This is just something I stumbled across a while ago but haven't had the time to post it. I'm not making any promises so this is just a head's up.
If anyone remembers my last post on skype here, you'll recall me saying that there's a Disable Codecs key in the registry. Well I didn't know the codecs but SkypeSmart over at Skype forums posted this tweak for his iPaq and it works a treat.
I'm running my Mini S with the original ROM and skype with my key reading: ILBC G729 EG711U
As a result it only uses the EG711A codec and guess what, it works, at stock speed too. My phone is an utter mess but it works at an acceptable level that is to say both parties can hear the conversation without any hiccups. Tested over a WiFi link but be warned you'll lose connectivity with echo123 and it also seems to me that Skype Linux doesn't have the EG711A or EG711U or even the G729 codecs so you won't be able to chat with them unless you enable ILBC.
One thing worth testing is to see what happens in a conference call (with a Windows machine as host and a Linux machine and the wizard with some of the codecs disabled) but I don't have the time to test so be my guest and post the results if you do test it.
By the way, I use Skype v2 Feb 14 release. If anyone wants to post their overclocked results or anything, great.
Indeed it does work and VERY well. I just called across a very sketchy broadband connection and audio in BOTH ways was clear. Before, I could be heard by the other party but could not hear them in return. Once I overclocked, I could actually have a couple of pragrams running in the background and still have acceptable resources left. Bravo to whoever came up with this tweak.
How far did you overclock? Also, I know a lot of people are viewing this thread but only one response so far...does that mean the rest of you are enjoying Skype? :shock:
i use skype with my wizard very well and i can use skypeout as well.
i installed for the high cpu usage, not low cpu usage. but i also use omapoverclock.
what i did, just installed skype, then change the content of d shortcut using total commander in windows/start menu/programs/skype.lnk with this one:
46#"\program files\omapclock.exe" -clock 240 -launch "\Program Files\Skype for Pocket PC\Skype.exe" -restore?Program Files\Skype for Pocket PC\Skype.exe,
in this case, i put omapclock file in 'program files' folder, and don't forget to use "," sign in the last content of skype. because it gives u back d skype icon, otherwise u'll see omapclock icon.
Gut luck!!! and i hope this can be useful 4 u...
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i remember trying this on my wizard...i placed a call to a land phone and i could not hear the other phone ring or anything.. but t did call..
What am i doing wrong?
Thanks Ricky, that trick with Omapoverclock works a treat. By the way not sure if it is my imagination but sounds like the I am getting the call playing through my handsfree speaker and not the ear piece. Does anyone else get this or am I going mad????
jt_armstrong said:
Thanks Ricky, that trick with Omapoverclock works a treat. By the way not sure if it is my imagination but sounds like the I am getting the call playing through my handsfree speaker and not the ear piece. Does anyone else get this or am I going mad????
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You're not. Apparently the M600 is the only phone which might support non-speakerphone chat on skype. I heard that its latest ROM does exactly what you want it do. I don't know if its a Skype specific issue or whether it's ROM specific but I have not seen any apps other than the phone app itself take advantage of the earpiece.
@guyver2077:
If you're referring to the tweak I listed, what does it do when you call PCs? I made a skype out call actually 3 of them and I could hear all of them clearly - 1 to Guam , 2 to HK and I'm in the UK.
@Ricky:
Does 240MHz eat away at the battery life, especially with WiFi on?
I just spent the last few days setting up a Linksys NSLU2 with DebianSlug and it works great; Samba works with the phone too 8). A little tempted to get a bluetooth dongle to stick to the slug so that I can connect to the net over bluetooth when possible but the BT stack on the mobile doesn't support BT networking does it?
ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever
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ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever
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When I said speakerphone I meant simply that the sound is coming out at the same volume as media player, etc if that makes sense. There's no reason for you not to be able to hear a thing though. :?
Thanks AsGF2MX, It works great with the headfones I just don't normally use them.
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ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever
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If you think about it, it makes sense. This is Skype for Pocket PC, most Pocket PCs don't have the phone built in.
Do you have a BT headset? If so open the audio gateway (either using the program posted in this forum or via Voice Command press BT button and just say "Open Skype", the Audio gate will stay open).
This should allow you to use your BT headset for Skype calls.
kyphur said:
guyver2077 said:
ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever
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If you think about it, it makes sense. This is Skype for Pocket PC, most Pocket PCs don't have the phone built in.
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I suppose you're right, that would explain things but is there an option to actually channel audio to the ear piece? If not, then it's definitely an issue with the way the device ROMs are designed (assuming that there is a way for software to utilize the ear piece).
Well, I'm glad a few people found it useful and I hope it's working for the rest of you as well. I might just pick-up OMAP clock a little later and try to see how well an overclock fares on my device but first, I'm going to try a few apps I've been wanting to try for a while.
