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Skype now allows video calling

Desire S owners get it in the market now.

Wow! I just updated.. works great!

Yeah! Works fantastic! But I think the sound is a bit weaker comparing to the old Skype. Anybody noticed that?
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I saw this on engadget. Our phone is one of the selected 4-5. AWESOME !!!!!!!!!

I found that the camera quality steaming its not so good, but i guess its for getting better speed

shrome99 said:
I saw this on engadget. Our phone is one of the selected 4-5. AWESOME !!!!!!!!!
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We are proud happy owners of HTC Desire S
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It works like a charm

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It works like a charm
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Good, i was expecting good quality. I only video called myself, i'll probably make some calls tomorrow

Hell yeah! Gotta try this out. Thx for the heads up
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1) New version crashes at restart (process skype.raider)
2) How to turn off Skype ? - I need it to set it only working when WIFI is active.

Finally... Now desire S is a real iphone 4 killer. Just tested new skype (24 min. of video call to other country using wifi) and this thing works sweet. No crashes, other party video frozen just once for about three seconds. JOY.

Great about time tbh!
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Winner winner, chicken dinner!

igoivo said:
1) New version crashes at restart (process skype.raider)
2) How to turn off Skype ? - I need it to set it only working when WIFI is active.
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no crash here, works fine.
to quit go back to the main skype screen, then press menu and you have the option

Tried it extensively today, works fine, apparently the image at the receiving end is lovely and sharp

It worked really well for me too.

Video calls no longer working since the last update. The options are greyed out in settings. Does anyone have any idea what's going on?
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Actually, the desire s could already do video calls before most devices! Just the new update unlocked the functionality for the thee devices
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tnx good ! work

Haven't tried it yet but yeah that is a good news.
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How can i make video calls

is ther ny way to make 3g video call on my desire s????
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Specially here in Europe where Gtalk videocalls are not supported.
Ja, I have the same question.
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Try this....
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.fring
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What's the difference between this and Skype? I've made alot of videocalls on Skype and at least I can call friends on PC. What's the benefit of having Fringe installed? It's something like Whatsapp but for video calls as I see.
I understood that OP wants to make a 3G Video call...not a video call through whatever data connection it's active on the phone(including 3G). From my understanding that is a video call service that's depending on the operator. Vodafone is offering that in RO, I belive it's available for other countries/operators as well. And that means you can video call someone by his phone number
The service is described better HERE

Exactly rapier......
I meant the video calls through mobile network..... Not through internet....... Evn many java phones does this...... Y cant our much much advanced smart phones do this....??
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I find gtalk smooth.
Think you can install gtalk with videocalls for desire s if you're rooted
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Other option is if you both have the viber app
Plus Skype and fring as others have mentioned
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lavier said:
Exactly rapier......
I meant the video calls through mobile network..... Not through internet....... Evn many java phones does this...... Y cant our much much advanced smart phones do this....??
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Gyz gyz i kno bout skype n all i meant thru cellular operater... The video conferenceing.....ther is an option called video call in normal 3g phones like sony Ericsson c510 nokia e51 n all ther isnt ny such option in our android smart phones..... I want to use such service
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lavier said:
ther is an option called video call in normal 3g phones like sony Ericsson c510 nokia e51 n all ther isnt ny such option in our android smart phones..... I want to use such service
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I am in the same situation... I want to use this service too, but I started to think that is impossible with android phone. I had three phones with Android so far, but none of them have this option.....

As I saw, phones with 3G video call have a dedicated buton for this. This is not the case with our Android phones.
I called my operator now (Vodafone) and I got the confirmation. Android phones are not compatible with this service. Only phones that have a dedicated video call buton and are listed on the operator's compatibility list can use this service
Sent from nowhere, over the air...

Can some1 develop sumthing like this?????
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3G native calling is not supported by Android. Only Samsung and LG android phones support it.
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I was searching for this some time too. Unfortunately only apps like Skype or Fring are making this possible on my Desire S, but the client has to be installed on the other person phone too and this is a bit limiting. This is my only dissapointment of Android so far but I am finding it strange to have this service natively supported on my 2008' Nokia but not on my 2011' smartphone.
I truly hope that someday someone will suddenly share a nice way do make videocalls through the mobile network with Desire S

Tango is a very good video call app
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olyloh6696, you just opened this thread. Could it be exactly what the OP here wanted? I just recall, when I was using Edymion ROM, that I had that video camera buton but never tried to use it. It could be the equivalent of the hardware "video call" buton on some phones for making 3G calls. Someone with sense rom could eventually try it

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olyloh6696, you just opened this thread. Could it be exactly what the OP here wanted? I just recall, when I was using Edymion ROM, that I had that video camera buton but never tried to use it. It could be the equivalent of the hardware "video call" buton on some phones for making 3G calls. Someone with sense rom could eventually try it
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Yep, i just discovered it a few hpyrs ago!
I'd lile to see whether it works, as on our stock rom we didnt jave a native video call app, but the sensation xl does
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olyloh6696 said:
Yep, i just discovered it a few hpyrs ago!
I'd lile to see whether it works, as on our stock rom we didnt jave a native video call app, but the sensation xl does
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I have it on Virtuous too. But how can we add recipients there?

