My New Phone
By Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20261)
March 3, 2023 2:39am CST
The moment Whatsapp alerted its users that it would stop supporting certain old digital devices by the end of 2022, I began researching for a new affordable phone.
It took me a month to decide on one, another half a month to buy, and almost another month to really move my sim card to the new android phone. (I didn't touch or open the new phone for some weeks from the day I brought it home - out of loyalty to my old dear phone, also because I still could use Whatsapp there.)
Harsh reality 
: I found out I couldn't & can't use Whatsapp on the new android phone because I refuse to agree to let it sync to my phone contact list (which is 98% full of my business contacts).
For some reason, I have always used Whatsapp to contact close friends and close family members - never anyone else.
So I continue using Whatsapp on my old phone. 
But at least I can use the new phone to do mylot from now on, how cool is that 
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Do you use anything similar to Whatsapp to contact your close friends & family members?
: I found out I couldn't & can't use Whatsapp on the new android phone because I refuse to agree to let it sync to my phone contact list (which is 98% full of my business contacts).
For some reason, I have always used Whatsapp to contact close friends and close family members - never anyone else.
So I continue using Whatsapp on my old phone.
But at least I can use the new phone to do mylot from now on, how cool is that .
Do you use anything similar to Whatsapp to contact your close friends & family members?14 people like this
17 responses
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
3 Mar 23
I have never downloaded whatsapp. I like a one on one interaction and so email it is for me and FB messenger.
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@allknowing (130064)
• India
3 Mar 23
@YrNemo WhatsApp is where you get mail that is marked for the groups that have been created there I prefer a one on one interaction. They also keep sending videos and stuff and news which they think we should read. I have no interest in such messages.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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4 Mar 23
@allknowing I have been saved from that fate then (I have never received anything else from Whatsapp - but then, I use the old version, on my old phone).
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
3 Mar 23
I do use Whatsapp when I talk to my son as he is living in Brazil.
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@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
4 Mar 23
@YrNemo I haven't tried it before other than with my son, and a friend who lives in this country.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
3 Mar 23
You can move your contact list onto your laptop/pc temporarily and then download them onto the SD card you'll be putting into your new phone. Agree to Whatsapp's terms. It will take any contacts on your phone and is supposed to ignore contacts on your SD card. (There are YT videos that explain how to do this.) Then you can use Whatsapp like you always have. (At least you can until the programmers working for Whatsapp fix that loophole.)
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@YrNemo (20261)
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4 Mar 23
@DaddyEvil hehehe, knowing me, it won't happen until another 2 months... Will report to you by then. (I am using that account on my old phone. So far so good!)
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@YrNemo (20261)
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18 Mar 23
I am too old with new technologies, so I am still struggling with this new phone. 
@YrNemo (20261)
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25 Mar 23
@aureliahYou are right, at least I haven't taken any accidental photos of my feet yet - but I noticed I recorded the road a few times! (How did that happen I wonder! 
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@Nakitakona (56302)
• Philippines
29 Mar 23
I don't use whatsapp but I use messenger by meta to communicate with my family and friends.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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5 Apr 23
Thanks for this, I will gather all info I could from here, then decide which one I should use in the future.
@Virtually2021 (827)
• Southend-On-Sea, England
3 Mar 23
No I only use whatsapp to contact my family.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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3 Mar 23
I either have to find a way to get around the new Whatsapp's rule, or get rid of it completely.
@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
18 Mar 23
I most commonly use Facebook messenger. I have used it for some years and it allows me to stay in contact with family and friends. I also use WhatsApp very sporadically. I receive messages from businesses and other people through WhatsApp. I still need to find out about its uses but I have read that WhatsApp is a useful app
@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
10 Mar 23
Behind-the-times me, I am not sure what "Whatsapp" is--though I've heard of it.
