diff --git a/lib/components/base-edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js b/lib/components/base-edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js
index bace24424..693bd11c7 100644
--- a/lib/components/base-edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/lib/components/base-edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -1,173 +1,163 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import {
   changeThreadSettings,
   changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
 } from '../actions/thread-actions.js';
 import { createLoadingStatusSelector } from '../selectors/loading-selectors.js';
 import type {
   UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
   ImageAvatarDBContent,
 } from '../types/avatar-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from '../types/loading-types.js';
 import type { NativeMediaSelection } from '../types/media-types.js';
 import type { UpdateThreadRequest } from '../types/thread-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
 } from '../utils/action-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../utils/redux-utils.js';
 
 export type EditThreadAvatarContextType = {
   +threadAvatarSaveInProgress: boolean,
   +updateImageThreadAvatar: (
     selection: NativeMediaSelection,
     threadID: string,
   ) => Promise<void>,
   +setThreadAvatar: (
     threadID: string,
     avatarRequest: UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
   ) => Promise<void>,
 };
 
 const EditThreadAvatarContext: React.Context<?EditThreadAvatarContextType> =
   React.createContext<?EditThreadAvatarContextType>();
 
 type Props = {
   +displayFailureAlert: () => mixed,
   +useUploadSelectedMedia: (
     setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?: (inProgress: boolean) => mixed,
   ) => (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => Promise<?ImageAvatarDBContent>,
   +activeThreadID: string,
   +children: React.Node,
 };
 function BaseEditThreadAvatarProvider(props: Props): React.Node {
   const {
     displayFailureAlert,
     useUploadSelectedMedia,
     activeThreadID,
     children,
   } = props;
 
   const updateThreadAvatarLoadingStatus: LoadingStatus = useSelector(
     createLoadingStatusSelector(
       changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
       `${changeThreadSettingsActionTypes.started}:${activeThreadID}:avatar`,
     ),
   );
 
   const dispatchActionPromise = useDispatchActionPromise();
   const changeThreadSettingsCall = useServerCall(changeThreadSettings);
 
   const [
     threadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress,
     setThreadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress,
   ] = React.useState<$ReadOnlySet<string>>(new Set<string>());
 
   const updateThreadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress = React.useCallback(
     (inProgress: boolean) =>
       setThreadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress(prevState => {
         const updatedSet = new Set(prevState);
         if (inProgress) {
           updatedSet.add(activeThreadID);
         } else {
           updatedSet.delete(activeThreadID);
         }
         return updatedSet;
       }),
     [activeThreadID],
   );
 
   const threadAvatarSaveInProgress =
     threadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress.has(activeThreadID) ||
     updateThreadAvatarLoadingStatus === 'loading';
 
   const uploadSelectedMedia = useUploadSelectedMedia(
     updateThreadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress,
   );
 
   const updateImageThreadAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection, threadID: string) => {
       const imageAvatarUpdateRequest = await uploadSelectedMedia(selection);
 
       if (!imageAvatarUpdateRequest) {
         return;
       }
 
       const updateThreadRequest: UpdateThreadRequest = {
         threadID,
         changes: {
           avatar: imageAvatarUpdateRequest,
         },
       };
 
       const action = changeThreadSettingsActionTypes.started;
-      dispatchActionPromise(
-        changeThreadSettingsActionTypes,
-        (async () => {
-          updateThreadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress(false);
-          try {
-            return await changeThreadSettingsCall(updateThreadRequest);
-          } catch (e) {
-            displayFailureAlert();
-            throw e;
-          }
-        })(),
-        {
-          customKeyName: `${action}:${threadID}:avatar`,
-        },
-      );
+      updateThreadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress(false);
+      const promise = changeThreadSettingsCall(updateThreadRequest);
+      dispatchActionPromise(changeThreadSettingsActionTypes, promise, {
+        customKeyName: `${action}:${threadID}:avatar`,
+      });
+      await promise;
     },
     [
       changeThreadSettingsCall,
       dispatchActionPromise,
-      displayFailureAlert,
       updateThreadAvatarMediaUploadInProgress,
       uploadSelectedMedia,
     ],
   );
 
