iPhone (2G) gets MMS, courtesy of a hacked iPhone OS 3.0

Will Park

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• Peter

  I tried to install this and it my iphone got STUCK trying to reboot over and over again.
  Finally got out of boot loop by using restoring via dfu mode! This is a strong warning, activateMMS2g has a bug in it as of 06/29/09.

• 13

  ur stupid this is only for iphone 2G not 3G or 3GS!!

• scott

  I just installed this. It does not seem to have changed anything.
  My text screen still looks as it did before.
  Would this be becuase ATT does not have the mms activated yet?

• Jimbob

  Once you have installed you need to reboot then goto:-
  settings > general > Network > Cellular Data Network – you will now see MMS settings underneaths
  Do a search for Iphone MMS settings #netork# and then enter these exactly.
  Do another reboot (bot sure you have to but i did it for piece of mind)
  hey presto you should now see a camera icon next to the text entry box when you compose a message.

• Tommy

  Same problem happened to me!
  The reboot screen with Apple’s logo stays on forever!
  I reset my iphone via Hold + Home Button but everytime i do that the reboot screen continues to stay on.

  How’d you get out of it?? How did ANY of you guys get out of it??

• ibrey

  My 2G iPhone can receive MMS with no problem but there is a small problem in sending MMS. If I take a picture or select a picture from the Camera Roll then MMS will not go through. However, if I select a picture from My Pics which are the pictures copied through iTunes then no problem its through. Do you have any idea whats going on?

• Mansoor

  I did all that. Got the camera icon and everything. But mms won’t go through.

  I noticed that the mms settings I enter get wiped out as soon as I exit the network settings tab. The APN and username password revert to blank. That’s probably why the mms isn’t going through. Any thoughts on why this might be happening?

• Mansoor

  Update since my last post above.

  I can receive mms. but cant send. the blank APN and username password problem is still there.

  help!

• Levi

  Freak i try to install it and i just get error messages at the end and it doesn’t install rebooting iphone doesn’t help at all. And i just wont install. Says two error messages.

• james

  Im in the boat as levi.. Did all the above cant send or reveive.. and have correct setting under cellular data network menu.. and have the camera in the text messages.. but when i try to send, the bar goes all the way to the end and never sends..?

• iphone2gpolice

  hello all. I have enabled mms on my iphone 2g with one LARGE problem. ok let’s start with what i did first:
  1: jailbroken/unlocked 2g
  2: update .ipcc file using itunes v 8.2 (shift + update)
  3: ensure ASbattery is not installed and then download/install activatemms2g via cydia….reboot
  (ensure that it allows you to reboot via cydia or it will not work)
  4:download the correct att profile via safari @ unlockit.co.nz/# (US/att)
  5: reboot phone
  7: under settings/general/network/cellular data network add MMSC and MMS proxy (mmsc.cingular.com and 66.209.11.32 respectively)
  under settings/messaging –enable MMS to ON
  8: reboot phone
  OK now here’s the weird part, only for ATT users
  9: take out the sim card from the iphone and put it into another ATT phone
  10: send/receive some MMS messages from that phone.
  11: once this is complete, replace sim in iphone and enjoy MMS in stock app!

  NOW HERE’S THE PROBLEM I’VE HAD
  my MMS works for about a day, then eventually it stops working and i go back to having little exclamation points and error messages until i pull the sim card out, put it in another ATT phone again and send/receive again. This is very frustrating. Any help would be appreciated.

• Rober

  I have a iPhone 2G, simply jailbreak and install the ActivateMMS2G, after the iphone rebot I went to settings > general > Network > but I did not see the Cellular Data Network – OPTION.

  I have been trying but no luck. I even restor my Iphone, but I can not get to get this option Cellular Data Network.

  I have A&T and I live in California, USA.
  Please help me.

• Rober

  I been trying from diferent websides and I follow step by step instructions but like I said: I am not geting to get this:Cellular Data Network option so I can enter the settings.

  Could some one help me?

  Thanks

• Josie

  Hi guys,

  I have a huge problem. I have a 2g 16gb Unlocked and Jailbroken on 3.0

  I donwloaded ActivateMMS from Cydia. It then asked me to reboot from Cydia and I hit reboot. The phone is STUCK on the apple Logo. No matter what I do, how long I wait, it is still stuck!! What do i do? How can I fix this? Anyone had issues like me? Why did this happen? I should probably restore my phone? but then what? I will have the same problem…can someone please help? Pleeeeaaasseee??

• Bmac91

  i have a problem.
  i have a iphone 2g 8gb jailbroken on os 3.0
  i downloaded activatemms2g from cydia
  rebooted
  downloaded the correct att profile via safari @ unlockit.co.nz/# (US/att)
  rebooted
  then when to settings>general>network
  but there was no cellular data network in there
  what did i do wrong? or what more do i have to do?

  thanks in advanced

• Adel

  all iphone 2g users, do not bother!!! just downloand and purchase SwirlySpace MMS from Cydia. Its $12 but works great and not problems what so ever!

• Andy

  got mine working as described above with wap.voicestream.com!

• panji keren

  I am having a battery related issues after installing this MMS app, does anyone experiencing the same problem? its kinda drain more juice..

• Vladimir

  I can also say the hack has a bug in it as of 7/21/2009.

• Vladimir

  My mistake. MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THE REDSNOW PROCESS CORRECTLY!!
  That way the hack works.
  I retraced my steps and I made a mistake on my part. Got MMS working flawlessly

• Ks28

  I have the same problem as tommy and rosie. Any solutions?

• MacHero

  to widget freak

  i changed my cellular data APN from internet2.voicestream.com to the wap.voicestream.com

  yet now my MMS works flawlessly, yet my internet package is broken. id rather take the internet over the MMS so any ideas how to get both to work? my MMS would work perfectly fine if i could get the MMS APN to hold. but any APN i try in that category simply resets after i go back to the settings menu.

  ANYONE have any ideas????????

• Sharon Gray

  I have entered the details for the t-mobile setting as given by the previous users but still wont allow me to send mms. says message failed. are these the settings for t-mobile.uk? Also after installing 3.0.1 on jailbroken phone I cannot access my apps – even new ones downloaded since the upgrade. any ideas what I can do?

• Mr.King

  Has anyone addressed the issue of not having the cellular network data option. I have rebooted several times, unistalled and reinstalled and i still get nothing. Can someone please help, i am so tired of looking on the net and everytime someone mentions this it gets ignored, please help.

• brian

  but there was no cellular data network in there under network file i downloaded activatemms and rebooted and everything and tried custom apn but still no cellular data network so i am lost please help me

• Jorge

  it did the same thing to mine. how do you get your phone to boot back up>?

• JuliaB

  Someone help! The “ActiveMMS2G” app. doesn’t appear on Cydia when I search for it!

• Wildguy

  Julia u r right I also cannt find it on Cydia.

  Hye all, I am using IPhone 2G(JailBroken)ver3.1.3, plz help us find the APP

  Thanks