Great tip!
I have previously tried Skype on my Qtek 9100 but have always found the audio quality quite bad, even when overclocking to 240.
After changing the DisableCodecs as suggested here, the audio quality is now really good, also when using SkypeOut to a Fixednet phone.
Thanks for the tip!
Yes Great tip, thanks
Can someone point me in the direction of the program that opens the audio gateway?
I don't have MS Voice Command, I only have the default "Voice Speed Dial".
EDIT: FOUND IT!!!
Therez two actually. one is btAudio, and the other is VjVolubilis
After Skype Install - Alarm clock chaos
Hi
I have been reading this thread with interest. I own an old XDA (one with aerial) and now the XDA Mini S. Have had it now for about 6 months and sync up to 2 pc's, have multiple email accounts, use the Wifi/msn - so use pretty much all of functionality. Happy so far!
I installed the pocket pc version of Skype last night - and found that this morning my alarm went off - but with no options displayed on the screen to snooze/dismiss alarm! Consequently - the alarm/vibrate goes off every 5 minutes - and only thing i can do is remove the battery -so phone basically unusable. Soft reset does not help - and would rather not hard reset as then will have to redo email settings etc.
Anyone out there had this problem before? Your help would be appreciated (think you are calling the XDA mini a wizard)
OS Build: 5.1.70 (14406.1.1.1)
ROM: 1.5.4.2 WWE
ROM date: 11/8/05
Radio: 01.09.10
Protocol: 4.0.13.20
ExtROM: 1.5.4.103
Have you removed the Skype software already?
After Skype Install - Alarm clock chaos
Hi - Yes, I have removed Skype from the XDA Mini. Soft-reset again - no difference.
I had that alarm problem once.
I'd had my cingular 8125 (HTC wizard) for a week or two and had been putting apps on it and messing with the registry, then one morning my alarm went off, I reached over to silence it, pushed some random button accidentally, and the alarm kept on going. I opened my eyes and sat there for a minute waiting for my brain to boot up because I wasn't seeing the notice showing me which softkey to press. After awhile, I realized that I was completely awake, and there really was no way to turn the alarm off!
I messed around with that thing forever. Scrolling through menus, doing soft resets, etc. Nothing would silence the alarm. I tried reseting the time/date and doing a soft reset, but every time the device booted up, it would go nuts with alarm tones (they kept multiplying! Every time I would reset the time after having set it back, another alarm would go off and they started piling up!).
Boy, that really ruined my morning.
I ended up having to do a hard reset to fix the problem. And when I ran my latest backup, the problem came right back! So I had to do another hard reset and roll back to an earlier backup.
I really don't know what the problem was, but I think I might have a slight idea. I had downloaded some program called CheckNotifications by Scarybear software (I now know it's not meant for WM5) and I think I must have deleted that alarm notification from the "notification database". (No, I don't actually know what any of that means, I'm just regurgitating words I read online in a manner which seems to make a little sense). So some parte of the OS somewhere remembered the alarm, and turned it on at the right time, but the part of the OS responsible for giving you the facility to turn it off was screwed. But that's just a wild guess.
Maybe you also have some issue with your notification database.
Good luck! Of course, if you were anywhere near as annoyed as I was, you probably already said a few (dozen) choice curse words and did a hard reset.
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I've been using my T-Mobile MDA Vario (latest T-Mobile ROM) for a while now and it intermittently loses sound! By that I mean the screen tap clicks, the beep when you change the volume using the slider and most importantly - incoming call ringer! A soft reset fixes it for a while, and sometimes changing the volume one notch up or down fixes it (but not always). Anyone come across this before?
TIA!
Tim
I had this problem with wisbar advanced lite - do you use it? After using the phone, there was no sound until i performed a soft reset - after i unisntaled it, the problem never came up again...
I had this problem with wisbar advanced lite - do you use it? After using the phone, there was no sound until i performed a soft reset - after i unisntaled it, the problem never came up again...
Nope...here's everything I have installed
Thanks for the reply. No, the only third party software I have installed is:
Smartskeys
Omapclock
TomTom5
ADBWeather Plus
MemMaid
Total Commander
GPSdash2
PocketUAE
TCPMP
Virtual Earth Mobile
Haven't touched the ROMs or anything else.
Cheers,
Tim
Hello all.
I'm actually falling in love with Trinity but I'd like to ask about the quality of the phone module of this PPC.
I mean, is it ok as a phone? Has anyone encountered any problems such as echo, digital noise, etc? A lot of PPCs have these problems [for example 1) users can hear their own echo, 2) the other party can hear his echo, 3) digital noise when they speak, etc].
