AirDrop is not working after new iOS 17 update

@75Westy I turned off cellular on my iPhone when trying to transfer to iMac/MacBook Air and it flashes "waiting" for a period of time then eventual comes back with the word "Failed" in red font, so that is not a universal solution.

I am having the same problem - my iPhone no longer will airdrop to my MacPro laptop - worked just fine prior to the latest phone update (v17?). Have tried all the typical checks, toggles, reboot, etc., nothing has fixed it. Apple - please fix this!!!!!

Update all devices to latest version of iOS on all devices.

If Airdrop still isn’t working restart your home wifi, once devices are back on wifi, now try to Airdrop a photo.

if it still doesn’t work, turn on Aeroplane Mode on each device, then turn it off again. Try Airdrop again.

This has worked for me when airdrop was working, then stopped.

Same issue, iPhone 15 pro with iOS 17.2.1.

I have to restart my iPhone several times till it starts working again. I share few files and it brakes again! I can't share large number of files either.

None of the solutions provided here fixed the issue :/

No iCloud, no hotspot, no cellular,... and still after 1 or 2 times using AirDrop, it either doesn't show any options!, or says the other decide has declined the resquest, or just keep waiting...

Having issues with the airdrop with my spouse. We have shared contacts and this was also quite a problematic setup with bringing devices together. And for a brief moment airdrop worked as it should. Later once i try to airdrop i cant see her in airdrop contacts. Bringing devices together does nothing other than just flashing the animation. we have tried to turn on and off phone, bluetooth, network and wifi. We have tried to turn on and of and change who sees the airdrop possibility from off to contacts only to everyone. Any way we try the airdrop does not work anymore.

Are the Airdrop issues related to the iPhone Airdrop issues in China? Please see this CBS article I happened to see https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-apple-airdrop-encryption-cracked-to-block-inappropriate-information/

Ever since the update to iOS 17 I am unable to airdrop 98% of the time. I does not find anyone despite them being right beside me and they have receiving from anyone on for 10 mins. Never had issues before. So frustrating.

Not working on both my iphone and ipad pro. But, it did work if I airdrop from my iphone to my macbook, then airdrop from my macbook to my ipad... Weird! My macbook pro is running macOS Ventura 13.6.1

This worked for me! Power cycling iPhone is always a good start, resetting AirDrop was the necessary next step. Did not know about the press and hold function on Wi-Fi.

iPhone 15 Pro 17.0.3 < > iPad Pro 17.2

This has worked for me! I’m so excited. Thank you Wondered2close2daedgeofspace your solution seems to have fixed the issue for me.

I was not able to airdrop photos from my iPhone to my iPad without turning my VPN off and then I had to remember to turn it back on afterwards. I updated my location on my iPad to my iPad and without turning my VPN off I was able to airdrop in both directions. Then I realised the location on my iPhone had been updated to my iPad which I didn’t want. So I updated the location on my iPhone back to my iPhone the same as it had been previously and airdropping of photos still works. So the changing of the location has does something but it seems you can change it to your other device and then change it back and that seems to have fixed the issue. At least it has for me. I hope it works for others too.

Oh yes, this works. Thank you for providing this

This is like an extra step, hope Apple fix this soon. We should get less steps not more now with the technologies and all expensive gadgets that they sell

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Same here but we are running 17.2 which the "fix" for Airdrop. We depend heavily on Airdrop for our video production ipads to transfer videos for editing. Any attempt to airdrop appears to work but immediately after accepting, it says "AirDrop canceled" on the receiving iPad. Sending iPad says failed. So frustrating!

I’m stil having this problem, I am on 17.2.1 now and stil airdrop is not working on my IPhone 13pro. I tried the settings and the cellular thing. This is very annoying. When you user airdrop the first time you can see someone is there, bud nothing is showing up. When you close airdrop and try to open in again it won’t open at all. You have to close you foto’s app and than it starts al over again.

Airdrop not listed in the Content & Privacy Restrictions list of Apps! Why is that?

Also been having trouble with sending photos using Messages. I’ll be in the Photos App, select photos to send via a Message, (the photos of most recently used text partners not showing any photos) when I tap on the green Messages icon, no response. Same when I tap on the AirDrop icon. No response

Usually I can go to Settings>Messages, turn off Messages. Then turn off my iPhone 15 Pro, then restart it, go back to Settings turn Messages back on, and that fixes the problem but only TEMPORARILY!

iOS 17.2.1

Problem resolved - original problem was my Iphone 13 Pro would not air drop to my Ipad 12.9 (2nd gen) but I could Air Drop from my Ipad 12.9 to my Iphone.

Just upgraded the with the latest software release 17.3 on my Iphone 13. I can now Air Drop both ways but must have 'Everyone for 10 minutes' checked.

Hope this helps. Good luck!