Can I get banned for using whatsapp in anbox?
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I don't use WhatsApp and don't know too much about this, but I wouldn't think Anbox would affect how WhatsApp operates. From a quick search online, it seems WhatsApp found faults with certain "unauthorized" WhatsApp forks (?) that were created. If you're just using the normal Android .apk then I don't think they would think anything is different as Anbox shouldn't affect its normal operation (unless someone here knows of something Anbox does that would make WhatsApp look differently).
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@poVoq ah alright! ill give anbox a shot then!
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I have been using whats app in an box for about a year now without any problems... I just had to upgrade it at one moment, that's all.
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@mihael You have been using Anbox for a year? On a daily driver? How is the experience overall?
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@arubislander Well, I just disable anbox after checking my whats app so that the battery would not drain. And I don't have notifications from whats app. I cannot see videos or gifs. So for texts and images is great. Oh, I cannot open links or copy paste from whats app to UT.
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i got it to work.
for anyone trying to do this, whatsapp has an official doenload for the apk here: https://www.whatsapp.com/download/you shpuld be able to install it that way
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If there is already an easy explanation available what to do to test Anbox with WA on a Nexus 5 I would also like to try
I thought it is running with problems and technical hurdles until now? And WA has to run on another android in parallel?
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@Mic_ said in Can I get banned for using whatsapp in anbox?:
If there is already an easy explanation available what to do to test Anbox with WA on a Nexus 5 I would also like to try
I thought it is running with problems and technical hurdles until now? And WA has to run on another android in parallel?
No, as Anbox is Android. I guess the biggest issue for now is that you have to remount the base OS image in read/write mode to install Anbox. This in turn prevents you from doing regular OTA updates, or if you do it you have to reinstall Anbox and WA afterwards again.
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@poVoq Not here: Pro 5, rc channel.
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