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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)

[26/05/11][HOW TO] Install Google Talk - Voice&Video Chat -Gingerbread needed

http://www.stilbruch.at/2011/05/how-to-install-google-talk-with-voice.html
Here is my tutorial... just download the zip
OBSOLETEhttp://www.multiupload.com/TI5J5SGNOP)
UPDATED LINK, THANKS TO dirtyhandz305
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13976634&postcount=414
http://www.multiupload.com/03VE2KXATD
and copy the lib to system/lib and after backing up, replace the Talk.apk (don't forget to delete the data first).. reboot and try.
Don't forget that you need to be rooted AND HAVE GINGERBREAD for that
New updated APK has front facing camera support! I'll check it out

Didnt work
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ssserpentine said:
Didnt work
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If you go into details I "might" be able to help you. But "it didn't work" has "I don't want to ask for help anyways" written all over it...

'Worked' as far as I can see, without having anyone to test it with. I get the option to enable voice and video calls when changing my status, and 'voice call' appears as an option when talking to a contact.

can it use for 2.3.3?

BeauGiles said:
'Worked' as far as I can see, without having anyone to test it with. I get the option to enable voice and video calls when changing my status, and 'voice call' appears as an option when talking to a contact.
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Great The only thing I still have to try if video is sent from one Android-Talk App to another... It doesn't work for the desktop at the moment and it doesn't work for the front camera... that's probably why Google just rolled it out for the Nexus S... I hope they'll fix that soon!

sammao said:
can it use for 2.3.3?
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It only works with 2.3.3 and up (not with Froyo AFAIK) ^^ So give it a shot!

it can work well.
but it only use rear camera.
Terrible software ah! Very poor user experience.

sammao said:
it can work well.
but it only use rear camera.
Terrible software ah! Very poor user experience.
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true cause this is a port , if galaxy tab gets another update to 2.3.4 maybe will have it working properly or with some help of the genius people here

sammao said:
it can work well.
but it only use rear camera.
Terrible software ah! Very poor user experience.
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Uhm, I don't know if it is that bad... It is just not that good The honeycomb version is of course way better

Hey OP here is a link to Xilard's post with the apk that has front facing camera fix and no wifi. I tested the front cam and it works. Please update your guide with this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13976634&postcount=414

Flokey said:
If you go into details I "might" be able to help you. But "it didn't work" has "I don't want to ask for help anyways" written all over it...
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I know i appologize for the short rude, it didnt work, statement.
I placed said lib in correct-is it replacing something or just drop it in?
Backed up old g app and moved at to external sd, then cleared data.
Uninstalled old app, and installed new app.
Nothing seemed to change for me, no voice or video options. Video option greyed out.
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ssserpentine said:
I know i appologize for the short rude, it didnt work, statement.
I placed said lib in correct-is it replacing something or just drop it in?
Backed up old g app and moved at to external sd, then cleared data.
Uninstalled old app, and installed new app.
Nothing seemed to change for me, no voice or video options. Video option greyed out.
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No problem pal!
Ok, uhm, it should just drop in but afaik the Overcome Rom might already have the new GTalk app as soon as you read this..
Try the new link, it contains the update zip with a patched version
under your status you find something like "allow videocalls" try to enable that

dirtyhandz305 said:
Hey OP here is a link to Xilard's post with the apk that has front facing camera fix and no wifi. I tested the front cam and it works. Please update your guide with this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13976634&postcount=414
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Wow, thank you very much pal!

Works on OC 2.0RC1. Front cam and voice, but FC's everytime I switch front to back cam...anyone else experiencing this...

Anyone have any idea why I can't get write permission on the system folders? I'm using file expert with superuser access, but for some reason it just won't let me change access permissions on the system folders.
*update* nevermind. Installed root explorer and it worked much better.

naijaguy said:
Works on OC 2.0RC1. Front cam and voice, but FC's everytime I switch front to back cam...anyone else experiencing this...
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Haven't tried it yet, but I can imagine that this might be still buggy..
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Im having problems with audio and video chat, the problem is i dont have any option to initiate audio/video chats?
I have selected allow video and voice chats but i dont know how to make them, only text chats.
I can recieve video and audio but i cant send any.
Also switching camera's force closes the app.
Any help?

i followed the instructions to the dot but had a little prob every thing works on my end perfect i can see the person and my front facing camera works as well but the other person can not see me i havent tried it with tablet to tablet i only have tried it with tab to pc.... any sugestion that could help me or should i just leave it alone up untill some thing new comes out its an att tab which i have rooted and updated the fermware on it to the europian version

