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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
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

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
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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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

Can XOOM 3G make Voice call like a mobile phone

Can any one advise this as its not listen in the 3G Specs..

By default no, but there has been talks about possibly getting it to work and a lot of people have success getting Line2 (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.toktumi.line2&feature=search_result) to work on it but requires you to even find the APK somewhere or download it on another android phone and copy the APK file off it.

I am looking for a core 2 Andriod 3.0 with at least a 7.1 or 10.1 screen...
Have to be able to make call.
Any recommendations..

I don't think you're going to find that anywhere.

Good luck with that, last I checked there were no tablets out there (at least in terms of Android 3.0+) that will allow you to make phone calls with them unless you use Skype (or mod it to allow making phone calls nativity.
I have heard that Samsung Galaxy Tab does allow you to make phone calls but I haven't tested myself and don't know if the newer Tab 10.1 (not sure if it's out yet or not) will support the phone features either since the Tab 10.1 will have 3.0.
I'm sure other members on this forums will step in to correct me if I'm wrong at anything I've said here but this is what I've saw so far.

I had some limited success with nettalk and my Google Talk phone number. Could connect with my home phone but my husband said it was very echo-y. I'm wifi only so it can be done. I'm going to try Line 2.

GrooVe IP works
i downloaded groove IP from the market tonite and it seems to work fine, it uses your Google voice number. No monthly fee like Line 2

mbrought4 said:
i downloaded groove IP from the market tonite and it seems to work fine, it uses your Google voice number. No monthly fee like Line 2
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I got groove IP from market and it works good enough. Thanks for the tip. I haven't been able to figure out how to receive calls with it though. Does it work for you? Anyone have any ideas?
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receiving calls
you have to be logged out of Google talk on your xoom. Also, make sure that in your gv settings you have it set to google chat rather than your mobile number. Not sure if that made any sense, but they explain it step by step in the help section.

is that video calling or just voice?

mbrought4 said:
you have to be logged out of Google talk on your xoom. Also, make sure that in your gv settings you have it set to google chat rather than your mobile number. Not sure if that made any sense, but they explain it step by step in the help section.
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That did the trick! Thanks!
This is for voice calls.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

mbrought4 said:
you have to be logged out of Google talk on your xoom. Also, make sure that in your gv settings you have it set to google chat rather than your mobile number. Not sure if that made any sense, but they explain it step by step in the help section.
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How can I get the google chat to show up rather then the mobile number because I do not have that option. The only options I see are my mobile number and add this phone, nothing else. I can make calls with excellent quality on both ends but cannot get any calls on my Xoom because of this. What am I doing wrong?

diablo2224 said:
How can I get the google chat to show up rather then the mobile number because I do not have that option. The only options I see are my mobile number and add this phone, nothing else. I can make calls with excellent quality on both ends but cannot get any calls on my Xoom because of this. What am I doing wrong?
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That's the same problem that I was having. You have to log on to google voice settings using your web browser for the log in to chat settings.
My problem was that I was logged into google talk on my xoom.
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kyoteqwik said:
That's the same problem that I was having. You have to log on to google voice settings using your web browser for the log in to chat settings.
My problem was that I was logged into google talk on my xoom.
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I forgot about that. Well I am there on the web browser version of voice and I am a bit confused as to what I need to do exactly. Am I setting up a new number? I still don't see anything about google chat. I'm not a noob to technology by any means but never tried to set up calling on my Xoom until now because I never had the need for it. I do appreciate the help a lot.

diablo2224 said:
I forgot about that. Well I am there on the web browser version of voice and I am a bit confused as to what I need to do exactly. Am I setting up a new number? I still don't see anything about google chat. I'm not a noob to technology by any means but never tried to set up calling on my Xoom until now because I never had the need for it. I do appreciate the help a lot.
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Not really sure. When I go to google voice on my browser and then click on the setting tab in upper right corner and then choose voice settings, I can then click on the phones tab, that is where I am able to choose google chat.
Hope that helps, that's about all I got.
I will add that my calls work a lot better for the other party when I use bluetooth.
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kyoteqwik said:
Not really sure. When I go to google voice on my browser and then click on the setting tab in upper right corner and then choose voice settings, I can then click on the phones tab, that is where I am able to choose google chat.
Hope that helps, that's about all I got.
I will add that my calls work a lot better for the other party when I use bluetooth.
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Dang... I just remembered a long time ago I deleted the google chat from my registered phones list because I didn't think I would ever need to use it. So that would mean I would have to add it back, but... yeah. If I try to add another phone it gives me the name to choose and I need to set a number for it, and I have no idea what the number would be for google chat. Thanks for the quick responses though! I'll try and figure out what to do next. And I have 2 nice bluetooth headsets and they do work great!

