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Tango needs Nexus One Beta testers.

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 Nexus One users that can help me out with beta testing our product.
The requirements:
1. You have a Nexus One 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

Is a PC version in the works?

We're still working on getting Tango to be the best mobile-to-mobile video calling app before we move on to PC/Mac, but it's in the works.

Won't be much of a video call without a front facing camera, will it?

Tango Beta Testers...
I'd be curious to know how Tango works with the Nexus One as well... it has no camera on the front, so this makes video calling problematic (at best).
Is there something I'm missing?

mwheeler2 said:
I'd be curious to know how Tango works with the Nexus One as well... it has no camera on the front, so this makes video calling problematic (at best).
Is there something I'm missing?
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Maybe they include a "mirror" link....LOL couldn't pass up the pun. Seems you would have to hold a mirror behind the N! to have you face reflect.

I was just using Tango with one of my friends... it works fine! The other person can't see your face, but they already know what you look like anyways Pretty cool, nice app!

dessanct said:
I was just using Tango with one of my friends... it works fine! The other person can't see your face, but they already know what you look like anyways Pretty cool, nice app!
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Wait, what good is mobile video calling if the other person can only see your shoes? Who cares what your shoes look like. If I am going to video call you, I want to see you, not your Borns.

tango
i have a nexus one. and i was trying to download Tango and i cant downloads it. where can i get it from?

cmstlist said:
Won't be much of a video call without a front facing camera, will it?
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Qoute for truth

whatever happened to that dumbass that gave his buddy his n1 to install a front facing camera?

JHaste said:
whatever happened to that dumbass that gave his buddy his n1 to install a front facing camera?
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haha better off rigging a flip out mirror onto the back camera to reflect whatever is in front....lol actually now that i think about it, thats not a bad idea

Cyanogen has drivers for front facing camera...

Docmjldds said:
Maybe they include a "mirror" link....LOL couldn't pass up the pun. Seems you would have to hold a mirror behind the N! to have you face reflect.
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hey, where can i download beta tester for the nexus one.

elkyur said:
Cyanogen has drivers for front facing camera...
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drivers dont mean **** if you have to install the actual hardware lol...
1. where are you going to find a small camera to install
2. how do you know where to put it? Its not like you can open your nexus and there are a few empty pins that say "solder front-facing camera here"... lol
3. it has drivers great... but for which camera? i am willing to bet that there are more than one versions of front facing cameras out there...
a project like that just screams disaster

[Q] Camera blacking out at every ROM ?! [No solution]

ok i had my X8 about a month ago and since then i tried every ROM that's out there literally. Recently i settled to froyobread for about 10 days and now floyo 0.25
my problem in both is the cam after taking a few shots, the camera screen black out or the cam button dies on me and i really hate it
i take a lot of pictures and i just hate it when the prefect shot gets lost because of a stupid glitch. i can give away EdgeGlow if there is a ROM that has a fully working cam with no bugs.
the reason for the thread is to ask u X8 users instead of going all over the ROMs again ( i still have them all ) to see the stable cam, Could anyone tell me what's the best ROM to take pictures with?? and please don't tell me to go back to Eclair (2.1)
thank u all
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latest outcome:
ahmedz_1991 said:
ok just to make everyone aware, the problem is persistent even in market cam apps, i tried all the above apps. i guess it's the hardest if not impossible to operate the cam blindly just by guessing parameters in custom roms; gingerbread now is a live example.
anyway i would never back to eclair so i'll have to deal with that bug for now.
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have u try minicm? i think it has a camera fix

ahmedz_1991 said:
ok i had my X8 about a month ago and since then i tried every ROM that's out there literally. Recently i settled to froyobread for about 10 days and now floyo 0.25
my problem in both is the cam after taking a few shots, the camera screen black out or the cam button dies on me and i really hate it
i take a lot of pictures and i just hate it when the prefect shot gets lost because of a stupid glitch. i can give away EdgeGlow if there is a ROM that has a fully working cam with no bugs.
the reason for the thread is to ask u X8 users instead of going all over the ROMs again ( i still have them all ) to see the stable cam, Could anyone tell me what's the best ROM to take pictures with?? and please don't tell me to go back to Eclair (2.1)
thank u all
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Hmm.. camera works perfectly for me...

