I scanned a QR code that starts an SMS message with a number not in my Contacts. I have the ability to send a photo to this number. On my friend's iPhone, their camera icon is grayed out when they scan - they must first send a text before they can send a photo. Why? Neither of us have ever texted the number before.
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iPhone X, iOS 16
lettersn Said:
"Can and cannot send photo to number from scanned QR code: I scanned a QR code that starts an SMS message with a number not in my Contacts. I have the ability to send a photo to this number. On my friend's iPhone, their camera icon is grayed out when they scan - they must first send a text before they can send a photo. Why? Neither of us have ever texted the number before."
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Refer to the link provided atop this thread.
The link atop this thread only shows how to scan a QR code - it does not describe why some iPhones allow a photo to be sent immediately to a phone number that was in the QR code and others don't. Why do some iPhones block sending a photo to a phone number scanned from a QR code and other iPhones allow this?
Here is a screenshot of an iPhone that allows an image to be sent in an a new iMessage that opened automatically when the QR code was scanned:
And here is a screenshot of an iPhone that blocks sending an image in a new iMessage that opened automatically scanning the same QR code
Why are these different? They are running the same iOS version
For some reason the images aren't showing up in the reply above, here they are (blocked first, allowed second)
Can and cannot send photo to number from scanned QR code
