Right out of the box, iPhone is incredibly easy to use. If you want to get the most out of every feature, you’ve come to the right place. This video tutorial straight from Apple will teach you how to send SMS and MMS messages on the Apple iPhone 3G. The iPhone redefines what a ...more
One of the best reasons to enter Apple's ecosystem is iMessage, where you can communicate more securely with other Apple users and send and receive chats across all of your connected iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac devices. While those blue bubble conversations sync across d ...more
If you've got T-Mobile as your carrier, and you have an unlimited texting plan, check out this video to learn how to enable MMS on your iPhone. Assuming you have this plan, you should be able to send multimedia messages. Here are the settings needed: APN: wap.voicestream.com ...more
MMS is disabled on some iPhones. To enable it go to settings, and go into the general settings. From the menu select network and select cellular data in the network menu. In the Cellular Data settings go down to MMS options. Now set the APN as wap:voicestream.com, MMSC as http ...more
Some users are experiencing difficulties using the MSS picture messaging and FaceTime voice chat features on their jailbroken iPhone 4. This tutorial shows you an easy fix after jailbreaking your phone - all you need to do is go into Cydia and upgrade all packages in order to ...more
If you have T-Mobile and haven't quite figured out how to get MMS working with it on the iPhone, check out this video. This tutorial will cover activating the iPhones original MMS feature to work with t-mobile. This feature also allows you to share your iphones internet connec ...more
If you have an iPhone running iOS 15 that's connected to Google Fi or another mobile virtual network operator, you may not be getting any photos or videos in Messages. That may be because you recently installed a software update, and you'll have to restore your cellular data n ...more
Check out this video to learn how to get MMS on iPhone 3G for T-Mobile on 3.0 firmware. This works on T-Mobile's Network only! Add these to MMS Settings in: Settings-General-Network-Cellular Data Network. Add this in MMS field: APN: wap.voicestream.com Username: leave blank ...more
YouTube user diabeticHOWIE instructs you on how to enable MMS (Multimedia Messaging) for your iPhone 3G or 3GS. He claims that this may not work for the first generation iPhone. Using his step-by-step tutorial, you will be able to send multimedia messages to your friends and f ...more
This video tutorial shows how to get MMS on iPhone 3G for Tmobile on 3.0 or 3.0.1. Not that this works on T-Mobile's Network ONLY To add MMS go to: Settings-General-Network-Cellular Data Network Add this in MMS field: APN: wap.voicestream.com Username: *leave blank* Password ...more
There's a serious issue with Google Fi's service for iPhone that prevents sending any MMS pictures via the Messages app. The problem doesn't affect all iPhone users on Google Fi, but if you're like me and keep getting that frustrating "Not Delivered" alert, there's a fix. I j ...more
Apple released iOS 14.2.1 for iPhone today, Thursday, Nov. 19. The update includes fixes for a bug where some MMS messages might not be received, an issue where iPhone 12 mini lock screens would be unresponsive, and a problem where "Made for iPhone" hearing devices would have ...more
Take a look at this video if you've ever been curious on how people send video messages via the iPhone. This is the source you need to get in Cydia iphonevideorecorder.com/3 This is the Unlock code for the app: xumiqdikni Here is a list of some Cellphone email address forma ...more
This video demonstrates how to send and receive text messages on your iPhone. From the people who brought you the Dummies instructional book series, brings you the same non-intimidating guides in video form. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to send and receive text messa ...more
Did you know that you don't need to update your iPhone to 3.1 in order to use the iPhone MMS feature? This video shows you how to use multimedia messaging if you have firmware versions 3.0 or 3.0.1, the unsupported versions. So if you don't want to update your iPhone's firmwar ...more
This clip will introduce you to an app that will allow you to send free SMS and MMS messages to your friends' cell phones. Whether you're the proud owner of an Apple iPhone 4G or perhaps just considering picking one up second hand, you're sure to benefit from this free video t ...more
You can use MMS and Tethering on the iPhone 3GS. So first go to the settings and there you have to click on general and then go to network. there you can see Cellular data network, VPN, internet tethering etc. Now you have to click on internet tethering and turn it on. When y ...more
On 9/25/09, Apple finally released MMS (multimedia messaging) for the iPhone. It's extraordinarily easy to get MMS now that Apple has released it in their firmware upgrade. All you have to do is plug your iPhone into the computer and install the update in iTunes. Check out th ...more
Check out this video iPhone tutorial and learn how to enable MMS pciture messaging on your 3G/GS. Windows XP/Vista 32 Bit Tutorial Download this file. Close iTunes and Unplug iPhone. Go to Start Menu and click RUN. Then type in CMD and click ok. After that type in or copy/pas ...more
Deleting text messages on your iPhone may seem like a pretty simple task, but it's those really simple tasks that usually end up causing headaches later on. Data can stick around, even if you asked it not to, so there's always a slight chance that embarrassing and incriminatin ...more
