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skype only over wifi?

Skype now available natively for android in the market... but only over wifi?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/05/skype-app-arrives-in-android-market-still-wifi-only/
I'm really hoping a fix for this comes soon, I like being able to use my iPad data connection to make skype calls. Doing it on the Evo would be even better

thanks for the information. just downloaded it and tested hoping that it would work on data..

I guess I've never thought to ask if there's an application that fools your apps into thinking they're running on wifi when they're running on cellular data like the ones for iOS devices.

I haven't tested it yet but when I start Skype, it warns me that it uses a lot of data and to get a proper data plan, then it starts. All on 3g. Shrug?

When you try to make a call, it tells you that you can't call over 3G and you need to use wifi.

Just hit up Google voice, isn't that also free?

ms79723 said:
Just hit up Google voice, isn't that also free?
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your missing the whole point tho:
Google voice free ONLY for US
Skype free ALL OVER THE WORLD (for skype to skype; not skype out)

cheebahawk said:
your missing the whole point tho:
Google voice free ONLY for US
Skype free ALL OVER THE WORLD (for skype to skype; not skype out)
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Ah, I didn't know that. I just got Skype not too long ago...

Google Voice is not over wifi either it uses your minutes.

Slashdot says it works over wifi or 3G:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/05/1216202/Skype-Officially-Available-For-Android

m03sizlak said:
Slashdot says it works over wifi or 3G:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/05/1216202/Skype-Officially-Available-For-Android
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In the US, only over WiFi.

did i hear there is no vid... yet?
Tango seems to work pretty decently, at least from EVO to iPhone

How do you sign out of Skype once you get it up and running? Is this thing going to kill my battery?

m4rk0358 said:
How do you sign out of Skype once you get it up and running? Is this thing going to kill my battery?
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I had the same issue with Tango...
hope to find an answer...
maybe set ATK to kill it...

m4rk0358 said:
How do you sign out of Skype once you get it up and running? Is this thing going to kill my battery?
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Go to your info page then hit menu, then there's a sign out option...

myth_mn said:
Go to your info page then hit menu, then there's a sign out option...
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Awesome. Thanks!

m03sizlak said:
Slashdot says it works over wifi or 3G:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/05/1216202/Skype-Officially-Available-For-Android
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I just tried on my EVO with Sprint, no go. Perhaps with some hacking it will work... just as hulu and flash for the android do not play nice without some tinkering.
'tuna

spiicytuna said:
I just tried on my EVO with Sprint, no go. Perhaps with some hacking it will work... just as hulu and flash for the android do not play nice without some tinkering.
'tuna
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waiting for this to happen... the hacking to work over 3g

Quick question.. Since its calls over wifi only.... Can I use an old/extra android phone that doesn't have service to make/receive calls over wifi? One thing I wish google voice did
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i have no skype friends online to try rt now....does it do video chat?

skype

i installed skype and was able to make a call to my phone but i ended the call now it won't boot up all the way. it starts to boot up then says shutting down and powers off. gonna try to restore a back up now
i would advise against using skype. gonna try fring next to see if it will work. surely theres a video chat app that works with this thing...otherwise why does it have a cam?
my backup cured the booting problems, tried fring with yahoo messenger and it says yahoo does not support video chatting. i also tried the yahoo messenger apk with video chat add on and they do not work either it seems. just sucks that we have a pretty much useless video camera....for now.

yeah I really want a video chat program for this thing that works. Fring displayed video but the audio was crackling. I would love to find something that works so I can chat with my family when I leave town.

wlawyer said:
yeah I really want a video chat program for this thing that works. Fring displayed video but the audio was crackling. I would love to find something that works so I can chat with my family when I leave town.
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how did you get it to display video?

Crimton said:
how did you get it to display video?
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With fring I just pulled up the test call contact then selected video. Not much to it as long as you use the test contact or any other contact with the fringe client.

wlawyer said:
With fring I just pulled up the test call contact then selected video. Not much to it as long as you use the test contact or any other contact with the fringe client.
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Can you post which apk you used and settings? I've tried a cooke and can't get it to work, needless to say when I try to pull from frings sure it doesn't recognize the device.
Will it work with skype clients?
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it2steve said:
Can you post which apk you used and settings? I've tried a cooke and can't get it to work, needless to say when I try to pull from frings sure it doesn't recognize the device.
Will it work with skype clients?
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I am pretty sure its this one, i messed my gtab up pretty good last night so i cant be for sure. This is the first time I have posted a file on here but hopefully I am not a total nub.
Edit: I think fring used to work with skype but they got a cute cease and desist letter so they pulled that out. This will only do video if you and the other contact have fring installed, that is why I used the convenient test call contact to test the video. Like i said it looks like the video is working but the audio is crackling terribly on mine. It may be that I dont have the latest apk or just a bad audio driver.

does skype need background data enabled?

