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SKYPE at last!!

Skype finally made it to Android and Legend in particular. Haven't tested it with voice calls yet. Now, maybe GTalk will follow?

I've tested it a bit and it even works on EDGE. I couldn't believe that myself but it does.
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Hmm... Just seeing the list of permissions it requires confirms I'll stay away from this one as I did from the PC version.
Oh well I lived without it so far without any problem, this won't change
edit: and for a 2.1 stock legend, that's also a pretty big app to install!

Now, maybe GTalk will follow?
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Gtalk is a stock app on Android. Or i'm missing your point?
Tested Skype for few mins, seems to work fine. Great sound quality, but... It's so heavyweight and there is no option to shut it down COMPLETELY. Lastly, my phone went offline (which newer happened before) so i just uninstalled it and already forgot. Bloatware.
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It froze my phone twice, had to reboot several times... This release of Skype makes Legend unusable, at least my Legend.

skype.apk file
Can someone please post the Skype.apk file.
The Skype download for Android link doesn't work.
Thanks,

AllWin said:
Gtalk is a stock app on Android. Or i'm missing your point?
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I am hoping for gTALK to finally fulfil the promise of its name - enable voice talk

magedhk said:
Can someone please post the Skype.apk file.
The Skype download for Android link doesn't work.
Thanks,
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If you use Market Access, you can gain entry to it.
I did this and downloaded the app, however, i keeps crashing within seconds of me running it. Any idea why?

When I try to sign in, it instantly says try again later, seems like it doesn't even try to sign me in. Any earthlings having the same problem?

Works fine on my phone.
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Skype works on my phone so far. However I do see a lot of comments that say the login fails after a while.
EDIT: Spoke too soon... Skype just crashed, and now I can't sign in either
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Kanzie said:
Skype works on my phone so far. However I do see a lot of comments that say the login fails after a while.
EDIT: Spoke too soon... Skype just crashed, and now I can't sign in either
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just wondering how much data it uses?

Don't know about data yet, but it seems to be sucking quite a bit of battery though.
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and it ain't possible to disable the app. only by going to settings - active services

In "my info" tab, press menu and there's an Sign Out option.
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Disappointed.
It stays on all the time which sucks.
Guess ill stick with nimbuzz until they update.
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deerxmoose said:
In "my info" tab, press menu and there's an Sign Out option.
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We are looking for "Shut that f**k off COMPLETELY" option, no just to sign out. Even when you are signed out it uses quite a lot of resources.

AllWin said:
We are looking for "Shut that f**k off COMPLETELY" option, no just to sign out. Even when you are signed out it uses quite a lot of resources.
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I loled
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##CODES for the Evo Shift 4G?

I know that *#*#4636#*#* works for some general info on the phone, but what I would really like to do is recalibrate my touch screen. Anyway I can do that? Also, I think it would be a good idea to start gathering the list of the codes for the Evo Shift 4G. Anyone know of any other working codes?
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##3282# to reset your data profile. Useful if your seeing very slow data speeds. My internet was crawling at a 150kb/s when I got the phone and now runs over 1mb/s after I did the reset.
Pick edit mode and type in your msl. Then pick data profile, push menu and hit restore.
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Forgive me if this is different than what you're looking for but can't you recalibrate the screen under Menu>Language and Keyboard>Touch Input>Text Input>Calibration Tool?

#3: I didn't *think* that was what I was looking for, earlier today, but after trying it anyway, it really seems to have fine tuned the whole screen! I stumbled on to it this morning and tried it, I'm sure others will want to find a fix, someday. Thanks for posting!
#2: how does one obtain their MSL? On Windows Mobile I had a handy MSL Grabber. Is there a good one in the market?
NuAngel
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I used MSL Reader from the market. You need root so I used z4root to get access.

Bbong73, thanks for the tips!
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NuAngel said:
#2: how does one obtain their MSL? On Windows Mobile I had a handy MSL Grabber. Is there a good one in the market?
NuAngel
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Call Sprint and tell them you want it. Sometimes they'll ask why, but I have never been denied. I always tell them the truth. I like to reset and adjust things all the time. It has never failed.

