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Skype 3.0 beta for Windows Mobile integrates two big features from the desktop version--file transferring and SMS. Both are welcome additions that bring the mobile VoIP application much closer in line with the newly updated desktop version, Skype 4.0 for Windows.
The SMS feature has been seamlessly added as a shortcut icon on the contact list page (it's the black circle encasing a tiny cell phone), but you can also initiate a text message by selecting "Send SMS" from the Menu options--the cost will come out of your Skype Credit. The file transfer feature is a bit more buried. To use it, select "Contact Options" from the Menu choices, and then "Send File." This will incur a data charge, so it's best to have a data plan in place before going wild with transfers.
As soon as you ship your image, song, or document out to your buddy, a new tab opens in Skype for Windows Mobile 3.0 beta that keeps track of the transfer and lets you know when your contact has accepted the download. File transfers work both ways, of course, so you'll be able to accept files sent through Skype while you're on the go--crazy photos and important business documents included. File transfer worked without a hitch over our 3G network, as did SMS. Wi-Fi will make them even faster.
After SMS and file transferring, the next biggest change is a technical one that most people shouldn't notice--the fact that you won't have to decide between downloading the version for Windows Smartphones or for Pocket PCs. A single one-size-fits-all download makes installation blissfully brainless. In addition, the beta has undergone a few understated, but useful changes to its layout, like being able to update your status, add hyperlinks to chat messages you may have missed, and the option to buy more Skype Credit.

I installed a older version of skype on my xperia. But, I cant get the voice input working on my headset. I must use my phone's mic to talk.
Is there someting i can change to use my mic on my headset instead of my phone?
Thankx

wont be long till they release the x1 panel version. (a panel is out in beta but does not seem to work at mo). i heard some panels are coming out tomorrow

Can anybody help me with my problem about the mic input on the standard headset. I cant seem to use the mic. on the headset with skype.

BaffK said:
Can anybody help me with my problem about the mic input on the standard headset. I cant seem to use the mic. on the headset with skype.
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download the attachment and extract audioswitch.exe to your device\Program Files\new folder(any name you like)
copy audioswitch.exe and paste a shortcut at window/startup
Now you can forget your headset...

Thanks, but thats only for the audio output right? I need to know how I can use the mic input. Tried it with audioswitch but that only regulates the audio output.

If we install new beta Skype so do we need to install Skype panel?

BaffK said:
Thanks, but thats only for the audio output right? I need to know how I can use the mic input. Tried it with audioswitch but that only regulates the audio output.
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Does it work when you make a normal phone call ? does the button works to hang up or activate voice command ?
Me and many others have the problem that X1 recognizes Headset as just earphones (whit no mic), a workaround is to plug it in while a call is placed , then it will work fine , until you unplug it or soft reset. you could test it and write back here ..
Call any one and while speaking connect the headset, now hang up and make a skype call

Shwan_3...
I haven't tried it. Last monday I returned my X1 becouse I had nothing but problems with my phone.
They sayd that the copper plate in my headphone slot was damaged and my phone kept saying that there was a headphone jack in the phone. So when i wanted to call someone i had to une my headphone :S. I hope I get my X1 back in a couple of days (they sayd 2 weeks).
It's to bad, becouse the x1 is a sweet phone! Now I'm back to my Samsung G600

Crap!
Just got my x1 back! I had to wait like 6 weeks! SonyEricsson has a terrible service center here in Holland. They had to wait for 4 weeks untill the parts came in. And the sad part is, its still busted. Cant make a deacent phone call.
Pff....

when skype will have videocalls?

Skype cab file
can anyone share skype PPC (cab file) skype.com no more have windows mobile downloads.

Skype 3 is on this forum:
forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5861527&postcount=10

Just install over existing Skype and will be used in Panel as well !!

Skype New Message Notification
Does anyone know which registry key make Skype new massage notification ?

can anyone post a download link for a working version of skype for x1?
i installed one before but it didnt work, once i run it, screen just went black and freezed...

