Questions tagged [whatsapp-messenger]
WhatsApp Messenger is an alternative to SMS messaging and is very similar to BlackBerry Messenger.
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Disable proximity sensor on WhatsApp
My Xiaomi phone proximity sensor was broken, it is giving false result, most of the time it think it is blocked when it was not, and its value keeps changing. This affect phone call because the screen ...
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Is it possible to restore Whatsapp Data from Google's backup, when it was backed up but Whatsapp just wiped it recently?
Is it possible to restore Whatsapp Data from Google's backup, when it was backed up but Whatsapp just wiped it recently?
What happened was I had whatsapp on my Oppo Phone, and my Laptop.
I dropped my ...
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Whatsapp Message single tick, does resending affect the timeline?
I've got a specific question I could not find an answer to.
See below image, but just in case image doesn't load, here is a breakdown of my whatsapp chat:
Saturday:
Message from me, 2ticks -blue 12:...
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How can I make WhatsApp use the "File As" field?
In the Google Contacts app, I can enter a value in the "File As" field in a contact's details. I can search for contacts using this field (both in the Android app and on the web https://...
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Gboard: how to stick sticker collection at the top
I am interested in a set of stickers called Tonton.
I found this set of stickers in WhatsApp as an addon listed as Tonton stickers by Tonton House. However, this set of stickers seemed incomplete, so ...
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WhatsApp crashes after restoring messages
My phone is a Moto G7 with an adopted 64 GB card. My WhatsApp constantly shows a message about something went wrong with your chat history, and I mean constantly, almost daily.
I do the trick of ...
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How do I recover deleted WhatsApp database (msgstore.db.crypt12 files) without backup?
I accidentally deleted my WhatsApp database folder and have lost all my chat history. How can I restore it?
Deleted from phone's internal storage, Android 7, no root access and no other copy of the ...
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WhatsApp: how to use downloaded sticker collection from messages in Gboard
This question is about how to use a particular feature in WhatsApp.
Someone sent a message on a group in WhatsApp, and the message was a sticker. Clicking onto it gave me a better view of the picture, ...
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What is the easiest way for me to recover all my Whatsapp messages?
I recently got a new phone and changed my whatsapp number. However, while I was added to all previous chat groups in my new phone, I couldn't see the chat history. Since I changed my whatsapp number ...
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Why is my WhatsApp data so large?
I noticed my scheduled WhatsApp backup was over one gigabyte, when the previous was around 300MB.
Looking in settings->storage showed quite a lot of content but most seemed to be videos (which are ...
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Allow WhatsApp community users to join the groups without requesting to join
I have a WhatsApp community with multiple groups.
In order for users to join the community, they go through the invitation link.
Then, even though they are able to see the existing groups, they are ...
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Google Gmail on Android 12 now only share e-mail attachments with WhatsApp
A short while ago, on my Motorola cell phone, when I opened up an e-mail attachment I could select which app I would use to share the file/photo with.
I was used to share through WhatsApp, but ...
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com.whatsapp folder is empty again every couple of days
I really home someone can help me. I have an Oppo Reno 8 Pro (Android 13). Since switching from my Huawei phone, the folder with the received and sent images/videos in the internal storage gets ...
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Disable Whatsapp group notifications except from one person in that group
I want to turn off all sorts of group notifications from a specific group in Whatsapp, except if a specific person in that group sends a message there. Is there any way to do so?
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Installing "wrong" WhatsApp on Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
My friend purchased a new tablet, "Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite", to replace their current "Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016)".
I am trying to help them move WhatsApp over. However, all my ...
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Can I restore backup in WhatsApp from first Gmail account when currently my data is being backup in the other?
All my data was backed up in my Google account, then I login WhatsApp in my other mobile and backed up next data in other second gmail account. Is there any way way to restore data from first account ...
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How to use a single WhatsApp Business number on two different phones? [duplicate]
I'm trying to use two different phones for one WhatsApp Business number due to them only allowing the use of one phone.
