iPhone not able to send pictures to android phone – How to fix

Can’t send pictures from your iPhone to your Android device? If you are facing this issue and looking for a quick resolution, you have come to the correct place. Sending images across different OS was never an easy task. There are some bugs or glitches like this that can cause problems in the image transfer process. But, don’t worry. You can fix the problem following these solutions.

 

Fix 1 – Use the most compatible image formats

iPhone or all the Apple devices store the image in HEIF format. But, this particular format is not supported on all the Android devices.

Step 1 – At first, load up the Settings window.

Step 2 – You have to open the “Camera” settings.

 

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Step 3 – After opening the Camera settings, open up the “Formats” panel.



 

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Step 4 – Switch this format to “Most Compatible” option.

 

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After resorting to this image format, try to share the image files once more. Check whether you can see them or not.

 

Fix 2 – Disable Live Photos

Live Photos is the native feature of the Apple devices. You can’t share the images in this state.

Step 1 – We have to turn off the Live Photos feature. So, load up the Settings tab.

Step 2 – Just like before, go to the “Camera” settings.

 

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Step 3 – Get to the “Preserve settings” menu once more.

 

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Step 4 – After opening that settings, you can disable the “Live Photos” feature.

 

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After turning off the Live Photos option, there won’t be any problem transferring images.

 

Fix 3 – Turn on Send as SMS

You have to send the images as SMS. This should bypass the fault and complete the transfer.

Step 1 – In the iPhone Settings and open up the “Apps” option.

 

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Step 2 – Get to the “Messages” app.

 

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Step 3 – In the Messages settings page, turn on the “Send as SMS” feature.

 

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Retry sending those images to the android devices. Go to the next solution, if this one doesn’t work.

 

Fix 4 – Restart the iMessage feature

Having this problem while sending some images through iMessage? So, you should restart the iMessage feature.

Step 1 – In the iPhone Settings, load the “Apps” page.

Step 2 – After this, re-open the “Messages” panel.

 

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Step 3 – Once you have load up the Messages option, turn off the “iMessage” option.

Step 4 – Then, wait for an entire minute and re-enable the “iMessage” feature.

 

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Restarting the iMessage feature should fix the problem at your end.

 

Fix 5 – Disable the MMS feature

If your iPhone has this MMS feature, disabling it should fix the problem.

Step 1 – In the Settings page, load up the iPhone settings.

Step 2 – Open up the “Messages” area.

 

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Step 3 – In the Messages settings, try to find the MMS messaging feature.

Step 4 – Disable the MMS messaging feature, if you can find it there.

After disabling this feature, try to send those messages once again.

 

Fix 6 – Update the iPhone

Update the iPhone to the latest version.

Step 1 – Go to your phone settings.

Step 2 – For the subsequent step, you must go to the “General” settings.

 

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Step 3 – Open the “Software Update” menu.

 

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Step 4 – Then, tap the “Install Now” to update the device.

After installing the update, you can transfer the images without any issues. Check if this works out or not.