still get my Mac shortcut keys confused quite often. My MMS is ‘almost on’ or some similar status – I’ve got the camera icon when composing a new message and the option listed when sharing a photo from the Camera Roll, and upgraded our text plan to a Family plan unlimited this afternoon – but all messages with pics fail.
Guess Austin, or my neck of it anyway, not getting any love just yet.

By: davrosdiablo

davrosdiablo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:49:45 +0000

It worked!

I uninstalled iTunes 9.0 and put 8.2.1 on, and when I shift clicked on the ‘check updates’ I got the option of .ipsw and .ipcc. I can finally send MMS! Welcome to the 21st Century, iPhone!

By: Jessica Fritsche

Jessica Fritsche — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:23:45 +0000

Thanks PatrickJ. I will change that in the post. For a change, I actually did this update on my work PC and not my home Mac, or I’d have known that right away! hehe

By: patrickj

patrickj — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:20:47 +0000

One small correction on Step 3. It is the Option key (not Command) on a Mac that you need to hold down while clicking ‘Check for Updates’.

By: Jessica Fritsche

Jessica Fritsche — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:33:30 +0000

Looks like our comments crossed. But yes, I am using iTunes 9.

By: davrosdiablo

davrosdiablo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:26:24 +0000

@Jessica: Are you using iTunes 9?

By: Jessica Fritsche

Jessica Fritsche — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:26:05 +0000

Hmmm, that is strange. I don’t know why it’s not working for you. What iTunes are you running? I believe that you can use from 8.2 on in order to do this, but I was running iTunes 9.

By: davrosdiablo

davrosdiablo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:23:49 +0000

Trouble is there’s no .ipcc option in the dropdown, it’s just .ipsw. That’s why I had to search for *.*

I believe that the command line we run tells iTunes to accept ipcc files rather than just ipsw files, so I think that’s where I’m failing. I don’t get an error when I run the command though.

By: Jessica Fritsche

Jessica Fritsche — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:14:07 +0000

@davrosdiablo: You need to select .ipcc from the “files of type” drop-down menu at the bottom of the screen.

And, you’re totally right, I am missing a quotation mark. I will update the post.

By: davrosdiablo

davrosdiablo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:11:33 +0000

Grrrr! I so want this. My problem is that when I shift-click on ‘Check for Updates’ my only option is to search for a filetype of *.ipsw. When I type *.* in the search box and find the ATT_US51.ipcc and try to install it, iTunes says there’s an error (“The iPhone could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (-27)”).

I even tried to rename the .ipcc file to .ipsw and iTunes said “The iPhone could not be updated because the firmware file is not compatible.

BTW I think you’re missing a quotes in the command line. I believe it should be “c:\program files…