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Video Chat Force Closes

I keep getting a force closes or my front facing camera doesn't' seem to work when i try any of the video chat applications. Tango, Qik, and Fring all don't work for me. Fring and Qik get forces closes and Tango just doesn't show any video. I have a Verizon Xperia play.

Same here can't figure out what the problem is

digitalpirate said:
I keep getting a force closes or my front facing camera doesn't' seem to work when i try any of the video chat applications. Tango, Qik, and Fring all don't work for me. Fring and Qik get forces closes and Tango just doesn't show any video. I have a Verizon Xperia play.
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u know its funny i use yahoo and for some reason it uses my back camera. there is no option to use the front camera! so i guess i am suffering from the same pain! lol.
but yahoo video works as long as u use the back camera.

I have the same problems. I guess it's a verizon Xplay specific thing?

elinscheid said:
I have the same problems. I guess it's a verizon Xplay specific thing?
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Im from canada. With rogers. So its general
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Doesn't Verizon's Xperia Play has Skype with Video?

well i had read in some reviews that the front camera cannot be used for any kinds of videos calls it was in gsm arena i suppose

Yahoo Messenger or Vtok?
I tried Yahoo Messenger (with Video add-on from the market) from my Xplay to my sister's laptop and it would ring her and vice versa but would always give a message that she could not answer the call, neither video nor voice. The only video I could see is that from my Xplay's back facing camera and I could not change it to the front facing video. For a photo for my profile however the yahoo messenger took the snapshot from the front facing camera. I tried both over 3G and Wifi - if anyone had better experience please let me know so that I can see if it was some network issue or my sister's laptop issue.
Has anyone tried to use vtok from Xplay to Google video chat? Apparently it works and is free and does not require additional sign-in besides Google’s – I wonder if someone could confirm how well before I try to convince my sister to install gtalk on her laptop.

mamallica said:
u know its funny i use yahoo and for some reason it uses my back camera. there is no option to use the front camera! so i guess i am suffering from the same pain! lol.
but yahoo video works as long as u use the back camera.
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just noticed your post - had same thing with my video but also could not get the video or voice from the counterparty. Maybe a problem with my sister's yahoo messenger installation on her laptop? Did you do it over Wifi or 3g or both please? Thank for your help in advance

digitalpirate said:
I keep getting a force closes or my front facing camera doesn't' seem to work when i try any of the video chat applications. Tango, Qik, and Fring all don't work for me. Fring and Qik get forces closes and Tango just doesn't show any video. I have a Verizon Xperia play.
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There was a leaked Skype apk with Video for android exclusive for verizon back in April - I saw people tried to modify it for other handsets and networks - I hope one of those mods will work for you given that you are on Verizon.

fring seems to have been updated and works now but nobody really uses fring that I know ..

ps3taker said:
Doesn't Verizon's Xperia Play has Skype with Video?
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That is a big NO. Nobody on android has an official Skype with Video. There was a leak that was specifically for the Thunderbolt (4G-LTE phone, same CPU/GPU combo I think though), but didn't come stock and is not on the market.

ps3taker said:
There was a leaked Skype apk with Video for android exclusive for verizon back in April - I saw people tried to modify it for other handsets and networks - I hope one of those mods will work for you given that you are on Verizon.
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From my knowledge, the most prominent threads I've found on that... It was leaked for the Thunderbolt (same CPU/GPU as far as I know as Xperia Play) but it was never officially released. The modded one removed a few things that were causing device specific checks, but the app still FC'd upon launch or sign-on.

ryocoon said:
From my knowledge, the most prominent threads I've found on that... It was leaked for the Thunderbolt (same CPU/GPU as far as I know as Xperia Play) but it was never officially released. The modded one removed a few things that were causing device specific checks, but the app still FC'd upon launch or sign-on.
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Thanks - I looked into it more now too - and saw all the problems which maybe hard to fix - just not sure if people who were trying to mod it were on Verizon or not - was hoping that if someone on Verizon could get it to work on Xplay first then it would be easier for other developers to remove network lock too. Hope Verizon is still planing to issues Skype Video for Xplay themselves soon. Or maybe Sony will be unhappy with supporting Skype now that Microsoft bought it

ps3taker said:
just noticed your post - had same thing with my video but also could not get the video or voice from the counterparty. Maybe a problem with my sister's yahoo messenger installation on her laptop? Did you do it over Wifi or 3g or both please? Thank for your help in advance
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Hi. I used both wifi and 3g. Works perfectly. ItsbCtually amazing! I tried it more than five six times already with ppl using yahoo on pc. Worked fine. If u see ur pic on the bak and u can call her, then ur part works fine. She must reinstall orbupdate her yahoo. Try it on other computer and u should see the result
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Can't Record Calls after Mashmallow? Tried Multiple Apps

