WhatsApp is quite a neat application for messaging, but I have a few issues with it
* It's tied to a mobile number. If I swap SIMs (depending on network coverage etc) it no longer works properly
* There is no web interface to access the messages
* There is no supported tablet application
* Many users in my contact list have used whatsapp at one point, but are no longer current users. I'd like to filter to something like "online in last 10 minutes" or similar otherwise I have little confidence they'll see my message
I actually find facebook messenger, twitter DMs and potentially apps like kik, viber, chaton work better as they don't have this dependence.
Comments? What apps do others prefer more? Any news on any of the above being remedied?
Note - I'm not bothered by any ££ if the app works.
planetf1 said:
* It's tied to a mobile number. If I swap SIMs (depending on network coverage etc) it no longer works properly
* There is no web interface to access the messages
* There is no supported tablet application
* Many users in my contact list have used whatsapp at one point, but are no longer current users. I'd like to filter to something like "online in last 10 minutes" or similar otherwise I have little confidence they'll see my message
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1-so...?
2-yes there is.
3-if tablet has no mobile data connection, I.e. No sim, what's the point of having whatsapp on it.
4-it does tell you when they were last online. And if they're on the whatsapp contact list, they still have whatsapp installed, so they will get the message.
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planetf1 said:
WhatsApp is quite a neat application for messaging, but I have a few issues with it
* It's tied to a mobile number. If I swap SIMs (depending on network coverage etc) it no longer works properly
* There is no web interface to access the messages
* There is no supported tablet application
* Many users in my contact list have used whatsapp at one point, but are no longer current users. I'd like to filter to something like "online in last 10 minutes" or similar otherwise I have little confidence they'll see my message
I actually find facebook messenger, twitter DMs and potentially apps like kik, viber, chaton work better as they don't have this dependence.
Comments? What apps do others prefer more? Any news on any of the above being remedied?
Note - I'm not bothered by any ££ if the app works.
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1) Also your sms and phone calls depends on mobile number...
2) Its a mobile app only, perhaps they intend it to stay that way (But there are several proyects that connect you from web or pc)
3) (Usually) a tablet does not have a phone number.
4) You have the last connected under the contact's name, so, if my contact hasn't been online since May, it is almost certain he/she wont get the message.
Whatsapp was born to be an blackberry messenger alternative, aimed at the same target but multiplatform, facebook chat, twitter, etc where born as web services, with mobile apps launched later. Viber, Line, etc. Where born to include all those things you ask on top of whatsapp.
EDIT: Acording to this post (in spanish) http://www.taringa.net/posts/linux/16989423/Whatsapp-via-Pidgin-en-Archlinux-y-derivados.html
It is possible to integrate whatsapp with pidgin, so you can chat on whatsapp via linux
planetf1 said:
WhatsApp is quite a neat application for messaging, but I have a few issues with it
* It's tied to a mobile number. If I swap SIMs (depending on network coverage etc) it no longer works properly
* There is no web interface to access the messages
* There is no supported tablet application
* Many users in my contact list have used whatsapp at one point, but are no longer current users. I'd like to filter to something like "online in last 10 minutes" or similar otherwise I have little confidence they'll see my message
I actually find facebook messenger, twitter DMs and potentially apps like kik, viber, chaton work better as they don't have this dependence.
Comments? What apps do others prefer more? Any news on any of the above being remedied?
Note - I'm not bothered by any ££ if the app works.
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viber and chaton do use the phone number
Hi,
my wife has two smartphones (one private, one business) and wants to change to a dual sim phone (acer liquid e2 duo).
On the new phone there will be two addressbooks each assigned to on of the sim cards.
For private she is using whatsapp and the question is, if there is a possibility to restrict whatsapp to the private addressbook. There is no need and she does not want to upload all her business contacts, they do not even know the private number which is registered in whatsapp.
