WhatsApp Messenger

As stated from the title, this is a topic for people using WhatsApp messenger and prefer it more to PING!
Unlike Ping! which u could ping anyone just by knowing their usernames, WhatsApp Messenger synchronises with ur phonebook to check anyone who is using the App as well and no add is required! So it means that you can only text people in ur phonebook who uses the application. Well basically this has both Pros n Cons and it is beneficial for someone who wants more privacy and doesn't want to get texted by random people, and its more troublesome cause you would have to get ur fren's number and add him/her into ur phonebook in order to text him/her. There's another good thing as well, which is you could update ur status for people to see and you can know when's the last time someone logged in their whatsapp.

In the Ping! thread, I've noticed quite a lot of ppl uses whatsapp as well so I might as well open a new thread specifically about it. Previously, some ppl could register their number and some ppl can't because the app itself says it's not available in Malaysia, but I think one of our forum members found a definite way to get the app to work in Malaysia.

Anything about WhatsApp Messenger could be posted here so that everyone can share their experiences and any troubleshoots/problems with the application.

WhatsApp Messenger is still free at the moment, so guys, get it while it's free!! It's really an amazing app and so far I haven't experienced any crashes at all!

This post has been edited by eugenechiuu: Dec 1 2009, 07:25 PM

Finally an official thread for WhatsApps!! And, my words been quote.. Btw, TS can help to edit the typo of my quote? Its should be in Settings > Phone > My Number. Just help to remove the General to eliminate the miss leading part! Thanks ya!

Haha done, hope u dun mind me quoting ur post without any permission =P.. It's my first time posting a proper topic like that, so all advices and additions are accepted to make the post look better!

still waiting ma friends to install this apps, (why they so lembab la) never tested yet. anyone wanna give a try wif me? pm me ur phone no. (just testing purposes ok)

Yeah ~ Thanks to create the Fan Club ~
So we could share some updates and info in the future ~!

Can't wait for Ver 2.3 coming, hopefully it will support picture sending to fren, lol



Cheers

Great!! tested with eugenchiuu. Thanks to him!!

this app is using data to send and receive messages? wont cut our roaming credit?

Thanks for the correction!

Yea. It's using data to send & receive msgs. Just make sure that u had 3G data plan / WiFi and both sender and receiver has this apps installed then its good to go. Am using Ping! & this to apps to keep in touch with my fren that stay at the other side of the world.

Have now got mine up and running smoothly. Props!

finally all this hype about whatsapp. Was quite disappointed as to compare to Ping. I was hoping that photo can be attach so something like that.
The fonts are smaller than Ping's. But the good part is that you can view your friend's status on the phone book.

I must thank fylon for the discovery on how to register it.

maybe this features will be in 2.3ver

Don't have too. This is a forum that everyone sharing their knowledge. (ofcause, only ur willing to share! )

Yea. Probably once after this officially support Msia telco, I bet there is no trick to be needed for registering.

Just downloaded the app and it synchronizes with my phone book and detected one of my contacts is on WhatsApp. Pretty cool, except that I don't know how is it different from an IM client haha! Probably the 'always on' feature where you get notified via push, eh?

TS, I got another finding from recent problem with WhatApps.

Whenever you swap the simcard, you need to update your phone number. If you didn't change it with the new simcard number, the WhapApps will stop responding.

Thanks eugenechiuu for opening up this topic to clarify all my earlier thoughts, haha!

Really? I think that's just normal since you DO have to know someone's number if you want to text him/her right? So no point in the piracy advantage if people can still text you after you changed to another simcard, obviously you would need to update ur phone number as well. Well that's the part which is different from BBM then.

push notification is not working on my jailbreak-ed iphone. such a shame cuz i kinda really like the app

There is few forumer reporting the same thing too in ping! thread. Mostly likely is because of ur phone been JB thus the push function cant function properly. Most of the non JB user dont face this problem tou.

mine works like a charm in JBed

@Adium,
Is it working only because you err had your push notification "fixed"?

@fizyboy,
Try searching for "push notification fix" and see if you can find a proper fix for your iPhone