Problems with Animated GIFs

[eckono38]

I'm having a problem with Animated Gifs. When I create a GIF and then send it, it doesn't animate. It comes up as a thumbnail. Anyone else having this problem?

 

[kazman12]

same here not sure whats up

 

[eckono38]

The only way I can get it to animate is by sending it to myself as an email, save it from the email, then if I send it as a text message it will animate.

 

[Android Optimizer]

I'm having a problem with Animated Gifs. When I create a GIF and then send it, it doesn't animate. It comes up as a thumbnail. Anyone else having this problem?

I just test sent myself a gif I made in my texting app (Verizon's Message+), and it came through fine as an animated gif that played properly both in the message app and when opened out of it. Maybe the problem is with the messaging app you or your recipient is using, or what their phone has as far as image loading apps. If you haven't already try sending it to yourself and see if you have a problem.

 

[eckono38]

I sent it to myself and it plays fine. I'm using the standard messaging app though I've been Looking for a better one. I've used Google messenger, Handcent, and Hangouts. I'm leaning more towards Hangouts.

 

[anon(782252)]

I had that problem in WhatsApp. I used Google messenger and it worked just fine.

Need to figure out how to make it work in WhatsApp because I hate texting.

 

[Thelt2000x]

I sent it to myself and it plays fine. I'm using the standard messaging app though I've been Looking for a better one. I've used Google messenger, Handcent, and Hangouts. I'm leaning more towards Hangouts.

Textra is the way to go IMO.

 

[Jewels81]

Ha. I can't even send a gif lol. It tells me the maximum whatever limit has been reached. And I don't know how to fix it to where I can send a gif. So I can make them but not share them with anyone or any site I'm on. Grrr

 

[Da_Katz_Pajamas]

Some applications don't support gifs like WhatsApp. I have to upload it to imgr and send them the links in WhatsApp. Hopefully they support gifs soon.

 

[eckono38]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I thought it was just me. I'm gonna try that Textra app too to see how it works.

 

[Jewels81]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I thought it was just me. I'm gonna try that Textra app too to see how it works.

Let me know please?

 

[eckono38]

I downloaded Handcent next SMS, I went into advanced settings and changed send MMS message limit to 5M. When I did this I sent 3 test GIFS to my iPhone and they played correctly.

 

[Jewels81]

I downloaded Handcent next SMS, I went into advanced settings and changed send MMS message limit to 5M. When I did this I sent 3 test GIFS to my iPhone and they played correctly.

Awesome thanks. Will try that.

 

[Jewels81]

I downloaded Handcent next SMS, I went into advanced settings and changed send MMS message limit to 5M. When I did this I sent 3 test GIFS to my iPhone and they played correctly.

Sadly didn't work for me lol. Thanks anyways.

 

[asabino]

I'm having the same problem as well, I would like to send gifs through the Samsung messenger, but not able to

 

[s0nic_201]

I tried sending it through FB messenger and at first it work but then it disappeared.

 

[Christian Campbell]

Deleted this post since it is a duplicate of the one below. This was originally posted from Tapatalk but never saw it posted. So I logged in from my computer and posted it. Apparently, this post was waiting to get approved.

 

[asabino]

I'm testing it through the Verizon messenger app, right now full 15 sec pending still

 

[asabino]

Finally went through looks like the Verizon messenger app works

 

[Christian Campbell]

It has to do with MMS limitation more than anything else when sending it through the default messenger app. The easiest way I found to limit the size of the gif is to use the stylus and use the Smart select option. On the top right corner of the screen there is an option to create a gif. A new overlay window pops up that allows you to record and create a gif. The screenshot below is the process and it shows the gif size. This allows me to stop the process before it reaches the limit. I believe the size limit is different for each carrier. I am successful at sending 1MB gif images. All other process of create a gif default to ~6MB file size. This is too big for MMS. The app will convert it to a static gif/jpeg, because it will only send the first image of the gif.