Regards,
Donny
Hi Guys
This is a wierd issue. My daughter is travelling in South America. She has, to all intents and purposes, lost her iPhone 3 or 4 and has bought a new Samsung Galaxy S4. With her new phone she had to buy a sim card. Her only means of contact with us is via Whatsapp and Viber. Since she has a new number and the two apps work off the old phone number is there any way to restore her old accounts to her new phone?
Appreciate some help
Brian
BrianGM said:
Hi Guys
This is a wierd issue. My daughter is travelling in South America. She has, to all intents and purposes, lost her iPhone 3 or 4 and has bought a new Samsung Galaxy S4. With her new phone she had to buy a sim card. Her only means of contact with us is via Whatsapp and Viber. Since she has a new number and the two apps work off the old phone number is there any way to restore her old accounts to her new phone?
Appreciate some help
Brian
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Hello,
As for Viber, she can simply reinstall it on her new device with the new sim, restoring previous account is not available.
Good luck!
So you are not talking about the messaging history to restore. But the app itself. In that case, I would say try to port the old phone number either to the new galaxy s4 or to a second device. After you get the number ported than its easy to intercept the whatsapp SMS verification code.
For the future, I recommend using a Google voice number to register with these apps. That way, you always have access to the number to verify. Of course you'll than have to deal with two numbers.. one is the real cell phone and the other for whatsapp and other apps.
Hi guys
It's probably been asked before, but I'll do it anyway
I have two android phones using my main SIM number, I alternate according to my mood or battery draining
I have viber installed on both, and every time I change phone, and start viber, the app asks my number to insert the new code blá-blá, and all my messages and call log vanish
Is there any trick to overcome this issue?
I have two different cell numbers from different carriers
My phones are Samsung S3 mini and Sony Xperia E
Cheers
Antonio
Hey Antonio,
Your Viber ID is your phone number - just as you can only have one phone number per device, you can only have on Viber ID per mobile device.
As a security feature, when Viber is activated on a new device, your account is deactivated on your old device. This ensures that if your phone is lost or stolen, the person that gets your old phone won't be able to access your account. This is why you lose your call and message history. We recommend that you keep Viber installed on one device, but if you must switch please read here: http://bit.ly/1dapLXE for info on how to back up your message history before deactivation.
antonioduarte said:
Hi guys
It's probably been asked before, but I'll do it anyway
I have two android phones using my main SIM number, I alternate according to my mood or battery draining
I have viber installed on both, and every time I change phone, and start viber, the app asks my number to insert the new code blá-blá, and all my messages and call log vanish
Is there any trick to overcome this issue?
I have two different cell numbers from different carriers
My phones are Samsung S3 mini and Sony Xperia E
Cheers
Antonio
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You're telling me that you disallow two mobile phones logging into the same account, which is technically possible, because you think I might lose my phone and would want to sign out the other account.
Perhaps then, you could create a button in the interface to log out all other devices.
But no, you assumed what your customer would want.
Viber Team said:
Hey Antonio,
Your Viber ID is your phone number - just as you can only have one phone number per device, you can only have on Viber ID per mobile device.
As a security feature, when Viber is activated on a new device, your account is deactivated on your old device. This ensures that if your phone is lost or stolen, the person that gets your old phone won't be able to access your account. This is why you lose your call and message history. We recommend that you keep Viber installed on one device, but if you must switch please read here: (link removed because this forum does not want me to post links, yet another ****up) for info on how to back up your message history before deactivation.
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Viber Team said:
Hey Antonio,
Your Viber ID is your phone number - just as you can only have one phone number per device, you can only have on Viber ID per mobile device.
As a security feature, when Viber is activated on a new device, your account is deactivated on your old device. This ensures that if your phone is lost or stolen, the person that gets your old phone won't be able to access your account. This is why you lose your call and message history. We recommend that you keep Viber installed on one device, but if you must switch please read here: http://bit.ly/1dapLXE for info on how to back up your message history before deactivation.
