When I attach multiple recent photos that are close together in the times I
took them, the recipients get the photos in the reverse order I sent them.

That is, if I send a text and attach to that text pic1, then pic2 and then
pic 3, the recipient sees the text first, then pic3, then pic2 & last pic1.

That I can get used to.

Sometimes when I do the same with multiple pictures from different time
points (meaning they're spread around on my file system) then sometimes I
get a picture I sent once showing up twice. The end result if I sent pic1
and then pic2 and then pic3, what shows up is something random like pic1
and then pic1 again, and then only pic 3 (but not pic2).

Even that I can get used to.

But sometimes, especially when I send a lot of pictures at the same time
(like ten or fifteen images) a picture I definitely did not send shows up.

That picture is on my phone. But I did not choose to send that picture.
Somehow, randomly, the app got confused and sent out the wrong photo.

It replaced the right photo (that I had selected) with the wrong photo.
I never selected that wrong photo (I've tested this over and again).

Most of the time it's just odd, and people ask me something like why I sent
pictures of a dog when I was talking about a cat, but what I'm wondering if
whether you've seen any of what I'm seeing?

You might say that I accidentally chose the wrong picture from my file
system but I've checked this over and over and it's not me.

It's the phone.

Somehow the phone is selecting the wrong picture in some cases.
Have you seen this on your phone?

Mickey D <mickeydavis078XX@ptd.net> wrote:

> When I attach multiple recent photos that are close together in the times I
> took them, the recipients get the photos in the reverse order I sent them.
>
> That is, if I send a text and attach to that text pic1, then pic2 and then
> pic 3, the recipient sees the text first, then pic3, then pic2 & last pic1.
>
> That I can get used to.
>
> Sometimes when I do the same with multiple pictures from different time
> points (meaning they're spread around on my file system) then sometimes I
> get a picture I sent once showing up twice. The end result if I sent pic1
> and then pic2 and then pic3, what shows up is something random like pic1
> and then pic1 again, and then only pic 3 (but not pic2).
>
> Even that I can get used to.
>
> But sometimes, especially when I send a lot of pictures at the same time
> (like ten or fifteen images) a picture I definitely did not send shows up.
>
> That picture is on my phone. But I did not choose to send that picture.
> Somehow, randomly, the app got confused and sent out the wrong photo.
>
> It replaced the right photo (that I had selected) with the wrong photo.
> I never selected that wrong photo (I've tested this over and again).
>
> Most of the time it's just odd, and people ask me something like why I sent
> pictures of a dog when I was talking about a cat, but what I'm wondering if
> whether you've seen any of what I'm seeing?
>
> You might say that I accidentally chose the wrong picture from my file
> system but I've checked this over and over and it's not me.
>
> It's the phone.
>
> Somehow the phone is selecting the wrong picture in some cases.
> Have you seen this on your phone?

Somewhat off topic: What happens when your recipients configure their
phone to *not* accept MMS messages? I have mine configured that way.
They can send a short message via SMS, but I don't want them sending
attachments to their messages. That's what e-mail is for. Or uploading
the files to online storage, and giving the URL to the recipient who can
decided whether or not they'll use the bandwidth to get your
attachments.

Send the files via attachments in e-mail. Or, in e-mail or texts, use
online storage to upload your files, and give the URLs to your
recipients. If the file has sensitive data, encrypt it before uploading
or attaching it. To me, MMS way to often gets abused, most often my
teens or early adults.

MMS slices up a message, and there is no guaranteed delivery order. The
multiparts get split out quickly, and can have the same timestamps. The
receiving end sees multiple messages arrive with the same timestamp, so
it doesn't know in what order to present them. Some services where you
try to send MMS will split your message into multiple SMS messages.
Network connectivity issues or server delays can cause out-of-order
messages.

Texting does not replace e-mail. E-mail does not replace online file
storage for file transfer. Both, however, can be and are often misused.