1. Open the SMS app:
2. Create a new text message (if needed):
3. Tap the Camera icon on the left side:
Note: if you don’t see the camera icon, you need to update the iPhone’s software. Instructions here.
4. You’ll see three buttons appear. You can tap the Take Photo or Video button to capture an image or video within the SMS app. Or, you can tap Choose Existing to select a picture or video you’ve taken on the iPhone previously. If you want to cancel, tap Cancel (duh):
5. Tap Send to send away!
Alternative Method
Believe it or not, every cell phone number has an email address. To get that address, check the list of email addresses below for various wireless companies. Or, have a friend send you an MMS to your email address. Access the email message on your iPhone and check out the “From:” field. That is your friend’s cell phone’s email address. Emailing a picture to that address will show up as an MMS on their phone. You can add that address to your contacts. Voila, you can now send MMS messages to your friend’s phone.
Just make sure your friend’s phone can receive MMS messages (ie, you can’t email the MMS to an iPhone).
*Update* There have been a mix of successes and failures using this method. Please ad your details to the comments below so we know which addresses work and don’t work.
These addresses are for US-based carriers. The Xs are the 10 digit phone number:
Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
Amp’d Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vtext.com
AT&T = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.att.net
Boost Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@myboostmobile.com
Cingular (AT&T) = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.mycingular.com
Einstein PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@einsteinmms.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.nextel.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com or xxxxxxxxxx@pm.sprint.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.uscc.net
Verizon Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpix.com
Virgin Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vmobl.com
*Update* Here are some more addresses.
3 River Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@sms.3rivers.net
Advantage Communications = xxxxxxxxxx@advantagepaging.com
Airtouch Pagers = xxxxxxxxxx@myairmail.com
Airtouch Pagers = xxxxxxxxxxr@alphapage.airtouch.com
Airtouch Pagers = xxxxxxxxxxr@airtouch.net
Airtouch Pagers = xxxxxxxxxxr@airtouchpaging.com
AlphNow pin@alphanow.net
Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@alltelmessage.com
Alltel PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
Ameritech Paging = xxxxxxxxxx@paging.acswireless.com
Ameritech Paging = xxxxxxxxxx@pageapi.com
Ameritech Clearpath = xxxxxxxxxx@clearpath.acswireless.com
Amp’d Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vtext.com Arch Pagers (PageNet) = xxxxxxxxxx@archwireless.net
Arch Pagers (PageNet) = xxxxxxxxxx@epage.arch.com
Arch Pagers (PageNet) = xxxxxxxxxx@archwireless.net
AT&T PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.att.net
AT&T Pocketnet PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@dpcs.mobile.att.net
Beepwear = xxxxxxxxxx@beepwear.net
Bell Atlantic = xxxxxxxxxx@message.bam.com
Bell South (Blackberry) = number@bellsouthtips.com
Bell South = xxxxxxxxxx@sms.bellsouth.com
Bell South = xxxxxxxxxx@wireless.bellsouth.com
Bell South = xxxxxxxxxx@blsdcs.net
Carolina Mobile Communications = xxxxxxxxxx@cmcpaging.com
Cellular One East Coast = xxxxxxxxxx@phone.cellone.net
Cellular One South West = xxxxxxxxxx@swmsg.com
Cellular One PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@paging.cellone-sf.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.celloneusa.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@cellularone.txtmsg.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@cellularone.textmsg.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@cell1.textmsg.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@message.cellone-sf.com
Cellular One = xxxxxxxxxx@sbcemail.com
Cellular South = xxxxxxxxxx@csouth1.com
Central Vermont Communications = xxxxxxxxxx@cvcpaging.com
