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Skype for Captivate

I am about ready to pull the trigger on a captivate, but was wondering if there is a skype app available for it?
I need to have it... WHen I checked the skype website under android phones there is a skype app but only for Verizon Phones.
Am I screwed?? no skype for Captivate

the skype people said it was coming this year.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/skype-mobile-with-video-support-coming-to-android-market-later-t/

I found a beta app which works fine
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I've been using iSkoot from the market. No video, but great for audio (uses cellular voice for voice chat).

masterofthebass said:
I've been using iSkoot from the market. No video, but great for audio (uses cellular voice for voice chat).
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So to verify, iskoot will run on the Captivate and I can make skype calls with it? I don't care about video..
Also where could I get the beta version of skype?
Thanks

anilkuj said:
I found a beta app which works fine
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where at? (link?)

I've tried Nimbuzz but no one can hear me
Just tried calling echo and it was unable to play back my voice but did play back the touchtone. Tried speakerphone as well.

kuau said:
So to verify, iskoot will run on the Captivate and I can make skype calls with it? I don't care about video..
Also where could I get the beta version of skype?
Thanks
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Skype Beta; here it is.

alphadog00 said:
Skype Beta; here it is.
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Does the beta allow use of wifi? I read the official skype program only works with verizon 3g (it doesn't run with wifi).

INeedYourHelp said:
Does the beta allow use of wifi? I read the official skype program only works with verizon 3g (it doesn't run with wifi).
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Installs fine through the SDK...
Chat works fine with wifi.
But if you make a call, it always wants to dial through (813) 527-2000 regardless if you dialed a phone number or skype contact. So it always needs your cellphone voice service.
FYI, I was able to complete the call to an 800 number, and I'm on AT&T.
I didn't finish the test of calling a skype contact.

You can alos install Skyp through the market if you use Market Enabler and change to VZW ID. I am not sure if it is the same as the beta or not.
EDIT, the VZW one exits with message "Can only be used on VZW phones"

I downloaded Nimbuzz and Iskoot and they suck BIG TIME. Recently, I was looking around and I found Skype Lite Beta and It works great. It's not in the MARKET! I guess, if you have a rooted phone, you can download it...I don't! But you can remove the SIM card, turn on your wifi connection and scan the application right here androlib.com
Like I said earlier, it works just fine on my non rooted Samsung Captivate. Give it a try!

Skype for Captivate
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/xeudoxus/78843-apks-unlocked-apps.html
Calls tested on Samsung Captivate using 3G/Wifi

Actually there is a official version on Market
By the way.. Very old thread )

I tried the official version from the market and voice calls work fine but I want to use video chat. Has anyone got a confirmed version of Skype that works with video chat. The market version just gives me a black screen even when set to use the back camera

skype only over wifi?

Skype now available natively for android in the market... but only over wifi?
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/05/skype-app-arrives-in-android-market-still-wifi-only/
I'm really hoping a fix for this comes soon, I like being able to use my iPad data connection to make skype calls. Doing it on the Evo would be even better

thanks for the information. just downloaded it and tested hoping that it would work on data..

I guess I've never thought to ask if there's an application that fools your apps into thinking they're running on wifi when they're running on cellular data like the ones for iOS devices.

I haven't tested it yet but when I start Skype, it warns me that it uses a lot of data and to get a proper data plan, then it starts. All on 3g. Shrug?

When you try to make a call, it tells you that you can't call over 3G and you need to use wifi.

Just hit up Google voice, isn't that also free?

ms79723 said:
Just hit up Google voice, isn't that also free?
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your missing the whole point tho:
Google voice free ONLY for US
Skype free ALL OVER THE WORLD (for skype to skype; not skype out)

cheebahawk said:
your missing the whole point tho:
Google voice free ONLY for US
Skype free ALL OVER THE WORLD (for skype to skype; not skype out)
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Ah, I didn't know that. I just got Skype not too long ago...

