I had to use Cordova FileTransfer and it worked at first time. It's wrapped in a service with a promise.
editProfileUserImg:function(imageURI){
var deferred = $q.defer();
var options = new FileUploadOptions();
options.fileKey="file";
options.fileName=imageURI.substr(imageURI.lastIndexOf('/')+1);
var params = {};
options.params = params;
var headers={ 'Authorization':ACCESS_TOKEN.Authorization,
'X-WSSE':ACCESS_TOKEN.XWSSE};
options.headers = headers;
var ft = new FileTransfer();
ft.upload(imageURI, encodeURI(WS_CHANCE_PIC_USER),
function(r){
console.info("Code = " + r.responseCode);
console.info("Response = " + r.response);
console.info("Sent = " + r.bytesSent);
deferred.resolve(r.response);
},
function(error){
alert("An error has occurred: Code = " + error.code);
console.error("upload error source " + error.source);
console.error("upload error target " + error.target);
deferred.reject(error);
}, options);
return deferred.promise;
}