Cingular Wirelss = xxxxxxxxxx@mycingular.textmsg.com
Cingular Wirelss = xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.mycingular.com
Cingular Wirelss = xxxxxxxxxx@mobile.mycingular.net
Clearnet = xxxxxxxxxx@msg.clearnet.com
Comcast = xxxxxxxxxx@comcastpcs.textmsg.com
Communication Specialists = xxxxxxxxxx@pageme.comspeco.net
Communication Specialist Companies pin@pager.comspeco.com
Cook Paging = xxxxxxxxxx@cookmail.com
Digi-Page / Page Kansas = xxxxxxxxxx@page.hit.net
GrayLink / Porta-Phone = xxxxxxxxxx@epage.porta-phone.com
GTE = xxxxxxxxxx@airmessage.net
GTE = xxxxxxxxxx@gte.pagegate.net
GTE = xxxxxxxxxx@messagealert.com
Houston Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@text.houstoncellular.net
Infopage Systems pinnumber@page.infopagesystems.com
The Indiana Paging Co last4digits@pager.tdspager.com
JSM Tele-Page pinnumber@jsmtel.com
Lauttamus Communication = xxxxxxxxxx@e-page.net
MCI Phone = xxxxxxxxxx@mci.com
MCI = xxxxxxxxxx@pagemci.com
Metrocall = xxxxxxxxxx@page.metrocall.com
Metrocall 2-way = xxxxxxxxxx@my2way.com
Mobilecomm = xxxxxxxxxx@mobilecomm.net
Morris Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@beepone.net
Motient = xxxxxxxxxx@isp.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.nextel.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@page.nextel.com
Nextel = xxxxxxxxxx@nextel.com.br
Ntelos = xxxxxxxxxx@pcs.ntelos.com
Omnipoint = xxxxxxxxxx@omnipoint.com
Omnipoint = xxxxxxxxxx@omnipointpcs.com
OnlineBeep = xxxxxxxxxx@onlinebeep.net
Pacific Bell = xxxxxxxxxx@pacbellpcs.net
PageMart = xxxxxxxxxx@pagemart.net
PageMart Advanced /2way = xxxxxxxxxx@airmessage.net
PageMart Canada = xxxxxxxxxx@pmcl.net
PageNet Canada = xxxxxxxxxx@pagegate.pagenet.ca
PageOne NorthWest = xxxxxxxxxx@page1nw.com
Primco = xxxxxxxxxx@primeco@textmsg.com
ProPage = xxxxxxxxxx@page.propage.net
Qwest = xxxxxxxxxx@qwestmp.com
RAM Page = xxxxxxxxxx@ram-page.com
Rogers Canada = xxxxxxxxxx@pcs.rogers.com
Satellink = xxxxxxxxxx.pageme@satellink.net
SBC Ameritech Paging = xxxxxxxxxx@paging.acswireless.com
Skytel Pagers = 7digitpinnumber@skytel.com
Skytel Pagers = xxxxxxxxxx@email.skytel.com
Southern LINC = xxxxxxxxxx@page.southernlinc.com
Southwestern Bell = xxxxxxxxxx@email.swbw.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@sprintpaging.com or phonenumber@pm.sprint.com
Sprint PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com or phonenumber@pm.sprint.com
ST Paging pin@page.stpaging.com
SunCom = xxxxxxxxxx@tms.suncom.com
SunCom = xxxxxxxxxx@suncom1.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@voicestream.net
Teletouch = xxxxxxxxxx@pageme.teletouch.com
TSR Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@alphame.com
TSR Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@beep.com
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@email.uscc.net
US West = xxxxxxxxxx@uswestdatamail.com
Verizon Pagers = xxxxxxxxxx@myairmail.com
Verizon PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@vtext.com
Verizon PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@myvzw.com
VoiceStream / T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@voicestream.net
WebLink Wiereless = xxxxxxxxxx@airmessage.net
WebLink Wiereless = xxxxxxxxxx@pagemart.net
Wyndtell = xxxxxxxxxx@wyndtell.com
And some non-US carriers:
Aruba setar = xxxxxxxxxx@mas.aw
Bell Canada: xxxxxxxxxx@1x.bell.ca
Cellcom = xxxxxxxxxx@cellcom.quiktxt.com
Digicel Aruba = xxxxxxxxxx@digitextaw.com
Digicel Curacao= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextcu.com
Digicel Barbados= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextbb.com
Digicel Bonaire= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextbo.com
Digicel Cayman= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextky.com
Digicel Grenada= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextgd.com
Digicel St. Lucia= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextlc.com
Digicel St. Vincent= xxxxxxxxxx@digitextvc.com
Fido = xxxxxxxxxx@fido.ca
Rogers Wireless (Canada) = xxxxxxxxxx@pcs.rogers.com
Suncom = xxxxxxxxxx@tms.suncom.com
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#1 by Jim on October 1st, 2008
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Sweet. Nice find!
