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BishoyEmil 2011-11-13 22:11
What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Hey Guys,

Is there is anyway to Install Whats app on our Great N900 ?!

I Can't Believe that they didn't release a version for such a great phone which is specialized in internet Apps !

If anyone knows any news about it please reply !

Thanks

HtheB 2011-11-13 22:17
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
No, and the answer is: Never.

The only way to use Whatsapp is to install NITDroid on your N900.
Do a simple search and you can find all the answers....

BishoyEmil 2011-11-14 01:39
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
I heared about the NITDroid and I'm keen on installing it., But i didn't find any simple explanation to do it, if you know simple way to install it please tell me how ?
I'm afraid also of the extra devels that should be installed to be able to install the NITDroid on N900 cause i heared it causes many problems such as battery Drain and Memory loss..etc.
So please if you have any information about how to install NITDroid on N900 simply without problems tell me how..?!

Thanks

kaos_king 2011-11-14 02:37
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
A search would easily find you this....

http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC

tim_de_wolf 2011-11-14 07:10
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kaos_king (Post 1123205)
A search would easily find you this....

http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC
Do you have any experience using it on your device? I had nitdroid a couple of weeks, but found it too "incomplete" to really start using it.. I mean, the internet for example, configuring mobile network in nitdroid wasnt the most easy part... Is it worth installing, just for the use of whatsapp? I mean android, who the hell uses such a weak platform anyway.. right?

kaos_king 2011-11-14 13:44
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tim_de_wolf (Post 1123258)
Do you have any experience using it on your device? I had nitdroid a couple of weeks, but found it too "incomplete" to really start using it.. I mean, the internet for example, configuring mobile network in nitdroid wasnt the most easy part... Is it worth installing, just for the use of whatsapp?
Yeah I installed it to try but came to the same conclusion. There isnt anything that would make it worth installing to me, especially when it cant be used properly as a phone, and I dont want to be shutting down to boot to nitdroid to use what I want and then booting to maemo (especially with the battery that takes!). And thats another issue I had with it, the BME didnt always work so sometimes the led would flash rapid red and then it would turn off even with full battery.

For me, I'll stick with maemo and use it to its full :)

tim_de_wolf 2011-11-14 20:12
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by kaos_king (Post 1123404)
Yeah I installed it to try but came to the same conclusion. There isnt anything that would make it worth installing to me, especially when it cant be used properly as a phone, and I dont want to be shutting down to boot to nitdroid to use what I want and then booting to maemo (especially with the battery that takes!). And thats another issue I had with it, the BME didnt always work so sometimes the led would flash rapid red and then it would turn off even with full battery.

For me, I'll stick with maemo and use it to its full :)
Couldnt agree more, if you had to boot to nitdroid just for every whatsapp message the battery would be drained within hours..

Maemo rules

don_falcone 2011-11-14 21:00
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Whatsapp is just a chat software, in a way. If your friends "pressure" you to use a certain software to belong to the pack, they suck. Why nobody switches to a (free) private IRC channel is beyond me.

tim_de_wolf 2011-11-14 22:22
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by don_falcone (Post 1123596)
Whatsapp is just a chat software, in a way. If your friends "pressure" you to use a certain software to belong to the pack, they suck. Why nobody switches to a (free) private IRC channel is beyond me.
hahah, you're right, but you gotta admit whatsapp sure is one hell of a usefull program, much much better vs IRC channel. i mean group chat, sending pictures etc is so perfectly implemented. It really is the ONE and ONLY drawback of the n900 i can think of

HtheB 2011-11-15 00:07
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tim_de_wolf (Post 1123623)
hahah, you're right, but you gotta admit whatsapp sure is one hell of a usefull program, much much better vs IRC channel. i mean group chat, sending pictures etc is so perfectly implemented. It really is the ONE and ONLY drawback of the n900 i can think of
I also use NITDroid for a couple games that aren't available for Maemo like "Wordfeud", "Sky Force Reloaded" and "Dragon, Fly".

tim_de_wolf 2011-11-15 10:06
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HtheB (Post 1123678)
I also use NITDroid for a couple games that aren't available for Maemo like "Wordfeud", "Sky Force Reloaded" and "Dragon, Fly".
Does it work? I mean, i also installed games but they just felt like they weren't "made" for the device. And do you use nitdroid about as often as you use maemo? Because if you boot/reboot everytime some puts in a word on wordfeud, you're device drains right?

HtheB 2011-11-15 14:15
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by tim_de_wolf (Post 1123828)
Does it work? I mean, i also installed games but they just felt like they weren't "made" for the device. And do you use nitdroid about as often as you use maemo? Because if you boot/reboot everytime some puts in a word on wordfeud, you're device drains right?
Install SetCPU and put it on 950mHz. then everything works superb!

And no, I just leave it on android, no need to reboot. :)
I have My N9 for calling.

But most of the times I just check Wordfeud at the and of the day.
You wont have a big battery drain by a reboot, it's just that the system thinks how many % battery you have left.

mikecomputing 2011-11-15 23:31
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
whats app must die!!! no one shall use closed crap protocol. internet protocols shall be free!!! dont use this kind hyped crap when there are free open alternatives. big shame broken android and ios has no real jabber based allternative as on n9/n900...

HtheB 2011-11-15 23:50
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mikecomputing (Post 1124115)
whats app must die!!! no one shall use closed crap protocol. internet protocols shall be free!!! dont use this kind hyped crap when there are free open alternatives. big shame broken android and ios has no real jabber based allternative as on n9/n900...
Soon we have eBuddy XMS :)
(it's not open, but at least it is REAL cross platform!)

BishoyEmil 2011-11-16 00:37
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
I had really thought to install NITroid and i think i am gonna do it very soon.., Not just for Whats app but for many other applications that belongs only to android., But i am afraid of what i've heared about the Extra Devels may do like battery drain and Memory loss..etc,
So please can anyone confirm this ?!
Thanks all for your help.

DJBENTZY 2011-11-21 09:04
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Hey guys,

check this out:
"My api is nearly complete and supports the full spectrum of WhatsApp features."
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1344114

What do you think? is there any chance to have Whatsapp on n900 soon? :-)

end2begin 2011-11-21 13:04
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
I think this is a scam unfortunately.

vir3us 2011-11-21 13:15
Re: What about Whats app ?!!!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by BishoyEmil (Post 1124142)
I had really thought to install NITroid and i think i am gonna do it very soon.., Not just for Whats app but for many other applications that belongs only to android., But i am afraid of what i've heared about the Extra Devels may do like battery drain and Memory loss..etc,
So please can anyone confirm this ?!
Thanks all for your help.
Try it and see


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