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ok I have an evo and a mytouch 4g I have a few friends that have evos as well. Im guessing that since its a new feature that not many people have messed with it but there is a bug in the video chat app im guessing for the mytouch 4g. you can video call people and it works great far better than the one for the evo but the problem is that when you are talking to them you cant hear them unless you hit the mute button its really annoying I let the qik support know and they said they are working on it but has anyone else had this issue??/
I do all the time so I used tango instead
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I just thought qik used 'push to talk' on their non-tmobile version...
Same happenends to me Can BARELY here the other person...
Whatnissan said:
ok I have an evo and a mytouch 4g I have a few friends that have evos as well. Im guessing that since its a new feature that not many people have messed with it but there is a bug in the video chat app im guessing for the mytouch 4g. you can video call people and it works great far better than the one for the evo but the problem is that when you are talking to them you cant hear them unless you hit the mute button its really annoying I let the qik support know and they said they are working on it but has anyone else had this issue??/
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Doesn't belong in development, next time please post in general. Now that we have perm-root, the development section is gonna get a lot busier. Let's try not to clutter it up with misposted threads.
Yea I have notice alot of bugs in this phone. It defanatly needs an update of some sorts. Overall its nice but buggy anyone else notice this?
Yep qik doesnt work good at all. So I tired fring and it doesn't use my front camara. Ughh
I wonder which will come first.... Qik update to fix this or 2.3 which supposedly has video chat built into gchat...
I was trying to figure out why my wife couldn't hear me when i called her from my EVO! Thanks for the tip about holding the mute button.
The MT4G qik app is a lot better. It actually shows you if people are online or if they have a FFC to chat with. A lot better than the EVO's where you just call out having to know who has a compatible phone.
I use qik and works fine with another MT4G no need to hit the mute button. But when I called my cousin that was using a epic from sprint we had to do the mute button thing for one another to hear each other
i absolutly cannot get qik to list my contacts with ffc and qik... i can video call someone by tapping their name in recent chats or manually inputting their qik id, but it wont sync into my contacts...
when i try to vid chat with a friend, i click his name in qik phonebook and it tells me, he doesnt have qik and i can send video email... but i can turn around and call him from recent chats...
any ideas?
I submited the bug to qik's support team they just wrote me back saying that they are working on it as fast as they can so i dontknow.
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Qik Support, Nov 09 16:00 (PST):
Hi,
Thanks for writing back to us.
We are still working on it and it should be solved in a next update.
Let me know if you have any additional concerns.
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Kelly Dannhaus
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any updates???/
Hey,
I just got a samsung tab at vzw, wa adv wondering if anyone know of a way of way to video chat over wifi to a computer or other tabs.
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
Hey,
I just got a samsung tab at vzw, wa adv wondering if anyone know of a way of way to video chat over wifi to a computer or other tabs.
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either use the built in software "Qik - video chat" or download from teh market place "tango".
I prefer tango as they seem to do better with lower network speeds. BTW, 3g speeds are slow but manageable for video chat (well i guess depends on how strong your 3g is..) and the person your calling has to have tango installed (i don't know if tango bypasses the need for a specific video chat enabled phone)
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either use the built in software "Qik - video chat" or download from teh market place "tango".
I prefer tango as they seem to do better with lower network speeds. BTW, 3g speeds are slow but manageable for video chat (well i guess depends on how strong your 3g is..) and the person your calling has to have tango installed (i don't know if tango bypasses the need for a specific video chat enabled phone)
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Thanks a lot, but i cant find qik in here on my tab, does the vzw version comes with it qik built in?
Im also going to try tango as well. Thanks
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Tango is so much better I think , better video quality and performance.
You can also video chat with Apple products like iphone or ipod touch people.
Best as I can tell QIK doesn't come on Verizon's version of the Tab. Very odd. I suspect it's a reluctance to offer the service but you'll see if you browse their site they simple never mention that they've removed QIK from their Tab and their support people aren't even aware of it at all.
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What about Fring? I am currently Androidless so I don't have a chance to see what Tango is all about as a comparison to Fring, which is better than Qik.
I like Fring as well but it's not working for the Tab. When I do the test call it shows the image from the FFC but nothing records for playback.
K
I am also using Tango on my Tab but I haven't tried the Yahoo messenger video chat yet so that might be a good one.
Tango is pretty cool, saw it in action yesterday on an Evo that was chatting with an iPhone 4, I'm like, "She has an Evo?" "An iPhone 4? Is she on wifi?" The quality was just astounding compared to Fring and obviously compared to Qik, since Qik SUCKS.
So they were both on 3G, and it looked perfect. Tango it is.
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
BrianDigital said:
or do we lose video chat with qik and skype locks it down to one carrier?
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BrianDigital said:
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.
[throwhissyfitincorner]
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 I'm thinking about upgrading and getting the mytouch 4g for me and my girlfriend but Ive read initial reviews about the video chatting being a little choppy even on wifi (these were reviews when the phone first came out). Any experiences would be helpful. Thanks!
I live in one of the 2-3MB 4G areas not the 6+ ones. I know more speed is always more better, but honestly I find the 2-3 good enough for everything I need.
I suppose it does depend on what you mean by "a little choppy". If you were expecting to come across like ESPN you will be heartbroken. But as for freezing up / bursting every few seconds, I haven't seen anything like that. This is 4G. I haven't tried it on wifi.
I don't find QIK to be the best server ever conceived and thought that before MT4G. I believe a lot of the problems people have seen is shortcomings in QIK. I tried the Yahoo one and rather than shortcomings it was barely functional at all. If it were 500% better it would still be unusable. I forget the name of the one the i-fans use, starts with a T. I haven't tried that one at all.
I tried using QIK to talk to someone with an EVO (Sprint). It was a miserable experience! Nothing like TMOB to TMOB. So that's another thing to consider.
Tango works well..
Qik works great for me... only time it's a little choppy is if someone has an Edge connection...
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Qik, Tango, Yahoo Messenger
I Use Qik, Tango & Yahoo Messenger to do my video chatting with.
So far Qik is the best, it is built into the phone specifically for video chatting. However, Qik seems to work best when your over wifi.
When your over 4g use Tango. It does get a little Choppy but it serves its purpose. One problem i have with Tango is, you will need to have your headphones in or be in a quiet area in order to hear the other person well. Once when Wifi'ing using Tango, i was able to have a clear video call with someone for around 45mins. They were using an EVO if that matters.
Lastly Yahoo messenger i rarely use but ive started using it these last few days since the update came out. It works oooooook. But i would only use it to video chat with people who were on there pic.
Also Oovoo is currently in its beta stage, if you use ooVoo. But it has ALOT of bugs still.
Hope this helped you.
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.
Spaniard85 said:
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 ?
Thanks
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.
need bb said:
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?
~~CPCookieMan
Where is FW .96? i searched all the posts here in the dev sections and none of the posted firmwares are .96.
need bb said:
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?
need bb said:
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.
sent from my commando style T-Bolt.
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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