Why cant I send pics since the ios 6 upgrade? Any clues on a fix?

oh update. the linked facebook contact cannot be deleted......ya-f*(&g-hoo apple way to go. another issue. oh btw found out i can send and receive mms to iphone 4s ATT but no where else.

WIle troubleshooting this issue, I found a curious thing:

updated a 3Gs to iOS6. I turned off the cellular radio so that only wifi is enabled. We have wifi at home using Comcast and we could not send pics using mms. I also have a mifi 4g card through Verizon. We switched the iPhone to use the mifi and mms worked! I don't think it is a carrier issue per se, but there must be something with the cellular vs cable?

http://ireigntech.com/apple-patches-apn-editing-in-ios-6-beta-4/

Found the problem. Apple knows about it. They're the one that caused it.

I've been following and participating in a few other forums regarding this issue over the weekend. Here is one solution that came up on another forum regarding this issue.

(It looks as if the issue may have to do with certain newer(?) Comcast gateways and how they are interacting with IOS 6.)

THe following was posted by another user trying to resolve their picture-sending issues:

"Well I spent a hours on the phone with Apple care and the guy submitted a ticket to the higher ups. Nothing ever came of that though. I figure that the iphone 5 has to be sending pics/videos through a different port or with added security and the xfinity gateway blocks it.
I called Comcast yesterday and the rep was trying to turn my gateway into just a modem, but it wouldn't listen to her commands. I decided that it's not worth the hassle and am returning the gateway to comcast. I went out and bought a stand alone comcast modem for $99 at best buy, but if you don't want to do that, you could always just exchange the gateway for a separate modem and router at the comcast office. My parents have comcast and they rent their modem and router from comcast, but the router is netgear and is a separate unit.
So my current set up is a comcast cable modem: Motorola Surfboard docsis 3.0 high-speed cable modem and an older b/g netgear router that I had in the closet. Everything works great and my iMessage can now send photos and videos with no issues. The Xfinity gateway is the issue, at least for me it was."

I'm guessing that this may be the issue that quite a few of us are experiencing.

I think it's in Apple's hands now to interop test this specific Comcast equipment and find a way to make the two work.

The other option is to pay for/provide external wi-fi routers for everyone effected, but we know that won't happen...

DenverSteveo wrote:

I'm guessing that this may be the issue that quite a few of us are experiencing.

I think it's in Apple's hands now to interop test this specific Comcast equipment and find a way to make the two work.

I can confirm this issue with at least one data point! I had a xfinity gateway and just switched it out with a Motorola cable modem. We are now able to send pics through iMessage.

I experienced a very similar problem with an iPhone 4S with IOS 6. I think tjperez123 highlights an important nuance. There was an old APN profile on the phone for a Nielsen Panel app that is no longer in use. When I deleted this APN profile not only could I once again send MMS pictures, but I received a flood in texts that came over the weekend, but never came through.

I was having the same trouble with a 4S after upgrading to 6.0, that is, I was unable to send camera shots in a message, always got the undelivered red icon. Tried everything, restore, network reset. I am on Viaero and you have to enter your APN settings manually and I had reset and retyped them numerous times. I finally added a port number behind my proxy server address like users of other brands of phones have to do (and myself apparently) and it worked. I have never had to do that before with iphones but that fixed the problem for me. Proxy address 10.168.3.23:9401 works for Viaero. This may be something that is plaguing others after the update of the IOS. Obviously, these settings will not work for others unless your on Viaero but it may send you in the right direction.

Hello,

I've just managed to solve this problem in my case, after a day of trying the obvious settings. It's basically the same as prtruss.

In my case I'm an AT&T subscriber.

I have a 2009 iPhone 3GS (model number A1303). Refer http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3939

Firstly I went into Settings -> General -> Reset and tapped Reset Network Settings. This rebooted my phone. That did not fix my problem immediately, but I mention it because it was part of the sequence which led to my phone being able to send & receive pictures.

I then went into Settings -> General and noticed there was an APN entry at the bottom. Tapping that it referred to AT&T and was in red -- my recollection is that it was not verified.

The only option I was given was to delete it. I chose to delete it.

Within about a minute my phone received about ten photo's that had been backlogged and I successfully sent a photo.

My Settings -> Cellular options are all on (Cellular Data, Enable 3G, Data Roaming).

Also, I have had an ongoing problem with voice mail -- the voice mail indicator never came on. That just started working.

To be sure I turned my phone on and off, and tried send a couple of photo's. It did not work. Then after about two minutes it started working again.

I'd say there are possibly a few different reasons why this problem occurs, and it may be intermittent.

I hope this helps.

Every Since I Updated My Phone iOS 6 I Can't Send Pictures An This Is Really Getting Me Mad Can I Fix It?

I cant stand this!!! Thing is most of the mms pics that I send out are to non IPHONE users. When will this change??? Ugggg Thank you for your post Kara

A1303 is my mode; number and I dont have the APN option, just something new called VPN, what about this one? I am so frustrated 😟

Apple patched the use of custom APN's out of iOS 6.

http://ireigntech.com/apple-patches-apn-editing-in-ios-6-beta-4/

Looks like I'm screwed.

Hey i couldn't post pics to facebook from my iPhone 4 after the update to the iOS6~i could send them through messages without a problem,,,,seen ur post and thought hey why not! I did the Settings~General~Reset~and tapped reset network settings and when it finished I WAS ABLE TO POST PICS AGAIN!!!!! I was so ready to throw my iPhone up against the wall after this stupid update! I noticed that they started doing the .97 cent upgrade on the iPhone 4 after the 5's came out,,,,,boy do i feel sorry for them,,,getting a new iPhone 4 and it won't work with the new update,,,,,,but i do THANK YOU for your post cause it fixed my problem ^.^

That being said, here is the fix:http://www.unlockit.co.nz/unlockit/?p=683