How to Activate MMS on iPhone in China

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MMS is not activated automatically once you have jailbroken or unlock your iPhone. See instructions below on how to activate MMS on your iPhone when using a Chinese SIM card.

China Mobile GSM Users

1. Go to Settings –> Phone –> My Number and enter your number (format: 013XXXXXXXXX)

2. Go to Settings –> General –> Network –> Cellular Data Network and enter the following settings under “MMS”:

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APM: cmwap
MMSC: mmsc.monternet.com
MMS Proxy: 10.0.0.172

3. Restart your phone

China Unicom GSM Users

1. Go to Settings –> Phone –> My Number and enter your number.

2. Restart your iPhone.

China Unicom 3G Users

1. Go to Settings –> Phone –> My Number and enter your number.

2. Go to Settings –> General –> Network –> Cellular Data Network and enter the following settings under “Cellular Data”:
APM: 3gnet
and the following under “MMS”:
APM: uniwap
MMSC: http://mmsc.myuni.com.cn
MMS Proxy: 10.0.0.172

3. Restart your phone.

Hope this helps!

Comments & Discussion

  1. Hi! I’m using China Unicom 3G and I just tried to follow your directions to install MMS. But unfortunately there are no further settings possible under “Cellular Data”! All I can do is switch it on or off! Am I looking at the wrong spot?
    Thanks for help!

    • @Thiemo: See the following for the fix. Courtesy of @Kamiran

      1. We must change with CommCenter Patch

      Where to download the repository?
      a) cydia.iphonemod.com.br (Right now the Repo is down)
      OR
      b) imatty.altervista.org / repo (I used this, the file is valid only for the 4.0.1)
      (Install CommCentreNoSing 4.0.1 (ONLY FOR iOS 4.0.1))

      2. Then RESTART

      3. Now the Final part:

      Either SSH to your Device or Just use iFile from the Device:

      Go to::: System/Libraray/Carrier Bundles/ (YOUR CARRIER).bundle/carrier.plist

      4. Edit the file carrier.plist with any plist editor (If you SSH from PC/mac) or directly using iFile through Device

      After the Following Line

      Add:

      APNEditabilityTypemask
      5
      AllowEDGEEditing

      After that you will find CarrierName , which will be there already

      5. Restart AGAIN

      6. Then Go to Settings >> General >> Network AND YOU WILL FIND Cellular Data Network..VOILA….

      7. Enjoy !!!!

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