Dare-Devil Inside said:
Hmm.. camera works perfectly for me...
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did u try taking like 5 pics in succession ??
for me it blacks out but after resarting the cam app it works and the same happens again

ahmedz_1991 said:
did u try taking like 5 pics in succession ??
for me it blacks out but after resarting the cam app it works and the same happens again
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More than 5, whole album actually... when my girlfriend and I are bored xD

kuyagaol said:
have u try minicm? i think it has a camera fix
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like i said i tried all the ROMs but then i wasn't testing all the things but i remember ditching minicm because the power gadget looked like it lacked some colors or scaled up. i guess it's because of the screen size difference between X8 and X10 mini. however i remember the beautiful animations especially for boxes popping up.
just plz confirm that i can take like 10 shots in succession (say with 1 sec delay) without the cam bugging on me

Forget the stock camera apps and use Camera Illusion.
It´s better, doesn´t have errors and has great effects, like negative and that stuff.

I do experienced the same thing..

try other alternative. I'm using Camera Advance Lite, it works perfect.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mnapps.cameraadvancelite

This is the same thing which happens with me. I tried using alternative camera apps like vignette but still the same problem.
After some shots, the camera just blacks out and you cannot take any pics after that until a reboot is made.

codfreak said:
Forget the stock camera apps and use Camera Illusion.
It´s better, doesn´t have errors and has great effects, like negative and that stuff.
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HaN6787 said:
try other alternative. I'm using Camera Advance Lite, it works perfect.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mnapps.cameraadvancelite
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thank u both i will try both apps now
vineet8137 said:
This is the same thing which happens with me. I tried using alternative camera apps like vignette but still the same problem.
After some shots, the camera just blacks out and you cannot take any pics after that until a reboot is made.
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anyway i have to try, i can't just give away my 3.2 MP cam

i'm having the very same problem after few shots is taken the camera just blacks out and the cam app needs to be restarted to make the camera work again and this problem was in every single custom rom i ever tried including the minicm and the froyobread i'm surprised that some of you actually DOESN'T experience this problem......

ok just to make everyone aware, the problem is persistent even in market cam apps, i tried all the above apps. i guess it's the hardest if not impossible to operate the cam blindly just by guessing parameters in custom roms; gingerbread now is a live example.
anyway i would never back to eclair so i'll have to deal with that bug for now.

ahmedz_1991 said:
ok just to make everyone aware, the problem is persistent even in market cam apps, i tried all the above apps. i guess it's the hardest if not impossible to operate the cam blindly just by guessing parameters in custom roms; gingerbread now is a live example.
anyway i would never back to eclair so i'll have to deal with that bug for now.
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i think this bug is not camera app related maybe it's a bug in the camera library....

skyboyextreme said:
i think this bug is not camera app related maybe it's a bug in the camera library....
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if it's camera library problem, anyone able to figure out what's wrong?

[Q] Front Camera Upside Down?

Saw a thread on this a few days ago but nobody responded..... On many of the rom's including the D3 camera or even if i flash the Stock Atrix camera , my front camera images are upside down. I never noticed this until i was using Qik for Video Chat and a few people said i was upside down. Any ideas How to correct this?

aaronf6983 said:
Saw a thread on this a few days ago but nobody responded..... On many of the rom's including the D3 camera or even if i flash the Stock Atrix camera , my front camera images are upside down. I never noticed this until i was using Qik for Video Chat and a few people said i was upside down. Any ideas How to correct this?
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Switch from portrait to landscape view by turning the phone by 90 degrees. That's the only solution that I am aware of right now.
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aaronf6983 said:
Saw a thread on this a few days ago but nobody responded..... On many of the rom's including the D3 camera or even if i flash the Stock Atrix camera , my front camera images are upside down. I never noticed this until i was using Qik for Video Chat and a few people said i was upside down. Any ideas How to correct this?
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Yeah posted this in the Q and A...same thing on fring, or just standard recorded vid. it has to be something in the base of the GB roms, FR never had this problem. i guess its cool to know it isnt just me that found this as a bug.
ceo.mtcl said:
Switch from portrait to landscape view by turning the phone by 90 degrees. That's the only solution that I am aware of right now.
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doesnt seem like a REAL solution to me but i guess it can work.

jzaslice said:
Yeah posted this in the Q and A...same thing on fring, or just standard recorded vid. it has to be something in the base of the GB roms, FR never had this problem. i guess its cool to know it isnt just me that found this as a bug.
doesnt seem like a REAL solution to me but i guess it can work.
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this used to be a problem for me when I ran the hktw GB build, but after going to the att one it went away. try running the other non-atrix version of qik and see if it's still bad.

