Dual WhatsApp, cloned apps, and where their statuses go
Second-space and app-cloning features put statuses somewhere a status saver often cannot reach. Why, and what to do.
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Turning a status video into a GIF
Worth doing for short loops, and a bad idea for anything longer. The size maths explains why.
A status vanished before 24 hours were up
Four reasons, none of which are a bug in your phone. The first is the most common by a distance.
The status viewer list: what it shows and what it doesn't
Who appears, in what order, why someone is missing — and why the order is not what people think.
Getting the full resolution of a status photo
Saving already gives you the maximum available. Here is what that maximum is, and why a screenshot is usually smaller.
Sharing a saved status somewhere else
Once saved it is an ordinary file, so every share option applies. Two things worth thinking about first.
WhatsApp is using 40 GB — where it actually goes
Statuses are rarely the culprit. Here is what is really taking the space, and the order to clear it in.
Controlling who sees your own status
Three audience modes, one thing that surprises people about groups, and why changing it is retroactive.
Media auto-download and why it decides what you can save
The setting that controls whether a status file reaches your phone at all — and therefore whether any saver can see it.
Muted statuses: where they go and how to get them back
Muting moves someone to the bottom of the Updates tab rather than hiding them. What that means if you are saving.
Editing a saved status without wrecking the quality
It is already a compressed file. What that means for cropping, and the order that costs you least.
Text statuses can't be saved as files — here's why
A coloured-background text status has no underlying image on your phone. What that means, and the one thing that works.