Questions tagged [whatsapp-messenger]
WhatsApp Messenger is an alternative to SMS messaging and is very similar to BlackBerry Messenger.
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Make WhatsApp download media automatically on Wi-Fi?
I have settings set to download all media automatically. However, WhatsApp (Android app) does not do. How can I force it to download all media?
Here are my settings (note that I am on Wi-Fi now; I ...
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WhatsApp backup to Google Drive
I am planning to switch to a new phone. so on the old phone, I start WhatsApp backup to Google drive and I waited until it was completed. then I wanted to make sure that it is completed so I started ...
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Do WhatsApp photos need to be kept on the device in order to save them?
I have Google Drive backups turned on for WhatsApp, which I understand is for restoring lost conversation history. Android often prompts me to clear out my WhatsApp photos folder, though, to free up ...
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New phone and new number - Viber and WhatsApp
I had Viber and WhatsApp accounts on my old phone. I lost phone and SIM card/ phone number (ID for apps) has been cancelled. I have new phone and new card/new number. I have downloaded the apps and ...
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How long after deleting a message on Whatsapp is it truly completely excluded from any backups or databases, local or otherwise?
Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask or if it has been asked before, but I couldn't find that specific answer anywhere.
I've noticed that, after progressively deleting more and more messages or ...
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How to prevent WhatsApp (Web) from losing received media?
EDIT: The problem described happened to be related with the use of WhatsApp Web instead of WhatsApp app on the phone.
In my WhatsApp chats a couple of months old, I see placeholders for photos, videos,...
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“File as” not working for Contacts
Many contact management tools (such as Google Contacts or Microsoft People) have a field called "File As", which allows to save a contact using a nickname, while keeping the first and last ...
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Why whatsapp always makes notifications at the same time of everyday but there is no message?
Whatsapp always makes notifications at 13:15 of everyday, but when I check, there is no message at all. So when it's about to 13:15, I keep looking at my phone, whatsapp pops up a notification but it ...
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WhatsApp sending videos with low quality
Using a Samsung Galaxy A30s and the WhatsApp Messenger (Beta) version 2.21.12.15.
Anytime I send a video, be that filmed within the app or externally, it loses all the image quality.
What can be done ...
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Accidental Whatsapp privacy breach
I exported my chat history with my friend, JJ, to my Google drive. Somehow a chat history between JJ and someone else (Meg) was exported. I have no idea who Meg is and i have no record of her in ...
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Is it possible to run a batch file in android
Ok, so I have whatsapp installed and the notifications from one group that I am admin for are driving me mad. Whatsapp has the facility to "mute" notifications for 8 hrs but I have to do ...
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Unable to restore whatsapp chat from local backup
I made a local backup of whatsapp chat on my samsung e5. I copied the entire folder to my new redmi note 10.
But i was unable to make the app resotre chats from local backup. Finally i somehow managed ...
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WhatsApp partial restore from Google drive
I cannot restore all chats from a Google drive backup which was manually performed from scratch on the old phone before restoring messages on the new phone
Basically only some chats are restored on ...
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Two different WhatsApp accounts got merged
my phone got broke so I log in through my brothers phone. when I open the whatsapp I found the our two different accounts got merge and now I cant separate them I want help. all my bothers contact got ...
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Custom ringtones at the second WhatsApp account?
On my Galaxy A70 (dual SIM card) I installed via Dual Messenger a second WhatsApp account for my private SIM card. Unfortunately the new account contains only the default ringtones. How I can add the ...
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Whatsapp Icon missing in windows google emulator
I am using windows google emulator to run whatsapp application on windows 7 32 bit. I have installed google play services in the emulator. later during the installation process of whatsapp, it keeps ...
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Sent WhatsApp Images do not appear in gallery
For uploading instagram posts the images need to be on my phone, so I tried sending the image on WhatsApp Desktop so I have it on my phone but this doesn't save it in the gallery. What can I do, to ...
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Files and Folders in the WhatsApp folder disappeared automatically
I cannot find my WhatsApp Videos folder.
But the videos are accessible from WhatsApp (not from gallery). Many of the Images have disappeared. I had more than 11k WhatsApp images, but now it shows ...
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Whatsapp - Cannot restore from a local backup
today I made a mistake on my Samsung Galaxy note 10+ Phone: my daughter deleted the app.
When I took the phone back, I noticed that whatsapp was no longer more installed on my phone.
When I ...
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Whatsapp not doing local backup restore! (not Google Drive)
Today I decided to reset the phone. I got all my backups. At the same time, I copied all the files of WhatsApp to my computer completely. now i copied Whatsapp folder to phone memory. I installed ...
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How to restore whatsapp data from local storage?
I have tried multiple options to restore data from internal storage. Unfortunately, none of them has been successful. Every time I get prompted to google drive back up even though I don't have any ...
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Cant see my friends dp and last seen
Yesterday i met my friend and she changed my name to other name on whats app and her net was off while doing so , after that when i checked whats app i was not able to see her dp nd last seen , but ...
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WhatsApp QR scanner seems blurry
My WhatsApp QR scanner is not working when needed for WhatsApp Web. It seems blurry, while my phone's camera is actually perfectly clear.
Secondly, I have restarted the phone none worked, same issue ...
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family link and whatsapp backup issue
hope you all could help me on this issue.
i have family link control over my 8-year-old daughter.
now, we bought her a new android phone.
the phone is under her own account we created on google.
no we ...
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How to hide contact or group from the list in WhatsApp?
In WhatsApp, to hide a contact or a group from the list, I archived and stopped notification as Always.
However, in case of any message, contact and group appear in the list.
What do I need to do so ...
