Now unpublished from store.
WP 8.1 I LUV U
Nobody is going to uninstall it now since its not in store anymore. And nobody knows when will it be available againThose praising that Whatsapp is "functional and very usable" - uninstall it for 48 hours, have a look at your battery improvement over 2 charge cycles and then we can have a dialogue.
I have ditched the app once I realised that even WP8 app is using the ugly audio hack (still!) its just no longer using the volume control bar so it isn't visible.
Do it whenever it comes back, unless it comes back updated without the hack. I highly doubt it.Nobody is going to uninstall it now since its not in store anymore. And nobody knows when will it be available again
In it too I'd miss messages, and I'd never even know whether a message was to be received or not. Has happened with WhatsApp, hike, viber and nokia chat beta. Is this what you mean by unreliable ? If yes then its the OS's fault.
And apart from minor cosmetic changes, one big thing bothering is the crash on loading old conversations. It certainly makes WhatsApp less good to use for chats i want to keep.
Those praising that Whatsapp is "functional and very usable" - uninstall it for 48 hours, have a look at your battery improvement over 2 charge cycles and then we can have a dialogue.
I have ditched the app once I realised that even WP8 app is using the ugly audio hack (still!) its just no longer using the volume control bar so it isn't visible.
Omg , whatsapp still not properly fixed ?
I use the OS. I have never experienced that. I am not saying the issue you mentioned doesn't exist. I am just saying the majority of us don't have that issue. If people have an issue say this happens on MY phone. Don't say it happens on ALL or even MOST Windows Phones. Because based on the evidence presented in this forum it clearly does not. I think it is important for people with bugs and issues to post about them and make some noise. I just think the tone of this thread set by the OP is needlessly broad and hyperbolic. Microsoft and Whatsapp have brought a very functional and practical app and service to my phone. I have zero issues with sending and receiving messages in a timely manner and I get all manner of notifications instantaneously. That doesn't mean some other people don't have problems.
Whatsapp sucks for looking up old conversations. Even my iphone friends complain. It may not crash on the iphone but it is painfully slow to scroll back more than a couple of days. Crash or no crash Whatsapp is just for recent messages. If I need anything to be more archival I use email or regular text message. Old messaging look up may be terrible on Windows Phone but it's not exactly perfect on iOS. Again we need to separate issues here. People aren't leaving WP because the old message lookup facility on iOS is wonderful. That's the premise of this thread. I don't buy it.
Maybe Whatsapp uses an inordinate amount of battery life. I don't know. With my charging and usage habits battery life hasn't been an issue for me. I am not saying Whatsapp and Windows Phone shouldn't be improved, quite to the contrary. But why is it you guys insist we should agree Whatsapp is totally broken when it in fact works pretty well for the vast majority of us? I am not going to go back to paying an extra $15 a month for text messaging because you don't like whatever Whatsapp kludged together.
Whatsapp works perfectly on my Lumia 1520 under WP8 and WP8.1. A minority of people seem to have problems though. Just like wifi doesn't work on some iphones. That doesn't mean every iphone lacks wifi.
Just look at the app ratings in the 3 stores. 4.4 stars on Android. 4.5 stars on Apple. Now I don't recall the reading in the store, but believe me, it was nothing close. There's obviously an issue with the app on WP.
Just look at the app ratings in the 3 stores. 4.4 stars on Android. 4.5 stars on Apple. Now I don't recall the reading in the store, but believe me, it was nothing close. There's obviously an issue with the app on WP.
Everyone doesn't have the same phone as you mate. You may be lucky. If you see the Official Whatsapp thread, there are several users there reporting bugs that they are facing.
Let me recall for you. It was a three something. So even with you guys skewing the poll downwards it wasn't a one or two. Look man just because you had a one experience does that mean I should totally ignore my four star experience and delete the app and go back to paying my carrier $15 a month? Why can't you guys acknowledge that the app works fine for most people? Please guys stop with the over the top MSFT and Whatsapp bashing. Something is wrong for some people but for most of us it is fine. Go to the wpcentral article talking about this matter and the vast majority of people say the app works for them. Just accept reality. I have a Lumia 1520 running 8.1. My notifications with Whatsapp are instant. I'm sorry. I don't know what to tell you.
3&4I had to contact WhatsApp through email.
This is my msg: "Hi WhatsApp.
These are the issues which I'm facing in the app:
1) When the phone is a bit hot the app force closes.
2) When I switch to any other app for multitasking and when I come back to WhatsApp the app force closes.
3) When I want to see my chat history and keep scrolling up the app force closes after loading some messages.
4) The app force closes when I'm sending several pictures (or even one picture sometimes) and when I view them inside the app.
5) It takes a long time for the app to open and load messages, whereas I saw even in low end Android phones the app loads within a blink of an eye. Please increases the performance.
I hope you guys will take these issues seriously and fix them asap. Waiting for an update soon, and please also update for WP 8.1!".
And after a long time this is what they replied: "Hi,
Thanks for your message. Sorry for the delay! We have received many emails recently, and we do our best to answer them all. Thank you for your patience.
We appreciate your feedback, but we do not have an update yet available for Windows Phone. However, our developers are working hard on providing you with a high quality update soon. Unfortunately, we cannot comment on specifics or give timelines, but do know that we are working on a Windows Phone update."
3&4
Let me guess the "person" that replied you is Jami T. isn't it? )) they send same msg to everybody
What makes you assume that 3 something is acceptable rating?
Also, what makes you assume that WhatsApp removed the app because of people complaining about its quality?
And what makes you think that people who have issues with WhatsApp have to shut up about it because others aren't having an issue with it?
If people have an issue say this happens on MY phone.
The official WhatsApp thread for WP has over 3,000 messages in it. I don't think they're all sharing how great the app is. Over at AndroidCentral, the largest WhatsApp thread has 16 messages... WhatsApp for Android - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com