Awesome. I spent an hour going through WhatsApp website and several other sites and they did not explain this one simple thing; "Instead of entering your phone number, click the three dots".. thank you
Thanks so much - this was a huge help in linking my non work Android to my WhatsApp. The written instructions online omitted the bit about clicking on the three dots!!!
I echo the remarks of all the other viewers... thank you so much for the crystal clear instructions, which I followed successfully! The in-app and online WhatsApp instructions on this procedure are poor, they mention nothing about clicking the three dots. I wasted two hours yesterday trying to pair two iPhones. You solved the problem for me in two minutes.
no "linked to other devices" option before entering phone number on the second phone. actually on both phones. why do you have two options and we just have one?
Hi! Thank you for your helpful video, I have a phone that is not generating the QR code for me to scan from the primary device. Any experience or advice on that? :(
This process used to be a lot complicated where you have to go into the developer settings on android and mess with the resolution in order to trick up and thinking it was installed on the tablet in order for you to sign in on two devices. This is way easier. Thanks.
Impossible to do when using an iPhone as a secondary phone. Still have to fill in my phone number first in order to receive a code and there is no option to go to settings.
Many thanks for this. It was super easy. However, I must confess that I used this option to change handset. I am now having to send my original handset (where my primary account is ) to google as part of trade in. I used this method because I did not know any other way of transferring chat and making sure I don't lose any conversations. Now what happens if I do not log into the primary account in another 14 days, please? Is there a way of making this link, permanent, primary, so to speak? Many thanks in advance.
@@tt2017 Yeah but it is only working if you choose android as your secondary phone and iPhone as your primary phone. It doesn't work if you choose iPhone as secondary phone
This is a great help, but do you have any suggestions for actually "switching" WhatsApp between two phones, meaning that I have two phones that already have WhatsApp on them, but I want to swap out the sim cards and whatsapp accounts...Any chance you could do a video on that? I'll volunteer my phones for the demo.
Brother, I have to login from android to android, after login, if I log out from the primary device, will it log out from the secondary device also or will my secondary device be changed to primary??? please tell
i have been searching for this trick for a long time until i found yours. i wanted to link my whatsapp between my samsung phone to my new smartwatch. your steps work great, thank you so much. i subscribed to your channel
What about video call and voice call..? If I make a call from the primary phone does the secondary phone ring and can “ listen in on the calls as well..??
It does not generate any QR codes when you press / touch / click these 3 dots and go for "link a companion device". My WhatsApp are the latest versions everywhere.
I live abroad and on the linked device with that country's phone number, I cannot add contacts. I also cannot see videos people send me and I cannot see their location pings either. It's so frustrating that I have to use my primary phone from the US just to add a Whatsapp contact! I don't want to carry 2 phones around with me all the time. Any resolution to this?
if i link a device that has old chats to new phone with no chats. will i still have my old chats on the old phone once it is linked? or will i loose those old chats and only have the chats on the new phone?
suck.. still waitng apple store via whatsapp app to update the lastest whatsapp feature to link to other HP.. have been so many times install and uninstall but everytime when log in the 3 dots on top ringht not appear.. any idea to solve my problem..
Thank you so much . helped me a lot , I had no idea before that I could do this, I thought that once I logged in on the second phone I would log out of the first phone
Alright, to those who didn't see the "link a device" option. The secondary phone CANNOT have sim card in it when setup. You can put the sim back after everything synced.
I can confirm, an iPhone XR without a SIM card will show the Link a Device option on the 2nd screen after you click the Agree… option on the 1st screen. I guess e-sim iPhones are SOL.
Very helpful. . Simple and to the point. i spend lots of time trying to do this and almost gave up. the instruction about not typing the phone number, but use to three dots was the key. in many hints that is not mentioned and I wasted lot of time. But, thanks to you it worked. Great that you kept it so simple and easy to follow step by step. Thanks a lot. 🙏🏻
Yeah I don't have the three dots on my old iphone. But it is the device that has all the chat history. So should I move primary device back to the old iPhone, delete new Android, reinstall Android and then link Android? Can I still move primary device to the new Android?
Do you have to uninstall your own Whatsapp on the scondary phone? Will you still be able to read your own whatsapp chats on the secondary phone? Will you able to access or read private messages on the primary phone?