Some people mentioned that the now enabled GPS only works when the radio module is working, meaning that when you remove the sim card (so GSM or GPRS are not working) then the GPS module does not work. Is this really happening to anyone?
I'm also concerned about two other things...
First thing is the lock options for the phone. I know it doesn't have any lock button so what are the options for the locking of the phone or the screen? I mean if you have it in your pocket locked and it rings, and one button is pressed accidentally, does it mean that you are unlucky?
Second thing is the task manager. Is there any application that we can use to map it to a keyboard button so that we can switch tasks? Let's say I'm running a navigation application, and I want to switch to the phone pad to make a call, how could this be done?
Finally, what about the memory handling and the rom memory? How much free ram is available when you turn on the mobile (with the initial applications that come with the phone, or/and with the latest -enabling GPS - rom)? And how much free rom is available with the original rom and with the customized one (the one that enables GPS)?
I would appreciate it if you could answer some of these questions.
thanx in advance
starkman said:
Hello all.
I'm actually falling in love with Trinity but I'd like to ask about the quality of the phone module of this PPC.
I mean, is it ok as a phone? Has anyone encountered any problems such as echo, digital noise, etc? A lot of PPCs have these problems [for example 1) users can hear their own echo, 2) the other party can hear his echo, 3) digital noise when they speak, etc].
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It's more than OK as a phone!
starkman said:
Some people mentioned that the now enabled GPS only works when the radio module is working, meaning that when you remove the sim card (so GSM or GPRS are not working) then the GPS module does not work. Is this really happening to anyone?
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I am not using the GPS ROM yet but keep in mind that removing the SIM card from the Trinity is so uncomfortable that it's not something you want to do very often!
starkman said:
I'm also concerned about two other things...
First thing is the lock options for the phone. I know it doesn't have any lock button so what are the options for the locking of the phone or the screen? I mean if you have it in your pocket locked and it rings, and one button is pressed accidentally, does it mean that you are unlucky?
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There are several lock options, some requiring a password to unlock. When the phone is locked and you receive a call the only button to work is the answer key, which is pretty much the same as with all other phones.
starkman said:
Second thing is the task manager. Is there any application that we can use to map it to a keyboard button so that we can switch tasks? Let's say I'm running a navigation application, and I want to switch to the phone pad to make a call, how could this be done?
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Whatever application you are using if you press the "call" button you will go straight to the phone pad.
starkman said:
Finally, what about the memory handling and the rom memory? How much free ram is available when you turn on the mobile (with the initial applications that come with the phone, or/and with the latest -enabling GPS - rom)? And how much free rom is available with the original rom and with the customized one (the one that enables GPS)?
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I don't know with the new GPS ROM but with the standard HTC ROM I think you get about 40MB of storage and 40MB for program execution after a hard reset.
Ok thanx for the reply.
I hope with the new roms that are being released the free storage space will be greater. 40 MB is not that good. I've had 63 MB at my Asus P525.
Hi,
Couldnt find any suitable sub-forum so I just try my luck here.
My incoming SMS doesnt have sound despite having it enable in the sound notification. any help?
have you adjusted the master volume?that is the speaker sign at the top of the phone in the today screen.that is the master volume.if you didnt turn it on,it wont ring.
Nothing to do with the volume!
Do other notifications work (ie e-mail, reminders)?
Are you using any profile software like sbp Phone Suite?
If you have a bluetooth headset, are these notifications been routed through it instead of the main speaker somehow?
Just some thoughts.
did you install wisbar advance?heard there have been cases where PPC installed with it just wont ring.
I think phone suite doesnt affect it, but rather another SMS program that prevent the sound notification. In the end, I reinstall the firmware. Dont think is wisbar advance as I install it after firmware. But the wisbar has got problem in uninstalling it.
i think the problem arises when wisbar is installed regardless of when..
Hi,
I hope someone can help me.
The HTC P6500 model has a strange bug.
It turns down the sound automatically, but the indicators show that the sound is still on.
This happens under varied conditions and usage, at first I thought it had to do with bluetooth, but it is not isolated to when I'm using bluetooth anymore.
The software on the PDA is as follows (besides the preinstalled software):
- TomTom 6
- Afaria Client
HTC support simply told me to uninstall 3rd party software... And denies any knowledge of any problems at all. Any better suggestions?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Lars
Hi -- I've noticed this problem too, though it's only happened rarely. I think I'll see this happen once every month or so -- usually I'll catch it when listening to music or watching a video; the sound will just suddenly turn all the way down; the sound icon on the bar at the screen top will show sound to still be on, but if I click on it, both sliders will be at the bottom. A soft reset always takes care of it. And the problem comes up rarely enough that I've never bothered looking for a solution.
--Alan
I had same problem and fixed after upgrading with latest ROM release from HTC