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iPhone 14 Pro Airdrop broken - Workaround for now

Airdrop no longer works between contacts with iPhone 14 Pro with IOS 16.0.3. Neither of us can use Airdrop to send photo images to each other as we have in the past with my old iPhone 13 Pro and her old iPhone 12. Here is what I found. We are both setup as contacts to each other but AirDrop simply does not work. I then enabled Airdrop for Everyone on both iPhones. After enabling this, I go into my photos, select a photo and instead of Airdrop directly to her, I select the AirDrop icon. And when I do this, I see HER as a contact and I also see "Mary's iPhone" but NOT as a contact. When I select the generic "Mary's iPhone" I can send the images (ignore the declined in the photo).

Somehow IOS has lost the association between my wife as a contact as opposed to a generic other person. See photo


@Apple, please fix this because we don't want to keep Airdrop enabled for Everyone.

Posted on Oct 14, 2022 5:51 AM

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Posted on Oct 14, 2022 5:53 AM

Please check your Screen Time restrictions on your iPhone.


Screen Time

Settings > Screen Time > Content and Privacy Restrictions > Allowed Apps > AirDrop [Enable]

Watch the GIF below



If you have Contacts Only turned On then please add Apple ID of the sending device to your list of contacts on the receiving device. See the pic at the bottom of this post for better clarity


Before you begin

  • Make sure that the person you're sending to is nearby and within Bluetooth and Wi-Fi range.
  • Check that you and the person you're sending to have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on. If either of you have Personal Hotspot on, turn it off.
  • Check if the person you're sending to has their AirDrop set to receive from Contacts Only. If they do, and you’re in their Contacts, they need to have your email address or mobile number in your contact card for AirDrop to work.
  • If you're not in their Contacts, have them set their AirDrop receiving setting to Everyone in order to receive the file.

You can put your AirDrop receiving setting to Contacts Only or Receiving Off at any time to control who can see your device and send you content in AirDrop.


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Oct 14, 2022 5:53 AM in response to Drawoh

Please check your Screen Time restrictions on your iPhone.


Screen Time

Settings > Screen Time > Content and Privacy Restrictions > Allowed Apps > AirDrop [Enable]

Watch the GIF below



If you have Contacts Only turned On then please add Apple ID of the sending device to your list of contacts on the receiving device. See the pic at the bottom of this post for better clarity


Before you begin

  • Make sure that the person you're sending to is nearby and within Bluetooth and Wi-Fi range.
  • Check that you and the person you're sending to have Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on. If either of you have Personal Hotspot on, turn it off.
  • Check if the person you're sending to has their AirDrop set to receive from Contacts Only. If they do, and you’re in their Contacts, they need to have your email address or mobile number in your contact card for AirDrop to work.
  • If you're not in their Contacts, have them set their AirDrop receiving setting to Everyone in order to receive the file.

You can put your AirDrop receiving setting to Contacts Only or Receiving Off at any time to control who can see your device and send you content in AirDrop.


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