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So, did anyone else watch or attend the Google I/O? They went over some of the very neat features in 2.2. One of them, which I have seen has been a big want/need from people on here... is Apps on the SD card, they also have a ton of new features that will help your computer and your device work together better. Any thoughts about this? Pretty interesting stuff I think!
Here is a link to the Google youtube page. They stuff about Android was talked about on the second day's Keynote.
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleDevelopers
Hi,
I work for Tango - the newest player in mobile video calling. Hopefully some of you have been able to play around with our app.
We released our application last week, and have been listening to users on some of the items we need to fix/improve with our application.
I am looking for 5-10 HTC EVO users that can help me out with beta testing our product.
The requirements:
1. You have a HTC EVO and feel comfortable installing Beta software on your phone.
2. You can devote 2-3 hours every few weeks to provide us feedback.
3. You feel comfortable having a video call with me (I promise I'm not that scary).
4. You will not share new features with our competitors.
I would prefer to find people who can test this weekend - we have a big fix regarding our battery consumption that we would like to release ASAP.
Please message me with the following:
1. Name/Email
2. Availability to test over the next few months
3. Experience with Android
4. Phone/Version/Rooted? etc.
Thanks!
Dmitry
I just used tango to video chat with my father. He has a new Evo and I have an Epic, it was great!!!
Wow! That was quick, already have 10 people signed up to test on the EVO.
I would like to find other phones to test with as well (especially Galaxy S), but if you feel very passionately that you can contribute to our beta testing, send me a PM and I'll try and add you to the list.
Thank you SO much!
is this better than skype
you have a PM sir
My wife and I have Evo's , both on Fresh rom. I could test if you want.
A couple questions....
Will Tango only video call/chat with other Tango users, or will it also be able to connect to Skype, Qik, Fring, etc..?
Will there also be a desktop version, for your computer? (This is mainly, if it will only connect to Tango users)
I ask, because I have a friend who has Skype on their computer. Skype blocks connection to Qik and Fring, and currently, iMovicha is only one way video (from what I understand).
thenewguy821 said:
A couple questions....
Will Tango only video call/chat with other Tango users, or will it also be able to connect to Skype, Qik, Fring, etc..?
Will there also be a desktop version, for your computer? (This is mainly, if it will only connect to Tango users)
I ask, because I have a friend who has Skype on their computer. Skype blocks connection to Qik and Fring, and currently, iMovicha is only one way video (from what I understand).
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You're spot on about Skype blocking connection to Qik and Fring - for this reason we won't be integrating into their platform.
We're hoping to get a desktop client sometime in the near future, but are focusing on the mobile arena first.
Dmitry S @ Tango said:
You're spot on about Skype blocking connection to Qik and Fring - for this reason we won't be integrating into their platform.
We're hoping to get a desktop client sometime in the near future, but are focusing on the mobile arena first.
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Makes sense... Thanks for the fast reply. Will the app be able to connect to any other desktop clients?
Well I tried Epic to Evo, Epic to Iphone4 and Epic to Droid tonight, all worked flawlessly! Really freakin cool! Never seen a video chat thing be so simple!
I wish I had someone to video chat with. My sister has the iphone 3g, and no one I know has an Evo. I'm going to buy one for my GF for her birthday but that's all the way in March.
I'm down to help.
This APP needs to stop running in the background sucking down the EVO's juice. Many people ran and tested this APP last week and just about all of us unistalled it due to MAJOR battery drain and that APP not closing. Fix those things and this thing will be golden, much nicer than Qik and Fring.
Yeah this App needs some work, but looks promising. Was trying to get it to work all day, but a lot of the times I was getting, connection too slow or some other errors - and this was on WiFi. Anyways, tweak the bugs out and sure looks like a winner
I would be down to test it..
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markushi said:
I wish I had someone to video chat with. My sister has the iphone 3g, and no one I know has an Evo. I'm going to buy one for my GF for her birthday but that's all the way in March.
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I would buy her one early I'm sure she'd make it worth it!
just wondering how the progress of this is going...
I am sure this has been discussed, but i 0 results when I searched this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php
And from Google search the only thing I found was an application called Tango but some said it wasnt possible :http://www.google.com/search?source...ideo+chat+from+MyTouch+4G+to+iPhone+4&qscrl=1
So, is Tango the way to video chat between MT4G and i4? If so is it the only way? Does it require wifi from both sides or just the iPhone? Thanks for any help, and sorry for asking this for probably the millionth time but I couldnt find the previous discussion...
