iPhone MMS

mrsims · May 7, 2012

Hi Guys,

So I can't seem to receive mms on my iPhone 3GS. I can send them fine. My provider told me that it is not an issue they can help with, its the hardware thats the issue. I have tried doing a full restore, I'm currently on ios 5.1. I've removed the sim and put it back in. I've turned on and oof mms setting, not sure what else to try!

Any ideas on this.( I have also tried sending mms to myself from different types of phones nothing comes through"

Thanks

Pinkpoison · May 7, 2012

you say you have tried a full restore,do you mean a hard reset,if not try that.

mrsims · May 7, 2012

Thanks Poisonivy,

I tried that, pressing the top and middle button until phone goes off and back on again, made no difference!

Pinkpoison · May 7, 2012

mrsims said:
Thanks Poisonivy,

I tried that, pressing the top and middle button until phone goes off and back on again, made no difference!

i was hoping that would help,hang in there though,someone may have the answer.........just an after thought,did you keep holding until the apple appeared,ignoring the slide option?

mrsims · May 7, 2012

Yes I held both of them until I saw the logo then released them both. I have 3g coverage with wireless turned off(Also tried with wireless on).

It's a strange one!

Pinkpoison · May 7, 2012

mrsims said:
Yes I held both of them until I saw the logo then released them both. I have 3g coverage with wireless turned off(Also tried with wireless on).

It's a strange one!

yes it is,drives you mad until you work it out lol,i,ll keep giving it some thought though.

Skull One · May 7, 2012

I saw this condition personally once under Android. To fix it "temporarily", IE till the next reboot, I would have to send myself a MMS (picture) from my phone to my phone. For some reason that would restore MMS functionality.

So for grins and giggles, give it a shot and I would try this with iMessage turned off.

Pinkpoison · May 7, 2012

interesting,let us know how that goes.

mrsims · May 7, 2012

OK so I sent myself an mms to myself and nothing, resetart phone after I sent it just to see.

Before this phone which I still have I had an omni 7 windows base, It was the same thing, If I sent an mms to myself it would work fine and I could send them fine, when somebody sent me an mms I would get I down link for the mms which when I clicked wouldnt download the mms it would just pop back up with the download link, my provider told me it was an issue with that model and gave me some things to try which did not work.

Maybe I'll just give up on this one!

Skull One · May 7, 2012

If this issue was carried over from a Windows phone, then the issue is on the cellular providers end. No doubt about it. MMS doesn't require a linking system and that explains why it doesn't work on your iPhone.