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WhatsApp is stopping support for all Symbian, Nokia S40, BlackBerry phones. Phones running older versions of Windows, Android and iOS operating systems will also not be supported.
The shutdown of the service for these devices and platforms will happen at the end of the year, December 31, 2016. https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/20951556

Android users still on Android 2.1 and Android 2.2 are no longer be able to use WhatsApp.

Windows phone users will have to upgrade beyond Windows Phone 7.1 to continue enjoying services. iOS 6 are not be supported, which  affects those Apple users who are holding back from updating the OS.

The devices that WhatsApp will no longer be supported are: Nokia Asha 201, Nokia Asha 205 Chat Edition, Nokia Asha 206, Nokia Asha 208, Nokia Asha 210, Nokia Asha 300, Nokia Asha 301, Nokia Asha 302, Nokia Asha 303, Nokia Asha 305, Nokia Asha 306, Nokia Asha 308, Nokia Asha 309, Nokia Asha 310, Nokia Asha 311, Nokia Asha 515, Nokia Asha 500, Nokia Asha 501, Nokia Asha 502, Nokia Asha 503, Nokia Asha 230, Nokia C3-00, Nokia C3-01, Nokia X2-01, Nokia X3-02, Nokia X2-00, Nokia X7, Nokia E6, Nokia N8, Nokia C6, Nokia C7, Nokia E7, Nokia 500, Nokia 600, Nokia 603, Nokia 700, Nokia 701, Nokia 808, Nokia 5800, Nokia 5530, Nokia 5230, Nokia 5233, Nokia 5235, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia X5-01, Nokia C6, Nokia C5-03, Samsung i8910 Omnia HD, Sony Ericsson Satio, Sony Ericsson Vivaz, Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro, Nokia 5700, Nokia 6110, Nokia 6120, Nokia 6121, Nokia 6124, Nokia 6700, Nokia 6290, Nokia E51, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E71, Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia N76, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia 5320, Nokia 5630, Nokia 5730, Nokia 6210, Nokia 6220, Nokia 6650 fold, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6720, Nokia 6730, Nokia 6760 Slide, Nokia 6790 Surge, Nokia C5, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E72, Nokia E73, Nokia E75, Nokia E5, Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N85, Nokia N86 8MP, Nokia N96, Samsung GT-i8510, Samsung GT-I7110, Samsung SGH-L870, Samsung SGH-G810 and Samsung SGH-iNNN.

UPDATE: You won't be able to use WhatsApp on the following platforms for:

Nokia Symbian S60 after June 30, 2017
BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 after December 31, 2017
Windows Phone 8.0 and older after December 31, 2017
Nokia S40 after December 31, 2018
Android versions 2.3.7 and older after February 1, 2020

Personal info sharing
WhatsApp will share your phone number with Facebook, you have 30 days to opt-out. https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/general/26000016

Transferring Chat history
check out http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/21002842

Author Topic: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread  (Read 555453 times)

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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2900 on: July 21, 2023, 04:13:22 AM »


Can always try a ctr + shift + r
What does that officially do?
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2902 on: July 28, 2023, 09:55:28 AM »
Thanks to the recent updates of WhatsApp for iOS and Android, users can finally open chats with unknown phone numbers, so they do not need to temporarily add unknown phone numbers to their address book



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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2903 on: July 28, 2023, 09:58:15 AM »
Following the initial release of the ability to create and follow WhatsApp Channels in Singapore and Colombia, WhatsApp has now shared an announcement that this feature is finally available to additional countries for those users on the latest version of WhatsApp for iOS, Android, and Desktop.




WhatsApp has recently shared an announcement on Twitter stating that channels are now available in additional countries: Egypt, Chile, Malaysia, Morocco, Ukraine, Kenya, and Peru.
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2904 on: July 28, 2023, 10:00:08 AM »
If i use a VPN can I update WhatsApp will i be seeing these features available in those countries?
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2905 on: July 28, 2023, 12:04:52 PM »
My Whatsapp chats are not showing in order of last received message, anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it?
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2906 on: July 28, 2023, 12:15:03 PM »
My Whatsapp chats are not showing in order of last received message, anyone else have this issue or know how to fix it?
Had this issue yesterday. Updated the app and it sorted itself out -  looks like attached images

The issue with the update is that when you press the button to record a voice note it switches to camera. (the new feature to send small videos in the chat)



« Last Edit: July 28, 2023, 12:20:58 PM by Abebee »

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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2907 on: July 28, 2023, 12:18:03 PM »
Had this issue yesterday. Updated the app and it sorted itself out
Thanks, that did indeed fix it
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2909 on: August 09, 2023, 10:06:01 AM »
Probably not the place to post this but I’m not happy with wtvr new update WhatsApp did with communities. The Dansdeals alert WhatsApp group requires 2 clicks to see the posts now. One click brings you to the list of groups within the community (in this case, just one-the announcements group) and then another click into the announcements group to view the posts. That’s pretty stupid
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2910 on: August 09, 2023, 10:14:53 AM »
Probably not the place to post this but I’m not happy with wtvr new update WhatsApp did with communities. The Dansdeals alert WhatsApp group requires 2 clicks to see the posts now. One click brings you to the list of groups within the community (in this case, just one-the announcements group) and then another click into the announcements group to view the posts. That’s pretty stupid
Very annoying.
But you can click the notification to go right to it.
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2911 on: August 09, 2023, 11:01:22 AM »
Probably not the place to post this but I’m not happy with wtvr new update WhatsApp did with communities. The Dansdeals alert WhatsApp group requires 2 clicks to see the posts now. One click brings you to the list of groups within the community (in this case, just one-the announcements group) and then another click into the announcements group to view the posts. That’s pretty stupid
Not all communities are affected but yeah, pretty annoying on DD...

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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2912 on: August 09, 2023, 11:16:35 AM »
Not all communities are affected but yeah, pretty annoying on DD...
What are those ones doing differently?
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2913 on: August 10, 2023, 12:52:46 PM »
What are those ones doing differently?
I think it depends if that update rolled out to you or not

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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2914 on: August 28, 2023, 08:02:23 AM »
8 Reasons Why WhatsApp Was Able to Support 50 Billion Messages a Day With Only 32 Engineers

https://newsletter.systemdesign.one/p/whatsapp-engineering?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2915 on: August 31, 2023, 06:17:30 AM »

Update: ctr + shift + r worked!!!!


For the record, even today I still have to do  ctr + shift + r and sometimes multiple times in a row to get the download button  :-\
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2917 on: September 03, 2023, 08:44:41 PM »
When are they finally going to let you be connected to more then 4 devices?
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2918 on: September 03, 2023, 09:01:02 PM »
When are they finally going to let you be connected to more then 4 devices?
How many people have more than 4 devices ?
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Re: Whatsapp App Discussion Thread
« Reply #2919 on: September 03, 2023, 10:25:13 PM »
How many people have more than 4 devices ?
I'm just barely staying inside that limit on a work related account