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Have you had to pay for WhatsApp yet?

According to their site, and a few other sources (along with their description on the Play Store), WhatsApp should charge an annual cost of $0.99.
I know there's hacked versions out there. I know iPhone users don't get charged per year since they paid up front. What I want to know, is if you have had to pay for it as of yet.
There are ways to get out of it, like switching ROMs and installing it again or switching phones so let's not count those either, mk?

Once I read the user agreement I think and it said the first year is free and after that you had to pay. Maybe I was reading the faq, I really don't remember
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perri.etb said:
Once I read the user agreement I think and it said the first year is free and after that you had to pay. Maybe I was reading the faq, I really don't remember
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Yep. First year free. It even says so on the Play Store page for Whatsapp.
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Really? I uninstalled the app because I didn't want to pay the $0.99... just assumed it would stop working.

peedub said:
Really? I uninstalled the app because I didn't want to pay the $0.99... just assumed it would stop working.
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Look in the description for it.
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Bump. Anyone had to pay once you passed the year?

Tutsumi said:
Bump. Anyone had to pay once you passed the year?
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I've used it on my n95 and now on my galaxy i9001 with the same account (it's linked to the number on the sim card right?) for more than one year but I did't pay anything, it could be because I changed device. Btw $0.99 isn't a lot of money... And you can keep installed, it won't take your money without asking for it
First year FREE! ($0.99/year after)
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from the market, but reading on various forum it seems that nobody on android have ever paid for whatsapp, and some received a message from whatsapp that they extended the service so.. keep it!

If you check your WhatsApp account, they actually stated the expiry date for your usage and you will need to pay to renew. But funny.things is the expiry date keep on increasing once in a while like it will never expired I had been using it for around 3 years without paying a single cents...
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Settings-account information-payment info: payed until 12/07/2020

weird
I have been using it for 2 years different phones but same gmail and phone number and I haven't had to pay... weird
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I have been using it for 2 years different phones but same gmail and phone number and I haven't had to pay... weird
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It must actually change based on your phone not your gmail or number as I bought my latest phone on the 20/11/2011 and my expiry of whatsapp is 20/11/2012. Just if anyone was wondering.

my expiration date was extended about 3 months after the first year, let's see what happens when this time are over too.

That's like more than 1 year man.. and I think forever extending...
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Mine also got extended by 6 months...
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i just got a notification about 14 days left before it mines runs out

I usually just uninstall it then download it again. Did u try to clear the data with an app like Rom Toolbox or Titanium Backup? That might work too.
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I dont think they have a database with all the timers. I think the timers are installed in the app itself because I've been using whatsapp with the same number for a few years now and I've never had to pay. I just uninstalled it and downloaded it everytime i got the the end of the free period. I hope this works for you too.
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Really you got extensions ??
Wow
I m just using my 1st year so dunno
But ain't it 0.99$ from 2nd yr ?
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You only need to pay if you keep whatsapp on your phone after the trial period is over, if you delete whatsapp and download it again your trial period will start over
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carlyle69 said:
You only need to pay if you keep whatsapp on your phone after the trial period is over, if you delete whatsapp and download it again your trial period will start over
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Nothing like that, I presume...
I've been given a total extension of a year, and apart from updating directly from play store, the app has been downloaded only once...
I use my TiBu whenever I delete the app for any reasin, so my app data still remains...
And I hadn't even asked for an extension, they just gave it away on the last date...
"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you, Man and Knife"

carlyle69 said:
You only need to pay if you keep whatsapp on your phone after the trial period is over, if you delete whatsapp and download it again your trial period will start over
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I don't think
As I keep flashing ROM s and whenever I install new whatsapp from play store
Once I enter no
The period shows the date I installed it 1st
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Flashing seems to keep it going from fresh, but a lot of people are coming to me asking about their WhatsApp asking them to pay. Perhaps this extension has stopped happening? My expiration is next May, so I have no idea.
What about just switching to ChatON?