Called Sprint today and asked. They said " No problem sir hold on....here is your MSL"

Thanks for the tip. Glad to know it's that easy!
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Zardos66 said:
##3282# to reset your data profile. Useful if your seeing very slow data speeds. My internet was crawling at a 150kb/s when I got the phone and now runs over 1mb/s after I did the reset.
Pick edit mode and type in your msl. Then pick data profile, push menu and hit restore.
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Could this be a problem for apps not downloading from the market always saying unsuccessful. I don't have the shift but a friend of mine does and she cannot download anything.

Evo_Shift said:
Forgive me if this is different than what you're looking for but can't you recalibrate the screen under Menu>Language and Keyboard>Touch Input>Text Input>Calibration Tool?
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With the Gingerbread firmware update, this option is either missing or moved. Can anyone locate it, now?

NuAngel said:
With the Gingerbread firmware update, this option is either missing or moved. Can anyone locate it, now?
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In Supreme Sense and MikShifted-G its in menu*settings*display to calibrate the screen and to calibrate the keyboard its in menu*settings*language and keyboard*touch input*calibration tools....maybe if your just stock rooted you could de odexed the settings.apk from a rom that has this setting and push it to system/app then reboot and it could work
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Same for CM7?
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Google Voice is annoying...

I signed into Google Voice on my phone to check out what it was, then boom...it takes over my phone. I hit do not disturb because I think it'd revert everything back but instead it blocked all incoming phone calls/texts. So, I took Google Voice and signed out of it and now I have call screening (where I have to press 1 to accept calls) and I no longer receive texts...last I did was sign out then uninstall Google Voice. What the hell?
Running stock GRJ90 deodexed/rooted.

To completely disable it you have to sign into Google.com/voice and disable it in the settings
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krisnicaj said:
To completely disable it you have to sign into Google.com/voice and disable it in the settings
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Thank you. Kind of annoying that I can't disable it through the app...I'll see if my phone is normal tomorrow. LOL

Since I seen that you posted that you always get off topic
Ill give you a taste of your own medicine
My nexus s 4g has a yellow tint the whites don't look half as good as on my epic
Is there anything I can do to fix that
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Me thinks someone doesn't know how to use a simple and immensely useful app/feature.
By the way, is it considered a bad thing to have Udon ramen noodles for breakfast if you're a broke bachelor?

I can't imagine using android phone without Google Voice.
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So how do you stop annoying "press 1 to accept the call" feature, and retain the functionality of transcribed VM's and SMS?

lqaddict said:
So how do you stop annoying "press 1 to accept the call" feature?
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check out call screening in the google voice settings online.

david279 said:
check out call screening in the google voice settings online.
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I edited my question after your posted, sorry.
I do like to have the functionality of SMS and transcribed VM's.
Will turning the screening off retain the above?

lqaddict said:
I edited my question after your posted, sorry.
I do like to have the functionality of SMS and transcribed VM's.
Will turning the screening off retain the above?
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Yes you will keep those services.

david279 said:
Yes you will keep those services.
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Thanks!
For some odd reason I won't get any phone calls on my nexus now.
I will start looking through the GV settings...

I would recommend setting everything up on the web. I have my number integrated and don't even have the app installed
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Your annoying I keed
Overstew said:
I signed into Google Voice on my phone to check out what it was, then boom...it takes over my phone. I hit do not disturb because I think it'd revert everything back but instead it blocked all incoming phone calls/texts. So, I took Google Voice and signed out of it and now I have call screening (where I have to press 1 to accept calls) and I no longer receive texts...last I did was sign out then uninstall Google Voice. What the hell?
Running stock GRJ90 deodexed/rooted.
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steviee7 said:
Your annoying I keed
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lol <3
Anyways, I'm wanting a visual voicemail app, but I'm 100% scared to install GoogleVoice again...

castro08 said:
Since I seen that you posted that you always get off topic
Ill give you a taste of your own medicine
My nexus s 4g has a yellow tint the whites don't look half as good as on my epic
Is there anything I can do to fix that
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Have you tried a voodoo kernel?
On another note, I use GV for voicemail and voip when I want. On the first install it took over my entire phone buy after changing settings online I got it set up the way I wanted.
tapa tapa tapa

Overstew said:
lol <3
Anyways, I'm wanting a visual voicemail app, but I'm 100% scared to install GoogleVoice again...
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<3 i think the your problem is that you integrated your number when you install it instead of continuing press skip and then it will ask if you want to sign in with your gmail and follow the steps i had the same problem do not integrate!!1!!ONE!!