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Can' find WhatsApp in Private Media folder as well as in Gallery
There are some images in my WhatsApp chat but I can't see them in Files-> Internal Storage -> WhatsApp -> Media
Also the Private folder in Media is empty.
I can't locate these images in ...
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Deleting Invisible Data On WhatsApp Business
I tried sending a video files of about 716MB via WhatsApp Business. It obviously did not allow me to do so & it would basically freeze up on the loading screen until I closed the app. I deleted ...
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Camera not working in any Android App
(OnePlus7 Pro, Android 11, everything updated)
Hi,
My camera doesn't work in any application (apart from the default camera app). E.g. in WhatsApp, I can't take pictures directly from the app or I can ...
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How to kill Whatsapp process without it resurrecting after a time? [duplicate]
On my Xiaomi Mi A1 if I go to Apps & notifications > WhatsApp and tap "force stop", the app seems to stop. But hours later, WhatsApp is strangely on again and I start receiving ...
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Importing messages from Whatsapp to Telegram has size and count limitation
Telegram has recently announced that you can transfer chat history from Whatsapp and some other apps to Telegram. I tried to export a chat from one of my contacts in Whatsapp but I realized that it ...
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Restoring WhatsApp chat history either fom local backup or from Google Drive
I have my WhatsApp chat history backed up on Google drive till June 2017. After that I stopped the Google Drive backup.
I have local Database backup file having data from August 2018 till today.
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I want to clear data on whatsapp to recover my messages but i lost the number would whatsapp send a message to the umber?
The sole reason for doing this is that I blocked and reported a contact and the contact blocked me too and I need the messages back but I don't have the old number I used to open the WhatsApp how do I ...
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WhatsApp Web and the QR Code
We connect to the WhatsApp web by scanning the QR code. When scanning like this, WhatsApp is transferring some data between the mobile and the web. So if a data transfer is going on,
what will that ...
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WhatsApp update erased the chat history. What has gone wrong and is there any way to restore it?
Seems like WhatsApp update has erased all my WhatsApp history. Is there any way to get it back? (Without paying for third party tools, if possible)
I bought a new Android phone (Realme 7 Pro) and ...
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How to get back media if media not restored during restoring without affecting recent chats and media?
So I backed up my whatsapp a month ago and then while restoring I was not able to find a wifi source so it just stopped restoring media, only the chats were restored. Now after a month use I have more ...
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Is it possible to reduce WhatsApp “msgstore.db” file size?
My WhatsApp backup file (msgstore-**.db.crypt12) size can reach up to 380MB+ for a single file. Because WhatsApp automatically backup chats every day and will keep the 7 most recent backups, my phone ...
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Whatsapp Bug - Voice is not send outside of local network
I encountered a somehow strange problem, which leaves me in the dark. I have a Samsung S10 connected to my local WLAN. When i call my relatives - whether voice or video call - my voice and video is ...
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How to get key to decrypt msgstore.db.crypt12 database in Whatsapp in non-root android
I want to decrypt msgstore.db.crypt12 in my non-rooted android phone. I tried multiple steps using adb but nothing worked
run-as com.whatsapp
adb backup com.whatsapp
How can I do so? Is there any way ...
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Confused about whatsapp backup
I have a google drive backup for my whatsapp, and I think it also includes media (Photos). But my phone is also filled with whatsapp photos and I want to backup it to google photos, Now I am confused ...
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Deja Vu - Black screen when listening to audios or during calls in WhatsApp
It seems that some time ago the same issue happened, I am having this issue since the last software update (2.21.5.17) in my Zenfone 6 with Android 11. Anyone else with the same issue? How did you ...
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I only want WhatsApp messages from the past two years
I have 19,000+ messages in a Google drive backup for my WhatsApp account. I only want the last 1,000 or so that I have made in the past few years.
Do I have to delete all the older ones manually, or ...
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Why don't I get notifications from messaging apps on my phone?
If I don't have the app open, I don't get messages that people send to me. When I open the app, I see unread messages. I have seen this with LinkedIn messages, Quora messages, and Signal recently (...
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Find WhatsApp photo's sender in Gallery
I lost my mobile so I lost all numbers. I really need to find my best friend's number. I have a photo on my hard disk which he had sent me through WhatsApp before.
Can I find his number through its ...
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WhatsApp crashes on chat with business accounts
When I start a conversation against a business account, WhatsApp crashes.
I can briefly see the profile picture of the contact, but it crashes before I can start writing anything.
I can see the ...
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My OWN Whatsapp Voice notes
I know where to find the voice notes I've received, but I would like to know where my OWN voice notes are stored in my android? The ones I recorded and sent.
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WhatsApp chat export not working
Exporting WhatsApp chat doesn't work from Android (WhatsApp v2.21.1.16, Android 11).
When exporting a chat, it exports only partially (circa 20MB+/- 3MB). Exporting the same chat from an iPhone works ...
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How do I find out who sent me a WhatsApp picture located in my photo gallery?
when i look up photos in my gallery, i get interested in few of them, and realize that they were sent on a group via WhatsApp. but how to identify which group and who is the sender?
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Merge overlapping WhatsApp backups
I flashed my phone last year, but before that, I made a WhatsApp backup. However, the WhatsApp backup made wasn't complete(perhaps I exited the app while backing up). Hence, I lost 1 year worth of ...
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Remove WhatsApp images from OneDrive Photo library
I'm trying to remove WhatsApp clutter from my private photos folder on OneDrive. I'm using OneDrive on Android and it seems it is being used as the backup target for WhatsApp and Viber.
I really need ...
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How to change conversation tones in WhatsApp?
WhatsApp has conversation tones to notify if a message is sent and received.
Conversation tones are the sounds played when you send and receive a message.
WhatsApp FAQ - How to manage conversation ...
