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Yahoo Messanger with video! Download from this thread now!!!

Ok guys, I know I have been pissed that iCrap got this first, well I downloaded the leaked MyTouch rom today for the sole purpose of grabing this...and it WORKS GREAT!!
I haven't got the video from Evo to Mac working yet(im sure i am missing something simple), but the Evo to Evo works great, better than Tango/Qik/Fring. It has video and audio at the same time(cough..Qik...cough) and works well over 3G(lowest confirmed functional 3G is -99db, of course 4G&WiFi work great) , wife and I have been playing calling each other from the next room
So if you wanted it and good 'ol Steve J. pissed you off here it is
Several people have asked about battery life and move to sd support,I can report moving to SD has had zero effect on performance, I personally have not seen an effect on battery,NO 100% AWAKE TIME(cough...Tango...cough) it has not showed up yet on "whats using the battery" in our settings->about phone->battery menu, I have made about 23 video calls now over the 2 days. Remember guys, this is a community and these are just my experiences, lets all share our experiences and help out.
Use a file explorer app, dropbox, or bluetooth folder to install to your handset and I would recommend updating your PC client to the latest version.
Oh, make sure you install both, just the add on for video and voice with the current version of messenger on the market WILL NOT WORK, and before anyone screams warez!! this IS free.
THE PEOPLE YOU ARE CALLING MUST ALSO HAVE A VIDEO OPTION ON THEIR END, you can not call your yahoo account on your phone to your account on the computer(if you are signed in on one you are signed off the other), reported issues with ATT yahoo accounts....
Confirmed Handsets:
Evo 4G
Vibrant
Moto Droid(1)
HD2(Android)
Epic 4G
Galaxy S i9000M
Captivate
Droid Incredible
MyTouch 3G Slide
G1
REPORTED ISSUES WITH SOME GALAXY S MODELS NOT DETECTING FFC
Confirmed video calls to:
iPhone 3Gs
iPhone 4
PC
PC virtual machines on Mac
Vibrant
Epic 4G
Evo 4G
No video calls to Mac OS X Yahoo Messenger yet, sorry!

So does this allow me to video chat with Yahoo from my Evo to someone's PC? That would be epic

That is the main reason I wanted it so bad, let me say first that I am using a MacBook Pro, I have not gotten the feature to work for me, but mac video apps are funny to set up, I am working on it, the reason the released it was to do both(phone to phone AND phone to computer) so it IS possible
Even so, just the better functionality of phone to phone is worth the download IMHO.
Trust me when Skype pulls their heads out of their collective ass's I will use that, but for now video Skype, as we all know, is verizon only :-(

Ok cool. Thanks for the heads up, and quick response. I installed it anyway, now I just wish I knew someone else with an Evo to test it out lol. Will be keeping my eye out for that Evo to PC news

Actually, I don't think Skype even has video on Verizon either. It was just an agreement to make the Skype voice program exclusive on Verizon phones. hxxp://phones.verizonwireless.com/skypemobile/

Awesome. Thanks. I tried it from Evo to PC and it works. I think it may have issues with the Mac. I will try that later to confirm the OP on the Mac.
Ok for the fun of it I tried Evo(yahoo) to PC(MSN messnger) and No Go.

Good deal! I dual boot to xp so I can just use that!
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Holly shanannigans! thanks!
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So since this is out will fringe update there app to allow yahoo to use video chat
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And thanks btw
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Awesome. Will have to watch battery . Hopefully not like tango
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No reported battery usage after a few hours of installing and using, I will keep watching

Is anyone else having the issue I am?
When I run the video chat feature it goes to a screen where it says" Flip" or" end call" but then it goes directly back to my buddy list

Nope, that comes up when you touch the screen(instead of tapping the menu or back button), sorry, try calling some different people it has worked great so far I have made about 13 video calls

ChrisAC84 said:
Ok cool. Thanks for the heads up, and quick response. I installed it anyway, now I just wish I knew someone else with an Evo to test it out lol. Will be keeping my eye out for that Evo to PC news
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cosign....
thanks OP for the post

this app doesnt work on evo 4g....i think its a fake app....

How...was this ..acquired? Is it out officially?

Works great for me evo to pc. Need to have a good signal or WiFi though.
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I could not get video chat to work from phone to pc. Messaging worked great though

I can't get Video chat between my EVO and my Mac to work, but it works with my virtual pc running Win 7 I think Yahoo needs to update the Mac program.