diablo2224 said:
Dang... I just remembered a long time ago I deleted the google chat from my registered phones list because I didn't think I would ever need to use it. So that would mean I would have to add it back, but... yeah. If I try to add another phone it gives me the name to choose and I need to set a number for it, and I have no idea what the number would be for google chat. Thanks for the quick responses though! I'll try and figure out what to do next. And I have 2 nice bluetooth headsets and they do work great!
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No problem.
I would just try to add a new phone and call it google talk, that seems to be the only settings on mine.
Good luck.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

scsa20 said:
Good luck with that, last I checked there were no tablets out there (at least in terms of Android 3.0+) that will allow you to make phone calls with them unless you use Skype (or mod it to allow making phone calls nativity.
I have heard that Samsung Galaxy Tab does allow you to make phone calls but I haven't tested myself
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The legacy Galaxy Tab does let you use a GSM sim card and allow one to make phone calls as well as access EDGE/3G data...i helped a friend set up his tab a couple of weeks ago and can confirm this....im located in Mumbai, India...and the versions available here do allow the ability to also use it as a phone..
Sent from my Galaxy S using Tapatalk.

i believe its the kernel that is stopping it from possible.
at the momenet, honeycomb is designed to be a tablet OS, hence it didn't include the Phone's feature in the system.
for galaxy tab, (the older one), it running on Gingerbread which a Phone OS, hence it can be easily enable the phone feature.
i believe we need to wait till Ice Cream where it unite Gingerbread and Honeycomb, so that it has the phone's feature in the system and can be enabled easily.

Hey All
Just thought I'd add to this old topic. I have an Australian 3G Xoom, on the American 3.1 update, with my settings pushed back for 3G etc.
Tonight I installed the UAString/SMS mod, so that I could send SMSes (which work perfectly with Handcent, over the Telstra 3G network - just like any mobile phone would do). Then I tried calling my tablet. This also worked perfectly! The call came up, it connected, etc. I answered and this is where we hit trouble. No sound. Either way. So the Xoom doesn't have a microphone/speaker set up for sound during a call. I even tried setting the Xoom on speaker phone, but still nothing.
Any ideas? Not sure if this has been posted about before, and I thought it was pretty exciting, to be making normal calls, and SMSes (there is all this talk about Google Voice, which is useless outside of the US) on the Xoom, and this was very exciting for me.

s voice on p6210 ics

anyone ever try to install gs3 s voice on the p6210??
i download the WanamLite Rom s voice hack
it keep saying server error
is that because i m not using 3g??

madsatan said:
anyone ever try to install gs3 s voice on the p6210??
i download the WanamLite Rom s voice hack
it keep saying server error
is that because i m not using 3g??
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First. S-voice is using samsung servers for voice input and output. You need have internet connection for s-voce to work.
Second S-voice is galaxy s3 native soft. Some hackers has worked with it. they make apk that can use sams voice servers

samapal said:
First. S-voice is using samsung servers for voice input and output. You need have internet connection for s-voce to work.
Second S-voice is galaxy s3 native soft. Some hackers has worked with it. they make apk that can use sams voice servers
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yes i understand that
i am using svoice on my note without a problem
but on the p6210 .. i just dont know how to get it work ... it keep saying network error

google talk with cm10

I have searched the forums and haven't found anything about being able to use google talk (video chat) with cm10. I haven't posted enough to put this question into the cm10 forum. So if someone wants to put this question into that forum I would appreciate that.
Thanks

ef-civic said:
I have searched the forums and haven't found anything about being able to use google talk (video chat) with cm10. I haven't posted enough to put this question into the cm10 forum. So if someone wants to put this question into that forum I would appreciate that.
Thanks
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I just came across this issue while trying to do a phone to phone (over LTE4g) Gtalk video chat (i did a google search and found your post). Once we finally got video chat to connect the person on the other end (galaxy nexus running CM10 M1build) could not hear me, I was able to hear them. We repeated the process 2 or 3 times but I was not able to get them to hear me until i switch to my desktop. I have the VZW SGS3 running CM10 9/17build. Sorry i cant be of more help, but maybe this will bring light to any Gtalk video chat issues that might exist.

