Social media, for better or for worse, have become the spokespersons for millions of people that, otherwise, they would not have any method of expressing themselves. Leaving aside the use that some users make to generate controversy to capture the attention of other users, when it does not work correctly many get nervous.
Instagram, like any other online platform, you need an internet connection, since the content is never stored locally on the device. However, it may sometimes not work as it should. What happens when I can't upload photos to Instagram?
The solution to the problem I cannot upload photos to Instagram depends on several factors. If you want to know how to solve this problem, I invite you to continue reading.
Instagram is down
The first thing we should do when we cannot publish photos on Instagram is to check if Instagram is down. The fastest method to check if the Instagram servers are down es a través de la web Down Detector.
Through this page, we can know the number of incidents reported by users in the last 24 hours. Through the graph that it shows us, we can quickly know if the platform's servers are down.
If the graph shows a large number of incidents at that time, the only thing we can do is wait for the problems to be solved. To the this platform will not work without internet connectionWe cannot upload content or view the latest posts.
We don't have internet connection
If we have verified that the servers are not the problem, we must check if the problem is with our device. The first thing we must find out if we have an internet connection, either via Wi-Fi or using mobile data.
Wi-Fi connection is presented by an inverted triangle at the top of the screen. If this does not appear it means that we are not connected to a Wi-Fi network, so if we do not have mobile data, we will never be able to upload photos to the platform.
To check if we have mobile data (as long as we have not exhausted our rate), we must check if the words 3G, 4G or 5G are shown next to the coverage level. If that is not the case, we don't have internet connectionThat is, we do not have mobile data, so we cannot upload photos to the Internet.
The internet connection is poor
If the images take a long time to upload or the application returns a loading error, if we have an internet connection, it is likely that the signal that reaches our mobile device is very weak and the speed is very low.
To check if the level of Wi-Fi signal and mobile data reaching our device is weak, we must look at the number of bars of the Wi-Fi signal and the number of bars of mobile coverage. If the number of bars is 1 or 2, we can solve this problem by moving around a bit.
It must be remembered that the walls and / or walls in addition to the electrical appliances they don't get along with wireless signals, so by changing position, we will solve the problem quickly.
Close and reopen the application
Mobile devices are responsible for managing open applications depending on the amount of memory on the device. The more RAM you have, more applications remain open in the background (which is not the same as running in the background).
If you regularly use Instagram, it is more than likely that the application will never close completely, so if it has operational problems, it does not update the feed or it does not allow us to upload images or it takes a lifetime to upload them to the platform, we should close the application and reopen it.
Update the application to the latest version
Although it is not usual, on occasions, Instagram launches a new update, an update necessary if or if to be able to access the platform, being able to limit the use of the application to the new update.
To check if we have the latest version, the fastest method is to access the Play Store or App Store and search for Instagram. If a new update has been released, instead of displaying the Open button, Update will be displayed.
Clear the cache
The cache is another factor that includes in the malfunction of mobile applications. The application cache is application data that is stored on the device so that it loads images and texts that are usually repeated more quickly.
In this way, not only is the application's internet consumption reduced, but also, the loading of the feeds is limited only to the new data, not to all the data on the platform.
If the application has problems when loading images, if none of the solutions that we have proposed above has worked, we must empty the cache and try again.
While iOS is in charge of automatically emptying the cache periodically (preventing the user from deleting it) in Android we can perform this process manually. To clear the cache in Android, we must access the properties of the application and click on the button Clear cache.
Use the web version
If after trying the above methods, the application still does not work, we can test through the web version from our browser. Although the web page invites us to open the installed application, we must carry out the process to upload photos from the web version, a web version that offers us the same functionality as the mobile application.
Restart device
In computing, where mobile devices also come in, the sometimes simplest solution is reboot the device, absurd as it may seem. When you restart the device, the operating system restarts from scratch and putting each thing in its place.
Although the operating system of mobile devices is designed to stay in operation for weeks without needing a reboot, it never hurts to reboot it on a regular basis, especially when performance starts to get erratic.