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Skype v2.0.0.45 - hack possible to use videocall on SGS2?

Hey, there's a much needed skype update out enabling video calling. However the new version, Skype v2.0.0.45, only allows/enables video calls on Nexus S, HTC's Desire S, and the Xperia Neo and Pro.
Any chance to hack it to work on the SGS2?
ETA: Sorry forgot to add [Q] on the thread title...

would be awesome, here's the apk if someone wants to try out, everything works except videocalling.

I dont know why it is just for 4 devices , the GS2 has the best front camera on a smartphone , i wish they will hack it like google talk .
waiting for a Dev to speak

use tango for video calling

ravian29 said:
use tango for video calling
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tango is good, but you cannot videocall pc, do you?

ravian29 said:
use tango for video calling
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And ask all your contacts to move to it?
That's not the point ...

hi,
Im no developer, but I've extracted this skype .apk file attached above and i found a file classes.dex, which contains something like this:
{white:[{name:"HTC Saga", mft:"(?i)HTC", board:"(?i)saga",model:"(?i)HTC saga", product:"(?i)htc_saga", device:"(?i)saga"},{name:"HTC Desire S", mft:"(?i)HTC", board:"(?i)saga", model:"(?i)HTC Desire S", product:"(?i)htc_saga", device:"(?i)saga"},{name:"Nexus S", mft:"(?i)samsung", board:"(?i)herring", model:"(?i)Nexus S", product:"(?i)soju", device:"(?i)crespo"},{name:"Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo",mft:"(?i)Sony Ericsson",brand:"(?i)SEMC",board:"(?i)unknown", model:"(?i)MT15[ai]", product:"(?i)MT15[ai]_.*", device:"(?i)MT15[ai]"},{name:"Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro",mft:"(?i)Sony Ericsson",brand:"(?i)SEMC",board:"(?i)unknown", model:"(?i)MK16[ai]", product:"(?i)MK16[ai]_.*",​
I don't have any idea will it help to hack it in any way, but really hope so

Time for some pwnage of this app methinks

Video works with SGS2 .. found from galaxy s section
Here is the link for the apk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15232247

yay!
Go pulser!

Hate how this stupid app continues to spawn itself even after you exit it. Keeps restarting itself as a service!

cmd512 said:
Hate how this stupid app continues to spawn itself even after you exit it. Keeps restarting itself as a service!
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You need to go to profile and sign out and it won't.
Cheers.

Op! Please edit topic as SGS section has an around universal apk working on many nb devices including sgs 1 and 2.
Sent from my SGS running on MiUi 2.3.4 using XDA Premium App!

Just installed on LG O2X: it keeps Force Closing. too bad. I saw that there was an other, older version. Gonna try it.
EDIT
well none of above versions work on mu O2X: when hit the camera button, the screens goes in landscape (still, the autorotation is disabled).
When firstly making a skype call and then hitting the video buttn, the application FC. so, so bad :-(

i use version from villainrom.co.uk and video calls on my sgs2 works great switch between camera too

cmd512 said:
Hate how this stupid app continues to spawn itself even after you exit it. Keeps restarting itself as a service!
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Download Gemini apps manager from market and remove from autorun all system events like on boot completed, on connectivity change, on package install, etc.
Don't touch unknown events (usually uppercase) or it won't work unless you see it still active and remember that this way you won't be able to answer incoming call when program is closed (that's why it keeps reopening)
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Vilk said:
i use version from villainrom.co.uk and video calls on my sgs2 works great switch between camera too
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How do you enable video? I've installed it, but there's no option for video call... only the regular.
Edit: nevermind that: I uninstalled the previous first, and after the first force-close, the second time it worked fine. Awesome job. Thanks pulser!

TheSaw said:
How do you enable video? I've installed it, but there's no option for video call... only the regular.
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Are you using the market one or the hacked for devices compatibility one?
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kirdroid said:
Video works with SGS2 .. found from galaxy s section
Here is the link for the apk
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15232247
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Video call works, thanx for a link
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Hmm... There's a new update available in the Market: 2.0.0.47

CM10 faults

Hi,
I have some little issues with my CyanogenMod 10 on my One X.
When I am watching a YouTube video and changing the volume it crashes.
After a reboot my keyboard setting return to stock.
What can I do with this? All help is welcome!

mekznl said:
Hi,
I have some little issues with my CyanogenMod 10 on my One X.
When I am watching a YouTube video and changing the volume it crashes.
After a reboot my keyboard setting return to stock.
What can I do with this? All help is welcome!
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Update the youtube app. Or flash the Youtube app from here:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715

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r0cafella said:
Update the youtube app. Or flash the Youtube app from here:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529715
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Not helping, it won't install due to a same app with the same signature
And how can I fix the settings being reset everytime after a while? Really annoying

mekznl said:
Not helping, it won't install due to a same app with the same signature
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Uninstall the app using root explorer or titanium back up and install the version i linked you.

r0cafella said:
Uninstall the app using root explorer or titanium back up and install the version i linked you.
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Still not working, now it just says App not installed without any reason....

