Skype Alternative for BB & Android? - General Questions and Answers

I'm not exactly sure if this is the right place, but I'm going to give it a shot.
A friend of mine is from the UK, and has a BlackBerry. Now her Blackberry isn't available for Skype. I am trying to find a good VoIP/Skype alternative that is on both BlackBerry and Android.
I've tried TruPhone (Tru App), and it's complicating as hell and just isn't working.
Google Voice is available for both devices, but that's not what Google Voice is for.
Can't use Nimbuzz, because the last time she tried NimBuzz she had to bring her phone to the shop and get it repaired.
So if anyone can help figure this out, it would be much appreciated.

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What´s App is a good choice

orb3000 said:
Welcome to forums
What´s App is a good choice
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"No, the "Call" functionality is there simply for your convenience. Mobile carrier charges apply for voice calls made from WhatsApp."
That's what I'm trying to steer away from.
I don't want to end up paying international charges, which will be a fortune.

InfectedPhreak said:
"No, the "Call" functionality is there simply for your convenience. Mobile carrier charges apply for voice calls made from WhatsApp."
That's what I'm trying to steer away from.
I don't want to end up paying international charges, which will be a fortune.
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u tried here?
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-mobile/skype-mobile/blackberry/

Yeah, She tried that.
She got the text message, and tried to download it
It said
"Unavailable for this device".

InfectedPhreak said:
Yeah, She tried that.
She got the text message, and tried to download it
It said
"Unavailable for this device".
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mmmm can u leave here her bb model?

She has a Blackberry Curve 8520, which of course is right under the 8530 that has Skype available. Phones, can never be easy. Definitely a love/hate relationship with technology at this point.

InfectedPhreak said:
She has a Blackberry Curve 8520, which of course is right under the 8530 that has Skype available. Phones, can never be easy. Definitely a love/hate relationship with technology at this point.
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exact.... BB 8520 has not performance for run skipe...(8520 only has GPRS/EDGE) and SKIPE consume a lot of data resources... u need 3g at least....

SERGI.3210 said:
exact.... BB 8520 has not performance for run skipe...(8520 only has GPRS/EDGE) and SKIPE consume a lot of data resources... u need 3g at least....
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Yeah, I get that. X.x
I'm just trying to find an application that will allow me from an Android, and her on a BlackBerry verbally communicate without having to pay international fee's. If there isn't an application that will do such a thing, then that's fine.
Just thought I would come here, and see if anyone knew a solution. Thanks everyone.

InfectedPhreak said:
Yeah, I get that. X.x
I'm just trying to find an application that will allow me from an Android, and her on a BlackBerry verbally communicate without having to pay international fee's. If there isn't an application that will do such a thing, then that's fine.
Just thought I would come here, and see if anyone knew a solution. Thanks everyone.
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ok if i find something i leave it in this post..
cheeers

SERGI.3210 said:
ok if i find something i leave it in this post..
cheeers
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Thank you.

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Problems with Unknown caller

Is there any software or anything else for that matter can display the callers number even if they withhold it
I dont think so. If it isnt sent then you cant do much about it, there may be something that interrogates the exhange but I havent heard of it.
There is a piece of software however called Smart Filter, that lets you reject almost any variable of call, i.e. any with-held, or any not found in your phonebook, or any user in your phonebook you wish to set up etc.
Not the same as what you want, but it might help...
So where do you get this software from?
http://www.novomobile.com/
google for the rescue
Thanks for that.
Jupiter said:
So where do you get this software from?
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My apologies for not including the link.
I just thought that typing "Smartfilter Pocket PC" into any search engine was easy enough that anyone could manage it.
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cruisin-thru said:
I dont think so. If it isnt sent then you cant do much about it, there may be something that interrogates the exhange but I havent heard of it.
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Someone somewhere must have cracked this, it's to clever for me and would not know where to start, surely everybody want's know who are ones making these type of calls and love to fire back to them with knowledge that they don't know how you found them.
Come someone from must be able to work what to do.
HELP
Many GSM providers offer such a service (identifying anonymous callers), called also "anti-CLIR". Check with yours, but registration is in general rather costly.
elio said:
Many GSM providers offer such a service (identifying anonymous callers), called also "anti-CLIR". Check with yours, but registration is in general rather costly.
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Thanks for the info.
Has anybody in the UK registered for this or know more about it

