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[Q] Usage of Skype/Google Talk etc?

Has anyone tried using Skype and or Google Talk on their Transformer yet? If so, were you able to get voice and/or video working? This a big selling point for me (video chat). Any and all discussion around this is welcome. Thanks in advance.

edge929 said:
Has anyone tried using Skype and or Google Talk on their Transformer yet? If so, were you able to get voice and/or video working? This a big selling point for me (video chat). Any and all discussion around this is welcome. Thanks in advance.
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I havnt tried but read my short review posted in the forum

yep, both work ok.. Skype voice quality is better.. but the app is buggy and lacks video (i hear there is an updated soon though).. video calling over gtalk worked well for me as well though..

Thanks for the replies. Glad to hear one app worked with video. As with all things software, time will make them better.

Video Chat

Has anyone found an app that allows for video chat using the front camera?
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Having the same issue, tried them all. The ones that connect won't connect the front camera. Major bummer...

randywintle said:
Having the same issue, tried them all. The ones that connect won't connect the front camera. Major bummer...
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i guess its just gonna take a fring/skype/qik update, but I don't feel like waiting lol

Well if we get a good 2.3 ROM built, google talk has video chat
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senormoll said:
Has anyone found an app that allows for video chat using the front camera?
Typed on the beautiful screen of my Samsung Droid Charge
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Please forgive this post, at this time I do not own a Charge but looking at buying one. Does Tango work?

sound does not work with Tango on the Charge.... also, video from front facing camera is sideways...

bdmack00 said:
sound does not work with Tango on the Charge.... also, video from front facing camera is sideways...
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I would think that will be something they would fix after people report it.

diverbelow said:
I would think that will be something they would fix after people report it.
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who knows when, still waiting on Tango to support the Xoom properly, and that's been out for 2 months now.

chaoscentral said:
who knows when, still waiting on Tango to support the Xoom properly, and that's been out for 2 months now.
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I emailed Tango support and got a response saying, "Hi Rick, Brett,
Yes our engineers are aware of the problem and investigating. Thanks for reporting."
So I wonder when the update will come?

Try bugging the fring devs -- they offered a beta for Atrix and Inspire users weeks before official app support. (And this despite the stock AT&T lockdown on sideloading!)

chaoscentral said:
who knows when, still waiting on Tango to support the Xoom properly, and that's been out for 2 months now.
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According to Tango's FB page: facebook . com/ TangoMe they fixed Tango for Xoom on May 12th.

diverbelow said:
According to Tango's FB page: facebook . com/ TangoMe they fixed Tango for Xoom on May 12th.
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only took em 2 months lol

Tango had been updated to support the charge!
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randywintle said:
Tango had been updated to support the charge!
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Yes, they did fix the video displaying correctly but audio is not working. You can hear the person but they can't hear you.
I updated my ticket with Tango support with the new information.
UPDATE: Just heard back from Tango Support:
There is a new comment in topic Droid Charge (click to see the full comment history):
Avi said:
Hi guys,
Yes, the bug fix in the latest version was only for the sideways video and we're still working on the audio problem with the Droid Charge. We hope to release it soon and will post a notice here when we do but in the meantime one workaround is to connect a Samsung headset to the Charge. This will allow the audio to go through.
Thanks!

Skype
Is there a way to get Skype video to work on it?

try fring.....

Qik might work too
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kwiggington said:
Qik might work too
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Qik has to fix the camera since it uses the rear camera. At least the audio works than tango.

Gtalk Video
There is an app called vtok. Soon as the developer gets it to work on the Charge will be be nice. It uses your gtalk account to do video. So far it only works on a few devices and one is not the DC.
Maybe if enough DC users have emailed him he might make it work sooner.

Fring worked when I tried it shortly with my wife. The quality was pretty crappy, but it worked

Voice recording app for Sensation

I'm looking for a good voice recorder solution for my Sensation that has been tried and known to work. I tried the Quick Record widget from HTC but it doesn't do much else other than provide an icon on my screen that does absolutely NOTHING.
All legalities aside, I have a rather combative employee at work and would like to be able to record some of the less than pleasant conversations he has with me when he comes into my office so I can play them back for HR so they don't think I'm full of crap the next time I tell them what was said.
It would need to be able to continue recording with the screen off.
FREE is preferred, but I am willing to spend a few bucks if needed.
Thanks much!

If you're in the US & have the Sensation 4G, the reason that widget doesn't work is because Tmobile took out the Voice Recorder app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125913

xnifex said:
If you're in the US & have the Sensation 4G, the reason that widget doesn't work is because Tmobile took out the Voice Recorder app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125913
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Yep - just trying to find recommendations for an alternative that anyone knows works.