Fixed Youtube, deleted it via Play Store and reinstalled it, seems to work fine now But the keyboard settings are still changing to standard.. Guess i'll have to wait for a new CM 10 build

The keyboard issue is related to Google Play - it's nothing to do with CM

Works great so far for me. It didn't have YouTube originally installed so I used that YouTube apk and it works fine none of the crashes you received.
There is one big issue for me though; MX Player can no longer play the avi files I have. Vplayer works but is more sluggish than MX.
MX Player worked great on original sense ROM.
For the record I am using tbaldens cm10 prenightly ROM.
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At this moment I have CM10-20120916-UNOFFICIAL-endeavoru and I have no problem except the Keyboard Settings issue, never played an .avi movie on my phone, but MP4 works great when I want to play them. With the same media player

EddyOS said:
The keyboard issue is related to Google Play - it's nothing to do with CM
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Do you know any way to fix it then?

All known bugs and all has been answered before.
Anyway, have a look >> HERE , and >> HERE, I'm collecting the bugs and workarounds.
If Youtube doesn't work after deleting the apk and replacing it with the working one, just reboot.
And the keyboard not sticking you can fix with these tips too.

Laurentius26 said:
All known bugs and all has been answered before.
Anyway, have a look >> HERE , and >> HERE, I'm collecting the bugs and workarounds.
If Youtube doesn't work after deleting the apk and replacing it with the working one, just reboot.
And the keyboard not sticking you can fix with these tips too.
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Youtube works fine now Keyboard issue: Guess i'll have to wait for a new build of CM 10?

mekznl said:
Youtube works fine now Keyboard issue: Guess i'll have to wait for a new build of CM 10?
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No you don't have to wait for a new build. Just back the keyboard up using titanium, uninstall it, and then restore the backup.
That will fix your issue.

I do not understand why it's so hard for some people to read.
mekznl said:
Youtube works fine now Keyboard issue: Guess i'll have to wait for a new build of CM 10?
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Laurentius26 said:
And the keyboard not sticking you can fix with these tips too.
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Laurentius26 said:
I do not understand why it's so hard for some people to read.
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Oops I'm sorry, sometimes I am so stupid Trying it out now Thanks for now!

It seems to be working Thanks!

Video Player Sleep Fix - DMC3 Base

I took lots of video at my Nephews Bday party during weekend finding long charge times though out the week.,,,,like 4.5 hours to full charge.
I did some searching around leading me to Video Player being the culprit
Some explanation:
When device is put on charger Stock Video Player becomes active Transcoding is constantly running video thumbnails in background cranking up cpu.
If you have large video files , movies etc app is working harder and with that comes slow slow charge.
For the fix I made edit to TranscodeReceiver.smali applying return-void to (const-string v1, "android.intent.action.ACTION_POWER_CONNECTED")
With this modification app sleeps until you wake it.
How to Install:
No need the clear cache.
Make back up.
Flash zip - http://www.mediafire.com/?b4aczpe31uz1uyb
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Your the best always on top of things I wanted to ask u is there anyway u could
Make me a flashable zip for the wanam 23 toggle mod for this same base thanks in Advance
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michael0617 said:
Your the best always on top of things I wanted to ask u is there anyway u could
Make me a flashable zip for the wanam 23 toggle mod for this same base thanks in Advance
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Im pretty stacked this weekend but can work on it next week

Hey sling you the man
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Im pretty stacked this weekend but can work on it next week
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This is awesome. I myself always have this problem. Watchdog is always alerting me about video player. But since I upgraded to Scotts Cleanrom ace 4.9 I havent had any problem with video player. But im keeping this zip around just incase I need to it for another rom. Thanks again for another awesome mod.....any new news on ICS Splash?

G7Baker said:
This is awesome. I myself always have this problem. Watchdog is always alerting me about video player. But since I upgraded to Scotts Cleanrom ace 4.9 I havent had any problem with video player. But im keeping this zip around just incase I need to it for another rom. Thanks again for another awesome mod.....any new news on ICS Splash?
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Right on well it has nothing to do with his rom......Its the Sammy Video Player,apk , sometimes it plays nice & sometimes not cycling stored video when charging.
Ive come across long charge days in the past but never really caught my attention until hours of video was stored on device.
4.5 hour charge was a wake up call for me . Why in the heck Sammy has Video player run in background when charging device is beyond me....pretty stupid on their part really.
S3 owners have been dealing with this issue for sometime reporting bad results , long charge time & bricked device due to overheat when charging.
Luckily are device is rock solid no major overheat issues reported so were safe on that front.
As far as ICSP The current base is same as CR4.9 so all is good.
I do plan on updating theme but pretty busy building rom for it now.