[REQUEST] App for Audio via Mono Bluetooth headset

I'd love to be able to send audio (FM Radio, Sound player, podcasts, etc) to my mono bluetooth headset.
I have a Scala Rider headset in my motorcycle helmet, and I'd love to hear music from my Galaxy while riding.
I found "Super BT Mono" in the Android Market, however the free version doesn't seem to work. It doesn't do anything other than show an icon in the notification bar...
So, is this even possible?

possible yes
quality will suck
back in the old days, when they did not sell single sided A2DP BT headsets, many programmers created apps to send audio via BT to non A2DP capable headsets.
but not sure if any developer is going to take on the challenge, as it's so easy to buy a single ear A2DP BT headset now in days

AllGamer said:
possible yes
quality will suck....
but not sure if any developer is going to take on the challenge, as it's so easy to buy a single ear A2DP BT headset now in days
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I understand about the quality, and am willing to live with it.
With regards to the headset statement, trust me, the motorcycle community will love the developer of this app.
The SCALA RIDER Bluetooth headset attaches to the motorcycle helmet. So we can't just get any A2DP single ear headset. We're stuck with this.
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anyone? please?

I'm putting together a simple program that will do this. FYI, it will be Froyo only.
Might be a couple weeks before I can get around to it though. I'm swamped with work at the moment, and I'll be away from home for the last two weeks of September.
It will probably be free on XDA. Might ask 99 cents for it on the market.

That is truly awesome!
I really appreciate it, as I'm sure others will!

I'll put it on my task list but cannot make any guarantee on when I can get started on this.
I'm currently working on a fix to get stereo FM radio, but while working on this I found lots of interesting stuff on all kinds of things audio related.

This is what Im looking for and cant find. The music plays in the ear piece during phone calls fine so seems like it would be easy to fix.

I've been looking for that as well. I used BToggle for 3 years on my WM5 HTC wizard. and was REALLY disappointed when I got the G1 and found... what?? NO BToggle!! so I bought a stereo A2DP headset. but with 5-6 hrs play/talk time = workable but less then happy. then I found, tested and bought Super BT mono shortly after it hit the market and use it alot!! only thing is now I miss the notifications "Pushed" to my non A2DP headsets. and this is what I want.
I think it can be done by changing parts of bluez but I dont know what yet. if anyone can point me in the right direction I'm willing to stumble my way through.
Peter.
running a G1 with CyaogenMod-6.0.0-DS
(I have 2 jabra BT250's, 2 jabra BT2050 headsets and 1 stereo BT A2DP headset)

Sorry, forgot about this little project. Put together a first release today. Find it in the market: BTmono by me. It's free. Detailed post later.

nice app
i tested it on froyo and have the following problems:
*) when using skype, it always changes back to normal phone speaker, i have to start your app again and press yes a few times, to route back to BT-headset again
seems that some actions switch it back to phone speaker
*) microphone of bluetooth headset is not routed yet, i hope this is also possible
but thanks fo the app, i hope it will work fully soon.

bedoig said:
Sorry, forgot about this little project. Put together a first release today. Find it in the market: BTmono by me. It's free. Detailed post later.
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Awesome, Thanks! I'm going to take a look at it over the weekend.
My first proposal to it would be to have a small widget allowing to turn BTmono On/Off with a single press of the widget.

karl999999 said:
i tested it on froyo and have the following problems:
*) when using skype, it always changes back to normal phone speaker, i have to start your app again and press yes a few times, to route back to BT-headset again
seems that some actions switch it back to phone speaker
*) microphone of bluetooth headset is not routed yet, i hope this is also possible
but thanks fo the app, i hope it will work fully soon.
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Hmm...sounds like Skype is trying to manually set the audio routing itself. Not sure if there's much I can do about that.
As for the microphone, I hadn't really considered that. I was thinking of this as purely a means of getting audio from the phone to the BT headset. Does Skype not work with a BT headset using the standard headset profile?
pure_energy1 said:
Awesome, Thanks! I'm going to take a look at it over the weekend.
My first proposal to it would be to have a small widget allowing to turn BTmono On/Off with a single press of the widget.
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Ya, a widget is definitely on the to-do list. I need to add that to the market description. I wanted to get the basic functionality out there for now, and then add on over time. I probably wouldn't even have made it if the existing apps on the market weren't ridiculously overpriced, hehe.

Started a thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11287418#post11287418

Google CarHome- Not Available for you Device

Anyone go on the Market yet and try to download the Google CarHome App?
I get a error message telling me it's not avail for my device. I've gotten that message on my old Thunderbolt as well. I like the CarHome layout... anyone using something different?

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usafle said:
Anyone go on the Market yet and try to download the Google CarHome App?
I get a error message telling me it's not avail for my device. I've gotten that message on my old Thunderbolt as well. I like the CarHome layout... anyone using something different?
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you can find it.works fine.google it
pm me if you cant find it

I had installed the Google Car Home in the Thunderbolt previously using Root Explorer. Wonder why it says that though on a Google phone?
But thanks. I'm assuming I would use the same install method on this as I did the T-Bolt...

