Comments on: iPhone 3.0 Software Sending Group SMS Messages As MMS

By: Frumpsnake

Frumpsnake — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:12:26 +0000

You’re a bit late here.

Optus have already fixed it a week ago. Just plug your phone into iTunes.

By: Fluff

Fluff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:19:33 +0000

The other option is to keep your carrier file in tact, and wait for the OS 3.1 update. The beta is out to developers, and it has fixed the issue

By: Jorgo

Jorgo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:56:30 +0000

A temporary workaround for this problem is to add additional contacts by pressing the “+” button and searching for the contact through your address book, rather than typing in the contacts name.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:29:00 +0000

I just checked iTunes and Three have just released a carrier settting, which fixes the issue. Pretty funny that the only carrier that doesn’t sell the iPhone (not for another week) is the only one to have the proper settings.

By: ThreeUser

ThreeUser — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:28:14 +0000

There are now updated carrier settings from iTunes for all Aussie telcos, just plug your iPhone and click Update from iTunes. The biggest beneficiaries are 3 users where iPhone will automatically configure APN, MMS settings when a 3 SIM is inserted. The group SMS as MMS bug is also fixed, tethering is available too as well as the “Call Forwarding Active” dialog has been removed.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1238567

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:23:28 +0000

The fix is as easy as the carrier (i.e. Telstra) updating their carrier file and pushing it out via iTunes.

By: Kieran McIlwain

Kieran McIlwain — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 04:08:51 +0000

Nick – definitely relevant news. This switch is a carrier-enabled option, and requires changes to be submitted by carriers to the carrier.plist / *.IPCC pushed by Apple on behalf of them.

If customers want a fix to this – pester your carriers, they are the one who need to submit the fix to Apple and request the option changed in their carrier.plist. The current behaviour is the “default” for the iPhone, and will remain that way unless Apple are told otherwise by Optus, Telstra or Vodafone.

By: Nick Broughall

Nick Broughall — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:29:39 +0000

No arguments from me Sam – it is pretty old news. That doesn’t mean that it’s not newsworthy… Especially considering that Telstra has acknowledged it and claims to be working on a fix.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:26:26 +0000

You can download a custom carrier file which can also switch this off. I have done this for my iPhone running on Three.

By: Sam Testa

Sam Testa — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:24:01 +0000

This is pretty old news. It was being discussed on Whirlpool a couple of days before the final release, while people were using the gold master version.

I’m sure Apple will fix it in the next update.