Rollback to Old WhatsApp Status Feature on Rooted & Non-Rooted Android Device

As we all know that WhatsApp has recently rolled the new Status update. Many were happy with this, but, more than many were sad for it too. This includes me also. Old status was a feature which everyone was aware of and were knowing the importance of it. Then, recently, a news came that the text status feature will be coming back with a new identity as "TagLine". Now, we have to wait and see about this. 

This feature is still hidden but will soon be available. In the mean time, if you want the old status feature, then now that is possible.

Rollback to Old WhatsApp Status on Non-rooted devices:
If your smartphone is non-rooted then you can easily get back the Old WhatsApp status  by installing WhatsApp version 2.17.60. To download it, click here. Once you install it, you can get back the old text status feature. Also, make sure you properly restore all the your message. To know more click here.

Rollback to Old WhatsApp Status on Rooted devices:
If you happen to have a rooted Android device, then you can change the value in the WhatsAppp configuration (xml) file which will enable the old WhatsApp Status, without needing to install old version. Follow below steps:

Backup your current chat history. Then Force Stop the WhatsApp by going to Settings -> Apps -> WhatsApp -> Force Stop.
Now navigate to the Root Folder of your device. Then go to.

/data/data/com.whatsapp/shared_prefs/

You will find xml files in this folder. Open the xml files named as 'com.whatsapp_preference.xml

Now scroll down or use the find tool to search the following below lines:

<int name="ststus_mode" value="1" /> 

change it to

<int name="status_mode" value="0" />

Now save the changes and Open your WhatsApp.

That's it. This will help you get your old whatsapp status back. Let me know if you get it right. If any problem is faced then do let me know in the comment section. Will help you in resolving it.

Cheers!!!a