How to use a single WhatsApp Business number on two different phones? Can I do ...
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Whatsapp Chat not sorted chronologically after a message delete
Previously when I used to delete a message from a chat, Whatsapp automatically use to resort the chat list according to date. Starting for last week, when I delete a message, it does not change the ...
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Get rid "Start voice call?" confirmation dialog on WhatsApp voice call
Every time I want to call someone on WhatsApp, a popup appears asking:
Start voice call?
Cancel Call
When I click on the call button, clearly I want to call that person, this pop-up is an ...
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How to block a contact on WhatsApp based on local time?
I am trying to avoid getting WhatsApp calls from specific people who live on the other side of the world - when it's daytime for them, it's nighttime for me. Talking to them about it hasn't helped.
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Where does Whatsapp store its data on the phone? [duplicate]
I was clearing up some storage in my phone. The File Explorer App says Whatsapp takes 10.68 GB (see screenshot 1), whereas the folder Android/media/com.whatsapp is only 6.23 GB (see screenshot 2). Is ...
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Recover pending WhatsApp messages sent to old phone number
I have WhatsApp on my Android phone. I changed from number A to number B and did not notify contacts. Later, some contacts told me that they had sent me messages on WhatsApp to phone number A, and I ...
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WhatsApp "something when wrong with your chat history" and msgstore.db got automatically deleted
I have this problem since updated my Whatsapp to latest version where at random time it will crash and display a notification saying:
It happens so many times throughout the day.
I have a rooted ...
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Transfering WhatsApp Data Between Two Phones
I recently had a problem while transferring my WhatsApp. I had lost access to my primary phone (Samsung Galaxy A71) for a while and had to use a secondary phone(Huawei P20). During that time I ...
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Cannot delete a WhatsApp contact
Firstly, I tried to delete the contact in WhatsApp. It lagged a bit and it didn't ask me a prompt to delete the contact. (It's only for that specific contact, the rest works fine.) Then, I went to my ...
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Whatsapp notification bubble on app icon: change to look like Apple ios 15 i.e. RED and NUMBER of UNREAD MESSAGES ? So prominent
Android 12 Motorola.
Is it possible to display the number of unread messages in a prominent color - preferably a RED and the NUMBER of UNREAD messages ?
This would make it much more prominent once the ...
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How a contact can view deleted status on WhatsApp?
Ideally no one can see deleted status on WhatsApp.
I deleted status immediately after post, however,
some of my contacts can view my deleted status.
Please let me know what tricks behind this?
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Android not showing Whatsapp and Telegram suggestions for a contact
I have tried to search this I swear. on my S20, if you clicked on a contact it would suggest/show you if a contact has whatsapp or telegram. It was a shortcut even. my S22, it doesnt show anything but ...
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Restore chat history on WhatsApp - different number
I made the mistake of doing this in the following order:
Backing up my WhatsApp data
Changing number
Changing phone
Because the data is associated with my previous number (which I don't have a SIM ...
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How to transfer whatsapp messages from old mobile to new mobile without using google drive? [duplicate]
I already brought new mobile but I need to transfer whatsapp messages from old mobile to
this mobile. I already searched some tutorials but almost all videos are showing
using google drive like this:
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New "Open PDF" App
I have a POCO F3 Xiaomi phone not rooted.
Recently when I try to open a PDF file from the WhatsApp, in the list of apps able to open it (Drive, Dropbox PDF viewer, Word, ... are the choices), there is ...
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movetoios: whatsapp deleted all other files?
I have recently bought a second-hand iphone. Coming from a Samsung Galaxy A6, I wanted to transfer my whatsapp database to my new phone. After some attempts, I finally succeeded and transferred ...
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Where's Whatsapp identity (private) key located?
According to the end-end-end encrypted messaging protocol named Signal Protocol and implemented also in Whatsapp, each user has a long-term identity key pair, in addition to some one-time ephemeral ...
