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Monday, April 24th, 2023 8:22 PM

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Pictures sent to iPhones appear as broken .MP4 file when texting pics

When sending a jpg via Text to an iPhone they show up on recipients iPhone as a broken mp4!

This started happening last month, sometimes it works fine sometimes it doesn't, very frustrating!

What's the fix?

Thanks!

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2 years ago

If you are using MMS (SMS + Picture or Video) XM has a roughly 600kb limit whereas many other carriers may have twice the limit. Carriers attempt to compress then uncompressed pictures to stay within their limits and this usually works differently within a carrier and cross-carrier. 

The answer is to not use MMS. Instead use iMessage, WhatsApp, other apps, or even email. 

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