WhatsApp - "Old file/photo attachment. React with the ♻ (recycle) emoji to request this media from your phone."
Have you noticed this placeholder on imported and old messages after connecting your WhatsApp account to Beeper?
Have you noticed this placeholder on imported and old file/photo messages after connecting your WhatsApp account to Beeper?
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After connecting your WhatsApp account to Beeper, you might encounter some placeholders with this message, especially for what's supposed to be media messages.
This behavior comes directly from WhatsApp, and at the moment, Beeper doesn't have a way to render those files. It's worth mentioning that this only affects old messages that were imported. Recent media/file posts should import just fine.
Note
In some rare instances, a new message may fail to download without explanation. In such cases, Beeper will display the message in the screenshot.