Please Develop an AIM program for HTC P4351

Hi. I had been looking for almost a year now. Please help me. I have HTC P4351 (its unlocked)(but I use it on T-Mobile network) a.k.a. T-Mobile Wing. I want to get an Instant Messaging application for AIM service. T-Mobile Wing has this OZ Messaging program on it, it doesn't require any INTERNET connection. It signs on and sends/receives instant messages using your SMS connection. I want just that. For an app to actually log on to AIM server, and whenever I send/receive an IM, for it to count as 1 SMS. Can somebody develop or is there something like this ready already??
Instant Messages over SMS gateway
Thank You Folks!!
***Solution***
1 - Copy and run of your MAIN memory (do not paste this file on your storage card) Network Wizard CAB: http://thewingster.com/Documents/ArcsoftMMS-2.CAB (Install on Device Memory, run it after installing, pick your carrier, and follow instructions)
2 - Find a *.cab file of OZ Communicator on this forum and install.
This should do it. Did it for me!!
Wrong forum.
ilyabyk83 said:
Hi. I had been looking for almost a year now. Please help me. I have HTC P4351 (its unlocked)(but I use it on T-Mobile network) a.k.a. T-Mobile Wing. I want to get an Instant Messaging application for AIM service. T-Mobile Wing has this OZ Messaging program on it, it doesn't require any INTERNET connection. It signs on and sends/receives instant messages using your SMS connection. I want just that. For an app to actually log on to AIM server, and whenever I send/receive an IM, for it to count as 1 SMS. Can somebody develop or is there something like this ready already??
Instant Messages over SMS gateway
Thank You Folks!!
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1. Wrong forum.
2. Please don't type in bold.
3. If you want OZ Messanging, just download OZ Messaging.
ilyabyk83 said:
Hi. I had been looking for almost a year now. Please help me. I have HTC P4351 (its unlocked)(but I use it on T-Mobile network) a.k.a. T-Mobile Wing. I want to get an Instant Messaging application for AIM service. T-Mobile Wing has this OZ Messaging program on it, it doesn't require any INTERNET connection. It signs on and sends/receives instant messages using your SMS connection. I want just that. For an app to actually log on to AIM server, and whenever I send/receive an IM, for it to count as 1 SMS. Can somebody develop or is there something like this ready already??
Instant Messages over SMS gateway
Thank You Folks!!
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You know Christmas is coming up soon... As long as you are a good boy (and post in the right forum), I'm sure Santa will get you just what you want!
Aw Christ. Why you gotta remind me? Now I gotta start thinking about what Christmas presents to buy everyone.
apreichner said:
You know Christmas is coming up soon... As long as you are a good boy (and post in the right forum), I'm sure Santa will get you just what you want!
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??? Probably not.
And as it's been said, this is the WAYY wrong forum. This app could be developed for ANY phone, so you would put a request in the main Development and Hacking forums.
ace10134 said:
??? Probably not.
And as it's been said, this is the WAYY wrong forum. This app could be developed for ANY phone, so you would put a request in the main Development and Hacking forums.
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You are like the guy that comes out and tells all of the kids Santa is a fake, that's so horrible! I am so ashamed!
apreichner said:
You are like the guy that comes out and tells all of the kids Santa is a fake, that's so horrible! I am so ashamed!
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Well it's better than making this guy spend his entire Herald life searching for an AIM app.
Guys. I think we've dragged this enough. This needs to be closed.
ivanmmj said:
1. Wrong forum.
2. Please don't type in bold.
3. If you want OZ Messanging, just download OZ Messaging.
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Please Please Please Move it to the right place?? I really really want this.
Thank You!!
ilyabyk83 said:
Please Please Please Move it to the right place?? I really really want this.
Thank You!!
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Unfortunately, I'm not a mod, so I can't move it. If I could, I would have moved it the first day.
And if you want something like OZ, why not just download and use OZ?
ivanmmj said:
And if you want something like OZ, why not just download and use OZ?
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Cuz, Ivan, apparently OZ Comm doesn't work on non-Wing phones. He's on the T-Mobile network, but has a Herald. Is that true that it won't work on non-Wings?? Or should it work just fine on the Heralds?
ace10134 said:
Cuz, Ivan, apparently OZ Comm doesn't work on non-Wing phones. He's on the T-Mobile network, but has a Herald. Is that true that it won't work on non-Wings?? Or should it work just fine on the Heralds?
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I don't know. He has an Atlas, not a Herald, so it's basically a Wing but from HTC. Has he tried OZ Comm?
ivanmmj said:
I don't know. He has an Atlas, not a Herald, so it's basically a Wing but from HTC. Has he tried OZ Comm?
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He's tried it already. He said it didn't work. That's why he posted this thread.
ace10134 said:
He's tried it already. He said it didn't work. That's why he posted this thread.
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His post doesn't say that he tried it, only that he knows the wing has it. I want to make sure he actually tried it.
ivanmmj said:
His post doesn't say that he tried it, only that he knows the wing has it. I want to make sure he actually tried it.
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He did try it. That's what his OTHER thread was about, LOL. He tried two different versions, I think.
ace10134 said:
He did try it. That's what his OTHER thread was about, LOL. He tried two different versions, I think.
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I didn't see the other thread. Where is it?
He should try flashing something based on the Wing (like JustStable (NOT SuperJustKitchen as that's based on the Herald)) and try OZ again.
ivanmmj said:
I didn't see the other thread. Where is it?
He should try flashing something based on the Wing (like JustStable (NOT SuperJustKitchen as that's based on the Herald)) and try OZ again.
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I too was wondering if one of our ROM's would work. I would think it would.
Here's his thread, IM Messanger (Which is nicely mis-spelled, lol)
I just sounds like his settings might be a little off. He should install and run Network Wizard or the Tmobile MMS/GPRS settings cab.
ivanmmj said:
I just sounds like his settings might be a little off. He should install and run Network Wizard or the Tmobile MMS/GPRS settings cab.
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I think he's done that.
Have you done that, correct???

