Cannot text photos after updating to iOS 27

Updated to iOS 27 and now cannot text photos?


iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 27

Posted on Sep 18, 2026 7:26 AM

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Posted on Oct 16, 2026 6:03 PM

I had the exact same problem. Started after iOS 27.0.1. This is the only thing that worked for me (found it on Facebook iOS group page):


  1. Toggle iMessage off, then on.
  2. Restart iPhone.


The FB poster added another step - send a screenshot to test, then send the offending photo. I did not need to send the screenshot first. I had tried these two steps individually, trying to send photos after each one, but that did not work. I also tried many of the other online fixes, to no avail. Doing the steps together, in order, did work.


I did discover that I could send some photos, but not all. Oddly, a few smaller photos (667kb) would not send, but larger ones (3.1Mb) would.

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Cannot text photos after updating to iOS 27

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