Android 13 & Whatsapp 14 November 2022 at 10:16PM in Techie Stuff 9 replies 200 views

B0bbyEwing

My wife & I have the exact same phones (as in we both have a Samsung Galaxy S20 5G).
Our WhatsApp app versions are also the exact same - latest.

Yesterday my wife installed the Android 13 update, I stayed on 12 for the time being.

She went to send a picture via WhatsApp & immediately complained about a change - instead of it bringing up her gallery of snaps she's taken etc, there's a load of whatsapp folders. 
She can get to the gallery but there's now more steps to do it - 3 dots in the top right, then more selecting.

For me on Android 12, it's just there, like it always has been. No jumping through hoops. I'm just straight at my gallery. 

Anyone else experienced this & has a tweak to revert it back to what it always has been?

400ixl

i go to the person I want to send a message to, then click on the paperclip for attachments and it gives me a menu that has the option of a gallery which brings up photo's.

This is Android 13 on a Google Pixel and is no different to when it was on 12 as far as i can remember.

B0bbyEwing

Yeah that's how she goes to do it (paperclip) but now once the screen switches to various image folders they appear to be WhatsApp folders. If you want say a photo that you've literally just taken so will be in your gallery, she now has to click the 3 dots top right & select gallery or whatever it says. There may be another step as well, I can't remember & we're both at work. 

Whereas I on android 12 just go straight to my gallery. 1 press, that's it. 

RumRat

When you press the paper clip you should get 6 Icon options one being Gallery a tap on this opens said Gallery. Then you tap on whatever you want. two choices at the top lets you choose 'Recents' or 'Gallery'. No need to tap the three dots...
Of course if you want to share a pic you've just taken it can be shared directly from the camera.

B0bbyEwing

RumRat said:

When you press the paper clip you should get 6 Icon options one being Gallery a tap on this opens said Gallery. Then you tap on whatever you want. two choices at the top lets you choose 'Recents' or 'Gallery'. No need to tap the three dots...
Of course if you want to share a pic you've just taken it can be shared directly from the camera.

What you've done there is describe what I'm getting on android 12 and did on android 11 before it as well as what my wife experienced before the update. 

What I've done before your post is describe how that isn't what she's now getting after updating. 

RumRat

I have Android 13 (UI5.0) on a Galaxy S21 and my Whatsapp is the latest version - 2.22.23.77 updated 7 Nov and it works exactly as described and apparently the same as yours.. The only suggestion I can make for your Wife is for her to back up her Whatsapp and uninstall then reinstall.

B0bbyEwing

Probably going to be the only option to be fair. 
Initially we thought it was a WhatsApp problem until we saw our version numbers are the same which made us think it's an android 13 problem as that had been literally the only change. 

Yours isn't an S20 but I'd be amazed if that was the factor since its a Galaxy anyway. 

Will tell her to give the old uninstall re-install trick a go to see if it works. 

RumRat

Yes, I guess the obvious answer is the UI 5.0 update, hope she sorts it OK...

J_B

B0bbyEwing said:

Will tell her to give the old uninstall re-install trick a go to see if it works. 

Make sure she backs up her chat first .....

B0bbyEwing

Yeah we both have daily backups in place from me suffering a previous experience. 

Even still, best to back up immediately before anyway.