Major SMS + MMS Problems (Black iPhone 4S 64GB iOS5)
Im having huge problems with SMS and MMS on my iPhone 4S. SMS messages take 3-6 re-attempts before sending, and MMS messages wont send at all. Tried changing the max message size setting, to fix mms issue, with no joy. Im finding this extremely frustrating after shelling out for the 64GB phone and its not carrying out its basic functions at the moment. There is no issue with the carrier, it seems to be something else. Does anyone have any tips on how I can solve this? Or is anyone suffering similar issues?
Any advice appreciated.
I'm glad (you know what I mean...) I'm not the only person with 4S MMS problems. It's driving me crazy. I swapped from a 3GS (with which I had no MMS problems at all) to the 4S, and have nothing but problems with MMS since I bought it on launch day.
Each time I phone my carrier or visit their shop they give me different advice - they've told me to put at least 3 different figures in the 'max message size' box so far.
Today I thought I was making some progress. I visited the store I bought it from, and a guy there changed the max message size figure and did a soft reboot and, guess what, MMS worked no problem... while I was in the shop, that is. FIve minutes later, when I was outside, the first photo I tried to send failed and there was my familiar friend the white exclamation mark looking up at me.
So then I called my carrier, and the call-taker gave me completely different advice to the guy in the shop (including a different 'max message size' figure to input), before I did my nth reboot. Success! While he was still on the phone, I managed to send two MMS, and got messages back from the recipients.
So I hung up, a happy 4S owner once again.
Only now I'm not quite so happy. Because the exclamation mark's back again, and MMS won't send. And people are sending me MMS, but I'm not getting them.
I just hope one of the myriad people I've spoken to at my carrier was right when she said 'Apple are aware of this issue and we're waiting for a fix'.
In the meantime, I'm thinking of investing in a carrier pigeon...
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2. I read texts and the number indicator doesn't go away.
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Incorrect.
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show this link to your friend http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5185
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Welcome to the discussions,
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Mac: Choose iTunes > Preferences.
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Click Advanced.
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