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Haha, no it's not that big yet. None of my friends have Windows devices, so I don't really care , too 
+1 for WhatsApp.
Use it daily, send and receive a few hundred texts a day with family and friends in other countries.
Never had a crash, but very rarely (maybe once every few weeks), their servers go down and you cant connect, meaning cant receive nor send out texts.
Use it daily, send and receive a few hundred texts a day with family and friends in other countries.
Never had a crash, but very rarely (maybe once every few weeks), their servers go down and you cant connect, meaning cant receive nor send out texts.
I don't know , does it store the messages locally or on WhatsApp's servers? Im sure you could just install the app on the new phone and it would scan trough the contacts on the phone again , to see who is using whatsapp.
run a backup on your old iphone, and when you get your upgraded new iphone, just restore that earlier installation. you don't even need to setup whatapps again. all your old messages will still be there.
one note though, it will be awesome if whatapps save all messages on their server and can be loaded back when say whatapps have some problem and have to be re-installed.
Thank you for your reply.
I just didn't know if whatsapp was imei sensitive.
Good news.
I just got a new exchange iphone 4 since my other one was defective. You just have to request a new 4 digit code via MMS, and it keeps your old contacts. My messages were deleted however.
I've experienced this issue from time to time aswell.. doesnt happen regularly enough to really get irritated by it. If WhatsApp fails , ill just use SMS.
Hi everyone
I need a bit of help regarding this app.
When I am not using this app does it stay online or will it disconnect when inactive for a while?
Does it only go online when I reopen the app?
Thanks
I am pretty sure it is always online and u will get notifications of texts if u have push notifications on.
But when I reopen the app it sometimes says connecting and other times it has stayed connected.
Yeah i think that means connecting so you can send a message. How long are u inactive for?
It varies. Sometimes a couple of minutes and it still says connecting. I think it must go offline?
I dont have any problems with it. Sometimes the server goes out for them. I do find it takes a little longer to connect to there server then Kik takes. Are you missing messages?
No, I'm not missing messages.
Does it go offline when it's running in the background? I can't understand how this app works?
Friends appear online and then offline and then online again but they don't reply to my messages even though the message has been delivered? Trig to figure out why this is.
Are these friends on Blackberry devices? Their app is much worse. For the most part they need to open it to get messages.
I have a problem with this app: I dont see anybody on my list, unless my friend txt me through Whatsapp, I cannot txt anyone nor seeing any on my favorite list. Any idea guys ?
Dont think so, because you can use whatsapp to message with android and blackberry users aswell.