[zwaldowski]

I believe the Messages.app will need to be copied, the Preference bundles, and the MMS key added to M68AP.plist. You will then probably need to SSH or use iTunes to update the IPCC. The iPhone 3G checks and uses the N82AP.plist, which includes the M68AP.plist. The 2G only reads the M68AP.plist, even if they are the same. Adding the MMS key should be most of it, since the only difference between the firmwares for different devices are the features enabled/disabled and the hardware extensions. Surfing through SpringBoard.app, I've found audio files for the Voice Control system on my 3G.

[h.abdulhamid86]

Originally Posted by tekwiz

How about trying to just copy the messaging.app from a 3g to 2g? If it checks the hardware (mess. app) then we are screwed. If it doesn't, maybe it will work..

tried it. it did nothing. i also tried copying the settings app from 3g firmware to 2g. did nothing. i really think the firmware itself, as far as the applications are the same. there are just some settings files (e.g. plist files) that need to be modified to unlock the features. all of the png files for the camera icon in the messages app, along with the play button for a video mms and everything are present on 2g firmware (i have seen them with my own eyes). and people have been able to unlock them (i have myself unlocked the mms form under settings > general > network. and i have also seen others unlock the video-still toggle in the camera app).

i expect that there are some serious iPhone hackers out there who are familiar with OSX, and iPhone OS, and are hacking away at this problem us 2G owners are having (being locked out of features like MMS and video recording).

hope to see something soon. i'd love to see apple eat their words in saying that iPhone 2g cannot MMS. oh, and actually being able to send mms natively wouldn't be so bad either. =P

Originally Posted by zwaldowski

I believe the Messages.app will need to be copied, the Preference bundles, and the MMS key added to M68AP.plist. You will then probably need to SSH or use iTunes to update the IPCC. The iPhone 3G checks and uses the N82AP.plist, which includes the M68AP.plist. The 2G only reads the M68AP.plist, even if they are the same. Adding the MMS key should be most of it, since the only difference between the firmwares for different devices are the features enabled/disabled and the hardware extensions. Surfing through SpringBoard.app, I've found audio files for the Voice Control system on my 3G.

just to bounce ideas back and forth:
i've copied messages.app and preferences.app alonging with messagesui from private frameworks and the whole springboard.app too! i also added the mms key to M68ap.plist and that opened mms settings in Settings > General > Network. But inputting the settings did nothing (even had someone send a pic message and it did nothing).

Also, i read that there is a mms toggle in Settings > Messages that you are supposed to use to turn MMS on. i have yet to uncover that on my 2g, though 3g owners enabled everything by simply updating there ipcc.

any more ideas?

hmm...maybe we need to start checking footprints. for example, you can tell from N82AP.plist, that it looks to M68AP.plist. So maybe we can find a chain leading to the file that needs to be modded. places to check may be plist files for messages.app, preferences.app, and also the camera/photo app. Also having a look at the frameworks and private frameworks wouldn't help either.

Im thinking messagesUI.framework has to be some sort of lead, because that is where all of the mms png files are (i might have the name of the folder wrong, i'll double check when i get home).

[selder]

After modifing the M68AP.plist as above, i can now enter information in settings > general > network >cellular data network, but the other switch in settings > messages called "mms messages" and "show subject" are not yet displayed...

[myke580]

does anyone know where com.apple.MobileSMS is?

somehow i have the 3g toggle on my 2g phone but im not sure which setting changed it yet

[mkblade]

Originally Posted by myke580

does anyone know where com.apple.MobileSMS is?

im getting closer, in the edgebundle settings there are alot of settings for vvm and mms. i change the UI settings for both of these to 1. now i have the enable 3g toggle switch on my phone.

I believe its in:
[private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences]
if thats wht ur looking 4!

and good luck...ur getting there!

[myke580]

lol im getting closer but im having trouble figuring out how the 3g toggle appeared. i thought the settings bundle did it but its still there. now i gotta backtrack eh.. at least now i know the toggles are there. i see there linked between a plist file and a string file but there is something keeping them from being visible.

[chingo]

I tried to up date the ipcc file many times. It's no use. May be some hacks to make the phone think it's 3G???

[thatoneguy159]

The 3G toggle appears when you input any number higher than 3 as the value of telephony-maximum-generation. Believe me, I'm trying to crack this too. It's fun ^_^

[myke580]

Well haha were off to a good start and it is fun but frustrating cuz we know it's there and one toggle might fix it.

[thatoneguy159]

Originally Posted by myke580

Well haha were off to a good start and it is fun but frustrating cuz we know it's there and one toggle might fix it.

Thats usually the case.

[h.abdulhamid86]

its looking good guys! we are making some progress. it seems that what we have is:

-we know how to active MMS settings in Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data.

goals:
-activate MMS toggle in Settings > Messages
-enable photo icon in Messages app and attatch a photo.
-send/receive MMS! (duh)

[tekwiz]

Originally Posted by selder

After modifing the M68AP.plist as above, i can now enter information in settings > general > network >cellular data network, but the other switch in settings > messages called "mms messages" and "show subject" are not yet displayed...

Anyone here on a 2g that HAS the MMS setting under General-->Network-->Cellular Data Network? If so, can you copy your plist file here that enabled it?

I was also thinking of installing the AT&T profile but using T-mob's server info to see what happened but I think something blocks the settings from being displayed on the 2gs as I installed the t-mob profile and it still had no options to add MMS settings.

[thatoneguy159]

Originally Posted by tekwiz

Anyone here on a 2g that HAS the MMS setting under General-->Network-->Cellular Data Network? If so, can you copy your plist file here that enabled it?

I was also thinking of installing the AT&T profile but using T-mob's server info to see what happened but I think something blocks the settings from being displayed on the 2gs as I installed the t-mob profile and it still had no options to add MMS settings.

You dont need the .plist, just add the boolean "mms" in M86AP.plist and set it to true.

[tekwiz]

ok I edited the M86AP.plist file...added the key MMS and value of true. Now I have settings for MMS under cellular data network but still no camera in sms app...is the key for that under Messages.app?

[inx]

People, who enabled MMS settings in network settings, can you EDIT this settings? I can't save apn/User name/Password settings. I can edit it but if I exit menu, then open it again - there is empty fields (apn/usrname/passw)

p.s. sorry my bad english, I'm from russia.