Questions tagged [whatsapp-messenger]
WhatsApp Messenger is an alternative to SMS messaging and is very similar to BlackBerry Messenger.
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WhatsApp doesn't prompt to restore from local storage
I ran into this weird situation, where:
I backed up my WhatsApp to local storage, inside the Databases folder
Then I changed my WhatsApp number (to another new SIM)
Format my HTC Phone (HTC One E9+ ...
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Why I can't scan the WhatsApp QR?
Why I can't scan the Whatsapp QR?
I reinstalled WhatsApp
I already have the WhatsApp Web Option
I put it to scan but it just doesn't scan it.
I Installed a QR Scanner app and it works perfectly.
I ...
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Transfer WhatsApp chat history to new device
I've got a new phone (Samsung) and want to transfer my WhatsApp chat history from my old device to it. Is this possible, and how to do it? I have a WhatsApp backup file for that date.
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How do I access to my WhatsApp backup in Google Drive?
My phone was stolen and I was unable to reclaim my number from my telco. Therefore, I'm not able to log in to WhatsApp with my stolen number. There are very important messages and contacts that I have ...
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How to emulate camera input in Android? (To activate Whatsapp Web)
I have an Android device without a camera and I run Whatsapp on that device.
I want to activate Whatsapp Web from this device. Unfortunately, the only way to do this is to scan a QR-code, and I can't ...
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How can I get heads-up notifications for WhatsApp?
I really love the new heads-up notifications in Lollipop because they look much cleaner now, but it's really weird some apps use them or not.
I would really want them to work with WhatsApp, but I ...
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How to change someone's profile picture in WhatsApp?
I don't like one of my WhatsApp friend's picture (we chat regularly though his photo disgusts me), so I want to change his profile picture.
I did change its source image, but it didn't work on the ...
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How to move WhatsApp chat history from iPhone to Android?
Just upgraded my iPhone 4 to Nexus 4, and could not find on Google a reasonable answer to this question. Is there any good app that does this? Or, what should be the process?
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How to transfer WhatsApp conversations to a new phone?
I recently changed smartphones from an unknown to Samsung, and I've lost my WhatsApp conversations. I want them on the new phone. I have reinstalled it on the new phone, and the msgstore.db.crypt ...
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Migrate WhatsApp from phone (old expired number) to another one?
I have a phone that has had WhatsApp installed on for over 2 years now, and the phone number registered for the account is now history (it's been long gone and there is no chance I will get that SIM ...
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Why WhatsApp is suddenly unable to open any APK shared by users?
As of 13-11-18, I was sharing APK files on WhatsApp, for testing apps within a circle of people, with no problem whatsoever. But as of today, if I try to open an apk, I get an error toast saying:
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Help understanding Whatsapp's permissions
Whatsapp has been nagging me for the past few days that I have to upgrade it to continue using it. With the Facebook acquisition and the Play Store no longer marking the permissions that are "NEW" ...
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Android 2.3.x Gingerbread can't access WhatsApp since 8th Feb 2018
I've got a Samsung device on Android 2.3.6. The message says the version on my phone became obsolete on Feb 24, 2020, but we are still in 2018. It is asking me to download the latest version.
When I ...
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Alternative "File Open" (not stack "DocumentsUi") for WhatsApp?
DocumentsUI, the AOSP standard "file manager" is quite buggy here (I use Lineage 15.1), especially in the context of multi-user and work profile (meaning it does not show files for other users then ...
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Will WhatsApp deliver a message that was accidentally sent while data was off?
I'm using Whatspp on a Moto G (1st Gen) mobile. Today I've accidentally sent a message to my friend while my mobile data was in off mode. I have deleted that message immediately. Now will the message ...
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How is WhatsApp able to receive messages when not in use?
I'm curious about how WhatsApp is able to receive messages when not in use.
I mean, I understand that WhatsApp works using the Internet connection rather than the cellphone network. Imagine that I ...
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How to export/convert WhatsApp chat to PDF/Excel/HTML?
How do I convert/export WhatsApp chat (by chat person/group) to PDF/Excel/ HTML so that I can open it in a computer? I've tried several methods:
Manual way using screenshot and stitching it using ...
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Exact same contact shown twice
I have a contact that is shown twice in the contacts list. The copies are not from different accounts (so they cannot be joined), they are not two different entries in the same account(so they cannot ...
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WhatsApp: How to isolate contacts and photos - Privacy concerns
Whatsapp is ubiquitous and is commonly used despite the long scary list of permissions it seeks ( see Help understanding Whatsapp's permissions )
Privacy and security conscious people would like ...
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Fail in restoring WhatsApp chats
I followed the steps below to restore WhatsApp chats:
On my old phone, I backed up my chats to an SD card
Insert the SD card into the new phone
Moved the whole WhatsApp folder to the new phone from ...
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Merging WhatsApp chat histories from different devices but same account
Is it possible to merge WhatsApp chat histories on 2 Android devices (but 1 account)?
If so, how?
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Contact still visible in Whatsapp after deleting out of my contactlist from my phone
I deleted a contact/number out of my contact list from my smart phone. But if I open WhatsApp I can still see that same contact/person that I deleted earlier. How is this possible?
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Transfer WhatsApp chat from iPhone to Android [duplicate]
I recently moved from iPhone to Android, now I want to transfer all my WhatsApp chats to my new Android phone from iPhone, but the problem is WhatsApp doesn't have any feature to transfer chats ...
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Whatsapp - last time seen online - what does it mean?
I'm using whatsapp and some of my contacts have been seen online AFTER my messages have been delivered..
My question is: If I read something like this:
[10:01] my message is delivered The contact ...
