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video chat help!!!

I've had cyanogen7 mod for a while now but I didn't notice I had a problem with my camera when I do a videochat through tango the other person sees me upside down, when I use oovoo the screen stays black n when I try yahoo messenger the screen keeps on going on n off so is obvious that something went wrong with the camera, does anybody has any idea, I'm running cm7 with nightly 30 but I'm running the theme Dark Horse v1.1 with the nightly 30 for dark horse n the gapps that goes with that theme http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992967 plsss help

In a nutshell...from what I've read in various CM forums, the devs of the various video chat apps haven't caught up to Gingerbread yet. Once you start to see it rollout as OTAs then the devs will catch up. One of the problems of being cutting edge.
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OP, in the future, please refrain from making multiple threads here on XDA all regarding the exact same problem

tl;dr, other apps aren't up-to-date with Gingerbread, and YOU DID NOT SEARCH because this is a well known bug. So well known in fact, that there's a bug in the Issue Tracker for it.
https://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=2929
Now go star that issue, and next time, search s'more please. Oh, and post in the right section too. THANKS!

Latest Leaked Update Issues

Since the thread got closed for who knows what, let's build a list of known issues, fixes and whatever else...
For one, my brightness didn't work, so I flashed Kernel #15 which fixed that issue. Now my camera only shows a white screen.
BTW, I looked for a similar thread, but didn't find one. I tend to miss things sometimes though.
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Rydah805 said:
Since the thread got closed for who knows what, let's build a list of known issues, fixes and whatever else...
For one, my brightness didn't work, so I flashed Kernel #15 which fixed that issue. Now my camera only shows a white screen.
BTW, I looked for a similar thread, but didn't find one. I tend to miss things sometimes though.
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I'm pretty sure the thread got closed, because wdfowty requested it be closed. Based on a comment he made in the thread, I presume he requested the thread be closed because of the ridiculous, juvenile, and inappropriate tags that people were leaving. So as usual, the thread was closed due to people acting like 3 year old kids.
Anyways, on your topic, I have fortunately not encountered any of the bugs that other people have mentioned in the thread. Everything I've been able to test so far is working perfectly. The only thing that I wish, is that HTC released the leak with Sense 2.1. I want a 2.1 sense rom with working 4g!!!

Right, people have been acting so ridiculously here lately.
Back on topic, camera with kernel 15 seems to be my only issue. Anybody got a link to just the kernel on the new leak? I would rather have my camera rather than brightness adjustable. Unfortunately.
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I haven't had any probs yet been runin since the release . Ruinin on 004 everythings good for now can't wait hope sumone gives it a facelift lol
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Right. I'm happy for now, just wish it was a bit better. For the most part, its smooth.
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Same here, no probs yet all the basics work...GPS, 4G, camera, phone, wifi...I dont use BT haven't tried VM everything ran fine.
p.s. 0003 HW and using one of Mik's betas

i din't try the BT yet but the only problem i had was with the hdmi, FullHDMI didn't work and the teamwin HDMI didn't work eather.
youtube and gallery work fine with out the apps, i tested the brightness and it works fine, i can bring it all the way down and up with no problem i usually live on auto,
my hardware is 0003.
im using everthing stock. just with the root from the leaked thread.

BT works for me I connected to my car radio and all is good
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Where can I get his beta?
madflasher said:
Same here, no probs yet all the basics work...GPS, 4G, camera, phone, wifi...I dont use BT haven't tried VM everything ran fine.
p.s. 0003 HW and using one of Mik's betas
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When I turn on the camera/camcorder to take a pic/record, the screen appears all white. However, if you take a picture, it comes out but looks a little fuzzy. If I try to record a video in mpeg4, it will record but force close when it tries to save it. If I try to record a video using H.264, it force closes immediately. I tried clearing the data of the camera app and that did not help.
Weird.
I'm downloading Virus's version which has the camera fixed, but it may be just for pics. I think video still may be borked, but I cannot confirm that yet.
Edit: Forgot to add that I am running Netarchy's 4.3.4 kernel with the leaked 2.3 update.

Yea, the issue I had was brightness lock, fixed with kernel 15, which left me with the white screen camera.
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rugedraw said:
When I turn on the camera/camcorder to take a pic/record, the screen appears all white. However, if you take a picture, it comes out but looks a little fuzzy. If I try to record a video in mpeg4, it will record but force close when it tries to save it. If I try to record a video using H.264, it force closes immediately. I tried clearing the data of the camera app and that did not help.
Weird.
I'm downloading Virus's version which has the camera fixed, but it may be just for pics. I think video still may be borked, but I cannot confirm that yet.
Edit: Forgot to add that I am running Netarchy's 4.3.4 kernel with the leaked 2.3 update.
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i got my to work with everyting, but with the stock kernel.

