Comments on: Viber – a nice VoIP app that I don’t really like https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/ My hobby... Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: miguel h https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1141 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 06:38:56 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1141 Indeed Viber reps spend an inordinate amount of time telling us there is little battery drain although my own experience is the same as many others.

It eats battery and keeps the Android OS running. Uninstalling the app without changing anything else cures this for me.

This problem does not happen with the app running on my nexus 7 tablet running 4.4.2, only on my phone which is stuck running ICS 4.0.1.

I have re-installed it to my phone for the 3rd time and and experimenting with the “exit viber” option. It does not appear to actually exit as the main screen re-appears after selecting this option; however, viber no longer shows on the recent apps screen.

Btw, the mac desktop app works well. If you’re not using it on your computer yet, give it a try.

]]> By: woleez https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1085 Wed, 01 May 2013 22:18:47 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1085 Viber drains lot of battery, even when I exit it from “more” it miraculously start showing again and I cant make it quit. what I should do , so I only use Viber when I really need like Skype , if I exit Skype it never come back automatically.
I have android jelly bean ( Samsung Note II)
please advise how I can get rid of Viber without uninstalling it and only make it run in background when I need to. is there any way ?

]]> By: Panagias https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1061 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:39:53 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1061 In reply to P R.

Lies. All network operators have fair usage policy. You can’t download that amount in 2 days, they disconnect you. Also, 8gb in 2 days, means 4gb per day, 170mb per hour, 3mb per minute. A voip program can’t drain so much bandwidth. Probably he’s trolling, or sabotage viber. Im not supporting anyone, i just use logic and division.

]]> By: Panagias https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1060 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:25:29 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1060 the guy with the 8gb in 2 days says bullshit. All network operators have fair usage policy. You can’t download that amount in 2 days, they disconnect you. Also, 8gb in 2 days, means 4gb per day, 170mb per hour, 3mb per minute. A voip program can’t drain so much bandwidth. Probably he’s trolling, or sabotage viber. Im not supporting anyone, i just use logic and division.

]]> By: Georgi https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1057 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:25:41 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1057 I use a bit different platform than these mentioned above – Symbian^3.
I tried skype for a few months and recently installed viber.
Well, the truth is with viber running in the background I run dry and have to recharge twice a day.
Regarding skype, I feel very comfortable running it all day long with just slight increase of power consumption. And the the end of the day there’s still plenty of power.
Viber has a lot of work to do with power consumption. I’m removing it.
I just can’t stand switching on and off my wifi and mobile data in order to save my battery of being drained by viber.

]]> By: Russ https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1053 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 09:38:56 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1053 to the guy that used all the gigs, sounds like you had updates switched on too !!! turn viber of and when home or in wireless room turn data off and enable wireless on phone and do it all for free dude !!! sms free as and small cost on wireless network for voice, turn cam off too. cheers

]]> By: dandroid99 https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1031 Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:18:44 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1031 I installed Viber on my SGS2 and found it to be a power hog and a data hog. I never did make a call with the service but it used about 10MB per day in standby and drained my battery in about 5 hours. Needless to say I uninstalled it. First impressions count so no more Viber for me!

]]> By: sienna https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1028 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:25:28 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1028 If you use the exit button are msgs still automatically delivered to phone or will it only say that msgs have been “sent” and not “delivered” until user has viber running again?

]]> By: Viber | João Pedro Ramos https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1026 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:12:39 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1026 […] to use 240 kB (up and down) of data per minute and at most 1kB per minute while on background (Source). Having a very basic 3G plan of 200 MB/month, would give you around 14 hours of calls each month […]

]]> By: Ali https://blog.al4.co.nz/2011/09/viber-a-nice-app-that-i-dont-really-like/#comment-1006 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:43:22 +0000 http://blog.al4.co.nz/?p=1056#comment-1006 Viber on the iPad isn’t really pleasant. Has lots of bugs and barely works well. An update for that would be great! Thanks :)

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