diff --git a/app/containers/MessageBox/index.tsx b/app/containers/MessageBox/index.tsx
index 68fd0ed2b..3c924df6f 100644
--- a/app/containers/MessageBox/index.tsx
+++ b/app/containers/MessageBox/index.tsx
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ interface IMessageBoxProps {
 	isFocused(): boolean;
 	user: {
 		id: string;
+		_id: string;
 		username: string;
 		token: string;
 	};
@@ -1184,5 +1185,5 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state: any) => ({
 const dispatchToProps = {
 	typing: (rid: any, status: any) => userTypingAction(rid, status)
 };
-// @ts-ignore
+
 export default connect(mapStateToProps, dispatchToProps, null, { forwardRef: true })(withActionSheet(MessageBox)) as any;
diff --git a/app/definitions/ILoggedUser.ts b/app/definitions/ILoggedUser.ts
index 380bcd86c..ecd9e2674 100644
--- a/app/definitions/ILoggedUser.ts
+++ b/app/definitions/ILoggedUser.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ export interface ILoggedUser {
 	language?: string;
 	status: string;
 	statusText?: string;
-	roles: string[];
+	roles?: string[];
 	avatarETag?: string;
-	showMessageInMainThread: boolean;
-	isFromWebView: boolean;
+	showMessageInMainThread?: boolean;
+	isFromWebView?: boolean;
 	enableMessageParserEarlyAdoption?: boolean;
 }
 
diff --git a/app/definitions/IRocketChatRecord.ts b/app/definitions/IRocketChatRecord.ts
index bed6d1147..8a933059a 100644
--- a/app/definitions/IRocketChatRecord.ts
+++ b/app/definitions/IRocketChatRecord.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export interface IRocketChatRecord {
-	_id: string;
-	_updatedAt: Date;
+	_id?: string;
+	_updatedAt?: Date;
 }
 
 export type RocketChatRecordDeleted<T> = T &
diff --git a/app/definitions/IUpload.ts b/app/definitions/IUpload.ts
index 6ff03c519..059555130 100644
--- a/app/definitions/IUpload.ts
+++ b/app/definitions/IUpload.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 import Model from '@nozbe/watermelondb/Model';
 
 export interface IUpload {
-	id: string;
-	path?: string;
+	id?: string;
+	rid?: string;
+	path: string;
 	name?: string;
 	description?: string;
 	size: number;
 	type?: string;
 	store?: string;
-	progress: number;
-	error: boolean;
-	subscription: { id: string };
+	progress?: number;
+	error?: boolean;
+	subscription?: { id: string };
 }
 
 export type TUploadModel = IUpload & Model;
diff --git a/app/definitions/IUser.ts b/app/definitions/IUser.ts
index c486a56ed..461b52fb4 100644
--- a/app/definitions/IUser.ts
+++ b/app/definitions/IUser.ts
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ export interface IUser extends IRocketChatRecord, Omit<ILoggedUser, 'username' |
 	_id: string;
 	id: string;
 	token: string;
-	createdAt: Date;
-	roles: string[];
-	type: string;
-	active: boolean;
-	name?: string;
+	createdAt?: Date;
+	roles?: string[];
+	type?: string;
+	active?: boolean;
 	username: string;
+	name?: string;
 	services?: IUserServices;
 	emails?: IUserEmail[];
 	status?: UserStatus;
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ export interface IUser extends IRocketChatRecord, Omit<ILoggedUser, 'username' |
 	oauth?: {
 		authorizedClients: string[];
 	};
-	_updatedAt: Date;
 	statusLivechat?: string;
 	e2e?: {
 		private_key: string;
diff --git a/app/lib/methods/sendFileMessage.js b/app/lib/methods/sendFileMessage.ts
similarity index 71%
rename from app/lib/methods/sendFileMessage.js
rename to app/lib/methods/sendFileMessage.ts
index 35d2815ca..cc11606b6 100644
--- a/app/lib/methods/sendFileMessage.js
+++ b/app/lib/methods/sendFileMessage.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 import { sanitizedRaw } from '@nozbe/watermelondb/RawRecord';
 import { settings as RocketChatSettings } from '@rocket.chat/sdk';
+import { FetchBlobResponse, StatefulPromise } from 'rn-fetch-blob';
+import isEmpty from 'lodash/isEmpty';
 
 import FileUpload from '../../utils/fileUpload';
 import database from '../database';
 import log from '../../utils/log';
+import { IUpload, IUser, TUploadModel } from '../../definitions';
+import { IFileUpload } from '../../utils/fileUpload/interfaces';
 
-const uploadQueue = {};
+const uploadQueue: { [index: string]: StatefulPromise<FetchBlobResponse> } = {};
 
-export function isUploadActive(path) {
+export function isUploadActive(path: string): boolean {
 	return !!uploadQueue[path];
 }
 