Skype 3.0 for Android?

Apparently, this is the update for video calling. Any idea of when this will come out for android? Was released for Iphone yesterday...

the current version on market is already 3.0
see
http://www.appbrain.com/app/skyfire-web-browser-3-0/com.skyfire.browser

AllGamer said:
the current version on market is already 3.0
see
http://www.appbrain.com/app/skyfire-web-browser-3-0/com.skyfire.browser
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Not skyfire, I think he's talking about skype, the video client

LOL good catch,
for some reason i saw Sky fire, instead of Sky pe ...(that's the problem of quick reading too quickly )
it'll be a while before Android Skype catches up to its counterpart on other systems
http://www.appbrain.com/app/skype/com.skype.raider
considering we are still on v1.x
and still having bugs with some phones models not working properly

Hope it is coming Fasssstttttt, Love Skype since most of my family are way way way out there over seas, Cant wait, with the NS front facing cam it should be Great.

Yes please! Give me!!

I tried cross-os-videocalling app TANGO today. works good and can make calls with iOS and android
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.sgiggle.production/
me and the called partner both where on wifi...sadly it was laggy. Cool was, you can swithc in an instance between
front and backcamera!

RinTinTigger said:
I tried cross-os-videocalling app TANGO today. works good and can make calls with iOS and android
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.sgiggle.production/
me and the called partner both where on wifi...sadly it was laggy. Cool was, you can swithc in an instance between
front and backcamera!
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sounds like Tango works better than Fring... specially now that Fring no longer allows cross calling to Skype

AllGamer said:
sounds like Tango works better than Fring... specially now that Fring no longer allows cross calling to Skype
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Try it! Im Lovin it so far...if it wouldnt be that laggy

Seeing how Skype is hiring more mobile developers, we'll probably see cross platform skype next year. If they can get their act together though.

I think google might beat em to the finish line with this feature supposedly coming in honeycomb.

[Q] Best Video chat software?

Currently running TnT lite 5.0.1 on my ViewSonic G tablet and have tried Qik (the version designed for the galaxy tab), but the sound didn't work. Tried fring, but the whole app just made funny noises and didn't work. Also tried Tango, but the app didn't recognize a phone number, so it wouldn't let me use the software with my tablet. All tests were done with the gf who has an HTC EVO, stock.
Has anyone had any luck with any specific combination of ROM's and apps? Or do you know of another app that would be best?
Notice to SKYPE... you're expected to be the industry leader here, so wtf are you doing so far behind the curve on mobile video chat???
Thanks for any help!

Been wondering about this myself. I don't understand why nobody is making a big deal out of this. What's the point of having a front facing camera if there ain't no video chatting program that works? I am particularly ugly... don't know why my boy friend is my boy friend in the first place. I wouldn't want to take pictures of myself in a million years.
Anyway, this is one of the reasons why I'm still hesitant to order this device.

Try Yahoo messenger+ video plugin. It wors perfectly for me. Sound and video. Tested yesterday.
Greetings

But with yahoo messenger you can't call people on other services like skype. Or can you?

No, only yahoo contacts, but at least is a solution. Skype is playing the cell companies game here, so it will take a long time before they offer a video solution.

So what is the XOOM using for this? Custom Motorola build of something or... ?

Ya, xoom supposedly has a kickass video chat possibility that they've been advertising for a while. What are they using?

goodintentions said:
Ya, xoom supposedly has a kickass video chat possibility that they've been advertising for a while. What are they using?
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My understanding is the video chat in Honeycomb is through the GTalk server, which is awesome. Also quick note as I haven't seen it mentioned yet, Qik is actually owned by Skype.
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geoffreywolter said:
My understanding is the video chat in Honeycomb is through the GTalk server, which is awesome. Also quick note as I haven't seen it mentioned yet, Qik is actually owned by Skype.
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Skype just bought Qik, which is encouraging, but still waiting to see some movement!!

http://www.oovoo.com/
Shocked nobody has said anything about ooVoo

gator2k83 said:
http://www.oovoo.com/
Shocked nobody has said anything about ooVoo
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I just dl ooVoo and it looks promising but I have extremely choppy audio. Any suggestions?