   const setThreadAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (threadID: string, avatarRequest: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => {
       const updateThreadRequest: UpdateThreadRequest = {
         threadID,
         changes: {
           avatar: avatarRequest,
         },
       };
       const action = changeThreadSettingsActionTypes.started;
       const promise = (async () => {
         try {
           return await changeThreadSettingsCall(updateThreadRequest);
         } catch (e) {
           displayFailureAlert();
           throw e;
         }
       })();
       dispatchActionPromise(changeThreadSettingsActionTypes, promise, {
         customKeyName: `${action}:${threadID}:avatar`,
       });
       await promise;
     },
     [changeThreadSettingsCall, dispatchActionPromise, displayFailureAlert],
   );
 
   const context = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       threadAvatarSaveInProgress,
       updateImageThreadAvatar,
       setThreadAvatar,
     }),
     [threadAvatarSaveInProgress, updateImageThreadAvatar, setThreadAvatar],
   );
 
   return (
     <EditThreadAvatarContext.Provider value={context}>
       {children}
     </EditThreadAvatarContext.Provider>
   );
 }
 
 export { EditThreadAvatarContext, BaseEditThreadAvatarProvider };
diff --git a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
index 231c7170c..d459e00c1 100644
--- a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
+++ b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
@@ -1,466 +1,492 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { useActionSheet } from '@expo/react-native-action-sheet';
 import * as ImagePicker from 'expo-image-picker';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
 import filesystem from 'react-native-fs';
 import { useSafeAreaInsets } from 'react-native-safe-area-context';
 
 import { uploadMultimedia } from 'lib/actions/upload-actions.js';
 import { EditThreadAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import { EditUserAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import {
   extensionFromFilename,
   filenameFromPathOrURI,
 } from 'lib/media/file-utils.js';
 import type {
   ImageAvatarDBContent,
   UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
 } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type {
   NativeMediaSelection,
   MediaLibrarySelection,
   MediaMissionFailure,
   UploadMultimediaResult,
 } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import { useServerCall } from 'lib/utils/action-utils.js';
 
 import CommIcon from '../components/comm-icon.react.js';
 import SWMansionIcon from '../components/swmansion-icon.react.js';
 import { getCompatibleMediaURI } from '../media/identifier-utils.js';
 import type { MediaResult } from '../media/media-utils.js';
 import { processMedia } from '../media/media-utils.js';
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils.js';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors.js';
 import Alert from '../utils/alert.js';
 import { useStaffCanSee } from '../utils/staff-utils.js';
 
 function displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert(): void {
   Alert.alert(
     'Couldn’t save avatar',
     'Please try again later',
     [{ text: 'OK' }],
     { cancelable: true },
   );
 }
 
 function useUploadProcessedMedia(): MediaResult => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult> {
   const callUploadMultimedia = useServerCall(uploadMultimedia);
   const uploadProcessedMultimedia: MediaResult => Promise<UploadMultimediaResult> =
     React.useCallback(
       processedMedia => {
         const { uploadURI, filename, mime, dimensions } = processedMedia;
         return callUploadMultimedia(
           {
             uri: uploadURI,
             name: filename,
             type: mime,
           },
           dimensions,
         );
       },
       [callUploadMultimedia],
     );
   return uploadProcessedMultimedia;
 }
 
 function useProcessSelectedMedia(): NativeMediaSelection => Promise<
   MediaMissionFailure | MediaResult,
 > {
   const hasWiFi = useSelector(state => state.connectivity.hasWiFi);
   const staffCanSee = useStaffCanSee();
 
   const processSelectedMedia = React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
       const { resultPromise } = processMedia(selection, {
         hasWiFi,
         finalFileHeaderCheck: staffCanSee,
       });
 
