diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
index a890125b4..bfda85092 100644
--- a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -1,130 +1,138 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Alert } from 'react-native';
 
 import {
   updateUserAvatar,
   updateUserAvatarActionTypes,
 } from 'lib/actions/user-actions.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from 'lib/selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type { UpdateUserAvatarRequest } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
 import type { NativeMediaSelection } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
 } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 
 import { selectFromGallery, useUploadSelectedMedia } from './avatar-hooks.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 
 export type EditUserAvatarContextType = {
   +userAvatarSaveInProgress: boolean,
   +selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar: () => Promise<void>,
   +updateImageUserAvatar: (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => Promise<void>,
   +setUserAvatar: (avatarRequest: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => Promise<void>,
 };
 
 const EditUserAvatarContext: React.Context<?EditUserAvatarContextType> =
   React.createContext<?EditUserAvatarContextType>();
 
 const updateUserAvatarLoadingStatusSelector = createLoadingStatusSelector(
   updateUserAvatarActionTypes,
 );
 
+const displayFailureAlert = () =>
+  Alert.alert(
+    'Couldn’t save avatar',
+    'Please try again later',
+    [{ text: 'OK' }],
+    { cancelable: true },
+  );
+
 type Props = {
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 function EditUserAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { children } = props;
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const updateUserAvatarCall = useServerCall(updateUserAvatar);
 
   const [userAvatarMediaUploadInProgress, setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress] =
     React.useState(false);
 
   const updateUserAvatarLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus = useSelector(
     updateUserAvatarLoadingStatusSelector,
   );
 
   const userAvatarSaveInProgress =
     userAvatarMediaUploadInProgress ||
     updateUserAvatarLoadingStatus === 'loading';
 
   const uploadSelectedMedia = useUploadSelectedMedia(
     setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress,
   );
 
   const updateImageUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
       const imageAvatarUpdateRequest = await uploadSelectedMedia(selection);
 
       if (!imageAvatarUpdateRequest) {
         return;
       }
 
       dispatchActionPromise(
         updateUserAvatarActionTypes,
         (async () => {
           setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress(false);
           try {
             return await updateUserAvatarCall(imageAvatarUpdateRequest);
           } catch (e) {
-            Alert.alert('Avatar update failed', 'Unable to update avatar.');
+            displayFailureAlert();
             throw e;
           }
         })(),
       );
     },
     [dispatchActionPromise, updateUserAvatarCall, uploadSelectedMedia],
   );
 
   const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar = React.useCallback(async () => {
     const selection = await selectFromGallery();
     if (!selection) {
       return;
     }
     await updateImageUserAvatar(selection);
   }, [updateImageUserAvatar]);
 
   const setUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (avatarRequest: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => {
       const promise = (async () => {
         try {
           return await updateUserAvatarCall(avatarRequest);
         } catch (e) {
-          Alert.alert('Avatar update failed', 'Unable to update avatar.');
+          displayFailureAlert();
           throw e;
         }
       })();
       dispatchActionPromise(updateUserAvatarActionTypes, promise);
       await promise;
     },
     [dispatchActionPromise, updateUserAvatarCall],
   );
 
   const context = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       userAvatarSaveInProgress,
       selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
       updateImageUserAvatar,
       setUserAvatar,
     }),
     [
       userAvatarSaveInProgress,
       selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
       updateImageUserAvatar,
       setUserAvatar,
     ],
   );
 
   return (
     <EditUserAvatarContext.Provider value={context}>
       {children}
     </EditUserAvatarContext.Provider>
   );
 }
 
 export { EditUserAvatarContext, EditUserAvatarProvider };