Setting up MMS for StarHub and M1 iPhone users

by Jimmy Liew on 18 June, 2009

iPhone MMS

Carrier settings for M1 and Starhub were updated by Apple with the impending launch of the phone through these Telcos – MMS and Tethering will work without much hassle! (7 Dec)

Update with ipcc files for M1 and Starhub (17 Aug)

Thanks to musashi at HWZ, here are some updates to the configuration that will make it easier for you to do MMS and Tethering when you are on M1 and Starhub.

Here are the instructions quoted from musashi’s post:

  1. Delete all profile(s) that you have installed from previous mobileconfigs. You can find them at the bottom of the Settings/General. Skip this step if you have none installed.
  2. Goto Settings/General/Network/Cellular Data Network and click Reset Settings. You may want to copy the mms settings down first.
  3. Restart the iPhone
  4. Connect iPhone and backup your iPhone. After backup, disconnect your iPhone.
  5. Follow the instructions here on how to enable carrier bundle support. For Mac Users. For Windows Users.
  6. After enabling carrier bundle support, proceed to download the custom ipcc file from the list below
  7. Connect your iPhone and start iTunes.
  8. Option+Check for Update (Mac) or Shift+Check for Update (Win) and select the ipcc file to update.
  9. This will take a very short while. After updating, You will see that shwapint as the APN for cellular data and shmms as the APN for MMS plus MMS settings. No need to change anything.
  10. Restart your iPhone and try it out.

Note:

  • Do not change the APNs after updating. You will have to redo all the steps again.
  • Remember to quit iTunes completely before applying the carrier bundle support.
  • Credits to the following guys at HWZ: alanwwm for the Group MMS and SMS fix. newbish for supplying M1 settings and ghasse4 for version 1.1

Try it out and let me know how it goes.

For many out there who got their hands on iPhones while on StarHub or M1, if you have not download OS 3.0, why wait?

For those who had done so, if you are trying to figure how to MMS, there’s a few more steps to take to have that configured.

To start, go to Settings -> Network -> Cellular Date Network

For Starhub users, key in the following settings:

  • APN: shmms
  • MMSC: mms.starhubgee.com.sg:8002
  • MMS PROXY: 10.12.1.80

For M1 users (can anyone verify?), key in the following settings:

for M1 Prepaid

  • APN: miworldmcard
  • USERNAME: 65
  • PASSWORD: user123
  • MMSC: http://mmsgw:8002/
  • MMS PROXY: 172.16.14.10:8080

For M1 Postpaid

  • APN: miworld
  • USERNAME: 65
  • PASSWORD: user123
  • MMSC: http://mmsgw:8002/
  • MMS PROXY: 172.16.14.10:8080

Leave the rest of the fields blank. Reboot your iPhone (press and hold HOME and SLEEP/WAKE button at the top for ten or more seconds until the Apple logo appears), than enter your mobile number when requested.

(info via HWZ)

Let me know if it there are any problems.

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{ 87 comments… read them below or add one }

1 IphoneAngel June 18, 2009 at 12:43 pm

This is the correct setting for M1.

Cellular Data
APN: miworld
Username: 65
Password: user123

MMS
MMSC: http://mmsgw:8002
Proxy: 172.16.14.10:8080
APN/Username/Password: leave blank

Worked this way for me. Remember to reboot your phone everytime you change settings.

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2 Sam June 18, 2009 at 12:45 pm

Spot on forStarhub Jimmy,

Thanks mate,

Sam

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3 emmajoy June 18, 2009 at 1:47 pm

I’m on M1 and I followed your settings. It still doesn’t work. What else do I need to do? Some websites say I have to turn off wireless and turn on 3G, which I did, but it still doesn’t work????

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4 Joan June 18, 2009 at 1:51 pm

Cant work for me for the M1 MMS….please help!! :(

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5 Arif June 18, 2009 at 2:09 pm

Sighhhh didn’t work for me .. I’m on M1

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6 christian June 18, 2009 at 2:16 pm

hey guys!

thanks for the details for m1, but i wasnt able to get my mms sent. =(

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7 christian June 18, 2009 at 2:40 pm

called m1 earlier for the mms setting.. hope this help. now it works for me. =)

this is ONLY the mms setting portion in the cellular data network

for m1 prepaid
apn: miworldmcard
username: 65
password: user123
mmsc: http://mmsgw:8002/
mms proxy: 172.16.14.10:8080

for m1 postpaid
apn: miworld
username: 65
password: user123
mmsc: http://mmsgw:8002/
mms proxy: 172.16.14.10:8080

leave the rest as blank
after entering all the above details, remember to REBOOT your iphone.