I currently use an Android smartphone. I want to switch to a feature phone/dumb phone that does not have internet to avoid distraction from RUclips videos etc. This would mean no internet browsing and no WhatsApp on my primary device. I still want to use WhatsApp for communication (in a restricted manner) - on a different device (smartphone). How can I use WhatsApp on a secondary device when my primary device is a feature phone with no internet? I want to continue using WhatsApp with my existing mobile number. How do I do this?
Your video is so much better than many others with clear concise step by step instructions!!! I do not need to takeout the sim card from the secondary phone, very straightforward. Thank you for the big help!
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how to link an iphone as a secondary device to android? the 3 dots not shown! The tutorial on the whatsapp website says it works?!
The feature is still rolling out, just be patient, it will be available to you in about a week or two
Awesome. I spent an hour going through WhatsApp website and several other sites and they did not explain this one simple thing; "Instead of entering your phone number, click the three dots".. thank you
Telegram does it better
What you mean?
Yes. 😂
Cannot agree more
We need WhatsApp not telegram
Huh
Thanks so much - this was a huge help in linking my non work Android to my WhatsApp. The written instructions online omitted the bit about clicking on the three dots!!!
I echo the remarks of all the other viewers... thank you so much for the crystal clear instructions, which I followed successfully! The in-app and online WhatsApp instructions on this procedure are poor, they mention nothing about clicking the three dots. I wasted two hours yesterday trying to pair two iPhones. You solved the problem for me in two minutes.
Totally agree. Would never have found it without your help - thank you Pocket Lint!
@@K22MDL yeah we never know what is going on the brains of those whats app developers
my s23 ultra only shows HELP when I agree and tap the 3 dots on top right - I did not set a number...weird!
Me too
Cam 0:32 needs to mention iPhones can’t be secondary devices
This has been updated. iOS can be a secondary device.
@@deeeelishusdoes it sync properly as secondary whatsapp?
@@wilbertnatanael840 It syncs with no issue. The only thing I’ve noticed is that you can’t post status from the secondary device.
Yes they can
no "linked to other devices" option before entering phone number on the second phone. actually on both phones. why do you have two options and we just have one?
remove sim card from secondary then put it back later
Hi! Thank you for your helpful video, I have a phone that is not generating the QR code for me to scan from the primary device.
Any experience or advice on that? :(
I use my whatsapp in my ihone and android
2:45 Ah... So it is not really transferred. I thought we can already used the linked device on new phone and just abandoned the old one.
Please what happens when you uninstall your WhatsApp from the primary phone. Does the linked devices also deletes the WhatsApp or it stays ??
I need to know this too.
This process used to be a lot complicated where you have to go into the developer settings on android and mess with the resolution in order to trick up and thinking it was installed on the tablet in order for you to sign in on two devices. This is way easier. Thanks.
Impossible to do when using an iPhone as a secondary phone. Still have to fill in my phone number first in order to receive a code and there is no option to go to settings.
Agree this doesnt work
it works now. there is no three dots but a message is present 'Link the device' below the place where enter phone number option is present
Many thanks for this. It was super easy. However, I must confess that I used this option to change handset. I am now having to send my original handset (where my primary account is ) to google as part of trade in. I used this method because I did not know any other way of transferring chat and making sure I don't lose any conversations. Now what happens if I do not log into the primary account in another 14 days, please? Is there a way of making this link, permanent, primary, so to speak? Many thanks in advance.
Hi can u help with the same this just making android the primary phone ??
Same request
@@Enosh2007 Same for Me
I use both android and it worked! Just have to uninstall then reinstall WhatsApp on yr secondary hp.
@@tt2017 Yeah but it is only working if you choose android as your secondary phone and iPhone as your primary phone. It doesn't work if you choose iPhone as secondary phone
How to do switch the primary device? I want the newer one that’s currently linked to be the primary device.
I need to know this too.
how to link android to iPhone?
did u find it?
@@diegoma618 NO IM STILL SEARCHING
This is a great help, but do you have any suggestions for actually "switching" WhatsApp between two phones, meaning that I have two phones that already have WhatsApp on them, but I want to swap out the sim cards and whatsapp accounts...Any chance you could do a video on that? I'll volunteer my phones for the demo.
