I updated my phone the other day and now I can’t enlarge a picture in a text message. When I hold on the picture all it wants to do is to delete it! How do I zoom in to look at a picture close up?
I had the same experience - showing the circles with check marks in them - and then it just occurred to me that I was in a "delete selected" mode or something. You have to cancel out of that first (upper right "cancel"), then it works.
So the correct procedure is NOT to 2-finger spread on an image to zoom - that is what gets you into that "delete selected" mode described above. You have to tap on the image once first, it expands to fill screen, THEN you can 2-finger spread zoom in further.
My iPhone 5s zoomed ok.
My iPad generation 7 (2019) had this “no zoom” problem.
It was noticed after the most recent update, 13.4.1
I rebooted the iPad and it’s ok again.
B. 24 May 2020
On my wife's 6 a single "normal" tap yielded nothing. Just for the heck of it I used the "hard" single tap and it worked every time. I didn't "update" my 8 so I don't have the problem. It seems like lately "updates" are really down grades. So I only update when I have no other choice.
Thank you Joe Vincent! What you would least expect on a touch interface to stab at the screen fast and firm but it does work oddly enough. No support or response from Apple of course, takes an end user to accidentally find the solution and post. Thank you for sharing. I'm sure your response will help many as this seems to be a common problem for users since IOS 13. Thank you Apple for not having a clue reading the thread and giving an answer nothing even close to resolve. You would expect better support from Apple. Thankfully us end users can share what we find with others.
I have the same problem, and as Joe said: tap hard and then you can enlarge. It wasn’t always a problem. I suspect if many of us are having the same problem, then Apple should fix it.
What works for me is to turn the device to change the orientation and turn it back. Then it works.
stupid design, Apple.
Im having the same issue. When you tap on the picture, it only puts "edit" circles next to them to forward or delete it. If you hold your finger on it, it pops up a menu to copy, or save. Thats it. Short of saving it to pictures and then looking at it there, you cant enlarge it or zoom in.
Hi, was having the same problem on my 11 so I pressed down on the photo and held my finger there for a second and it enlarged...
You need to maintain a "press and hold" with one finger, and the photo will enlarge, as if in a "new window" and then it will offer options to copy/save/more, but to get to a super-zoom, from that "new" pic size, then just double tap, and you should be all set.
I wonder if the problem has something to do with the settings here: General>Accessibility>Touch Accommodations
The person who said his wife had same problem and he jus would tap the picture or context hard was ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!
Thank you
My iphone 7+ also stopped enlarging pics sent in a message. I turned the phone off several times over a few days without success. Tonight I tried the hard tap, which did not work either, and then for some reason I decided to restart the phone one more time. It worked!
I am SO sorry I agreed to this update!! So many ridiculous features - more emojis. What a hassle. Lesson learned!! The hard tap does seem to work but there were so many confusing options first, instead of simply touching the photo. The whole thing is a drag.
You need to maintain a "press and hold" with one finger, and the photo will enlarge, as if in a "new window" and will offer options to copy/save/more, but to get to a super-zoom, from that "new" pic size, then just double tap, and you should be all set.
Nothing worked on my iPhone8 until I did the quick hard tap...then viola! It worked!!
Apologies press save not copy and it saves into images! Too eatly in the morning.
Can’t enlarge pictures in text message
