If, like the majority of Android users, you have chosen to no longer use the original messaging application on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and you only use WhatsApp, you have done the right thing choice. Indeed, in addition to being frankly intuitive, the application offers the possibility of making calls, sending multimedia content, ensuring the confidentiality of your exchanges ... However, unlike conventional SMS, when you receive messages or calls the app sends you notifications. Alas, it sometimes happens that you were not receiving WhatsApp notifications on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE , we will precisely, in this tutorial help you solve this problem, so that you do not miss any important message or call.

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The different WhatsApp notifications problems on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

We therefore begin our article by presenting you the different notification problems that you may encounter on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. In general, there are two different reasons for this concern, either a bad setting of your device, or a software bug that prevents WhatsApp from showing you message or call notifications on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. This bug manifests itself in several ways, here they are:

  • WhatsApp message notifications are not showing on my Samsung Galaxy S20 FE : This is the most common case, when you receive a message, you do not see any alert, your device does not vibrate and in the event that you slide the upper notification bar downwards you do not see there either. no notifications or alerts.
  • My device does not ring when I receive a WhatsApp call on my Samsung Galaxy S20 FE : This problem is regularly only due to a problem activating or configuring notifications either on the application or directly in the settings of your mobile phone.
  • I don't always receive WhatsApp notifications on my Samsung Galaxy S20 FE : On the assumption that you have the impression that the bug only occurs periodically, you probably have a setting that occasionally restricts notifications from appearing on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, such as a notification authorization not activated when you are in battery saver mode.

How to fix a WhatsApp notifications problem on a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE?

After listing the various notification issues that you may encounter, we will now move on to the practical part of this article and the one that probably interests you the most, How to fix a WhatsApp notifications problem on a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE? We will take turns presenting several manipulations, we suggest that you try them in order, they are classified from the most common / easy to perform, to the most complex.

1. Make sure you are connected to the internet on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

First solution, even if it may seem logical, as WhatsApp works via data connections and not thanks to the mobile network, you must be connected to the internet to be able to send / receive / call via WhatsApp. Logically, you will not see a notification appear on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE in the event that you do not receive the internet, so make sure that is the case.

2. Restart your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

This solution is also quite easy to implement but regularly corrects most bugs on Android. Performing a good restart of a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE is never a bad solution, and even if it does not fix your notification problem, your device will thank you as it will certainly perform better after this manipulation.

3. Make sure WhatsApp notifications are enabled on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

Obviously, to send notifications, an application requires rights. Even if there is no reason that you have changed this setting, it is still good to check whether it may have changed as a result of an update or a bad manipulation:

  • See you in the » Settings  »Of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
  • Then in the tab " Applications  »
  • Find and click on the WhatsApp application
  • Make sure that on the line » Notifications ", The setting is of course the option" Enabled  »

You will also be able, in the settings of the application itself, to confirm that the notifications say " Pop Up  » are also authorized. In this context, all you have to do is follow the few instructions below:

  • Start the WhatsApp application on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
  • Click on the three small vertical dots at the top right of your screen
  • Open menu » Settings  »
  • Click on the tab " Notifications  »
  • Check the option " Always display Pop-Up  »

4. Make sure WhatsApp is authorized to run in the background

The second important parameter that you must make sure that it is correctly configured to be sure to receive notifications of WhatsApp messages and calls on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, this is the authorization to run the application in the background . Indeed, in the event that WhatsApp is closed, it will not be able to communicate information to you and you will automatically have notification problems. So follow the few instructions below to make sure everything is set up correctly:

  • See you in the » Settings  »Of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
  • Click on the menu » Applications  »
  • Select the application from the list Whatsapp
  • Now click on » Mobile data  " or " Data connection  »Depending on your version of Android
  • Check that the option " Allow use of background data  »Be activated

5. Disable the battery optimizer for the app

This option prevents applications from running in the background, even in the hypothesis that by default the setting is authorized. It allows you to drastically limit the energy consumption of your mobile, that said you have to make sure that WhatsApp is not impacted by this mode:

  • See you in the » Settings  »Of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
  • Click on the menu » Battery  »
  • Then on " Application energy management  »
  • Finally click on » Applications not put to sleep  »
  • And now check that WhatsApp is in the list, conversely, click on » Add apps  And select WhatsApp.

6. Update the WhatsApp application to solve your notification problem on Samsung Galaxy S20 FE

Some app updates have bugs that will only appear when users download and use them, so developers don't have the ability to spot them sooner. You may have downloaded a version of the application which has bugs on the notification part, so go to » Google Play Store ", Then in" My apps and games  And check that the app does not need to be updated.

7. Clear the cache of the WhatsApp application

Last solution, you can clear the cache of the WhatsApp application to fix the notification issues on your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE. This is in fact all the data recorded by the app, after a certain moment too much data can disrupt the normal functioning of WhatsApp, so it is important to empty it regularly:

  • See you in the » Settings  »Of your Samsung Galaxy S20 FE
  • Click on the menu » Applications  »
  • Select the WhatsApp application
  • Click on " Clear Cache  »

In the event that you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become a master of the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy S20FE.