iPhone won't send picture texts to Android phones
I can't send pics via text to Android
[Re-Titled by Host]iMac, Mac OS X (10.6)
I can't send pics via text to Android
[Re-Titled by Host]iMac, Mac OS X (10.6)
Hello ,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot your issue of not being able to MMS, please follow the troubleshooting below:
To resolve issues with sending and receiving MMS, follow these steps
- Go to Settings and turn airplane mode off.
- Go to Settings > Messages and turn MMS Messaging on.
- Go to Settings > Cellular and turn Cellular Data on.
- Go to Settings > Cellular and turn Data Roaming on if you're roaming on a cellular provider network that is different from your billing provider's network.
- Make sure that you have a cellular data connection in the status bar of your iPhone.
- Go to Settings and turn Wi-Fi off. Open Safari and navigate to www.apple.com to verify that you have a data connection. Turn Wi-Fi back on to continue using Wi-Fi for other features. If your cellular data connection isn't available, follow these steps.
- Make sure that you can send and receive SMS. If you can't send and receive SMS, see the "Issues with sending and receiving SMS" section, above. MMS might not be available while you're on a call. Only 3G and faster GSM networks support simultaneous data and voice calls. Learn more about which network your phone supports.
- Restart your iPhone.
- Tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings on your iPhone.
- Remove your SIM card and insert it again.
If you still can't send or receive MMS, follow these steps
- Make sure that the contact trying to message you isn't blocked in Settings > Messages > Blocked.
- Go to Settings > Messages and turn on group messaging if you're sending a group message.
- Make sure that you're using the area code with the contact's phone number. When you send messages internationally, you also need the contact's international code.
- If you're using a "Pay as you go" MMS plan, make sure it has enough available balance. If you're unsure of your MMS plan or available balance, contact your carrier.
- If the issue occurs with a specific contact or contacts, back up or forward important messages and delete your current messaging threads with the contact. Create a new message to the contact and try again.
- If the issue occurs with a specific contact or contacts, delete and recreate the contact from the Contacts app. Send a new message to the new contact.
- Back up and restore your iPhone as new.
- If your carrier has recently ported your phone number, the porting process might not be complete. Contact your carrier to confirm that the porting process is complete.
- Contact your carrier to verify that you're provisioned to send SMS and are in an area with cellular coverage.
- Contact your carrier to verify that there aren't blocks or filters on your wireless account preventing you from sending SMS.
- Your carrier might require modified APN settings to use MMS.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Take care,
Alex H.
I have the same problem. It takes 20-30 min to send. And that's if it doesn't decide to timeout.
Yes! I can send videos to my husbands iPhone and it sends instantly, but no photos to my friends with androids at all.
This didn't help. I still can't send pic msgs to android phones from my iPhone 7.
Roxanne.Ritchie wrote:
This didn't help. I still can't send pic msgs to android phones from my iPhone 7.
We posted at the same time. See my post just above yours.
You need to turn on cellular data in order to send photos back n forth between android and iphone
I can't either from my IPhone 7plud
How did you solve t
Yeah I know, none of that works.
I know your first response is to assume I’m inept, but I’m not the only one with this issue. None of the fixes you listed did anything. Please try harder.
Where exactly have I said you were inept?
None of the fixes you listed did anything
Tells us nothing.
Please try harder.
No. I will not try again.
Why can’t I send pictures to a android ?? This is so frustrating.
Easy fix:
Turn off WiFi and use cellular to send the image and it'll work.
Popak wrote:
Easy fix:
Turn off WiFi and use cellular to send the image and it'll work.
MMS never uses WiFi. There's no need to turn it off.
Did all of that. Nothing is wrong with my carrier settings. Was working fine until the last update for iOS 11. I guess Apple just needs to fix the bug 😒
iPhone won't send picture texts to Android phones