I'm finally able to use Google Voice without it taking over my device. After you've removed yourself from the software. You can go to the GV settings via the internet on your computer and just choose activate voice mail instead of choosing to integrate your device. Once this is done, open up GV on your device, and the first window allows you to skip the integration portion and allows you to just use it as Voicemail. BOOM!

Award Tour said:
I can't imagine using android phone without Google Voice.
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This
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I'll try this lol. I've got like 12 voicemails and can't get to them because I don't know my Sprint voicemail PIN. LOL

Question for Sprint customers who are using their Sprint number for their Google Voice account; are your Sprint mobile to mobile or anytime minutes accurate when using Google Voice?
Reason, I have seen complaints on other blogs, pertaining to inaccurate minutes usage and wondered if any of you have experienced this.
Best Regards!

Market 3.0.27

Anyone else get automatically updated today? Was running the old version last night and earlier, now its the newest one and I didn't download anything!
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Yeah happened to me as well.
I hate the new market. Not only are the animations unnecessary and annoying, but all of the sudden I don't have access to QuickPic OR the ACS Updater app! It's ridiculous! EG22, EC05, and CM7. ACCESS DENIIIIIED.

Earlier today I updated an app in the old market, then driving on the way home I got the new one. It's pretty cool, and much faster, but so far I got 2 gripes:
1) my text reviews are either hidden or vanished; only the star rating shows. ETA: n/m, if you tap the star rating you see what you said. Better that way, actually. Good job big G.
2) there should be an option to sort My Apps by something other than A-Z order. The old market had them with the latest updated at the top; makes more sense.
I hope apps don't disappear on me anymore and if they do that the old cache/data clearing trick will fix it.
ETA: to get the super rad new more 3D shaded icon on your homescreens you may need to trash the old and bring it out from the app drawer or Touchwiz or whatnot. Least I did. ;-)

Can you guys search the market from home? (Hitting the search key then selecting market at top right?) I hate how the self install one you couldnt
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I just uninstalled the manual update to see if it would update and it did. I opened the old one and noticed my data activity. Closed it and waited for the traffic to stop. Opened it and had the update.
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ac16313 said:
Can you guys search the market from home? (Hitting the search key then selecting market at top right?) I hate how the self install one you couldnt
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I could do that on the manual install. I can still do it on the official update.
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crawrj said:
I could do that on the manual install. I can still do it on the official update.
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Really? it would never work for me id hit search and it would just sit there
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ac16313 said:
Really? it would never work for me id hit search and it would just sit there
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Well, on the manual install here. I can search and open apps I've already installed via search from home, but I can't search the market for apps that way
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.

zanderman112 said:
Well, on the manual install here. I can search and open apps I've already installed via search from home, but I can't search the market for apps that way
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
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Likewise. I'm surprised if that feature was ever possible actually.

You need to approve permissions every single time now, even if they haven't changed (kinda paranoid on G's part if you ask me, and annoying). And you have to expand them sometimes to see all of them too. Downloader beware.
Oh, and with the update notify option now seemingly gone, does it just not let you know (my preference) or is it forced? 2 app updates since the new Market hit and no notification in the bar either time for me.

ac16313 said:
Really? it would never work for me id hit search and it would just sit there
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I think I am retarded. How are you trying to search specifically?
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crawrj said:
I think I am retarded. How are you trying to search specifically?
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From the homescreen hit the search soft key on the phone, and it'll come up with google search and at the top left corner press that and select the market. Then type in an app name or anything and it should search the market for it. On previous markets it worked for me
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ac16313 said:
From the homescreen hit the search soft key on the phone, and it'll come up with google search and at the top left corner press that and select the market. Then type in an app name or anything and it should search the market for it. On previous markets it worked for me
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That is what I thought. Damn selective reading Doesn't work on the official version either.

crawrj said:
That is what I thought. Damn selective reading Doesn't work on the official version either.
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Haha, no lie? ;p that's not cool I use that a lot it bothers me
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Couple things I really don't like, and I had the manual install for a while as well. I would much rather a list of catagories than a cluttered mess like it is now. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but just, bleh. Also I hate that when you hit the menu key the search option no longer pops up like it used to. So now I have to use the phone search magnifying glass thing. Time to relearn I suppose.

