Few hours till I get my phone, but when I do i'll be looking for someone to try video chat with. Any takers?
lmao do you have 4g in your area?
xtkxhom3r said:
lmao do you have 4g in your area?
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Nope! nor does sprint plan on bringing it here in the future!
lol sucks for you... i cant wait to get in on some 4g goodness just a couple more hrs.... but id be down for that video thing once i get it
xtkxhom3r said:
lol sucks for you... i cant wait to get in on some 4g goodness just a couple more hrs.... but id be down for that video thing once i get it
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like if you could video chat with everyyyybodyyyy no diference for me just speeds.
I'm down for a test video chat. PM me.
Getting my phone at 10am EST, (7am for the left coast.)
kyleblakepeters said:
I'm down for a test video chat. PM me.
Getting my phone at 10am EST, (7am for the left coast.)
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Getting mine 745 EST
I'd videochat but for some reason, the market place can't find "Qik Video" or "Qik" so I can't download an update. Bummer
Qik is only available for 4G?
somebody should be able to pull the apk and post it, if it's available anywhere.
edit: i found this
Download Qik on your mobile phone by going to http://d.qik.com from your mobile browser.
you have to make a qik account first
2nd edit: nevermind. that just sends you to the market, where you get pname:com.qik.android not found
3rd edit: just get fring and you can video chat by connecting your skype account to fring. works like a charm skyped my buddy with my phone earlier
in the select list is it the max4g?
Fring for me has worked great. Qik came preinstalled on my Evo and it does not work (it forces close everytime). How can I remove Qik from my phone? I tried to go to Applications but it does not allow you to uninstall the app.
Qik just showed up on Android Market!
I just upgraded it and can do 2 way video chat now
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Qik just showed up on Android Market!
I just upgraded it and can do 2 way video chat now
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I still don't see it as an update.
Qik just showed up on Android Market!
I just upgraded it and can do 2 way video chat now
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I don't see it either
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Guys, just post the APK for us. Come on.
Qik is in the market place and its working great and its not only in 4g areas u can use 3g and WiFi.
confirmed qik is in the market and am downloading.
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Fring for me has worked great. Qik came preinstalled on my Evo and it does not work (it forces close everytime). How can I remove Qik from my phone? I tried to go to Applications but it does not allow you to uninstall the app.
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I have been getting that problem too. I wonder why?
I continue to get an error stating I am not connected to the network but I do have internet. Also my shortcut says the linked program is not available.
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As many of you already know the official Skype app has been released for android. I have been using this app since it was released in beta for Verizon and I was hoping that there would be a video chatting feature with the final release. The app itself drains battery and only makes calls over wifi (lame) but does anyone see Skype adding a video feature anytime soon? Or is there anyway we could write an app to videochat with Skype users on their computers?
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It seems that you'd have to be authorized by Skype to use it. I think that was the downfall of Fringe - they cut them off. So writing one would probably be a no go.
I've also seen it mentioned that Verizon's deal is still in play. Skype MOBILE (over mobile data) is still exclusive to Verizon but a WiFi only app is okay for everyone else. I think Skype could add video chating to the app but we'd still be limited to WiFi only until Verizon's US deal with Skype is over.
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That sucks
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.... and only makes calls over wifi (lame) ....
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Here's a version that works over 3G: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8474790&postcount=1
Still no video chat.
I can't get it to work with my Bluetooth headset. Is that not supported?
Mine force closes...oh well...not as useful without video chat
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spiicytuna said:
Here's a version that works over 3G: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8474790&postcount=1
Still no video chat.
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Worked great when I tried it out over 3g, thanks for the link!
Beejis said:
Worked great when I tried it out over 3g, thanks for the link!
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No problem.... been working awesome for me as well.
spiicytuna said:
No problem.... been working awesome for me as well.
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With Bluetooth?
Does this keep the phone awake 100%?
works great!!!!! thanks!!!
Will using Skype in Mexico charge me for international if i'm contacting my skype contacts?
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Will using Skype in Mexico charge me for international if i'm contacting my skype contacts?