Why don't you just try it? Like seriously you must be asking this because you want to video chat with someone that has an i4 so tell then to dl tango aand try it... like seriously. Wasting time looking for answers you could easily Come up with. Tango works great, the best imho but if you want to see other video chat services, search video chat or calling in market on both devices and look for common apps...
Sent from my MT4G running Gingerbread
Yahoo Messenger, ooVoo, Tango are your options as of currently.
Thanks for the help. Also, what I'm doing is actually the opposite of "wasting time". My wifes mytouch arrives tomorrow or the next day, i thought I'd search around and figure out how to video chat before it came so I wouldn't waste time messing with various apps that may or may not work. When we both had vibrants we used fring, but since vibrants are such pieces of **** I wound up with an i4 and tmobile exchanged her piece of **** vibrant for a new mytouch. Incidentally, they told us just to keep the piece of **** vibrant, that's what a piece of **** the vibrant is, tmobile didn't even want to try to refurbish the piece of **** because it's such a piece of ****. I know the majority of this post is superfluous but I just hate the samsung vibrant with every fiber of my being I can't help bad mouthing it every chance I get. We went through 7 vibrants between us and not one had working gps.
jeff7790 said:
can i have your phone?
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Lol, sorry; someone bought mine for around $300 so im going to force my self to sell the wifes even though I know the gps will never work. Look for it on eBay soon it'll be a good starting price, and I think I have at least 1 or 2 extra samsung batteries I'll throw in along with a car mount and a class 6, 8 gb card if I can find it, plus a rubber case and an already perfectly applied screen protector and I guess I'll throw in whatever extra unopened screen protectors I have. I won't stet it at more than $150-$175
neidlinger said:
Yahoo Messenger, ooVoo, Tango are your options as of currently.
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First, my sympathies to the OP. I returned the PoS Vibrant at 14 days, many thanks to this fine site for letting me know it was the model, not the sample I received (or its replacement).
I dredged through this forum, and did a search on the wider web trying to find a video chat app for my MT4G, and I didn't find any answer other than the quoted one (which left out Qik).
So. There are 4 options, and NONE of them will talk to any client but their own, is that right?
Which is another way of saying that the FFC is worthless.
Are the software makers such pinheads? The second someone <cough>Google</cough> comes out with video chat that works with Jabber (what Google's Talk uses and iChat can use), all the others become irrelevant. Jabber and Skype would support anyone I ever would video chat with and I'm not holding my breath for Skype to support video anytime soon.
Skype just recently bought out Qik (the video chat on MT4G) and it was announced (or leaked) that they are developing an Android version of their app that supports video calling. It was demoed on the HTC Thunderbolt but isn't available anywhere else yet. So I'm just holding out for Skype because like you said, that's all I would need.
electronicrice said:
Skype just recently bought out Qik (the video chat on MT4G) and it was announced (or leaked) that they are developing an Android version of their app that supports video calling. It was demoed on the HTC Thunderbolt but isn't available anywhere else yet. So I'm just holding out for Skype because like you said, that's all I would need.
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First: Great news!
Second: I said it wrong. I should have said "Once support for Jabber and Skype comes out all the others become irrelevant".
Skype gets me to 1 person who I video chat with. Everyone else uses iChat, signing on to jabber.google.com.
And it was an overstatement for me to say that the FFC is useless w/o Skype or Jabber support. I've used it like a mirror a couple times.
So my dad was looking for skype for his new Playbook and since skype is not released for the playbook yet, video chat with my family from Germany was a no go. He stumbled upon Reelportal Video Chat and now we can video chat anywhere in the world for free(at least I hope). It is a great skype alternative and it runs on every platform availabe(Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, Mac OS etc.) I tested Desktop to playbook and galaxy tab to playbook and they both work excellently. I just wanted to let everyone know that we don't have to wait for skype (haha same day I posted this Skype works also) because ReelPortal works very well for the time being. Also, this isn't supposed to be an advertisement I am just really excited that my tablet has a new use!
http://www.reelportal.com/
Thanks for reading this and if this has already been discussed please feel free to do modify it in any way.
Hey michillin212, in addition to Skype and ReelPortal, you may even use other alternatives such as WebEx, GoMeetNow, Gotomeeting, RHUB etc.
Hi,
I am not able to play 1080p files on the samsung tab 10.1 (P7510) after i upgraded to ICS 4.0.4.
In honeycomb, i was able to view them without any issues.
