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

Really? What firmware are you on?? Mine is working fine though... Maybe sometimes line not so good then I will receive the text a bit late... but just by a few minutes only...

mine is a JB maxis 3gs n push is workin pretty fine for me. ping and whatsapp included.

I screwed up my push functionality when i 'gatal tangan' installed push fix as the push is working fine previously.

Now I had to open whatsapp frequently to see if there's any incoming message. lol

Just downloaded it. try me !

on all my 500+ contact (mostly relative) only CRCX is on WhatsApp

none of my contacts are on whtapp

go spread the news

Had installed the App and test it out !

Sadly, I discovered the iPhone data statistic keep on accumulating without turn ON wifi. I thought it suppose be free!
Still sourcing for Application which is really FREE, any suggestion ??

I am worrying the charges when using it abroad..... the phone bill will be a BOOM

@stephenCSW,
If ur Wifi is off the application will automatically log on via data services. If and when you're on roaming just switch roaming to off and u should have no issues

Alright....thks!!!!

great app. much more stable than ping imho

@Ech,
The only downside is that u need to reveal ur phone number to the other party; thus far no strangers on my WhatsApp; just Ping!

WhatsApp 2.3 is out!!! Check iTunes for new features!!

This post has been edited by eugenechiuu: Dec 11 2009, 10:06 AM

ya.. but apps store not update it yet...

"@neilhowieson 2.3 is the version which got approved today, but some (not all) apple download servers still hand out older 2.2 version..
15 minutes ago from web in reply to neilhowieson" taken from WhatsAppInc Twitter


Now its work!! can send photo, video and audio

This post has been edited by Adium: Dec 11 2009, 05:19 PM

Yea.. I think it was delayed for some servers coz my gf could update it whilst I can't.. But it was fine already this morning.. Hahah... The send/receive photo/vid functions as well as the audio notes is really a big bonus!

Success to update to 2.3 !!!
Tomorrow will try out that picture sending features with fren!





Cheers

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Added on December 12, 2009, 12:14 pmReport!!!! Picture and audio sending works like a charm!!! Very stable and fast!!! Cool

This post has been edited by jssl: Dec 12 2009, 12:14 PM

2g can work ah?

it will work on 2g as long as your push notification works

Whatsapp sounds good, better than yak? Has anyone tried yak?
I just check appstore and they're charging$0.99 for it now...

+ me.

Kernkraft400. On Ping! and WhatsApp.

just got myself whats app. and it is good. under wifi connection, it is flawless. but under 3g network, i do experience messaging lag. maybe due to connection in setapak area.

haha.. finally someone BUMP for this topic... Well.. Apparently the developers are developing a whatsapp for blackberry, so hopefully in the future sometime soon we could Whatsapp with ppl using Blackberry!

downloaded it but none of my contacts have WhatApps. Hmmmm...how do i try it?

Haha yea. This thread has been sleeping 2-3 pages away. Oh? I always thought that they had a what's app for blackberry. Haha but anyway, it would be great if we can what's app with bb users as their numbers are growing tremendously fast.

Haha ask them to dl wats app luuu haha

This post has been edited by mikej1899: Jan 16 2010, 10:08 AM

I find that my WhatsApp is lagging. All the replies come in late. Anyone have this problem? Mine is not free one. Have to buy one somemore

I experience that only when my signal is not that stable. Other than that it's flawless.

@eugenechiuu,
Act the BB WhatsApp is available, except it's not supported in our country! A friend of mine in SG is on the BB WhatsApp but my bro-in-law couldn't get his working

My Whatsapp doesnt have the push notification. Everytime i have to go in the application, and wait a while only the msg comes in.. Is this normal?

I was hoping something like the msg will be receive like sms

Your phone jailbroken unit? JB unit doesnt have push notification.

nope i didnt jailbreak.... i tried reinstalling but still the same...

I find that Whatsapp is a little slow in response as compared to Ping! Any thoughts?

did u buy he application or is it free?

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Added on January 20, 2010, 12:41 amI started using pings. and find that there's alot of issues during that period of time. msg lags, msg not received, msg not delivered and so on. as for what's app, i have been having prompt response. Maybe it's due to signal instability or just my bad luck during that time. but i will have to give my vote for what's app after using both application.

This post has been edited by mikej1899: Jan 20 2010, 12:41 AM

Oh thx for the info! I think it was just released recently only is it? I've just checked it out, it's $2.99 for BB whatsapp.. was hoping I could text my BB frens but the BB version is quite pricey compared to the iPhone's ><

Is ur fren from SG using the whatsapp smoothly without any issues?

bought it for $0.99

Anyone who has JB their phone using this app? Does the PUSH still work with JB? Thinking of JB my phone to get some of the JB goodness like bosspref, bacgrounder etc but unwilling to lose ability to get push notifications. Thanks.

