Wanting to do video chat with a friend of mine, and she said something about her using "Facetime" does that sound right? she has AT&T. looked up "facetime" for droid but can't find it. im on Verizon (Thunderbolt). is there an app that will let me video chat w/her but still let her use her "Facetime" app? or do we both need something like Skype?
I have the LG Revolution..you need GingerBread or 2.2.3 update to do any type of front facing chat
As far as I know, Facetime is a video-chatting application for iPhone / iPad only. It is restricted to those devices and won't work with Android, for instance.
Tiago Martines said:
As far as I know, Facetime is a video-chatting application for iPhone / iPad only. It is restricted to those devices and won't work with Android, for instance.
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damn! ok, thanks.
It also only works over Wifi, so basically slightly less useful than other video chat phones.
I've just seen that the new version of Skype for Android has a function like that. But I haven't tried it yet.
Max Mustermann123 said:
I've just seen that the new version of Skype for Android has a function like that. But I haven't tried it yet.
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Yes, that's true, but it's still limited to very few phones
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Yes, that's true, but it's still limited to very few phones
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which should I get? I always see "Skype" then a "Skype Mobile on Verizon" does it make a difference?
Tango is the best imo. Its cross-platform so you can vidchat i to droid.
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I was wondering what upcoming announced (and a bit unannounced) apps you guys are looking forward to have?
For me all I care about right now is:
Trillian for Android
WhatsApp for Android
and hopefully a real Windows Live Messenger app. One that allow file transfers like on WinMo/BB and I can atleast change my avatar.
Grindr.
10char
It's a game I can't live without on the iPod - Jabeh.
http://jabeh.org/
Skype! Skype! Skype!
I'd love to have a WhatTheFont application on my Android phone. There is a version for iPhone (of course ).
I'd like to have a service like microsoft myphone
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I'd like to have a service like microsoft myphone
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MyBackup Pro does that, I think.
A real WLM app would be godlike.
Trillian.
Skype usable on Wifi and 3G on any network.
Some more games.
http://www.b-rail.be/nat/E/timetables/pocket/index.php B-Rail time tables.
NS Train time table thats stored on the device instead of the net.(Roaming 3G is a tad too expensive for me =P)
STEAM Community (Too bad this will probably never happen)
And finally something thats not really an app, Hotmail Live ActiveSync.
Tilt to live
kekkle said:
I was wondering what upcoming announced (and a bit unannounced) apps you guys are looking forward to have?
For me all I care about right now is:
Trillian for Android
WhatsApp for Android
and hopefully a real Windows Live Messenger app. One that allow file transfers like on WinMo/BB and I can atleast change my avatar.
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Quake 3 - Touch Arena!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745367
Garmin..
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Chase bank application like the iphone has.
erball said:
Chase bank application like the iphone has.
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+1....00000000
Would be nice if one big company would come out with an Android app before an Iphone app.....Android so much better than apple...oh well Android still in its infancy.....
Is it too much to ask for a proper port for angry birds on the Android? Doodle Jump's port was hilariously bad.
I guess Skype / WhatsApp is pretty good. helps me and my girlfriend saves some money.
but basically anything that needs to be paid on the market, i wants it. not supported in my country for purchases yet ):
Well, I got the WhatsApp Beta. So I can kinda like cross that off. Too bad I only got like 6 friends that use it
Smoke Tracker http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=545123
Easy root as soon as I manually updated to Froyo I went to the marketplace and it was pulled. Now I am stuck with a non-rooted phone :\
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Quake 3 - Touch Arena!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745367
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It's up and running! Online quake 3 on android!
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i would like an app. that will cut off my data usage @ 1.5gb...and yet let me to use as much as i want, im sick of watching that i dont go over 2gb,,att really is part of the nwo...meaning data sent to att is 1 or 1.5 gb,,but never goes over 2gb,,,i guess i want to screw them like they screw allllll new smartphone owners
Hi, as you know HTC (and all others) disallow call recording in their phones since the times of Windows Mobile 2003. This problem is now on the Android devices too. There are many opened issues on Google code for this problem, that gained a lot of stars, especially this one code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2117 (sorry, I'm new and not allowed to post links)
There are workarounds like recording trough loudspeaker, but as you know this is far from useful.
However, there is no official answer from Google about this "issue". However, last week the Koreans released a ROM for Samsung Galaxy S, that has built-in native call recorder.
This is from the Samsung's Hub:
Samsung has released a new update for South Korean Galaxy S (SHW-M110S) owners. The update DH09 is not a Froyo update but it does bring worthy additions to the handset. Few visible features are the inclusion of Swype keyboard, ability to record conversations and an app to detects the slope of the magnetic field sensor.
