Requirements :

This status_mode sharedpref is like a remote config, which gets altered by changing the server-side parameter values.

It seems WhatsApp used this to enable the feature to all updated devices (of specific groups) at once when needed, instead of just immediately enabling the feature when it's implemented in the app.

Since it has seemed to them the feature is stable, the condition checking for status_mode was removed, and status feature has been made permanent.

Steps:

Code: <int name="status_mode" value="1"/> Code: <int name="status_mode" value="0"/> For text editors, changeto:

1.ed device2. Any Root File Explorer or SharedPreferences Editor This trick was working only till version 2.17.81.. So, it will no longer work on newer versions. (All you can do now is switch to older versions to get rid of the feature)Force Stop WhatsApp before proceeding.For Root Explorers, open the file 'For SharedPreference Editors, select 'WhatsApp' and then select ''.Find the key name: '' and edit its value from '1' andNow, launch WhatsApp and see if there's a difference