Enable Custom Notifications for WhatsApp Contact on HTC One M8

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Video: Enable Custom Notifications for WhatsApp Contact on HTC One M8

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Hello and welcome to VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to turn on and off custom notifications for a contact in WhatsApp on an HTC One M8.

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   To begin, turn the phone on by pressing the power button located on top of the phone

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   Once the phone has been activated we will see the lock screen.

   

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   To unlock the phone, swipe the screen up

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   Once the phone has been unlocked we will see the home screen, and at the bottom we will see 5 icons. We now need to open the application folder.

   

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   We can do that by tapping the icon in the middle, at the bottom of the screen

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   There is a grid of white dots. This is the icon for the applications folder.

   

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   Now that the folder has been opened, we need to find and tap the WhatsApp application

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   There is a WhatsApp icon, which is a green speech bubble with a white telephone inside, and underneath it says "WhatsApp". Your application may be in a different location, so look for the icon in your folder. We want to demonstrate how to turn on and off custom notifications for a contact.

   

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   We must first find a contact and tap on them

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   We're in the "CHATS" section, but we could also go to the "CONTACTS" section. Tap on a name to open the conversation.

   

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   Tap on the menu icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen

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   There are three small white dots in a vertical line.

   

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   Tap on "View contact" at the top

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   It will open the contact card for the contact.

   

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   Tap on "Custom notifications"

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   At the top we have the option to "Use custom notifications"

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   This option is currently deactivated, indicated by the empty check box. All of the options below it can't be selected. They are faded and gray. If we do want to use custom notifications for the contact, which includes things like unique notification tones, popup notifications or different colors, we can tap on the check box. The box will turn turquoise with a white check mark inside.

   

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    To turn this option off so that we're not using custom notifications for this contact, press down on the box until it is empty

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    This concludes the tutorial on how to turn on and off custom notifications for a contact in WhatsApp on an HTC One M8

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