Please let me know the solution for this
-Madhu
ganapa2000 said:
Hi,
I am not able to play 1080p files on the samsung tab 10.1 (P7510) after i upgraded to ICS 4.0.4.
In honeycomb, i was able to view them without any issues.
Please let me know the solution for this
-Madhu
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I'm getting issues like this too. I can play the videos but they always are extremely laggy and are almost impossible to watch. I mean, you can't even watch Netflix in HD anymore either without it freezing. Hopefully an update to fix these video problems come out soon because although I'm aware of rooting, factory resetting, changing GB to US or whatever, I shouldn't have to do that -_-
Same issue here, impossible to watch Netflix and other videos. I hope some stock-based custom rom can fix that, because I do want hdmi support.
There's a temp fix for the Netflix issue. Go to the Netflix site on your PC and under settings bump down the streaming video quality down to BETTER from BEST.
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Same problem here. I'm really disgusted with Samsung. Make us wait forever for an update, then have it perform worse than the previous version.
Video is the primary use of my tablet. It's bad enough I had to pay for a decent video player (Dice player). Now that is laggy too.
I hope Samsung comes up with a fix for this (although I'm not holding my breath).
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Same problem here. I'm really disgusted with Samsung. Make us wait forever for an update, then have it perform worse than the previous version.
Video is the primary use of my tablet. It's bad enough I had to pay for a decent video player (Dice player). Now that is laggy too.
I hope Samsung comes up with a fix for this (although I'm not holding my breath).
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When it comes to the tablet world, I realized it was probably better to get an iPad. Now, believe me when I say this, I am in NO way an Apple fanboy and I despise the iPhone lol. But in all honesty, as great as hardware and specs may be for an Android tablet, it's not worth the loss of customer support and many apps you can get on an iPad. Sure, the iPad is in no way the best tablet out there when it comes to specs, but at least it's reliable. And if it's not reliable, at least you can get some good customer support.
As much as I hate the Apple fanboys and most Apple products, selling my tablet for an iPad doesn't seem too bad since all I wanted anyway was to be able to watch some videos and play some games =\
P.S. I know I can root my device and install CM10 on there, but in all honesty I shouldn't have risk bricking my tablet to have things work.
Have you guys all opened support issues directly with Samsung. If they don't hear about it directly from customers they will not address it.
I don't have any 1080p content to play - otherwise I would try mine to see if it is the same. Does it matter what drowser/video player you are using? Or is it the same for all ?
Same here I cant even barely use Youtube it goes from smooth to locking up to about 3 FPS tops. Unreal fail Samsung did they even test it?
I have this issue, a co-worker has this issue and a relative has this issue after upgrading to ICS.
Mine is the only one that has been rooted or had custom roms flashed.
The other two are completely stock never been touched.
I have tried custom roms based on the official update and all lag/freeze for me.
When I flash back to stock honeycomb the problems go away.
The ICS nightlies were working fine less the camera.
Seems that Samsung bungled this update and now I hope our devs correct this issue... until then the official ICS is pretty useless for me.
What is interesting is that everyone I know with a p7510 is having issues but it seems we are in the minority....
Does this affect p7500 as well as p7510? I looked at build.prop of the Italian (p7500) and the US (p7510) builds, and there's about a month difference in build date... (with US being newest). FWIW.
Oh well, if video playing become worse then I see no reason of loosing Voodoo sound as well with upgrade to ICS.
Video playback fix
OK, I finally got through to Samsung, via an instant chat. Here is what transpired (Long!):
Chat Information Please wait for a Samsung Agent to respond.
Chat Information You are now chatting with 'Alexandra'. There will be a
brief survey at the end of our chat to share feedback on my performance
today.
Chat Information Your Issue ID for this chat is LTK56401XXXXXXXX
Alexandra: Hi, thank you for contacting Samsung Technical Support. How may
I help you today?
Visitor: Last week I downloaded and install the Android 4.0.4 update to my
Galaxy 10.1 tab. Now, my video playback -- on YouTube, Netflix or my own
files -- lags and is very choppy.
Visitor: Previously, my video played very smoothly!
Alexandra: I understand that the video quality on your device is not good.
Is that correct?
Visitor: That is correct. It got worse after the Android 4.0.4 update.
Alexandra: I am sorry to know that.
Alexandra: I will be happy to assist you with this.
Visitor: OK
Alexandra: Are you referring to GT-P7510 Wi-Fi only Tablet?
Visitor: Correct
Alexandra: Thank you for the Model number.
Alexandra: I am sorry; I am not trained on the product that you are using.