Hi guys,
On my stock Z5C before Marshmallow update I was successfully running (and recording) calls with the "Voice Recorder" app from Splend Apps. It worked well, although the sound quality was not great. Well, recently I updated the phone to Android 6.0 and today I tried using Voice Recorder but it gave me an error message: "do you have another app trying to record the call" or something like this.
First reaction was to install another app and get it to work. Well, two apps later (ACR & Call Recorder) and now I suspect this is related to Android 6.0 and not the apps.
Any suggestion on how to tackle this? Preferably without getting into in-depth rooting and things like this?
Thanks in advance,
BB

This work for Z5 but have no idea if its working for Z5C

mrc77 said:
This work for Z5 but have no idea if its working for Z5C
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Interesting, but after reading some of the reviews I am not so confident this is 100% guaranteed to work.. and it does not seem like they offer a trail version. I explicitly believe the issues I have found are related to Android 6.0 and not the apps that I tried using, so unless I can try the app in advance I wont purchase it.
BB

Ok, but it works for me.

OldSkewler said:
Interesting, but after reading some of the reviews I am not so confident this is 100% guaranteed to work.. and it does not seem like they offer a trail version. I explicitly believe the issues I have found are related to Android 6.0 and not the apps that I tried using, so unless I can try the app in advance I wont purchase it.
BB
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Read carefully app's description in play store, there's a link for the trial, right here, on xda forums.
It also works ok on my z5.
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SMS Reader

Hi all, convert back to Android after a couple of years on Windows Phone. Missing Cortana and it's ability to read texts to me, make call handsfree etc etc.
I have found a few apps that read texts on the phone speaker, but can't find anything that works through the car Bluetooth with the sound coming over the car speakers.
Does anyone know an app that will do this please? I spend a lot of time on the car and the lack of this feature is an issue.

Walton_Melb said:
Hi all, convert back to Android after a couple of years on Windows Phone. Missing Cortana and it's ability to read texts to me, make call handsfree etc etc.
I have found a few apps that read texts on the phone speaker, but can't find anything that works through the car Bluetooth with the sound coming over the car speakers.
Does anyone know an app that will do this please? I spend a lot of time on the car and the lack of this feature is an issue.
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Is Google Voice not working...?
Take a look at this:
http://recomhub.com/blog/how-to-get-mate-9-to-read-text/

kolembo said:
Is Google Voice not working...?
Take a look at this:
http://recomhub.com/blog/how-to-get-mate-9-to-read-text/
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Thank you, I'll give this a try. I thought S Voice was Samsung only though.

kolembo said:
Is Google Voice not working...?
Take a look at this:
http://recomhub.com/blog/how-to-get-mate-9-to-read-text/
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Actually, Google Voice is not available in Australia. Nice idea though

Walton_Melb said:
Actually, Google Voice is not available in Australia. Nice idea though
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Walton_Melb said:
Hi all, convert back to Android after a couple of years on Windows Phone. Missing Cortana and it's ability to read texts to me, make call handsfree etc etc.
I have found a few apps that read texts on the phone speaker, but can't find anything that works through the car Bluetooth with the sound coming over the car speakers.
Does anyone know an app that will do this please? I spend a lot of time on the car and the lack of this feature is an issue.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.cortana

I have that installed but it doesn't have the same features for the car as the Windows version has.
You can't dial a number on the car Bluetooth and do voice control from there.
And again, it's not available officially in Australia.
Thanks anyway

I have that installed but it doesn't have the same features for the car as the Windows versio

How did you go with this? If your still trying things you could try smart connect. It's a Sony app but I have it installed on my mate 9 and so far it works the same. You can set up "events" so when your mate 9 connects to a certain device it will perform certain tasks, one of them being read texts. You can also have it turned the feature off when it disconnects.

