In this guide, we will show you a nifty workaround to fix the issue of being unable to add an emoji to a contact on your iPhone running iOS 17. There exists a slew of different methods through which you can customize an avatar on your iPhone. These include assigning them a photo, poster, monogram, memoji, and emoji. For many, the latter is just the right choice as it maintains the equilibrium with regard to the level of tweak that is required for a contact.
However, as of late, they are unable to add an emoji to a contact on their iPhone running iOS 17. Apart from emoji, all the other aforementioned options are still working well and good, it’s just that this is currently bugged. Moroever, the issue was first reported right after the launch of iOS 17 and is still yet to be addressed. With that said, there does exist a nifty workaround that might help you resolve this issue. So without further ado, let’s check it out.
Fix Cannot Add Emoji to a contact on iPhone iOS 17
- You’ll first have to assign the poster – just choose a monogram for the same.
- Then tap on Done > Continue > Choose a different photo > Choose Emoji.
- You can now choose an emoji for the contact photo without any issues.
In a nutshell, you’ll have to create a poster for the contact. It doesn’t matter what you put on there. Once that is done, you’ll be able to change it and at that point, it will allow you to put an emoji in. So what could earlier be done in just a couple of taps now requires you to go through a plethora of loops. Anyways, this is how things stand at the moment and it’s the only way to fix the issue of being unable to add an emoji to a contact on your iPhone running iOS 17.
As far as the official stance on this matter is concerned, the developers have yet to acknowledge this issue, let alone give out any ETA for the rollout of a fix. As and when any of these two things happen, we will update this guide accordingly. In the meantime, the aforementioned workarounds are your best bet.