[Discuss]Worst app you purchased from Google Play

What apps made you burst out finding that it was totally unworthy buying it from Google Play?
Apps that are totally unworthy of the price or apps that are total crap!
Apps that won't do the task that was mentioned in the description "purchase to get additional features"

Task Killer the apps reopen and the app itselftakes up resources.
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Task Killer the apps reopen and the app itselftakes up resources.
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Yeah! These days Task killers are not so promising.

Fast for Facebook. The name is kind of an oxymoron. It........is.........slow.......
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I picked up Chameleon Launcher for my tablet at a $3.99 price tag. It's a cool idea but terrible implementation imo.
Sometimes I wish the refund policy was just a little bit longer than 15 minutes.

kelidus said:
I picked up Chameleon Launcher for my tablet at a $3.99 price tag. It's a cool idea but terrible implementation imo.
Sometimes I wish the refund policy was just a little bit longer than 15 minutes.
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Yeah even I regretted for getting chameleon launcher.

live wallpaper and copilot

every taskkiller app

None. Google refund policy.
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I'd never purchased apps on the google play

Asphalt 7, never worked on my htc sensation for no reason at all. No answer by gameloft on this "black screen" bug

VLC Streamer, literally 5 months after buying it, they stopped development on that specific APK name (renamed display name with "(old)" on the end), relaunched it under a different APK name (same display name as original in the store), and want more money now for 'new' verison which is just a rework and upgrade. GRRR, NO DOUBLE DIPPING DIRTBAGS!

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None. Google refund policy.
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Same here. Used to always purchase horrible horrible apps from the Apple App Store. Worst one I remember was when I first got an ipad and purchased Weather HD because it had high reviews. Turned out to be the most useless app. All it did was display four or so generic live images for weather standard weather conditions. Would have refunded it if I could have.
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I'm not sure why people are bragging that they don't buy apps. Are you telling me there aren't a few apps that you use that are worth the $0.99 that it costs to buy most of them? You are getting days or weeks of hard work for pennies. This is exactly why a lot of devs code for the iPhone and refuse to port to Android!
Anyway, Audio Manager Pro is my biggest waste of money. It used to work, but now it randomly resets the volume levels on reboot.
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The hard work of many developers is worth buying. Some apps are so great and devs offer it for a very low price.
But there are some crap apps too! Sold at higher price and worthless.

CWM pro. If You change your device, you have to pay again.

ROM Manager Prenium.
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GTA 3 on my old Galaxy Young, I love this game, but it lags as hell.

CenTT said:
ROM Manager Prenium.
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Are you serious?
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Copilot

What are you using your $25 on?

So just out of curiosity, what's everyone using there $25 promo on in the app store? I honestly can't think of anything I want that I already don't have. But share away anyway!
For those who don't know what I'm talking about: http://www.samsung.com/us/register-for-your-galaxy-note-8-perks/

I bought SketchBook Pro and Camscanner. If you have the slightest interest in drawing, I highly recommend Sketchbook, it is really fun to use. I also bought Swiftkey for my phone, something I had been meaning to do. I am interested in good productivity apps if anyone has a good suggestion.

I bought Swype and Multiwindow Pro. I purchased the majority of the apps I wanted or needed with the Nexus 7 credit last fall. I might buy the HD version of camscanner.
I definitely recommend getting OfficeSuite Pro and a good reading app. I purchased MoonReader for entertainment reading and ezPDF for classes. I print out my slides as a PDF for class then annotate it using ezPDF.
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How long did it take for you guys to get your $25 credit?? I have yet to receive it. Never got an email like the website said I should...
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antnyp85 said:
How long did it take for you guys to get your $25 credit?? I have yet to receive it. Never got an email like the website said I should...
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Check your spam folder. Mine was in there

genjin said:
Check your spam folder. Mine was in there
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Yeah I checked and nothing. Contacted Samsung and they are opening a "ticket" for me and I should be getting it.
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ill buy Swype. I havent thought anything else. maybe Falcon Pro. since I been hearing good things about it

Assuming I can transfer my apps from my old device (this will only be my second android device), then the only thing that i'd really like is a good office suite.
I have Office Suite Pro and Polaris Office on my Transformer. Not used either extensively though and neither get the best of reviews.
Quick Office Pro is meant to be good though.

