MMS will finally be available to iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users in a couple of days from now. In preparation for this activation, AT&T today sent out a text message to its customers that they are deactivating the 'View My Message' workaround that let MMS recipients view the message on the 'View My Message' website.
The message from AT&T reads thus: "AT&T Free Msg: Picture & video messaging (MMS) will be available for iPhone on 9/25. While we prepare your account for MMS capability, the current "view my message" experience will be turned off but your ability to send and receive text messages will not be affected."
For months, iPhone users had been complaining about the lack of MMS capability on their phones. This was despite the fact that the MMS feature was available on the iPhone OS 3.0. The blame was placed squarely on AT&T who had constantly tried to pacify their customers into understanding the reasons behind the delay in the activation of the MMS service. According to AT&T, the delay was primarily because there was a need to calibrate each of the base stations in order to prepare the radio access controllers in their network that would enable their network to handle any amount of load on the network once MMS was available.
We will not know if the wait was worth it unless the service is actually made available on September 25th. But considering that a lot of iPhone users have already used this hack to enable MMS on iPhone OS 3.1, AT&T should expect their networks to only be as stable (or unstable) as it is currently even post the MMS activation.
Did you get the text message from AT&T? Have you been waiting for the MMS feature? Let us know in the comments.
[via MacRumors]
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I haven't gotten that text.
I havnt gotten it either..But I am already using the MMS feature via the hack =0)
My friend with the iPhone texting plan received the text. I did not, though I am using the hack, and am on a family plan.
havent gotten the message but was just able to use mms via the hack as of saturday for att in southern california.
I haven't recieved this message either. But I am a fam plan and use swirly mms.
I didn't get the text message either but I used the back and updated my carrier settings a while back but couldn't get mms to work but tethering did. As if last night, I was sent a picture message and it popped up on my lock screen!
I think non-hacked phones will have to download an update or carrier settings to get the mms option on the phone because once I did the hack, the camera icon appeared right next to the text input line.
Sorry about the typos I generally access this site via iPhone.
I Didn't get that……Oh that's right im using T-Mobile, and have MMS and tethering hack. HA!
I haven't received that infamous text either!
I got this message yesterday morning also.
I have updated carrier file going around the net and my latest bill says multimedia messaging is included (no more opt out) and yes I have the camera icon in my text messages but sending always fails
and still as of noon today got a mms stating to use the viewmymessage.com
I recieved that message on Tuesday like around 12 p.m.
havent got the message but i have MMS enabled with 3.0.1
if any one has a 3.0 or 3.0.1 jailbroken and still hasnt got mms jus install da mms and tethering settings via the sinfuliphone repo works like a charm
I have not received the test message. Also, I hacked mine, but it still doesn't work. It gets to about 95% and then just sits there. Hope it works in a couple of days!
AT&T… what a crap company. all I hear about this telephone company is how it continues to screw with its customers. here in Japan, I use softbank, and though far from perfect, it has never messed with me anywhere in my contract and usability. what the hell? why are all the AT&T users putting up with this crap? I have MMS from the get go with my iPhone 3G… never a problem. what is so complicated? if AT&T can't handle thetraffic on their server or whatever, they should bloody well quit and let other companies handle this. it is blatantly obvious that this company can not. and for the life of me, I can't understand why amercican consumers keep going on and on about it ad do nothing, except work around these issues with hacks. come on… this is one helluvan expensive aparatus… why do you guys waste you time with this crappy company? sue the hell out of it… american always do, don't they? this is a perfect opportunity to do exactly that.
I never got the text. Then again, I've been using the 3.0/3.0.1 MMS hack since it came out and its been working like a charm since then. No outages or nothing. Helps to be on a family plan too, if I'm not mistaken. Hell, I didn't even add any settings in and it worked.
AT&T suck more then a gay man
So what does this mean for the iPhone 2g users? Obviously the AT&T Network is not going to allow MMS without user 'hacking'. So is the site still going to be available for them? And I have yet to get a text stating the website was going to go away in lieu of the MMS launching Friday…