PineApple iPhone

Native MMS iPhone 2G replaces ActivateMMS2G

MMS2G No Longer MIA

If you’re hearing “Where did you go?” repeated in the background by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones when we start refering to ActivateMMS2G by geniusan, you’re not the only one.

No longer a fixture in Cydia many Jailbroken iPhoners are left trying to figure out how to Activate MMS on their iPhone 2G. Now tune out the Bosstones. MMS for the iPhone 2G is still running strong in one form or another.

Solution through Cydia:

1. Add Source http://cydia.ifoneguide.nl
2. Install Native MMS iPhone 2G
3. Reboot your iPhone
4. Go to: Settings –> General –> Network –> Cellular Data Network
and enter in your carrier settings
5. Reboot your iPhone
6. Start MMSing

OR

1. Add Source http://sinfuliphonerepo.com
2. Install Enable MMS for 2G & 3.0 or Enable MMS for 2G & 3.1.2
3. Reboot your iPhone
4. Go to: Settings –> General –> Network –> Cellular Data Network
and enter in your carrier settings
5. Reboot your iPhone
6. Start MMSing

Manual Solution:

1. Download MMS2G
2. SSH into your iPhone and copy mms2g.deb to /var/root

In Terminal
1. Type: ssh root@ur.ip.address.here
2. Type: dpkg -i mms2g.deb
3. Reboot

 
 
IMPORTANT UPDATE
After reading about an iPhone crashing in the comments below, I did some research to see what other issues people might be having with these MMS tweaks.

1. DO NOT install on an iPhone 3G - It will crash (these are only 2G solutions)
2. ActivateMMS2G may not work properly if you have upgraded past firmware 3.0.1 - it has not been updated to work on subsequent firmwares.
3. Native MMS iPhone 2G may have been is designed for firmware 3.1.2 only - although success with the tweak seems to vary across the boards

Please update your iPhone to a custom 3.1.2 firmware. Then follow the instructions above to activate mms. If you are on 3.0 and do not want to upgrade, please use terminal and the attached ActivateMMS2G deb file to activate or use the sinfuliphone repo.

I have personally installed Native MMS on my iPhone 2G with custom firmware 3.1.2 (created with PwnageTool) and can confirm that it is working. I have also installed Enable MMS from the sinfuliphone repo without any issues.

ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR IPHONE BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY TWEAKS/PATCHES/ETC!