Enable AT&T iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS MMS Update on iPhone 3.0/iPhone 3.0.1

Enable MMS iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS 3.0 or 3.0.1

A lot of iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS users are still using firmware 3.0, due to the fact that a Windows jailbreak has not been released for iPhone 3.1 firmware.  AT&T released MMS for the iPhone today, and many jailbroken iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS users still want MMS on their iPhones but don’t want to update to 3.1 until there is a jailbreak released for it. Thankfully this can be done! I’ve added the AT&T 5.5 carrier profile download which AT&T released today. Follow my guide below to learn how to add it to your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS.

Note: If you are on iPhone 3.1 firmware, follow my Enable iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS MMS update through iTunes instead.

Enable MMS on AT&T iPhone 3G/3GS 3.0 or 3.0.1 using Mac

Quit iTunes

1. If you have iTunes open, then right-click and click Quit to close iTunes.

Open Terminal

2. Go to Applications -> Utilities and open the Terminal application.

ATT IPCC Command in Terminal

3. Copy and paste the following command in to Terminal: defaults write com.apple.iTunes carrier-testing -bool TRUE

Return key

4. Press Return on your keyboard.

AT&T US IPCC

5. Download IPCC file (this IPCC File is the latest 5.5 file that AT&T released in iTunes today, right click this link and save it as ATT_US.ipcc).

Open iTunes

6. Connect your iPhone 3G/iPhone 3GS to your computer and open iTunes.

iTunes Update

7. Press Option on your keyboard and at the same time click on Update in the iTunes window.

AT&T iTunes IPCC

8. Locate your ATT_US.ipcc file you downloaded in step 5 and click Choose.

9. Time to reboot your iPhone. Hold down the top button of your iPhone until the “slide to turn off” message appears, slide and turn your iPhone off. Turn your iPhone on again and it should have MMS on it!

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Enable MMS on AT&T iPhone 3G/3GS 3.0. or 3.0.1 using Windows

Command Pompt

1. Open Command Prompt (it’s in Program Files -> Accessories).

iTunes command

2. Copy and paste the following command and press enter:

cd C:\Program Files\iTunes\

If you’re using a 64-bit operating system use the following command instead and press enter:
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\

iTunes IPCC command

3. Copy and paste the following command in Command Prompt and press enter:

iTunes.exe /setPrefInt carrier-testing 1

ATT IPCC file download

4. Download IPCC file (this IPCC File is the latest 5.5 file that AT&T released in iTunes today, right click this link and save it as ATT_US.ipcc).

Open iTunes

5. Connect your iPhone to your PC and open iTunes.

iTunes Check for Update

6. Click Shift on your keyboard and at the same time click Check for Update in the iTunes window.

iTunes ATT IPCC file

7. On the right-hand side there should be a drop-down, click on it and select “iPhone Carrier Configuration files (*.ipcc)“, find the ATT_US.ipcc file and then click Open.

8. Reboot your iPhone. MMS should now be working!

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225 Comments

  1. John says:
    October 7, 2009 at 7:42 am

    Will updating the IPhone with this take away my ability to tether my IPhone to my laptop? (Using the fake AT&T carrier ipcc trick.)

    • AJ says:
      November 15, 2009 at 6:11 am

      no it will not I just did this and i am tethering right now. If something does happen just visit help.benm.at on ur iphones browser

  2. CWong says:
    October 10, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    It worked for me. It show as a little camera icon in the “message” folder on the iPhone. Thanks so much!

  3. pritites says:
    October 11, 2009 at 7:39 pm

    i have an unlocked iphone 3g 3.0…will this update on carrier will lock my iphone?

  4. aristide says:
    October 13, 2009 at 7:19 am

    my iphone dose not have service

  5. Terry says:
    October 13, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    will updating the ipcc file take away the my unlock/jailbreak?

  6. JV says:
    October 13, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Can someone confirm if this affects my unlock/jailbreak? I have a 3GS, unlocked and jailbroken, running on 3.0 and ATT. Any ideas?

    • Diana says:
      December 22, 2009 at 12:01 am

      No, this will *not* affect your unlock/jailbreak *or* any of the jailbroken apps you have installed. It worked perfectly for me!

  7. Scott says:
    October 15, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    Works for me! thanks

  8. luis says:
    October 16, 2009 at 9:04 am

    The link to download the att file dont work!!!please help

  9. soulmage says:
    October 16, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    Does this work on Tmobile iphone users or is it only for AT&T. Also if i do this will it affect the unlock/jailbreak on my 3.0.1 unlock/jailbreaked 3gs.

  10. ineedhelp says:
    October 19, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    I have a 3gs jailbroken/unlocked. I tried this several times but still nothing! Can someone tell me what I might be doing wrong? Suggestions? Thx

    • Diana says:
      December 22, 2009 at 12:14 am

      Perhaps it worked and you just can’t tell. This is what happened to me. Open your native text messaging app, click on a name/number to text, and notice on the bottom (to the left of the texting window) there is now a little camera icon. If you click on it, you will see the option to take a Photo/Video or choose an existing one. Hope this helps!

  11. Alshamsi says:
    October 24, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    thanks guys for figuring out a way and really appreciat the hard work that’ve been done

  12. blu32 says:
    November 11, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    the ipcc link is dead…can u reup the file…

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