Since update, will not send or receive picture messages unless using imesage

Since the I0S6 update, my phone will not send or receive picture messages unless it's being sent through iMessage.
I know of other people having the same problem, with different versions of the phone and different carriers.
Anyone else?
I have the iPhone 4 with Sprint.
Friend has the iPhone 4s with Verizon.

Check settings/message and make sure MMS is ON. Also chcek that your carrier/your plan allows sending of pictures over MMS

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CLIENT
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    private String name;
    private ChatWindow chatWindow;
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        System.out.println("Session with Client accepted");
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        this.name = name;
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                chatWindow.say("...", true);
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the new code resulted from removing the ChatWindow stuff and any other places the errors can't be, is this better?
Server
public class ServerSession implements Runnable{
    private PrintWriter out;
    private BufferedReader in;
    public ServerSession(Socket connection) {
        try {
            out = new PrintWriter(connection.getOutputStream());
            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
        catch(Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error while writing to client:" + e.getMessage());
    public void run() {
        System.out.println("Session with Client accepted");
        loopTextAcceptance();
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        try {
            chatWindow.say("reading...", true);
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                System.out.println("reading");
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                System.out.println("line read: " + line);
        catch(Exception e) {
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}Client
public class ClientSession {
    private ChatWindow parentWindow;
    private BufferedReader in;
    private PrintWriter out;
    public ClientSession(String ip, int port) {
        try {
            Socket client = new Socket(ip, port);
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            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
        catch(Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error while connecting: " + e.getMessage());
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Now connected to 127.0.0.1:3300 <- ClienSession thread connected
Session with Client accepted <- Server accepting request from client (not in code)
reading <- ServerSession in the while(true) loop
Sending message: qdsf <- using the SendMessage function
message sent <- same function
<- nothing is said by the server =( d*mn you server!! read it!!! xD
Edited by: Dodgedog on Jul 6, 2008 5:40 PM

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