Google Voice is not over wifi either it uses your minutes.

Slashdot says it works over wifi or 3G:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/05/1216202/Skype-Officially-Available-For-Android

m03sizlak said:
Slashdot says it works over wifi or 3G:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/05/1216202/Skype-Officially-Available-For-Android
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In the US, only over WiFi.

did i hear there is no vid... yet?
Tango seems to work pretty decently, at least from EVO to iPhone

How do you sign out of Skype once you get it up and running? Is this thing going to kill my battery?

m4rk0358 said:
How do you sign out of Skype once you get it up and running? Is this thing going to kill my battery?
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I had the same issue with Tango...
hope to find an answer...
maybe set ATK to kill it...

m4rk0358 said:
How do you sign out of Skype once you get it up and running? Is this thing going to kill my battery?
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Go to your info page then hit menu, then there's a sign out option...

myth_mn said:
Go to your info page then hit menu, then there's a sign out option...
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Awesome. Thanks!

m03sizlak said:
Slashdot says it works over wifi or 3G:
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/10/05/1216202/Skype-Officially-Available-For-Android
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I just tried on my EVO with Sprint, no go. Perhaps with some hacking it will work... just as hulu and flash for the android do not play nice without some tinkering.
'tuna

spiicytuna said:
I just tried on my EVO with Sprint, no go. Perhaps with some hacking it will work... just as hulu and flash for the android do not play nice without some tinkering.
'tuna
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waiting for this to happen... the hacking to work over 3g

Quick question.. Since its calls over wifi only.... Can I use an old/extra android phone that doesn't have service to make/receive calls over wifi? One thing I wish google voice did
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i have no skype friends online to try rt now....does it do video chat?

skype

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)

[Q] Front cam question

I have searched everywhere but can not find an answer,
Can the nexus s do video call through 3g from within the dialler like all the old phones used to do.
My wife really wants the phone but she is always doing video calls from her n97.
It doesnt say anything in the gingerbread manual about video calls so Im not sure if it will.
Anybody Know.

Yes. It will. Else whats Front Facing Camera for ?

suhas_sm said:
Yes. It will. Else whats Front Facing Camera for ?
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Taking MySpace pics without the mirror in the bathroom, duuhh.

Rotflol.. Thats the best thing I have ever read !! hats off you man yes, they include FFCs to take own pictures !! LMAO !
just a question .. since when ? :O

Well the htc Evo had front facing cam, and you couldnt do normal video call.
Thats why im asking if anyone knows for sure yet.
Also iPhone has front can but can only do face time not
Proper 3g video call to anybody.
And in the gingerbread manual under calling it doesn't have an option for
Video call but it does have an option for voip call,
That's why I'm wondering if anybody knows.

Oh so u meant without any application ? My bad.
I doubt then. Nothing on the internet that suggests there is an android phone that does video calling without any application like Qik, Fring etc
But still .. taking pics was myspace was hilarious EPIC !

Dam man that sucks, so there is no point of the front cam in the end.
Is there an app dialer which can do normal video chat through 3g in which both phones dont need app ?
I really want my wife to get this phone but that is a deal breaker for her.

suhas_sm said:
Oh so u meant without any application ? My bad.
I doubt then. Nothing on the internet that suggests there is an android phone that does video calling without any application like Qik, Fring etc
But still .. taking pics was myspace was hilarious EPIC !
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Galaxy S GTi9000.

Is there any way to rip that dialer apk and put it on the nexus s ???
or put it on any phone for that matter.

mrevanx said:
I have searched everywhere but can not find an answer,
Can the nexus s do video call through 3g from within the dialler like all the old phones used to do.
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I'd guess, not at the beginning. From what I understand, front-facing camera (FFC) support is now enabled in the Camera application only, and possibly Video too.
The first app that will get video support is probably Google Talk; the current VoIP support seems, from all descriptions, to be voice-only. Hopefully we'd soon get video calls in Skype too, but that might take a while seeing as they just got around to releasing the voice-only client not too many months ago.[/QUOTE]

there is no application for video chat in stock gingerbread, You'll require a third party application such as yahoo messaging for video chat.
google supported video chat is coming with honeycomb, or possibly earlier with a google talk/voice update.

