Whatsapp

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Has anyone gotten Whatsapp working? I'm not quite sure how to make it work. I side loaded the Whatsapp apk but tablets aren't supported. Anyone have any idea/experience?

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T

Yup, working fine here, but...

1) you have to have had it installed on an Android smartphone first
2) have Titanium Backup available for making a backup of that install
3) send the backup to the TF700T
4) CRUCIAL: uninstall Whatsapp on your smartphone
5) restore the backup on the TF700T

Step 4 is absolutely crucial because Whatsapp disallows account-sharing-like activity -- i.e., you may not use one account on more than one device. They have banned users in the past for doing so.

As an alternative, you might buy an el cheapo prepaid sim from Tele2 or whatever. Just backup the previous Whatsapp installation to a safe location, wipe Whatsapp data, then uninstall Whatsapp. Power off, put that prepaid sim into your smartphone, reinstall Whatsapp and reconfigure and activate using the new phone number. Then backup again, transplant to TF700T, restore backup... et voilá. This route would enable you to restore the first installation afterwards, thus having two Whatsapp accounts. May come in handy, might be a nuisance -- that depends...

You can pm me if you need more assistance.

So I need to be rooted?
Also, using a different number really sucks, it's kind of a deal breaker... Are you sure that they just lock double Whatsapp accounts? What is the reasoning for that?

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T

Originally Posted by Vo01985

So I need to be rooted?
Also, using a different number really sucks, it's kind of a deal breaker... Are you sure that they just lock double Whatsapp accounts? What is the reasoning for that?

Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T

Yes, you need to be rooted. Currently, there is no way around either uninstalling the app on your smartphone or using a different cell number. I have heard of people having had luck for a while (i.e., Whatsapp would function as intended for a while) and then blocked out of the Whatsapp network all of a sudden (no warning issued). They do, apparently, register MAC addresses or IP numbers.

As you could imagine, one of the technical reasons for disallowing account cloning is the fact that every message just gets sent (and received) once. If you would use the app concurrently on both your smartphone and your tablet this could result in one message arriving on your tablet, the next two on your phone, the next on your tablet again, and so on, and so on, thus breaking up the chronology of the conversatio. Hardly convenient. The protocol just is not designed to accommodate multiple devices on one account.