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JWhipple said:
Yep - just trying to find recommendations for an alternative that anyone knows works.
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Voice Recorder from the market is free and works with the screen off. Been using it for a long time with my N1 and it works fine with the Sensation.

GorillaPimp said:
Voice Recorder from the market is free and works with the screen off. Been using it for a long time with my N1 and it works fine with the Sensation.
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I'm guessing you mean this?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tokasiki.android.voicerecorder&feature=search_result

xnifex said:
I'm guessing you mean this?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tokasiki.android.voicerecorder&feature=search_result
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Yeah. My wife and I have used it for more than a year. She was able to record lectures with it pretty good. She says the most she ran it was 30 minutes at a time but it didn't drain her battery. It's pretty lightweight and has some decent features. I used it a handful of times.

GorillaPimp said:
Yeah. My wife and I have used it for more than a year. She was able to record lectures with it pretty good. She says the most she ran it was 30 minutes at a time but it didn't drain her battery. It's pretty lightweight and has some decent features. I used it a handful of times.
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thanks for the post. added it to my thread about the things tmobile took out

xnifex said:
thanks for the post. added it to my thread about the things tmobile took out
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cool - i think i may have something good for that thread that i'm working on
it didn't work out but I know what to play with when root comes- found all the missing apps

Call record working on infuse!

Using the stock povided kernel with the UCKI4 leak I have sucessfully recorded incoming and outgoing call with both voices. Most apps only worked with the speaker phone on but this seems to work internally. Have not checked to see if it is a battery hog yet either. I got it from one of the I1900 roms I was playing with and I think it is still on the market also?
I take no credit for the app or the rom. Just that I found that it does work. Testing has been limited so please also post your results if you do try it......

Thanks. Been waiting for Google Voice phone numbers to open up here in Alaska so I can record my calls. Sounds creepy when I write this but with my line of work I have to occasionally reference conversations. I'll let you know ow it works.

DevilDogAK said:
Thanks. Been waiting for Google Voice phone numbers to open up here in Alaska so I can record my calls. Sounds creepy when I write this but with my line of work I have to occasionally reference conversations. I'll let you know ow it works.
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Nice to know I am not the only one from the great white north

thank you, ive been looking for something similar to this, i like how you can make it incognito and you dont have to see it running all the time.
I have a couple of companies that keep calling me after repeatedly asking to have me taken off of their call list so NOW i will record it and save a couple of them and if they dont stop i wil forward them to my lawyer! In the state of Texas only one person in the conversation has to know the call is being recorded to be legal. (obviously i know i am recording my own calls) now if someone uses my phone and they do not know about the app on there i would not legally be aloud to use the conversation in court. (as per my lawyers information)

Hi hi im on infused 2.2.3(based on I3 far as i know) and evrytime i receive a call i hace to tap speaker and then off.otherwise they wont hear word i say... Anyone else having this or maybe i need to reinstall? flash another rom?
thnks
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koriotto said:
Hi hi im on infused 2.2.3(based on I3 far as i know) and evrytime i receive a call i hace to tap speaker and then off.otherwise they wont hear word i say... Anyone else having this or maybe i need to reinstall? flash another rom?
thnks
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA App
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This only works with UCKI4 Leak using the stock kernel as far as I know on our device....

Thanks for posting this. Works great

The app is garbage you have to use the speakerphone ......
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium

OK so this modem does in fact work with call recording. Awesome! I tried for weeks to get an app to record the digital input from the other caller to no avail not realizing that the modem was the issue. However this app you posted does not (for me anyways) record anything but the audio coming over the speaker. What is working for me on the digital recording front is an app called total recall. It has an auto feature that finds the best recording setup. Option 3 or 4 worked best for me. But it does record both sides of the conversation without using the speaker.
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Looks like only outgoing calls work properly. On any incoming call the caller cannot hear me until I go click speakerphone twice, and then recording uses the microphone, meaning is does not sound very good.

bad
who would want to record calls?

Actually came in handy for sister and verbally abusive ex husband
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B3tray3d said:
who would want to record calls?
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I would! This however is very buggy and I have stopped for now. I will try on each new modem as they come out.
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btothec said:
I would! This however is very buggy and I have stopped for now. I will try on each new modem as they come out.
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Any updates for call recording? I use the MIUI port 2.1.6
There is an icon for "record" in the dialer but it is greyed out.
I live in the state of Indiana where, as long as one party in a conversation is aware, either phone calls or personal conversations can be recorded. So it's 100% legal.

B3tray3d said:
who would want to record calls?
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some people want these app to record some calls as a proof it is as per yur need..