Went to delete a topic I just made of the ota and it was already gone lol.
Ah well less work I gotta do. Yah, I received mine this morning.
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DroidApprentice said:
Oh, and with the update notify option now seemingly gone, does it just not let you know (my preference) or is it forced? 2 app updates since the new Market hit and no notification in the bar either time for me.
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I've gotten notifications in the last 24 hours using the newest market. What bugs me (and this was the case on the old version too) is all the notifications for apps I got free from amazon. Amazon doesn't update their apps nearly as fast as the market does so these apps keep showing up.
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Can you guys search the market from home? (Hitting the search key then selecting market at top right?) I hate how the self install one you couldnt
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You can select what locations the home searches in, at least in Gingerbread.
Open search from the home page (hit the magnifying glass button), Press the icon on the upper left (for me its the google icon), on the window that opens press the gear on the upper right. That opens a page that allows you to choose the items that are searchable in the search function. For me, Apps is the second item on the list.

Soundhound claims there's an update today, but when I click on it I see nothing but Open and Uninstall. Annoying. Whassupwitdat? Maybe time to clear Market cache & data after all.

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Soundhound claims there's an update today, but when I click on it I see nothing but Open and Uninstall. Annoying. Whassupwitdat? Maybe time to clear Market cache & data after all.[/QUOTE
Yes the new market is good for that. I don't like that and I don't like games being mixed in with the apps. That's annoying.
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what's that voice???

Hello guys!
my friend has got a problem... this morning we were at school, and he had his phone in silent mode with data connection disabled... at a certain point, a stupid voice came out from his phone saying: "data connection disabled". it was quite loud and I don't know what could it be...have you got any ideas? remember, the phone was in silent mode and he didn't disable the data connection when the voice came out... thank you

The only time a voice ever came from my phone that wasn't a phone call - when I was applying voodoo lagfix.

I don't know in fact but this voice was one of the synthesized voices... but I don't know where it came from! hahahahahaha

Probably your friend installed any Kernel using Voodoo lagfix and it got rebooted inside his pocket... Then the Kernel converted the filesystems and the voice could have said: "Lagfix is now disabled" right before rebooting...

mmmm no, he didn't installed anything, and I clearly heard "data connection disabled"... I'm italian, I heard the equivalent of "data connection disabled" in italian... his phone is equipped with froyo 2.2.1, do you think if I flash a new ROM, maybe a gingerbread one, the problem could be solved?

Are you sure, that voice came from your phone nothing else???

yeah! from the phone! :O

Ignore, just re-read. Definately in Italian?
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woolf clubs said:
Ignore, just re-read. Definately in Italian?
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sorry I didn't understand

blak24 said:
Hello guys!
my friend has got a problem... this morning we were at school, and he had his phone in silent mode with data connection disabled... at a certain point, a stupid voice came out from his phone saying: "data connection disabled". it was quite loud and I don't know what could it be...have you got any ideas? remember, the phone was in silent mode and he didn't disable the data connection when the voice came out... thank you
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I remember hearing this in Google Navigation when you loose or disable data connection. There is a separate setting for navigation volume only inside the app. Who knows, maybe your friend used navigation and didn't close it properly. If you just hit BACK, this app keeps running in the background. Hope it helps.
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Al3cks said:
I remember hearing this in Google Navigation when you loose or disable data connection. There is a separate setting for navigation volume only inside the app. Who knows, maybe your friend used navigation and didn't close it properly. If you just hit BACK, this app keeps running in the background. Hope it helps.
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+1
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This thread is creeping me out...
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Al3cks said:
I remember hearing this in Google Navigation when you loose or disable data connection. There is a separate setting for navigation volume only inside the app. Who knows, maybe your friend used navigation and didn't close it properly. If you just hit BACK, this app keeps running in the background. Hope it helps.
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you are the best!! problem solved! thank you very much!
the thread can be closed, thank you again

Solved? So no need for Father Damien Karras?

Glad I could help.
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