downloading photos on Facebook?

I'm happy to have been of help. Thanks for letting us know it's working.

DFord wrote:
Does the image go full screen when you tap on it? That's the way it does on my Galaxy S7. From there, I can tap on the menu in the upper RH corner and select save to phone from there. Then go to Gallery to see the picture.

Yes, it worked this time. The first time I tried, tapping on the photo did nothing. Oh well, all's well that ends well. Thanks for your assistance.

Does the image go full screen when you tap on it? That's the way it does on my Galaxy S7. From there, I can tap on the menu in the upper RH corner and select save to phone from there. Then go to Gallery to see the picture.

DFord wrote:
If you can see the image, you should be able to save it. Try right clicking on the image. A menu should open up with an option to save it to your PC or phone.

I can't right click on an image with my phone. I can only tap the image, which does nothing. It's not like my PC, which has both left and right click buttons.

If you can see the image, you should be able to save it. Try right clicking on the image. A menu should open up with an option to save it to your PC or phone.

So, Facebook declined my request to join, probably because I used an alias. That's OK, I never really wanted to join in the first place.
Now that I can view the photos in my browser, as I described, I'll just leave things the way they are.

Well, I think respondent DFord explained what happened pretty well. Evidently the sender texted me a link, which I needed to finger tap in order to see the photos.
I also discovered a work-around. I merely sent the pictures to a folder in my Brave browser, where they can be easily located as long as I'm on the Internet. It's not the ideal situation, but it will work.
A side benefit would be that I'm not filling my photo gallery on my phone with too many pictures. I'm still waiting for my acceptance on Facebook. When that happens, I'll follow the suggestions mentioned by you other respondents. Thanks to everyone for your assistance. :)

If all you're working with is a link to the pictures, they didn't send the pictures. The actual images can be attached to a text message and that would be easier on you. Either way, tap on the picture and then you can save it to your phone. It will be available in your gallery but you'll need to look to see which album it went into.

K Charles wrote:
Ask them to send you the pictures in a text message.

Actually, they were sent in a text message, but in order to see the photos I needed to select some text, which apparently led me to the Facebook site. I wish I could be more explicit, but I've
never done this before.
I can't supply the whole text, but it begins, https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?bid= (then a long string of numbers).

I went ahead and proceeded to join Facebook and just waiting for their acceptance. Then I'll learn if that will work. Sorry for the confusion, but I'm also new to working with photos on smart phones.

Ask them to send you the pictures in a text message.