Question about posting pictures

[railsplitter]

I'm not sure if this is an issue with the forum or my mobile (android) phone. In the past when I saw a picture on the interwebs that I wanted to post on the forum, I would tap/hold on the pic, then select download. Doing so downloaded the pic directly to my phone gallery. I could then go to the forum, click "Attach files", then "Browse", then select the picture from my phone gallery. That always worked flawlessly in the past.

But now when I try to do this, everything goes fine until I select the file from my phone gallery that I want to post. When I do, here is a screenshot of the message that appears where the pic thumbnail usually appears (see below) - so what changed? I did get a newer phone a couple months ago, so not sure if it started before that or after.

 

[Jeppo]

You’ve tried this with multiple pictures?

 

[railsplitter]

You’ve tried this with multiple pictures?

Yes - and I get that the pic I'm trying to upload is not a supported image format, I just don't understand what changed after all this time.

And now that I think of it, I have the same issue with trying to text pictures that I've downloaded from the internet.

So to clarify, I have no problems posting or texting pictures that I took with my phone. It's only happening with pics that I downloaded from the interweb.

 

[railsplitter]

The only way I've been able to post pics that I downloaded from the internet is to screenshot them first. But then that screws up the pic because it includes the blank spaces the way it appears on my phone.

 

[LeeMajors]

Mine did that after an update. Somehow the update changed the format my pictures were being saved as.

 

[BigWaylon]

The only way I've been able to post pics that I downloaded from the internet is to screenshot them first. But then that screws up the pic because it includes the blank spaces the way it appears on my phone.

Edit/crop the pic before you post it. 🤓