Anybody else get an update for skype mobile this morning, still doesn't work was hoping it would, can't somebody remove the device check from the app like with netflix.
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Also wondering if there's a working skype with video that works on cm7 (gb). Haven't found anything in the xda forums, actually there's very little mention of skype at all. Is there another video chat app that works better and has taken its place? (not that i've ever seen a working skype video yet, just thought there was one for the thunderbolt)
It works on froyo,there are others but the only one I am interested in is skype thats why I got tje phone,no idea what microsnot is doing since they got skype but it couldnt be that hard to patch it for gingerbread, dont remember what phone it was but it runs on gb just not the bolt,gotta be the device check
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satseaker said:
It works on froyo,there are others but the only one I am interested in is skype thats why I got tje phone,no idea what microsnot is doing since they got skype but it couldnt be that hard to patch it for gingerbread, dont remember what phone it was but it runs on gb just not the bolt,gotta be the device check
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I know what they are doing, focosing on the wp7 version. android is their competititor, longer they make us wait the more likely some one like you who get a phone mainly for skype will actually buy a windows phone
Sounds like the gb ota update is coming soon and will likely have skype video. Otherwise I will probably go back to a froyo Rom.
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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
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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.
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
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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!
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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
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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.
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?
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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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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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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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.
Just thought I'd share some news I saw this morning:
Hulu Plus for Android
Hopefully, we will see the Thunderbolt added to the compatibility list... or maybe a Dev will take a look at it.
+1, I have a HULU subscription and not a Netflix. I have been waiting for this and of course the T-Bolt is not supported but My X that i sold. "sigh"...Please HULU or devs....make this work, i will be forever greatful.
Has anybody tried to download the apk and install it on the Thunderbolt? Is it the same error we originally had with Netflix? (Unsupported device)
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Has anybody tried to download the apk and install it on the Thunderbolt? Is it the same error we originally had with Netflix? (Unsupported device)
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I did install it and that is basically the error that I received.
Could someone explain in terms if hulu and netflix, what makes one device compatible and another not. I mean the tbolt should be better in every aspect than the droid x (hence my upgrade) yet it works on that device. Someone mentioned that it works on the HTC inspire. How is that different than the tbolt?
Just hack flash and run it in the browser, works just fine there
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Could someone explain in terms if hulu and netflix, what makes one device compatible and another not. I mean the tbolt should be better in every aspect than the droid x (hence my upgrade) yet it works on that device. Someone mentioned that it works on the HTC inspire. How is that different than the tbolt?
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The app checks the phone model and refuses to run if it isn't on the built in whitelist. I am sure there will be a patched .apk with the device check removed soon.
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The app checks the phone model and refuses to run if it isn't on the built in whitelist. I am sure there will be a patched .apk with the device check removed soon.
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That sucks even more. I thought there was some real technical hardware or software reason but thats just plain model discrimination.
Wonder how HULU decides on this wish list
Thats what I dont understand... Isnt the HTC thunderbolt and HTC Inspire have the same specs besides the Network bands... Why release for the Inspire and not the thunderbolt??
how do you guys have netflix? is it from GB?
Hulu Plus appears to be available for Froyo phones, good for many of us (Inspire and Atrix I know are both on Froyo)
One would think someone will hack it just like Netflix. Who knows how these companies are deciding what devices to support but it's frustrating!
There has been a hulu hack out for a while now. I have been running hulu since the hack like 2 months ago. If you are rooted you can use hulu
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010606&highlight=hulu
Awesome! Been waiting for this.
Smh getting so sick of android man
You could probably edit the build.prop so that your phone identifies itself as one of the supported phones to get it to work. I don't have a hulu plus account and frankly i don't care enough to test
Thread containing the APK and supported devices list
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136634
GB = Netflix...can't wait until GB= Huluplus
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After reading through someone's logcat while running hulu plus, it only seems not to work because it's sniffing your phone type. Just need to edit the app to not detect it or as mentioned already, change your build properties. I dont have hulu+ so can't really find the solution easily myself.
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Smh getting so sick of android man
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Coming from wp7, android fragmentation can definitely be frustrating. Seeing other devices run something you can't is just part of android I guess. Not to mention that some games won't ever come to the bolt either.
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Smh getting so sick of android man
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lol agreed.. this device can run this, but cant run that. Total BS. I could understand if there were hardware limitations or something but it just seems like arbitrary garbage now.
Anybody can help me how to make video call on my infuse?thx
Qik is only program I found that worked properly with infuse. It worked good doing a video call with an iPhone 4.
There is an app called Clearsea in the market that is free for now that works very well. We use it on IPads for video conferencing to our video conference system in the office. But I think it can also do device to device video calls as well. Just has to be a SIP or H323 compliant device for it to function properly.
when we get gingerbread we can use google talk to make video calls. skype was working on a video chat release for android and was waiting verizon to give the ok until microsoft bought it. i think we will now have to wait until skype is fully working on windows phone 7 for a few months before they even consider releasing it.
Try Tango. They just updated to work with the infuse 4g. Me personally I like tango better they use Push Notification unlike other that have a process running synchronizing every X time killing battery. With tango I could completely shut it down and still get notified.
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ill have to remove my foot from my mouth as it seems the first thing microsoft did with skpe was release video chat for android. its even been hacked to work with galaxy s and galaxy s2 phones with gingerbread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1148708 prolly would work on our phones too, and is yet another reason we need gingerbread!
**** as if I didn't want gb before. Does skype work device to computer too?
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**** as if I didn't want gb before. Does skype work device to computer too?
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yes. thats part of the point. seeing as everyone i know now has a phone with a front facing camera and a skype account, and iphones's facetime and android's google talk dont run on each others platforms, itd be really nice to have skype up and running now.