I prefer CarHome Ultra, https://market.android.com/details?...51bGwsMSwxLDEsInNwaW5uaW5naGVhZC5jYXJob21lIl0.
It's not free, but it's way better, imo.

Try this, flash the car home apk then the launcher apk, let me know.

Just found that CarHome Ultra right before you posted it. It's a trial? Didn't see where it asks you to pay for it. Looks nice though.
Thanks for the heads up.
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I prefer CarHome Ultra, https://market.android.com/details?...51bGwsMSwxLDEsInNwaW5uaW5naGVhZC5jYXJob21lIl0.
It's not free, but it's way better, imo.
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usafle said:
Just found that CarHome Ultra right before you posted it. It's a trial? Didn't see where it asks you to pay for it. Looks nice though.
Thanks for the heads up.
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There is a license, that you can purchase for $1.99.
https://market.android.com/details?...DEsInNwaW5uaW5naGVhZC5jYXJob21lLmxpY2Vuc2UiXQ..
I don't even look at my car's speedometer, anymore. I just glance at my phone.

spotmark said:
There is a license, that you can purchase for $1.99.
https://market.android.com/details?...DEsInNwaW5uaW5naGVhZC5jYXJob21lLmxpY2Vuc2UiXQ..
I don't even look at my car's speedometer, anymore. I just glance at my phone.
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This is a very nice app. I don't understand why Google doesn't update their own apps with there OS.

If anyone wants Google Car Home with a stock phone, unlocked, unrooted, unanything I've gotten it working through this method:
Google Car Home on the Galaxy Nexus.
How I did it:
Follow the instructions here:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/0...m-the-market-on-the-verizon-lte-galaxy-nexus/
Just type 'Google Car Home' whenever it refers to Google Wallet.
The app will install, but then give you a message that it's not compatible. You will not see it in your apps - however if you go to settings-->apps it's in the list - there is just no icon available.
So there is a final step, install this app:
https://market.android.com/details?...1bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC5jd2ZrLmlnODguY2FybW9kZSJd
All this app does is give you a toggle to launch the default car home app. If you have more than one installed, it will as which you want to use.
I've used Google Car Home on my Verizon Nexus today and it works great. I've also changed the colors now so they match 'ICS blue'.
Will see if I can attach the image:

Waou it works perfectly...
Thank you so much... i've been looking for a way to install car home on my GNexus non rooted for age, and finally i have it, thanks to you.
I was stuck at first, cause i wasn't going on the car home page but stayed on the search results page (where you can actually clic install directly) and the market did the same and it didn't work... but then i did it properly and it's perfect.
I've downloaded apk from xda also, and it allowed me to have the exact same icon than the original (and not the car mode icon).
Anyway, works flawlessly.

Where did you find the APK? I've tried this method but I couldn't get it to work...

Just to say thanks to Mcdeadagain - finding a launcher was my issue.
apk can be found in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569027

[Q] Car dock app. Where is it?

So we've all seen the car dock accessories but I don't have the car dock but still want to turn my Nexus into the car dock mode when I'm driving.
Does anyone know of any official Galaxy Nexus car dock app floating around. If not, is there any good ICS 3rd party car dock around?

This one LOOKS close: https://market.android.com/details?...sMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLmFub2QuY2FyLmhvbWUuZnJlZSJd
I haven't used it however. I'll rip Car Home from a previous version of GApps and see what the compatibility issue is with the GN, lets hope it's just a dpi thing.

Cleargrey said:
So we've all seen the car dock accessories but I don't have the car dock but still want to turn my Nexus into the car dock mode when I'm driving.
Does anyone know of any official Galaxy Nexus car dock app floating around. If not, is there any good ICS 3rd party car dock around?
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nevermind i was thinking carhome sorry

Cleargrey said:
So we've all seen the car dock accessories but I don't have the car dock but still want to turn my Nexus into the car dock mode when I'm driving.
Does anyone know of any official Galaxy Nexus car dock app floating around. If not, is there any good ICS 3rd party car dock around?
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unfortunately google is blocking carhome on the galaxy nexus throught the market, which is dumb because the app works fine.
all you need to do is use the same workaround that was discovered for installing google wallet. the only hitch is the app won't show up in your launcher. i used an app called anycut to create one but since the app hasnt been updated in a while the icon will be kind of cut off. still works fine though.

