A couple of years ago, WhatsApp surprised us by adding the photos that can only be seen once. As soon as the receiver opens the photo and sees it on his mobile, he is removed from the chat and also cannot be saved or forwarded. Well, at least you can’t officially.
We have already told you several ways to save photos that can only be seen once in WhatsApp and now we bring you another courtesy of WaTweaker that stands out because reintroduces the save menu in these types of photos, making it very easy after you have put it into operation.
With Magisk everything is possible
The way Android isolates app data and screenshot protections at the system level makes it difficult to bypass WhatsApp’s protection for view-only photos with conventional tricks. Is need to bring out the heavy artillerythat is, the root.
Root access allows you to do whatever you want with your mobile, bypassing all possible protections and for this reason it was the basis of the two methods we already knew to save WhatsApp photos that can only be seen once, from the file explorer. (with root) and with an Xposed module, under Magisk that disables protection against screenshots. The last method is also an Xposed modulebut it has the advantage that it brings you the native recording option.
This means that you will have to meet a series of prerequisites that are not entirely popular these days: having Magisk on mobile and installing an Xposed module manager that works under Magisk, such as LSPosed. Since you can now log in to WhatsApp on multiple mobiles, you can use an old mobile that you have with root to login and do the trick.
If you meet the requirements, you will need download WA Tweaker from their official websitea powerful tool to activate hidden features of WhatsApp that includes an Xposed module to make certain modifications and customizations in the application.
When you install WA Twaker, it will install an Xposed module with the same name as You must activate in the Xposed module manager application that you have installed, such as LSPosed. It is common that you must choose to which applications the changes are going to be applied, where you must mark WhatsApp.
After activating the module, open WA Tweaker and go to the tab Tweaks and then go into Xposed. Enter then in chat tweaks and finally check the box Save View Eleven media. It is recommended that you force close WhatsApp and reopen it.
After the initial setup, everything should work on its own without you needing to repeat any of these steps. The next time someone sends you a photo or video that can only be viewed once, open it normally and, when you display the menu ⋮ you will be surprised that the menu appears Keepjust like opening any other photo.
This is the main advantage of this method compared to forcing the screenshot with the other Xposed module, since the photo is saved largerwhile the screenshot will show you less quality, especially if the photo has been sent with HD activated.
With respect to the other method that we already knew (diving through WhatsApp files with a rooted explorer), it has the advantage that it is much faster once past initial setup.
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