I have a hardware 002 which I don't think is an Epson screen. I can not change the brightness on the leaked ROM. When I try to flash HTC Kernel 15 the phone won't boot it gets past the HTC EVO white screen but then hangs up right before the Boot Animation. You can tell the screen is on but nothing ever happens...
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Rydah805 said:
Yea, the issue I had was brightness lock, fixed with kernel 15, which left me with the white screen camera.
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I can adjust the screen brightness with Netarchy's kernel, too. Forgot to mention that.
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i got my to work with everyting, but with the stock kernel.
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Do you mean the stock kernel that came with the leaked update, or the previousw stock kernel #15 like Rydah is using? I may just re-flash it with the stock kernel for now.
Or, just nandroid back to Myn's rom until all the wrinkles get ironed out. I don't see so much of an improvement so as to keep a buggy rom when it was working perfectly before.

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Where can I get his beta?
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http://themikmik.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=111

Everything works fine on my 0004 EVO. Love the Fast boot feature. Plus the pocket ring. Hopefully they update Sense before final release, but I doubt it.
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Everything is working for me too!
I only use sense for 4g so I'm excited for my new nandroid backup.. it is.... pretty fast :l
Can't wait to see what Myn does with it...
002 hardware launch day evo

jessesse said:
Everything is working for me too!
I only use sense for 4g so I'm excited for my new nandroid backup.. it is.... pretty fast :l
Can't wait to see what Myn does with it...
002 hardware launch day evo
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I have the same version EVO... Which Kernal are you using?

new ROMs poppin up everywhere..lol!

I found the leak to be stable and considered making it my daily Rom but it kept overheating my battery so now its a no go. Outside that I had no problems with it.
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Get a mirror - Skype video calling now runs on Desire

Update today

Yup. Tried it. Works great. U'll def need a mirror and an extra hand cos it gets tiring after a while.
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lol nice - I don't suppose anyone knows if it works on a xoom yet?
I'll be annoyed if it does as my other half wanted to skype to her friend but we had no camera other than the xoom and now I got a camera for her laptop as I couldn't convince them both to use googletalk

I bet Skype is still buggy though.

Meaple said:
I bet Skype is still buggy though.
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Yep. Major buggy. Couldn't get vid to work, mute and speaker buttons not working. Still have to sign in and out everytime otherwise it constantly runs (not a bug, I know, but a bloody big annoyance). Uninstalled to an earlier version.

i'd use gtalk if i had friends on gtalk... then again i have no friends on skype either
i'm still not big on the whole video chat to be honest anyway!

It's still got issues. Having to sign in and out all the time. Having to type password each time. Some online contacts don't show for ages. Getting missed calls without so much as a ring. But so far video was very good but as expected big drain on battery due to screen on(video) and skype seemingly running in background.
Overall I'm happier. Now where is that conversion kit to use the back camera as a front camera. What came of the OneMoreFace concept. We could do with something like that nowish.
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tried it from my Desire (froyo) to an iPhone/skype.
I received the video from their end, but couldn't send out my video signal :-(

I'm on Reflex S and its no good, my video initializes but then as soon as call is answered, blank screen it just goes black, but I can still receive theirs....

Tried it today, didn't receive nor i could send my video.. Quite dissapointing, but fingers crossed they fix it soon.

Has anyone tried this on the stock 2.3. It didnt work for me.

I tried this on skype this morning managed to get it to work. Seems to look alright on the computer over Wifi. Havent tried over 3G yet. Audio quality does need improving though, but the video seemed alright, a bit slow but alright.

I can report that using InsertCoin CM7 HBOOT/STOCK 1.0.9, the new Skype version does not allow video for me.
I use instead the patched version here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16323558&postcount=1028
version 0.6 based on the previous version.
seems to work really fine once you set the resolution to Force 320 X 240.
Cheers
Fabio

bafiollo said:
I can report that using InsertCoin CM7 HBOOT/STOCK 1.0.9, the new Skype version does not allow video for me.
I use instead the patched version here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16323558&postcount=1028
version 0.6 based on the previous version.
seems to work really fine once you set the resolution to Force 320 X 240.
Cheers
Fabio
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it doesnt work for me either on IC 1.0.9
i think maybe cause its is an Ace S based rom (DHD i think ?)