Skype, Hacked for Thunderbolt

I tried this out on my phone today, running the CM7 RC1, and it did not work. After entering my credentials for login, the app window minimized, then after several seconds came back up asking for the credentials again. I tried several times, making sure I was entering everything correctly. Oh well, no surprise here, nothing seems to work with this phone.

devitek said:
I tried this out on my phone today, running the CM7 RC1, and it did not work. After entering my credentials for login, the app window minimized, then after several seconds came back up asking for the credentials again. I tried several times, making sure I was entering everything correctly. Oh well, no surprise here, nothing seems to work with this phone.
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maybe if you tried it on a thunderbolt,it might have worked? just a thought.

crazythunder said:
maybe if you tried it on a thunderbolt,it might have worked? just a thought.
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The hacked version was reported to be working with a few phones other than the Thunderbolt, which is why I tried it out.

Always gonna be smart a** answers
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Is anyone else actually interested in this? I'd love to be able to actually use the front-facing camera, but I know absolutely no one that uses Qik. Everyone I know uses Skype or Google Talk, but neither of these are doing video calls on our phones. What gives?

devitek said:
Is anyone else actually interested in this? I'd love to be able to actually use the front-facing camera, but I know absolutely no one that uses Qik. Everyone I know uses Skype or Google Talk, but neither of these are doing video calls on our phones. What gives?
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Gtalk via Vtok, YM, Tango and oovoo(with nexus s info) works for me both back and front facing camera.
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jose makalolot said:
Gtalk via Vtok, YM, Tango and oovoo(with nexus s info) works for me both back and front facing camera.
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Vtok, out of the box, does not work at all for me. It gets to the contacts screen and displays all of nothing. As I understand it, those apps all require some sort of package file renaming that I am quickly growing weary of.
I appreciate the info. I'm really looking for a solid phone-to-desktop video chat client that has NOTHING to do with Yahoo--I abandoned them some time ago, and none of my contacts use them, either.
It just feels like the Google and Skype devs don't care whatsoever about our devices. I understand that the Tegra chips are sort of new in the Android world, but it feels like they are just being ignored when it comes to apps that utilize the hardware.

doesn't fring work sans hack?

btate0121 said:
doesn't fring work sans hack?
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Unless I'm missing something here, the GTalk part of Fring doesn't allow video calls. I am completely not interested in phone-to-phone video calls, as no one I know has a phone with a front-facing camera. I'm looking for phone-to-desktop solutions, and I don't see a desktop Fring client--not that I'd accept that option because Google and Skype are fully capable of video calls. If my contacts have to sign up and install some new service then this is still a failure.

devitek said:
Vtok, out of the box, does not work at all for me. It gets to the contacts screen and displays all of nothing. As I understand it, those apps all require some sort of package file renaming that I am quickly growing weary of.
I appreciate the info. I'm really looking for a solid phone-to-desktop video chat client that has NOTHING to do with Yahoo--I abandoned them some time ago, and none of my contacts use them, either.
It just feels like the Google and Skype devs don't care whatsoever about our devices. I understand that the Tegra chips are sort of new in the Android world, but it feels like they are just being ignored when it comes to apps that utilize the hardware.
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Nope. They don't need file renaming. You just need one file to be put in the framework folder and that's it.
Fyi, more phones and tablets are coming out with tegra 2 chips so what you are saying about "ignore" is a myth.
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jose makalolot said:
Gtalk via Vtok, YM, Tango and oovoo(with nexus s info) works for me both back and front facing camera.
Sent from my Calculator with Android.
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So all four of these work with the front facing camera with the nexus s info?
If I remember correctly, there is a file you have to copy somewhere to put in the nexus s info - you have a copy of that file and know which folder it goes in?
Heck I'll give it a try!

TechnoHippie said:
So all four of these work with the front facing camera with the nexus s info?
If I remember correctly, there is a file you have to copy somewhere to put in the nexus s info - you have a copy of that file and know which folder it goes in?
Heck I'll give it a try!
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Only oovoo needs nexus s info. The rest works without editing build.prop.
The file needed goes to framework folder.
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jose makalolot said:
Only oovoo needs nexus s info. The rest works without editing build.prop.
The file needed goes to framework folder.
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What's the file that's needed?
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Vtok FFC working by using the FFC hack from the Atrix forum? Made it sound like it natively supports it now.