In this tutorial, we learn how to use MMS on T-mobile or ATT iPhone using 3.1 or lower. First, you need to make sure you have iTunes down and it's not running on your computer at all. After this, go to the start menu, then click on the run. Next, type in "command" and hit ente ...more
Texting something as simple as "What up, bruh?" can be transformed into something way more baller by adding emojis, emoticons, GIFs, and textspeak. Some people would even argue that texting is a form of art, similar to Shakespearean sonnets, but it still has a ways to go if yo ...more
This clip will show you what you'll need to know to use MMS messaging on your Apple iPhone 3G. Whether you're the proud owner of an Apple iPhone 3G or perhaps just considering picking one up second hand, you're sure to benefit from this free video tutorial. For more informatio ...more
When iOS starts barking at you that you've run out of iCloud or iPhone storage, a quick trip to your settings to see what the culprit is may show that Messages is one of the worst offenders. But if deleting message after message doesn't free up your storage much, it's likely b ...more
Every model iPhone since the 6s has boasted a 12-megapixel rear camera. You can take some pretty spectacular, professional-looking photos with it, especially on devices that have more than one rear lens. But the file size of each photo can become a problem when sending as an i ...more
Venmo makes it incredibly convenient to send money to friends and family, and it all happens instantly from the comfort of your smartphone. Even better, if you have an iPhone, Venmo lets you conduct transactions straight from the default Messages app, giving you more flexibili ...more
Fairly recently Apple introduced Multimedia Messaging on the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing people to send pictures and other media through text messages. What does this mean for users? Well, if you want to take a picture of yourself eating a hamburger and then send it to you ...more
Go to Cydia and add a new source http://Cydia.xselize.com. Now search there for supreme preferences and install it. Now go to safari and open help.benm.at/help.php and search there for tethering and internet settings and click on it and download. Now select your country and c ...more
If you haven't noticed yet, there are a lot of new features hiding in your iPhone's Messages app, and some of them are things users have been requesting for a long time. While iMessage is getting a lot of attention by letting us edit and unsend messages, it's only just the sta ...more
Group messages are great when you want to talk to multiple people at the same time. However, things can get disorderly real fast in the Messages app, especially if the same person is in multiple group conversations. That's where custom group names come in, which helps you make ...more
The Messages app for iOS and iPadOS has a lot of hidden features, but one in particular can save you time and energy whenever you need to forward or copy and paste messages from within an SMS, MMS, or iMessage conversation. The tricks I'm about to show work for forwarding tex ...more
NSA aside, Apple makes it difficult for users to extract and download text messages from their iPhones onto a computer. For whatever reason (legal, devious, neurotic, etc), we've all found a time where we'd like to save backups of certain meaningful, important, or perhaps incr ...more
Group chats can get out of control. One minute you're in the middle of a thoughtful debate, the next minute everybody is sending gratuitous stickers and emojis like nobody's business. If you're at work or school, this can obviously get a little frustrating as your notification ...more
Texting can be difficult sometimes. When you're browsing the web or playing a game on your iPhone and need to respond to text message real quick, you have to exit your current app to do so. Not exactly efficient, especially if a quick "K" is all you need to say. However, if y ...more
Messages is arguably the most important app on your iPhone, which is why it's always exciting when Apple pushes out new features for it. With the iOS 14 update, there a few critical changes as well as interface improvements and customization options that make the experience ev ...more
Your iPhone's Messages app has some impressive new features and changes with iOS 17, and you've probably already noticed some of them just by using the updated app. But there are less apparent features, even hidden ones, that have likely eluded you that you're going to want to ...more
Editing and unsending iMessages are definitely the stars of the Messages app's latest app update, but they aren't the only new features worth exploring. One tool you may not have discovered yet fixes an issue that's plagued the Messages app since the beginning. While the Mess ...more
There's a lot more to the new iPhone MMS than simply taking a picture and sending it to someone. This video blogger shows you how to make the most of the new MMS feature. If you haven't updated your iPhone yet to get MMS, you can do so simply by plugging your iPhone into iTune ...more
Having your iPhone's display orientation go from portrait to landscape while lying down in bed can get pretty annoying, especially while chatting with others within Messages. If you have a jailbroken device, however, you can easily remedy this headache by way of a free tweak. ...more
Whenever a picture is sent via MMS, a certain amount of compression needs to be done in order for a carrier's network to send it. That compression is meant to ease strain on the network, but in the end it leads to heavy downsizing and increased graininess in pictures. Hangout ...more
