diff --git a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
--- a/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 function BaseEditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { displayFailureAlert, useUploadSelectedMedia, children } = props;
+  const { useUploadSelectedMedia, children } = props;
 
   const registrationModeRef =
     React.useRef<RegistrationMode>(registrationModeOff);
@@ -112,18 +112,11 @@
         return;
       }
 
-      const promise = (async () => {
-        try {
-          return await updateUserAvatarCall(request);
-        } catch (e) {
-          displayFailureAlert && displayFailureAlert();
-          throw e;
-        }
-      })();
+      const promise = updateUserAvatarCall(request);
       dispatchActionPromise(updateUserAvatarActionTypes, promise);
       await promise;
     },
-    [dispatchActionPromise, updateUserAvatarCall, displayFailureAlert],
+    [dispatchActionPromise, updateUserAvatarCall],
   );
 
   const setRegistrationMode = React.useCallback((mode: RegistrationMode) => {
diff --git a/native/account/registration/emoji-avatar-selection.react.js b/native/account/registration/emoji-avatar-selection.react.js
--- a/native/account/registration/emoji-avatar-selection.react.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/emoji-avatar-selection.react.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import RegistrationContainer from './registration-container.react.js';
 import RegistrationContentContainer from './registration-content-container.react.js';
 import type { RegistrationNavigationProp } from './registration-navigator.react.js';
+import { useNativeSetUserAvatar } from '../../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import EmojiAvatarCreation from '../../avatars/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../../navigation/route-names.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../../themes/colors.js';
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@
 function EmojiAvatarSelection(props: Props): React.Node {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
+  const { userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
 
-  const { setUserAvatar, userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
 
   const { usernameOrEthAddress } = props.route.params;
   const savedEmojiAvatarFunc = React.useCallback(
@@ -38,9 +40,9 @@
   const onSuccess = React.useCallback(
     avatarRequest => {
       goBack();
-      return setUserAvatar(avatarRequest);
+      return nativeSetUserAvatar(avatarRequest);
     },
-    [goBack, setUserAvatar],
+    [goBack, nativeSetUserAvatar],
   );
 
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
diff --git a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
--- a/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
+++ b/native/account/registration/registration-server-call.js
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 // @flow
 
-import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Alert, Platform } from 'react-native';
 import { useDispatch } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { setDataLoadedActionType } from 'lib/actions/client-db-store-actions.js';
 import { registerActionTypes, register } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
-import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import type { LogInStartingPayload } from 'lib/types/account-types.js';
 import {
   useServerCall,
@@ -20,7 +18,10 @@
   UsernameAccountSelection,
   AvatarData,
 } from './registration-types.js';
-import { useUploadSelectedMedia } from '../../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
+import {
+  useNativeSetUserAvatar,
+  useUploadSelectedMedia,
+} from '../../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import { NavContext } from '../../navigation/navigation-context.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { nativeLogInExtraInfoSelector } from '../../selectors/account-selectors.js';
@@ -174,10 +175,7 @@
   // STEP 2: SETTING AVATAR
 
   const uploadSelectedMedia = useUploadSelectedMedia();
-
-  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
-  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
-  const { setUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
 
   const hasCurrentUserInfo = useSelector(
     state => !!state.currentUserInfo && !state.currentUserInfo.anonymous,
@@ -209,7 +207,7 @@
             return;
           }
         }
-        await setUserAvatar(updateUserAvatarRequest);
+        await nativeSetUserAvatar(updateUserAvatarRequest);
       } finally {
         dispatch({
           type: setDataLoadedActionType,
@@ -226,7 +224,7 @@
     currentStep,
     hasCurrentUserInfo,
     uploadSelectedMedia,
-    setUserAvatar,
+    nativeSetUserAvatar,
     dispatch,
   ]);
 
diff --git a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
--- a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
+++ b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
   extensionFromFilename,
   filenameFromPathOrURI,
 } from 'lib/media/file-utils.js';
-import type { ImageAvatarDBContent } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
+import type {
+  ImageAvatarDBContent,
+  UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
+} from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type {
   NativeMediaSelection,
   MediaLibrarySelection,
@@ -192,6 +195,27 @@
   );
 }
 
+function useNativeSetUserAvatar(): (
+  request: UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
+) => Promise<void> {
+  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
+  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext must be defined');
+  const { setUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
+    async (request: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => {
+      try {
+        await setUserAvatar(request);
+      } catch {
+        displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert();
+      }
+    },
+    [setUserAvatar],
+  );
+
+  return nativeSetUserAvatar;
+}
+
 function useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar(): (
   selection: NativeMediaSelection,
 ) => Promise<void> {
@@ -359,5 +383,6 @@
   useProcessSelectedMedia,
   useShowAvatarActionSheet,
   useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
+  useNativeSetUserAvatar,
   useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar,
 };
diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
--- a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import type { GenericUserInfoWithAvatar } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 
 import {
+  useNativeSetUserAvatar,
   useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
   useShowAvatarActionSheet,
 } from './avatar-hooks.js';
@@ -35,11 +36,10 @@
 function EditUserAvatar(props: Props): React.Node {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
-  const {
-    userAvatarSaveInProgress,
-    setUserAvatar,
-    getRegistrationModeEnabled,
-  } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const { userAvatarSaveInProgress, getRegistrationModeEnabled } =
+    editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
 
   const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar =
     useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar();
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@
   }, [navigate, getRegistrationModeEnabled]);
 
   const setENSUserAvatar = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setUserAvatar({ type: 'ens' });
-  }, [setUserAvatar]);
+    nativeSetUserAvatar({ type: 'ens' });
+  }, [nativeSetUserAvatar]);
 
   const removeUserAvatar = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setUserAvatar({ type: 'remove' });
-  }, [setUserAvatar]);
+    nativeSetUserAvatar({ type: 'remove' });
+  }, [nativeSetUserAvatar]);
 
   const hasCurrentAvatar = !!userInfo?.avatar;
   const actionSheetConfig = React.useMemo(() => {
diff --git a/native/profile/emoji-user-avatar-creation.react.js b/native/profile/emoji-user-avatar-creation.react.js
--- a/native/profile/emoji-user-avatar-creation.react.js
+++ b/native/profile/emoji-user-avatar-creation.react.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import { savedEmojiAvatarSelectorForCurrentUser } from 'lib/selectors/user-selectors.js';
 
+import { useNativeSetUserAvatar } from '../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import EmojiAvatarCreation from '../avatars/emoji-avatar-creation.react.js';
 import { displayActionResultModal } from '../navigation/action-result-modal.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
@@ -15,14 +16,17 @@
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
 
-  const { setUserAvatar, userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
+  const { userAvatarSaveInProgress } = editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeSetUserAvatar = useNativeSetUserAvatar();
+
   const setAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async avatarRequest => {
-      const result = await setUserAvatar(avatarRequest);
+      const result = await nativeSetUserAvatar(avatarRequest);
       displayActionResultModal('Avatar updated!');
       return result;
     },
-    [setUserAvatar],
+    [nativeSetUserAvatar],
   );
 
   const savedEmojiAvatarFunc = useSelector(