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Video chat-capable version of Skype leaks for HTC ThunderBolt

Have an HTC ThunderBolt and a burning desire to use Skype’s video chat service? You’re in luck, because the gang over at Droid-Life have discovered a leaked iteration of the Internet communication client that is video-chat ready. The client, which was expected to ship with the ThunderBolt at the time of its announcement, can only be installed on Verizon’s first LTE smartphone… at the moment. If you’re interested in taking the software for a spin, hit the read link and have yourself a download.
com.skypevideo.apk

(beep) i think i posted at the wrong forum ... mods: can you move it to htc thunderbolt general please? thanks!

You're a quick one...

Yeah....thanks for the effort but your like three days late.....

spjoneser said:
Yeah....thanks for the effort but your like three days late.....
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great ) if it'd be 4 days then it'd be a problem but 3 days is acceptable )) lol

yes...thanks.....but you are a few days late......old news

3 days late, but at least you can find his post. The "working on" post needs to be updated so you don't have to scan 20 pages to find this info...
Thanks for the heads up man
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I sure hope they come out with a FULL Skype version that allows us to make/receive calls (on WiFi at least....). I got the Skype mobile working with video. It's nice for sure.

I cant get it to work at all. I cant figure out why, whenever i click the start video button, it switches like its initializing the video, then goes back to the main screen... anyone have any ideas

Just an FYI to anyone wanting to try skype that wasn't aware:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...r-name-phone-number-chat-logs-and-a-lot-more/

Phone to PC video calls fails.
Has anyone gotten phone to pc calls to work? I can make phone to pc audio calls just fine, I can make phone to phone video calls as well. But I can not get phone to pc (or pc to phone) video calls to work.
Any ideas?

Phone to pc works fine 4 me.
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Jiv3turk3y89 said:
Phone to pc works fine 4 me.
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt running Das BAMF 1.5 remix.
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Same for me
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barcodelinux said:
Has anyone gotten phone to pc calls to work? I can make phone to pc audio calls just fine, I can make phone to phone video calls as well. But I can not get phone to pc (or pc to phone) video calls to work.
Any ideas?
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I found that phone to PC only works if the PC is running the most recent Skype update forces audio only otherwise.
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barcodelinux said:
Has anyone gotten phone to pc calls to work? I can make phone to pc audio calls just fine, I can make phone to phone video calls as well. But I can not get phone to pc (or pc to phone) video calls to work.
Any ideas?
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Works for me as well.
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I am having mixed results and am beginning to wonder if the problems with the video are related to the version running on the different pc's.
I'll have to test that out with some friends...
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Keep any eye on your notification light. The amber one. Sometimes it stays lit when you have Skype on. I noticed it more than a handful of times. It stopped as soon as I removed Skype.
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gitku said:
I found that phone to PC only works if the PC is running the most recent Skype update forces audio only otherwise.
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Thanks!
I had to upgrade my version of Skype on Ubuntu to 2.2 and it worked fine.

anyone gotten skype w/video to work with thunderbolt loaded with Gingerbread? I can't seem to install the apk. Worked fine in Froyo

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anyone gotten skype w/video to work with thunderbolt loaded with Gingerbread? I can't seem to install the apk. Worked fine in Froyo
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not working for me using titanium backup.
pushing it to the phone doesn't work either.

T-Mobile USA blocking wifi hotspot

Been using my Google provided wifi hotspot feature since the n1 including up until about an hour ago when I got the pleasant message on my laptop screen that in order to use my phone as a hotspots I need to pay T-Mobile $15 per month. Anyone else have this happen and are there any known workarounds? Running bugless beast pixel edition.
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How long were you using your hot spot? I quickly browsed a bit on my tablet to see if I'd get a message but didn't. I'm running CM9 on my phone.
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generalagony said:
Been using my Google provided wifi hotspot feature since the n1 including up until about an hour ago when I got the pleasant message on my laptop screen that in order to use my phone as a hotspots I need to pay T-Mobile $15 per month. Anyone else have this happen and are there any known workarounds? Running bugless beast pixel edition.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2404429,00.asp
From reading the article, I wasn't sure if it would affect all users or just HTC Amaze 4G owners.
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There is a similar post in the HTC One S forum with a fix. Just added a new APN with nothing but epc.tmobile.com in the config and it seems to have fixed the problem......for now anyway.