I found you can use Tasker with various scripts to mimic the Cortana on Windows actions. But I just haven't had time to explore it. I am using "SMS, my Car and me" to read out messages. When I get some time I will have a look at your suggestion . Thank you for posting it here.

Problem WhatsApp video call

Can't see me in WhatsApp video calls, I look very large as if I had a zoom, someone with the same problem?

Yes I have the same problem and I sent back the phone to Realme, I just got the a new one and still have that issue. Please someone help !

if I'm not wrong in thinking, I believe it's down to the fact that WhatsApp records video in 9:16 aspect ratio on all phones as just standard. And then when you are viewing yourself, it's zooming in to fit your image onto a 9:20 screen. However, others should see it in 9:16.
I hope this makes sense and as far as I'm aware it's not a phone problem. It's just trying to fill your image onto the bigger screen but not wanting to stretch.
Best that I can offer is to fill the status bar as black to make the screen theoretically smaller.
I don't think it's any issue on Realme's side but WhatsApp use of needing to work on devices of all screens and sizes, if that makes sense.
- Josh

Same problem here.
Other people can only see a very zoomed part of that what i see myself.
Hope that Realme is gona Fix this soom.

Exactly the same here

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Yes but why it happens only in some x50 and not in oders? At first I didn't have this problem and now I have. I didn't update anything WhatsApp neither system.
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This is an Whatsapp issue !! Hope somebody at Whatsapp take an effort to adapt to the new video ratio soon.
On other viedeo chat apps like Duo, Instagram, Wire etc work fine

+1 here
Contacted WhatsApp sending screen shot and logs.
The answer is here:
Hi,
Thanks for your message.
Sorry for the inconvenience. We are aware of the issue and we are working on fixing it in a future update of WhatsApp. Unfortunately, we can't comment on any future release dates at this time.
WhatsApp Support Team

Yeah even I have raised a ticket and they stated that it will be fixed on a future update.

Ddaa24 said:
+1 here
Contacted WhatsApp sending screen shot and logs.
The answer is here:
Hi,
Thanks for your message.
Sorry for the inconvenience. We are aware of the issue and we are working on fixing it in a future update of WhatsApp. Unfortunately, we can't comment on any future release dates at this time.
WhatsApp Support Team
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I also got this response.

same issue
Ramses512 said:
Can't see me in WhatsApp video calls, I look very large as if I had a zoom, someone with the same problem?
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I just found out I have the same problem. Strange enough I see myself good in the mini window inside whatsapp, but the other person sees only the lower right quarter of the image, like it was zoomed in.

the workaround solution is you have to temporary downgrade your whatsapp version to the older version, i cannot remember which version, but i fix my video call issue.
the only problem of the version is the group call has limited to 4 instead of more.
hope it help.

X50 pro whatsapp issues
SY0901 said:
the workaround solution is you have to temporary downgrade your whatsapp version to the older version, i cannot remember which version, but i fix my video call issue.
the only problem of the version is the group call has limited to 4 instead of more.
hope it help.
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Ok thanks, i will check that, in the meantime I'm using Google duo which works fine

SY0901 said:
the workaround solution is you have to temporary downgrade your whatsapp version to the older version, i cannot remember which version, but i fix my video call issue.
the only problem of the version is the group call has limited to 4 instead of more.
hope it help.
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When you find the version number. Can you post it here as I prefer WhatsApp video calls compared to other services. Currently am using Instagram and it's annoying.

Xybertecnic said:
Ok thanks, i will check that, in the meantime I'm using Google duo which works fine
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Yep, I prefer Google Duo too. Works fine, and Viber as well. WhatsApp just sucks.

Patch for this issue in the latest rom release. (RMX_2075_11_A.30)

tino1601 said:
Patch for this issue in the latest release of rom. (RMX_2075_11_A.30)
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Yep, it's working fine now.

