IOS 6.1

[E the P]

iOS 6.1 has just come out.  There are several articles on what it contains, (Mostly new LTE carriers),  but nothing on the bug fixes.  It does appear to be a tad bit faster IMHO.

[cousintim]

iOS 6.1

This update contains improvements and bug fixes, including:

• LTE support for more carriers (complete list of supported carriers at <http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/>)
• Purchase movie tickets through Fandango with Siri (USA only)
• iTunes Match subscribers can now download individual songs from iCloud
• New button to reset the Advertising Identifier

For information on the security content of this update, please visit this website:

<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222>

[Wild Banchi ACE - Professor]

Thanks for the info!

Unfortunately, I see no good reason to update. I'm staying on 6.0.1, unless Apple fixes the widespread MMS issue. I may have already found a fix for that, so hopefully I'll be happy using my iPhone to its full potential again.

[gregzoll_1]

I have never had a issue with MMS on our iPhone, no matter where we travel. So in reality, it is not a widespread issue. Also, Apple would have nothing to do with it, it would be the provider you are roaming on, or using at that time, that can restrict the use of data from a user, while on their network.

[Wild Banchi ACE - Professor]

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gregzoll_1 wrote:
I have never had a issue with MMS on our iPhone, no matter where we travel. So in reality, it is not a widespread issue. Also, Apple would have nothing to do with it, it would be the provider you are roaming on, or using at that time, that can restrict the use of data from a user, while on their network.

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Read the thread here from the Apple Support Community: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4314114?start=0&tstart=0

There have been many reports of iOS 6 restricting the ability of iPhone users on all major US carriers (AT&T, Verizon, even Sprint) to send MMS messages or group messages. It's been this way since September. I have never roamed on any other network besides AT&T.  I (and many others) was hoping that Apple would fix this issue with the next iOS update, but that is not the case. MMS messages were fully functional on 5.1,1, so iOS 6 is the culprit. It's not fully AT&T's fault. 

[gregzoll_1]

Again, I have never had an issue with MMS or even iMessaging anywhere that I travel, while using iOS 6.x. Majority of the times when you see one person starting a complaint, then the other 1% jump in , it becomes a moot point.

When you get to the heart of the issue, it is as I mentioned before. People roamin out of their home network, on other networks that restrict roaming user data & Sms/mms use, along with pre-paid users.

[gregzoll_1]

Went and looked at that link, and it is as I stated. Pre-pay users, people using their phones while roaming. Not a OS issue.

[Wild Banchi ACE - Professor]

So you're saying that being a part of AT&T GoPhone is not roaming on AT&T's own network, but some other one?

[gregzoll_1]

Again, go back and read what I stated, along with the griping in the support.apple.com link. Has nothing to do with iOS 5.x or iOS 6.x.

[Wild Banchi ACE - Professor]

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gregzoll_1 wrote:
Again, go back and read what I stated, along with the griping in the support.apple.com link. Has nothing to do with iOS 5.x or iOS 6.x.

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MMS worked flawlessly on 5.1.1, then was suddenly worthless when the iOS 6 update was released. People experiencing this issue would agree with me. I appreciate your insight, but I'm not going to argue about it anymore. 

[gregzoll_1]

And those are people using GoPhones, other carrier iPhones that are unlocked on Att or the other carrier network, or roaming abroad or out of their area.

Again not a issue because of the Firmware.