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From my knowledge, skype to skype is alwasy free.
My son went to Europe in the spring, took his netbook, and we used skype to Fring when it was still working, to video chat. No charges.
He used hotel Wifi, I was connecting to my EVO on 3g.
Nimbuzz allows skype calling over wifi and 3g, and it doesn't drain your battery.
No video chat = not interested.
Does anyone know how to get the notification bar icon to go away?
So, I buy this thing hoping to video chat and there is no app installed that I can find. So I download qik and there is no video chat option. What am I missing ?????
Thanks
Try "Tango" which is in the Market or "Fring" which is also in the Market.
Also the Yahoo Messenger has a video Chat add-on if you use that.
I have the At&T tab as well and was quite disappointed to not have a stock video chat app, but tang works very well. Much better than fring imo
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So, I buy this thing hoping to video chat and there is no app installed that I can find. So I download qik and there is no video chat option. What am I missing ?????
Thanks
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What really pissed me off last night is that there is no free tab to PC video chat option! The only option is probably...yahoo messenger? ( didn't check that ) and "clearsea" which is a paid app...
It's ridiculous really...
Att looks to make everything other than the iPhone and iPad fail. They hold everything elce back. When the day comes that the iPhones moves to another US carrier (verizon) AT&T is going to wish they never made theses kind of choices. It will be there un-doing.
Yea. Than they want a 10% restock fee. This is bull ****. They should take it back without a restocking fee since it does not do what they say it does. They clearly put on their web page that to video chat click on the app icon to do so. Its a green icon with a handset on it.
Just saw this article...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2011/01/the_circuit_piracy_plagues_bra.html
Skype bought QIK, does that mean we'll get skype with video chat soon!?!!? If so, that would be AWESOME!
yeah, was announced a couple of days ago. however skype already does video chat and has an app for verizon for new LTE phones, so i don't know what the hold up is
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Just saw this article...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2011/01/the_circuit_piracy_plagues_bra.html
Skype bought QIK, does that mean we'll get skype with video chat soon!?!!? If so, that would be AWESOME!
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or do we lose video chat with qik and skype locks it down to one carrier?
probably the case, skype blocked fring from using their protocol(?) earlier when the evo first came out as that was how fring was touting video chat
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or do we lose video chat with qik and skype locks it down to one carrier?
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or do we lose video chat with qik and skype locks it down to one carrier?
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I hope not. There are rumors that Facebook will be integrating Skype as it's video chat solution; that'd pretty much guarantee Skype's ubiquity as the video calling standard.
It seems like there are lots of mentions of the new Verizon Droid Bionic having Skype video chatting but there's no mention of the AT&T Atrix having it. Seeing as how both are Moto's, this is not a good sign. The iPhone 4 on AT&T already has Skype video calling so this may be another Verizon Android exclusive. We'll see though.
I guess I was looking at the whole pc to phone thing...which I think would be pretty damn cool.
You can video chat from PC to phone using ooVoo on the Evo.
Everyone is carrier locking like a bunch of money grubbing pansies so rather than seeing anything awesome we will still be stuck with waisted potential.
Where's NET Neutrality when you need it? Oh thats right: Google sold out on that one.
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Say good bye to Qik. Verizon locked up the Skype video calling.
Google talk should have video chat sooner or later anywhos
Theres also still yahoo video chat, I guess, although I can't wait for google to come out with one.
Hey guys,
Found VZW_Skype.apk in an old RUU before it was announced that it would be pulled from the Thunderbolt, when installed it tries to download a file called com.skype.merlin_mecha (Found this from baksmali'ing it) but fails to download as the file was pulled from the market (along with a similar file called merlin_bionic) so without it we have no video calling.
http://pastebin.com/hsuX1WCC
Now this file, when looked up on AndroLib seems to have 5-10k plus installs, if you can help me in finding it (google didn't help much) then we may have a shot at video on the TB using Skype.
Thanks
This would be better off being reposted in several other device forums. I was looking at the comments on Androidzoom and apparently an Evo user has/had it. Try asking there. Hopefully the user has a xda account and still has the apk. Long shot, but a shot worth taking...