Other than that, the DH09 features RAM management, includes a 3G data widget, downloadable fonts and improves on many other fronts like Allshare, Google Maps software, call quality etc.
The update is available via Kies.
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There is a screenshot as attachment (it's in Chinese):
Is there any way to break apart this ROM (DH09) and bring this or similar functionality to Froyo for Desire or Nexus or anything...?
Could you explain me where exactly is the problem for successful two-way call recording? Some say it's in the hardware, other think it's in the ROMs of the manufactures or in Android in general. However in Android emulators it works perfectly!
waooooo....someone please extract it
Anyone? Any answer? At least people who hacked WM ROM's to explain me where exactly is the problem for two-way call recording.
Call Recording is something very useful and I think is a "must have" function in today's world. However big companies and carriers are afraid letting people do that for legal reasons. That's why I think they will never allow us to do that out of the box, so we (the users) have to make it reality with custom hacked ROMs, like we did previously for Windows Mobile devices!
Anybody say something, please
The voice streams were handled by the baseband processor, it's that the baseband firmware aren't setup to offer the streams to the application processor that's limiting the ability to truly record a call. The Android system long has the API implemented, but it can do nothing in this case.
I remember there was an explanation in the Google code issue report mentioned above.
Here it's: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2117#c226
Since the baseband firmware is close sourced and available in binary only, I doubt if the brilliant hackers here can do anything about this.
So, get a Galaxy S (the true one, not even those US variants) if you really want this feature.
Thanks for the reply. So, the bad guy is the baseband processor. iPhone guys hack the baseband processor of the iPhone to unlock it for different carriers. So, I guess it's doable to hack the firmware for two-way recording too.
I read here in XDA Devs that someone found a "cure" for HD2 very easily, just by editing the registry - xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/two-way-in-call-recording-on-hd2-fixed/
HD2 uses the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon QSD8250 processor with built-in baseband processor. The same is used by HTC Desire, HTC Dragon, HTC Mozart, Nexus One, Dell Streak, SE Xperia X10 and many more.
So, why with HD2 is so easily, but with Nexus is not? What is the difference when they use the same CPU with the same baseband processor built-in? Is the baseband firmware different for Android OS and Windows Mobile? If so, how they run Android on HD2 and the cellular is working?
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I found TotalRecall on the Android Market and it records both sides of my conversations.
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I found TotalRecall on the Android Market and it records both sides of my conversations.
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Many call recorders can record both-way, but only with the use of speakerphone. I suspect it's the same for TotalRecall, judging by the ratings of the 14-day demo (http://www.appbrain.com/app/total-recall-call-recorder/com.killermobile.totalrecall.trial)...?
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Thanks for the reply. So, the bad guy is the baseband processor. iPhone guys hack the baseband processor of the iPhone to unlock it for different carriers. So, I guess it's doable to hack the firmware for two-way recording too.
I read here in XDA Devs that someone found a "cure" for HD2 very easily, just by editing the registry - xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/two-way-in-call-recording-on-hd2-fixed/
HD2 uses the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon QSD8250 processor with built-in baseband processor. The same is used by HTC Desire, HTC Dragon, HTC Mozart, Nexus One, Dell Streak, SE Xperia X10 and many more.
So, why with HD2 is so easily, but with Nexus is not? What is the difference when they use the same CPU with the same baseband processor built-in? Is the baseband firmware different for Android OS and Windows Mobile? If so, how they run Android on HD2 and the cellular is working?
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I hope I have an answer but, getting the Galaxy S is still the most fool-proof way thus far.
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I found TotalRecall on the Android Market and it records both sides of my conversations.
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Which phone you use? Which Android version? I hope you record the conversation without speaker turned on, right?
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I hope I have an answer but, getting the Galaxy S is still the most fool-proof way thus far.
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OK, does somebody tested the Galaxy S with TotalRecall or other call recording software? Is it working out of the box or do I have to preflash the ROM with the korean's one? And if I do, could I continue to use my phone normally and in English language?
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OK, does somebody tested the Galaxy S with TotalRecall or other call recording software? Is it working out of the box or do I have to preflash the ROM with the korean's one? And if I do, could I continue to use my phone normally and in English language?
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Ooops... I wasn't aware only the South Korean firmware has native support for call recording... I wonder if it's available in the latest 2.2/Froyo global release...?
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Ooops... I wasn't aware only the South Korean firmware has native support for call recording... I wonder if it's available in the latest 2.2/Froyo global release...?
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Any one know how to get the "real" Galaxy S? I have been searching the internet to no avail?
Can some Genius please tell me how to flash the new Korean Froyo http://translate.google.at/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmatpclub.com%2Fboard%2Findex.html%3Fid%3Duser9%26no%3D5203 onto a European Galaxy S ? Thanks
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Any one know how to get the "real" Galaxy S? I have been searching the internet to no avail?