How to take video calls on galaxy s 4g??!!

Can someone please tell me how to take 3g video calls with ffc of my samsung galaxy s 4g? I know that the sgs i9000 dialer has the video call button.. But I dont see a video call button on my 4g or is there a dialer.apk which has the video calling option? I am referring to the 3g video calls by the service provider.. Not wifi calling or qik or skype! please someone help me!

im pretty sure there is no video call button. the way you video chat is with the video chat applications.

What are the apps? Are u taking about video calls or chats? I mean the conventional video call through my sim card service provider.. Not three wifi calling or voip or skype! Thanks!

arent the video call and video chat features...the same thing?

Lol yah.. But I am asking about 3g or 4g video calls.. Like the samsung galaxy s i9000 .. Ok so as my i9000 has the video call button on the dialer can I copy the phone.apk to my galaxy s4g? Reply thanks!

To be more clear.. I need to know how to take video calls to my friends mobile number? Not to their tango,skype or any other app account.. I mean through our service provider... Mmm

There is no video calling on stock Rom but there is in the acid team Rom audiophile edition it's pretty good.
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to answer this question. you can't directly call them just like you do a normal call or text. the video uses your data service. and honestly. i have found unless you have great 4g or wifi, the quality sucks and it lags. Program that comes stock with the phone is Quik. But there are others..
http://qik.com/

In qik can u call to phone numbers just like normal calls? So can u explain what's the video call button the i9000 galaxy dialer? yes my service provides very fast 4g speeds..

ashvincj said:
In qik can u call to phone numbers just like normal calls? So can u explain what's the video call button the i9000 galaxy dialer? yes my service provides very fast 4g speeds..
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I am surprised that the video-call feature is not yet enabled on a 4g device!!! I realized it only now, but looking at the posts here, it looks like it is not popular at all,,, the video-call-over-cellular network, dedicated channels! In india, it surely is not so popular yet,,so no issues,,, please let me know if you come across a way to place video-calls-over-cellular dedicated channels - the same thing that you are talking about!

Djveneko said:
There is no video calling on stock Rom but there is in the acid team Rom audiophile edition it's pretty good.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA App
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instead of asking over n over by pm and in rom thread since apprently its not explained right this is what you are looking for yes?

Oh goodness! That is the dialer im looking for!! Where and how do I get that to my 4g?! Please more info!

it was ansered earlier in your post the audiophile rom has phone to phone calling not sure how well or if at all it actually works and the landscape is messed up working on fixing that but since i have no one to call video to video i cant test it to see if in fact it actually works if it doesnt id like to know cause i have an idea of takeing the tango drivers etc and just incoperateing it into the dialer as that allows for direct to direct calling though there sevice

hey raver if you interested in help with tested stuff im down. right now im just runnin icbinb. but for help purposes i wouldnt mind trying out audiophile. i wanna check out the sound tweaks anyways.

I know that in america u people use wifi calls through apps the most.. That is why I think the 4g does not have that option.. But tell me if I can copy paste the dialer apk from the team acid rom and paste it in my system/ app? Thank u

ashvincj said:
I know that in america u people use wifi calls through apps the most.. That is why I think the 4g does not have that option.. But tell me if I can copy paste the dialer apk from the team acid rom and paste it in my system/ app? Thank u
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good idea hmm.

Ok, so can this be done? If so, can anyone provide a step-by-step guide as to how it is done? It would be of great help to a starter like me.

Hello everyone. So solve the problem?
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There are several apps you can use, the stock qik chat, skype, gchat