You shouldn't add recipients...sorry cause I don't have the ROM installed to try, but I suppose that button works identical with the normal "call" button, just that it is a video call instead. The person you are calling should support the video calling feature and have the service active from the operator in order for it to work. The way it should be used is by selecting a person from your contacts, then call using that video buton instead of the normal call button

Ah thanks! That clears it up! Cheers
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Google search crappy update

Did the new update also mess up the searching capabilities of your phone? Try to.search sth in the music library..
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Damn it did. Music search does not work anymore Let's see if I can get rid of the bloody update...

Can you describe more of what you mean? I can still search music and everything just fine.

No u cant from e.g music player, open the music player and go to album/artist/all songs section and try to press the search button.. ive been reading a lot of negative feedback for the new search update, apparently it messed up all htc models and samsung aswell
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I uninstalled the update and everything is back to normal...

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I uninstalled the update and everything is back to normal...
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I did the same, works perfectly now. And i like the old layout much better
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It never worked before this update for me.
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Xxul said:
Did the new update also mess up the searching capabilities of your phone? Try to.search sth in the music library..
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You need to go into the settings in go into search and go into searchable items and check music and there you go. It didn't mess anything up.
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U think we are stupid americans?
Why dont u try it yourself smartass, but with steps i mentioned, it is imperative that u try to search from the ALL SONGS/ALBUMS/ARTIST section, not currently playing
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I've searched from all songs/albums, whatever, and I still get what I'm looking for, no screw up on my update
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I just did a search for "U2" on my phone and it instantly finds anything relating to it. You are of course free to criticize my musical taste, it's old stuff which I couldn't be bothered to remove from my memory card

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I just did a search for "U2" on my phone and it instantly finds anything relating to it. You are of course free to criticize my musical taste, it's old stuff which I couldn't be bothered to remove from my memory card
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U2 is one of my favorite bands did u try by the steps I mentioned? Open music player -> open all songs directory -> press search
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Hi Xxul, I'd never even tried that method before to be honest and you're right, nothing happens when i press the search button when following the steps you wrote. I have to say I don't feel I'm missing anything as I never knew I could do this anyway but I can see it could be a frustration if you're used to it. Wonder what the logic was behind the change then
We can both be ashamed in our choice of music then too lol...

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U think we are stupid americans?
Why dont u try it yourself smartass, but with steps i mentioned, it is imperative that u try to search from the ALL SONGS/ALBUMS/ARTIST section, not currently playing
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I did and it works fine for me! And I am an American so there's no need to go and say that, I'm able to search fine in music player and everything else after the update.
BTW I wasnt being a smartass just trying to help you solve your issue.
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Xxul said:
U think we are stupid americans?
Why dont u try it yourself smartass, but with steps i mentioned, it is imperative that u try to search from the ALL SONGS/ALBUMS/ARTIST section, not currently playing
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Whoa! This message seems a bit of an over-reaction...

Works fine for me also.
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djdant said:
I did and it works fine for me! And I am an American so there's no need to go and say that, I'm able to search fine in music player and everything else after the update.
BTW I wasnt being a smartass just trying to help you solve your issue.
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I am deeply deeply sorry for my rude post then. The thing is a lot of users are so mean here and there is so much hate going on that I just automatically triggered my defence mechanism... Again I hope u can forget this little dispute as I am truly ashamed of my words..
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Everyone I know it works from the homescreen but try this OPEN MUSIC PLAYER -> OPEN ALL SONG LIST -> PRESS SEARCH
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I also can search in the all song's list.

Weird, some of us can't..
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Calling

One my brand new art hox, I can hear them but they can't hear me ?? How come. Not every time, just once in a while??
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Try downloading an app called RecForge from the Google Play Store and record a short audio clip. If you don't hear any audio when playing it back then you may have a hardware issue and a legit reason to exchange it at the place where you purchased it.
Also, have you loaded a custom ROM on your device or are you using the stock OS?

Well yea I'm running a custom ROM
It only happens at work.
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Which ROM are you running? Some of the earlier versions of CM10 had microphone issues that were causing what you are explaining.

New Earphones

Hello there i recently bought new htc earphones. The sound quaity is great but the music buttons dont work. I have tried them on recent phones like the htc one and one s and they work perfectly. Anyone ever come across this and how to fix it
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solution
if anyone is having the same problem this is the fix. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1301998