Skype.apk
does anyone have the skpye.apk? The crippled market wont pull it.

wlawyer said:
I am pretty sure its this one, i messed my gtab up pretty good last night so i cant be for sure. This is the first time I have posted a file on here but hopefully I am not a total nub.
Edit: I think fring used to work with skype but they got a cute cease and desist letter so they pulled that out. This will only do video if you and the other contact have fring installed, that is why I used the convenient test call contact to test the video. Like i said it looks like the video is working but the audio is crackling terribly on mine. It may be that I dont have the latest apk or just a bad audio driver.
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thanks for that.. now I remember what I drama was with that. After installation when it's asking for ID and such, the koyboard wont pull up to type anything?
Anyone else have that issue? any workarounds?

it2steve said:
does anyone have the skpye.apk? The crippled market wont pull it.
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Skype screwed me up, wouldn't let me boot and I had to do a restore. I just downloaded it to my phone and sent it to my dropbox from there then downloaded on the g.
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Steve, are you on the Zpad bulid? I also had problems with the keyboard in that one, but the workaround would be to plug in a usb keyboard. However, Fring works with CM 6.1 Beta2.
Edit: The audio bites bigtime!

Skype works fine for me on full vanilla. Only voice though, it is not made for video. Fring no longer supports link to skype due to skype restrictions once skype licensed to cell providers. Fring works, but as was mentioned, audio crackle makes it useless for us.

I think this has already been posted somewhere and may not be what u r looking for but the yahoo messenger and video add on has voice call

I have the Zpad T2 and in order to make skype to work, I need to change the checkjni =0 in build.prop

pcmtse said:
I have the Zpad T2 and in order to make skype to work, I need to change the checkjni =0 in build.prop
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Im assuming that it's working with chatb but no video?

I am using Skype from the Toshiba folio apk and it works perfectly for voice calls.

it2steve said:
Im assuming that it's working with chatb but no video?
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Yes, I don't think Skype support Video yet right?
and Fring can't log onto Skype right?

On CM6.1 I have the yahoo messenger with video working. I can't type and video at the same time, limitation in the yahoo app, but I have video and sound working just fine going both ways.

I've got Skype installed on my ViewSonic GTablet and can make calls, but I get no audio?? any ideas? People can hear me fine, but I can't hear them at all.

odd
I have used both skype voice calling and yahoo video chat successfully on my tab. (currently running TnT lite 2.2)

Video Call

So,
One of the reasons I picked up the transformer was the hope that I could make video calls of some sort with it. I remember some youtube of the TF101 doing it at CES and now that I own one, I'd like to see it work.
Can anyone step me through how they have done it, or if it's not workable or ....
Cheers,
gpearson1968

Dunno about other apps but I know Google talk video chat works great.

You do this in Google Talk, find one of your Gtalk contacts that has a little camera icon beside their name, and click on Video call.
If you dont have any, pm and you can add me as a Google Chat friend, and test a video call.
R.

I tried out fring today and it worked amazing!

There's always Skype too of course.

stuntdouble said:
There's always Skype too of course.
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No video on Skype at the moment.
Does anyone want to try out Fring's group video chat with a few members?

EP2008 said:
No video on Skype at the moment.
Does anyone want to try out Fring's group video chat with a few members?
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My mistake.

You can install Tango, this one allows video call cross platform i.e. iPhone users too.
The quality is excellent if you have a strong WiFi connection ( and the person your calling) also works from 3g if used from a handset or tab that uses it.

Also try qik.
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acomiskey said:
Also try qik.
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The qik app force closes whenever I try doing a video chat on the transformer. Anyone else have any luck?

raerae28 said:
You do this in Google Talk, find one of your Gtalk contacts that has a little camera icon beside their name, and click on Video call.
If you dont have any, pm and you can add me as a Google Chat friend, and test a video call.
R.
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Google Video Talk worked EXCELLENTLY. I showed it to my kids and they ran with it for the last few days. Then, they wound up teaching their mother how to do it.
Thanks for your help folks !
Cheers,
gpearson1968

very new in the android world so can someone list the steps for this to work.

Has anyone managed to get the leaked Skype Mobile with Video apk installed?
When I try it just says "Not Installed" - restoring with TB also fails.