bobbysworld1 said:
I just came across this issue while trying to do a phone to phone (over LTE4g) Gtalk video chat (i did a google search and found your post). Once we finally got video chat to connect the person on the other end (galaxy nexus running CM10 M1build) could not hear me, I was able to hear them. We repeated the process 2 or 3 times but I was not able to get them to hear me until i switch to my desktop. I have the VZW SGS3 running CM10 9/17build. Sorry i cant be of more help, but maybe this will bring light to any Gtalk video chat issues that might exist.
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I have the same problem with CM10 9/20.
Also... The voice dial app does not hear me either. Google Now does. I wonder if there is a problem with the way these programs are initializing the microphone. This is also making it impossible to call using only a bluetooth headset.

I could receive the call but camera could never connect. Was a little frustrating.
I did find something about talk working in cm but not in cm10 yet. I'm sure that this will be fixed soon.
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One thing that I didn't try was fixing permissions. not sure if that would fix the problem that I have with google chat

I have the same problem CM10 M1 and 9/23 d2spr
Bender00 said:
I have the same problem with CM10 9/20 d2spr.
Also... The voice dial app does not hear me either. Google Now does. I wonder if there is a problem with the way these programs are initializing the microphone. This is also making it impossible to call using only a bluetooth headset.
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I couldn't find any CM10 builds older than M1, but I am also experiencing a low mic gain/volume when using the walkie-talkie app Voxer. This was first noticed on Euroskank builds after 09/17. 09/17 is the last Euroskank build that performs normally pertaining to the mic gain problem. I also factory/devlik wiped and loaded CM10 M1 and CM10 09/23 and am experiencing the same issue. This also occurs in Miui's 2.9.21 BETA (CM10 9/23 based) rom.

ef-civic said:
I could receive the call but camera could never connect. Was a little frustrating.
I did find something about talk working in cm but not in cm10 yet. I'm sure that this will be fixed soon.
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That would be unlikely to help. Permissions effect the filesystem and read/write access. If you can install apps then it is probable that your permissions are fine.

[Q] Message Access Profile [MAP][JB] Bluetooth

Hi All. There are some threads on this subject on the Galaxy S III and a couple other places.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916902
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350899
I'm not a dev and perhaps if a dev is willing to open up a discussion thread on this? would be nice. I'm interested to know if this is going to be implimented in the JB project? And perhaps if it all ready has. I'm running CM10 and cannot seem to find a way to activate this in bluetooth. I've done this several times with the Iphone 4S and the 5 cause I'm a car salesman who helps folks pair their devices to the nifty new bluetooth tech in their cars. I'm a proud Andriod user. I hate to see something that the Iphone does that ours does not. Any feed back from users that have found this to work on any ROMS would be appreciated. Or perhaps is anyone know whats cooking on the grill for this. :fingers-crossed:

OK I found in the BBQlog for CM that there is a message access protocol that could be implemented in the next build.
Any of you folks out there with messaging in you car stereo? Let me know how it works for you?
Oh and bump!
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subarudroid said:
OK I found in the BBQlog for CM that there is a message access protocol that could be implemented in the next build.
Any of you folks out there with messaging in you car stereo? Let me know how it works for you?
Oh and bump!
Sent from my One X using xda premium
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Not working in 2012 bmw as of today's nightly. No mobile office... very sad.

cyberoptics said:
Not working in 2012 bmw as of today's nightly. No mobile office... very sad.
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Same on my end, with a 2012 BMW 328. Did you have a chance to try this on other roms (stock, for example)? I might try flashing back to see if Bluetooth MAP works on that.