Did Fring ever turn back on video chat?
Tango seems to work decently. Called my wife's iPhone 4 from my Tbolt without issue. Skype would be pretty sweet though!
I noticed there were a lot of programs in the older RUUs that are not listed. Good luck on the search as I would love to try it out!
Fring and oovoo both work but the it wold not register the front facing camera.
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Tango seems to work decently. Called my wife's iPhone 4 from my Tbolt without issue. Skype would be pretty sweet though!
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+1 for Tango. I can call my wife's iPhone with it and it works great. Can use over 3G too and not limited to wifi and 4G.
yahoo messenger works well also. does video chat. video part could be better . what is the quality on tango?
I seem to have audio issues with both Tango & Yahoo video calling. I am calling to my wife's TBolt. Any one know how to correct this ?
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Tango seems to have an issue with tbolt to tbolt calling. Works great calling tbolt to iPhone though.
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Ah yes, tried tango as well, not as good as face time to face time, but i suspect that skype video calling will fix that, its bull**** the iphone has skype video but android doesnt yet.
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This was just a dummy app directing you to the app store. Only FW .96 had Skype video but the quality wasn't that good. If you rip the .apk from .96 Skype Video should work.
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This was just a dummy app directing you to the app store. Only FW .96 had Skype video but the quality wasn't that good. If you rip the .apk from .96 Skype Video should work.
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Perhaps someone could post said apk so everyone doesn't have to download the huge RUU?
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Where is FW .96? i searched all the posts here in the dev sections and none of the posted firmwares are .96.
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This was just a dummy app directing you to the app store. Only FW .96 had Skype video but the quality wasn't that good. If you rip the .apk from .96 Skype Video should work.
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I can not find this in the ruu, can you please do it for us?
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This was just a dummy app directing you to the app store. Only FW .96 had Skype video but the quality wasn't that good. If you rip the .apk from .96 Skype Video should work.
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This is the list of RUUs I'm seeing, from jcase's post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997724
Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.12.605.6_Radio_1.16.00.0223r_N V_8k_1.41_9k_1.64_release_174685_signed.zip
PG05IMG_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.12.605.9_Radio_1.16.00 .0223r_NV_8k_1.41_9k_1.64_release_176865_signed.zi p
PG05IMG_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.07.605.3_Radio_1.13.00 .0118r_NV_8k_1.38_9k_1.58_release_167761_signed.zi p
RUU_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.03.605.10_Radio_1.02.00.01 03_2r_NV_8k_1.37_9k_1.52_release_165253_signed.zip
PG05IMG_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.10.605.3_Radio_1.15.00 .0128w_3_NV_8K_1.39_9K_1.61_release_170484_signed. zip
RUU_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.05.605.0_Radio_1.07.00.010 8r_NV_8K_1.38_9K_1.54_release_166255_signed.zip
PG05IMG_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.12.605.0_Radio_1.16.00 .0218w_NV_8k_1.41_9k_1.64_release_173234_signed.zi p
RUU_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.08.605.1_Radio_1.13.00.012 1w_NV_8K_1.39_9K_1.59_release_168706_signed.zip
Which one are we talking about?
Captainkrtek said:
Hey guys,
Found VZW_Skype.apk in an old RUU before it was announced that it would be pulled from the Thunderbolt, when installed it tries to download a file called com.skype.merlin_mecha (Found this from baksmali'ing it) but fails to download as the file was pulled from the market (along with a similar file called merlin_bionic) so without it we have no video calling.
http://pastebin.com/hsuX1WCC
Now this file, when looked up on AndroLib seems to have 5-10k plus installs, if you can help me in finding it (google didn't help much) then we may have a shot at video on the TB using Skype.
Thanks
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If someone gets Skype working, I will definitely be donating. I am the only one with a Front Facing camera in the family.
Add me to the donation list..... Maybe we should start a bounty. The first dev to get skype video calls working with decent quality would get the bounty.
