AT&T’s iPhone MMS Displaying Incorrect Sender Number
Ross Miller of Engadget is giving more credibility to some of the reports of iPhone MMS on AT&T’s network being a little wonky. It seems as if some users sending MMS messages are having their pictures delivered, but with the message on the recipients end displaying an incorrect phone number for the sender.
We’ve done some research on the issue and at the moment there is no viable explanation from AT&T, and no resolution (including the recently released AT&T 5.6 carrier file). Have any of our readers experienced this MMS behavior?
Sound off in the comments!
[Via Engadget]
October 15th, 2009 at 11:58 am
I called att about this yesterday! My friends were getting picture mail fro a completely different number! I called the number and it belonged to someone else. I was a little freaked out about it because I thought someone was stealing my account.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
It’s happened to me and countless others. AT&T has no idea. Apple has no idea. At least, that’s what they say. We need to get this to more news sites so AT&T gets this fixes. It’s a major security risk b
October 15th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Look at the macrumors thread engadget posted. It’s jb and non jb phones. 3g and 3gs.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
I’ve had this happen on O2 in the UK a few times – especially when their network was up and down over the summer.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Might have seen a JB app that does this. Can send the wrong information, LOL
October 15th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
me and all my friens with iphones have never had this happen… is it a regional thing?
October 15th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
I have only seen this to be a problem when the number I am sending to in my phone has a one in front of it (saved under contacts) but others that I deleted the 1 is perfectly fine even after sending 100mms
October 15th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
It’s all across the US.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Yea have this problem, worst part is u don’t know who it’s coming from and when u ask who it is it sends it to the number that shows so they have no idea what ur talking about. It’s a huge problem all around.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I have had this happen on O2 in the UK too .
October 15th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
My boyfriend sent me a video and it showed up a different number but when I watched it I knew it was my boyfriend cause of his voice. Hopefully this fixes soon!
October 15th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I have never had an issue and I’ve been using MMS since 2.2.0 on AT&T.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I will give Apple credit, they made a decent device, however, this new problem only proves Att’s network is garbage. There are numerous issues with Att’s network, I do not understand why anyone would want to switch to Att. No matter how great I think a device is, it is not enough to make me switch to s crappy network.
October 15th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
WONKY!!!!! The BIGGEST LOL EVER!!! beyond ROFL and LMAO!!!!!! fucked
October 15th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
the same thing happened on my tmobile g1 on tmobile for about 3 months
October 15th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Yes. This happened the other day. I sent a pic to a friend – who then told me that another number showed up instead of my contact info. At first, she replied with “who is this” .. the number then replied “who is this”
ME: GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS! AT&T: SHOULD BE DONE BY NEXT SUMMER.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Add another one to the list of O2UK customers that this has happened. Looks like it’s not just AT&T.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
If folks in the UK are experiencing this problem as well, maybe it’s GSM. I have never seen nor heard of this problem on CDMA. Aren’t some networks in the UK similar to Att’s? Att still sucks though!
October 15th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Hmm. No. But someone I know said they got the mms like 6-8 hours late.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I have never had this problem but again I have T-Mobile. I have mms and it works without a hitch. It has never displayed the wrong number. Maybe it’s an AT&T end fault.
October 15th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
I haven’t had this happen yet, but I have gotten some pics come through with that green **** several times from a verizon phone like in those pics above
October 15th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
You all wanted and cryed for MMS soo bad!!! Now suffer the Dazam consequences!!! Hahahahahaha! Iphone Cry babies! My iPhone this my iPhone that!!! The iPhone can’t cure world hunger or give give no problems” it’s a phuckin device!!!
October 15th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
just happened with my friend sending me a pic and att said something with the broadband I dont know but this is BS anyways does anyone know if the message/pic is being sent to both numbers or just yours with some random number that is the sender
October 15th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
@Miami Mike shi* and I thought it was the Jesus phone. Come on troller if you don’t like the phone why are you at this site? Envy maybe? Every different type of device has it’s ups and downs. How’s your Fisher Price phone stack up? Douce Nozzle.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Not happening with me.
October 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
@ Frankiezjr this was a known major problem in g1’s for months ON tmobile..
October 15th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Mine & my wife’s 3G iPhones have been doing the same thing, too. Love the phones, but I’m starting to regret switching to AT&T to get it.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
I recieved three pics from a strange number I later found out was a friend… Annoying.
October 15th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
@drew j I have an iPhone
October 15th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
I sent an MMS to my friend which we both have iPhones he got it from a number that wasnt mine. Everything is updated too.
October 15th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
No problems here!
October 15th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
haven’t had this problem, for me it’s a picture never showing up, today my daughter sent me a picture of a ca she was buying, an hour later she emailed me the picture, never did did get the mms. She is in Alaska on GCI, sometimes she gets my mms pictures sometimes never, I don’t get notified that there was an error or anything, we think it has something to do with her carrier and AT&T which I have.
October 15th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
just had this happen to me… friend sent mms and i recieved it ok, but the wrong number was displayed. i smsd the wrong number and they said they had been getting strange messages all day…
October 15th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
my MMS doesn’t even work. message send failure everytime. and i still get the old school viewmymessage.com when i get a pic message. and yes i did the updates.
October 15th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
No problems here
October 15th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
FAIL!
October 16th, 2009 at 8:38 am
I’ve had problems receiving pics via MMS sometimes from a non-iPhone user but when they email no problem. And I’ve had no issues sending pics to non-iPhone users. Haven’t tried sending or receiving pics from my friends who have iPhones yet though.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I woke up to a bunch of “who are you”s asking me about the tailgating picture I just sent them. Luckily after I explained I really didn’t know what anyone was talking about one person sent me back a link to this article.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
@Anna
Who are you?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
This has just happened to me with an iPhone on Optus in Australia. I’ve only just received a picture from a friend which was sent yesterday afternoon, and my iPhone is displaying it being sent from a number that definitely doesn’t belong to her. “Who are you?” indeed!
December 26th, 2009 at 12:44 am
This began happening to me today. I sent out some Christmas pictures & suddenly began receiving message after message asking me who’s phone I was using. I had a friend send me the number & it’s a iPhone user in Tennesee, no where near me. Fortunatley, they are understanding.
December 28th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
SAME EXACT THING IS HAPPENING TO ME. I EVEN CALLED THE RANDOM NUMBERS AND THEY ARE REAL. YOU NEED TO CALL INTO AT&T AND OPEN A TICKET. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIX IT BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. THEY SAID THE PROBLEM STARTED CHRISTMAS EVE.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I have a 3g 8 gig i-phone and it has recently started this. I had a friend send me pictures and all of a sudden she was in a picture from a number I didn’t recognize. I asked her what number she sent it from and she stated that it was sent from her phone. I sent her a picture and she said it showed a different number as well. Weird and I agree sounds like a security issue for sure.