Google Talk with Video (Thanks to Paul and BluechipJ)

Hey guys,
Previously I tried installing Google Talk w/ Video on J's CM7 to no avail. However, now that we have the official GB from SE we can now install it and I can confirm that it is working on our X10s. I know there is no front facing camera, but it's still a cool feature to have. This feature is supposed to be only for the 2.3.4 update but it can be yours if you have root. Much thanks to developer (Paul from MoDaco) for creating this installer and BluechipJ for making the youtube installation guide.
More information is in the description on the youtube video.
Shortlink to directly download the installer onto your phone (visit this in the browser, on your phone): http://jp1.ca/googlevideoinstall
Thanks Again Paul from MoDaco and BluechipJ!
NOTE: I've tried a few zips from the below thread for non wifi video function but it didn't work. If anyone is able to get it to work let me know.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056793
(Searched around our forum to see if this was up or not but isn't so I'm posting it, I will delete it if it is a reposted thread)

Does this version only work on WiFi then? Even non-video chat?
Xperia X10i via Tapatalk

Video is wifi only. Everything else works fine.
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sopdogg said:
Video is wifi only. Everything else works fine.
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I get FC when trying to call or start video-chat with someone.
I am on WiFi.

Weird, I wonder why that is. I installed it on both of my X10s. One running rooted stock and the other Wolf's version. Both of them work fine. I noticed that we have to allow video and voice chats once you sign into talk. You probably already did it but for those that haven't yet press your picture icon and then it will go to a update status area and you can click it there.

sopdogg said:
Weird, I wonder why that is. I installed it on both of my X10s. One running rooted stock and the other Wolf's version. Both of them work fine. I noticed that we have to allow video and voice chats once you sign into talk. You probably already did it but for those that haven't yet press your picture icon and then it will go to a update status area and you can click it there.
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I like the new UI and I probably wouldn't have used voice or video ever,
but I hate it when something FCs and I don't know why!!!!
Anyway, thanks a lot, good find!

video fc's for me as well on wifi

I've tried voice chat on gtalk with 3G and it works. But I haven't try video chat on 3G yet.
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I have just tried video chat on 3G. It works for me. I am using Stock GB and talk1.3.nowifi.v2-signed.zip file
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@Blisslove - I tried installing that version and for some reason it didn't work. I will try again.
UPDATE: Wolfbreak has implemented the Google Talk w/ Video in his new ROM. Can confirm it is working but I haven't tried it out over 3G yet.

sopdogg said:
@Blisslove - I tried installing that version and for some reason it didn't work. I will try again.
UPDATE: Wolfbreak has implemented the Google Talk w/ Video in his new ROM. Can confirm it is working but I haven't tried it out over 3G yet.
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I flashed it via XRecovery. I did mount everything in XR before I flashed it. When you make a video call over 3G, the other side person need to wait for 5 or 10 sec and than click accept.
I think it's depend on the 3G speed sometimes line drops. But I didn't get any FC
I
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I know this is pretty old, but I downloaded and installed the apk. It asked for root privelages and was given them. It removed my previous version of Talk, and that's all it did. It just sites there at the screen with the picture of the guy. I've restarted the phone and even tried it again, but nothing. Now I'm stuck with now google talk at all. I'm rooted on 2.3.3. Any help?

Nevermind. Evidently debugging mode needs to be turned on for it to install properly. Got it now. I wish this had an option just for voice and no video like the ICS version.

hay any help here
!!!
i installed this as in video
on my x10 fxp107
and after the restart the phone keep rebooting
even after wipe every thing and install the rom again
what's happened here ????
any solution ??? please

Thanks a lot for this post!

Google talk video chat (working, but they can't hear me)

So I flashed Kejar's debloated EP1Q last night and it's running flawlessly (thanks Kejar!). This morning I thought I would try to get Talk video chat running so I did a Google search, found this article (http://androidandme.com/2011/05/new...h-video-chat-on-your-android-phone-right-now/) and flashed the version of talk posted. I was able to do a video call with a PC and a Nexus S, but they wern't able to hear me.
Has anyone found a fully working version of Talk for the Charge?
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I know i am digging up an old thread, but did you ever find a solution?

Yea im having this issue but on
Droid Charge SCH-I510
Eclipse 1.3
Imnuts pbj oc'd
v6supercharged
!vroom!

Google+ hangouts don't seem to work either (Nobody can hear me. Everything else works). What is the point of including a front camera on a phone if you are never going to properly implement video chat?

Andrwmorph said:
Google+ hangouts don't seem to work either (Nobody can hear me. Everything else works). What is the point of including a front camera on a phone if you are never going to properly implement video chat?
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Dunno what to tell you, I use Skype and G+ hangouts without any problem.

Andrwmorph said:
Google+ hangouts don't seem to work either (Nobody can hear me. Everything else works). What is the point of including a front camera on a phone if you are never going to properly implement video chat?
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It would be the app developer(s) that have to update to use the FFC. The big reason Google Talk doesn't work is that it wasn't built for our phones, and we're taking it from another device. So, talk to Google and tell them to fix it.