This can come in handy. Thanks!
Good for getting directions or that honey goto the store and get me this list.

Hi. Came across this site and been going through it and love what I see. I enjoy this call recording. Works well on my Infuse 4g. Thanks

Are there any updates on this? Do I have to root and load a custom rom? I have tried the app and it seems that no matter what app I use, when it starts the call, the other party can't great me until I do the speakerphone on then off trick, but when I do that the quality of the recording is pretty much gone. Have to transfer it to computer and put the columns at like 500% to great anything.

colinjlyon said:
Are there any updates on this? Do I have to root and load a custom rom? I have tried the app and it seems that no matter what app I use, when it starts the call, the other party can't great me until I do the speakerphone on then off trick, but when I do that the quality of the recording is pretty much gone. Have to transfer it to computer and put the columns at like 500% to great anything.
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search for a call recorder on Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwyLDEsImNvbS5hcHBzdGFyLmNhbGxyZWNvcmRlciJd
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...GwsMSwxLDEsInBvbGlzLmFwcC5jYWxscmVjb3JkZXIiXQ..
these work well...check app permissions..some may be intrusive

That don't work, I have tried all of them, none work without doing the speakerphone thing. I was just wondering if there is a way to record straight from the line and how stable it was on the infuse before I decide to root and go to a custom rom.

colinjlyon said:
That don't work, I have tried all of them, none work without doing the speakerphone thing. I was just wondering if there is a way to record straight from the line and how stable it was on the infuse before I decide to root and go to a custom rom.
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I'm not sure about your phone. I see that you are on Roger's. I'm assuming that it is 2.3.3.
If you are still stock, I would suggest calling Roger's support.
I'm using modified unofficial firmware (MUF), rooted deodexed 2.3.6 UCLB3. Once I downloaded and install the apk, it runs in the background. Every time I made a call, it is recorded in a sound file. It sounded fine to me.
Anyway, sorry I can't help more.
If anyone wants a kinky recorded phone call, let me know. I'm selling them for $1 per download. It features Bigjoe using the Note, oldbbman using the SG3 and THE AMAZING JESSICA WABBIT on the Infuse, running AEON. Sorry folks..no videos available.

Skype sounds terrible

Does skype for you guys sound crap as well? I just got my friend a ATT One X and she is P.O ed that skype sounds so bad. Tried it for myself and there really is terrible cracking when calling. Any fixes or such?

I have this issue too, it's more obvious while Skype is ringing when you are trying to make a call.

afzalarsalan said:
Does skype for you guys sound crap as well? I just got my friend a ATT One X and she is P.O ed that skype sounds so bad. Tried it for myself and there really is terrible cracking when calling. Any fixes or such?
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Yep, sounds like Sh*t. Seems like multi core studdering.

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Yup, same here. Sounds kind of like the artifacts you hear when you turn up a set of crappy speakers up too much - a static/crackling type sound. Seems to be isolated to skype too - sound in my other applications and normal phone calls are fine. I also have a friend with this phone who has the same skype issues.
Kind of surprised there hasn't been more posted about this issue actually. Hopefully it will be fixed with the next skype software update.

It actually crashed on me when i tried a video chat with my mom!
I think the reason is that One X is still not certified with Skype to run smoothly.
The same thing happens with my Xoom running Team EOS' ICS.
Just give it time. Skype will do an update pretty soon

I actually didn't have any issues like this. I video Skyped the first day that I got the phone and the only issue either of us had (me and the person I talked to) was that on her end the video and audio wasn't synced.

More to it, the video looks like **** too, after a while shows pink artifacts, and they grow in size, soon the whole picture become pink...On the other end they see me perfectly fine. Oh and their connection is 10mb/sec both ways...
Also one time the phone started ringing (skype) but nothing showed on the screen, not even in the notification bar. If skype used the same ringtone as the phone I would never guessed what's going on...
Skype as used be one of the buggies/resources hog/bloatware, as it is now, as it will ever be, it's not gonna change I guess. And yet, I'm using it...go figure.

afzalarsalan said:
Does skype for you guys sound crap as well? I just got my friend a ATT One X and she is P.O ed that skype sounds so bad. Tried it for myself and there really is terrible cracking when calling. Any fixes or such?
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Yep, I've got that problem too! I've tried a couple of different builds of Skype and still the audio is clipping, clicking, crackling all the time. To add salt to the wound, Skype sounds fine on my older SGS2.
Did you find a fix yet?
Thanks!

I can confirm the issue as well.
I would try using Tango.

+1 for suck call quality on skype. Viber runs way much better, its even better than the regular voice call
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+1. Skype on HOX sucks.

any fixes?
Any updates/better apk's? sorry to always be a leech on here.