RE : Bluetooth MAP BMW
zeezz said:
Same on my end, with a 2012 BMW 328. Did you have a chance to try this on other roms (stock, for example)? I might try flashing back to see if Bluetooth MAP works on that.
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I currently drive the BMW X3 F25 and have also searched multiple forums regarding some additional MAP support for the bmw office system with no luck.
I currently have a stock HTC one X with ICS on it which allows SMS support and I have tested a S3 with latest CM10 Nightly which offers no support. I am just looking for the perfect ROM which supports the email functionality as well before I go ahead and flash leaving me with less compatibility than what I currently have.
As per the bmw office compatibility it seems that the only stock android phone to support both sms and email is the HTC sensation. No idea what makes it so "special".
Any feedback regarding your latest attempts will be much appreciated!

I'm a Samsung Galaxy S3 user and I've been trying to figure this out with my 2012 Uconnect in my Dodge Durango. Still no luck. I thought the SGS3 supported this feature, there is a service running in the background called MAPSamsungService that is opened during Bluetooth connection, but the Uconnect says this phone is not supported. Frustrating to say the least.

I can confirm that MAP is not enabled on CM10 9/30 nightly. Still hoping for a dev to implement.
Sent from my One X using xda premium

I just paired a galaxy SIII with firmware 4.1.2 to a 2013 subaru with Nav. and the MAP worked perfectly. In fact its the first phone you could actually send text from the stereo unit as well.
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I have a bmw e90 lci (320d) with iDrive (communications installed). I have the same issue using my Galaxy Note 2. Email syncing is not supported while text messages do sync.
I'm using CM10.1 though and it has most of the stuff missing in its bluetooth stack. Music does not show track titles, no contact photos, dialer list syncing is missing, no sms messages either...sucks!

I think cyanogen still has some catching up to do with bluetooth. Touchwiz seems to have it down. 4.1 or higher.
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1

subarudroid said:
I think cyanogen still has some catching up to do with bluetooth. Touchwiz seems to have it down. 4.1 or higher.
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1
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Touchwiz does only support sms, does it? No mail via Bluetooth map?

Yes text message. No mail though. IOS6 does receive only. My wife's stock sgs3 does send & receive
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subarudroid said:
Yes text message. No mail though. IOS6 does receive only. My wife's stock sgs3 does send & receive
Sent from my HOX w/CM10.1 4.2.2 s-off
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Thanks for clarification.
On 2.3.4 even mail was working. Hope to see a solution sometime.

francoisvanderV said:
I currently drive the BMW X3 F25 and have also searched multiple forums regarding some additional MAP support for the bmw office system with no luck.
I currently have a stock HTC one X with ICS on it which allows SMS support and I have tested a S3 with latest CM10 Nightly which offers no support. I am just looking for the perfect ROM which supports the email functionality as well before I go ahead and flash leaving me with less compatibility than what I currently have.
As per the bmw office compatibility it seems that the only stock android phone to support both sms and email is the HTC sensation. No idea what makes it so "special".
Any feedback regarding your latest attempts will be much appreciated!
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Hy,
"HTC sense" is the speciality here. HTC sense 4.1 and upwards (5.0 as well) supports email over bluetooth MAP but only if you use the stock mail client from HTC. The stock client allows the bluetooth stack to access its mail database, so the HTC Sense Bluetooth stack is specially designed to work with the stock email client. All other mail clients will not work with Bluetooth MAP profile.
Other manufacturers removed mail support for their bluetooth stacks map protocol. Like Samsung did with Touchwiz when google started encoding the gmail app mail database so prevent access from other apps. This prevents samsungs touchwiz to access the mail database too.
Next step for HTC would be to tackle Calendar and Tasks which should be transmitted by SyncML over bluetooth obex.
I have an HTC One with Sense 5.0 and sms and email are working perfectly with my F21 M135i
Cheers!

Well I'll jump back in here....
I have found that for the best connection possible to the Dodge Uconnect system with the Samsung Galaxy S3 is to run 4.1.2 that is completely stock. I'm getting all contacts downloaded and sms receive works (send doesn't, but that's Samsung's fault for forking the protocol). Names are still not announced with the receipt of sms messages, she always says "no number available" for sms but can seem to match them up for phone calls. I'm guessing the contact information is not getting sent from the phone to the car for sms like it is for phone calls.
I haven't tried email but I don't use their stock email client, only gmail. I doubt it would work.
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Sent from my now stock but previously Fre3-ed out GS3....stock is not half bad. Everything works!