So if you use your phone to link your whatsapp can you delete it from your friends phone and be using your own
Hi can you change the link secondary phone to primary ?
I only see the option "help" not "link a device... any other way?
Brother, I have to login from android to android, after login, if I log out from the primary device, will it log out from the secondary device also or will my secondary device be changed to primary??? please tell
Please tell me
@@snehamondal8359 you have to login in open your whatsapp in primary phone within every 14 days otherwise secondary device will be logout
i have been searching for this trick for a long time until i found yours. i wanted to link my whatsapp between my samsung phone to my new smartwatch. your steps work great, thank you so much. i subscribed to your channel
What about video call and voice call..? If I make a call from the primary phone does the secondary phone ring and can “ listen in on the calls as well..??
It does not generate any QR codes when you press / touch / click these 3 dots and go for "link a companion device". My WhatsApp are the latest versions everywhere.
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Thanks....Can it be done with out scanning the QR code?
Thanks.
How do I upload my status on the linked phone?
If we make android a secondary phone. iPhone does show old chats.
I live abroad and on the linked device with that country's phone number, I cannot add contacts. I also cannot see videos people send me and I cannot see their location pings either. It's so frustrating that I have to use my primary phone from the US just to add a Whatsapp contact! I don't want to carry 2 phones around with me all the time. Any resolution to this?
Will it work if I shut down my phone for a week to switch to the secondary? Will the backup be fine when I returned to the primary?
What if I want to make the secondary device as primary
if i link a device that has old chats to new phone with no chats. will i still have my old chats on the old phone once it is linked? or will i loose those old chats and only have the chats on the new phone?
I’m looking for the same option but my primary phone is android et second one iphone so i wanna scanne from android toi iphone… Some help me please
Can I accept the same WhatsApp call on both phones at the same time
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Is it possible to change the secondary phone to become the primary?
suck.. still waitng apple store via whatsapp app to update the lastest whatsapp feature to link to other HP.. have been so many times install and uninstall but everytime when log in the 3 dots on top ringht not appear.. any idea to solve my problem..
My phone didn't show a qr code. How can I solve this problem?
Remove sim, uninstall and reinstall whatsapp, and redo the above procedure. QR Code will appear.
Is it possible to see which are direct messages to primary phone and which messages are received in the linked phone?
How many minutes it takes to link!!! Does it take long time??
Thank you so much . helped me a lot , I had no idea before that I could do this, I thought that once I logged in on the second phone I would log out of the first phone
Thank you, I tried it and it worked. Video is short and clear. Thanks again
Secondary device recvd few contacts and chats.. old message syncing issue. Even when u do settings sync also not working
Does this works on WhatsApp Biz?
This all makes sense but how about if I want to connect a device that is in a different location (different country)?
Hi
How to change secondary WhatsApp as primary
does it notify the primary phone whenever the secondary phone is using WhatsApp?
You'll get notifications on both phones - if that's what you mean?
@@pocketlintcom i meant will phone A snitch on phone B when phone B is using the same WhatsApp?
Can it do same for business Whatsapp to normal Whatsapp messenger
What if the secondary phone is not present with you. ie you want to link it to someone in another location
Can this work for whatsapp for business?
Alright, to those who didn't see the "link a device" option. The secondary phone CANNOT have sim card in it when setup. You can put the sim back after everything synced.
So, how is this feature supposed to work in US based iPhone 14 Pro models with e-sims?
I turned the e-sim off in the Cellular settings and reinstalled WhatsApp and still no luck.
I can confirm, an iPhone XR without a SIM card will show the Link a Device option on the 2nd screen after you click the Agree… option on the 1st screen. I guess e-sim iPhones are SOL.
@@DaytonPruet Too bad for e-sim user.
Thank you so much!
I had to remove the sim, then reinstall whatsapp on my iphone and then the option appeared.
Just a question please when I link my husband device can he sees my messages too or no
awesome thanks, do you know if this works also for whatsapp bussines?
Very helpful. . Simple and to the point. i spend lots of time trying to do this and almost gave up. the instruction about not typing the phone number, but use to three dots was the key. in many hints that is not mentioned and I wasted lot of time. But, thanks to you it worked. Great that you kept it so simple and easy to follow step by step. Thanks a lot. 🙏🏻
thanks bro
i linked my whatsapp with other mobile but once view function not working,
what is the solution
What about the number the original number that's on my iPhone?? How can I use that number on WhatsApp??
