You Can Combine Multiple Internet Connections Together – Like Starlink, Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, and DSL – with Speedify, to Fix WhatsApp Hanging and Not Working
When WhatsApp is not working, or calls hang on “Call on Hold”, freeze or fall silent, the usual cause is that your phone’s internet connection went quiet for a moment (a faint Wi-Fi signal, a crowded home internet connection, or a switch to 4G/5G cellular as you walk out the door).
Speedify is an app that lets your phone use Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular at the same time, and on a computer Ethernet or Starlink as well. Speedify can only keep you online through a drop when it has two or more internet connections to work with, for example Wi-Fi plus your phone’s 4G/5G cellular. On a single connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping. When one connection drops, Speedify moves the call to the other in milliseconds and keeps the same public IP address, so the calling app does not see a new address. The rest of this guide covers why WhatsApp freezes and stops responding, and what using Speedify does for your audio and video calls and for your privacy.
How to Keep WhatsApp Calls Connected with Speedify
- Download Speedify on your iPhone or Android phone, or on the computer you use WhatsApp on (Windows, macOS).
- Open Speedify and create a free account (the free tier includes 5 GB per month), or sign in.
- On a phone, keep Wi-Fi on and turn on 4G/5G cellular as well, and tap Allow when it asks to add a VPN configuration. On a computer on Wi-Fi, add Ethernet or a phone tethered over USB (on a Mac, an iPhone or a supported Android phone). Speedify then has two internet connections to work with.
- Connect. Speedify uses both connections at once and moves your traffic to the working one when one drops.
- Open WhatsApp and make your call as usual.
Why WhatsApp Freezes or Stops Working, and What to Do
There are multiple reasons why your WhatsApp can become non-responsive and hanging; the main ones are:
- out of date app installed on your smartphone
- software conflicts with other apps on your Android or iPhone
- insufficient storage space on Android
- an internet connection that is not reliable: it keeps disconnecting or is very slow.
Most of the time the cause is your internet connection. A WhatsApp call needs a steady flow of data in both directions, and a connection that pauses for a few seconds puts the call on hold or ends it. Here is how to check whether WhatsApp is down or it’s your internet.
WhatsApp needs an internet connection for messages and calls, and it works the same over Wi-Fi or 4G/5G cellular. If WhatsApp is not working on Wi-Fi but works on cellular (or the other way round), that one connection is the problem: restart the router, move closer to it, or check whether the network blocks WhatsApp, as some office, school and hotel Wi-Fi networks do. If WhatsApp is down for everyone, Downdetector shows a spike in reports, and nothing on your phone, Speedify included, brings it back until WhatsApp fixes it.
A WhatsApp call that hangs up by itself has usually lost its connection on one side for long enough that WhatsApp gives up: a Wi-Fi network that fades as you move between rooms, a phone switching between Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular, or a weak signal on the other person’s phone. Data-saving settings can cause it too, so check that Low Data Mode (iPhone) or Data Saver (Android) is off and that WhatsApp is allowed to use cellular data. If calls drop only on one Wi-Fi network, that network is the problem.
Here are some solutions to avoid WhatsApp hanging and not working:
- check your Internet connection and speed
- see if the WhatsApp service is down or not
- restart WhatsApp
- update WhatsApp and your operating system
- clear the WhatsApp cache
- reinstall WhatsApp
- restart your smartphone
- restart your router / Internet source
When the connection is to blame, either the Internet connection is too slow for an HD audio or video call, or it is flaky and brings heavy packet loss. Both problems get worse on the move, because a phone cannot switch between Wi-Fi networks or cell towers without a short break, and during that break apps like WhatsApp hang, drop calls or stop working.
How Speedify Keeps WhatsApp Calls Going When Wi-Fi Drops
By default, mobile devices are designed to only use one Internet connection at a time: Wi-Fi or 4G/5G cellular. This happens even though both connections are active. What if you could use BOTH connections at once, for their combined speed and reliability?
Speedify combines multiple internet connections into one faster, more reliable connection for live streaming, video calling and web browsing. Instead of just using one connection at a time, Speedify allows your smartphone or tablet to connect to the Internet over both Wi-Fi and 4G/5G cellular simultaneously. That adds bandwidth and gives WhatsApp calls a second path, so a weak Wi-Fi moment is much less likely to put a call on hold.
Speedify also monitors the quality of your Internet connections with its automatic failover protection capabilities. When it detects that a signal is weak or that the network is too slow, Speedify reroutes the data through the other working connection in milliseconds. When the other connection is back online and reliable, Speedify begins using it again, automatically and in the background.
To keep 4G/5G cellular use down, set cellular to Secondary priority in the app and give it a data cap, so Speedify can send as much data as possible through Wi-Fi and add cellular only when Wi-Fi is not enough.
Speedify Helps You Avoid WhatsApp Hangs and Not Working, and Also Protects Your Online Privacy
In addition to delivering a faster Internet experience to your mobile device, Speedify uses advanced technology to quickly encrypt all the data sent to and from your device. Speedify keeps you safe from compromised Wi-Fi networks, snooping ISPs, and other threats.
Tired of WhatsApp hanging and not responding because you’re on a slow and unreliable Internet connection? Time to fix that with Speedify, the app that combines your internet connections. Get it now!
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