One of the most used applications by Spaniards on mobile phones, the instant messaging platform WhatsApp, will stop working on a series of devices next Monday, November 1.
Specifically, following the network update policy promoted by Facebook, the phones that use an Android operating system in the version 4.0.4 or earlier those who will be affected by this movement.
Specific, affected phones will be the following:
Galaxy Trend II
Galaxy SII
Galaxy S3 mini
Galaxy Xcover 2
Galaxy Core
Galaxy Ace 2
Lucid 2
Best F7
Optimus F5
Optimus L3 II Dual
Optimus F5
Optimus L5
Best L5 II
Optimus L5 Dual
Best L3 II
Best L7
Optimus L7 II Dual
Best L7 II
Optimus F6, Enact
Optimus L4 II Dual
Optimus F3
Best L4 II
Best L2 II
Optimus Nitro HD
Optimus 4X HD
Optimus F3Q
ZTE V956
Grand X Quad V987
Grand Memo
Xperia Miro
Xperia Neo L
Xperia Arc S
Alcatel
Ascend G740
Ascend Mate
Ascend D Quad XL
Ascend D1 Quad XL
Ascend P1 S
Ascend D2
Archos 53 Platinum
HTC Desire 500
Caterpillar Cat B15
Wiko Cink Five
Wiko Darknight
Lenovo A820
UMi X2
Run F1
THL W8
The cessation of service therefore affects mobile phones that are a few years old (most were marketed in 2012 or 2013), but which still remain in the pockets of a good number of users.
The phones that will not be affected will therefore be those with Android on version 4.1 or later, as well as those of other operating systems.
If you want to check the version of your Android mobile, you can do it in the function ‘Settings‘ of your smartphone, also observing if there is a possibility of updating it.
They reveal the WhatsApp trick to know if someone has your number without you knowing it
WhatsApp has become the main communication channel for Spaniards and also for much of the planet. From our mobile phone, the Facebook application allows us to exchange messages with family, friends or co-workers, share videos, photos, make calls and video calls€
But thanks to the profile photos, the information that we can add or the states, WhatsApp it has also adopted the characteristics of a social network. In addition to being able to know what others are doing, the app allows us to manage the digital relationship with our contacts.
For this reason, as with other social networks, we like to know who saves our phone number as a contact and who does not: old friends, former co-workers, ex-partners, relatives, etc. WhatsApp does not offer this data, but there is a trick that will allow us to know it.
The key is the broadcast list tool. The steps are simple:
We created a new broadcast list.
We send any message through this list.
We wait for the recipients to be able to read the message. Then, we click on the message and on the ‘Info’ option. There, WhatsApp will show us the phones of those who have received and read the message, also in the case of people who have our WhatsApp number as a contact, even if they are not included among those that we keep in our agenda.
If we have reached this point, it may be because we do not want that person to see our data profile or other information. To solve this privacy problem, we can choose two ways.
One is to choose the most restrictive options in ‘Privacy’, that is, select ‘Just my contacts’ o ‘No one‘ in the ‘Time of last time’, ‘Profile picture’, ‘Info’ or ‘Status’ options.
But sometimes it may happen that we have no problem showing all or part of that information to third parties, but to some in particular. In that case, it would be best block that person in the app. If it is not on our agenda, it should be added to later formalize that block by opening a chat and clicking on the buttons at the top until you find the option ‘Block‘.