Run Android games on your pc and even Whatsapp

[RainyDecember]

http://bluestacks.com/

I only saw this today. Don't know if it is relevant but I thought someone here might want to also know...

 

[DominionZA]

Been using it for almost a year now.
Pretty decent but still lacking a bit.

 

[waynegohl]

Found this programme last night and it seems to be working however I found no contacts on whatsapp on my pc, do I manually put them in? Do I need to verify my number everytime I log into whatsapp on the pc?

 

[TJ99]

Why don't you just use the official Android emulator that app developers use? It's free if I remember correctly.

 

[waynegohl]

Being a total dunce at this I did try that emulator a week ago but got a error report so did not use it but bluestacks was quick and easy but a beta version so it might have bugs. I used whatsapp last night and it was perfect but this morning it's asking for verification again and I might have did something wrong because it did send the code to my android phone but I must wait like 14 hours to get in the pc program again.

 

[kilobits]

Heeey wayne

I remember whatsapp stating somewhere that the app is not licensed to run on emulators... it is a per device imei license thingy thus fails on bluestacks etc.

I am sure alphajohn or Biometrics or mikesmit would know more.

 

[S1ght]

Why don't you just use the official Android emulator that app developers use? It's free if I remember correctly.

Ever tried using the official emulator? If I could get it to enable Hardware rendering then maybe it would be better but at the moment they render everything using software. It makes it horribly horribly slow. Even for development I would rather just plug my phone in and debug over USB.

 

[waynegohl]

Heeey wayne

I remember whatsapp stating somewhere that the app is not licensed to run on emulators... it is a per device imei license thingy thus fails on bluestacks etc.

I am sure alphajohn or Biometrics or mikesmit would know more.

Morning Boetie

it ran perfectly last night as I was chatting on it and there was "communication" between pc and phone through the bluestack programme.

I think I might have been too hasty in verifying my "account" because they did send me a 3 digit code to my phone around the same time I logged in this morning, I can only test the program again in 13 hours time but Angry Birds plays nicely on Bluestacks.

 

[AlphaJohn]

Heeey wayne

I remember whatsapp stating somewhere that the app is not licensed to run on emulators... it is a per device imei license thingy thus fails on bluestacks etc.

I am sure alphajohn or Biometrics or mikesmit would know more.

Well the only route I know would be to have a Data Sim on a diffrent number to you phone

Pop it into a phone, install Whatsapp.apk in Bluestacs and confirm the number via TXT message that you will get on the phone. Then put the sim back into your Modem.

Do not know of any work around for this. (Reason I used my Data card's sim is because if you do it with your phones you have problems with messages.