Just got throttled again with the new apn settings. Looks like it may be time for a clear card.
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Change the name of your wifi hotspot and it should fix it. Worked for me when I got that message.

dnob said:
Change the name of your wifi hotspot and it should fix it. Worked for me when I got that message.
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damn a day late. Called Tmobile and after talking with customer loyalty just ended up paying for it. They did however give it to me for $10 instead of $15 and didn't make me extend my contract. I will probably end up getting a clear card for internet now and calling them back to cancel the hotspot feature. Good to know about your fix though.

happened to me too, running stock rom, i'll try the name change method later

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Change the name of your wifi hotspot and it should fix it. Worked for me when I got that message.
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I did this:
1) settings
2) Wireless & Networks
3)Portable Wi-fi hotspot settings
4) Where is says Router name (SSID): I change the original name.
I did not work.
Is that what you meant when you say Change the name of your wifi h.s.? If not I could use a little help. Thanks

Well its now happened to me.
I'm running Mark V ICS ROM with CM9 and used Barnacle... was tethering my laptop then all the sudden I got the txt from T-Mo about adding or be blocked... so I scrambled and try to find device manager to freeze it...buy can't find it anywhere. Now I got a message saying my tethering is blocked.
Does anyone know what system app or process is reporting? Like I said...I froze device manager in other phones and it worked...just can't find it on this one
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changing your settings won't help to work around throttling.
apparently you need to stop using chrome as your browser.
I read somewhere also, that tmobile can't tell you are tethering if you are on a mac.
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{Seems that it is false that tmobile can tell if you are on a mac, but it does appear to be true that tmobile can tell when you tether if you use the wrong browser in the device you are tethering to. So it doesn't matter if you change your settings or you get a different tethering app - just use a safe browser}
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26683698#post26683698
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26242661#post26242661

Still no work around? Its not about the throttling... its about using the hotspots feature and the data we already pay for and something built in ad a feature of the phone.
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it seems that T-Mobile has blocked the use of wifi hotspot
try another app here (via USB)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEudGV0aGVyIl0.

I just got the tethering block after I installed Google Chrome on my laptop which was weird so I went back to using internet explorer and I'm not blocked. I gave the Galaxy Nexus running stock 4.0.4.

I'm using AOKP ROM Build 37. I just tethered Wifi Hotspot to my A100 tablet, it's accessing the internet just fine using Boat Browser. Other apps connecting to the internet just fine too. Wonder if only the stock "T-Mobile" ROMs that have the tethering blocked.
I personally think it's unethical for carriers/providers to charge extra for mobile hotspot. After all I'm paying the 2GB or 3GB or 5GB so I should be able to use it.. Hope for a class action suit against the carriers for such unethical practice to gouch more money from the consumers..
Edited: I use ROM Toolbox and change the DNS on the tablet to Google DNS for it to work. The default DNS did not work.

Use Safari in Mac
I am using Nexis One for more than two years and yesterday I go the t-mobile hotspot message. I initially thought maybe I am over 1GB and they are doing this. After reading this thread, I changed the SSID and tried with Chrome on MAC and I still had the error. I tried with Safari on MAC and I can use the hotspot. I am writing this using Nexus one hotspot with Safari on Mac.

I was pretty pissed when I noticed that they did this yesterday with my G2. C'mon T-Mobile, this is an old phone that isn't going to get the bells and whistles of ICS. At least you can let us have this! I'm running stock but am now considering moving to CM7. Does anyone know if WiFi hotspot works, with chrome, using CM7 on t-mobile?
I'm also wondering if it has anything to do with the browser agent. In remember being able to change a browser agent with desktop chrome and Firefox through an addon. Does anyone know how to do that with tablet chrome? I only know how to switch between mobile and desktop but that doesn't appear to make a difference

Well..I got hit about a week ago and was blocked..funny thing...I flashed a new ROM and when I tried it again..I used internet explorer...was blocked....then I tried FireFox and boom. I'm back on
Running a week now on new ROM and using hotspots tethering for my laptop and my wife's iphone. Kids iPod and daughters iphone and still running strong
Odd isn't it?
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Well..I got hit about a week ago and was blocked..funny thing...I flashed a new ROM and when I tried it again..I used internet explorer...was blocked....then I tried FireFox and boom. I'm back on
Running a week now on new ROM and using hotspots tethering for my laptop and my wife's iphone. Kids iPod and daughters iphone and still running strong
Odd isn't it?
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Every browser except chrome are working for me on stock. Have you been able to run ICS on something connected to your t-mobile phone, via WiFi hotspot, and use chrome to browse the web? I'm trying to see if a custom ROM restores this capability

