Is there any way to get skype on our Galaxy S? I understand that currently, only Verizon Android phones are given this privilege, but i hope we can get it too.
Try nimbuzz, it gives you limited access to you skype
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there is a skype lite pack for android that works fine for text but no calls.
I'd really like to here about this aswell. Hopefully Skype will port there iOS app to android. The iOS app is amazing just a shame we're missing out
too bad verizon locked all other android users out from using skype... such a shame... i guess gtalk + fring will have to do for now...
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AnimeEd said:
Try nimbuzz, it gives you limited access to you skype
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Can you clarify for me, I looked at Nimbuzz on AppBrain and on their blog. To me, it appears like they don't actually access your skype, it seems like it will allow you to contact your skype friends, but they didn't go so far as to imply they could contact you the same way.
Am I wrong? Thanks.
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Can you clarify for me, I looked at Nimbuzz on AppBrain and on their blog. To me, it appears like they don't actually access your skype, it seems like it will allow you to contact your skype friends, but they didn't go so far as to imply they could contact you the same way.
Am I wrong? Thanks.
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Nimbuzz logs into your Skype account, so it works just like regular Skype. Except with no video chat or group chats.
Tried nimbuzz yesterday and it drained my battery really quick.
Had about 30% left, nimbuzz was connected about 2 hours trough wifi and battery dropped to 10%, not good...
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What options do I have for Skype on my desire? I want to do the obvious calls but SMS would be good too.
There is a 'skype beta lite' app that you can google and although it is clean I could'nt get it to take my number in the UK.
I've found the skype in the 'Fring' app to do it the best so far.
Nimbuzz should have it as well, I think. And the tests which I read (androidpit dot de - German only) said that Fring is clearly inferior to Nimbuzz.
another nimbuzz vote here
Will try nimbuzz as fring is useless for me, it diesn't let you add contacts on the fly and I can't even make calls because the speaker shuts off!
Let me know how you get on with Nimbuzz. I tried Fring and the call quality was poor, with a audio delay on top of it.
Installed and tried Nimbuzz. Sound quality is better than on Fring.
BTW: anybody knows if and how you can delete a fring account?
Traffic?
Does anyone have an idea about the amount of bandwidth/traffic skype uses? Like for one minute? I'm on a 200MB per month plan...
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Installed and tried Nimbuzz. Sound quality is better than on Fring.
BTW: anybody knows if and how you can delete a fring account?
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I don't think you can even change your password on fring!
Can you send SMS with Nimbuzz or even add new Skype contacts?
yes u can add contacts for any IM account; skype, msn, etc
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yes u can add contacts for any IM account; skype, msn, etc
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GREAT! Sounds so much better then fring!
Nimbuzz seems to give my Desire problems ... keeps going slow, random reboot, never happened before, uninstalled and all is fine ... also it never seemed to work anyway!
strange. work fine here even prior to the latest update.
Nimbuzz working perfectly for all things and Skype now. For some reason though it finds it quite hard to connect sometimes, especially on a low connection where Fring seems to work either way.
Quite annoying on Nimbuzz where if Skype (or any of the accounts) does not connect first time there is no option to retry just delete the account.
Did you try Fring?
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Nimbuzz seems to give my Desire problems ... keeps going slow, random reboot, never happened before, uninstalled and all is fine ... also it never seemed to work anyway!
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I noticed that too. also noticed my battery was draining alot quicker than usual - even after exiting the application.
And sometimes even when the app isnt running, I get an error message saying it's crashed and needs to be closed. This happens mainly when ever i turn wifi on/off.
anyone know an app that does group chat on skype?
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I noticed that too. also noticed my battery was draining alot quicker than usual - even after exiting the application.
And sometimes even when the app isnt running, I get an error message saying it's crashed and needs to be closed. This happens mainly when ever i turn wifi on/off.
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I don't use wi-fi but had generally the same issues. It brought my phone in some cases to a halt!
Is there any "Skype" app or other app that can be used to use Skype account for calling non-skype landlines / mobile phones ?
Paid calls using Skype credits ... via Android.
I tried Nimbuzz, but it cant ... yes, Nimbuzz is not Skype client, this is obvious.
My only hope is "NimbuzzOut":
http://www.nimbuzz.com/en/nimbuzzout
But then again, there is no Android client still
Yes, Fring on Android can use Skypeout, so skype credits or any other SIP like voicebuster.