Native call recording EMUI 10.1

Hi all,
Coming from Samsung one UI it was disappointing to know there is no native call recording in EMUI 10.1. What is the best alternate to this? Is there a way to flash this call recording separately and make it work integrated with the dialer? If not suggest me the next best app you are using
Thanks
:crying:

I tried multiple apps, most record the voice of the caller thru the your mic, others don't work at all. The most stable app I found is Cube ACR, starts every time there is a call (not all apps manage that) but has the same problem, it can't record the caller voice directly.

GabiTM said:
I tried multiple apps, most record the voice of the caller thru the your mic, others don't work at all. The most stable app I found is Cube ACR, starts every time there is a call (not all apps manage that) but has the same problem, it can't record the caller voice directly.
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Thanks for the response. We gotta wait for Huawei to do something about it then

i heard Its Andriod 10 Behaviour,and andriod 10 doesnt allow call recording.

The Chinese version has it in built. My mate 30 Pro Chinese version had it on 9 and 10, worked a treat but they just won't release it outside of china. Even with the actual app, our non Chinese roms won't allow it to be installed.
I keep requesting it, may be if more do, they might. Of course, it is still down to being allowed to record calls in your own country. Some do have restrictions, may be that is why they don't generally release it.
It is a dam good app with proper recording of both conversations even over Bluetooth.
Keep asking Huawei to get it out in the wider market

Working Call Recording with Huawei P40 Pro. With this call recorder I'm able to record incoming and outgoing calls (Not tested with bluetooth).
Try this.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441643
Thanks,
goldybewon

confirm, 10.1 only skvalex working....
11€ ow dear
EDIT: false, not working

Still don't understand the fascination with call recording. Obviously I don't have a big high-powered executive job that requires any call I get to be recorded.

goldybewon said:
Working Call Recording with Huawei P40 Pro. With this call recorder I'm able to record incoming and outgoing calls (Not tested with bluetooth).
Try this.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1441643
Thanks,
goldybewon
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I can confirm it worked for sometime. Then now it no longer opens on on its own and I have to launch it manually every time. Other party voice seems too low compared to mine. Hope they fix the issues

skyisblue79 said:
I can confirm it worked for sometime. Then now it no longer opens on on its own and I have to launch it manually every time. Other party voice seems too low compared to mine. Hope they fix the issues
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You can set app launch manually in battery settings. Hope developer will solve low voice of other party in future.

I purchase this recorder but not working properly.
Other side voice is not clear.
Jai swaminarayan

naishadh said:
I purchase this recorder but not working properly.
Other side voice is not clear.
Jai swaminarayan
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Yes I uninstalled because of that issue

ACR works just fine 4 me

Cryss said:
ACR works just fine 4 me
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It's not work for me
I try acr paid version but not working properly.
Jai swaminarayan

Any fully working solution by now ?
What I understand from this convo, until now:
- Native mate 30 Pro Chinese dialer - we don't have APK, we can't install it on P40Pro, right ?
- ACR Pro Unchained - only my voice
- SKVALEX - only my voice
Is there any solution for call recorder ? I really miss it in my car as I can't write details, for those who think it's odd feature.
PS - is it possible that google apps I have installed are messing with recording others person voice or it's android problem ?

petar_b said:
What I understand from this convo, until now:
- Native mate 30 Pro Chinese dialer - we don't have APK, we can't install it on P40Pro, right ?
- ACR Pro Unchained - only my voice
- SKVALEX - only my voice
Is there any solution for call recorder ? I really miss it in my car as I can't write details, for those who think it's odd feature.
PS - is it possible that google apps I have installed are messing with recording others person voice or it's android problem ?
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I think it's huawei deciding to disable call recording due to country regulations in china

EMUI 10.1 Native Call Recorder
Hi, guys.
It`s appeared on the internet an apk that is native call recorder for EMUI 10.1. I`ve had tested it on my P30 Pro (VOG L-29) with EMUI 10.1.0.150 and it`s working like charm.
I am a junior member and I`m not allowed to post links. I find that apk on two sites: huaweicentral and huaweiailesi. Please google it.
Greetings to creators.
Good luck. :highfive:

Call recorder for Huawei 10.1
mega.nz/file/4U5WRL4T#BbIBIV5CSOpKC326z3S-ocWCt63NuTfSVBKMnOmUWr4

Can someone run some tests on the EMUI 10.1 Native Call Recorder and see if there are any malware?
Or point me to how to run malware tests for the apk