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Tried ebay?
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Can some Genius please tell me how to flash the new Korean Froyo http://translate.google.at/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ko&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmatpclub.com%2Fboard%2Findex.html%3Fid%3Duser9%26no%3D5203 onto a European Galaxy S ? Thanks
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Anyone????
there's an utility called AirVoice which claims to support voice recording without speakerphone on rooted g2 (htc magic) and g3 (htc hero) with certain ROM versions.
http://www.airrunner.cn/wordpress/
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Ooops... I wasn't aware only the South Korean firmware has native support for call recording... I wonder if it's available in the latest 2.2/Froyo global release...?
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No, it's not available in Froyo. This is only for Koreans. However the important thing here is that CALL RECORDING IS POSSIBLE on Galaxy S. As you stated in your first post, to record a call Android needs access to the baseband processor. Galaxy S uses own CPU called S5PC110 (ARM Cortex A8) with built-in baseband processor, which is different from the baseband that is used in the new HTC devices, SE Xperia and Droid. As we all know these devices doesn't work with the call recording apps on the Market. Samsung Galaxy S has really good chances to work properly with these apps!
SO, SOMEBODY PLEASE TEST!
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there's an utility called AirVoice which claims to support voice recording without speakerphone on rooted g2 (htc magic) and g3 (htc hero) with certain ROM versions.
http://www.airrunner.cn/wordpress/
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Nice! However for the EPIC STUPIDITY of the most users who gave low app rating, the author unpublished it from Market.
His app clearly shows that two-way call recording IS POSSIBLE, even on certain hardware and rooted Android. The author notes that his app only works on Hero and Magic. They use Qualcomm® MSM7000 and MSM7200, probably with the same baseband processor and he found a way to access it. I will try to contact him for more info and I hope some source code...
Hi,
I tried some apps like Ultimate Voice Recorder, Total Recall, Call Recorder, they all pick up sounds from the second you press dial so that you hear on the recording the phone ringing at the other side, and they stop a few seconds after the conversation starts. I cold hear on the recordings bouth sides, but no recording is over 10 seconds, no matter what settings I choosed. I didn't use the speaker mode.
Maybe some files need to be run as administrator...don't know... I'm new to android and don't know much about linux.
The other apps that claim to be able to record calls are designed for Android 1.6 so it may be possible but not with 2.1 or 2.2
As far as I understood from what I've read, the korean version of I9000 has also a different hardware not just firmware, so it might be more than just a software adjustment needed.
ccris said:
Hi,
I tried some apps like Ultimate Voice Recorder, Total Recall, Call Recorder, they all pick up sounds from the second you press dial so that you hear on the recording the phone ringing at the other side, and they stop a few seconds after the conversation starts. I cold hear on the recordings bouth sides, but no recording is over 10 seconds, no matter what settings I choosed. I didn't use the speaker mode.
Maybe some files need to be run as administrator...don't know... I'm new to android and don't know much about linux.
The other apps that claim to be able to record calls are designed for Android 1.6 so it may be possible but not with 2.1 or 2.2
As far as I understood from what I've read, the korean version of I9000 has also a different hardware not just firmware, so it might be more than just a software adjustment needed.
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I presume you use Galaxy S, right? That what you said is really interesting! The fact that recordings contain both sides is very encouraging! The 10 seconds bug I guess is due to some rights or something. I don't own Galaxy S to do further investigation of this problem, but I hope somebody who own it and is deep in Android to do it.
I don't think the Koreans version has different hardware. At least it uses the same CPU, and that means the same baseband processor.
Any news...?
Is there anyway to directly connect to my daughters Ipod touch via her Facetime app using my Andriod Phone? She is only 8 and two of her friends have Ipods now and they are already linked up via Facetime (in under a DAY!!!). I would like for her to be able to contact me via it but I use a Samsung Galaxy S under Andriod and I cannot see any apps that directly connect via Facetime.
I can see there are alternatives like Frang etc, but I would rather my daughter had one app for contacts to keep it simple and easy for her to use.
Can someone tell me if this is possible please.
Thanks
Max
Facetime is a application from Apple, if a software company wanted to they could by License to allow the service to work. But from my understanding there has yet to happen for the android platform.
Double post >.<
Why launch Facetime for android if they can convert android users to the iPhone?
They'll never license it to third parties.
Okay, worth an ask as I had no idea about this.
I certainly won't get an Apple product as I think they all suck, my daughter only got an IPod cause she banged on about it and she is not getting a phone yet (so she will not get something decent running Android).
