Texting Photos ??

yes, you are correct. photos can only be emails from the iphone.

As mentioned, there is no MMS (the ability to text pictures) on the iPhone.

There are workarounds as there is no telling if they will ever add it.
For me I can send pics to my daughter on her non iPhone and she can send to me.

The process is this:

First (though you already know) discover the persons cell carrier.
Then if it is one in the list below you should be able to email a picture to them and they can get it as an MMS on their phone.

If you do not see them on the list, then have that person add your EMAIL address to their addressbook on their phone (just about all allow this). Though they should still add your email address to contacts for later use even if you skip this because you see the carrier in the list below.

Then have them start to send an MMS as normal but when it comes to them picking where to send, have them pick you EMAIL address from their address book.
Cells can send MMS to email addresses.

Now that they sent to you, when you check your email on the phone and get the picture (may take a little time) you now have in the From line, their MMS EMAIL address to send back to. Add that address to your contact info for that person.

Now when you want to send pics to them, email that address. And they can reply as well and they have to remember when sending to you, to choose your email address instead of phone number from their contacts.



Short list of some common carriers.
Alltel = xxxxxxxxxx@message.alltel.com
AT&T = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.att.net
Boost Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@myboostmobile.com
Cingular (AT&T) = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.mycingular.com
Einstein PCS = xxxxxxxxxx@einsteinmms.com
Sprint = xxxxxxxxxx@messaging.sprintpcs.com
T-Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@tmomail.net
US Cellular = xxxxxxxxxx@mms.uscc.net
Verizon Wireless = xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpix.com
Virgin Mobile = xxxxxxxxxx@vmobl.com
When X is the phone # you want to send the picture to

Message was edited by: DaVBMan

this doesn't work to or from att and alltel

If you have the correct address there shouldn't be a problem. if you want to be sure send a mms from the alltel phone to your email and that will give you the correct address. they may have different addresses for sms and mms, like att (IE: "#@txt.att.net" and "#@mms.att.net")

Dynamite DJs wrote:
this doesn't work to or from att and alltel

Seeing as how I am on AT&T (hence having the iPhone) this works just fine sending to and from my daughter who of course is also on AT&T.

all my wife gets is a photo.jpg message with no ability to open it.

MMS must be added back, they must work with other markets too and see what do they demand!

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If MMS is a big deal for you, the iPhone may not be a good choice. The iPhone never had MMS so it's not as if it was there and then they removed it.

It's been 16 months since the iPhone launched and it has not appeared in any updates so it seems that it's a low to zero priority item on Apple's feature list.

your wife doesnt have an iphone also, does she?

such an advisor!!
WOW thx

now am not going to buy it !!
REALLY!!

it is missing a lot of stuff but i am going to buy it coz it is such an amazing device, i am making a personal judgment and am not asking u to give me ur opinion to buy it or not, THANK YOU!

This is a good possible reason Apple doesn't include MMS.

Not all carriers and phones use/accept MMS the same way. There isn't a standard. The size of the photo more than likely is too big for the phone she has thus it won't display. Another phone on the same network may display it just fine. Just like when I owned one brand of phone and my wife another, she could send to me, but when I sent to her depending on the photo (where I got it...copied over from computer thus big, or camera from phone thus small as was cheap phone) she could only get the smaller pics.

Also when sending videos or sound, not all phones play all types....

In the end MMS is only good if you and all your friends have similar phones/brands. I cannot tell you how many times a various friend could not get a picture or video or tried to send one out and I couldn't get it.

Apple doesn't want to invest in something that sometimes works. People would complain about it being the iPhone. I agree, why have it if there isn't a standard. Email and the protocols ARE a standard. And if the phone cannot read a file sent...at least you have it in email when you get home thus you don't just lose it to limbo like you would with MMS sometimes.

Come on people, think about your MMS past...you know it wasn't perfect. Also MMS was ONLY made up by carriers to GET MORE MONEY from you as MMS is not charged the same as SMS. Yes iPhone has unlimited data, but your friends don't most likely...you really want to be emailing 800x600 pictures to them and them being charged by the KB (note KILO, not MB).

agent_s87 wrote:
and am not asking u to give me ur opinion to buy it or not, THANK YOU!

and no one asked your for your opinion on MMS. the OP had a question as to if it were possible. no one asked you. and quite opinionated for someone who doesnt even open the phone.

Wow, you're pretty opinionated for someone who doesn't even own an iPhone and seems to give everyone else your opinion regarding MMS.

Tamara wrote:
Wow, you're pretty opinionated for someone who doesn't even own an iPhone and seems to give everyone else your opinion regarding MMS.

Because i don't have iPhone 3G YET, and i am not saying what i DO have on my "Other Detail" it doesn't mean i don't have an iPhone... so do the Math 🙂