Like to report that I installed this mod and it has changed my charging times dramatically. My charging times have been very slow since installing CR4.9 and now after the install my charging time is faster than it has ever been. Big thanks to sling for his mod! :good:

HEY asling I got a question my w8fe has a s3 that her video player keeps playing in the backfground and watchdog alerts her 2 or 3 times a day about video pkayer. Will this mod work for her s3?

G7Baker said:
HEY asling I got a question my w8fe has a s3 that her video player keeps playing in the backfground and watchdog alerts her 2 or 3 times a day about video pkayer. Will this mod work for her s3?
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hmm will GN2 Video player.apk work on GS3.
Hey its possible , give it a go just make backup before flashing.
If it fails send me GS3 Video player & framework.apk & I will make needed edit for ya

Jayster0966 said:
Like to report that I installed this mod and it has changed my charging times dramatically. My charging times have been very slow since installing CR4.9 and now after the install my charging time is faster than it has ever been. Big thanks to sling for his mod! :good:
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Right on mod is a keeper f,sure.
What also helps is a shorter charging cable , Check this out - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2112811

Would freezing the Samsung app fix the issue and just load a different app from the play store for video. Just curious.

Joshua79 said:
Would freezing the Samsung app fix the issue and just load a different app from the play store for video. Just curious.
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freeze it? If you mean disabling app that's not possible.
If you stop app in running apps it will restart when charging.
You could rename app using root explorer....something like VideoPlayer.apk.NA
Such edit will make app absent.
Best bet install OP version & install secondary app from playstore if wanted

sling said:
freeze it? If you mean disabling app that's not possible.
If you stop app in running apps it will restart when charging.
You could rename app using root explorer....something like VideoPlayer.apk.NA
Such edit will make app absent.
Best bet install OP version & install secondary app from playstore if wanted
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Sorry I mean like Titanium Backup you can freeze apps or uninstall them useing the app. I should have been more specific. But by removing it or freezing should solve the issue correct?

Joshua79 said:
Sorry I mean like Titanium Backup you can freeze apps or uninstall them useing the app. I should have been more specific. But by removing it or freezing should solve the issue correct?
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NP
TB freeze should get the job done.
Give it a go & plug into charger , If app doesn't show itself in running apps your good.

From my understanding, the videos are being transcribed so that there are animated GIFs that play in the "Thumbnail" pane. If all videos are transcribed to their respective GIFs, wouldn't the long charge time go away?

i noticed slow charging with cleanrom, however when i flashed saber kernal
the charging goes back to fast
just an fyi

metalmenance said:
i noticed slow charging with cleanrom, however when i flashed saber kernal
the charging goes back to fast
just an fyi
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DMC3 kernel has some charging flaws.
Saber is rock solid which this tweak accommodates speeding up charge even more

tizzy said:
From my understanding, the videos are being transcribed so that there are animated GIFs that play in the "Thumbnail" pane. If all videos are transcribed to their respective GIFs, wouldn't the long charge time go away?
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hmm not sure on that.
This tweak guarantees no nails will play during charge

sling said:
hmm not sure on that.
This tweak guarantees no nails will play during charge
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Hey whats up guys, I am running Liquid Smooth ROm ASOP based. Will this work on this roms video player?

deadly3kys said:
Hey whats up guys, I am running Liquid Smooth ROm ASOP based. Will this work on this roms video player?
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This mod will work If your GN2 rom is running Stock Samsung Video Player > VideoPlayer.apk,
Always backup to be safe though

[HOW-TO]A way to solve the HW video playback problem of 4.3+

I am not good at English and I hope to express correctly.
Some people may suffering from HW video playback problem after upgrade GN to 4.3+.
Such as stutter or lag playing 720p+ videos with MX Player using HW+ decoder.
samples:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2403257&page=4
https://code.google.com/p/android/i...s Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=59020
I didn't have any problem with that and I thought someone must have figured it out.
But recently I tried to replace vendor files with 4.3 version(previously 4.2.2 version) and the issue occured .
Therefore I did some test and finally find the file causes the problem: /system/vendor/firmware/ducati-m3.bin.
Replace it with old version(example : https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=6E3D1F5C3B498D95!183&authkey=!AFiMOUXtt430Nrc&ithint=file,.bin) and it will be the same as 4.2.2.
BTW, GN with no ram modification in kernel is able to support AVC [email protected] .Please consult http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC#Levels
Now on to the network share I hope you can be helped to live.
Flashable zip https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=6E3D1F5C3B498D95!184&authkey=!AG3SRuDdK3H4U6I&ithint=file,.zip
or
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B80avtrsR4-rbzZwSGItNFpCQmM/edit?usp=sharing

