Resolve “Tap To Download” Issue in iMessage: At the point, you think about sharing photos, you just presumably consider tapping out a message on your cell phone without waiting for some extra seconds. Usually sending pictures to your buddies is simple but some of the time things simply don’t appear to work at all and with no time you begin getting frustrated.
It’s quite a common blunder faced by iPhone users. If you’ve experienced difficulty seeing pictures more than once that were sent to you by means of an instant message, you’re not the only one. You might be getting a message showing a text that reads “Tap to Download” and when you do the same, the text changes to “Downloading”, but that’s not what it does actually. You keep on seeing the text for a long duration but unable to see the picture.
This is not at all a matter of getting worried, folks. All you need is to fix a few things and it will be done in a few minutes. Here you go with some easy steps.
Get a Check on Your MMS Settings
There might be chances that you haven’t switched on your MMS Messaging in your iPhone or it might get off while performing any other activity. So before walking into any other step, just have a look at this.
Step 1: Open your iPhone’s ‘Settings’.
Step 2: Scroll down till you see the ‘Messages’ option.
Step 3: Click on it and under the SMS/MMS tab, you will see the option to change ‘MMS Messaging’.
Step 4: You will see a toggle key that might not be on. If it’s on, the toggle can be seen at the right corner.
Step 5: If the toggle is on the left corner, get it to move towards the right corner and it will be turned on.
Step 6: If it already on, you might move towards the next method to fix it up.
Sign in Again to your Apple ID
It might be possible that the problem is within the iMessage system just because of some corrupt files. No worries as you can still fix it by simply signing in to your Apple ID once more. You can do it by signing out and signing in again. The concept behind doing sighing out and its nothing but deleting all the corrupted files.
Step 1: Again open the ‘Settings’ of your iPhone.
Step 2: Scroll down to see the ‘Message’ option and select it.
Step 3: You will see the option ‘Send & Receive’. Please tap on it.
Step 4: Your Apple id can be visible there, tap on it till you see the ‘Sign Out’ option.
Step 5: Sign out and select ‘Use Your Apple Id for iMessage’ option.
Step 6: A box will get open. Enter your Apple ID and Password.
Step 7: Now tap on ‘Sign In’.
You are now signed in to your Apple ID again. Check whether your problem got solved or not. If not let try one more method.
Look over Your Network Settings
If both the above-mentioned fixing methods didn’t work for you, the last you can your own is get a check on to your network settings. I hope, it would be helping you in sorting out the Tap to Download problem on your iPhone.
Step 1: Open your iPhone ‘Settings’.
Step 2: Select ‘General’ settings.
Step 3: Now, scroll down and select the option ‘Reset’.
Step 4: And, tap on ‘Reset Network Settings’.
Step 5: You will need your iPhone’s password here. Enter when asked.
Step 6: Once you enter the password, you will see a prompt asking your confirmation for resetting the network settings. Tap on ‘Reset Network Setting’ again.
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After you reset the settings, check if you are still facing the Tap to Download problem or not. In usual cases, the user gets their problem resolved with any of the above-mentioned methods. If you have got resolved the issue, it’s great. And, in case you are still facing the same issue, there is nothing with the phone that you can solve on your own. It might be an error in the system or a bug that might get resolved with the next update or there might be an error in your friend’s phone network.