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I don't like bounties, If I find the apk ill post it for free
I knew the captn would make it happen....cant wait for some video calls on this beast. The ffc is a little shoddy in low light but great during the day
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well im am new to the android and i have many questions lol, i think im going to have to read the book on the phone
the sprint lady said i could video chat? where do i go and which one to use?
This should be in q&a section
To put it simply they all suck but I like yahoo
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i use oovoo beta and tang video calling...i like tango the best..tango is for android to android video calling and oovoo is for phone to phone/pc video calling.. the thing about oovoo is the person using a pc to video calling must have the new beta version installed on their pc which every person i know doesnt want to download a beta just to video chat with me...but it work...
I'm holding out for a Skype app.
k0nane said:
I'm holding out for a Skype app.
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Seems like their agreement with Verizon was an exclusive.
Texted while driving
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Seems like their agreement with Verizon was an exclusive.
Texted while driving
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It is most unfortunate - but I'm betting someone will come out with a "compatible" app in due time, if Skype doesn't wake up.
Alternately, I'd take an official Google Talk video chat solution.
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It is most unfortunate - but I'm betting someone will come out with a "compatible" app in due time, if Skype doesn't wake up.
Alternately, I'd take an official Google Talk video chat solution.
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Which surprises me as to why we don't have one yet. It's Google. Where's our video chat?! WHAR!?!
Fring is pretty good, but I'm going to try that "oovoo"
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Fring is pretty good, but I'm going to try that "oovoo"
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I have found that ooVoo works really well.
Hopefully Skype will do something with Qik to get around their exclusivity with Verizon.
Or even better, Google get off their asses and start using the video call framework that's been in the API since at least 2.1. They bought Gizmo5, who was doing SIP video calling using h.264 on my Nokia n810 back in '07. It was essentially what Apple's FaceTime is now.
I've been using Yahoo Messagings video chat because my wife doesn't have a smart phone that does video, so being able to connect with a computeri s a must for me, but the video is sideways. Does OOVOO not have this problem?
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I've been using Yahoo Messagings video chat because my wife doesn't have a smart phone that does video, so being able to connect with a computeri s a must for me, but the video is sideways. Does OOVOO not have this problem?
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ooVoo is the best around. It has a small footprint, displays correctly and works (when it does) flawlessly.
My only problem with it is it's inconsistency making calls. Sometimes it will show the user online; sometimes it won't.
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Which surprises me as to why we don't have one yet. It's Google. Where's our video chat?! WHAR!?!
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Not surprising to me really. While I like a lot of things about Google their 'statup' operation strategy with lots of independently operating teams leads to this.
I say the same thing all the time with official Google apps for Android. Where's my official Google Analytics/AdWords/Docs/Talk app? I know all of these can be addressed in various ways by 3rd party apps or tertiary functionality in other apps. But I'd like to see some official Google apps for some as their official apps usually tend to be good quality.
More than likely video chat on google will be release at Honeycomb and hopefully with some devs help we'll have it for our froyo devices.
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I also prefer yahoo over tango n qik free voip calls on there is also a nice feature
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i've tried a few and like Tango the most. it's just the easiest to use and most streamlined and just works.
+1 Tango! Simple to use, and it streams extremely well on either 3G or 4G (best). I've use Yahoo, Qik, etc. and found those apps can be quirky and probably worked best on Wifi.
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ooVoo is the best around. It has a small footprint, displays correctly and works (when it does) flawlessly.
My only problem with it is it's inconsistency making calls. Sometimes it will show the user online; sometimes it won't.
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My problem with ooVoo was a perpetual attempt to sync, draining my battery. Their support said they'll be removing that from the next release but until then it's staying off my device.
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My problem with ooVoo was a perpetual attempt to sync, draining my battery. Their support said they'll be removing that from the next release but until then it's staying off my device.
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+1, same here, drains battery fast.
I've had that same issue with Oovoo, it's literally killed my battery extremely fast to reach and sync with nothing. But other than that it's the only logical choice for Video chatting until Skype and Verizon stop screwing everyone over with Exclusiveness.