I just flashed cm7 and love it. But I travel allot and I have two young children so I liked having the video chat since my fiance has an evo also. But when I load the qik app it force closes. Any ideas? Thank you guys
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You can try fring, another app.
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dooleytron5000 said:
I just flashed cm7 and love it. But I travel allot and I have two young children so I liked having the video chat since my fiance has an evo also. But when I load the qik app it force closes. Any ideas? Thank you guys
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The reason QIK doesn't work is because CM7 is Android 2.3 and QIK hasn't updated their app to work with 2.3. It has nothing to do with CM7 or any kernal or whatever you have installed! This is a known problem and until QIK gets off their butt and fixes this, you have to use other apps like Tango, Fring and other Video Chat apps in the market.
To my knowledge, QIK is the only one that hasn't updated to 2.3 yet.....WHY, who knows...LOL
Try out tango, it runs in the background with virtually no battery drain.
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Hi,
I was curious about the Gtalk video chat. I am using CM 7.X & my wife is using a Fresh 2.2 rom. Can we get the video chat working?
How can I do that?
Thanks,
Rich
I'm afraid not bud. She will need to be on a 2.3.4 (cm7 or other) based rom with the latest gapps that includes the gtalk 2 apk. You can also both just download tango for free from the market it works just fine!
Tango? I will have to check that out. Does it work OK over sprints really slow 3g that I experience?
Its not gonna be spectacular. I use Tango to call my boyfriend and the camera will cut out and the video lags. If you can connect to wifi it will work much better.
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I assume this is the rule of thumb for all video chat? If its not on wifi its not going to be a great experience?
MODS..searched and searched and no answer so if theres another thread with same question then just merge or delete actually the only other thread i found hasnt had a response since july and its almost end of sept.. so
IS there an app we can use to take advantage of the front camera to make video calls ?
if so what is it?
Can it be used running Froyo?
TIA.
I wanna say ooVoo does, I believe it worked for me before on froyo, I recently used skype on gingerbread and it works great :]
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none
Looking back now I really couldn't find an actual working video app myself...hmmm let me know if you do run into one.
Qik
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Check out fring
I have never had an enjoyable experience with video chat on froyo. That's the only thing the gingerbread leaks can do better. That said on gingerbread:
Oovoo sucks
Fring sucks
Qik sucks
Modded galaxy skype is good
Gtalk video chati hear is good
However I have no 4g whatsoever so this is all on 3g
Hope this helps
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Tango
I've played with Tango on Froyo and it worked ok.
xopher.hunter said:
I have never had an enjoyable experience with video chat on froyo. That's the only thing the gingerbread leaks can do better. That said on gingerbread:
Oovoo sucks
Fring sucks
Qik sucks
Modded galaxy skype is good
Gtalk video chati hear is good
However I have no 4g whatsoever so this is all on 3g
Hope this helps
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Where do i find the modded galaxy skype app and ill try Gtalk
also i havent tried the GB roms yet and are they stable cause going to install it on the wifes as well but shes not techie at all and everything needs to work right cant have random reboots or issues.. yes i know their leaks and are not perfect but is there a rom that is near perfect ... TIA
jdelano said:
I've played with Tango on Froyo and it worked ok.
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Before searching , is Tango available for Free and on the market ?
Have to agree, and Tango is multi-platform, so works for iPhone users too...
I wouldn't put any of the leaks on her phone. Stick with an ec05 build they're solid. As far as a video chat app Im not sure of one for froyo. I think Skype only allows voice chat for froyo builds, don't quote me on that though.
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skype only works with gb (personally tested it) skype will NOT allow you to video chat with froyo.
it will even provide this statment when you first startup the skype app.
just go to the market and in the search box type "video chat for android" and it will give you all the apps. the only one that i like is skype. it was the only one that worked smooth for me.
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Tango works well on wifi/4g. It auto-searches your contacts and creates a list of who else has it.
That's what I use
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mrwireless1 said:
skype only works with gb (personally tested it) skype will NOT allow you to video chat with froyo.
it will even provide this statment when you first startup the skype app.
just go to the market and in the search box type "video chat for android" and it will give you all the apps. the only one that i like is skype. it was the only one that worked smooth for me.
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Skype video chat works fine on SRF 1.2 for me after latest update, but only in landscape
Yahoo + Video plugin...
Fire n mage said:
I wanna say ooVoo does, I believe it worked for me before on froyo, I recently used skype on gingerbread and it works great :]
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Your Skype is working. Do you have icons for Video on it? I've had it before but after upgrade they disappeared.
antila said:
Your Skype is working. Do you have icons for Video on it? I've had it before but after upgrade they disappeared.
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I've flashed my phone since.. ill download it again and check
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I've flashed my phone since.. ill download it again and check
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Please, give me a link for Skype which is works on Epic 4G EH17?
I used the one from the market, I notice it updated.. I dunno if it works I can't test it now =/ no one to vid chat with. but this is the market link
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skype.raider
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I use Tango. Its free supports the front facing camera on EC05 and is cross platform (android, iphone, pc, mac, blackberry?)
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I've got GTalk, but it doesn't seem to want to let me use video. My girlfriend is always on GTalk and I would kill to be able to show her what the hell I'm talking about when I'm shopping and I need her to tell me which item to throw in the cart.
I'm on a GB ROM, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
PS: To anyone wondering why only certain programs can do video chat on Froyo, it's because GB includes an APK that allows the OS to grab video from the FFC and provide it to the application asking for it. On Froyo, the app has to be written specifically to be compatible with the device to use the FFC.
Of the software available such as qik, google chat, skype video and a bunch others, which have you found to work best with the epic 4g?
Also, for any suggestions, please let me know if you're using Gingerbread or ICS. I'm running Gingerbread myself.
Skype works pretty good for me. Haven't tried Gtalk video yet. Qik sucked.
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Google video and skype r both good. As long as u have a good data signal. Either 4g or wifi.
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Qik has been the best for me. It is made by Skype. Only real difference I saw between the two outs Skype forces you to chat in landscape mode which I hate.
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Does anyone know why yahoo video calls don't work on any ICS rom? Is there a fix available?
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Most likely because the camera only works on ICS roms because it has been hacked to pieces. Hacked to pieces=doesn't play well with 3rd party apps.
Probably need to wait for the Desire HD update to deliver the drivers we need.
So its not just yahoo video calls, it's most/all 3rd party camera apps?
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Palingenesis said:
So its not just yahoo video calls, it's most/all 3rd party camera apps?
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Not necessarily true, it depends on just how the app is accessing the camera. If the app has been updated to work with ICS, then I would say the "hackiness" of our camera is to blame. As we don't yet have camera drivers, it would be safe to say that if you need camera specific functions you would be better suited on a Gingerbread rom.
A specific rom developer might be able to get it working on their rom, but as usual even more hacks would be involved. My advice would be to bring it up, but try not to press anybody until we get those ICS drivers. Camera is really hit or miss right now.