I am glad that this issue is finally resolved. :good:
It's a bliss.

randommmm said:
I am glad that this issue is finally resolved. :good:
It's a bliss.
I made a recovery flash zip in case there is people prefer Recovery.
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The attachment gives a 404 error

randommmm said:
I am glad that this issue is finally resolved. :good:
It's a bliss.
I made a recovery flash zip in case there is people prefer Recovery.
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404 - Not Found

pedmond said:
The attachment gives a 404 error
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Wolfteam20 said:
404 - Not Found
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Flashable zip https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=6E3D1F5C3B498D95!184&authkey=!AG3SRuDdK3H4U6I&ithint=file,.zip
or
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B80avtrsR4-rbzZwSGItNFpCQmM/edit?usp=sharing

oubeichen said:
Flashable zip https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=6E3D1F5C3B498D95!184&authkey=!AG3SRuDdK3H4U6I&ithint=file,.zip
or
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B80avtrsR4-rbzZwSGItNFpCQmM/edit?usp=sharing
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omfg it works D

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sorry, I found that I got a typo in the script file, so I remove the attachment.

h/w+ seems to work now. thanks a lot! h/w is not fixed for me though.
even so, thanks a lot, this is quite the improvement!!

Wow! Thanks a lot! Fixed for me!

Do i need to be rooted?
Also will this have any other affect of the device?
Will it work with Note 3 Verizon version?
Thanks.

yes u need root. most probably it wont work for other devices.
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Superb, thanks. Will give this a go.

retro83 said:
Superb, thanks. Will give this a go.
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Worth a try. Worked like a charm for me.
Thank you OP

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, and I have the same problem with MX Player after upgrading to 4.3. Will this fix work on the S4 as well? I looked in /system/vendor and I do not see a ducati-m3 file there to begin with.

hahansen3 said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4, and I have the same problem with MX Player after upgrading to 4.3. Will this fix work on the S4 as well? I looked in /system/vendor and I do not see a ducati-m3 file there to begin with.
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im pretty sure this driver is specific to the galaxy nexus/omap devices, so sorry bro i dont think it will work on ya beast of an s4 :|

does anybody still have H/W playback problems after applying the recent fix? H/W+ works great for everything i throw at mx player. but H/W is still broken, a bit less laggy now, but far from fixed.

Oh you're the man. Thanks very much. I tampered the kernel day by day but can't did anything. Thanks.

excellent, had always bothered me that bug

What about CM11?

namelesske said:
What about CM11?
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It works well.

Video camera performance/dashcam apps

Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem using my phone as a dashcam when driving. I've tried a couple of apps thoroughly which makes me think the problem is a hardware issue, not the apps.
Basically, I want to use a fairly high resolution with the sound off (both apps have this feature) but that causes the camera to pause for 1-2 seconds every few seconds. Turning the sound on fixes it, but that's not ideal. At really low resolutions it works okay, but the quality is quite poor.
Are there any apps/tweaks etc that can improve this do you think? Has anyone got the Ace working well as a dashcam? THanks for any help, I've spent ages trying different settings etc.

U tried LenovoSuperCamera? It has lot of options and it makes quite nice shots. The only problem is in video-recording cuz its only recording in 720p, if its ok for u then give it a try. I'll send u a link if ill find it. (there is a special modded version on xda)

artur1131 said:
U tried LenovoSuperCamera? It has lot of options and it makes quite nice shots. The only problem is in video-recording cuz its only recording in 720p, if its ok for u then give it a try. I'll send u a link if ill find it. (there is a special modded version on xda)
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Thanks, I'll take a look. Is it just the first result on XDA when you Google it? Says it's for S4, but it works on Ace 2? Or is there another version?

edithswanneck said:
Thanks, I'll take a look. Is it just the first result on XDA when you Google it? Says it's for S4, but it works on Ace 2? Or is there another version?
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Im using this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655322 and it works

artur1131 said:
Im using this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2655322 and it works
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I'll take a look, thanks. Sounds good. Will this affect other apps using the camera? For example, will a dashcam app use Lenovo or will it just use the actual hardware?

Ask in the lenovo thread. All what i know about this app is that im using it and it works good.

artur1131 said:
Ask in the lenovo thread. All what i know about this app is that im using it and it works good.
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Cool, thanks for your help.