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Free Tips to Deal with Instagram Bug in 6 Ways

March 18, 2019

Instagram is one of the largest social platforms, allowing people to share photos and videos when there are something meaningful happen to they. It is a great place to record our lives.
 

Instagram Video Not Playing

As we know, photos and videos need to load with good network. But sometimes we would find that Instagram bugs happen, for example, videos not playing after clicking the play button, fail to load photos/videos as usual, even when you are in a good network environment. Why would this happen? More importantly, how to solve it? You will find the answers in this blog.

Part 1. Possible Reasons Why Instagram Bugs Happen

When you find the Instagram bugs happen while you are viewing Instagram, don't worry, check whether these possible situations that may lead to the problem have occurred.

1.Poor Internet Connection

Certain Instagram bug such as Instagram video not loading problem may due to the poor Internet connection of your ddevice. Instagram videos need good Internet connection which can make the videos be loaded more quickly and watched more fluently. When your device is connected to a poor network, it is sure to find the Instagram videos not playing as usual. Therefore, the bug occurs.

2.You Have Turned on Power Saving Mode

Some people will turn on power saving mode on their devices to extend battery life. But due to Instagram bug, some functions on Instagram may fail to be compatible with the device under power saving mode. Therefore, the problem like loading Instagram videos may be considered as a power wasting activity by the devices so they just stop the videos from playing to enable that the power is saved.

3.Incompatible Instagram Version

Instagram bugs occur and fails to run normally when the version you download on your device is incompatible with the current system of your device. So the Instagram videos not playing problem happens.

 
Play Instagram Video

4.Delected Source Documents

If you mistakenly delete the source documents of Instagram, this will also result in Instagram running normally as the above one stated. Under this situation, Instagram bugs can be actived as well.

5.Lack Storage Space

As we know, the device will automatically store cache data while we using apps or browsing websites. When your device doesn't have enough space to storage the cache data, the contents would fail to be loaded. So Instagram bug happens.
 
Here are 5 most possible reasons for why some Instagram occurs on your device. Now let's see how to fix it.
 

Part 2. 6 Easy Tips to Deal with Instagram Bugs

Way 1. Turn Off Power Saving Mode

Power saving mode will automatically prohibit some activities on your phone after you turn it on. Instagram bugs may happen because of this, for example, the Instagram videos fail to be loaded. So if you have turned on power saving mode on your device, turn it off to see whether this kind of Instagram bugs can be solved.
 

Turn Off Power Saving Mode

Way 2. Download Instagram Video and Watch Offline

When you find that Instagram bug - Instagram videos not streaming online, you can try to download the videos from their links and watch offline. Use VidPaw online video downloader to help you. It is a stable and helpful Instagram video downloader. 
 
Main features of VidPaw:
* Support downloading videos from 1,000+ sites;
* No pop-up ads and registration needed;
* 100% clean and safe download environment;
* Various output formats and qualities provided.
 
Follow the steps below to download Instagram videos via VidPaw.
  
STEP 1. Go to Instagram and copy the link of the Instagram video you want to download for watching offline.
STEP 2. Turn to VidPaw and paste the Instagram video link to the frame bar, then click "Download". (Open VidPaw in Documents' browser if you are using iPhone/iPad)
STEP 3. When the output choices come up, select one and click "Download" to download the Instagram videos to your computer.
 
Download Instagram Video on VidPaw

Way 3. Make Sure Network Connection is Fast

Actually, when you first find some Instagram bugs happen, such as videos not playing error, page fail to be refreshed, you can't load the ins story as usual, you should fist check if there are something wrong with your network connection. If you are using Wi-Fi, switch to another faster one to see whether the original one is too slow to load Instagram videos. When you are using mobile data, try to turn on the Airplane mode and turn it off to reconnect to the mobile data.

Way 4. Clear Cached Data

Clearing cached data sometimes can help to solve certain Instagram bugs easily, because too much cached data can cause the data and information stored on your device to get corrupted, so Instagram bugs happen. If you are using Android phone, clear the cached data in the Apps Info in Settings. If you are using browser to login Instagram, clear the cache and browsing history of the browser can simply solve the problem.

Way 5. Update Instagram to Latest

If the Instagram bugs can't be solved after you try to disable power saving mode, change to a faster network connection, or clear the cached data, there may be something wrong with Instagram app itself. Under this situation, you can go to App Store or Google Play Store to update it to the latest version. In most cases, after updating Instagram to the latest version, some Instagram bugs can be fixed.
 

 
Update Instagram

Way 6. Free up Phone Storage

As mentioned in the first part, when the phone storage is not enough to load any content, some Instagram bugs occurs, for example, videos fail to be loaded, you can't see photos but a white card instead, ins story turns black, and so forth. So free up the storage on your phone by deleting some unused applications, useless photos/videos, and outdated files can bring more storage back. Then these Instagram bugs can be fixed, too.
 
 
Do you also suffer some small Instagram bugs when you want to watch some wonderful or funny contents on Instagram? I know that when the problem happens it would be quite annoying. Now you can simply try the 6 useful methods above to solve the problem! It should also be noted that you can save your favorite Instagram videos via VidPaw now. What are you waiting for? Just enjoy Instagram!
 
 
Published on March 18, 2019
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