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so, the same security feature is not included in the tablet/laptop version? this doesn t make sense. users should have the option to decide for themselves..
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has anyone tried backing viber up on a tablet with titanium and then restoring it on the phone?
nikapos said:
so, the same security feature is not included in the tablet/laptop version? this doesn t make sense. users should have the option to decide for themselves..
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has anyone tried backing viber up on a tablet with titanium and then restoring it on the phone?
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just tried it, doesnt work...
Yes it work.
Oh is that genuine viber team replying? I do not but the theory of security. I have same account viber on my ph, small tablet, big tablet, 2 laptop and a desktop. Now recently got another phone and decided to use both alternately, viber cannot extend to second ph with sim. If i can fool viber that it is tablet, my problem would have solved.
I just lost all contacts and chat history when i try to install Viber on new phone (with same number). Viber on new phone was also without chat history and contacts. This "security feature" was completly unknown to me, and it is incredibly counter-intuitive and stupid. Facebok Messinger of course worked perfectly normal on both phones., when it was installed on new phone.
Same crap...this is quite not user friendly from Viber... I lost all my chats, and I can only use on 1 device. Shame on Viber.
Same to me. I logged in on the new phone prior to changing SIMs (beacuse I wanted the new phone to be ready when I do so), and every and all messages was deleted without notification. Also, my laptop wanted me to revalidate it with QR. Why doesn't it only warn me there is no fresh backup?
have you tried this? https://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/04/use-same-viber-account-in-two-different.html
I have installed Viber on my laptop, using Phoenix OS, and I lose all the things in my smartphone.
Really bad, just thought it's like in the Windows 10
As soon as I have bought new tablet with android 7.0 installed, I can't have any more viber on my blackberry Q5 and the new tablet at the same time.
I can't post the link because I don't have 10 posts on the forum.
support dot viber dot com slash costumer slash en slash portal slash articles slash 1593168
"Before you start
Download the latest version of Viber on your phone before you add Viber to your tablet. If you don't have the latest version, Viber will not sync between your phone and your tablet."
I need to use viber version 5.6.5.1885 on Q5, because only this version work on BB10 OS, and on android 7.0 tablet I can have the latest version. And when I activate viber on the phone, I am immediately logged out from tablet. And vice versa. While I was using viber on my older tablet with android 4.2.2. installed, I didn't have this problem.
So I need to use viber only on one device.
I don't know, but viber is definitely forcing us with such manners to have only the latest viber, if we want to have synchronized chats, and also in such manners we have to use only newest mobile devices.
Went to install Viber on my old phone while I work on the current phone. Didn't realize phones counted as 'primary devices', and that you can have only one. So as soon as I activated Viber on my old phone, I lost everything on the other phone. Some sort of warning would have been nice... @Viber Team
Viber support is anything but supportive... They cant even understand basic issues like why is there a possibility to use viber primary on phone and secondary on tablet and why cant this be done...
We have to find a new app that can do that
Just want to say that telegram sorted it out in a best way possible. You can have as many devices as u like and never will lose chat history. And viber has much bigger user base then telegram! Shame on you viber! If it isn't that a lot of people in my country use viber I would never install it! Telegram is much better in all things!
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Hi
using multi-user profiles with marshmallow: the list of phonecalls (history) and all sms are for all users the same. Using 2 sim cards and separating business and private contacts in one phone it makes no sense to have only that 2 options:
1. user is NOT allowed to phone and sms (=will not see list of calls and sms), can have individual contacts
2. user is allowed to phone and sms what means in real he is sharing sms and phonecallhistory with ALL other profiles/users- but with his own and individual contactdatabase.
I prefer complete separate accounts (= no sharing of sms and phonecallhistory) or complete mixed accounts (=incl. contacts, sms and phonecallhistory)
How can I get that?
Is there a workaround or app for that?
(sm-g900fd with with cm13 , and tablet galaxy (lte) s2 715 with 6.01)