Well that sucks. I am not sure I can be bothered with a workaround that is still hassle to use, if I'm perfectly honest.
I've gone to the market and picked up a pretty decent car home dock that has a 30 day trial. Seems pretty decent so I'll probably buy the full version.
Sometimes I wonder why Google makes the decisions it does about apps.

I use the gapps from stock 4.0.4 posted here and it has car home on it.
Strange
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

There is away around all market blocks on apps including car home, I found a tutorial on droid life you can check out!
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/0...carrier-blocked-apps-from-the-android-market/

GR36 said:
I use the gapps from stock 4.0.4 posted here and it has car home on it.
Strange
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Link please

Yay 4 Juggs said:
Link please
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You can just install the APKs through a file manager. I did this installing the Car Home and Car dock APKs witch I have attached. Sorry I forget what forum I found this on, but it does work. Not sure if it will work non-rooted, but you can give it a try. You don't have to side lode or drop this in the system/apps directory, just install it like any regular APK.

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You can just install the APKs through a file manager. I did this installing the Car Home and Car dock APKs witch I have attached. Sorry I forget what forum I found this on, but it does work. Not sure if it will work non-rooted, but you can give it a try. You don't have to side lode or drop this in the system/apps directory, just install it like any regular APK.
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awesome thank you very much!

It's currently in some remote location taunting us.... *shake fist angrily*

Car Home

I had car home back when I had my vibrant. Wondering if there is a version for the S3?

richmc73 said:
I had car home back when I had my vibrant. Wondering if there is a version for the S3?
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For whatever reason Google has limited the phones that can download this from Google Play - it's been a long-time favorite of mine...
There are many other car home replacements on Play, but if you want the official Google car home just use Google and search for "download google car home apk" - it's pretty available.
Good luck.

Nothing only for the GS3, but you can get any of the ones from the market and they should work just fine.

look in the general section. There was a topic about car home and there was a link to the APK.

here you go. Ive had this for a very long time. Lol
http://db.tt/2aaWyi9H
Sent from my SGH-T999

Thanks Xcor3. Did you have any problems installing this? When I go to install, it says done but doesn't give me the option to open and there is no icon in my app drawer.

richmc73 said:
Thanks Xcor3. Did you have any problems installing this? When I go to install, it says done but doesn't give me the option to open and there is no icon in my app drawer.
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Same here. When I look in App Manager, it's there but the only option is to uninstall.

Probably has to be installed to /system/apps to work...

If it is one of the ones I have used in the past them it doesn't have an icon and just auto opens when you put the device in an official dock. If you don't have an official dock then I suggest using one of the others from the market.

I don't know why. I pulled it using titanium. Ive had it backed up for a very long time. So how about I pull my whole backup then restore it using titanium? You just gotta put the files in wherever your titanium directory is.
Sent from my SGH-T999

Download the files and put them in sdcard > titanium backup. Restore using titanium and it should show.
You can also try pushing to system/app and set to rw-r--r- for permission.
http://db.tt/eWWFMp9V
Sent from my SGH-T999

This is what it looks like. I don't have a car dock and I can open it
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JFYI...I think Car Home Ultra is pretty nice.

richmc73 said:
I had car home back when I had my vibrant. Wondering if there is a version for the S3?
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Here you go there s 2 files I installed the first one and it pulled up Samsung s s voice car app the 2nd one installed Google car home . THERE is a icon in the drawer

ewingr said:
JFYI...I think Car Home Ultra is pretty nice.
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Agreed. That's what I use. Nice features, stable, and has worked without complaint on many phones and ROMs.

LudoGris said:
If it is one of the ones I have used in the past them it doesn't have an icon and just auto opens when you put the device in an official dock. If you don't have an official dock then I suggest using one of the others from the market.
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To create the shortcut for Car Home (after installing it) you need to download "Anycut" from Play and install it. Once installed select: New Shortcut - Activity - (Scroll and Select) Car Home (or anything) for it to place an icon shortcut on your home screen.

I wish there was a map and music player plugin for torque.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

ewingr said:
JFYI...I think Car Home Ultra is pretty nice.
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+1 on this, I use Car Home Ultra too... love it!

deeznutz1977 said:
Here you go there s 2 files I installed the first one and it pulled up Samsung s s voice car app the 2nd one installed Google car home . THERE is a icon in the drawer
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Hey Deez... I want to THANK YOU for posting this APK. I was so annoyed when I pulled up Car Home on Google Play and it said it was incompatible with ALL of my devices (which all run ICS) so I am grateful, once again, for you as well as XDA in general!