Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp Stopped Working - Fix Pictures Not Showing

If you woke up today only to find out that facebook, whatsapp or Instagram is not working properly or having troubles with pictures, my dear, you are not alone. This is what is happening to billions of users worldwide and you can be rest assures Facebook is aware of this situation and working towards stabilizing the issue as soon as possible.

According to a tweet from official facebook handle;
We’re aware that some people are having trouble uploading or sending images, videos and other files on our apps. We’re sorry for the trouble and are working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.
#facebookdown
— Facebook (@facebook)
July 3, 2019

So let's keep our fingers crossed. Its annoying but be rest assured the issue is not from you !

How To Fix Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram Not Showing Pictures

Well, there is no absolute fix to this until facebook team gets a hold of the situation. But for facebook, you could try using the latest updated version of Facebook mobile app which you can get from google play store instead of using your web browsers.

How To Save Whatsapp Status Pictures And Videos

Whatsapp Statuses was rolled out some few months ago an it has been a very good update from the whatsapp team. The new whatsapp status feature enable users to share pictures and videos on their status which lasts for 24hours only, after which its automatically deleted by whatsapp. Most users get pictures and videos they like by requesting it be sent from the person that posted that status.

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HOW TO SAVE WHATSAPP STATUSES

So you don't have to ask someone to send you a picture/video you viewed.
1. Open your file Manager

2. Press "option" key>settings>check "view hidden files"

3. Go back to the File Manager and scroll to the whatsapp folder.

4. Open "Media" folder

5. Usually the first folder you should see is ".statuses"

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6. That folder contains all the viewed statuses over the 24hr period.

7. Take note that they automatically delete themselves after 24hr.

8. To save the viewed file for future, move/copy it/them to another folder of your choice.

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About WhatsApp Small & Medium Business App, All You Need To Know

Whatsapp Dmall and Medium Business is another application that is being developed by whatsApp team and will be available for different mobile phones including Android, iOS and Windows OS phones according to reports from WABetaInfo

What this means is that business owners will install this WhatsApp Business app on their supported smartphone devices to get the business features in the Whatsapp business app. This business app can run an the same phone as the normal WhatsApp app, so no need for worries about dumping your already installed WhatsApp.

Features Of Whatsspp Small And Medium Business App

1. As i said earlier, both apps will run on the same phone without any itches.

2. Messages will be structured:  A structured message is an advanced type of message that contains a lot of information, including text, image, action items, and the translation of the message

3. Any business that installs the app for the first time, will be prompt to accept the new WhatsApp TOS (Terms of Service) and the Privacy Policy in order to use the app.

4. WhatsApp has a business account, that’s called Public Service Announcement, where you will receive communications.

5. Verified and Unverified Business accounts are the two types of business account that will be available,

Verified Business: its business name is directly verified by WhatsApp, you will see a green badge next to the business name when verified.

Unverified Business: it can use all business features, but its name hasn’t been verified by WhatsApp yet. In this case, WhatsApp will indicate to users who it may be.

6. The business will be asked to include its website address and email address in its info, in order to have a very detailed profile that any users can view.

7. Business WhatsApp will contain detailed statistics like numbers of sent messages sucessfully delivered and read.

Availability

The small and medium WhatsApp business app  is currently unavailable at the time of wtiting this post, but reliable report claims it  will be launched sooner rather than later.

How To Prevent Whatsapp From Sharing Personal Data With Facebook

Its no longer news that Facebook has acquired WhatsApp Messanger for $19 billion, but the news that limited personal data on WhatsApp would be shared with Facebook so that it can deliver better friend suggestions…and serve targeted ads, came as a surprise. If you don't like the idea, in this post, you will learn how to opt out and stop WhatsApp from sharing any of your personal data with Facebook .  Just follow the steps below

Every Whatsapp user will be opted into sharing your phone number or personal data with Facebook. 

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Once the feature comes out, you’ll be notified that the privacy policy is changing, this is the moment you’ll have to act fast.

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Before you tap on the Agree button in the notification that will pop up on your device, tap on Read, then scroll down to the bottom, untick the box and continue. That's it.

Second Option

If you tap on Agree by mistake or ignorance before you’ve had the chance to disable the feature by using the first option, you’ll have just 30 days to fix it , after which you might not get the chance to change it.

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• Go to Settings>>Account>>Share my account info inside the WhatsApp app

• Then untick the box.

This will ensure the safety of your personal data from Facebook. According to Facebook, “the Facebook family of companies will still receive and use this information for other purposes such as improving infrastructure and delivery systems, understanding how our services or theirs are used, securing systems, and fighting spam, abuse, or infringement activities,”.

Whatsapp end to end Encryption: what does it mean?

Its a great news that Whatsapp has  improved their security interface by integrating end-to-end encryption. You might be wondering, "what end-to-end encryption means?" and what it does. Well, let me break it down for you guys this way. The end-to-end encryption is a feature that secures our privace i.e it makes sure our private messages stays safe without being compromised with or stolen. However, every communication being made on whatsapp is kept private. Therefore, whenever you send a message to someone or you send group chat info, not even a hacker,cybercriminals, oppressive regimes ,not even whatsapp can go through the messages. According to Whatsapp, the end-to-end encryption is sort like a face-to-face conversation. So once you’ve updated your whatsapp to the latest version, it comes with the end-to-end encryption by default. However, every message you send to the recipient is being encrypted with a unique lock key. This feature also makes sure that the calls you make are end-to-end encrypted. However this end to end encryption is only possible if both end user(s) has updated their Whatsapp to the latest version. By simply looking at the contact info or group info you can tell if the other person has end to end encryption on his or her Whatsapp. If you’ve not updated your Whatsapp, do so to gain access to this feature.