You may try out the some trouble shooting steps: http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/#33

Hope it helps!!!

hmm.. .funny.. i read something abt u have to either
1) switch off all ur push for 2-3 hrs then switch it back on. - inorder for apple to register ur what's app push (source from 2do app)
2) switch to airplane mode for awhile and switch it back on - (source from what's app)

u might give those a try.. i once have problems with the push in my 2do apps. and switching off all push and switch it back on after an hour or so did help. so hope that solves ur issue.

This post has been edited by mikej1899: Jan 24 2010, 10:21 PM

i just got my whatsapp for $0.99 and trying to get it started... but there was this "network problem" saying that "we could not connect to our sms authentication server"... =(

has anyone encountered this problem before?

Hey Ericca, i think we are facing the same issue.. I just got my whatsapp installed and tried to send messages to some of my buddies but it'll prompt me the message "Sorry, we failed to register you with a chat server. Contact support? (Yes or No)"

Please advice..

Thanks and will try it out

Ive register my WhatsApp but they havent send me my 3 digit SMS yet.

I got my WhatsApp when it was still free. That time they said it doesn't work on Msia but then again it does back then
So far I personally think that it's way better than Ping and BBM. One is that it just searched based on the phonebook. If ping you need to ask first if anyone installed one and another is that what is the username. Kinda leceh. Sometimes you can't keep track of your phonebook on who have the iphone or not. BBM the leceh part is need to get the number.
Maybe the possible drawback of Whatsapp is that sometimes you don't want to give your number to others but just want to give them your ID which Ping will make perfect sense. Then again what are the chances of every single one person have an Iphone with ping installed and with you not wanting to give your number to them? Unlikely...

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Added on January 26, 2010, 7:29 am It's another totally different apps? I assumed either BB whatsapp will work only for whatsapp and BBM and normal whatsapp only for whatsapp? I wished they just integrate both. Then I just need to upgrade this one

This post has been edited by viper-xs: Jan 26 2010, 07:29 AM

Nope, the whatsapp for Blackberry enables cross texting with iPhone's whatsapp... Few days ago when tinkerbel told me about it, it was still on the Blackberry Appworld, now it's not available again.. They did stated u could text with iPhone's whatsapp....

just bought it for $0.99 today...so far so good..able to chat with my friend..

@eugenechiuu
So BB user need to have Whatsapp for BB? If they are offering it free maybe alot of BB user will download it to the benefit of growing iPhone Whatsapp fanbase. Quite a number of BB users are there for the BBM instead of normal "office" usage I think.

Yay my Whatsapp working fine

Cool...Now give us your fone number..hahahaha

Yea they need to buy that App in order to text with Iphone whatsapp users... Well in long term it's worthed for BB users who have a lot of frens using iPhone... Still, if the price is lower then it would attract more ppl to buy it...

Here is the website
http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/2360

This post has been edited by eugenechiuu: Jan 27 2010, 02:37 AM

i've install Whatsapp but i put in a different mobile number, and it still works, basically your username is actually your phone number or whatever number u key in

er i think the server was down that time... i got mine working the next day already... how about yours?

Yes, that's right. So if your friend have your number it will check if that number is registered or not and they can text you instantly on Whatsapp. As long as you put in any different number but still yours should be fine. Otherwise it will create domino effect..haha.

i don't really fancy this app to be honest.

very sleek and innovative design and concept, yes

but because i use it very often, messages sometimes fail to load inside the app itself.

meaning, i know that there is an incoming message from whatsapp because of the push capability.

however, upon entering the app, the message simply fail to load (happened a couple of times already)

as a result of that, i'm switching between ping and this one intermittently

No idea on that but then again I'm using it only in Wifi spots here except when I'm in Malaysia. So far it's great since I bought 2 phones for me and my gf and occasionally chatted up with my colleagues. Can't gauge it pretty well unless I communicated alot with it.

i'm hardly home (except to catch some winks) and hence i rely heavily on the carrier network.

in another word, i'm perpetually online.

furthermore, i kinda like ping, because the incoming message tone "ping ping!" is very loud, distinctive and ability to diffract well.

actually to be honest, you guys may or may not, know that whatsapp has an inbuilt stalking mechanism.i'm always curious to learn if a gal is deliberately trying to avoid me

you can always find out with ease, if a person has read your message and decides not to reply your whatsapp message because the app logs on, a user's last online time (ping or its nearest competitors do not possess such a feature)

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Feb 1 2010, 05:39 AM

Aha...never noticed that feature before this but then again I like those feature which are pretty much just like Skype.

My whatsapp was unable to connect to the chat server. Anyone experienced this problem today? Wanted to find out izzit my own problem or the application not working.

anyone tried this application with BB user? how was it?

i cant use this whatsapp.... stuck at regsitering there haih.... y tell me y

maybe your network connection..if not try reinstalling the app...