Haven't personally checked it but a friend tried it already and it works
is it possible with this phone? i webcame on my pc thru msn quite often and was curious.. i'm sure this phone is capable of doing exactly that (evo - msn webcam chat) but i'm not a dev so i can't really say.. this would be amazing if sum1 cud figure this out.
Fring 10/char
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Fring 10/char
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huh?? wats that supposed to mean...
As said above, use Fring. It is a very nice app, and you can just sign onto msn and you should be able to video chat that way, though I haven't tested it yet.
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As said above, use Fring. It is a very nice app, and you can just sign onto msn and you should be able to video chat that way, though I have tested it yet.
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What ^ he said. Should work.
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As said above, use Fring. It is a very nice app, and you can just sign onto msn and you should be able to video chat that way, though I have tested it yet.
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My one attempt at video chatting with msn didn't work. It said something like "msn live doesn't support video chat". The other user had the latest msn, so it's not related to msn.
Although I was able to text chat, I didn't try the voice chat.
Maybe try a older version of msn? I dunno, I don't see why it shouldnt work, but msn was never great with video chat, as different versions could mess it all up and make it not work, it was hard to get both sides working well, I have had so many problems throughout the years with msn.
meh, i had the same issue... i also tried aim n same error came up. i really want to get this working. for example my mom is at home on her computer with a webcam on msn and im at work with my phone and we can connect to one another n just video chat. hope u guys knew what i meant although it did seem that way, i guess i just wanted to make sure.
tell that person to just download skype and make a username.
Yeah pretty sure fring only works with fring and skype, not msn or anything else.
yeah have each of you make a skype account, easiest way if msn doesn't work.
im used to palringo on my htc touch pro 2 and im hoping they bring that over to wp7, it had a option to leave u logged into aim, yahoo, msn, facebook chat, and a few other services as soon as u turned the phone on and it ran in the background and gave u notifications whenever a new message had arrived
is there anything close to this or any good messenger applications in the windows marketplace that you guys have tried out? anything for facebook chat?
how do the messenger apps work on wp7? are they leaving u logged in and notifying u when u receive new messages or when u exit the messenger app it signs u out and closes whatever messenger service you're using since multitasking would be required for this??
I think there is no all in one messenger app,it is all separated.
MSN- messenger by miyowa
facebook chat and google talk- you can try (flory)
hope this help...cheers
It looks like there won't be an official Microsoft Messenger client.
Microsoft apparently asked Miyowa to write one on their behalf
http://blog.miyowa.com/
I expect in the future, there will be a good multi-protocol client like I had in IM+ on the iPhone.
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It looks like there won't be an official Microsoft Messenger client.
Microsoft apparently asked Miyowa to write one on their behalf
http://blog.miyowa.com/
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This statement has been made invalid like a thousand times already. In an interview at CES someone at Microsoft said they had plans for a client but just not right now (pocketnow has the interview somewhere).
If Miyowa was working on behalf of Microsoft like they claim, they wouldn't have their name in the app title (e.g. the facebook app), not to mention it wouldn't be that crap.
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how do the messenger apps work on wp7 do they run in the background or do they close out when u leave the app?
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how do the messenger apps work on wp7 do they run in the background or do they close out when u leave the app?
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It closes when you leave the app. For certain applications, a remote server will keep your connection to the service alive and send any received messages to you via push notifications. Same as on iOS pretty much.
IM+ will be the best when it comes out.
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IM+ will be the best when it comes out.
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Beta should arrive this month, apparently.
http://www.wp7connect.com/2011/04/07/im-goes-beta-this-month-to-save-us-from-wp7-im-woes/
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IM+ will be the best when it comes out.
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Yaeah!!
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deadwrong03 said:
im used to palringo on my htc touch pro 2 and im hoping they bring that over to wp7, it had a option to leave u logged into aim, yahoo, msn, facebook chat, and a few other services as soon as u turned the phone on and it ran in the background and gave u notifications whenever a new message had arrived
is there anything close to this or any good messenger applications in the windows marketplace that you guys have tried out? anything for facebook chat?
how do the messenger apps work on wp7? are they leaving u logged in and notifying u when u receive new messages or when u exit the messenger app it signs u out and closes whatever messenger service you're using since multitasking would be required for this??
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Answer to your question is there is no good IM app for WP7. It's an area that's sorely lacking unfortunately.
ive read there was recently a update with flory im is anyone using that how is it? how is it for receiving messages when you're outside of the application? do you still receive messages when u leave the app with this new update?