#2 by Ashley on October 20th, 2008
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I thought of this way “around” the MMS pic drama, and none of my friends received the pic texts. Massive fail.
#3 by Alan on October 20th, 2008
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I tried Verizon, got a couple error messages sent back over email after a couple hours.
#4 by jen on November 2nd, 2008
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this only seems to work for people who have att, otherwise no dice…
#5 by Josh on November 3rd, 2008
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What is the address for Telus?
#6 by Cynthia on November 25th, 2008
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YAY! Thank you, it worked. I have ATT and sent it to an ATT phone, just so ya’ll will know.
#7 by Abe on December 5th, 2008
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worked. sent picture to Cricket mobile user with:
phonenumber@mms.mycricket.com
#8 by randy on December 26th, 2008
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Does not work sending to a Verizon wireless phone, any other ideas? Alot of money not to have this feature avalible
#9 by Me on December 28th, 2008
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I have AT&T and was able to email a pic to a Verizon customer.
#10 by Brandon on December 29th, 2008
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Anyone know what it is for telus????
#11 by David on December 30th, 2008
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I sent to another AT&T and it worked…only problem…reply comes back as email. Why won’t Apple just fix this mess! I have told many people about this “downfall” of the iPhone and they are deciding to go with other devices as a result.
#12 by Bill on January 19th, 2009
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My question is, why the heck do we have to do this? It’s BS
#13 by Jerry on January 27th, 2009
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I sent a pic from my iPhone to a Verizon phone – Worked great!!
thanks
#14 by AA on February 3rd, 2009
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any idea on how to pic text/email european cell phones?
#15 by Lainey on February 8th, 2009
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Well I just tried this sending to a Verizon phone and the recipient saw this on his phone:
{attachment}
(photo.jpg removed) sent from iPhone
Any suggestions?
#16 by tony on February 16th, 2009
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it worked for me sent it to another att phone they got it no problems
#17 by john on February 21st, 2009
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From iPhone to verizon using vtext.com does not work. I got the same results as Lainey (above). From iPhone to verizon using vzwpix.com DOES work.
iPhones stink. I wish I had done my homework before I bought one. Great gaming phone but very poor in texting (if u can even call it that) and email support.
#18 by Sauod on February 22nd, 2009
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What is the address for MetroPCS in north califorina?
Does any one know how to send to Saudi Arabia Aljawal and Mobily?
Please let me know
Thank you
#19 by Christian on February 24th, 2009
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u dont hafe to do that all u have to due i
#20 by kirsti on February 27th, 2009
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telus is xxxxxxxxxx@msg.telus.com
#21 by Tammy on February 27th, 2009
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Cricket Communications- xxxxxxxxxx@mms.mycricket.com
Cricket-xxxxxxxxxx@sms.mycricket.com
#22 by Delores on February 28th, 2009
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I have ATT and sent pic to Sprint Blackberry phone using @pm.sprint.com and it worked. Yay…will test on more.