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8 Arif June 18, 2009 at 2:43 pm
9 saintsinner June 18, 2009 at 4:48 pm

cant seem to get MMS to work, anything else to configure for starhub? thanks

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10 Jimmy Liew June 18, 2009 at 4:52 pm

make sure you key in the info correctly, don’t forget the 8xxx digits behind the MMSC settings, and also REBOOT.

11 saintsinner June 18, 2009 at 5:10 pm

yes did it over 5 times.

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12 saintsinner June 18, 2009 at 5:11 pm

yes did it over 5 times. “your message not sent. Tap “try again” to send this message
:(

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13 Jimmy Liew June 19, 2009 at 6:08 pm

saintsinner, do you still have problems getting MMS out?

14 Angela June 18, 2009 at 11:02 pm

For M1 Postpaid
* APN: miworld
* USERNAME: 65
* PASSWORD: user123
* MMSC: http://mmsgw:8002/
* MMS PROXY: 172.16.14.10:8080

this works for mine… after reboot, when you go to the SMS tab, will prompt you to go to your settings to save your phone number. And is DONE.

Thanks!

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15 saintsinner June 19, 2009 at 12:52 am

still no luck :(
every time its sending the network bar goes low, next thing is :”message failed”
3G is on and wifi off

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16 snowwhite June 19, 2009 at 1:11 am

It perfectly works for starhub one :) )

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17 Maik June 19, 2009 at 2:43 am

I have 2 phones updated with 3.0..
Under settings -> Phone I can see the “my number” on top of the page… for one of the phones I can activate my number, for the other phone not…

Any idea why?

The mms works on the phone where “my number” can be activated… the other phone does not work with mms…
Both phones are running on M1 SIM Cards…

Please help…

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18 chonghwi June 19, 2009 at 3:15 pm

hi.. i have follow all the settings. but i still cant send sms… please guide me ..

thanks..

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19 Jimmy Liew June 19, 2009 at 3:16 pm

hi chonghwi, firstly – are you on Starhub or M1? Secondly, SMS or MMS?

20 sq June 19, 2009 at 4:15 pm

Anw. just to side track a little, does MMS uses data from our 3g connection or does it works like SMS (like the carrier just charges u based on the number of MMS sent monthly) or is it a different thing altogether? BTW, I don’t have a data plan on my mobile plan, that’s why I’m curious to know if sending MMS will incur extra charges for me through usage of 3g data or what.

Many thanks in advance!

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21 Jimmy Liew June 19, 2009 at 4:36 pm

think it is based on the # of MMS sent. You shd check with your Telco about what your mobile plan entitles you with.

22 Kel_Latimer June 19, 2009 at 5:32 pm

I’ve tried again and again and again but it won’t work :( I’m on Starhub.

*Help?! =\

I keyed in exactly:
shmms
mms.starhubgee.com.sg:8002
10.12.1.80

When I rebooted, it didn’t ask for my number though….

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23 Jimmy Liew June 19, 2009 at 6:05 pm

not too sure why, but somethings you can check are like checking the MMS setting within Messaging is switch ON, or rekeying the settings, making sure the rest of the fields are left empty. After which, do a reboot – press HOME + Wake/Sleep till you see the Apple logo. Hope it works for you!

24 Kyubi June 19, 2009 at 10:20 pm

the correct addy for StarHub is as viz

APN: shmms
MMSC: http://mms.starhubgee.com.sg:8002/
MMS PROXY: 10.12.1.80

25 Saintsinner June 20, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Hi Jimmy
sadly no. “message fail”

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26 Saintsinner June 20, 2009 at 2:42 pm

Just wondering why did network bar drop to zero whiLe sending mms

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27 Guan June 20, 2009 at 7:13 pm

Spot on for Starhub, thanks Jimmy!

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28 zoey June 20, 2009 at 8:51 pm

Hi Jimmy. I’m on starhub and I followed your settings It works for my phone. Thank u for sharing.

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29 Fabian June 21, 2009 at 6:23 pm

I’m a Starhub user and it didn’t work at first, I rang up Starhub and found out that my MMS was not activated. To those that still have problems, ring up Starhub and ask if your MMS is activated.

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30 Kel_Latimer June 21, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Ok, so it all works now, but I can’t MMS to my boyfriend in Melbourne who uses 3 because Starhub and 3 don’t have an agreement -.- ffs.

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31 Jimmy Liew June 22, 2009 at 10:40 am

think its more worth $$ if you just email rather than pay oversees MMS/SMS charges.

32 dino hafian June 25, 2009 at 11:26 am

Thanks, M1 user here. Your description was spot on! works for me.

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33 Ritz June 26, 2009 at 12:02 am

Lovely!! Thanks.

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34 april June 27, 2009 at 12:42 pm

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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35 april June 27, 2009 at 12:43 pm

for starhub, the settings above work from jimmy.

i was asked to input my number after restart.

make sure mms/gprs is enabled with your postpaid line.

