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WhatsApp will no longer work on these Phone models including these iPhones

WhatsApp is withdrawing it’s services from the following phones over security issues this December. Check and Get a new or upgraded one before it’s too late

Full list of Android phones WhatsApp will stop working in 2022

Archos 53 Platinum
HTC Desire 500
samsung galaxy trend lite
Samsung Galaxy Trend II
Mini Samsung Galaxy S3
Caterpillar Cat B15
Sony Xperia M
THL W8
zte grand x quad v987
ZTE Grand Memo
samsung galaxy ace 2
LG Lucid 2
LG Optimus F7
LG Optimus L3 II Dual
LG Optimus F5
LG Optimus L5 II
LG Optimus L5 II Dual
LG Optimus L3 II
LG Optimus L7 II Dual
LG Optimus L7 II
LG Optimus F6
LG Act
LG Optimus L4 II Dual
LG Optimus F3
LG Optimus L4 II
LG Optimus L2 II
LG Optimus F3Q
vico sync five
vico darkknight
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
Huawei Ascend G740
ZTE Grand S Flex
Lenovo A820
Huawei Ascend Mate
ZTE V956 – UMI X2
Huawei Ascend D2
samsung galaxy core
Faea F1

 

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List of IOS phones in which WhatsApp will stop working in October 2022

Apple iPhone SE (16GB)
Apple iPhone SE (32GB)
Apple iPhone 6S (64GB)
Apple iPhone 6S Plus (128 GB)
Apple iPhone 6S Plus (16GB)
Apple iPhone 6S Plus (32GB)
Apple iPhone 6S Plus (64GB)
Apple iPhone SE (64GB)
Apple iPhone 6S (128 GB) A
Apple iphone 6s (16gb)
Apple iPhone 6S (32GB)

Some iPhone users with WhatsApp accounts have just over a month to upgrade their Apple devices or face losing the ability to use the messaging app for good.

Meta, which owns WhatsApp, has confirmed that it will be dropping support for any iPhone devices that cannot run iOS 12 or above.

WhatsApp, which recently launched an in-app, end-to-end ecommerce service in India, has over 2 billion active users globally. Precisely how many of those users will be impacted by this news, however, remains unclear.

WhatsApp Waves Goodbye to Old iOS Versions

WhatsApp has confirmed that users of iOS 11 and older have until October 24, 2022, to upgrade their OS or face being blocked out of WhatsApp on their devices.

Apps discontinuing support for outdated OS models is quite a common practice. Companies that produce software regularly make difficult decisions regarding when to stop rolling out updates for older iterations of operating systems.

Even for a company the size of Meta, with a huge team of employees working on WhatsApp, it doesn’t make sense to keep updating apps for iOS models that progressively fewer people are actually using. Time is better spent working on things like vital security updates for more widely-used versions of iOS.

What iPhone Models are Affected?

The main models that are going to be affected are the iPhone 5 and 5c, which can run iOS 11 but can’t run iOS 12 or any other subsequent operating system released by Apple. iPhone 4 and 4s users will be faced with similar issues for the same reasons.

The same fate will be suffered by users with Android devices running any Android OS that came before OS 4.1, commonly known as JellyBean.

“To choose what to stop supporting, every year we, like other technology companies, look at which devices and software are the oldest and have the fewest number of people still using them,” a page on WhatsApp’s help center reads.

“These devices also might not have the latest security updates, or might lack the functionality required to run WhatsApp.”

Why Is WhatsApp not Working on my iPhone?

If WhatsApp isn’t working on your iPhone, it won’t be due to the discontinuation of support for iOS 11 or below just yet. Even if you have an iPhone 5, you’ll be able to use WhatsApp until October 24 just fine.

However, there are plenty of other reasons why WhatsApp might not be working on your iPhone.

WhatsApp isn’t an SMS messaging service, and relies on an internet connection to transfer messages between users – so if you’ve run out of data or your Wifi isn’t working, WhatsApp won’t be working either.

Further, if you have a VPN running and it’s not connecting to its own servers properly, this may affect your internet connection and in turn, WhatsApp.

Although in most cases, running older versions of apps won’t cause you any issues in a functional sense (although it may do from a security perspective), sometimes this can affect an app’s ability to work. If your WhatsApp isn’t working, check to see if you have the latest version.

If you use WhatsApp on another device, like your laptop, being logged in on that device might be preventing you from logging in on your iPhone or Android.

Lastly, if you don’t use WhatsApp much, or have taken a break from the app, there’s a chance that Meta has deleted your WhatsApp account. To limit data retention, WhatsApp accounts are typically closed after 120 days (roughly four months) of inactivity.

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