Do u have enough bandwidth? Other then that its still in neatly beta for mobile hopefully it will improve.

asdr24 said:
I just dl ooVoo and it looks promising but I have extremely choppy audio. Any suggestions?
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May I ask where you got it from?
The oovoo site says my tablet doesn't qualify (running tnt 4.25)
And loading the oovoo apk I found on xda only force closes. (Even after moving it to system/app)
Thank you

themsn said:
May I ask where you got it from?
The oovoo site says my tablet doesn't qualify (running tnt 4.25)
And loading the oovoo apk I found on xda only force closes. (Even after moving it to system/app)
Thank you
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I used my Samsung Fascinate to download it from the market then put it in my dropbox. I'll upload the apk I used to Megaupload in a moment.

gator2k83 said:
Do u have enough bandwidth? Other then that its still in neatly beta for mobile hopefully it will improve.
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Yeah I was on my work's wireless connection so I should have had plenty of bandwidth. Hopefully some updates will come soon!
As promised I uploaded the apk I used to megaupload @ http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9YLBIQFC

Does Tango work?
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jpustin said:
Does Tango work?
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As I stated in the original post, it didn't work for me. Not sure if anyone else was able to make it happen.

Bump.. still no viable solutions...

Ok, I consider this very important. None working outside of yahoo? Lets all keep searching for a solution. Share your findings ASAP!!
Thanks

Isn't Skype eventually supposed to add video/camera support for tablets in the near future? Thought I recalled a couple of articles during CES about this.

[Q] Google Talk Video Chat on Slide

Im pretty new to this phone, bought it around a week ago, already got it all rooted and ready for new ROMS. The only thing that bites by butt is since this phone has the front camera, how come google talk doesnt support the video chat on this?? Is it restricted cuz of the crappy QIK Video call? Any way to enable video call on gtalk on this device?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1247430
Kinda wonky to get it going at first, but it works great. I have had calls freeze up after 10 min or so. Not sure what that is about.

The latest update from HTC now supports Google Talk Video chat on the MT4GS. It has taken much longer than it should have but the support is now there. Yeah!

sabeard said:
The latest update from HTC now supports Google Talk Video chat on the MT4GS. It has taken much longer than it should have but the support is now there. Yeah!
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Really. When did thus update push?
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aad4321 said:
oh wow, i diddnt know that. Can someone please get that talk.apk extracted and make an update .zip? The current one i use freezes a lot and does not allow the rear camera to work.
Thanks!
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I didn't know that either, here ya go:
Gtalk update
I use Gtalk but not the video chat side of it, so that's pretty cool that it's all fixed.

bxsteve31 said:
Really. When did thus update push?
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I saw the note this morning that a new update was about to get pushed. I did a manual check for HTC sw update and updated my device today. I have not made a call yet, but I now get the check box for video calls.

Improvements towards messaging app bbm/imessages

So as much as I love android there is one thing that I kinda of envy when it comes to blackberrys and Iphones and and that would be bbm/imessages. Now im well aware there are apps out there like gtalk or chaton which acts like imessages but I personally would like to see this built into the messaging app itself. I am no developer or anything but it seems that imessages works on the device when it is linked towards the email used for the app store so would it not be easy for google to implement this into their os? I mean on the start up of each android device it does ask you for your gmail password so I was just thinking that this just may be a really nice feature to come out with key lime pie or something. Does anyone else feel this way?

Is this any different from Google Talk? Instant Messaging tied to the Gmail account, rather than the phone number. It's just not as immensely popular.
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sweeds said:
Is this any different from Google Talk? Instant Messaging tied to the Gmail account, rather than the phone number. It's just not as immensely popular.
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Well thats the thing. GTalk is perfect but for example all of my friends who own android products havent even heard of it. Im just thinking if google linked GTalk to a phone number then it could be good.

I agree. This would be amazing.

Yes that would be awesome
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So I guess a better question is what are the odds of this actually being implemented into the next update?

I have to admit that I do miss bbm from when I used blackberry's. But besides that mild feeling of exclusivity I don't really think its much different thn just texting

timkd127 said:
I have to admit that I do miss bbm from when I used blackberry's. But besides that mild feeling of exclusivity I don't really think its much different thn just texting
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Ya i hear ya. I guess the only reason I feel something like Imessages would be helpful is because if we are in places with almost no service but there is wifi it would be pretty amazing. Then again i would be scared for samsung or google to implement this because the last thing we need is another apple lawsuit haha

blackguy101 said:
So I guess a better question is what are the odds of this actually being implemented into the next update?
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1 in 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
if google would make it part of the steup wizard and allow images/sounds to be transferred over gtalk, it would be amazing.