Help SD card changed to internal storage, now Whatsapp can't download images

[unregisteredalien]

Hi guys. My S7 Edge was constantly running out of storage so I converted my SD card to internal storage and migrated data. That seems to have solved the storage problem, and most everything else is working fine, but now Whatsapp won't download/save images sent to me: "The download was unable to complete. Please try again later."

Any suggestions? My network connection is fine and I can download/save images from Chrome, so it seems to be a Whatsapp issue. I've tried rebooting the phone and reinstalling the app but those steps didn't help.

 

[bIOforger]

This is the issue with moving apps to the SD card, some will work some won't (not designed to use the SD card). I don't bother anymore too much hassle.

 

[unregisteredalien]

Thanks guys. I did try reinstalling Whatsapp (my phone wouldn't permit a full uninstall) and it didn't help. However, I eventually resolved the issue by renaming the Whatsapp folder - I guess the app then thought it didn't exist and created a new folder which is not write-protected. I don't fully understand how I was able to do this, since the folder was marked read-only and I wasn't able to change that status or delete it - but I have a working solution so I'm happy.

 

[IMTheNachoMan]

Hi guys. My S7 Edge was constantly running out of storage so I converted my SD card to internal storage and migrated data. That seems to have solved the storage problem, and most everything else is working fine, but now Whatsapp won't download/save images sent to me: "The download was unable to complete. Please try again later."

Any suggestions? My network connection is fine and I can download/save images from Chrome, so it seems to be a Whatsapp issue. I've tried rebooting the phone and reinstalling the app but those steps didn't help.

May I ask what version of Android are you running? And how did you convert the SD card to internal storage and then migrate data? I have been trying to do this very thing with 7.0 (Nougat) but can't figure it out.

 

[Kadich]

Thanks guys. I did try reinstalling Whatsapp (my phone wouldn't permit a full uninstall) and it didn't help. However, I eventually resolved the issue by renaming the Whatsapp folder - I guess the app then thought it didn't exist and created a new folder which is not write-protected. I don't fully understand how I was able to do this, since the folder was marked read-only and I wasn't able to change that status or delete it - but I have a working solution so I'm happy.

thanks this worked!!

 

[Nadavof]

Hey!
I have the same problem, can you please be more specific about which folder did you change the name of? Cause I have a folder "WhatsApp" in my internal memory. So I'm not sure what you mean...
Thanks!