According to the test results of third-party dual-open app Parallel Space in 2023, gbwhatsapp can be cloned by changing the APK package name (e.g., changing com.gbwhatsapp to com.gbwhatsapp clone). The success rate is around 89% (for native interfaces) to 64% (for custom UIs such as MIUI 14). For example, when the clone version is run on Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, the size of the application memory increased from 420MB to 580MB (38% increase), and the cold startup time increased by 1.3 seconds (the official single startup took 2.1 seconds). But the cybersecurity firm McAfee pointed out that approximately 23% of cloning applications (such as Clone App) silently inject advertisement SDKS, and users then receive a total of 9.2 spam push notifications per day (0 for official tools).
Technically, the cloning of gb whatsapp involves circumvention of the Android SELinux security policy (altering the sepolicy rule), and the difference in code equates to 12,000 lines (4.7% of the base APK). The Information Technology Act 2024 of India provides that unauthorized instant messaging application cloning can be punished with a fine of up to 2 million rupees (approximately 24,000 US dollars). For instance, in May 2024, a Mumbai-based company was made liable by regulators and asked to pay 780,000 rupees for its employees cloning gb whatsapp for the purpose of forwarding customer data. Also, if the clone version supports the “independent sandbox” mode (such as Shelter), the storage isolation capability must be ≥1.5GB (100,000 message backup basis) and the read/write speed of the database will be reduced to 67% compared with the official version.
Market feedback indicates that approximately 18% of gb whatsapp users worldwide have attempted cloning operations (Statista 2024 statistics), with regions such as Nigeria and Pakistan having a cloning usage rate of 34% driven by demand for dual SIM cards. But Omdia research agency found that message synchronization error rate of the cloned version was 12.7% (just 2.3% in comparison with official version), while the chance for voice call metadata leakage (like IP address) increased to 19% (just 4% compared to official version). In November 2023, in a case of fraud busted by the police in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the criminals used a cloned version of gb whatsapp to control eight accounts simultaneously, and the amount involved was 1.2 million US dollars. But because the cloned fingerprints were not completely erased, they were eventually traced and arrested.
As for performance degradation, if cloned gb whatsapp was run on Mediatek Dimensity 9200 phones, the highest CPU usage went up from 28% in single run to 46% (with a rise in temperature by 6.3℃), and the rate of killing background processes went up to 3.2 times per hour (1.1 times in single run). If the user has “virtualized cloning” (e.g. VMOS) turned on, battery life on the phone will be reduced by 2.1 hours (from a test with a 5000mAh battery), and touch response delay will be increased to 190ms (120ms in standalone usage).
In enterprise mobile device management (MDM) software, enterprise-grade MDM solutions such as VMware Workspace ONE have the ability to block gb whatsapp cloning activity at a detection rate of 98%, but at a cost of deployment of about $7.2 per device per month. For single users where safe cloning is needed, open-source container tech (such as Island) must be employed, which has the potential to reduce data leakage risk from 21% to 4.3%, but ADB commands must be set manually (at an average time expense of 23 minutes). Overall, although technically cloning gb whatsapp can be done, a conservative trade-off between functional needs, performance degradation, and legal risk must be made.