Comments on: iPhone 3.0 In Australia: MMS Good, Tethering Iffy

By: SRP

SRP — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:12:22 +0000

Have a jail-broken iPhone 3G using 3.0.1 (as 3.0 didn’t work either) from the UK. Had been using a Telstra sim card in the phone & MMS kinda worked. Have just changed to a Vodafone sim & now can’t seem to use MMS at all.

The Vodafone iPhone website states you must send yourself an MMS message to activate it, but none of mine will go through. Went to have a look at the Cellular Data Network settings to make sure they were correct, but they are no longer present in the Network settings………….

Anyone know what’s going on & how I might be able to resolve this?

Thanks,
Steve

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:40:08 +0000

I am on vodafone australia and I want MMS but when i install the config. I still cant send or recieve MMS its always says message failed.

I have had 3g taken off my phone does that make a difference?

By: MattN

MattN — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:58:33 +0000

Something else which might fix the MMS name issue…

Backup your Contacts to Outlook or Address Book, delete them from your iPhone, then re-import them.
That way, the iPhone re-generates your phonebook… which may be the underlying issue here.

Version 3.0 *might* contain hidden data in the phonebook, which helps link contact names to the new MMS feature. Re-generating the phonebook *should* add this hidden data to your contacts.

By: MattN

MattN — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:59:29 +0000

Jed, Nick and Steve… I’ve just purchased a 3GS and don’t have this problem. Although, this bug was on my 3G running iPhone OS 3.0.

Try running a full fresh restore (don’t restore any backups)… this may fix your issue.

I started using my 3GS fresh, without importing my 3G backup.

By: Nathan Bandy

Nathan Bandy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:52:48 +0000

i have an iphone 3g running 3.0 jail broken with firmware 3.0(7a341) my mms used to work untill i installed somthing on cydia now no mms?? wats going on i live in australia im with vodafone any ideas? plz help

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:41:54 +0000

I have noticed the same thing. Phone calls come in without the Aus country code, and if I initiate an SMS session it records the contact name correctly, but if I receive SMS or MMS from someone on my contact list, the phone whacks the country code infront of it, and then has no idea that it is a contact already on my list! Argh!

By: Michael Drozdowski

Michael Drozdowski — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:50:59 +0000

I’m with Optus…

MMS worked straight away, tethering didn’t. I did end up using a special file that I found on a website (Thanks twitter!) and boom, tethering is enabled… and working! shame about the 3g coverage in my home area.

Interesting to see what developments come out about this tethering business, I know I’m quite annoyed that I’ll have to pay extra to (legally) use the data in my cap that I never use to its full (500mb)

By: Reuben

Reuben — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:09:55 +0000

@Alex — drop the ‘0′ dude. As in: +61401.

By: KJ

KJ — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:08:12 +0000

Just been calling telstra as mms photo’s not coming through. Support telling me that it’s common throughout the world…. mmm not quite sure about that one

By: Phil Campbell

Phil Campbell — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:38:48 +0000

Safari crashing regularly on gmail for me now. Never did before 3.0. Anyone else?