Yes, it remains active in background. Just check Stay logged and Run under lockscreen in settings. You will receive notifications just like messaging.
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im used to palringo on my htc touch pro 2 and im hoping they bring that over to wp7, it had a option to leave u logged into aim, yahoo, msn, facebook chat, and a few other services as soon as u turned the phone on and it ran in the background and gave u notifications whenever a new message had arrived
is there anything close to this or any good messenger applications in the windows marketplace that you guys have tried out? anything for facebook chat?
how do the messenger apps work on wp7? are they leaving u logged in and notifying u when u receive new messages or when u exit the messenger app it signs u out and closes whatever messenger service you're using since multitasking would be required for this??
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Nothing beats Windows Live for Windows Mobile on that OS. Loved it, especially the Push Email for Hotmail...
And integrated presence status in contacts app.
Windows Live really was a thing of beauty. Felt just like Windows Live on my pc.
It would be really nice if Microsoft would do one just like that. The only problem for me is all my friends are on Whatsapp now. I keep trying to get them to go over to an msn messenger client (3 friends - blackberry, iphone 4, G2 lol) especially since msn messenger adds a PC client which is big for me, which whatsapp does not have.
But seems so few people use msn messenger for pc in my circle anymore. Facebook and BB killed it.
is there anything close to this or any good messenger applications in the windows marketplace that you guys have tried out? anything for facebook chat?
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is there anything close to this or any good messenger applications in the windows marketplace that you guys have tried out? anything for facebook chat?
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Try Fim Facebook Chat.
FWIW, there's some information going round that Windows Live Messenger will be integrated into the People hub.
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Windows Live really was a thing of beauty. Felt just like Windows Live on my pc.
It would be really nice if Microsoft would do one just like that. The only problem for me is all my friends are on Whatsapp now. I keep trying to get them to go over to an msn messenger client (3 friends - blackberry, iphone 4, G2 lol) especially since msn messenger adds a PC client which is big for me, which whatsapp does not have.
But seems so few people use msn messenger for pc in my circle anymore. Facebook and BB killed it.
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WhatsApp is cute and all, but it halved my battery life on my Vibrant so I made them remove my number from their database and haven't looked back since... It's a good solution though, using phone numbers and all... I also like how they allow you to set the App to give clean pop-up notifications similar to iOS (I prefer that and Toast Notification types to Android's "scroll text in the notification bar" bull****).
It's also been having some performance issues, and issues with message delivery speeds lately. Seems like when these startups get enough customers, they stop caring as much...
The main issue for me in Windows Live for Windows Mobile was that it was never updated to support Yahoo!<->Windows Live interoperability, nevermind Facebook. This means half of my buddies could see me online, but I could never chat with them...
I was wondering if anyone who is running Synergy RLS1 ROM has working Facebook Push Notifications? If so could you help me in getting them to work? I have never had push notifications working on my phone and would like to pin point why it works on some EVO's and not others.
Edit: After doing some research on Google I stumbled upon this page that explains that having "Facebook for Blackberry Smartphones" in your app list on Facebook your push notifications will work. So I found someone who still uses a Blackberry (wasnt easy) and all I had to do was log into my Facebook on their phone and enable notifications and wait for my news feed to load. Then I just logged out. Went on my computer and sure enough the "Facebook for Blackberry Smartphones" appeared in my App list under account settings. Then on my EVO I just cleared the Facebook app data and logged in again and sure enough my Push Notifications were working. I have cleared the data before and it never worked so I dont know why having the Blackberry thing makes it work but it has for me. No more flooding my gmail inbox with Facebook crap... Please feel free to try this and post if it works for you.
The Facebook for Android app just sucks. I don't think anyone has done anything specific to get push notifications to work on their phone - some do, some don't.
You can set up push notifications through Friendcaster using your Gmail or something. I haven't actually done it because I don't use Facebook very often, but I know that the option is there. You can try that out.
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I can tell this, it wasn't working when I was on stock froyo, not working still with what I have now. I don't think the FB devs are able to test it on all phones and roms, but then again, I don't think they pay much attention to bug reports. I must have sent them one report everytime they update that notifications are broken.
Friendcaster's a neat replacement, though.
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So I found someone who still uses a Blackberry (wasnt easy)
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Oh this one's going to be easy over here. More bb users than droids. Lol.
