WhatsApp tips and tricks

[Ockie]

Installed it.

1. Nobody there
2. No voice calls

Search for ockie .... i wanna send you something.

 

[biometrics]

Search for ockie .... i wanna send you something.

I uninstalled it now.

 

[Ockie]

I uninstalled it now.

Awwwwww

Oh well .... your loss.

 

[AnibugZA]

Installed it.

1. Nobody there
2. No voice calls

3. Get better friends.

 

[Neoprod]

On Android, just pin the widget - much better than this workaround. Not sure if iOS has widgets, maybe someone else could confirm?

Does reading then dismissing the notification panel message send a read receipt?

Same question with the pop-up window - does clicking "close" after reading it send a read receipt?

Never thought about those before.

 

[LazyLion]

I've discovered that if you're watching a video sent through WhatsApp and you hold the phone closer to your ear to hear the sound better, it auto-senses your proximity to the phone and pauses the video. EVERY. DARN. TIME.

Drives me insane, because I don't want to listen to the video at full volume when I'm around other people. I like to make it softer and then listen close by. Also, the videos are usually of my nephew making funny noises or trying to sing or calling his mom "Babes!" in an imitation of his dad.. so the image isn't always important. I understand why, but gahhhhh.

Also, there's a browser-based app for both Telegram and WhatsApp.
Go to web dot whatsapp dot com and follow the instructions to connect your phone's WhatsApp session to the browser session, then you can chat from your computer! It uses a QR code to authenticate the session between the computer and the cellphone.

Put your finger over the speaker at the back of your phone and you can control the volume like that.

 

[AnibugZA]

Put your finger over the speaker at the back of your phone and you can control the volume like that.

Don't have a speaker at the back of the phone. Only have speakers on the bottom edge that I can see.

Solution: Holds phone upside down from now on.

 

[LazyLion]

Don't have a speaker at the back of the phone. Only have speakers on the bottom edge that I can see.

Well I mean... If you had a NORMAL phone.

 

[AnibugZA]

Well I mean... If you had a NORMAL phone.

No I have a very SPECIAL phone. The most AWESOME phone. The upside-down Nexus 5

 

[genetic]

This has to be the most useless article on mybroadband, ever.

Then don't ****ing read it.

 

[Spliffcat]

Installed it.

1. Nobody there
2. No voice calls

I'm there.

 

[Kalle]

Tip: Install Telegram.

I trust those freaking Russians even less

 

[Ockie]

I trust those freaking Russians even less

Telegram is a German registered company and the app is open source so you can inspect most of it

 

[genetic]

Telegram is a German registered company and the app is open source so you can inspect most of it

Nothing wrong with Whatsapp.

There's your problem right there. If it ain't broke, people not gonna move.

 

[Ockie]

Nothing wrong with Whatsapp.

There's your problem right there. If it ain't broke, people not gonna move.

mmmmmm so why dont we use Pentium 4 processors in PC's running Windows 95 with CRT monitors anymore?

 

[genetic]

mmmmmm so why dont we use Pentium 4 processors in PC's running Windows 95 with CRT monitors anymore?

Equating a defunct Pentium processor to an IM app is a lack of understanding on how completely separate the two technologies are on your behalf.

 

[Ockie]

Equating a defunct Pentium processor to an IM app is a lack of understanding on how completely separate the two technologies are on your behalf.

OK.

 

[sajunky]

What's Ockie doing in Whatsapp thread?

 

[genetic]

What's Ockie doing in Whatsapp thread?

Saying it's a Pentium.

 

[ginggs]

Saying it's a Pentium.

It's all about the Pentiums.

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