Did they do away with this or did I just not notice it till now??
I'm using JDevil's Zodiac rom and see a video dialer, I know it's based on the release that came out around then.
I could've sworn I never seen it before until this rom.
The video dialer is standard on international stock roms. Chances are the ROM you are using was cooked up from stock sources. Its a cool feature that does nothing in the US, but gives you native video calling over GSM in EU and other parts. Its been out on EU phones forever.
Damn that sucks, I was looking forward to trying out actual video calling. As opposed to Video Chat with Skype or whatever app.
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Because the Samsung Firmware is crap (my opinion), Skype do not recommend installing Skype 1.0 on SGS i9000, 2.1 device.
http://blogs.skype.com/garage/2010/10/skype_for_android.html
http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/10/android.html
You can't even login using SGS. it's pretty bull****.
It says on the download page they are aware of issues with the SGS.give it time.
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At least they released something. It´s just a matter of time that it will run on our SGS. I hope
The problem is solved with Froyo.
Skype can't fix it for Eclair...
I can not write more about this problem, because I am under NDA.
This is crazy, the Galaxy S is probably the biggest selling Android phone and it doesn't work. Knowing Skype it will take them another year to release any updates or even fix it.
Skype broken on Galaxy S it seems!
This morning I was greeted with the most awesome news that Skype for Android is finally available, only to be completely shot down to find that Galaxy S owners cannot log in.
Any ideas why this problem is plaguing only the SGS!? I hope there's an easy fix!
So after intentionally holding off a release for Android because of their deal with US carriers, and preventing us from making Skype video calls on our phones by blocking Fring, they finally release a crappy buggy version for us? How nice of them
This app can't do video calls either from what I can see.
Hopefully the new CEO is going to improve things and get Skype out of this hole they've dug themselves into. For now I'd rather use another app like Nimbuzz for VOIP.
Skype is a flop, their app can't even do video calls. Use Nimbuzz or something.
Skype is working hard to bring you a nice Skype App for Android.
I see it every day.
The bug is caused by Samsung modifications, this bug does not exists on other devices. (Can't tell you more, because NDA)
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Skype is working hard to bring you a nice Skype App for Android.
I see it every day.
The bug is caused by Samsung modifications, this bug does not exists on other devices.
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hahha. AS USUAL! **** samsung. this is my last samsung phone! not even galaxy tab or whatever!
i buy a phone to use it out of the box n get nice custom roms, but it seems devs here a fixing prob rather than making nice customs roms like nexus one. zzzzzzz go die samsung
Wau, this sucks donkey balls. Epic fail, why they cant just use the god damn stock android is just amazing. No no, lets screw tjings over with crappy ui's and useless software so nothing works.. unbelievable!
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Has anyone got the Skype .apk file that we can download ? Unable to download app for my FroYo SGS.
Thanks
it says in the description that it doesn't currently work with SGS. give them a few days, it'll be fixed.
someone posted a comment on skype saying it works on Froyo Galaxy S. there may be hope.....
signing in fine for me with XXJPK
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someone posted a comment on skype saying it works on Froyo Galaxy S. there may be hope.....
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It works with JPK
works great with JPK here also, also calling works with the earspeaker
Working only on unofficial leaked firmware.. This is just getting better and better...
Hmm.. anyone have the apk? pls backup the apk n post here. we all wanna try!
I saw that there is an unofficial Skype with video calls floating around for the Thunderbolt:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/11/download-skype-with-video-on-android/
I know there is Fring and Qik, etc., but I need to be able to make calls to Skype. I'm not too familiar with the API for cameras in 2.2, but is it difficult (or worth it) to get this to work for the DInc2? Or is the device specificity hard-coded and compiled in the apk and better to wait until the official release?
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I saw that there is an unofficial Skype with video calls floating around for the Thunderbolt:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/11/download-skype-with-video-on-android/
I know there is Fring and Qik, etc., but I need to be able to make calls to Skype. I'm not too familiar with the API for cameras in 2.2, but is it difficult (or worth it) to get this to work for the DInc2? Or is the device specificity hard-coded and compiled in the apk and better to wait until the official release?
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This belongs in the Q&A or General section.
finitybeyond said:
I saw that there is an unofficial Skype with video calls floating around for the Thunderbolt:
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/11/download-skype-with-video-on-android/
I know there is Fring and Qik, etc., but I need to be able to make calls to Skype. I'm not too familiar with the API for cameras in 2.2, but is it difficult (or worth it) to get this to work for the DInc2? Or is the device specificity hard-coded and compiled in the apk and better to wait until the official release?
