Learn and apply the simple basic setting that prevents automatic downloads of any form of media on Whatsapp and/or Telegram (video, audio, picture and/or document)
Internet data is not so cheap cumulatively.
The ability to control downloads of any kind of media posted in your social media groups can help save internet data greatly.
Learn and apply to download only the media you need.
Every file posted on social media platforms must not be automatically downloaded since children (toddlers) have access to their parents’ phone.
Deciding which media to delete from your phone in order to free phone memory can be more complicated and confusing than deciding which item is downloaded.
Fraudsters and scammers have the penchant of dropping huge amounts of media when they invade groups before they are removed. Automatic download setting means anything posted in any social media group gets saved into the phone’s memory.
Social media have become part and parcel of everyday life, no matter the cost of Internet data required to be present on the social media platforms. A major challenge that is associated with social media platforms is the chance for any form of media file, video or audio or picture and/or document, to get stored in phone memory even without the knowledge of the owner. It is common now for parents to become agitated because their ward tried operating their phones, since the phone might contain certain media that the parent did not wish to download. Moreover, it is more complicated and confusing to delete items from a phone’s memory than to download the items. Deciding, therefore, manually, which media to download could help reduce such confusion and time needed.
Automatically downloading media files into the phone’s memory also consumes a lot of the phone’s battery, which leads to an early run down of batteries. In terms of cost, automatic downloads means automatic running down of internet data or money, especially when the phone is not on wi-fi. The following settings inherent in social media apps, whatsapp and telegram, can help control which media a user wishes to download automatically.
A. For Whatsapp users
1. Open whatsapp
2. Locate and press the three (3) dots at the top right corner on the page for a drop down menu
3. Locate and press ‘settings’ to open another drop down menu
4. Locate and press ‘storage and data’ to open a new menu.
5. Finally, locate ‘media auto-download’ which has three different types of internet usage to decide on which media to auto-download. That is
When using mobile data
When connected to wi-fi
When roaming
The user has the opportunity to decide which media (video, audio, picture or document) to download automatically for each type of internet usage.
B. For Telegram users
1. Open telegram
2. Locate and press the three (3) short lines, at the top left corner on the page, for a drop down menu.
3. Locate and press ‘settings’ to open another drop down menu
4. Locate and press ‘storage and data’ to open a new menu.
5. Finally, locate ‘media auto-download’ which has three different types of internet usage to decide on the ability to auto-download. That is
When using mobile data
When connected to wi-fi
When roaming
The user have the opportunity to decide which media (video, audio, picture or document) to download automatically for each type of internet usage.
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