Someone PLEASE upload Blackboard APK

*Crap- I posted this in the wrong section... Can an admin please move this to general
I am a Verizon user, and from what I hear, only sprint users are privy to the new Blackboard Mobile app on the market... I didn't even know that Google differentiated between providers as to what they are allowed to download until today... Anyhow, if someone could upload the Blackboard Mobile apk, I would greatly appreciate it. I know other Verizon users are also looking for this and I'll gladly share it with them also.
If you don't know what Blackboard Mobile is, it's an online classroom environment used by universities so students can see assignments, download notes, and upload homework - The app is free to download, but is, for whatever the reason, restricted to Sprint users only.
Thanks for your help!
Rob
Calibob2001 said:
I am a Verizon user, and from what I hear, only sprint users are privy to the new Blackboard Mobile app on the market... I didn't even know that Google differentiated between providers as to what they are allowed to download until today... Anyhow, if someone could upload the Blackboard Mobile apk, I would greatly appreciate it. I know other Verizon users are also looking for this and I'll gladly share it with them also.
If you don't know what Blackboard Mobile is, it's an online classroom environment used by universities so students can see assignments, download notes, and upload homework - The app is free to download, but is, for whatever the reason, restricted to Sprint users only.
Thanks for your help!
Rob
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It's downloading now... almost 9mb. Cool find. My school uses this too. Never knew about it... I'll post it up in a second.
apristel said:
It's downloading now... almost 9mb. Cool find. My school uses this too. Never knew about it... I'll post it up in a second.
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Rock on! Thanks!
Here ya be..
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T17XSM3V
Let me know if it works for you or if you need anything else.
I found my school on it... they haven't enabled the mobile part of BB... ghetto.
Gar
Thanks for the upload! But the program itself is still restricted to sprint phones... The apk installs, and the app opens, but when I chose my school, it says that I am not on a Sprint Device and refuses to load anything... How restarted.
Thanks for your help though! Maybe some genius programmer on the Verizon side knows how to fool an app into believing I'm on a sprint network..
-Rob
Calibob2001 said:
Thanks for the upload! But the program itself is still restricted to sprint phones... The apk installs, and the app opens, but when I chose my school, it says that I am not on a Sprint Device and refuses to load anything... How restarted.
Thanks for your help though! Maybe some genius programmer on the Verizon side knows how to fool an app into believing I'm on a sprint network..
-Rob
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You could possibly trick it by shutting off your cellular connection and use wifi... not sure though.
Good luck, bummer it didn't work out.
I didnt even know this existed either, hoping my school enabled mobile also.
just like the iphone version.. still doesnt work with my school either.. whats the deal JUST ACCEPT THE FREAKING APP UNIVERSITIES
should i go ask tomorrow? hahha
wow, nice find! My school hasn't enabled it either though. What can you do with it?
Just a thought. Try loading a Sprint PRL. That may do the trick.
Awesome thanks! My school uses blackboard and I never thought to look for an app for it.
This is great. Downloading now
Edit: It crashes all the time on me. Not stable for my Evo
Why would anyone want this? It has a 2-star rating on the Market. It looks like total trash.
I read about this coming months ago and then forgot. Thanks for reminding me!
TheBiles said:
Why would anyone want this? It has a 2-star rating on the Market. It looks like total trash.
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If you go to school, or your organization uses blackboard its actually quite handy my friend.. only reason the review is so low is because its sprint exclusive. So people try to use it, can't, and rate it bad. What do you want in a blackboard app, naked women and free drinks?
It wasnt working on the evo, emailed dev and they fixed it within a day. it works now and it works great, id give it 4 or 5 stars definitely worth it.
Alot of school's havent activated this, I asked my school about it, and they said they haven't added it because they haven't got the site where they want it, feature wise, before they add it. Even though I doubt what they do will have any effect on this.
And yeah, the bad ratings are because of all the people ranting about it only being for sprint.

