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Push Notification Not Working
I have a TMobile 1st gen Iphone and can't get push notification to work with whatsapp if Im in it, it works great I get my messages fast but when Im not in it I dont know I have a message till I sign back in!My wife has it installed on her Ipod Touch and it works perfect.I tried everything metioned already .Any more suggestions?
I have a TMobile 1st gen Iphone and can't get push notification to work with whatsapp if Im in it, it works great I get my messages fast but when Im not in it I dont know I have a message till I sign back in!My wife has it installed on her Ipod Touch and it works perfect.I tried everything metioned already .Any more suggestions?
Push Notification Not Working
I have a TMobile 1st gen Iphone and can't get push notification to work with whatsapp if Im in it, it works great I get my messages fast but when Im not in it I dont know I have a message till I sign back in!My wife has it installed on her Ipod Touch and it works perfect.I tried everything metioned already .Any more suggestions?
I have a TMobile 1st gen Iphone and can't get push notification to work with whatsapp if Im in it, it works great I get my messages fast but when Im not in it I dont know I have a message till I sign back in!My wife has it installed on her Ipod Touch and it works perfect.I tried everything metioned already .Any more suggestions?
I am now using this app on my iPhone 4 after switching from being a BB user from the early days of BB.
I use ti to communicate with my wife as she uses a BB, my issue is still the fact that it doesn't send any type of a read notification as like BB Messenger does.
I notice a much earlier post from last year sometime states it was coming in the next release, but obviously did not.
Is there any ETA on this feature?
I use ti to communicate with my wife as she uses a BB, my issue is still the fact that it doesn't send any type of a read notification as like BB Messenger does.
I notice a much earlier post from last year sometime states it was coming in the next release, but obviously did not.
Is there any ETA on this feature?
I am now using this app on my iPhone 4 after switching from being a BB user from the early days of BB.
I use ti to communicate with my wife as she uses a BB, my issue is still the fact that it doesn't send any type of a read notification as like BB Messenger does.
I notice a much earlier post from last year sometime states it was coming in the next release, but obviously did not.
Is there any ETA on this feature?
The app already has read notification. One checkmark means it was delivered and two checkmarks means it was read. I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about, but it's worth the shot!
The app already has read notification. One checkmark means it was delivered and two checkmarks means it was read. I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about, but it's worth the shot!
Actually no the single check mark means it was sent, the double means it was delivered.
The Whatsapp is not even open on the BB and I get a double check mark, and vice versa. I think you may be misinformed.
Hey I love this app and use it all the time but I was wondering if there was some way to incorporate a quick reply function to the app so we don't have to open the app all the time to respond to people if we don't want to. Something along the lines of bitesms and their quick reply feature? Is this possible for whatsapp to do or does apple not like this?
Hi all,
I am new to WhatsApp and I really like it, but have been confused by the check marks. I am extensive BBM user, but once I figure out WhatsApp I can switch to my iPhone fulltime.
So the WhatsApp website says this:
one check - message successfully delivered to the server.
two checks - message succesfully delivered to the device of the chat partner.
From this I get that, one check is that WhatsApp is trying to send the message/got it. Two check is that the person has the message on the phone, delivered (but not necessarily read).
So I did a few tests as my friend told me one check is delivered, two checks is read.
I had my BB with WhatsApp and my brothers iPhone next to me. I messaged him and instantaneously it went to two checks. And vice versa on my BB. I kept msging, hearing the tone, and seeing it was two checks without him opening the message or the app.
I then msged a friend on an iPhone and it gave me the one check and he told me he is about to read it, and then it went to two checks. When he opens the app I get two checks. However, when he messages me on my BB it goes straight to two as I get it.
However, later I did message my brother again and I got one check, and he read it and I got two.
Very confused. Can someone give me a better explanation? It is little things like this keeping me from the iPhone and I am just curious/need to know these kind of things.
Thanks.
I am new to WhatsApp and I really like it, but have been confused by the check marks. I am extensive BBM user, but once I figure out WhatsApp I can switch to my iPhone fulltime.
So the WhatsApp website says this:
one check - message successfully delivered to the server.
two checks - message succesfully delivered to the device of the chat partner.
From this I get that, one check is that WhatsApp is trying to send the message/got it. Two check is that the person has the message on the phone, delivered (but not necessarily read).
So I did a few tests as my friend told me one check is delivered, two checks is read.
I had my BB with WhatsApp and my brothers iPhone next to me. I messaged him and instantaneously it went to two checks. And vice versa on my BB. I kept msging, hearing the tone, and seeing it was two checks without him opening the message or the app.
I then msged a friend on an iPhone and it gave me the one check and he told me he is about to read it, and then it went to two checks. When he opens the app I get two checks. However, when he messages me on my BB it goes straight to two as I get it.
However, later I did message my brother again and I got one check, and he read it and I got two.
Very confused. Can someone give me a better explanation? It is little things like this keeping me from the iPhone and I am just curious/need to know these kind of things.