I have no idea. I got $25 twice on my Nexus 7...no idea why, but I didn't look a gift horse in the mouth. I still have like $26 of that $50 left and now I got another $25. I imagine I will eventually use it all, but I don't need a thing at the moment.

Woo! Samsung finally gave me my $25! Had to talk to them on Facebook and they finally gave me the code.
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Well, I reg'd last night and they sent me a 50% off on any mobile accessory. Really wanted the GPlay credit....

I've had a ticket open since last week, still nothing.
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ual4720 said:
I've had a ticket open since last week, still nothing.
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If you have a Facebook account, message them on Fb. Thats how I got it resolved.
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If you have a Facebook account, message them on Fb. Thats how I got it resolved.
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yea that's exactly what I did as well

Hey guys
For those of you using multi window manager, when it asks you about the flashbar service do you select note, note 2 or s3?
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Sketchbook pro, music & books!
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Is it possible for me to register from the UK and get the creds?

What are good apps to spend the $25 play that you get..
I've been in the play store for days and ain't seen shi* worth spending on besides maybe titanium backup, and rom toolbox but tool box has most of the same functions as titanium backup or that you can get from free apps what do you guys Recommend
what are you spending ya $25 on in the store

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What are good apps to spend the $25 play that you get..
I've been in the play store for days and ain't seen shi* worth spending on besides maybe titanium backup, and rom toolbox but tool box has most of the same functions as titanium backup or that you can get from free apps what do you guys Recommend
what are you spending ya $25 on in the store
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MOD, please, delete this post and the OP...

Definitely Photoshop Touch! Love it.
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Cerebrus is free! Today only!

Cerebrus is the ultimate security app. I myself have paid for it long ago, but for those of you who hace neve heard of it or want to try it, go get it! Normally 4 dollars! Really usefull!
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Yes, it's really good! I've also got it for a long time by now! I've used it several times now, not when my phone was stolen, but when it was lost in my room! It's only 5mb of ram or something like that! Definitely worth getting it, especially while its free now
Me Gusta!

Do you mean its one weeks free trial!

It's the best anti theft I ever tried... but free? The 1 week free trial it's been there since I remember, what do you mean free?

I install it and it did not work, appears always error connection... I see in Play Store lots of people complaining same problem!:sly:
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thx :good:

pee_bee said:
Do you mean its one weeks free trial!
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MidnightDevil said:
It's the best anti theft I ever tried... but free? The 1 week free trial it's been there since I remember, what do you mean free?
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CERBERUS on Google+:
A couple of clarifications on the promotion we are doing with AppGratis:
- The promo will end at 1 PM GMT, June 7
- It is only for new accounts created in this time frame. So if you already have an account with the free trial expired, unfortunately you can't get the full license for free.
DanielFran said:
I install it and it did not work, appears always error connection... I see in Play Store lots of people complaining same problem!:sly:
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CERBERUS on Google+:
We are getting a lot of new users, which means that the servers are a bit overloaded and we are receiving many support emails.
Please bear with us for a couple of days, and if you see any weird errors on the web dashboard (like "Error=QuotaExceeded") try to install the latest development version of Cerberus
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thx :good:
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Don't just say thx, but hit the thanks-button...
thx for the tip mcluvin!

Just bruteforce the registration/login thingy again and again to bypass server overload.