Somebody with GARMINFone get the APK ??

I would love to see someone with the new T-Mobile Garminfone pull out the apk and see if we can use it in our Incredibles. I would just love to see how it would work on a real powerhouse of a phone ;-)
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Hmmm, bad idea -1
madman34 said:
I would love to see someone with the new T-Mobile Garminfone pull out the apk and see if we can use it in our Incredibles. I would just love to see how it would work on a real powerhouse of a phone ;-)
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Watch out! I did a google search and I found another thread on xda...
http: //forum.xda-developers.com/showpost . php?p=7636980&postcount=5
here is the excerpt
NotATreoFan said:
This post shall serve as the first and only warning regarding the Garmin application and maps. Anybody who shares them or asks for them to be shared will be banned.
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I guess this is bad behavior.
New user so I can link
[email protected] said:
Watch out! I did a google search and I found another thread on xda...
http: //forum.xda-developers.com/showpost . php?p=7636980&postcount=5
here is the excerpt
I guess this is bad behavior.
New user so I can link
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Thanks for sharing =)
So anything you rip off another phone is illegal, how come we do it with alot of stuff on here... then again what do i care /ripriprip
The problem with this is that it's the map data mostly. When I was on Windows Mobile, we had the same problem with Microsoft Voice Command. Even though it came with most WM phones, you weren't aloud to share the .cab (equivalent to .apk) file for it. In fact, cooking roms with it was kinda frowned upon. The problem was the licensing, because Microsoft actually charged for the app, for the few phones that came without it (the manufacturer had the option to use it, I'm guessing they decided to just pay for it to have it come loaded). Even when TomTom came out with a "trial" for one specific WM phone, the cracked program wasn't allowed on XDA, even though cracking it just made it possible to use it on other phones...... You still had to buy the maps from TomTom for the phone..... It's all just a CYOA policy, and it's what makes sure XDA won't be shut down!
So I guess the question is: if I am able to find the.apk, would it work on my inc. Has there been any success stories?
It would certainly be interesting to find out. I remember someone in the past had made a GPS Phone based off Windows Mobile. I can't remember who offhand, but I'd think it would be more profitable for them to release the software for a reasonable price than to offer it only on their phone, which who knows how much they're really making off it. I mean it comes down to profit, but I'd think that considering my DInc came with built in Nav for free, and is a much better phone, why pay a premium for a phone with GPS, when you can get a better *phone* and add GPS software for a minimal cost (or use the FREE one included!). Just my thoughts though.....

[Question] How To BackUp SMS On Windows Phone 7?

Hi.
Im using HD7. Now I'm going to hard reset it but I want to backup my SMS first. Is there any way to do that?
Thank you alot.
Nope. Hopefully they add that ability, but as of now there is no way.
That's bad. I dont know why M$ don't care about SMS backing-up or synching...
minhzc said:
That's bad. I dont know why M$ don't care about SMS backing-up or synching...
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It will come in time. Windows mobile can backup their sms's into the cloud. I imagine this will come to wp7 as well.
Backing up sms on wp7?
Did you ever find a solution?
Has anyone?
it sure would be nice, this is killing me not being able to...
Thanks, and hope someone replies to the post.
cmiuc said:
Did you ever find a solution?
Has anyone?
it sure would be nice, this is killing me not being able to...
Thanks, and hope someone replies to the post.
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Their is so no solution, dont you get it?
Well, u would think after almost a year, you would think that someone would have come up with one. I don't even know why previously software companies didn't do yet, its a cash cow. So I get it, but someone didn't get it done yet.
Folks, the myphone cloud storage that WM had will be coming to Windows Phone. Its just not there right now.
dtboos said:
Folks, the myphone cloud storage that WM had will be coming to Windows Phone. Its just not there right now.
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Kewl! Long time in coming from anyone... So many great thanks!!!!
hope to see it soon, if you need anyone to test with it, give me a jingle!
Thanks!
Vote here: http://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/110705-app-platform/suggestions/1901813-sms-backup?ref=title
This is the closest someone is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072796
The funny thing is that HTC recommends people to search marketplace and I have caught them on this and they keep throwing out crap suggestions because they don't want to unlock the boot loader as promised by Peter Chou back in may... This whole thing is a scam and the FTC and FCC should look into..
so, this cloud development is a way for our personal data on servers.
.zune, live all begin the events of privacy invasion. So this is my guess y no one has came up with a way to be able to extract our data as Zune does a backup(full) everytime a released version firmware, including our sms's.
big bro, lil bro, sis, big sis, lil sis- hackers anonymous will all play silly putty with our lives... Hehe

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