       return await resultPromise;
     },
     [hasWiFi, staffCanSee],
   );
 
   return processSelectedMedia;
 }
 
 async function selectFromGallery(): Promise<?MediaLibrarySelection> {
   try {
     const { assets, canceled } = await ImagePicker.launchImageLibraryAsync({
       mediaTypes: ImagePicker.MediaTypeOptions.Images,
       allowsEditing: true,
       allowsMultipleSelection: false,
       quality: 1,
     });
 
     if (canceled || assets.length === 0) {
       return undefined;
     }
 
     const asset = assets.pop();
     const { width, height, assetId: mediaNativeID } = asset;
     const assetFilename =
       asset.fileName || filenameFromPathOrURI(asset.uri) || '';
     const uri = getCompatibleMediaURI(
       asset.uri,
       extensionFromFilename(assetFilename),
     );
 
     const currentTime = Date.now();
     const selection: MediaLibrarySelection = {
       step: 'photo_library',
       dimensions: { height, width },
       uri,
       filename: assetFilename,
       mediaNativeID,
       selectTime: currentTime,
       sendTime: currentTime,
       retries: 0,
     };
 
     return selection;
   } catch (e) {
     console.log(e);
     return undefined;
   }
 }
 
 function useUploadSelectedMedia(
   setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?: (inProgress: boolean) => mixed,
 ): (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => Promise<?ImageAvatarDBContent> {
   const processSelectedMedia = useProcessSelectedMedia();
   const uploadProcessedMedia = useUploadProcessedMedia();
 
   return React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
       setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?.(true);
       const urisToBeDisposed: Set<string> = new Set([selection.uri]);
 
       let processedMedia;
       try {
         processedMedia = await processSelectedMedia(selection);
         if (processedMedia.uploadURI) {
           urisToBeDisposed.add(processedMedia.uploadURI);
         }
       } catch (e) {
         urisToBeDisposed.forEach(filesystem.unlink);
         Alert.alert(
           'Media processing failed',
           'Unable to process selected media.',
         );
         setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?.(false);
         return undefined;
       }
 
       if (!processedMedia.success) {
         urisToBeDisposed.forEach(filesystem.unlink);
         Alert.alert(
           'Media processing failed',
           'Unable to process selected media.',
         );
         setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?.(false);
         return undefined;
       }
 
       let uploadedMedia: UploadMultimediaResult;
       try {
         uploadedMedia = await uploadProcessedMedia(processedMedia);
         urisToBeDisposed.forEach(filesystem.unlink);
       } catch {
         urisToBeDisposed.forEach(filesystem.unlink);
         Alert.alert(
           'Media upload failed',
           'Unable to upload selected media. Please try again.',
         );
         setProcessingOrUploadInProgress?.(false);
         return undefined;
       }
 
       if (!uploadedMedia.id) {
         return undefined;
       }
 
       return {
         type: 'image',
         uploadID: uploadedMedia.id,
       };
     },
     [
       processSelectedMedia,
       setProcessingOrUploadInProgress,
       uploadProcessedMedia,
     ],
   );
 }
 
 function useNativeSetUserAvatar(): (
   request: UpdateUserAvatarRequest,
 ) => Promise<void> {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext must be defined');
   const {
     baseSetUserAvatar,
     getRegistrationModeEnabled,
     getRegistrationModeSuccessCallback,
   } = editUserAvatarContext;
 
   const nativeSetUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (request: UpdateUserAvatarRequest) => {
       const registrationModeEnabled = getRegistrationModeEnabled();
       if (registrationModeEnabled) {
         const successCallback = getRegistrationModeSuccessCallback();
         invariant(
           successCallback,
           'successCallback must be defined if registrationModeEnabled is true',
         );
         successCallback({
           needsUpload: false,
           updateUserAvatarRequest: request,
         });
         return;
       }
 
