the camera icon in message does not darken and so can't send photos

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unable to get the camera icon to darken. Unable to access photos to attach to messages

 

[robertk328]

Are these for iMessages or texts?

If you go to Settings -> Messages, then scroll down to "MMS Messaging", it should be enabled. iMessages will still send photos, but texts (where the text is green) will not.