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Photos not sending through iMessage when on WiFi?

Searched for an answer for this but so far no luck - sorry if this has already been solved elsewhere.

I have an iPhone 4S running iOS6 (although I was having this issue pre-iOS6). My iPhone sends iMessages, so long as they are text, fine, delivers read receipts, everything fine when I'm on WiFi. It used to send photos on all the WiFi connections I typically use (home, campus, favorite coffee shop, etc.) but about a week prior to iOS 6 it decided it would no longer send photos via iMessage. When I want to send a photo I have to turn off my wireless, and send the photo on data. Then I turn wireless right back on and resume sending texts via iMessage. I have no issues with other WiFi functions - web browsing, etc. is unaffected.

SMS and MMS are on. My iMessaging is directly linked to my phone number, not my Apple ID, if that makes a difference?

Hoping someone can help with this, especially since it appears its not my wireless signal thats the problem as my iPhone has decided to do this over multiple different wireless signals it used to not have an issue with..

iPhone 4S, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 30, 2012 12:02 PM

124 replies

Feb 15, 2015 4:47 PM in response to katie.macdougall

So I might figure out the way to fix this problem.

1. unplug the power of all the routers at home or related to your internet

2. Wait for a few minutes before reboot the routers

3. Plug in all the routers and wait till every one is connectied online

4. you should be able to send pic in iMessage on wifi

RoDiBi

Level 1

8 points

May 6, 2015 11:55 PM in response to katie.macdougall

I have an iPhone 5S and am on iOS 8.3 and a few months ago I started having trouble sending photos (not text) via iMessage only when on wifi (works fine on 3g/4g). So far none of the fixes listed in this forum have worked. An annoying workaround I've discovered is: to resend THREE times, then it goes through on the third try (at least for me). This is of course not a solution, Apple needs to fix this bug because too many of us are having the same issue. And the problem cannot be the Comcast modem because I'm in Italy and I'm having the same issue! Also this happens on any wifi network, wherever I am so it's not strictly related to one modem.

Jul 8, 2016 1:42 PM in response to SLM98

This solution worked for me immediately

Sep 15, 2016 6:24 AM in response to katie.macdougall

iOS 10, iPhone6 , still having this issue despite all described methods ((

Photos not sending through iMessage when on WiFi?