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Whatsapp on Iphone 3G IOS 4.2.1

Whatsapp is working on iphone 3G with IOS 4.2.1 until it requires and update and then no longer works because the application in Apple Store needs IOS 4.3 or higher. Incredible! If the update can not work why it require this update? Now I can not use Whatsapp. These are the things that tells apart good sofware developers from bad ones. Please any help?

iPhone 3G, iOS 4.2

Posted on Dec 26, 2012 1:36 PM

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Jan 4, 2013 6:06 AM in response to JuanLluch

It's still not working for me (I also have a 3G). And this was the last straw - I am getting rid of my iPhone and my Mac... and never going back!!!! I'm so sick of these incompatibility issues and Apple's having abandonned all clients who don't pay hundreds of dollars each year to constantly upgrade their products. I'm defintely going to encourage anyone who ever asks me for advice or about my experiences with "i" products to use Androids and PCs instead.

Jan 5, 2013 2:15 AM in response to JuanLluch

You do not have any other solution then upgrading to ios 4.3 or more so you can use whatsapp.

And i do not recommend anybody to upgrade their iphone 3g or 3gs to ios 5.0 , 5.1.1 , 6.0.1 or 6.0.1 cause you will have some problems such as :

-battery wil drain faster

-iphone 3g wil be slower

And more other problems.

(I have iphone 3g , 3gs , 4 , 4s and iphone 5 and i experienced many problems with iphone 3g and 3gs when upgrading to ios 5 and more).


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Jan 5, 2013 11:25 AM in response to JuanLluch

It is just unbelievable. Whatsapp now seams to bw working again. But I eliminated the app from my 3G, and now I try to install it again and iTunes said there's an error (0xe8008001). Somebody can please help me, I have the ipa file whatsaap 2.8.4.

Jan 12, 2013 6:33 AM in response to JuanLluch

I have the same problem. I've always wanted an iPhone and when I finally decide to get one its completely useless. Bought a 3G and tried installing Whatsapp and all i get is "this app requires iOs 4.3"

The worst part is the fact that they make you pay for an app like Whatsapp but then they dont support half of the users that want to but it...

I am quite dissapointed about this..i just joined the Apple community, finally, and now im ready to leave it again.

Whatsapp on Iphone 3G IOS 4.2.1

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