
Now that you know whether the problem is with iMessages or text / picture messages, it’s time to determine whether you’re having a problem sending photos to everyone or to just one person. To do this, try sending a picture to someone else as a test, but read this first:īefore you send a test picture, make sure you send it to someone who is using the same technology (iMessage or text / picture messages) as the person you can’t send pictures to. Here’s what I mean: If the other messages are in green, your iPhone won’t send pictures using your text messaging plan.Īre Pictures Not Sending To One Person, Or Everyone? If the other messages you’ve sent that person are in blue, your iPhone won’t send pictures using iMessage. To find out whether your iPhone is having a problem sending messages with iMessages or text messages, open the Messages app and open up a conversation with someone you can’t send pictures to. Even if you do have a problem with both, we need to troubleshoot each problem separately. In other words, pictures will send with iMessages, but won’t send with text / picture messages - or vice versa. When your iPhone won’t send pictures, the problem is usually with text messages or iMessages - not with both.

Regular text / picture messages are sent using the text messaging plan you purchase through your wireless carrier. iMessages are sent using Wi-Fi or the wireless data plan you purchase through your wireless carrier. Even though they work together seamlessly in the Messages app, iMessages and text messages use different technologies to send pictures.
