Skype sound choppy on EVO - EVO 4G General

Been playing with Skype on the EVO. Skype to Skype calls. Sometimes it works well, sounds is good. Other times, maybe 1 out of 2 times, the sound is very choppy throughout. I tried calling skype on a nexus one and on a computer. All on the same wifi network. Seems to be an issue on the evo only.

Installed KingzKernel #11, and now all seems well.

I was going to say...
I use skype (the apk floating around that has been hacked to work on 3G) averaging 3-5 times a week to talk to family overseas, with each call being 30-60min, using cm6 + snap, with 0 issues. In fact I have been surprised at how little batter it uses.

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fring on evo is amazing!!!!

just tried fring on the evo from evo to pc using skype, it was spectacular, wow.....dont need my labtop for skype calls anymore that is too cool
i tried it on 3g, didnt seem to work right, then i used wifi, and it was amazing, ill try 3g later
worked great for me on 3g..but that was from an evo 4g to another evo 4g
Whoa, when I logged into the Fring app it automatically added my SIP line that I had configured to Fring on a Windows Mobile phone. I can make VOIP calls from inside Fring without configuring anything! I called my own cell line from the Fring SIP account on the same cell phone and it rang. Haven't tried talking on it yet, cause everyone's asleep!
its just too bad google talk doesn't support video conferencing!
I am not in a 4G area so I have only tried it with 3G but fring lags with video and audio.

[Q] Problem Receiving calls

Hi all,
I've finally got my hands on the DHD, and after using winmo for the last ~5 years I'm loving it, but I seem to have a problem with receiving calls.
Earlier tonight at work I was using the market place, playing a bit of Angry birds, and I got a couple of texts from T-mobile saying I had missed calls, I also had a few missed the night before aswell while i was playing around with it.
I've asked the people who called and they said the calls go straight to answer phone as if the phone is off/has no signal, but the signal is great both at home and work.
So far I have rooted and S-OFF'd the phone, but have not installed a custom ROM yet. I thought this may be kinda like the Iphone 4 touch of death issues, but cant get it loose signal by covering it with my hands.
Has anyone else had this issue, or does it look like I may have a dodgy handset?
PenFold109 said:
Hi all,
I've finally got my hands on the DHD, and after using winmo for the last ~5 years I'm loving it, but I seem to have a problem with receiving calls.
Earlier tonight at work I was using the market place, playing a bit of Angry birds, and I got a couple of texts from T-mobile saying I had missed calls, I also had a few missed the night before aswell while i was playing around with it.
I've asked the people who called and they said the calls go straight to answer phone as if the phone is off/has no signal, but the signal is great both at home and work.
So far I have rooted and S-OFF'd the phone, but have not installed a custom ROM yet. I thought this may be kinda like the Iphone 4 touch of death issues, but cant get it loose signal by covering it with my hands.
Has anyone else had this issue, or does it look like I may have a dodgy handset?
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Does your phone have 3G coverage at your workplace or is 3G enabled on your phone? 2G allows only voice OR data at the same time, while 3G allows both. So if you were using data e.g. marketplace, syncing etc., your call might not get through. Might be worth checking your phone settings.
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Does your phone have 3G coverage at your workplace or is 3G enabled on your phone? 2G allows only voice OR data at the same time, while 3G allows both. So if you were using data e.g. marketplace, syncing etc., your call might not get through. Might be worth checking your phone settings.
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didnt know that, will have to re-enable 3g D:
Sorry it took me so long to get back to this thread. Thanks for the replies, After being on shift for the last week it seems that my workplace is in a bit of a coverage grey area, so depending where I am stood, strength of the wind or the current celestial alignment, the phone will swap between 3G and HSDPA, so from what I can find it looks like I may of missed these calls due to this issue.
It should not matter if you're swapping from 3G and HSPDA, you should still be receiving calls if you're on 3G. HSPDA is 3G, but faster. It you still miss calls, I'd suggest talking to your provider.

