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[Running out of return$]

Thank you for your review.   Does anyone know why I keep getting "Failed to send" beside texted photos?    Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Please.  Pretty please???

[Naneen]

Try turning on your mobile data before you send photos.  Hope this helps.

[CatLoverDogsToo]

Data has to be turned on to send pictures. It took me a while to figure that out.

[x Hedge]

@Running out of return$,  Im assuming your cell tower signal strength isn't an issue.

When sending photo or bits of audio recording attached to a text, turn on mobile data, send the text, turn mobile data off after transmission is completed.

[cddh]

If I'm at home using wifi, I can send pictures without using data.

[cddh]

I would check your wifi connection to make sure it is active.

[x Hedge]

@Kleo wrote:

If I'm at home using wifi, I can send pictures without using data.

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@cddh,

That is true only if you attach your pictures to an email,  not a text.

Texts are transmitted via phone lines, and texts with pictures or sound bits attached also require mobile data be turned on during those several seconds of transmission.

Wi-Fi doesn't impact transmission of texts.

[cddh]

I'm sorry Hedge but I just sent a bunch of pictures via text messages yesterday with success.  I never turn on my data when at home - and rarely when away from home.  It has to be an emergency.  I know the pictures were delivered because person verified he got the pictures.  Data was not turned on, is not turned on now - I am looking at that setting as I type.  I don't think it would turn itself on and off by itself.

[x Hedge]

Quick! Move over to the thread about the haunted/paranormal TracFone @cddh, cuz your phone is doing the impossible!

[cddh]

I guess!  My data doesn't decrease and it is turned off.  I just sent a bunch of yard photos to landscapers for estimates.  They got them fine; no data turned on' using home wifi.  I almost never use my tracfone to send emails - always text when possible.