A status vanished before 24 hours were up
Four reasons, none of which are a bug in your phone. The first is the most common by a distance.
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The status viewer list: what it shows and what it doesn't
Who appears, in what order, why someone is missing — and why the order is not what people think.
Getting the full resolution of a status photo
Saving already gives you the maximum available. Here is what that maximum is, and why a screenshot is usually smaller.
Sharing a saved status somewhere else
Once saved it is an ordinary file, so every share option applies. Two things worth thinking about first.
Controlling who sees your own status
Three audience modes, one thing that surprises people about groups, and why changing it is retroactive.
Muted statuses: where they go and how to get them back
Muting moves someone to the bottom of the Updates tab rather than hiding them. What that means if you are saving.
Editing a saved status without wrecking the quality
It is already a compressed file. What that means for cropping, and the order that costs you least.
Text statuses can't be saved as files — here's why
A coloured-background text status has no underlying image on your phone. What that means, and the one thing that works.
Does a status saver run in the background or drain battery?
Ours does not run in the background, and the reason is the same one that makes it work offline.
Saving statuses on a tablet or linked device
Linked devices show statuses but store them differently. What works on an Android tablet, and what doesn't.