-export async function cancelUpload(item) {
-	if (uploadQueue[item.path]) {
+export async function cancelUpload(item: TUploadModel): Promise<void> {
+	if (!isEmpty(uploadQueue[item.path])) {
 		try {
 			await uploadQueue[item.path].cancel();
 		} catch {
@@ -20,7 +24,7 @@ export async function cancelUpload(item) {
 		}
 		try {
 			const db = database.active;
-			await db.action(async () => {
+			await db.write(async () => {
 				await item.destroyPermanently();
 			});
 		} catch (e) {
@@ -30,7 +34,13 @@ export async function cancelUpload(item) {
 	}
 }
 
-export function sendFileMessage(rid, fileInfo, tmid, server, user) {
+export function sendFileMessage(
+	rid: string,
+	fileInfo: IUpload,
+	tmid: string,
+	server: string,
+	user: IUser
+): Promise<FetchBlobResponse | void> {
 	return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
 		try {
 			const { id, token } = user;
@@ -41,16 +51,18 @@ export function sendFileMessage(rid, fileInfo, tmid, server, user) {
 
 			const db = database.active;
 			const uploadsCollection = db.get('uploads');
-			let uploadRecord;
+			let uploadRecord: TUploadModel;
 			try {
 				uploadRecord = await uploadsCollection.find(fileInfo.path);
 			} catch (error) {
 				try {
-					await db.action(async () => {
+					await db.write(async () => {
 						uploadRecord = await uploadsCollection.create(u => {
 							u._raw = sanitizedRaw({ id: fileInfo.path }, uploadsCollection.schema);
 							Object.assign(u, fileInfo);
-							u.subscription.id = rid;
+							if (u.subscription) {
+								u.subscription.id = rid;
+							}
 						});
 					});
 				} catch (e) {
@@ -58,7 +70,7 @@ export function sendFileMessage(rid, fileInfo, tmid, server, user) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			const formData = [];
+			const formData: IFileUpload[] = [];
 			formData.push({
 				name: 'file',
 				type: fileInfo.type,
@@ -89,9 +101,9 @@ export function sendFileMessage(rid, fileInfo, tmid, server, user) {
 
 			uploadQueue[fileInfo.path] = FileUpload.fetch('POST', uploadUrl, headers, formData);
 
-			uploadQueue[fileInfo.path].uploadProgress(async (loaded, total) => {
+			uploadQueue[fileInfo.path].uploadProgress(async (loaded: number, total: number) => {
 				try {
-					await db.action(async () => {
+					await db.write(async () => {
 						await uploadRecord.update(u => {
 							u.progress = Math.floor((loaded / total) * 100);
 						});
@@ -105,7 +117,7 @@ export function sendFileMessage(rid, fileInfo, tmid, server, user) {
 				if (response.respInfo.status >= 200 && response.respInfo.status < 400) {
 					// If response is all good...
 					try {
-						await db.action(async () => {
+						await db.write(async () => {
 							await uploadRecord.destroyPermanently();
 						});
 						resolve(response);
@@ -114,7 +126,7 @@ export function sendFileMessage(rid, fileInfo, tmid, server, user) {
 					}
 				} else {
 					try {
-						await db.action(async () => {
+						await db.write(async () => {
 							await uploadRecord.update(u => {
 								u.error = true;
 							});
@@ -132,7 +144,7 @@ export function sendFileMessage(rid, fileInfo, tmid, server, user) {
 
 			uploadQueue[fileInfo.path].catch(async error => {
 				try {
-					await db.action(async () => {
+					await db.write(async () => {
 						await uploadRecord.update(u => {
 							u.error = true;
 						});
diff --git a/app/utils/fileUpload/index.ios.ts b/app/utils/fileUpload/index.ios.ts
index ae5cfabc2..96c2ae355 100644
--- a/app/utils/fileUpload/index.ios.ts
+++ b/app/utils/fileUpload/index.ios.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class FileUpload {
 				upload.formData.append(item.name, {
 					// @ts-ignore
 					uri: item.uri,
+					// @ts-ignore
 					type: item.type,
 					name: item.filename
 				});
diff --git a/app/utils/fileUpload/interfaces.ts b/app/utils/fileUpload/interfaces.ts
index a3002f727..91b0d7d46 100644
--- a/app/utils/fileUpload/interfaces.ts
+++ b/app/utils/fileUpload/interfaces.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export interface IFileUpload {
 	name: string;
 	uri?: string;
-	type: string;
-	filename: string;
-	data: any;
+	type?: string;
+	filename?: string;
+	data?: any;
 }
diff --git a/app/views/ShareView/index.tsx b/app/views/ShareView/index.tsx
index af8b75b27..66707c134 100644
--- a/app/views/ShareView/index.tsx
+++ b/app/views/ShareView/index.tsx
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ class ShareView extends Component<IShareViewProps, IShareViewState> {
 								},
 								thread?.id,
 								server,
+								// @ts-ignore
 								{ id: user.id, token: user.token }
 							);
 						}