Not work says no data
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I just downloaded and installed and made an account no problem. How do I know I got the free license?
Thanks BTW. This is good of them to promote their app.
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robogoflow said:
I just downloaded and installed and made an account no problem. How do I know I got the free license?
Thanks BTW. This is good of them to promote their app.
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You'll get an email that verifies it.
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juz register mine.thanks
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oniemjan said:
CERBERUS on Google+:
A couple of clarifications on the promotion we are doing with AppGratis:
- The promo will end at 1 PM GMT, June 7
- It is only for new accounts created in this time frame. So if you already have an account with the free trial expired, unfortunately you can't get the full license for free.
CERBERUS on Google+:
We are getting a lot of new users, which means that the servers are a bit overloaded and we are receiving many support emails.
Please bear with us for a couple of days, and if you see any weird errors on the web dashboard (like "Error=QuotaExceeded") try to install the latest development version of Cerberus
Don't just say thx, but hit the thanks-button...
thx for the tip mcluvin!
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Confirmed! After tryaing several times I was able to connect finally!
Thanks
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Got my confirmation pretty fast and seems to be working quite nicely.
Thanks!

Got the email pretty fast, thanks for the tip!
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Got a free lifetime license within under a minute of registering. Thanks!
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Downloaded and installed..
I never knew that this was such an amazing app. Thanks!!

Thanks for the clarification. I now have a Cerebus account with a FREE license. Thank you

Is it still for free? The lifetime license? How do i know? I just downloaded it and signed up but I think I got a trial... I downloaded it straight from the Play store, not appgratis

I guess I wasn't able to connect yesterday ... :\ Oh well!
It's a great app, I'm sure they deserve the money they're asking for it It's quite cheap anyway!

Free Google Play Money!!! (No scam just read)

Google just released an app called Google Opinion Rewards and what it does is give you free money for answering surveys. At first I am thought it was going to be crap surveys that don't even give you anything, but I gave it a try and I'm extremely impressed. Its well layed out and the surveys are easy and take about 15 seconds. Also its not just survey after survey after survey. It will give you a notification when a survey is ready click it, do it, and your done. I really think people should try it I did and I got $1.00 at the moment and I can't help but check my phone very second just to see if I have another survey waiting.
Here's the link to it on Google play and here is also a screen shot of my phone. https://play.google.com/store/apps...dium=organic&utm_term=google+opinion+rewards
Ps : if you like it give me a thanks:thumbup:
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Now available in US only this google survey apk
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Only in the US. Pffft.

Been using it for 3-4 days. So far the surveys are no more thwn 10 questions per survey and you get an average of 0.20 per completed survey
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If you don't mind how much have you accumulated so far? I'm only at a dollar as you can see.
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Any way to make this open to international users? Market Enabler, perhaps?
Or meh... That could be cheating.

narflynn619 said:
Any way to make this open to international users? Market Enabler, perhaps?
Or meh... That could be cheating.
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No way, that's not working.I tried it in Germany. It says that your account is unsupported
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Spatinator said:
No way, that's not working.I tried it in Germany. It says that your account is unsupported
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Your gmail account must be american besides using a US VPN to get the app working
It's easy to do that, put these information in your gmail account:
Address: 4283 Express Lane
City: Sarasota
Postal code: 34238
State: Florida
Use a US VPN then start the app
You can choose any state but I choosed Florida because there is no TAX when purchasing apps.

FC to homescreen when I click " get started ". R800at ( yes I'm in the US) GIN2KK. Lupus v12 720.
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D.Spirit said:
Your gmail account must be american besides using VPN to get the app working
It's easy to do that, put these information in your gmail account:
Address: 4283 Express Lane
City: Sarasota
Postal code: 34238
State: Florida
Use a US VPN then start the app
You can choose and state but I choosed Florida because there is no TAX when purchasing apps.
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How do I change my information to that. Or would I have to make a new Gmail.
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insane5125 said:
How do I change my information to that. Or would I have to make a new Gmail.
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From Google Wallet, sign in with your gmail, then go to settings and fill out the address book