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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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Problem with Chainfire3D and wifi

Hi guys.
First off,I have a problem with my wifi.When I am connected and have the screen turned off for some minutes,it's like I lose connection.The wifi is connected,but I have no internet and I have to turn wifi off and back on to be able to use my internet again.
Secondly,I have a problem(kind of) with chainfire3D.I choose a plugin and click fix market.However,I can see no extra apps.And what's worse I have bought Asphalt 6 from the market and I cannot install it!It won't show up no matter what I do!And it happens generally,not only with Asphalt.No additional stuff shows up on market.
I am on KE7 with KF1 CF-Root kernel if it matters.
Thanks guys,I hope someone can help.It ain't nice knowing I threw money away,don't you agree?
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Bump!
Sorry for insisting but my nerves aren't in the best state they could be.

Wifi problem seems to be gone with Cognition 1.0.4.Chainfire3D/market one persists though.
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i have the wifi problem too...

blickmanic said:
i have the wifi problem too...
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What phone/baseband/modem(call it what you want) do you have?And which rom?
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My phone always answers on speaker

My phone will automatically default to speaker phone when I receive/make a call... any ideas why, I have wiped, used 3 diff Roms, same thing.. help lol, its rather annoying
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phreezex said:
My phone will automatically default to speaker phone when I receive/make a call... any ideas why, I have wiped, used 3 diff Roms, same thing.. help lol, its rather annoying
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try this turn off phone and take a small piece of aluminum foil and touch all the prongs in usb port(making sure it touches all 4 of them) when you boot back up it should be fixxed. i tried to find the link to the thread but cant. weird but i tried it and it does work, cant remember who to give credit to seeing that i couldnt find the link.

Ur cool buddy.. in case no one has ever called u a douche, you're a douche..
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phreezex said:
My phone will automatically default to speaker phone when I receive/make a call... any ideas why, I have wiped, used 3 diff Roms, same thing.. help lol, its rather annoying
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Which ROM are you running? More info on your set up? I am running MikG and under Sound Settings there is an option called "Flip for Speaker" which allows "your phone to activate the speaker during calls."

i guess your talking to me thats cool. found that link just incase you wanted to take a look at it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107759

phreezex said:
Ur cool buddy.. in case no one has ever called u a douche, you're a douche..
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Defensive much?
He told you how to fix it.
I guess I can't blame you, the attitude of some around here when you ask a question can make you defensive.

Badass App

https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock
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It sounds like a good idea but I wonder how well it works in a real life setting.
Will try and report back.

Been using it all night works perfectly
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DirtyShroomz said:
Been using it all night works perfectly
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Under a low light setting it obviously doesn't work.
Maybe it should set the screen as white to try to act as a light?
Also, no feature to use it in replacement for a lock screen

Hope u live in a place that has daylight 99% of the time or you're sol when it's dark
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Hope u live in a place that has daylight 99% of the time or you're sol when it's dark
Sent From My Pocket
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It allows for a password bypass.
At least try it before you knock it.

DirtyShroomz said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=visidon.AppLock
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Pretty cool app, thanks for sharing!
Pocket posted....

Another problem with the app.
If I cant get into someones app (whatever it may be) all I have to do is uninstall this app.
lol

mattykinsx said:
Another problem with the app.
If I cant get into someones app (whatever it may be) all I have to do is uninstall this app.
lol
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Protect all apps that have access to this like the market but under low light settings use the bypass
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i tried this last weekend when i saw a similar post. it seemed to take 2-3 seconds, no matter how good the pic. but with a pattern/lock, i could have the app/device unlocked in >1sec. so it has a HUGE cool factor, but it takes more time than its worth IMHO

I played with this app, I found it works well, however, the implementation could use another option.
Right now you basically choose any apps you want to lock, and if you launch any of those apps you have to wait a few seconds for the face to get recognized and the program let you in, which is a pain in the ass, forcing you to wait a few seconds to open a program.
There is not option to unlock on phone wake, which is what the main feature of the program should be, IMHO, so that you can just unlock on waking the phone and be done, otherwise it's a bit of a headache waiting to be unlocked on per-app basis.
Mind you, once you unlock on any app you can be unlocked to use the other apps that use the face recognition to lock. Still being forced to wait on app launch, I do not like.

mattykinsx said:
Another problem with the app.
If I cant get into someones app (whatever it may be) all I have to do is uninstall this app.
lol
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ya but if you uninstall the app and re-install you'll need their email and password to set the app back up if its google voice or a gmail account or something like that. Google voice would be the app i would want locked so nobody can see the messages i have... so if they uninstall and re-install they wont get my messages still without my info.. Good application

Google Speech To Text 2.3.3 Quick Fix

If any of your are like me it was driving me nuts not having this option working properly well i did a little digging and came up with easy solution just follow directions below and bam your back in business.
this is how i did it on my evo sure same concept on different phones running 2.3.3
Click Menu
Click Settings
Click Manage Applications
Scroll Down Til You See Voice Search And Click It
Now Click Clear Data
Ok Now Click Your Home Button
Now I Want You To Click And Hold Your Search Button Til A Box Pops Up Saying Complete Action Using
Select Voice Search Another Box Should Pop Up Just Click Ok
And Thats It Your Speech To Text Problem Solved.

What its the problem you guys are having with speech to text? I'm on 2.3.3
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fixyourglitch said:
If any of your are like me it was driving me nuts not having this option working properly well i did a little digging and came up with easy solution just follow directions below and bam your back in business.
this is how i did it on my evo sure same concept on different phones running 2.3.3
Click Menu
Click Settings
Click Manage Applications
Scroll Down Til You See Voice Search And Click It
Now Click Clear Data
Ok Now Click Your Home Button
Now I Want You To Click And Hold Your Search Button Til A Box Pops Up Saying Complete Action Using
Select Voice Search Another Box Should Pop Up Just Click Ok
And Thats It Your Speech To Text Problem Solved.
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ahh thank you very much, I've been looking for a fix to this as I use Speech to Text quite often and couldnt since the stupid update

I have to do this every time I use voice search. Just a temp fix.

Didn't work for me
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Not sure why you would have to keep applying fix haven't had to and I use voice search a lot and speech to text still working great
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HTC Supersonic EVO 4G V 004
Android 2.3.3
Bootloader 2.16

My voice search used to work when I first got my replacement but no matter what I do I can't get it to work anymore. It's driving me crazy too....is this a feature good enough to have my phone replaced? I would and did use it all the time but that and taking 2 pictures and having reboots is driving me insane...
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fixyourglitch said:
Not sure why you would have to keep applying fix haven't had to and I use voice search a lot and speech to text still working great
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HTC Supersonic EVO 4G V 004
Android 2.3.3
Bootloader 2.16
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Mine is the same except im on v 003 and no problems since i did what you posted
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Awesome. Thanks dude

mxl180 said:
What its the problem you guys are having with speech to text? I'm on 2.3.3
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same. what is the problem?

madigan82 said:
same. what is the problem?
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When you speak the microphone dosen't recognise sound and if it does then... I am more likely that my dog would understand what I said opposed to my phone.
I a quiet room
I say: test
Dog: Lays down
Phone types: Pizza and tampons bye dinner after smurf
Oddly enough, this little trick worked, now hopefully it stays working.
Thanks!!

It seemed to me that the mic was too sensitive. I found that if I put my finger over the mic then it worked fine...but that annoyed me so I went back to cm7
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This was only a temporary fix for me