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Android 2.2 doesn't have FFC APIs iirc, HTC had to add them in.
Moved to general as not android development
i tried the thunderbolt apk with no luck, must need 4g
Oh I see. I'm guessing this is also why apps like ooVoo cannot support all devices with FFC's at the moment and probably why Skype with video is being delayed for so long?
Does that then mean that developers for apps like Qik just make sure to keep up with all the custom FFC APIs as new devices come out?
I am running Cyanogenmod 7.2 Stable, no further mods, on my HTC Desire Z.
I came across this thread: http://www.androidng.com/install-google-talk-video-audio-any-android-gingerbread-phone but given that it seems to apply to older 2.3.3 ROMs and not the current 2.3.7 ROM (CM7.2) I am unsure about whether I should flash that app.
Anyone know if the app in that link will work on CM7.2? If not where can I find one that works?
I don't need the video calling to work (since the DZ doesn't even have a front camera), just the voice calling. Thanks in advance.
I tried using google voice through talkatone (amazing program uses google voice over the data channel not the voice channel) on mimicry v1.5.0 and it didn't work. Something about the kernel not supporting some sort of streaming thingie. Running blackice now and it runs amazingly well.
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I tried using google voice through talkatone (amazing program uses google voice over the data channel not the voice channel) on mimicry v1.5.0 and it didn't work. Something about the kernel not supporting some sort of streaming thingie. Running blackice now and it runs amazingly well.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but I am not trying to use Google Voice. I am talking about the Google Talk app that is mostly used to do instant messaging chat (similar to Whatsapp, BBM, iMessage). The Nexus devices on stock ROMs have the additional capability of voice and video calling built into the Google Talk app - bringing its capabilities to that of Skype. But non-Nexus devices don't have this, plus CyanogenMod 7.2's own Google Talk app lacks it. I don't need to use it to make calls to real phone numbers, I just want to, say, call my sister while she is logged into Gmail on her laptop. And yes, I know about Skype, but I don't like using it on a different device or computer other than my main PC due to its super annoying feature of constantly syncing my text chat history every time I log in.
To rephrase my question: Is the Google Talk apk linked in my OP suitable for flashing onto my DZ and then using for voice calls? If not, where can I get a suitable Google Talk apk?
Sorry misread the post (never read and drive) but if I am not mistaken it uses the same backend. Guess I will have to try it myself and see what happens.
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I think you are looking for gapps-gb-20110828-newtalk-signed.zip
Just flash it over CM7.2 through recovery (don’t forget to make nandroid backup before flashing ).
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I think you are looking for gapps-gb-20110828-newtalk-signed.zip
Just flash it over CM7.2 through recovery (don’t forget to make nandroid backup before flashing ).
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Thanks, it works for me
e: Works on my LG Optimus 2X as well! Tried a two-way call between both devices. Thanks for the help.
So Im going to pick up a note 3 next week, sick of verizons 120 dollar phone bills, so gonna move to T-mobile. mainly for the Wi-Fi calling since i work in a metal dungeon with no cell coverage.
I will probably go ahead and get SU, but wait until cyanogenmod kit kat comes out to do a custom rom.. Does anyone have any idea how many (if any at all) of the note 3 software packages we will lose? i mean will the s pen and wi-fi calling and all the other options still work like it does out of the box?
Nope, with cm you will lose everything. Wifi calling, s pen features, all the motion features, camera, etc... That's why I stick to touchwiz.
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Nope, with cm you will lose everything. Wifi calling, s pen features, all the motion features, camera, etc... That's why I stick to touchwiz.
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Oh? So someone has already made a CM rom for the note3? Please direct me to it, otherwise all you're spouting out is hearsay.
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Oh? So someone has already made a CM rom for the note3? Please direct me to it, otherwise all you're spouting out is hearsay.
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No it's a fact. I don't need there to be a cm rom to know those features will be lost. You know why? Cuz its AOSP, and all the features are part of TOUCHWIZ. So don't try to be a smartass.
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Nope, with cm you will lose everything. Wifi calling, s pen features, all the motion features, camera, etc... That's why I stick to touchwiz.
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You're not wrong, but you're not really right either. You won't lose EVERYTHING, you'll lose the TouchWiz-specific stuff and gain the AOSP-specific stuff.
WiFi calling will be gone, that's a T-Mobile specific thing really but it's baked into the stock ROM and not open source, thus GONE.