Yup, I have Insertcoin 1.09 using latest v06 snq kernel and it seems not working.

works for me here with plain IC 1.0.9 and using v0.6 of the skype mod (not Kernel), but need to set the camera option to "force 320x240" otherwise it will not work.

Nice news, i will give it a try shortly

On my desire with CM7 new skype is not working properly. I can't send video.

Patched version mentioned by Biafolio is working on Cm7 Rc 7. 1 if black screen problem checked in advance settings. Thanks.
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rumpelst said:
Patched version mentioned by Biafolio is working on Cm7 Rc 7. 1 if black screen problem checked in advance settings. Thanks.
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It worked for me either instead of version from the Market, but the phone unexpectedly rebooted two times. I guess it's some kind of a bug.
The most strange of all that I was not using the phone at that moment. Well I've uninstalled patched version and now I'm waiting for the next official release from the Market.

Skype with video on SRF1.2?

Does anyone have skype running on SRF 1.2 with front facing camera? Everytime I even try to enable video on skype it FC's... Not sure what is up with that.
I know it worked great on GB, but there are so many other reasons why SRF 1.2 is better then any GB build. At least right now, in GB's current condition.

socos25 said:
Does anyone have skype running on SRF 1.2 with front facing camera? Everytime I even try to enable video on skype it FC's... Not sure what is up with that.
I know it worked great on GB, but there are so many other reasons why SRF 1.2 is better then any GB build. At least right now, in GB's current condition.
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Does video chat really work on the gb leaks? I thought it didn't work on the epic at all.
And yeah, I'll still take sfr 1.2 over those leaks.
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I beleive skype said only the back facing camera works due to a "limitation" in froyo. But if I remember right they did say it works.

ugothakd said:
I beleive skype said only the back facing camera works due to a "limitation" in froyo. But if I remember right they did say it works.
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Right, only the back camera on the epic. Which makes it as much of a joke as the Hulu app that only plays video in portrait.
I know there was a hacked Skype app floating around as well, made to work on more devices, but even that didn't work on the epic.
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With an update, Skype now works with front facing camera on my Epic SRF 1.2. Buggily enough, it only works in landscape mode. The app dev just finds new ways to screw up...

It. Worked great in YB. I just can't deal with the fcs in YB.
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In call camera

Quick question. Didnt see this mentioned anywhere sorry if it was. Any way to be able to use the camera during a call? I dont see why it would be disabled but i needed to but couldnt today. Not a big deal just wondering!
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Someone on the euro galaxy s2 forums has a modified apk that allows that... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104051
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Sweet, thanks! Have you tried it? Or has anyone else tried it on the ET4G? I guess I can be the guinea pig, haha.

Haven't tried it. This is my second epic touch and I have yet to root this one.
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yea i got tired of not being able to do what i wanted during a call also. go check out wave launcher in the market im sure theres a free version. im just a fan of it thats all, its on my top 3 must have apps everytime i flash. check it out its pretty cool. later, veritas
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sorry but this is incorrect
coldblooded79 said:
Someone on the euro galaxy s2 forums has a modified apk that allows that... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1104051
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i wish this were true. alas using the camera while on a call is not a feature of potatoman's modified camera.apk.
sadly, it's not even in his "possible features [he's] looking at implementing" list.
hope someone can make this mod soon. it's the only camera mod (other than focus sound disabling) that i'm concerned about.

I just tested and it works fine with the Camera Fun app that was free on Amazon a while ago. It's not the stock camera, but it'll work. Right?
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Coming from an EVO 4G, this is a feature I miss badly, being able to take a quick picture while on a call. I remember the original Epic couldn't do it either and it was one of the reasons I went back to the EVO. I'm not planning on leaving the SGSIIE4GT though

Been having trouble with this as well. Will go and experiment with those and come back!

anything new on this ?

What's the issue here? Taking a picture while on a call, or are we talking about video calls?

I believe it is a touch wiz issue. I have the Samsung Epic with Cyanogenmod you can take a picture which making a phone call because it does not have touch wiz but with every touch wiz Rom you can't. You can wait for Cyanogenmod to support your phone. But you will be waiting a long time.

KCRic said:
What's the issue here? Taking a picture while on a call, or are we talking about video calls?
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Yeah the issue is when you are on a voice call if you try to take a pic you are not allowed to even load the camera app at all. Even if you hit the Home button and goto the main screen (with call in background) there is no way of doing it. It's kinda annoying at times when you have to tell someone "Hey let me call you right back I need to take a pic of something and send it to you"
I've had to do that far to often then I'd like to lol.