       try {
         await baseSetUserAvatar(request);
       } catch {
         displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert();
       }
     },
     [
       getRegistrationModeEnabled,
       getRegistrationModeSuccessCallback,
       baseSetUserAvatar,
     ],
   );
 
   return nativeSetUserAvatar;
 }
 
 function useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar(): (
   selection: NativeMediaSelection,
 ) => Promise<void> {
   const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
   invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext must be defined');
   const {
     baseSetUserAvatar,
     getRegistrationModeEnabled,
     getRegistrationModeSuccessCallback,
     setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress,
   } = editUserAvatarContext;
 
   const uploadSelectedMedia = useUploadSelectedMedia(
     setUserAvatarMediaUploadInProgress,
   );
 
   const nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (selection: NativeMediaSelection) => {
       const registrationModeEnabled = getRegistrationModeEnabled();
       if (registrationModeEnabled) {
         const successCallback = getRegistrationModeSuccessCallback();
         invariant(
           successCallback,
           'successCallback must be defined if registrationModeEnabled is true',
         );
         successCallback({
           needsUpload: true,
           mediaSelection: selection,
         });
         return;
       }
 
       const imageAvatarUpdateRequest = await uploadSelectedMedia(selection);
       if (!imageAvatarUpdateRequest) {
         return;
       }
 
       try {
         await baseSetUserAvatar(imageAvatarUpdateRequest);
       } catch {
         displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert();
       }
     },
     [
       getRegistrationModeEnabled,
       getRegistrationModeSuccessCallback,
       baseSetUserAvatar,
       uploadSelectedMedia,
     ],
   );
 
   return nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar;
 }
 
 function useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar(): () => Promise<void> {
   const nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar = useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar();
 
   const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar =
     React.useCallback(async (): Promise<void> => {
       const selection = await selectFromGallery();
       if (!selection) {
         return;
       }
       await nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar(selection);
     }, [nativeUpdateUserImageAvatar]);
 
   return selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar;
 }
 
+function useNativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar(): (
+  selection: NativeMediaSelection,
+  threadID: string,
+) => Promise<void> {
+  const editThreadAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditThreadAvatarContext);
+  invariant(editThreadAvatarContext, 'editThreadAvatarContext must be defined');
+  const { updateImageThreadAvatar } = editThreadAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar = React.useCallback(
+    async (
+      selection: NativeMediaSelection,
+      threadID: string,
+    ): Promise<void> => {
+      try {
+        await updateImageThreadAvatar(selection, threadID);
+      } catch {
+        displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert();
+      }
+    },
+    [updateImageThreadAvatar],
+  );
+
+  return nativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar;
+}
+
 function useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateThreadAvatar(): (
   threadID: string,
 ) => Promise<void> {
   const editThreadAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditThreadAvatarContext);
   invariant(editThreadAvatarContext, 'editThreadAvatarContext must be defined');
   const { updateImageThreadAvatar } = editThreadAvatarContext;
 
   const selectFromGalleryAndUpdateThreadAvatar = React.useCallback(
     async (threadID: string): Promise<void> => {
       const selection: ?MediaLibrarySelection = await selectFromGallery();
       if (!selection) {
         return;
       }
       await updateImageThreadAvatar(selection, threadID);
     },
     [updateImageThreadAvatar],
   );
 
   return selectFromGalleryAndUpdateThreadAvatar;
 }
 
 type ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions = {
   +id: 'emoji' | 'image' | 'camera' | 'ens' | 'cancel' | 'remove',
   +onPress?: () => mixed,
 };
 function useShowAvatarActionSheet(
   options: $ReadOnlyArray<ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions>,
 ): () => void {
   options = Platform.OS === 'ios' ? [...options, { id: 'cancel' }] : options;
 
   const insets = useSafeAreaInsets();
   const { showActionSheetWithOptions } = useActionSheet();
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
 