I GOT ICS!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST PUSHED
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and did you do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22871384

baseballfanz said:
and did you do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22871384
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No sir! I woke up, and looked at my pad (for clock) and it said firmware update

baseballfanz said:
and did you do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22871384
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I did Here it is

Yep, I was watching video when it asked me to update. Took around 10 minutes and kept all the data so everything functioned just like before. Except it looked better and the speed is amazing. Only down side that there is no face lock which I m hoping they will come up with an update!
Very satisfied customer here! Unlike my LG Optimus 2X phone which i m not expecting to get an update EVER.

Check if you have face lock
Its the us version right?

phillybizzle said:
No sir! I woke up, and looked at my pad (for clock) and it said firmware update
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Well i guess you're not going back to sleep anytime soon.

coolface said:
Yep, I was watching video when it asked me to update. Took around 10 minutes and kept all the data so everything functioned just like before. Except it looked better and the speed is amazing. Only down side that there is no face lock which I m hoping they will come up with an update!
Very satisfied customer here! Unlike my LG Optimus 2X phone which i m not expecting to get an update EVER.
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Face unlock is a gimmick anyways..I have it on my phone, you usually end up having to type in your pin or pattern anyways, it is a negligible feature.

I should have factory reset before updating, that first reboot regenerating everything loaded (I guess) is taking a LONG time.

Shadow_Android said:
Check if you have face lock
Its the us version right?
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yah i have it under security

WHOA! Look at that notification bar!!
IT'S BEAUTIFUL

Jyveafk said:
WHOA! Look at that notification bar!!
IT'S BEAUTIFUL
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LMAO that's the first thing I noticed too..I was like OMG SHINY!!! (moth to a flame)

luna_c666 said:
Face unlock is a gimmick anyways..I have it on my phone, you usually end up having to type in your pin or pattern anyways, it is a negligible feature.
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Wrong. I have it on my Galaxy Nexus and in 4.0.3 there's an option to improve face unlock. Just scan your face in different light, with/without glasses (if you have to wear) and in different angles (holding the phone in eye height, looking down on phone and so on) and face unlock works nearly everywhere except in total darkness. I took the time once and scanned about 30-40 situations, now face unlock works flawless.

I got it too, east coast DC area

How big?
Hi,
Can someone tell me what size it is? Want to see whether it is worth downloading or waiting till tonight?

qwer23 said:
Wrong. I have it on my Galaxy Nexus and in 4.0.3 there's an option to improve face unlock. Just scan your face in different light, with/without glasses (if you have to wear) and in different angles (holding the phone in eye height, looking down on phone and so on) and face unlock works nearly everywhere except in total darkness. I took the time once and scanned about 30-40 situations, now face unlock works flawless.
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I know this, but I have tried this, it still gives me 'no face found' or 'unable to recognize' failures often. Not to mention that it's just a major PITA to hold any device in a single position for it to recognize you (very unsafe while driving), and it takes a full 2-3 seconds longer to unlock than simply swiping in your pattern, which is the fallback if it doesn't recognize you anyway. I have not found a good use for it yet (presumably, wouldn't a photo of you work anyway? And isn't it easier for a criminal to get a picture of your face than to guess your pattern?)
Just saying, impractical gimmick. Fun to play with, but for anyone who uses their device often, they will get tired of looking at themselves while the device tries to recognize them..IMHO, FWIW

Is this true
Am I understood right that you have got factory update for stock ROM?
If so that is pity - I am on custom ROM

Or we all just wait until some able Dev creates a CWM recovery-flashable version :beer:
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Barcors said:
Am I understood right that you have got factory update for stock ROM?
If so that is pity - I am on custom ROM
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You can go back to stock You aren't stuck there lol just see the link in my sig (from the sounds of it though, you are still pretty green, and need to do A LOT of reading IMO before trying to do too much at once, you also need to determine if you are SBK1 or SBK2, my guide will help you determine this.)

Not a huge difference visually but huge performance boost!
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[Q] Barcode Scanner

Obviously, the Nexus 7 does not have a camera installed on its back side. Can anyone confirm if any barcode scanning apps would work? I know it would be awkward trying to scan a barcode with the front camera, but if anyone knows please reply!

trampino96 said:
Obviously, the Nexus 7 does not have a camera installed on its back side. Can anyone confirm if any barcode scanning apps would work? I know it would be awkward trying to scan a barcode with the front camera, but if anyone knows please reply!
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How would you expect to line up the barcode without being able to look at the screen? I think scanning is out...