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36 nat June 28, 2009 at 7:01 pm

hi i’m on starhub and i tried the following settings:

* APN: shmms
* MMSC: mms.starhubgee.com.sg:8002
* MMS PROXY: 10.12.1.80

when i clicked on send (with the selected photo), the send bar goes all the way to about 90%, after which it’ll stop and the message “your message not sent. Tap “try again” to send this message” appears.

i called up starhub and they confirmed that the mms service has been activated.

but the thing is, i got an sms frm starhub asking me to setup my phone to get mms and to type ‘S and send the sms to 2000.

so i typed in ‘S appleiphone’ and sent it off. nothing happened after that. i tried again with ‘S iphone’ sent again and still nothing happened :(

i called starhub again but they said that the tech guys will get back to me by tomorrow.

anyone experiencing the same prob as me?

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37 ryan June 30, 2009 at 11:43 am

i have the same experience as u… :( ((

38 ANT June 30, 2009 at 1:55 pm

Nat,

got the run around from SH too – they will get back to me within … 48hours!

instead werent here: http://www.chazrt.net/2009/06/activate-mms-tethering-on-iphone-os-3-0-for-starhub-users/, followed instructions and it worked first time! it adds Cellular data / APN : “shwapint” and everything else is the same. also allows for tethering (untried…)

39 Fabian July 3, 2009 at 7:38 pm

nat,

Have you solved ur problem? I sent S iphone 3G and it worked.

40 trevoran June 29, 2009 at 3:09 pm

Hi all,

M1 iPhone 2G user here.

Tried rebooting immediately after inputting the MMS settings a few times but still couldn’t work.

Sending of MMS will be stuck near the finish and ultimately, cannot send.

Also, the settings couldn’t save the APN, username and password settings….

Please advise.

Thanks!

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41 Ivan Heng June 29, 2009 at 5:30 pm

Dear All,

The settlings for MMS and GPRS is correct.

The problem M1 Iphone users are facing is when u key in the user name as sunsurf – Gprs will work and MMS will not. and vice versa when user name is keyed as miworld, mms will work and not GPRS.

So i am not very sure if this can be solved. i am using a 2g iphone. just had a hard time downgrading from 3.0 to 2.2.1, took me 2 days to get it fixed.

Advice, i rather stick to 2.2.1 as of now 1st til v3 have more solution and apps.

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42 Jimmy Liew June 29, 2009 at 10:30 pm

I think there is some solution mentioned in HWZ’s Forum. Will look at it and update the post here accordingly.

43 H W Tan June 30, 2009 at 9:40 am

Hi.

Use Jimmy’s MMS settings on my “modified” 2G iPhone with MMS, the “shmms” in the APN field wouldn’t stick after reboot, it would be gone. Also tried 2nd settings the MMSC with the full “http://…”.

Both settings and a MMS attempt fails.

Is there any other reason why this is not working?

Thanks

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44 George July 3, 2009 at 5:13 pm

The APN and , username and password are not saved after entering in the MMS setting field.
Please help.
Thanks

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45 kevin July 4, 2009 at 11:31 pm

shmms dont stay
the mmsc and proxy stayed

on iPhone 2G 3.0

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46 j2innet July 18, 2009 at 5:41 pm

hi all… i am M1 ROYAL customer!!!

call 1627 7xtimes!!, sms push to me that data setting as follow…

SUNSURF
65
user123

i try, can not work

call again, i was told different setting to try

sunsurf
65
user123

i try, can not work

call again, now i am M1 PARAGON!!!

sunsurf or miworld
65
user123

http://mmsgw:8002
those IP address i can’t remember… try…

can not work…

anyone help???

pls help…

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47 j2innet July 18, 2009 at 5:56 pm

FYI… iphone 3GS…

48 j2innet July 18, 2009 at 6:05 pm

FYI, i try starhub mobile broadband. work beaautifully without any setting!!! amazing.

49 cz July 21, 2009 at 3:26 pm

doesn work for me. whenever i try to add the apn, user and pw infor under the mms settings, it always end up as empty when i exit and go back in. like the changes not saved.

any ideas to fix this?

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50 twiki July 23, 2009 at 10:47 pm

Hi Guys,

StarHub’s ‘official’ line on this (July 23, 2009) is that they do not support the iPhone and, because of that, we cannot use MMS (or they weren’t willing to provide the configuration settings).

However, my mobile plan includes 500 ‘SMS/MMS’ and they have stated that you can use either one, as long they do not, together, exceed 500 messages. Since the limitation is with the plan, and not with the phone, I do not see why this can’t be used on iPhones.