#23 by danielle on March 5th, 2009
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wow. we pay so much for a phone that has EVERYTHING but doesnt have MMS text
#24 by Greg on March 10th, 2009
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Right off AT&T website…
xxxxxxxxxx@txt.att.net
I confirmed this works to an iPhone on AT&T
#25 by Oso on March 20th, 2009
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How do u send to att, if you’re sending iPhone to iPhone?? I tried the 3 listed and none of them worked. Help appreciated!
-0so
#26 by Rhiannon on March 28th, 2009
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I sent a pix from my iphone to a ntelos customr..and it didnt work! Sheesh. Apple needs to fix this
#27 by laura on March 30th, 2009
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it worked!!!!! thankyou but what a pain in the arse!!!!!
#28 by Crystal on April 7th, 2009
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Mine was retuned because “552 size limit was exceeded”. How the heck do I fix that? Is there a way to resize pics taken from an iPhone?
#29 by Anthony on April 15th, 2009
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Does anyone know how to send pics to a tracfone ? I guess the address is what I’m in need of…
#30 by Anthony on April 15th, 2009
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I’ve sent pics to cricket phones, so this does work, take advantage of it until the new software comes out in June… Then the I-phone will have pic messaging !!!
#31 by Angie on April 17th, 2009
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I tried all three links to att and was unable to send pic to att phone. State the ‘email address’ was rejected.
#32 by niki on April 28th, 2009
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Was able to send pic message from iphone to verizon customer who has a moto Q9. Recipient had to attempt dowload of pic 3 times before it opened, but was successful.
#33 by Philip Errington on May 1st, 2009
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It does work with Verizon. Some carriers, Verizon being one of them, will not allow the user to receive pics over 100mb. I have had to send pics to my pc, reduce the size then send them along to a Verizon phone. Hope this helps.
#34 by Kathy on May 8th, 2009
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Nice website. I worked for hours trying to figure out how to send a picture from my iphone!! Thanks for the help. Kathy
#35 by Marci on May 13th, 2009
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No luck…I’m disappointed, we need an app or a fix!
#36 by sam on June 5th, 2009
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How to Send an MMS to a digicelm phone in guyana&Barbados
#37 by Kelly on June 12th, 2009
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I tried to both T-Mobile addresses above from my iPhone and neither worked. I also tried texting another iPhone user using the xxxxxxxxxx@txt.att.net and everything except the picture came out. This sucks!
#38 by Rachel on June 22nd, 2009
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I sent an MMS from my iPhone to another AT&T phone and it worked great.
#39 by Terri on June 22nd, 2009
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Verizon email works – Just tried it with the new iPhone g3s. I sent a pic to a verizon customer using these instructions and it worked perfectly.
#40 by rosie on July 9th, 2009
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ican’t send pic to sprint and tmobile providers and really bothers me thatthis cant b fix.
#41 by Sarah on July 11th, 2009
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Doesn’t work. Does noT work. At least not from Iphone to Iphone. And I have the new 3GS. Very disappointed that I can’t send pic texts.
#42 by justin on July 12th, 2009
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I can get the text but I can’t get the photo.
#43 by Wendy on July 23rd, 2009
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I tried sending to two differant ATT phones and it did not work.
#44 by Josh on July 27th, 2009
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The MMS problem is with ATT not with apple. The Iphone can do it with the new software, but ATT hasn’t adapted their network for it… So the problem lies in ATT not the iPhone… Just a fun/shitty fact
#45 by Sara on August 2nd, 2009
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I tried to send a pic to a Verison phone. Sadly, no luck. It’s discouraging to see the other reviews and know that my chances for success is a coin toss.
#46 by trish miller on August 3rd, 2009
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I tried this with T-mobile, US cellular, and at&t. All worked fine
#47 by timk on August 6th, 2009
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I tried to sent to iPhone using iPhone and the one I sent to mms.att.net didn’t go thru – the one I sent to txt.att.net went thru but it showed up with no picture – another thing I found interesting is when i replied to the msg that came thru with no pic – the reply came to my mobile me email address – interesting??