None of the scanning apps allow use of the front facing camera, so unless they decide to add support, they're not going to work.
and it's incredibly unlikely to be honest.

Unlikely I agree.
But think about the last time you bought groceries.
The scanner is like a big tablet, and you just pass the item in front of the camera.
I can see no technical reason why that model would not work.

oh i'm sure it would work with the front camera, but none of the apps support it as far as i know.
I'm sure you could request that the devs add support. up to them if they want to.

A high resolution, autofocus camera is needed to read most barcodes. The front camera might be able to handle QR codes.

Yeaa... I thought about this a few days after i posted this.... Isnt that what phones are for? because im not bringing my tablet around anyway.. just thought it would be a cool thing to have, stupid question by my
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trampino96 said:
Yeaa... I thought about this a few days after i posted this.... Isnt that what phones are for? because im not bringing my tablet around anyway.. just thought it would be a cool thing to have, stupid question by my
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I don't think it is stupid. It may well be technologically unlikely. But no harm in asking the question. And if someone did this I'd be delighted. It would mean I could do my home shopping grocery order much quicker by just standing in my kitchen. I accept however that it is a long shot (very long).

Dunno knw why they gave a camera on first place..... To create a cheaper tablet.?
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Isn't it obvious?
vd1900 said:
Dunno knw why they gave a camera on first place..... To create a cheaper tablet.?
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Video calls. That appears to be the only real reason, for Skype and other VOIP systems. The resolution and fixed focus would bear that out, too. It's clearly not ment to be used as a regular camera, scanner, etc (though I'm sure someone will figure out how to do it...)
And that's fine with me, because the competition (Kindle Fire, Nook) don't have even that camera.

Scanning apps
There are a couple of scanning apps now for the Nexus 7 such as LearnPad Scanner (I can't post links yet)

Learn pad does work with bar and qr codes. Just scanned my Pepsi bottle.

Rupert Rawnsley said:
There are a couple of scanning apps now for the Nexus 7 such as LearnPad Scanner (I can't post links yet)
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That is cool, sadly I can't get it to read any barcodes though. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Worked great for me for scanning in barcode for Google Authenticator.
Are you holding the tablet in the correct orientation (landscape with camera on left when looking at N7) ?

Matchstick said:
Worked great for me for scanning in barcode for Google Authenticator.
Are you holding the tablet in the correct orientation (landscape with camera on left when looking at N7) ?
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Yes I am. It must be me if it is working for everyone else. Or maybe UK barcodes don't work on it. It says it only does one type in its help pages.

Barcode Scanner+ works with front cameras
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Obviously, the Nexus 7 does not have a camera installed on its back side. Can anyone confirm if any barcode scanning apps would work? I know it would be awkward trying to scan a barcode with the front camera, but if anyone knows please reply!
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Hi, I'm an author of Barcode Scanner. It doesn't use the front camera since only rear cameras are treated as 'real' cameras by Android, and the API for using second cameras appeared later than the API leve the app supports (2.3), which makes it tricker.
We made a 'premium' version that does, among other things, support front-camera-only devices like the Nexus 7.
Search for "barcode scanner plus" on Google Play -- sorry I can't posts links yet.

seanrowen said:
Hi, I'm an author of Barcode Scanner. It doesn't use the front camera since only rear cameras are treated as 'real' cameras by Android, and the API for using second cameras appeared later than the API leve the app supports (2.3), which makes it tricker.
We made a 'premium' version that does, among other things, support front-camera-only devices like the Nexus 7.
Search for "barcode scanner plus" on Google Play -- sorry I can't posts links yet.
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Sean,
Would it be possible to have the app scan a bar-code using a phone and send the information via Bluetooth to the tablet? That way we have the best of both worlds. I would certianly pay for "Plus" to get this option!

Just found this... was looking for a way to scan QR codes for shipping labels into the Nexus 7. Learnscan works good, just takes a bit getting used to lining it up as it is backwards and reversed from what you are used to.
Works good enough in a lit room. Scanning stuff off the screen is easier.

Can you just put the tablet down on the table, bring the product to the camera, and look at the screen to position the barcode?
It seems very doable.

you can... in fact that is what I end up doing, but it is much harder than you think it might be. the app changes the camera view by rotating it, so you are working against where you think you should be moving to have you end up seeing....
If you had anything to drink, forget about it...
You have to actually try it to see what I mean... its like driving backwards except the camera view you are looking at is rotated 90 degrees.
the app btw is free, or least the one I tried.