   const showAvatarActionSheet = React.useCallback(() => {
     const texts = options.map((option: ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions) => {
       if (option.id === 'emoji') {
         return 'Select emoji';
       } else if (option.id === 'image') {
         return 'Select image';
       } else if (option.id === 'camera') {
         return 'Open camera';
       } else if (option.id === 'ens') {
         return 'Use ENS avatar';
       } else if (option.id === 'remove') {
         return 'Reset to default';
       } else {
         return 'Cancel';
       }
     });
 
     const cancelButtonIndex = options.findIndex(
       option => option.id === 'cancel',
     );
 
     const containerStyle = {
       paddingBotton: insets.bottom,
     };
 
     const icons = options.map(option => {
       if (option.id === 'emoji') {
         return (
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="emote-smile"
             size={22}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else if (option.id === 'image') {
         return (
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="image-1"
             size={22}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else if (option.id === 'camera') {
         return (
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="camera"
             size={22}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else if (option.id === 'ens') {
         return (
           <CommIcon
             name="ethereum-outline"
             size={18}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else if (option.id === 'remove') {
         return (
           <SWMansionIcon
             name="trash-2"
             size={22}
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
       } else {
         return undefined;
       }
     });
 
     const onPressAction = (selectedIndex: ?number) => {
       if (
         selectedIndex === null ||
         selectedIndex === undefined ||
         selectedIndex < 0
       ) {
         return;
       }
       const option = options[selectedIndex];
       if (option.onPress) {
         option.onPress();
       }
     };
 
     showActionSheetWithOptions(
       {
         options: texts,
         cancelButtonIndex,
         containerStyle,
         icons,
       },
       onPressAction,
     );
   }, [
     insets.bottom,
     options,
     showActionSheetWithOptions,
     styles.bottomSheetIcon,
   ]);
 
   return showAvatarActionSheet;
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   bottomSheetIcon: {
     color: '#000000',
   },
 };
 
 export {
   displayAvatarUpdateFailureAlert,
   selectFromGallery,
   useUploadSelectedMedia,
   useUploadProcessedMedia,
   useProcessSelectedMedia,
   useShowAvatarActionSheet,
   useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
   useNativeSetUserAvatar,
   useNativeUpdateUserImageAvatar,
   useSelectFromGalleryAndUpdateThreadAvatar,
+  useNativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar,
 };
diff --git a/native/media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js b/native/media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
index 3a875852a..f043cb25e 100644
--- a/native/media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/media/thread-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
@@ -1,40 +1,40 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { EditThreadAvatarContext } from 'lib/components/base-edit-thread-avatar-provider.react.js';
 import type { PhotoCapture } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 
+import { useNativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar } from '../avatars/avatar-hooks.js';
 import CameraModal from '../media/camera-modal.react.js';
 import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
 
 export type ThreadAvatarCameraModalParams = {
   +threadID: string,
 };
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: AppNavigationProp<'ThreadAvatarCameraModal'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'ThreadAvatarCameraModal'>,
 };
 
 function ThreadAvatarCameraModal(props: Props): React.Node {
   const { navigation, route } = props;
   const { threadID } = route.params;
 
   const editThreadAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditThreadAvatarContext);
   invariant(editThreadAvatarContext, 'editThreadAvatarContext should be set');
-  const { updateImageThreadAvatar } = editThreadAvatarContext;
+
+  const nativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar = useNativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar();
 
   const sendPhoto = React.useCallback(
-    (capture: PhotoCapture) => {
-      updateImageThreadAvatar(capture, threadID);
-    },
-    [threadID, updateImageThreadAvatar],
+    (capture: PhotoCapture) => nativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar(capture, threadID),
+    [threadID, nativeUpdateThreadImageAvatar],
   );
 
   return <CameraModal handlePhotoCapture={sendPhoto} navigation={navigation} />;
 }
 
 export default ThreadAvatarCameraModal;