WhatsApp is one of the most used messenger applications on mobile platforms. It is available for most of the mobile operating systems such as iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia and Symbian and it requires an internet connection. It’s “almost” free, and we’re saying this because in the first year you won’t have to pay to use it, but after that, you’ll be charged 0.99 dollars annually. However, that’s not expensive at all and let’s be honest: what can we do with one dollar nowadays?
Here are the top 10 best tricks that you should use on the WhatsApp application.
1. HIDE YOUR “LAST SEEN” ON WHATSAPP
One of the great features WhatsApp comes with is the “Last Seen” feature. However, there are many users who don’t want to share this and want to be as “hidden” while on WhatsApp. However, maybe you just don’t want to talk with somebody but (s)he sees you online and will eventually know that you were online and ignored him/her. To disable the “Last Seen” feature, go to the Menu and select Settings -> Account -> Privacy. There you will have the option to choose who can see you online.
2. HOW TO RECOVER WHATSAPP DELETED MESSAGES
If by mistake you deleted WhatsApp messages or you lost them due to a system error, don’t worry because you can recover all your messages.
WhatsApp, by default, saves all your conversations on your microSD card. To access the file, simply go to your microSD card and access WhatsApp->Database folder. In there, you will notice a file named msgstore.db.crypt which contains all your messages sent and received in the current day and the file that has the yyyy format msgstore.dd.db.crypt contains messages that you received on WhatsApp in the last 7 days. Open the files with a text editor and you will be able to see all the messages. To restore them on your phone uninstall and install back WhatsApp and the application will notice that it found a Message backup and tap on “Restore”.
3. CHANGING YOUR WHATSAPP THEME
If you got bored of the default WhatsApp theme, then you should try WhatsApp Plus Holo, which comes with a new interface, but it gives you the possibility to change it with one that you like. Do a simple search on WhatsApp Plus Holo and give it a try!
4. SEE YOUR WHATSAPP STATS
If you are using WhatsApp almost daily, you should look for your WhatsApp stats in order to not exceed your mobile data plan. To do this, you have to install WhatStat for WhatsApp which will give you a lot of information about the time and how much data you’ve used on WhatsApp, plus many other things.
5. DELETING YOUR WHATSAPP ACCOUNT
Many users register to WhatsApp, but later they decide to not use it anymore for some reason. Keep in mind that if you uninstall WhatsApp, your account won’t be deleted because it’s registered on WhatsApp’s database. To completely delete your WhatsApp account, go to Settings->Account->Delete your account. After that, enter your phone number in international format and you’re done.
6. CHANGE YOUR PHONE NUMBER WITHOUT LOSING MESSAGES
Most users will uninstall and install back WhatsApp when changing phone numbers. This is a wrong thing to do, because you will lose all your messages. However, you can change the phone number without having to uninstall WhatsApp. To do this, you will have to go to WhatsApp Settings-> Tap on Account-> Tap on Change Number. After that, just type your old and new phone number and tap “Done”. WhatsApp will then send a number to verify you and when the new phone number is added to your account, your old phone number will be deleted from WhatsApp’s database.
7. SPY YOUR FRIEND’S WHATSAPP ACTIVITY
One of the most wanted tricks on WhatsApp is the one that lets you spy your friend’s WhatsApp activity. By using this trick, you will see who your friend is talking to. You will firstly need to install Spymaster PRO, an application that you can find by doing a simple Google search. This application has the ability to show you the entire conversation, the shared videos or pictures and has even a timestamp to find out when those messages were sent. However, you will have to buy this application and it’s pretty expensive, costing you around 85 dollars for the license.
8. RECEIVE WHATSAPP NOTIFICATIONS BY VOICE
If you are too busy to read your WhatsApp notifications, don’t worry because now you can get those notifications as Voice messages.
Here are the steps that you must do in order to be able to get your WhatsApp notifications by Voice:
Download and Install Voice Notification and Text To Speach
Open the Voice Notification application and you will be asked to enable the accessibility for the application. Go to Settings->Accessibility and setup the accessibility for Voice Notification application and after that open again the application. You will notice that you will have a few options that the application read notification from, which are: Gmail, Viber, WhatsApp and Spotbros.
Set it for WhatsApp and you’re done!
9. Extending WhatsApp license until 2022 for FREE
Even if the WhatsApp license costs only 0.99 dollars per year, why not get it for free until 2022? To do this, you will firstly need a second smartphone (yours or a friend’s phone). Now, follow the next steps:
1.Delete your WhatsApp account (as we told you in the tip #5 above) and uninstall the application from your phone.
2.Use the second phone to register on WhatsApp with your phone number.
3.You will get a verification code through SMS your phone. Enter the verification code on the second phone.
4. Delete your WhatsApp account from the second phone.
Install WhatsApp on your first mobile phone and register again by using your phone number.
After that you will see that your license has been extended until 2022. Enjoy!
10. Adding WhatsApp Friends Profile pictures to your Contacts
If you don’t have a picture of one of your contacts from your phone book, but that person has a picture on his/her WhatsApp account, you can use that picture and add it to that person from your phone book.
All your WhatsApp contacts profile pictures are saved on your microSD card->WhatsApp->Profile Pictures. The pictures are saved with the phone number instead of the contact name, so you will want to look for your friend’s phone number. After you find the picture, you can use it on your phonebook for the specific friend.