WhatsApp video media download issues

nRiTeCh

Skilled
Off-late observing that whatsapp is getting itself choosy to not to download select videos which are forwarded in groups. (not porn but anything)

No matter to which network I connect- mobile data/wifi/hotspot or at friends place...only these select forwards aren't getting downloaded at all.

If kept for doanloding this is what it looks like for hours with zero progress even after hours...



Has/is anyone facing similar issues ?

What I tried is updating whatsapp to the latest ver., clear cache/data as well, phone reboots etc.

This is happening only for specific forwarded videos rest other media got no issues.

**Dont say like sd cad is corrupted and all as I dont use sd card and if the flash storage has any issues, I"m capturing videos from camera app which has zero corruptions.
 

gourav

Patron
The only thing I can think off, which I have noticed in my case, is this. When a video is sent to a group, and the sender is not in my contacts, then the video won't download automatically. Afaik, there's no setting for this, you can't change this behavior.

However, if the sender is in your contacts and it's still not getting downloaded, then might be something else.
 

nRiTeCh

Skilled
gourav said:
The only thing I can think off, which I have noticed in my case, is this. When a video is sent to a group, and the sender is not in my contacts, then the video won't download automatically. Afaik, there's no setting for this, you can't change this behavior.

However, if the sender is in your contacts and it's still not getting downloaded, then might be something else.
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I have dont use aka turned-off automatic downloads for everything as there are some people who have no work who keep forwarding crap every now and then which eats up storage and wastes bandwidth.

Its happening to both my contacts groups as well as generic community groups.
Just observed its not even downloading/loading video status of my friends though not all. Its all a random thing happening and driving me crazy though I'm least bothered but things should work as they are expected is what I believe in.

But these videos are all getting downloading fine on desktop whatsapp app on Win 10.

I'm unsure what this fuzzy behavior.
 

SirVer

Disciple
I've noticed media handling issues like this on rare occasions with WhatsApp, but I don't remember how I resolved them. Some combination of clearing the cache and a reboot, I think. As an aside, do the files download when you wait for it to finish before leaving the chat?

EDIT: Speak of the devil, got what seems like the same issue literally right after posting this. This could indicate that it's a WhatsApp bug. Will troubleshoot and let you know what I find.