Thanks.
i'll try
first, a little bit of a background: every smartphone has an operation system (Symbian, iOS, etc.), and every smartphone operating system has versions (iOS 4.0, Android 2.2, etc.)
each operating system and their versions offer different service to 3rd party applications and this is where confusion comes from. let me try to get the most simple ones out of the way first:
- BlackBerry OS from our application's point of view offers pretty consistent experience no matter what version. On a BlackBerry OS our application always runs, but is not always connected. When it receives a push message, the application will wake up on it's own, without any user required interaction, process the message and trigger the double checkmark. unless the BlackBerry phone is not on the network, sending messages to the BlackBerry user should always generate double checkmark within a few seconds. OK, simple, right?
- iPhone OS is a bit different. First, there are two different OS versions: OS 3 version which didn't have multi-tasking and OS 4 version which does. In OS 3 the only way application could generate double checkmark was if application was either just started by the user or if application was already running. Same goes for OS 4, but with a small twist: if our app was recently suspended and moved into background, it will keep connection open for a few minutes and it would also generate double checkmarks for the sender of the message.
in other words: you can send a message to the iPhone user, they can see the preview and read the message and hit cancel and you would still only see a single checkmarks. they would launch an application later manually (user interaction is required on the iPhone) and doing that would trigger the double checkmark.
hope this sheds some light on this for you and yes, we are aware that our single/double checkmarks are a bit of a mess now that we got multiple platforms doing different things. we do have plans to re-do them at a later time.
With the recent couple of updates my friend is finding that they constantly have to keep opening up Whatsapp just to see if any new messages are there, the push notifications don't seem to be working.
Mine seem okay, although I do remember a couple where I didn't get a push and only saw the message when I happened to open Whatsapp.
Other than this annoyance it's a great app!
Mine seem okay, although I do remember a couple where I didn't get a push and only saw the message when I happened to open Whatsapp.
Other than this annoyance it's a great app!
I'm having the same issue. I have "Network Status: Not connected," and if I try to start a chat, it tells me, "Sorry, we failed to register you with a chat server."Help! downloaded & activated but not connecting.... ? is there some settings I should change
I feel as if I'm probably missing something simple, but have gone through the settings a dozen times and can't find whatever it is.
I am using version 2.5.10 on an iPhone4.
The service has been seriously poor the last few days - it's a real pain.
Normally the app is great and I love it but they really need to get on top of these technical problems. I don't mind the occasional outage as there has Been in the past, but it's unusable as is at the moment.
Normally the app is great and I love it but they really need to get on top of these technical problems. I don't mind the occasional outage as there has Been in the past, but it's unusable as is at the moment.
Group chat?
Dear JKB,
Me and my friends just bought this app because we thought it would have group chat sort of like bbm, so im curious to know if this feature will come in a furure update? I want to tell everyone about this app but im just wondering if there will be a group chat feature
Dear JKB,
Me and my friends just bought this app because we thought it would have group chat sort of like bbm, so im curious to know if this feature will come in a furure update? I want to tell everyone about this app but im just wondering if there will be a group chat feature
invalid verification code
so i key in my mobile number, and received the sms with the verification code. entered that and it says invalid. have emailed support and no reply yet.
have tried deleting the app, rebooting and then redownloading direct from the app store on iphone.
anyone encountered this issue?
so i key in my mobile number, and received the sms with the verification code. entered that and it says invalid. have emailed support and no reply yet.
have tried deleting the app, rebooting and then redownloading direct from the app store on iphone.
anyone encountered this issue?
Any chance of getting an ad-supported or lite version of the app? Think it would go a long way to increasing the install base and thus enhancing the network effects. It's difficult to get friends to install it when other free competitors exist out there and there's no way to "try before you buy."
Any chance of Group chat coming to WhatsApp?
I have allot of contacts in BBM Groups that would switch to the iPhone immediately if WhatsApp provided a group chat to rival BBM.
Ping 2.0 has group chat, but we don't like the UI.
Come on WhatsApp please make your app have the full feature set of BBM.
I have allot of contacts in BBM Groups that would switch to the iPhone immediately if WhatsApp provided a group chat to rival BBM.
Ping 2.0 has group chat, but we don't like the UI.
Come on WhatsApp please make your app have the full feature set of BBM.
LOL, i have a blonde female friend who said:
"I don't care with all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb and I also know I'm not blonde"
iPhone to BB chats
I chat with a friend on Whatsapp regularly and am interested to know how it works from the BB side.
When I send a message there are two ticks indicating its been delivered and it also shows they are online immediately.
Does the online notification indcate the person is opening their BB messaging app to see the message or is it just how the phone works. i.e. if the phone is turned on will it notify as online automatically when it receives a message?
I know on the iPhone to iPhone it is the former but have been told BB users appear online regardless?
Anyyone know for sure??
I chat with a friend on Whatsapp regularly and am interested to know how it works from the BB side.
When I send a message there are two ticks indicating its been delivered and it also shows they are online immediately.
Does the online notification indcate the person is opening their BB messaging app to see the message or is it just how the phone works. i.e. if the phone is turned on will it notify as online automatically when it receives a message?
I know on the iPhone to iPhone it is the former but have been told BB users appear online regardless?
Anyyone know for sure??