whatsapp, ebuddy, kik, etc battery issues

[Thigis]

Ok so Whatsapp drains the battery enormously fast on my lumia 920 as in 25-35% per hour. To me this is unacceptable so I'm looking for a replacement. I noticed ebuddy xms also drains the battery rather quickly. So has anybody found a messaging app that doesn't turn my phone into a hand warmer?

 

[Gergolos]

heya

I use WP7 on my Arrive and had the same issues with WhatsApp. Switched to Hike and everything works fine...

 

[Thigis]

girlfriend uses blackberry so not really an option

 

[eric12341]

Try kik or one of many text apps. Whatsapp is using the audio background agent to be able to send push notifications so that's why battery is draining

 

[Thigis]

I'll check it out. Though the reviews in the appstore kind of put me off.

 

[UnfixedPyle]

I notice a drain with kik, but not nearly as much as whatsapp. I wish they would just build a more cross platform chat into the messaging hub, which I guess messenger merging with Skype will do.
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[CDG]

You can give GroupMe a try, that's what we use.

 

[Thigis]

Just an update here, have tried kik which indeed had a lower battery drain. Judging from http://mashable.com/2012/11/20/living-with-lumia-day-4-5-6/ though the high battery issue could pop up in social application, with the recommended 'fix' being to reinstall.

So after re-installing whatsapp it now has a similar battery drain as kik. around 15% per hour, which is acceptable. That said i found that kik delivers messages more rapidly so might just switch to that platform anyway

 

[ryker002]

Kik has been working fine for me since I got it.
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[ChazTyldsley]

Kik has been working fine for me since I got it.
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The livetile on Kik is useless. Worked for a couple of hours after I got my phone on Sunday now it just never updates. Reinstalled and rebooted my phone and it worked for 1 message then broke again. Having a livetile which doesn't work makes it almost useless - if I walk out the room and miss the toast notification I'd have absolutely no idea that I had a message. Seems this is a common issue and after researching it there's no fix other than Kik updating it and sorting it out.

WP8 here.

 

[asmith02]

I find whatsapp fine here using Nokia 920 - after 12 hours off the charger still have 50% battery with moderate use during day

 

[Thigis]

I find whatsapp fine here using Nokia 920 - after 12 hours off the charger still have 50% battery with moderate use during day

like i said after uninstalling and reinstalling it has been working fine