Bell Canada Atrix VOIP

as we all know, the AT&T Atrix has problem with most VOIP softare. Just wondering if the Canadian Bell version is also experiencing the same problem? If not, that means AT&T is doing more than just turning off HSUPA...
I bought a Bell Atrix two days ago and I am DEFINITELY having issue with Skype either thru. WiFi or 3G connection. I am unable to make clear calls and often encountered LOUD STATIC sound on the earpiece.
Please assist...
RN-Eric said:
I bought a Bell Atrix two days ago and I am DEFINITELY having issue with Skype either thru. WiFi or 3G connection. I am unable to make clear calls and often encountered LOUD STATIC sound on the earpiece.
Please assist...
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No can't do at this moment. Need to wait for Motorola to sort this VOIP issue.
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Well, I really do hope Motorola will address this issue...
IM+ Talk Skype Calling
Just an update to using the newly purchased IM+ Talk, a web-based Skype calling service. Well, it took me a whopping two-hour to figure out how to make calls and it was super frustrating...I subsequently had to purchase another Skype subscription (unlimited world, in addition to my original unlimited calls to Hong Kong plan) because of the call-back feature IM+ Talk uses.
So how it works is that you enter the CALL BACK number of the device you are calling on, enter the number you want to call, press the CALL button, and then your device will ring. Answer the call and you will then hear your number connecting. I don't know how to clearly explain it but it works on my Atrix thru. 3G connection
.Eric
im using an att atrix on Fido in canada and i can use skype just fine. i think its att network that is blocking this somehow not the atrix itself or maybe the combination of the two. so if a bell atrix allows voip on bell network it might still not work on att network.
I am using a Bell Atrix on Rogers and am having a hard time using the Skype for Android to work properly. I previously used Skype on my iPhone 4 (also on Rogers) and it worked like a charm...
I am surprised that it's working for you on Fido. There is a big thread from the Motorola support forum that discusses about this issue.
BELL Atrix ain't working on Fido. none of VOIP apps is, tried Tango, Skype from Market, Skype hacked for 3G, SIPDroid Csip, Fring........
Sux....
sorry I made a mistake. it doesn't work for me the sound is horrible. I only install and made a call and assume it was working.
If the problem with Skype is sound quality it may be that Skype needs updating to support the phone properly. In my experience with Galaxy S the sound quality was horrendous for the first while (that Skype was even functional) until updates sorted things out. Actually it took a while to even be able to login, when it could first be installed it wouldn't accept any login info. Picky program.
Atrix, Skype, IM+, ClickTalk, Tango vs Bad Audio
I've the same problem as all you and i've try the following apps like Skype, Skype(3G), IM+, ClickTalk, Tango and Yahoo....
All exept the Yahoo is work badly with the audio, it cutting off and here i'm talking about using WIFI connection ... with the 3G forget about-it.
Only Yahoo look to get a good result and not mentionning that only the Qvix, Yahoo and Tango as the Video working correctly
As winner the Yahoo Video and Audio work over WIFI.
I'm using also the SMSSpeak, Call Annoncer and EmailSpeak, the playback are for unknown reason playing back too fast. To fix Reboot the phone, i think the audio driver as something to do here too.
I've read also for our Bell Canadian friend that the Firmware is out of date... like far away ... AT&T as the patch to fix this problem of audio in the next release 1.57 and BELL CACA is still at the Beta 0.83 no fix planned!
After chatting with a tech at Motorola we can't dream for a new version until the new kernel will be availlable to get the Android 2.3 (What a great one i was using this on a real google G1 this is a real charm) ... So since we known that BELL, ATT and Motorola are not reading our note, it's useless to try the get them to move ... exept to get everyone who as a Atrix to Call/Email/Fax Motorola,Bell,ATT,Fido ....
and btw Moto is coming with a new phone... they act like this is just junk hardware like a batterie. Change phone to fix.

Atrix VOIP Incompatibility

Hey,
New atrix user here. Overall I'm pretty pleased with the phone, but I have one big complaint: it is a nightmare to do VOIP with.
My last phone was a nexus one, with which I used a googleVoice/pbxes/sipdroid setup. Transferred the same rig to my atrix and all it does is churn out static. I then tried CSIPsimple, which was at least comprehensible, but the audio would always come out the rear speaker (with every permutation of the app's earpiece/speaker settings, no less).
The only one I tried that could actually handle the atrix was Fring using the SIP Add-on. The trouble with this though is that it seems to only be able send calls, not receive them.
Has anyone managed to get a passable VOIP setup working on the atrix? The phone is sexy, but with this failing there's no way I'm going to keep it.