No one using BB that have Whatsapp installed from my circle so no idea yet

i've downloaded WhatsApp but i've no idea how to use it. How do I know if anyone from my contact list is using whatsapp?

just look at the contacts section, if one of your fren have whatsapp installed, the 'available' status will be displayed next to his name.

i only have one fren with whatsapp installed

it will autodetect it. if none means no one installed whatsapp in ur contact list

is anyone using whatapp for bb? I can't seem to be able to download it because its a paid app.

maybe u need to pay first?

It still can't work. When I send the link to my BB and open it with app world, it says "This application is not available on your device or for your carrier."
What do I do now?

I already created a paypal account to pay for the app but I can't even proceed to buy it.

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Added on March 9, 2010, 9:52 amDoesn't any one know how to install this on a BB Bold 9700? OS v5.0.

This post has been edited by DemonTweakZ: Mar 9 2010, 09:52 AM

mine too...dunno wat happen...haih

Great apps!
is working fine for me .
Hope someday it will work on 3gs instead of using wifi .

errrrr.......it is already working on 3GS without wifi. as long as you have internet connection, be it wifi or 3G.

Oook
stupid me..
thanks for reminding ..

Just curious. What is the different between WhatsApp and other Internet Messenger?

I told my friends about it and they all asked me, why go and buy WhatsApp when we all can sms, call and login to Internet Messenger. Somemore Internet Messenger can connect to other friends who are on their COMPUTER and not limited to just friends using WhatsApp.

Not everyone using it, so my friends from IM might be 50 and now left to about 5?

If we say it is free, it still consume our 3G data usage and I still have to pay for using it.

Please enlighten me. Interested but yet not sure what the purpose of it.

Most of the IM need an email address to connect to, is kinda troublesome if you were to add someone new. and is kinda like chit chat style...

Whatsapps do not need to have any email address account, what you need just an active mobile no.

Yes, active mobile no., once if your fren oso have whatsapps in their iphone, automatically you can see their name appear in your whatsapps application.

It is more towards like sms... whenever your friend send you and whatsapps message, it will appear on your iphone just like an normal sms.

If your friend is using Blackberry with WhatsApp installed. You can WhatsApp each other too

i got this apps install
too bad ~ my iphone circle of frens
aren't big

Whatsapp uses mobile no for "identification" kinda thing so if let say one of your circle of friends have an iPhone and installed Whatsapp it will automatically detect it without the need to exchange email address/id. I would say it pretty much depends on your need as well.
If you are still studying it might not be that clear yet since I still remember when I was studying everyone was limited to YM/MSN kinda thing but once you started working with alot of contact everywhere Whatsapp is one of a good tool to keep in touch without the need to pay for international SMS. When you met someone new IRL normally you will exchange phone no and not email ID since it's alot easier, faster and practical so if it happen they are on iPhone later and using Whatsapp it will automatically detect it.
One reason why I prefer Whatsapp rather than Ping! since it's using mobile no instead of ID

I have a few friends who bought BB simply for BBM. It's an alternative way to contact people.

Hi there,

I've been using Whatsapp for few months now and it's absolutely great. For all the unsure and newbies - check out their official website and Facebook fan page and all your questions will be answered. Best part is they keep updating new features every now and then, its very useful and unique. Your contact list will slowly grow. Be patient hehe

Anyways, back to my real question, a friend of mine who uses Whatsapp in Malaysia has gone to Europe for a 2 week holiday. Using a iPhone 3GS with roaming enabled on Maxis. Question is: would it be cheaper to turn on data roaming to send Whatsapp back to Malaysia (unsure what the data usage is going to cost though) OR; to just send an sms which cost around RM1 for each sms sent from Europe.

Any experienced advise is appreciated. Thanks

call maxis and they can give you (almost) a fixed price for data per MB, for that said country.

Thanks for the info. I saw that displayed on their site. Only issue is, my friend is just going through europe on a holiday hence spending a day or two often at a location hence it doesnt make sense to sign up for each country's price deal. Moreover my friend is already abroad so I wouldn't be able to call on my friend's behalf anyway.

I suppose for my situation, only solution now minimize whatsapp'ing to keep data roaming low and sms in the mean time. Or occasionally find some free wifi portal somewhere. Fun part about whatsapp is you can immediately send pics (one of many examples) of their travels whilst chatting which is pretty cool.

Thanks anyway

My advice would be do not turn on data roaming when abroad at all cost.
Use sms instead as it will be cheaper. Or if you need to use it get a prepaid simcard in those countries. I spend 10 month every year working everywhere so the best would be just get a prepaid simcard. Certain countries have incredible deal for data plus sometimes cheaper to send sms from those numbers instead
Apart from that you need to remember that there are alot of background activities that use the Internet feature in iPhone so you can't control it. The price stated in the website is true and it might seems low but when it all added up, you can easily have 4 reaching 5 figures for phone bill.