I'll try the workaround. Thanks!
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Judging from similar threads created on these forums, I'm expecting to get *crickets* in response to this thread, but thought it couldn't hurt to post this anyway.
Hopefully, someone else in the known business world is still having Lotus Notes imposed on them by their employer for email, and subsequently has to use Lotus Traveler for their email app.
Here's my problem:
I am currently running Devils' Reject 4.1.1 TW rom, and while the rom itself is nice, I am somewhat of a flashaholic, and like some of the AOSP roms out there. However, I use my device for business and personal, and the issue is that IBM doesn't have their sh*t together, so their most current version of Lotus Traveler which is 8.5.3.x doesn't play nice with Android 4.2.x.
As a result, you have to log a service request with IBM, they have to get you the current patch to make things work, etc.
The problem is, I am still running Lotus Traveler 8.5.2.2, and this is the latest version my company has access to, and of course, there's no IBM service patch that will make this Traveler version work with Android 4.2.x.
So, to make a long story short, I'm looking for someone -anyone- who can point me toward or just be kind enough to share with me the actual Lotus Traveler 8.5.3.x apk.
Thanks,
Ryan
Here you go man a little searching goes a long way. I have no clue what its 4 but as I was reading searching for it they said it drains battery like crazy but here it is anyways here is where I found it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621859&page=3
And the apk
http://d-h.st/TAl
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Yea, found that one last month, but it won't install. Others have reported the same result.
Might have to go straight to IBM and log a service desk request.
Sucks.
Thanks anyway.
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Damn bro I tried that's weird it installed right on my phone but I'm running 4.1 .2 TouchWiz
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Yea.. I've been afflicted with it too. I hate lotus notes
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Damn bro I tried that's weird it installed right on my phone but I'm running 4.1 .2 TouchWiz
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We are on 4.2
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Hey guys anyone else having crazy battery drain when having the sync profile as always connected?
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Hey guys anyone else having crazy battery drain when having the sync profile as always connected?
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I don't know if it's crazy, but having it always on is sure to burn thru the battery more. I always set mine to sync every 15 minutes during peak times.. Every two hours during off peak times
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I don't know if it's crazy, but having it always on is sure to burn thru the battery more. I always set mine to sync every 15 minutes during peak times.. Every two hours during off peak times
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When I tried to put it on automatic (always connected) it kept my phone always awake and. It wouldnt go to deep sleep at all. I searched and figured a way to get it to work with practically no battery drain though. I got the SMS notification thing working properly and I have email notification that works 24/7 no delay and no battery drain at all. Im not sure how it works but I guess the server sends some kind of invisible sms when you get a mail that causes the email app to sync at that time only.
Heres the link if you're interested. http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infoc...om.ibm.help.lnt851.doc/Plan_SMS_AutoSync.html
Because I was on 4.2.2 with my Nexus and our traveler server at work was out of date, we couldn't use the official Lotus Notes Traveler app. With that I went through the play store trying all the various 3rd party mail programs until one worked with Lotus Notes via exchange sync mode. The best performing and full featured app was Touchdown HD or Touchdown for smart phones. The downside was the $19.95 price tag. But with a 30 day trial and my flashaholic ways, I never hit the 30 days
It rarely shows up on wakelock lists via betterbatterystats, and has never shown up on the default battery app.
Saturday our server was upgraded so I can finally use the official traveler app from IBM. what a piece of crap! I had 27% drain just from traveler in 6 hours, and reading the IBM forums today, IBM official response is, don't use always connected, use 15 minute intervals, or setup SMS push notifications (as mentioned above) which seems absurd.
I'm still not running the official app, I'm staying on Touchdown. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nitrodesk.droid20.nitroid&hl=en And now that their graphics are all Holo compliant, the app looks MUCH better.
To configure your server address for touchdown, (or any other exchange sync capable app, such as the built in mail app) it should be your.servername.com/traveler or your.servername.com/servlet/traveler The problem with the mail app is that calendar invites/acceptances don't sync right.
@SchmilK Well Im not sure about the Touchdown app but personally since I have unlimited SMS i use the SMS push thingy. I dont have any traveller wakelocks and the only time i saw it in my battery drain apps(since i startes using SMS push) was today when it was i think 2% but I had used the app alot today in writing and receiving email. But hey if I ever have issues I atleast know where to go. Thanks!
Thanks for the tip regarding Touchdown, works like a charm against our Lotus Notes server.