The 3 dots on my secondary android hp didn't reflect the "link device" until i uninstalled WhatsApp and reinstall it. Then it worked!! Thank you!
Yeah I don't have the three dots on my old iphone. But it is the device that has all the chat history. So should I move primary device back to the old iPhone, delete new Android, reinstall Android and then link Android? Can I still move primary device to the new Android?
Its worked. Thanks.
Can verify reinstalling ublocked the link device option
ughh thank you so much for pointing that out, i wouldve just given up now
How can I post status on my secondary phone
How do I make the linked WhatsApp device the main one ?
Do you have to uninstall your own Whatsapp on the scondary phone? Will you still be able to read your own whatsapp chats on the secondary phone? Will you able to access or read private messages on the primary phone?
iPhone can't be used as a secondary device
I have an Iphone and it works perfect
@@medinmon5150 looks like changes happened along the way.
Can i be able to see the deleted messages from the secondary phone?
jajaja re de trampa
The "link a device" option doesn't appear to me only "help"
I struggled for 2 days until this video pointed me to the 3 dot menu on top right....thanks a lot.
Xperia 1 no "link device" option 😢 uninstalled installed several times no luck
can i use primary phone as usual
Because of this video you’ve gotten a new subscriber ❤️. Keep this good work 😊
Thanks so much! This was really helpful
I currently use an Android smartphone. I want to switch to a feature phone/dumb phone that does not have internet to avoid distraction from RUclips videos etc. This would mean no internet browsing and no WhatsApp on my primary device. I still want to use WhatsApp for communication (in a restricted manner) - on a different device (smartphone).
How can I use WhatsApp on a secondary device when my primary device is a feature phone with no internet? I want to continue using WhatsApp with my existing mobile number.
How do I do this?
This is the first time i see going straight to the pint. Great video
I noticed that we cannot block people on the 2nd phone
Can we make our 2nd phone as the primary phone?
I have an iPhone as my primary phone and I want to link an android that isn’t in service(I used WiFi though) and the QR code didn’t show up. Why?
What about two iPhones? Isn't that available to do?
Any idea how to make linked device as main WhatsApp
Thank you so much 😊
My secondary phone is an iPhone, and there is no link to a device option 😢
Same here
Same with me
Same here
Same here.. it's useless for me
Does someone knows what to do with if secondary phone is Iphone?
After this status of contacts are not shown on the linked devices but .why?
I have noticed the contacts are not showing up in the WhatsApp I am using from Android to IPhone any help?
does it work for whatsapp business?
Thank you so much for the easy and clean explanation
Theres no QR bar me help pls❤
Your video is so much better than many others with clear concise step by step instructions!!! I do not need to takeout the sim card from the secondary phone, very straightforward. Thank you for the big help!
It's possible to connect without scanning code ?
I don't get the tab to link my device on my phone
I have 2 google pixels and my second phone doesn't give me the option either
What about link with phone number instead of QR code ?
How I vice-versa I want to switch from secondary to primary
THANK YOU! Watching your video was much more helpful to me than reading the instructions on the whatsapp.
thank you mate i just repaired my old xperia 10 iii and wanted to use it as a sub phone and didnt know how to get whatsapp on it
This was very helpful, thank you very much
Thank you. You made it easy!
Thank you very much for help
My secondary AND primary phones are iPhones 🤡 Useless tip for me 😕
Same here.. I’m still waiting on this feature 😢
same
Andriod to iphone wont work as iphone dont have the 3 dots
I’ve tried this, however it doesn’t have all the chats and media my WhatsApp on the primary phone does
It doesnt work when i take a screenshot and send the code to someone else so they can scan it. It keeps changing. How do i fix that
It's literally made to prevent people from doing this very thing
How to change primary phone?
1:04 i dont have this.
great bro !!! i did first the other way around as " whatsapp " meant.. tyhat was a failure, your video helped !! thanks
Thank you. This really helps
Doesn't generate code on either phone for me
What if the secondary phone is and iPhone?
I think Xiaomi