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Warning sign at WhatsApp backup in Google Drive
I have an Android phone with WhatsApp installed that backs up to my Google Drive. When I go to the app settings in Google Drive, I see a warning next to WhatsApp (a gray triangle with an exclamation ...
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Transfer WhatsApp messages from iOS to Android
I want to move my WhatsApp messages from my iPhone 5c to my OnePlus Nord N200 5G running Android 12. I've been running WhatsApp in an iPhone 5c with iOS, which is the last iOS version for this iPhone. ...
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Whatsapp backup - storage issue
I am changing phone from Nexus 5x to a AGM M7. This has 8GB of internal storage and I bought a 32GB SD card that I formatted to internal storage. When I install whatsapp, it finds my google drive ...
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How to backup Whatsapp images proparly?
I bought a new phone (OnePlus Nord 2 5G) and to my surprise, the WhatsApp backup restore my images but without dates.
I think the best solution for backing up images is to drop WhatsApp backup (for ...
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Restore whatsapp Backup in unexpected hidden/inaccessible location
Device: Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro
OS: Android 12
I need to restore a (local) backup of Whatsapp. Contrary to what Whatsapp sais, it is not stored in:
/sdcard/Whatsapp/Databases
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Is there any way to have a chat with a contact on Whatsapp Web (on a computer) not show up on the phone's Whatsapp?
I had this small doubt if it was possible to message contacts and phone numbers, and have the records of those chats only present on Whatsapp Web (not sync with the phone on which Whatsapp is ...
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WhatsApp - Some contact names changed to "Number LastName"
I have installed WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business on the same phone. While installing, I did not give contact permission for WhatsApp Business. Later I added the permission.
Now, when I check WhatsApp, ...
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Can't hear WhatsApp voice notes on my ear only on loudspeaker
Hi friends I am change my old phone to Samsung m52 5g model android phone, And i play a voice message in whatsapp and move to ear the screen off and the sound play in loudspeaker not on my ear. any ...
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Why is a Chinese symbol on some of my WhatsApp contacts?
I have WhatsApp application installed on the latest version of Android on my phone.
I've noticed that for some contacts, a Chinese symbol (which I translated using Google Photos with automatic ...
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WhatsApp restore problem: "Unable to restore your chats from this backup. Do you want to restore your chats from an older backup?"
I tried all day to move my WhatsApp from a phone to another. I had everything backed up, but when I verified on new phone, I realised that I forgot the password and the encryption key to restore from ...
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Why the messages reflected in whatsapp folder are not showing in whtsapp APP?
I have a peculiar problem with my android phone. I once uninstalled and then reinstalled the whatsapp. After that all of the chats/media from the previous whatsapp sessions are deleted and are not ...
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Is there any way to prevent an app from restarting after force stopping it in the settings
I've tried to force stop Whatsapp but after some time it restarted. This is so disgusting and apparently out of control. What can be done to prevent it from restarting.
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WhatsApp can't find the local backup in Android 12 [duplicate]
I was trying to restore my old android phone's whatsapp data to my new phone. But whatsapp couldn't find the local backups. I pasted the old data to the path Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp , ...
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Is it possible to keep a Whatsapp chat associated with one contact if that number has been reassigned to a different contact?
I have a contact "S" from work with whom I have a Whatsapp chat (her work phone). After "S" retired, her phone was given to her replacement "J". If I reassign that phone ...
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How supercookies works in Android?
I would like to know if there is a cookie pool where several companies can query within Android so that it can store supercookie.
Or if it is site specific.
The foundation of this question was an ...
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WhatsApp: how to remove the deleted messages
After deleting a message for everyone on a WhatsApp conversation, people can still see the deleted message mark.
How can deleted message mark be removed too so that nothing remains at all for no one ...
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How can I see which Google account WhatsApp is using for its backing up?
How can I see which Google account WhatsApp is using for its backing up?
For example, I have various Google accounts on my phone.
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