#48 by Denise on August 12th, 2009
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I have tried alot of these, with success. The only one I’m having probs with is this new Alltel/Verizon MMS. I’m not sure if it’s because they’re combined now or what, but I cannot seem to send an MMS to a Verizon/Alltel subscriber. I even got my sister to MMS me, I got her MMS address I’m suppose to use, turned around & used it, STILL DIDNT WORK!!!!
#49 by Poopyfasetomatonose on August 14th, 2009
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they have an app that is so simpler and works for any phone
#50 by candi on August 16th, 2009
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I want to send a pic to a metro customer and can find the company on the list? anybody know??? =)
#51 by Leeann on August 18th, 2009
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ive used this trick since ive had my iphone and its always worked great, the only phone its never sent to is my sisters blackberry storm, other than that its always sent to every carrier ive tried
#52 by Julie on September 9th, 2009
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So cool! Thanks! Sent to Att and alltell perfect!
#53 by Gabby on September 9th, 2009
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It worked …I love it!
#54 by sandrar on September 10th, 2009
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Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.
#55 by Tangy on September 12th, 2009
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Tried the T-Mobile link; worked on first try. Good stuff ^_^
#56 by Kyle on September 12th, 2009
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I tried iPhone to iPhone and none if the addresses worked.
#57 by Jason on September 14th, 2009
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Tried verizon… Worked
#58 by drial on September 29th, 2009
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Updated my Iphone. new program worked great. My wife has T Mobile, nice picture came through. Don’t forget to turn off your iphone after downloading new update! …Didn’t work on my girlfriends phone though, Can you help…JK!!!
Thanks!
#59 by Vanessa on November 19th, 2009
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I’ve got the iPhone and tried to send a txt with a picture but it doesn’t have that little icon with the camera. Can someone help me??
#60 by Alan on November 19th, 2009
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Vanessa, see the link at the end of step 3.
Type your comment here
#61 by Sonya on January 16th, 2010
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Rogers don’t work. I tried a few times..
#62 by Toubofcloulge on February 9th, 2010
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Definitely useful stuff. Now i am pursuing it closely.
Same here. I am just glued on the subject. I can’t wait to see where this will go
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#63 by Isabella on February 27th, 2010
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I don’t even know why I bother putting my comment here, nobody has answered any of the questions……Anyway I have an Iphone 3G and just updated to 3.1.3, I do have the camera next to my keyboard, after I hit send, I see the status bar go all the way but then it stops right before it reaches the end and the sending fails, and I get a question mark next to the picture. Can anybody tell me how to fix that?
#64 by Isabella on February 27th, 2010
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Vanessa, you must update your software to at least 3.1.2
#65 by Isabella on February 27th, 2010
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Did not work on mine neither
#66 by Alan on February 27th, 2010
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Some things to try:
1. On your iPhone, go into Settings–>General, scroll down to Resetand tap Reset Network Settings. Note that if you have WiFi network settings on the iPhone, you’ll have to reenter them after resetting.
2. Try sending just a regular text message. If you can’t, there may be other problems like your account is not set up to send text messages or you have the wrong phone number.
3. If you are roaming outside of your call area, you have to have Data Roamingturned on in the iPhone’s settings. To turn it on, go into Settings–>General–>Network and slide the Data Roaming tab to On. Note that roaming charges may start to apply.
4. Some carriers have limits for the size of MMS messages. Try sending a smaller photo or even a short voice memo as a test. AT&T Wireless limits MMS messages to 600KB.
#67 by Isabella on March 3rd, 2010
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Tried resetting the network settings, and still not working, I tried a voice memo (6.4 K) but still not working. The regular txt works, I am not roaming.
Any other suggestions?
#68 by Alan on March 4th, 2010
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You’ll need to contact your wireless provider to confirm you can send MMS.
#69 by edgar on March 14th, 2010
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i would like to send mms pic’s but i cant i’ve iphone 3gs if someone can help me i’ll be so thank full…