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How to use two whatsapp accounts on one phone
I have a Samsung galaxy Duos and want to use my two whatsapp accounts at the same device. Is it for example possible to run dual two whatsapp client apps on one phone?
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Unknown error code during application install "-24"
I just updated my Moto X to latest and greatest Android 4.4 KitKat (I even did full factory reset just to be sure) and now I'm trying to install WhatsApp Messenger but unable to do so, I'm getting ...
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How can I configure WhatsApp so that an email is sent to me when someone sends me a message on WhatsApp?
How can I configure WhatsApp so that an email is sent to me when someone sends me a message on WhatsApp?
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Why can't WhatsApp write to bind mounts?
I moved all the data of WhatsApp to /mnt/media_rw/6333-6461/WhatsApp, where 6333-6461 is my external SD card. I opened WhatsApp to find that I could not open any previously downloaded data. This is ...
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Read WhatsApp backup from Google Drive [duplicate]
I can see WhatsApp Messenger in Google Drive.
How can we read WhatsApp Messenger files from Google Drive backup? Does anyone know?
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Prevent WhatsApp from restoring media from Google Drive Backup
I recently uninstalled and installed WhatsApp on my Samsung Galaxy S2, and it started to restore my chats. I'm fine with my chats but after being done with the chats, it automatically started to ...
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WhatsApp friends profile image not showing
It's been a few days now since my friend's contact images started to disappear on my Samsung Galaxy Sii. WhatsApp is up to date. Android is 4.1.2.
I've already tried:
Turn off/on the phone;
Add/...
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Install WhatsApp on Android running under Virtualbox
I've just installed Android using Virtualbox on Ubuntu, and now I want to install WhatsApp on it.
When I visit Google Play and try to install WhatsApp, it tells me that I have to associate a device ...
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Override WhatsApp contact image with the chosen Contact Image [duplicate]
I dislike how people use full body pictures for their contact images when it's a small image. When I link the accounts in my Android, I chose a picture that looks good and helps me identify them ...
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Whatsapp: Export chat with media does not work properly
Whatsapp 2.20.108 on Android 9
I try to export a chat with media. I export it either to gmail or gdrive. (please note the difference: You can backup and export to gdrive. I'm interested in the export ...
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Sending a message to all contacts in WhatsApp
I need to send a message to all my contacts (309 phone numbers) via WhatsApp.
Is there a way to send a message for all my contacts, because the application just allows 25 contacts at once?
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Export telegram and whatsapp contacts to vcf?
I have lost most of my contacts on the phone account, but they still exist in my telegram account. How can i move them to phone or export them?
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Stop WhatsApp from being used on lost phone
I lost my Android phone, but my WhatsApp is still on. How I can stop someone who is using it?
I don't have the SIM with me. The people who found it is using my WhatsApp account. When they went online,...
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Whatsapp Profile Pictures folder missing
I have a peculiar scenario with the Whatsapp Profile Pictures folder. Previously the Profile Pictures of contacts which I view used to get stored inside Whatsapp Profile Pictures folder. One day an ...
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Last seen time for Whatsapp contact not showing anymore
Is there any reason - other than being blocked - that I wouldn't be able to see a WhatsApp contact's "last seen" time any more?
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Route Application through Mobile Data when on Wifi
While on Wifi, Whatsapp won't work on my Galaxy Note 2 due to my work proxy. I have found no proxying application that will work, yet. (My work is using an HTTP Proxy).
Is there an application that ...
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Restore Whatsapp
I have formatted my phone, but I made a Nandroid Backup before.
I then installed Whatsapp again, expecting it to download the chats from the cloud. It didn't. I then deleted Whatsapp and the newly ...
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Cannot use WhatsApp in Gingerbread anymore
I have Samsung Galaxy S+ (i9001) and the other day had a prompt from WhatsApp to update the app.
The update download but the installation fails and the app cannot be opened.
I tried downloading the ...
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WhatsApp messages are not appearing in chronological order
When in a group chat, if many messages are exchanged between other people in the group, when I check my Whatsapp, the messages are grouped according to sender and not chronologically. I know that my ...
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Whatsapp: iPhone to Android: 0 messages restored
I backed up my iphone's whatsapp chat history and tried to restore it to my Samsung galaxy s6 when install whatsapp. I've tried this countless times and always got 0 messages restored (also making ...
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How to restore WhatsApp data from SD card or internal memory and not from Google Drive? [duplicate]
I changed phones and installed WhatsApp on the new one. I have a backup database file on an SD card and the same file copied to the internal WhatsApp folder and Google Drive.
However, during install, ...
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Restore WhatsApp Data from Internal Storage on Moving to a New Phone
I have WhatsApp installed on my old Phone.
WhatsApp is backup both to Google Drive and to the local storage.
The Google Drive backup is for text chat and images only (The default).
The local backup ...
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Silencing a Whatsapp group
I would like to stop receiving new message notifications from a certain Whatsapp group. Is it possible?
Clarifications:
I don't want to leave the group.
I don't want to turn off all Whatsapp ...
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Why are Zygote and Whatsapp asking for root?
Since yesterday, WhatsApp and Zygote have been asking for root permissions on my phone via supersu. Apparently zygote is a system app.
Is this malware? Lookout scan came up clean.
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How to restrict stranger messages in WhatsApp
How can I restrict other WhatsApp users from messaging me, who are not in my mobile contacts. Me and my friend have given a try by simply deleting my fiend contact number from my mobile, and he's ...
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Can I login to Whatsapp Web without scanning the QR code?
My camera doesn't work. I already tried downloading different camera applications but none of them worked. Problem is physical not software-related. How can I login to Whatsapp Web without scanning ...
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