Whatsapp on 2 devices: "does not work, tell why!"

After nearly everyone of my friends is using whatsapp, it was overdue to download this app.
Why is this app used by everyone? What's cool about this app?

• You have to do nothing after the download except this sms-verification
• No account creation
• No new password (or reuse another one <- li="" nooo="">
• No need for searching addresses
• You do not have to take care about your contact list
  
• Just start messaging

Why does this work? Whatsapp uses your phonenumber to build the account identifier. The app scans your phone address book and builds its own contact list. Fine.

Really?

Not at all: If you want to add whatsapp on a second device with no sim card (e.g. your tablet), you can find several instructions but: after adding whatsapp to this device, whatsapp on your phone does no longer work...
Whatapps says:

Your WhatsApp account can only be verified with one number, on one device.
If you attempt to frequently switch your WhatsApp account between different devices, at a certain point, you may be blocked from re-verifying your account. So please do not repeatedly switch between different devices.
Cheers,
WhatsApp Support Team

Finally i would say: The biggest advantage is also the biggest disadvantage. Using the phonenumber as account id makes everything easy but prevents the usage of more than one device....

Android Update: 4.4.2

Only two week after upgrading to Android 4.4 the next update was available:

 

 

And like all other minor upgrades: no information about the updates....

 

If you compare the information you notice the kernel upgrade from 3.1.10-gee1a0b2 to 3.1.10-g4776c86.

For a complete history of all updates visit this posting.

Adding Statcounter to Contao-CMS

If you are running a Contao based website and you want to add the Statcounter.com snippet for statistics, there is no manual how to to this. I tried some different things, and this was my solution:

• Create a file name counter.html on your webserver on toplevel of the Contao system (htdocs or something equivalent).
• Put the Statcounter snippet in this file

<-- Start of StatCounter Code for Default Guide -->
(script type="text/javascript")
var sc_project=NNN; 
var sc_invisible=1; 
...

• Then add the following next to the last line inside index.php:

include 'counter.html';

• After that you will be able to get your statistics via Statcounter.com....

Android Update: 4.4

After nearly everyone got the update, my device came up with this tiny icon:

And here we go:

 If you follow the link you will get the following information:

• KitKat 4.4: Smart, simple, and truly yours 
• and several other enhancements of version 4.4

And here the system information after the update:

For a complete history of all updates visit this posting.