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People with Samsung phones can you help me work something out please?

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 08:07

On a Samsung phone you can be in the photo gallery and decide to send a photo to someone so you can press that share button (which looks like 3 dots in a triangle with two lines on two sides) and then select WhatsApp and then some suggested contacts come up.

Are these suggested contacts random? Is there anyway one of them could be someone that's not been contacted for a long time? Obviously this is what DH is claiming - "it's just some random professional contact that he worked with over a year ago, no idea why that comes up"

I'm skeptical obviously!! I have an iPhone though and don't know my way around a Samsung too well.

So just to recap - it's the very specific was of starting off in the phone gallery and selecting a picture to share and then WhatsApp that I'm asking about...

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 08:24

This is annoying - I'm no further along then.

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Ligresa · 29/08/2019 08:24

If the circle was whatsapp then its a recent contact. If a blank circle with initials then possibly random email contact

DeathMetalMum · 29/08/2019 08:26

It's not always the most recent or most contacted. I always share photos via Facebook messenger. There are probably three or four people I share photos with max. I nearly always have to search for them through messenger, they're not always on the screen as a choice. I have what's app but don't really use it often but there's always a couple of what's app people in the share option menu.

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 08:28

I think he was telling the truth the truth then. His response seemed very truthful and convincing about who the name was

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squee123 · 29/08/2019 08:28

@DeathMetalMum Facebook messenger is different. It doesn't seem to do it by most recently contacted, but WhatsApp does. Just tested it on DH's different model Samsung too (with permission) and got the same thing, most recently contacted

Candace19 · 29/08/2019 08:30

@CheezePlant you are further along. You know deep down, maybe not who but you know he's in contact. What will you do now ?

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 08:32

No idea as I think I've blown my cover now @Candace19

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TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 29/08/2019 08:36

Ok, I click on the share symbol and the first thing that comes up is a list of contacts from my gmail account (fairly randomly selected) in a horizontal line and below that a horizontal line of other ways I might want to share it, including the WhatsApp link.

If I click on that, it brings up a vertical list of "frequently contacted" followed by "regularly contacted".

So it depends which bit of that process you're describing to us. The first step: random; the second step: not random.

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 08:38

I think it must have been the first step.

It I have reason to believe a chat was deleted before this point. So I think all the incriminating details from the app would have gone anyway ...

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squee123 · 29/08/2019 08:41

have you tried looking at his location history on Google Maps?

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 08:42

@squee123 no. He's not been anywhere apart from work so I don't think that would throw anything up. I'm only suspecting messaging at this point.

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palahvah · 29/08/2019 08:42

If it's the first set of contacts/apps in rows, with whatsapp, Gmail etc below and the actual contacts at the top, then the contacts are pretty random.

If it's after you've selected WhatsApp, and you're talking about the recent/frequent contacts within WhatsApp itself then these are actual recent/frequent.

bubbles1960 · 29/08/2019 08:48

I send a lot of images on whatsapp. When I click the share button the first box asks about sharing large files. The next box has the 3 most recent contacts in whatsapp and the last box has all the other social media options for sharing, including just the whatsapp symbol. If I click the whatsapp symbol in that box it then has 3 top frequently contacted followed by most recent chats.

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 08:53

I'd ask for screenshots of what people are doing so I can identify which stage I mean but I guess that's not possible without outing yourselves! I can't see any examples on google either

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squee123 · 29/08/2019 08:59

I can PM you one

squee123 · 29/08/2019 09:13

annoyingly it doesn't seem to be possible to PM pics

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 09:19

Thanks for the offer @squee123 it's ok though.

I looked at the usage in settings too but there was nothing incriminating. But if a chat had been deleted would that delete anything from there too?

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Ilikethisone · 29/08/2019 09:22

Ok. I have the s9. Dont know if that changes it.

If I pick a photo and then press the share triangle with dots, I get a horizontal list of names. They arenr my most frequent contacts. Exh is the first name, I text him last. Then its dp, then some work people. Only do is someone i contact frequently in the first few names.

So i can only assume that my list is the last few people i have messaged. Wether text fb messenger, or what's app.

If i click the what's app icon. It opens a window that look like my what's app. So if you open what's app through clicking the app icon, that's what it looks like.

Ilikethisone · 29/08/2019 09:23

I looked at the usage in settings too but there was nothing incriminating. But if a chat had been deleted would that delete anything from there too?

No.

cocomelon23 · 29/08/2019 09:27

I just checked and my whatsapp suggestions are all my common contacts. However it does suggest an Outlook contact of someone I used to work with who I've never contacted through Outlook so not sure how that works!

Buyitinbamboo · 29/08/2019 09:38

I've tried commenting with a screen shot a couple of times but it's not going through. for me it's my 4 most contacted contacts.

Musti · 29/08/2019 09:38

Does he contact a lot of people or does he rarely use it?

Mine shows up my most recent and frequent contacts. But I message a lot to about 20 people so there is plenty of choice for the algorithm. If your husband rarely messages then it may just have picked one of his contacts at random.

Ilikethisone · 29/08/2019 09:43

Can i just add an edit to what happens on mine.

I Just scrolled across the horizontal list and it suggests my dad. As the 5th, name. I have spoken, text or had any contact with my dad in about 6 months.

Theres people that I have contacted more recently that are not showing.

So although I said I can only assume it's the last few people I contacted, it's actually not.

Cant work out why my exh would be first, given we speak about once a week arranging to drop the kids off. So I assumed it was who I had contacted last

But it's not. My brother is also on there. Havent spoken to him in 6 weeks.

crustycrab · 29/08/2019 09:46

Go into WhatsApp. Click top right as of to create a new message. It'll come up with a list of frequently contacted people whether he's deleted their chats or not

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CheezePlant · 29/08/2019 10:01

@crustycrab I've just texted that on my own phone. I had a list of frequently most contacted and to test deleted the chat of one of them. When I did it again they weren't there anymore. So deleting chats deletes them off that

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