Less than a week after iOS 11.3 was released to the public, iOS 11.4 beta dropped for developers on April 2, then became available for public beta testers the following day. If you're an iPhone user, there doesn't seem to be much to love about iOS 11.4 just yet, since its most ...more
You can enable teathering and MMS on your iPhone 2G or iPhone 3GS even if you have AT&T or any other carrier by browsing to a website using Safari on your iPhone. Just select your country and carrier and download the profile. The website is: http://help.benm.at/help.php This ...more
Learn how to compose and send both SMS and MMS text messages on a BlackBerry phone running version 5 of the BlackBerry OS. This clip will show you how it's done. Whether you're the proud owner of a BlackBerry smartphone or are merely considering picking one up, you're sure to ...more
This video will show you how to enable MMS on your iPhone 3G and 3GS on 3.1 firmware. First, copy and paste the terminal code. Hit enter. Go back to the description and click the link to the file. Connect your iPhone and go into iTunes. Hit options, check for updates. Go to wh ...more
This video tutorial demonstrates an easy way to activate MMS on iPhone 3G or 3Gs Firmware 3.1 o. First download the File here. Now Make Sure itunes is closed and not running. On Mac: 1. Close iTunes if it is open 2. Start Terminal (Applications - Utilities) 3. Run the foll ...more
There's a lot to love about iOS 13. Permanent Memoji stickers though? Not so much. Whether you love or hate these personalized icons, most of us can probably agree it's super annoying Apple doesn't let you disable them in the "Frequently Used" section of the Emoji keyboard. Ev ...more
We've all been guilty of sending messages that we instantly regret — be it a moment of anger or plain old drunk texting. More often than not, these silly texts result in unnecessary headaches for both you and your contact. Thankfully, WhatsApp has finally tackled this age-old ...more
In this video one of the ultimate iPhone hackers, Jonathan A. Zdziarsk, demonstrates how to use a forensics toolkit to recover deleted text messages on an iPhone. But wait - there's more! Not only can you access text messages, but almost any other data on an iPhone as well. We ...more
Trying to get rid of an ex or clingy friend? Just want to keep telemarketers from calling you all the time? You can use the iPhone app iBlacklist (for jailbroken iPhones) to create a list of blocked calls for your iPhone. Blacklisted phone numbers will not be able to send you ...more
First go to "help.benm.at/" in safari and click on mobileconfigs, choose your country, choose your carrier and click on install. Now after that you have to reboot your iPhone. Now go to your settings, general, network and click on Internet tethering and turn it on. Now it will ...more
If you've been wondering how to get internet tethering working on your iphone 3G 3.0 or 3.0.1, check out this video! Jailbreaking your phone is optional for this. To get internet tethering to work on your iPhone follow these instructions: 1. Download itunes 8.2 to the comput ...more
When you leave your iPhone on a table or anywhere within somebody else's eyeshot, a private message may pop up on your lock screen that could be read by anyone who sees it. But there's a way to keep others from reading your possibly sensitive text messages and emails without g ...more
If you have an iPhone with 3D Touch or Haptic Touch, some lock screen notifications will let you respond to a message without even unlocking the screen. This is definitely a handy feature, and it should save a lot of time in some cases, but there are some obvious security conc ...more
Sometimes incorrectly referred to as "iMessage," the Messages app is where iPhone owners go to chat with iOS users across the world. Apple has made some significant improvements to the messaging app with its iOS 12 update for iPhone. If you're interested to see how your Messag ...more
There's not much to the Messages app for iPhone when it comes to finding the right conversations. It did get some enhanced search capabilities in iOS 13, but beyond that, there's no good way to find the threads you need aside from just scrolling through the main page, which li ...more
Apple makes it simple to share your location with your family and friends using tools built into the "info" page for each conversation thread in Messages. With those tools, you can send your current location or share trackable real-time coordinates. But iOS always has a few hi ...more
Ever since iOS 11, there's been a little drawer at the bottom of conversation threads in the Messages app. That drawer houses what Apple calls "iMessage apps," even though they also work in regular text messages. These apps are convenient for various reasons, but if you don't ...more
Safari has some cool new features in iOS 8, but the app that seems to have gotten the biggest update so far is Messages. A lot of the new Messages features were discussed during Apple's developers conference, but we found many others and picked out our favorite hidden ones bel ...more
You can send and receive money from your iPhone using Venmo, Square Cash, Facebook Messenger, and even Snapchat. There's also Zelle, which offers quick-pay solutions in major banking apps such as Bank of America, Chase, and Wells Fargo. However, Apple has a built-in system to ...more
If your iPhone is rebooting or your Messages app is constantly crashing, you might be the victim of an iOS exploit or just a buggy software update. While one problem sounds worse than the other, they both can get annoying real quick when you can't send any messages or even rea ...more