A "bug" of WhatsApp can consume all the mobile data traffic

A new "bug" affects WhatsApp the most famous instant messaging service in the world. This time, the problem occurs when archiving conversations, when not only the most recent conversations are recorded, but also the oldest conversations and, therefore, already present in the backup.

One of the most interesting options WhatsApp offers precisely the ability to save shared conversations, photos, and videos within the application

This operation involves a considerable consumption of data traffic ] which, however, depends on the use that each user makes of the application.

Therefore, this new problem may involve noticeable occupancy of memory space as well as a large volume of data traffic during loading.

If the operation is carried out under the cover of a network Wi-Fi the only problem is the time required to complete the data download, whereas if the l? action If the data connection is made, it could even consume all the available traffic.

The problem has been reported by some users. When storing their WhatsApp conversations in Google Drive they found that, instead of the usual 60 MB, the data download was over 5GB. The problem seems to be due to a programming error, present in the current version of WhatsApp, for Android and iOS.

In addition, some users also reported that, often, trying to perform the backup the operation is interrupted without reason

When it is reactivated, the increase begins again to zero and the amount of data ends up duplicating itself, with consequent space and traffic problems.

At the moment, it is not clear what is the problem that this situation produces and WhatsApp has not provided any official indication. The advice, clearly, is to save the conversations completely manually and, therefore, perform it only under a Wi-Fi network so as not to suffer sudden drops in data traffic available. .