Dear first-gen iPhone owner, how badly do you want MMS on your phone? Thanks to hacking community, now you can enjoy MMS capability on your original iPhone with default SMS/MMS app and O.S 3.0!
Gizmodo wrote:
...here we are with a truly integrated MMS experience courtesy of the all-powerful hacking community. Granted, there have been MMS apps available for ages, but there's a difference: this is the same action 3G and 3GS owners are getting in conjunction with OS 3.0, which Apple curiously decided to hold back from original iPhone owners.
A member of Hacking0sh forum revealed a tip on how MMS on 2G (OS 3.0) with default SMS/MMS app:
- For install copy mms2g.deb to iphone in folder, for example /var/root
- Then in same folder (/var/root) in terminal input: dpkg -i mms2g.deb
- Reboot
or
- Extract files from Patch.zip to iphone to folders same as arhive. For CommCenter chmod 755.
- Reboot.
In settings, adjust apn, user, password.
it´s now on cydia: ActivateMMS2G
ad rep. in cydia: http://cydia.alpden.com
[via Gizmodo]
Its not working on AT&T yet. Only other carriers who offer MMS at this moment. So go happy T-Mobile iPhones!
AT&T and Apple are purposely blocking MMS on 2G so thay can force more users onto a 3G iphone which will cost users more per month for the data plan and messaging ($10 more for unlimited data and $5 to have 200 texts which were previously included.) Forcing them makes more money for AT&T, crappy way to think about it but welcome to corporate America!