Tag: iphone 3g s

📅 June 9, 2009

Update On No iPhone MMS & Tethering From AT&T Until “Late This Summer”

New insides about why AT&T will support MMS and tethering on iPhone OS 3.0 later this year

After a couple of minutes from posting Why No iPhone MMS Support and Tethering From AT&T Until “Late This Summer” , somebody from AT&T contacted me and filled me in with some spicy insides about the AT&T MMS support and tethering plan.If what my ninja tells me is true, i have no idea why AT&T didnt get all this up and running by now. They knew this is coming and still they get their users to wait.

MMS

There are 2 different plans for the iPhones.They are built into the scripting to block the mms in the network. We have to re-write all these features and update them to all of the correct iPhones. 3G gets mms and 2G does not. There is no MMS opt out feature on the account. It is built into the plan and can not just be
removed. The only way around is to modify the HLR to enable the mms.It’s quite easy but the programming of the billing system is the hard part.

Tethering

About tethering I haven’t heard to much. I think they are just not sure on the price for the feature. They have to great a new feature and write in the ISP APN into the code. Tethering should have launched. Not sure on why AT&T is waiting on that one since they do not have to modifiy anyone current account. Just for the people that want it.

📅 June 9, 2009

Why No iPhone MMS Support and Tethering From AT&T Until “Late This Summer”

The reason why AT&T wont support MMS and Tethering on the new iPhone OS 3.0 until “late this summer”

The moment we all were waiting for just passed by us in the most boring and disappointing way possible. iPhone OS 3.0 is here and its badass ( disappointed about the new iPhone 3Gs) but for you guys and lovely girls livin in US it’s pretty much a big BS.

So we had to wait 2 years for this amazing piece of technology to get MMS support, and now we finally get it and AT&T says : no no no, no MMS till “late this summer” . You probably wonder why, you wont get MMS support till later this year. Well, BoyGeniusReport seems to have a insider which revealed the real reason :

They were just told the real reason why AT&T won’t be supporting MMS on the iPhone 3G or iPhone 3G S at launch, and you’re going to laugh… Technically it will work right away our ninja tells us. The are no extra plans or higher fees we’ve just learned (the unlimited $20 package covers unlimited SMS and MMS), and the reason it’s not good to go right away is because AT&T has to manually remove all the “Opt Out MMS codes” on each account. Basically, if we were to summarize this, and we’re going out a little bit of a limb, remove the Opt Out MMS code, and MMS will work with the final OS 3.0 build right away. Who wants to try it with the GM 3.0 build just released?

They’ve also just heard that tethering will be 100% locked out at launch, but AT&T’s in the process of putting together a $70/mo unlimited data and tethering plan. SMS and MMS will not be included in that plan, we’re told.