I was hoping there was a way in the same way that Trillian allowed connections between MSN/AOL/Yahoo etc on the PC. But obviously not. I may have to resort to another app for her Ipod then to connect to me and her mum in case she needs too. Annoying but hey ho.
Thanks all the same
Max
Tango has updated to support the new ipod touch. So you can video chat between ipod touch and android device using tango, just not facetime.
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Fring is another application that allows aol,msn,yahoo and video chat between android and apple os
You can't with face time. However, you can install Fring on your phone AND on their iPods
AdrianK said:
Why launch Facetime for android if they can convert android users to the iPhone?
They'll never license it to third parties.
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They'll never succeed.
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Hi,
I own a GN8010 wifi and a Galaxy SIII.
I'm wondering if it's possible to send SMS and calls (especially video calls) by connecting the Galaxy SIII to the GN8010 on bluetooth?
I know that the HP tablet allowed this...so I guess it's technically possible...but I don't know how...
If someone has the answer....
Thanks.
If by video calls you mean like Skype you do that over wifi. Or anyway your tablet gets an Internet connection. Not sure about straight bluetooth connecting.
As for sms there's already a thread with a long list of options.
Thanks for your answer. Actually, I was not talking about skype or stuff like that, but real GSM video calls, just like the HP Touchpad does (http://www.nuwave-marketing.com/comment-telephoner-avec-votre-tablette-hp-touchpad/).
The bluetooth link makes the tablet acting like it's GMS connected...so you can use it like a smartphone. I think that's a real great thing for those who don't buy a 3G GN10.1 as they don't want to put a SIM into it, but like to be able to use it as a cellphone sometimes....
That's not even an android based device. I've never heard of integrated GSM video calling here in the US. No idea about international.
So I'll bow out now but as far as I know there is no integrated video call feature native to android.
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That's not even an android based device. I've never heard of integrated GSM video calling here in the US. No idea about international.
So I'll bow out now but as far as I know there is no integrated video call feature native to android.
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Yeah, I know that the Touchpad is not an android device
But as all the galaxy smartphone (S, S2, S3 ) and, here, in Europe, integrate native video call, I wished that won't be really hard make this work with a GN10.1 wifi, through bluetooth....
But as far as I can read, that seems much more difficult than I thought...
I have an Xperia device and was searching through the Play Store for anything that's Small App compatible, then found this video demonstration of an app:
" ソニタブッター for small app: http://youtu.be/cG63zb4jN9w "
My question: What on earth is the device used in the video?
It could be something Sony, since it was demonstrating a Small App for Xperia devices. It's definitely Android, since it was demonstrating functionality of something in the Play Store. This is the only video by that uploader on YouTube and his channel is in a foreign language, otherwise I'd ask him directly.
It looks like a really cool device , and might be fun for everyone to know more about.
Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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I have an Xperia device and was searching through the Play Store for anything that's Small App compatible, then found this video demonstration of an app:
" ソニタブッター for small app: http://youtu.be/cG63zb4jN9w "
My question: What on earth is the device used in the video?
It could be something Sony, since it was demonstrating a Small App for Xperia devices. It's definitely Android, since it was demonstrating functionality of something in the Play Store. This is the only video by that uploader on YouTube and his channel is in a foreign language, otherwise I'd ask him directly.
It looks like a really cool device , and might be fun for everyone to know more about.
Any insight would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
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http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SGPT211US-S-5-5-Inch-Tablet/dp/B007SPUSIE
Interesting device. I'd never heard of it before.
Planterz said:
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-SGPT211US-S-5-5-Inch-Tablet/dp/B007SPUSIE
Interesting device. I'd never heard of it before.
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Me either.
And apparently it even came stateside? The link you shared isn't even an unlocked, but an AT&T-branded device.
But Android Honeycomb? What kind of hardware is inside there?
Also, thanks for responding?
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Me either.
And apparently it even came stateside? The link you shared isn't even an unlocked, but an AT&T-branded device.
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You can find unlocked/international ones on eBay.
But Android Honeycomb?
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Apparently updatedable to 4.0 ICS. Honeycomb 3.0 was a tablet-only version of Android that was abandoned/integrated into 4.0 and future versions.
What kind of hardware is inside there?
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Dual core 1GHZ nVidia Tegra 2, 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM, microSD slot, 5MP camera.
Also, thanks for responding?
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You're welcome?
Yeah, but Honeycomb feels awkward and nerfed between 4.0 ROMS and Cyanogenmod 7's openness.
Definitely good hardware for its time though. I wonder what other special development endeavors were made on the device?
Maybe it would've caught on if it had some sort of interface on the outside of the clamshell as well? Like the concepts in Samsung's demo video when they first announced flexible displays.
But that's a different subject.
Thanks again for the information. No question about it this time ?