Thanks to the information posted here, just configuring as indicated, and restarting the phone bring MMS functionality to the iPhone 3G on StarHub. I’ve tried sending three messages, but only one was successful,. The two had a failure indication. I am able to receive MMS messages, but the iPhone tells me that I have an incoming ‘text message’. I’d like to test the sending on a ST iPhone.

They have also told me that MMS bandwidth is separate from any data plan you might have.

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51 EdwinTan July 27, 2009 at 1:28 pm

Hi,

I am using 2g, but 3.0.

I could not find the MMSC and proxy settings, only APN. Please advise.

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52 j2innet July 27, 2009 at 8:05 pm

hi jimmy, it works for me now, all the M1 setting is ok.
but it doesn’t connect through 3G network. after i enable EDGE, it does connect.
i guess that’s M1 yet to support 3G for data?

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53 Shaun August 4, 2009 at 5:05 pm

Hi, M1 user here. This might help. I initially followed the steps but still failed. In “my phone number” i added the +65 infront of my number and it worked. =)

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54 jo August 6, 2009 at 10:42 am

hi i am on starhub, followed the instructions ..am able to send mms but cant receive it. help?

thanks!
jo

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55 rafa August 7, 2009 at 4:33 pm

i’ve tried it again for starhub, it doesn’t seem to work after i’ve upgraded to the o/s 3.0.1

anyone got the same problem?

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56 Jo August 19, 2009 at 5:56 pm

Upgraded to the latest o/s 3.0.1. Tried all website and even called up Starhub/Singtel & AppleCare. But MMS still not able to sent thru. It’ll stop and hang at 80% of the process.

57 Yousoft August 8, 2009 at 8:02 pm

Hi, I m a starhub user and follow all the above. I can send mms within singapore but not to overseas mobile please help

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58 zah August 15, 2009 at 4:05 pm

hi, im M1 user, tried the settings, bt after switch on back, dosent prompt to key in phone no. pls advice. thanks

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59 Ray August 16, 2009 at 10:53 am

If i set the APN as miworld (M1) , it till not allow me to surf www sites….. in the iphone setting there is a APN under mms setting but it does not save eyerytime i key in … only the APN will not be saved… why is that so ah?

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60 verylunatic August 29, 2009 at 2:12 am

For M1 prepaid, you need to activate MMS first by calling #100*4*1# if you haven’t done so before…

And don’t forget to fill in the APN and username at Cellular Data, not just under MMS… I used the same as what I filled in for MMS. Username is phone number with 65 infront. I left password empty.

I didn’t restart nor did it prompt me to enter my phone number, but it worked by using the fields specified by Jimmy (except username i used my phone number 659####### and left password empty) … I’m using M1 Prepaid btw. Thanks!

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61 Salina September 3, 2009 at 11:38 pm

This is awesome Jimmy. It works perfectly well for me :)

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62 Snow September 18, 2009 at 5:47 pm

I still cant send o recieve mms. I use starhub prepaid. Please text me i m online nw on yahoo messenger

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63 pumpkin September 20, 2009 at 12:49 am

SingTel Settings (Post-paid)

Cellular Data
APN: e-ideas
Username: 65ideas
Password: 65ideas

MMS
APN: e-ideas
Username: 65ideas
Password: 65ideas
MMSC: http://mms.singtel.com:10021/mmsc
MMS Proxy: 165.21.42.84:8080
MMS Max Msg Size: 307200

Voicemail: Dial *86*1389#

SingTel Settings (Pre-paid)

Cellular Data
APN: hicard
Username: 65ideas
Password:

MMS
APN: hicard
Username: 65ideas
Password:
MMSC: http://mms.singtel.com:10021/mmsc
MMS Proxy: 165.21.42.84:8080
MMS Max Msg Size: 307200

M1 Settings (Post-paid)

Cellular Data
APN: sunsurf
Username: 65
Password: user123

MMS
APN: miworld
Username: 65
Password: user123
MMSC: http://mmsgw:8002
MMS Proxy: 172.16.14.10:8080
MMS Max Msg Size:

Voicemail: Dial *5005*86*1381#

StarHub Settings (Post-paid)

Cellular Data
APN:
Username:
Password:

MMS
APN: shmms
Username:
Password:
MMSC: http://mms.starhubgee.com.sg:8002
MMS Proxy: 10.12.1.80

Voicemail: Dial *5005*86*1303#

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64 Tonicwater September 21, 2009 at 3:48 pm

To contribute, seems like M1 changed its MMS setings a bit. This works now (Sep-09) on both iPhone 3G and 3GS.

For M1 Postpaid
* APN: miworld
* USERNAME: 65
* PASSWORD: user123
* MMSC: http://mmsgw:8002/
* MMS PROXY: 172.16.14.10:9201
* Message Size: 307200

Hope this helps you folks. Cheers.

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