Can someone tell me how to get the video chat to work between my transformer and a windows account using the Google Talk/Chat.
I was able to install the software on the windows machine butr not on my transformer. The google chat software said it was for windows (i.e. xp, win7 etc) only. Android was not mentioned. I also checked Android market and was unable to find anything related.
Thanks

jeffs99 said:
Can someone tell me how to get the video chat to work between my transformer and a windows account using the Google Talk/Chat.
I was able to install the software on the windows machine butr not on my transformer. The google chat software said it was for windows (i.e. xp, win7 etc) only. Android was not mentioned. I also checked Android market and was unable to find anything related.
Thanks
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Google talk is already installed on the transformer, the app icon is named "Talk"

HasC said:
You can install Tango, this one allows video call cross platform i.e. iPhone users too.
The quality is excellent if you have a strong WiFi connection ( and the person your calling) also works from 3g if used from a handset or tab that uses it.
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I also tried Tango on my TF to my wife's Iphone 4. I noticed that the image was up side down. Did you experience this when you are using Tango? I also tried Fring and the image was also upside down. I tried turning the tablet and still doesn't work.

I was getting an upside down video on fring as well.. what a shame
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Finally today managed to make a video call through Gtalk. Very fast and good image quality I would say. The app FC in the beginning, I can't say why... but a quick restart of the TF fixed it.
rio

Do you know if Skype is working with transformer. I have no luck.

mikewong27 said:
I also tried Tango on my TF to my wife's Iphone 4. I noticed that the image was up side down. Did you experience this when you are using Tango? I also tried Fring and the image was also upside down. I tried turning the tablet and still doesn't work.
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I had the same issue with tango and it kept FC'ing if I was connected to my bluetooth headset.

Video calls?

Well, today I finally got my G2x.. The main thing I bought it for is the front cam so I can keep in touch with my family overseas. For some reason I cannot get GTalk 1.3 to make a video call. I've tried CN7, bionic, and eagleblood.. Nowhere I see the option to initiate the video call.. any ideas?
Thanks

Try Tango from the Market.

corrupt05 said:
Well, today I finally got my G2x.. The main thing I bought it for is the front cam so I can keep in touch with my family overseas. For some reason I cannot get GTalk 1.3 to make a video call. I've tried CN7, bionic, and eagleblood.. Nowhere I see the option to initiate the video call.. any ideas?
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Gtalk will only work after the gingerbread update. With Tango you can make free video calls as well.

johnnyp500 said:
Gtalk will only work after the gingerbread update. With Tango you can make free video calls as well.
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Hi, thanks for the replies. I would like to be able to do video calls to computer with gtalk or any program... tango is only phone to phone.. so which rom has the bread update that makes it work?

You need 2.3.4 Gingerbread (CM7) and the correct updated version of GTalk that supports video. I've never used it but I've heard some people have success with it while others can't get it working. Video in GTalk is not yet released officially so your mileage may vary.
I was in the Tango beta which works well now. It is a free download from the Market.

[Q] Android: 3G video calls?

Hi!
I was wondering if there's any way to get 3G video calls on Android? I'm not talking about apps like Yahoo Messenger, GTalk, Skype, Fring etc..
Am talking about 3G video calls provided by the operator that would work with other phones that have video calling.

Only android2.3.4 support for video calls.

andytian007 said:
Only android2.3.4 support for video calls.
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Android 2.3.4 supports video calls via GTalk, right? Am not talking about that. Am talking about video calls over 3G available on other phones.
You can implement video calls on Android 2.2 and above. Yahoo Messenger works on 2.2+.
But, am talking about operator calls.

Try Tango! Works great for me.

WiredPirate said:
Try Tango! Works great for me.
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Tango again requires the other person to have Tango.
Am talking about regular 3G video calls that will work with other non-smart phones.

This is what I want to know too...I have free video call minutes here but these darn new devices dont seem to support them???

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This is what I want to know too...I have free video call minutes here but these darn new devices dont seem to support them???
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Most of the non-smart new phones support this though. It's weird that someone has not written an app for this yet.

They have written an app for that, but it is required for both parties to have the app...your statements contradict themselves. Easy answer for your question...no. You can not make a 3G video call, or a 4G or wi-fi for that matter without both parties using an app to host it.

There is a standard video call protocol for 3G used by many 3G phones. This is what am looking for. Perhaps, you are not aware of real 3G video calling.
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They have written an app for that, but it is required for both parties to have the app...your statements contradict themselves. Easy answer for your question...no. You can not make a 3G video call, or a 4G or wi-fi for that matter without both parties using an app to host it.
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yep.. i`ve been trying to find any app that could do the video call via native 3g without the data plan.. but none to my luck yet.. i`m using the SGS and it does have 3g native calling but cm7 n miui doesnt support it and i love miui but cant make any video call except when using gtalk etc.. so it is not very convenient as i have to make sure the other side to have the same software that i was using.. rightnow i could always video called my friend who is using symbian phone with my SGS but with if i was using cm7 or miui rom i cant do that.. its weird that no one actually write the app for this yet..

Sorry for unburying this thread, but do we have any news in this field? Still no 3g videocalling to non-smart phones? my girlfriend has a simple enough Samsung Blade (S5600v), and she is able to make video calls, but not me (weird)...