Please stand by while I transfer you to the appropriate agent for further
assistance. Please do not disconnect the chat until you reach the agent.
Chat Information Please wait while I transfer the chat to the best suited
Samsung Agent.
Chat Information You are now chatting with 'Robert'. There will be a brief
survey at the end of our chat to share feedback on my performance today.
Chat Information Your Issue ID for this chat is LTK56401528355X
Robert: Hi, thanks for reaching out to Samsung tech support. How can I
help you today?
Robert: Please allow me to go through the inquiry.
Visitor: My video playback is bad after the Android 4.0.4 update.
Previously, it was very good.
Robert: I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
Robert: I will help you with that.
Robert: Please perform hard reset of the tab to isolate the issue.
Robert: Before hard reset, please transfer the data from tab to PC.
Robert: Hard reset will remove all the data from the tab.
Visitor: OK, hold on.
Robert: Please follow the below link to perform the hard reset of the tab:
Robert:
http://support-us.samsung.com/cyber/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.js
p?idx=388743&modelname=&modelcode=&session_id=
Visitor: OK
Robert: Let me know once you done.
Visitor: Do I have to back up the contents of every folder, or just the
folders with my data in them?
Robert: Please transfer the folders of the tab.
Visitor: OK, I have 9 more minutes to go.
Robert: After performing all the steps, if the issue still persists you
can contact us with the ticket id:LTK56401XXXXXXX. We are glad to assist
you further.
Robert: We are available 24x7.
Visitor: OK, after I do the hard reset, my video performance should be
back to normal?
Robert: yes, If the issue persists you can contact us.
Visitor: One last question: After I do a reset, will all of my apps remain
on the tab, or will I have to restore them from backup? Do I have to
transfer all my backed-up folders back to the tab?
Robert: You have to back up from the PC to tab.
Visitor: Do I have to restore ALL the folders, or just the ones with my
data in them?
Robert: The one with the data.
Visitor: Thank you.
Visitor: Talk to you later.
Robert: You're welcome. Is there anything else I can assist you with?
Visitor: Not right now.
Robert: Take care.
Robert: Thank you for chatting with us. If you have a minute, please click
on the blue “X close” button to receive a transcript of your chat and fill
out a brief survey to help us serve you better. Have a wonderful day!
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OK, well I followed the instructions, and the video seems to be playing better. The bad news is that I didn't back up my stuff properly. -- I just dragged and dropped folders from the tab onto my PC, and then reversed the process after the hard boot. None of my apps survived the move ... I'm in the process of redownloading and reinstalling everything!!! Oh well, live and learn.
Hope this info helps somebody. If so, please hit yer thanks button. Thanks!
I'm back on HC 3.2. O, my God, HD Youtube is great, when it works!
Did that fix your issues? You say it helped? I guess I really dont want to lose everything on my Tab if it doesn't fix the issue. This is pathetic even when you watch youtube in SD it lags like crazy and jumps all over the place. What a joke.
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I went ahead and Hard Reset my tablet and the video performance is still horrible.
Sorry to read about those having video playback issues.
Having no problems here; You Yube plays fine.
Only exception is streaming videos fro Amazon Prime, and I'm pretty sure that's due to the limitations of my access point, and Apple Airport Express, original model.
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Did that fix your issues? You say it helped? I guess I really dont want to lose everything on my Tab if it doesn't fix the issue. This is pathetic even when you watch youtube in SD it lags like crazy and jumps all over the place. What a joke.
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I went ahead and Hard Reset my tablet and the video performance is still horrible.
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To answer your question, yes, my video for the most part plays smoothly now. Except for one 1080p video I own, which previously played flawlessly -- it now has a hiccup in a certain spot. Can't figure out why. But YouTube, Vimeo, etc. play fine. What are you using to play videos? I use Dice Player. The stock Samsung video player sucks.
can anyone gives a specific example, like a like to a video on youtube?
What app is used?
What format is the video?
if it is transfered from a PC, how did you do it? Did you "convert" the video?
Every video on YouTube I watch is doing it. Slows down to a halt them jumps forward pauses goes to like 3 Fps. Seems like stuff with alot of movement. Like if someone is filming the same stuff like themselves in front of a background its not that bad but if someone is like filming out side and theres alot of different info it goes to crap quicker.
can you provide a link, I just tried this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7YGoVyRSik&hd=1
and it plays flawlessly
I've had zero issues personally. One night while using HBO GO, I had a lot of stuttering, so I just restarted the tablet and the problem fixed itself.