What's app help

[Mytwistedimagination]

Is it possible to have the same what's app account open on two devices at the same time?

No the number is linked to the account and a number can only be regestered to one device

I have it on my personal phone and my work phone but they have different phone numbers and I think WhatsApp works off numbers rather than an app

I think when you message numbers on WhatsApp they are stored in that phone and you can't see them from your other phone. But I don't know about tablets etc.

Yes. You can have it on your phone and use Whatsapp web simultaneously, for the same account.

I currently have WhatsApp open on my phone and my Mac at the same time so, yes, you can.

So if you have it on your work and personal mobile, is it two separate accounts? @Thebluedog?

My issue is I know dh texts me through his mobile, and today I have messaged over a total time period of maybe two hours, so 120 mins. Yet he has apparently spent over 250 minutes on it today. He is working away and says he hasn't texted anyone else, so how could this happen?

Could he have it open in the background? iPhones don't close an app unless you double tap.
Why does it matter?

He could have it open in the background, but if so it would be the same for any other day and it isn't. He doesn't have it open all the time when away but closed at home, as far as I know.
It matters because when he cheated, he was phoning/texting through the week while he lived away from home, to meet up for a shag. So what's app used and launched a noticeably greater number of times while away could be something dodgy. That's why I wanted to know more about how it works.
(Please don't make this into a thread about trusting him/ltb etc. That's all in other threads. I'd like to concentrate on the what's app workings on this one. Thanks. )

I've got one phone with WhatsApp

I've also got one iPad with WhatsApp

If I message on the phone, it shows on the iPad when I log in.

However if I deleted a phone message as soon as I send/receive it, I would not expect it to ever show on my iPad.

Is that what you were asking?

On the other hand, could he be on the app reading old messages? Unlikely but I sometimes do that to remind myself of a time or date, or birthday invite etc.

Hi, so I don't think this thinking is healthy but you are aware of trust issues and acknowledge that. I'll focus on WhatsApp for now.

Firstly you say
Yet he has apparently spent over 250 minutes on it today

What makes you think this, how have you come up with this number.

For example I use WhatsApp daily and my contact will either say 'online' or last active at 8am or whatever.

Unless someone knows a way and can correct me I'm confused how you can add up time spent using WhatsApp, most people go on and off it when reading or replying messages. X

Op how do you know this?

@Mytwistedimagination yes this is two separate accounts.

Sometimes WhatsApp will say last read hours before I've spoken to my mum on WhatsApp so obviously wrong. I don't know how reliable WhatsApp is. How do you know he's spent 250 mins on it?

I know how long he's been on it because the phone logs time spent on each app.
I know this thinking is unhealthy but he lied to me for a very long time, so trust is an issue we are working on right now, and I missed everything last time, so feel the need to check out things like this.

My thoughts so far are if the phone has logged approx 250 minutes on what's app, this could either be for the account installed on the phone
Or
A combined total for two accounts, as DifficultDIY has (one account on two devices, if I've understood it correctly?). I'm assuming the second device would be something other than a phone, as someone mentioned accounts on different phones are separate accounts because they are linked to the phone number? Can you install it on laptop?

Any other options that come to mind? Thanks for the help!

If a device logs the total time an app was used it'd only log that device, not other devices.

Unless I have misread?

Are you getting this information from his phone?
Could you direct me to get this information on my phone. Are you sure its from today only. For example mine can tell me how many messages I've sent or calls I've made since a given time.
Could he be opening the message then putting it down for a minute then read it an put it down again then start replying an put it down etc etc
I do this a lot.
The thing is if you suspect he is up to something this seems a really roundabout way of providing info as it doesn't give any proof of anything. Does he not have friends or family of his own on his WhatsApp he may be speaking to?

Hiding, of course he does, but he specifically told me he had only texted me on it today, which didn't tally with the time. Yes, it's round about, but cheats are good at hiding stuff, so you have to look at every little thing which may turn out to be significant. Have a look in your phone settings, under apps.

Is he has a MAC - might have it in the background, i do this. It might be totally innocent, or, since youve said he is a cheat - it might not. Sorry OP.

Okay I've checked my phone and it only records the time that the app was open on my phone, if your husband has another phone with WatsApp installed it won't be included in that time that the app was used.

So your husband was quite obviously on it for 250 minutes on his phone, whether legitimately or not, nobody can tell you. However I really wouldn't trust phone timings as time opened in the background is probably included.

What if he didn't close the app once he'd replied to you? i.e. replied to you, put the phone on his desk and the phone locked but the app was still open? Would that count towards the 250 minutes of open time?

Sorry I'm not having a go I'm just trying to understand.

I can't work out how you can look on your phone settings what his WhatsApp is doing if he's working away. Could you post a screenshot that shows nothing personal?

I've found it in my app settings and it tells me how many messages I've sent and received, calls I've made or received and how many GB of data it's used since a specific date months ago.

You can download an app that lets you synch more than one acct.... I used it when my dd started boarding school

Can you not just see yourself how much he is online?

Does he have his last seen on ?

He could have preview on which means he is replying to other WhatsApp messages on preview (this doesn't amend your last seen, I don't think)

So just to show you what I see I've looked at WhatsApp settings and my phone settings under apps then WhatsApp.

I'm sorry if this is obvious but this is just personal data for me so that's why I'm struggling to understand how you know what his phone is doing x

Has OP got a spying app installed on his phone or something?