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Help Can't Upload Video / Boomerang to Instagram Stories

Krysannboggs

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UPDATE: LATEST INSTAGRAM UPDATE FIXED IT. WAY TO GO, IG!

I've chatted with other Note 8 users and they are experiencing the exact same issue. None of us can upload video or Boomerang a to Instagram Stories. It just gets stuck "posting". Does anyone have a solution?

EDIT: Samsung has said that this is an issue with Instagram and not the Note 8. We need to report the issue to Instagram (app settings > "Report an Issue") and hopefully they'll update the app to accomodate Note 8 videos.
 
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So presumably this is a problem that only Samsung and/or Instagram(Facebook) can fix?

It seems so.. imagine they say if they can't fix it?.

So I reached out to Samsung this morning, they told me to clear my cache and data for the app then told me to uninstall the app and reinstall, when none of those things worked they told me I would need to contact IG "As of now, we do not have any recommended issues on this, Christine." so, I guess I'll do that now

I guess this is a issue that Samsung wants to avoid.. You think it's because of our camera specs ?
 
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It seems so.. imagine they say if they can't fix it?.

Well I won't, because I don't use Instagram and I don't have a Note8.

Bare in mind the Note8 has only just shipped in last few days, so any problems and bugs with apps might still need to be sorted with it.
 
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contact samsung? it may be an issue on the phone. i just tried it and it hung there as well.

curious, if you use snapchat,can you see if you have success there?

It posts to Snapchat no problem, and Facebook too. But when I try to upload video to IF Stories (even one recorded in Facebook and Snapchat) it doesn't upload.

The note 8 is not officially released, so its possible samsung already know about these issues and will have an OTA coming soon.

A bit off topic, currently I'm having issues with amazon apps not opening on the note 8. Just getting a white screen.

Amazon and Prime Video are working for me

So I reached out to Samsung this morning, they told me to clear my cache and data for the app then told me to uninstall the app and reinstall, when none of those things worked they told me I would need to contact IG "As of now, we do not have any recommended issues on this, Christine." so, I guess I'll do that now

I figured it wasn't an issue with the phone but an issue with how Instagram uploads video. Because Facebook and Spa chat all work fine. It could be a simple bug fix for Instagram. The more people who report the issue the more likely they'll issue a fix.

Report the issue to Instagram, everyone!

I'm expiercing this same issue and contacted both Instagram and Samsung. This is obviously a Samsung issue however. It's only through the Note 8 that I can't post videos or boomerangs through the story. It's frustrating to upgrade only to not be able to use these features

It's not a Samsung issue. It's an issue with how Instagram uploads Note 8 videos, so we need to continue to report it to Instagram.
 
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UPDATE: LATEST INSTAGRAM UPDATE FIXED IT. WAY TO GO, IG!

I've chatted with other Note 8 users and they are experiencing the exact same issue. None of us can upload video or Boomerang a to Instagram Stories. It just gets stuck "posting". Does anyone have a solution?

EDIT: Samsung has said that this is an issue with Instagram and not the Note 8. We need to report the issue to Instagram (app settings > "Report an Issue") and hopefully they'll update the app to accomodate Note 8 videos.

YESS!!!!! working over here with the update!!!
 
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