For me to get WhatsApp to work with any microG rom the only problem is that to receive the SMS (or phone call) from Whatsapp to verify the login you need to go to App Details (outside WhatsApp) and give it a RAFT of permissions that it doesn’t get by default like it would get on Google Play’d roms (stock Android etc). So once you give it SMS and Phone permissions, then it can send the message / make the call to give you your verification code.
Yes, WhatsApp still gives the message warning that it may not work since I use a custom rom, but no issues from what I can tell.
Once then logged in, you can go back and take away the permissions you don’t want it to have anymore, I believe it should keep working.
Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried this on a fresh installation of iodeOS with my WhatsApp account. Sadly it did not work. WhatsApp seams do classify diffrent Accounts/nnumbers.
Everyone should try this tho first, before ditching CustomRoms
You just cannot be serious! If I had no other choice I would set up a spoof Gulag phone with a WA spoof account and just use it on wifi so as to contain my guilty pleasures.
This has nothing to do with respect for Google, but rather with respect for the victims of the Russian regime. If you don’t understand that and this is becoming normal and tolerated here, then I’m probably in the wrong place. So reconsider your statement and think before you open your mouth.
This may come as a surprise @AlphaElwedritsch … but I’m not really a Russian spy bear, not even a Russian spy disguised as a bear TBH, but I’m happy to change my username to ‘Chinese Spy Balloon’ if that makes you feel better.
Can’t or won’t you understand what it’s all about?
Just stop using the word: Gulag as a synonym for Google. What’s so difficult to understand. It’s disrespectful and political. And it has no place here.
It’s quite simple to understand and accept.
Are you using the official WhatsApp from Aurora Store of instead an unofficial open source app from F-Droid? Unfortunately you need the official closed source app.
Did you manage to solve the last issue? and how was the interaction with WhatsApp support? If they are understanding, maybe you could have them disable the last barrier as well.
for me only the stock OS fixed it, I couldnt even reach WhatsApp support without them throwing errors at me
Dont understand the issue in detail. But on an old LineageOS without microG, still a Whatsapp is running in Shelter work profile.
And WA runs also on Fairphone 4 with CalyxOS 6.4.2 without microG.
I had only lot of problem to “switch” (without cloud) old WA account from old LineageOS to CalyxOS phone.
But linking the diveces etc and in general, no problem to run WA. Of course there can be delays receiving messages!
Again I am running WhatsApp installed from aurora fine in iodé. The key was to grant permissions for phone and messages etc so that it could send the authentication message.
I did not attempt to create a WhatsApp account from iode I already had it active on previous devices