Nexus 4 Unusable for VoIP Calls

I've noticed that the Nexus 4 is unusable for VoIP calls due to no echo cancellation, and no background noise filtering (using the second microphone). This issue occurs for all VoIP calls, no matter the client. Some clients attempt to fix this with software filtering, etc, but none do a very good job.
Please star the following issue on the Android bug tracker to bring this to Google's attention. https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=41626 The following comment provides more details on the issue:
SIP is unusable on the Nexus 4 because the device doesn't provide an AcousticEchoCanceler[1], AutomaticGainControl[2] or NoiseSuppressor[3]. Additionally, the VOICE_COMMUNICATION[4] audio source designed for VoIP applications returns the same audio as if the application asked for raw microphone data, which is completely unusable for VoIP calls.
The reason cell calls sound good is because the cellular phone takes advantage of the second microphone on the device to perform background noise cancellation and presumably has a hardware chip for echo cancellation. Why these necessary items are not exposed via the APIs listed below on Google's flagship phone is a mystery to me.
Also, the reason SIP is still pretty good on the Galaxy Nexus is because it provides implementations for the AcousticEchoCanceler, AutomaticGainControl and NoiseSuppressor. So even though it doesn't have a second microphone, it does some processing on the audio (via hardware or software) to make it usable for a call. The Nexus 4 provides none of this.
[1] http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/audiofx/AcousticEchoCanceler.html
[2] http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/audiofx/AutomaticGainControl.html
[3] http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/audiofx/NoiseSuppressor.html
[4] http://developer.android.com/refere...Recorder.AudioSource.html#VOICE_COMMUNICATION
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Have other people noticed this issue. I've noticed it with the stock SIP client, sipdroid, csipsimple, and Talkatone.
I have only used GrooVe IP, and it works fine with stock settings.
I use sipdroid and it works well. No complaints.
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Try talkatone. Works well most of the time for me.
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While indeed it is an issue, I'm seeing good enough results with sipdroid using gsm codec. Did run into major issues recently because newer cm nightlies changed mcast filtering / ARP. Manually revert that and its fine again. At the least, I've struggled with sip calls with many phones in the past and this is the smoothest experience yet (never had the gnex).
Note I used to use speex for its obvious benefits over gsm but gsm seems to work fine for me and I figure it may be less CPU intensive
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Try making a call outside, or with background noise. When I make a call while walking down the street, or in a windy location, the background noise is quite loud for the other person. I've tried several different clients and configurations, and all of them have this issue. The problem is that the phone is not filtering out background noise using the second microphone, and software can only attempt to make this better.
Slightly old thread here, sorry, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried using the built-in VOIP functionality. I currently have a T989 but am considering Mako, and I always had better results using CM10's built-in VOIP than with GrooveIP (i.e. people would complain a whole lot about static and echo when I used GrooveIP). Can anyone comment on this?
I agree. Tried all voip apps from market: groove, talkatone, spare phone, vonage, Skype. Terrible results. I did find one that is working great though (knock on wood): EverVoice. Tried it over the last few days and haven't had any problems on wifi and T-Mobile 4g.
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sec6 said:
I agree. Tried all voip apps from market: groove, talkatone, spare phone, vonage, Skype. Terrible results. I did find one that is working great though (knock on wood): EverVoice. Tried it over the last few days and haven't had any problems on wifi and T-Mobile 4g.
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Edit: Spoke too soon. EverVoice is unreliable also. Decided to just ditch google voice and add prepaid minutes to tmobile 30 dollar prepaid unlimited plan.
Pandemic187 said:
Slightly old thread here, sorry, but I'm wondering if anyone has tried using the built-in VOIP functionality. I currently have a T989 but am considering Mako, and I always had better results using CM10's built-in VOIP than with GrooveIP (i.e. people would complain a whole lot about static and echo when I used GrooveIP). Can anyone comment on this?
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Built in voip also echos for me on the Nexus 4. I wondering if regular voice calls go through a different chip or something that does echo cancellation. Is it possible that this chip isn't available for voip?
I am using the built in SIP client with Callcentric. I was using SipSorcery, but I had "no audio" issues on HSPA. Callcentric is NYC based (as am I) so the latency is much better, and echo is reduced as well. My only suggestion is find a SIP server with the lowest ping / least hops.
Skype was excellent on my Nexus S, but has a lot of issues on my N4, so I scrapped it.
For those of you who want the best quality out of your $30 smartphone plan, I made a 12-part video tutorial showing how to do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9DzN1Pu6-Q&list=PLE_de-PBwrTSUMm-Y48aiOOHt_YyT69t0
It's much better than GrooveIP, Vonage, Talkatone, Pbxes.org, and everything else, especially those with the "one big green button" solution.
This method gives you HD Voice (G.722 codec), bettery battery life, and much better options for logging/blocking/recording. You can even set up hold music. Yup, I said hold music.
It used to be difficult to set up until I made it as clear as the nose on your face in the video tutorial (with actual commentary instead of techno music).
Spread the word if you do it and it works out for you. I believe everyone deserves high quality and limitless VoIP WiFi/4g calling.
HowDoIVoIP said:
For those of you who want the best quality out of your $30 smartphone plan, I made a 12-part video tutorial showing how to do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9DzN1Pu6-Q&list=PLE_de-PBwrTSUMm-Y48aiOOHt_YyT69t0
It's much better than GrooveIP, Vonage, Talkatone, Pbxes.org, and everything else, especially those with the "one big green button" solution.
This method gives you HD Voice (G.722 codec), bettery battery life, and much better options for logging/blocking/recording. You can even set up hold music. Yup, I said hold music.
It used to be difficult to set up until I made it as clear as the nose on your face in the video tutorial (with actual commentary instead of techno music).
Spread the word if you do it and it works out for you. I believe everyone deserves high quality and limitless VoIP WiFi/4g calling.
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I did this method....works very good except for an echo....
I fixed the echo(over 3g) on the nEXUS 4 doing this:
Csimple has an option to enable software control or volume instead of the android OS/hardware.....enable it...I suspect that fixed it combined with the following:
Echo cancellation(never worked until ti checked the above....works great now) in Csimple.
Faux kernel or something compatible with his software for fixing audio gain.
Faux sounds and Faux speakers app. I chose the quality preset plus my own sleight modifications and also the voice setting for speakers.
Echo was annihilated.....I also tried voice audio detection but I didn't like it...
I posted this in the PIAF thread since I used that method but this will help you guys as well.
Nexus 4 SIP echo fix - It's pretty bad for many users but this solved it 100% for me
It worked for me and I tested numerous different setting and configurations along with measuring my latency to ensure it works. YMMV but it's easy to try. At first I thought it was a Latency issue since echo didn't occur over wifi but with ping times lower than 60ms I still got echo over 3g without this method.
I'm using the silk codec(Silk 24 wifi/Silk 12 or 16 over 3g/4g); YMMV with other codecs.
*Before starting*
Root your phone, flash radio .27 or .33 if your on T-mobile or in Canada: We want to enable Nexus 4g! 3g is usually fine but 4g tends to have significantly lower latency(3G: 50-70ms versus 4g: 20-40ms). Sometimes my 3g speed was fine but latency sucks(100-250+ms)....3g has enough speed for VoIP but any latency issues/spikes/jumps will ruin a call.
This is a good guide to follow: Hippowise"s guide
For the first few steps plus a audio fix some users encountered with the radio downgrade; there are 2 scripts you can run via any terminal emulator app scripter(I used this $Scripter). The actual Script to be run can be found on XDA in the nexus 4 LTE thread(download or save them as txt files). The XML file I suggest editing your self(I just replaced all instances of epc.t-mobile with fast.t-mobile for T-mo users).
If said "scripting...wut?" just follow Hippowise's guide to the tee. Scripting is just faster/easier.
It took a few days for my 4g/LTE to kick in so be patient; It's worth the trouble!
**Now to the guide**
First, get the Faux kernel for Nexus 4 or use another kernel that has applied his patch.
2nd, get his apps from the Play store(they cost money but worth it): Faux Speakers and Faux Sound: Configure them for "voice" and "quality" respectively(you can adjust on your own from there, I upped the gain a bit).
3rd, Use Csipsimple and enable "Software volume control" instead of the default android/os/hardware based volume/gain control. I wonder if this bypasses Faux and puts volume control solely in the hands of Csipsimple. I would do 1-3 steps anyway because it fixes the SQ issues in general with the nexus 4.
4th. Enable Echo cancellation; until I did the previous steps, echo cancelation didn't work at all: YMMV.
I choose Echo mode Webrtc becuase Speex echo cancellation didn't work for me. If your codecs are different the other choices or auto might work better. Experiement.
5th: *Optional*
Noise Cancelation: Worked so-so....didn't need so I turned off
Voice Detection: I didn't like it but experiement.
Compact SIP packets: I use it, optional
STUN: I turned it on, I don't think it will hurt.
Audio troubleshooting in the Csip menu has tons of options to mess with. If all else fails, read some guides and experiment. I didn't need to chance anything here but some of it looks promising and has some fixes for specific models like the galaxy.
7th: Latency
Get Speedtest app from the play store and test your speed. In some areas over 3g I would get decent down/up speeds but godawful latency (300ms+ ). If your 3g latency consistently sucks, do the 4g fix for the nexus; Much better latency and I always get 4g in most places on T-mobile.....rural areas might be screwed on getting 4g although I noticed my 3g speeds increased overall after the fix.
8th
Finished; report back in the thread and tell me if it helped!! And if anybody knows a good I.T. position open for a VoIP office/callcenter; let me know cause I'm quitting mine.
Sorry for my ignorance. But all those SIP methods fix all VoIP calls? (Viber, Facebook Messenger, etc).
I just want to fix the terrible echo I am exporting to others Viber users.
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thesebastian said:
Sorry for my ignorance. But all those SIP methods fix all VoIP calls? (Viber, Facebook Messenger, etc).
I just want to fix the terrible echo I am exporting to others Viber users.
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Seems fixed, at least, from the N4's end.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=42978#c16
raz123 said:
Seems fixed, at least, from the N4's end.
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=42978#c16
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Nope. Tried to use it on fongo but it didn't work.
Update. Fongo released a new beta today and it seems like the echo problem is gone...
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I tried different voip apps including built-in voip client with CM 10.2. Best sound quality and no echos I've got with CSipSimple with echo reduction enabled.
swimma said:
I tried different voip apps including built-in voip client with CM 10.2. Best sound quality and no echos I've got with CSipSimple with echo reduction enabled.
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Which cm 10.2 build are you on

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