S-Pen hardware itself likely will work, as its driver is baked into the kernel which is open source. It will show up as a pointing device like a mouse, but third party S-Pen supporting apps will still be able to read pressure sensitivity and S-Pen button states. The TouchWiz-specific S-Pen functionality will be gone such as pen popup menu, pen windows, pen screenshot, and other pen actions built into the TouchWiz software. You'll still be able to take notes and draw with third party apps (of which many exist).
Motion features will be gone, those are TouchWiz specific software things. The motion sensors themselves will still be usable by apps that use motion features themselves, but the TouchWiz software motion features are GONE.
Camera will still exist, but instead of the TouchWiz camera app it will be the AOSP (or modified version thereof) camera app. You'll still have all the camera hardware features (flash, touch focus, video, etc) but the software image enhancements TW provides will be gone (replaced by whatever software image enhancements the ROM's app has though). CM's version of the AOSP camera app is quite good though, on my Note 1 it had plenty of features and took great pics. There's also Focal. The front camera is also still usable both by the camera app and by video chat programs. Camera features like 4K and slow motion video may not be supported right out of the box, but CM's been pretty good at updating the AOSP camera app as new hardware comes out. Remember that both of those camera features aren't Samsung's doing but rather features of the Snapdragon 800 SoC and many non-Samsung phones (including AOSP's flagship Nexus 5) are using that processor. You can be pretty much guaranteed those will be supported.
So, tl;dr: quit spreading the FUD that AOSP removes critical functionality. It does remove a lot of software functionality, but the hardware will still be supported and what you lose in TouchWiz features you make up for in custom ROM features. If you like the TW features stick with TW, but if you like the custom ROM features you're probably better off with a custom AOSP-based ROM. There are already attempts to bring things like multi-window and such to AOSP in projects like Halo for Paranoid Android and OmniROM which has splitscreen working. More options are a good thing, not a bad one.
As soon as Google Voice is integrated with Hangouts (of which it already is on iOS, grrr), WiFi calling will be available on AOSP. You will just have to set up a free Google Voice number, then have incoming calls be forwarded to Google Talk (Hangouts) and your regular number. So if you have a cell connection, answer it with the stock dialer; if you don't have a cell connection, answer it with Hangouts. You will have to give out your Google Voice number (or port your number to Google Voice), but after that, just direct all cellular calls to go through Google Voice, then you will only have one number.
A great thing about giving out your Google Voice number instead of your regular number, is that if you get a call from an advertiser (spam), you can set Google Voice to play a "this number has been disconnected" recording to that number if they call again (call blocking/filtering). That way, you will never get a call from them again, even if they keep calling. Again, all this is free except to port your number.
Of course, we have yet to see Google Voice integration with Hangouts on Android, and it is looking like May 14th, 2014 will likely be when we may see it.
thanks for the replies. i think ill stick with touchwiz for a while, i liked it in my 14 minutes playing with it, so im sure ill like it more once i actually own the phone.
I was hoping we could pry the software from t mobiles rom and apply it to a custom rom, but i guess the simplest thing for me will be to just root and get rid of the bloat + autostarts.
In stock ROMs in Poland it is possible to make video calls (Orange or Play operators).
It is free of charge (I mean included in you billing plan, charged as regular phone call), don't have to use special software (skype, hangouts or whatever) just calling from stock ROM - when you go to your contact you choose whether you wanna call or video call somebody.
Is it possible to implement it in any custom ROM? And would anybody try to do so? :fingers-crossed:
Thing is that once I change ROM from stock one to whatever I loose this option.
And yes, I know I can use skype and other tools but GSM doesn't use your transfer data.
Where can I download these(orange/play) stock ROMs. Please give me link.
Can it be ROM for i9300?
I don't have it myself and will have to search for it but so far I've seen some stock ROMs for i9300.
And moreover I've seen this function on my friends i9300 (but for sure option is available for all phones coming from Play, not so sure if Galaxy Nexus was available in the Play offer so there might be no stock ROM for it).
All i9300 has gsm video calling function. But you have posted it in Google Nexus thread. So talk about it.
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Can it be ROM for i9300?
I don't have it myself and will have to search for it but so far I've seen some stock ROMs for i9300.
And moreover I've seen this function on my friends i9300 (but for sure option is available for all phones coming from Play, not so sure if Galaxy Nexus was available in the Play offer so there might be no stock ROM for it).
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Android doesn't natively support video calling over network.
Samsung, Lg all have implemented it for their Phones.
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All i9300 has gsm video calling function. But you have posted it in Google Nexus thread. So talk about it.
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I am sure not all i9300 support video calling as in USA network providers do not support, as far as I know.
@seriousia: is it possible to implement those Samsung or LG solutions in custom ROMs?