I run ICS..but I don't use Chrome
On a side note..I was also running another ICS custom ROM with different kernel when I initially got blocked.
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Wi-Fi Direct with Beam

So I've really been enjoying my new nexus 4. But I've if the things that's bothered me the most is the poor implementation of beaming. For example when I try to beam a 30 second HD video I recorded on my nexus onto my brother's identical nexus 4, it starts up a Bluetooth connection. Am I missing something? I thought it was supposed to create a Wi-Fi direct connection between the two, which would been much much faster.
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I tried for several hours last night trying to get wifi direct to work between my Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 and nothing seemed to work. I then found this app and it worked like a champ:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wifidirect&hl=en

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I tried for several hours last night trying to get wifi direct to work between my Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 and nothing seemed to work. I then found this app and it worked like a champ:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wifidirect&hl=en
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WiFi shoot hasn't worked for me so I'll give this one a shot.
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kgeissler said:
I tried for several hours last night trying to get wifi direct to work between my Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 and nothing seemed to work. I then found this app and it worked like a champ:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.wifidirect&hl=en
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Bumping this.
How exactly do I use that app.. is it a necessity that both phones have to have the same app running? could someone please run me through the process? I need to transfer 100 mb files between my n4 and the gnex.

Took me a while but I finally got it too work. After adding the viewing device to the network I rebooted the source device (nexus 4). I was then able to see the target device from my Nexus 4. Then you send an invite from the nexus 4 to the source device. Accept and once connected you are golden. YouTube app ob nexus 4 actually then asks which device should display the video. I was also able to share media using BubbleUPnP. Hope that helps someone
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blueren said:
Bumping this.
How exactly do I use that app.. is it a necessity that both phones have to have the same app running? could someone please run me through the process? I need to transfer 100 mb files between my n4 and the gnex.
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You need to install Wi-Fi Direct on both devices. Make sure both have NFC on.
You can approach the problem in 2 ways (really only 1):
1) Link both phones to each other by directly accessing the app from the drawer first. Once a connection has been established, use your file explorer to locate the file (I use ES File Explorer) and long press it. You'll get a dialog box. Locate "Share" and then click on "Wi-Fi Direct". You'll notice it's sending when you see the Wi-Fi Direct icon in the notification bar.
2) The process is the reverse of 1; locate the file, long press and then Share > Wi-Fi Direct. It'll prompt you to establish a connection.
Speeds I've seen at most is 39Mbit between my GS3 and N4.
Be aware, certain devices don't like to accept invites. In this case it'll error out or not communicate with the other device. Send the invite from the other device instead. If it reaches this situation, the program may be buggy (both refuse to communicate with each other) until you force close the app using a task manager and disable/re-enable NFC.
An example...my GS3 doesn't like to accept invites from the N4 so I'm forced to send invites from the GS3 to the N4 instead.
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So I've really been enjoying my new nexus 4. But I've if the things that's bothered me the most is the poor implementation of beaming. For example when I try to beam a 30 second HD video I recorded on my nexus onto my brother's identical nexus 4, it starts up a Bluetooth connection. Am I missing something? I thought it was supposed to create a Wi-Fi direct connection between the two, which would been much much faster.
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Android Beaming is typically done using Bluetooth (for small files like pictures), hence why you see the Bluetooth icon pop up. I've sent files between my phones and thought it wasn't sending files. It's just ridiculously slow as is the nature of Bluetooth. Random tidbit here -- Samsung implemented their own Android Beaming protocol (S-Beam) to use Wi-Fi Direct instead of the Bluetooth connection.

Thanks a lot man! Got it working.. although having an app for it is still sort of clumsy. Wonder when google will finish up what is incomplete

TrevE mod Wifi Tether

I have used the same settings for this app on the S3, and Note 2, however it fails on the Note 3. Anyone know what settings to use to get it to work?

I'm not sure man, I was using on my n2 as well but I assumed I needed to be rooted to run it on the n3, I could be wrong, that's just what I assumed but then I read about people using the Foxfi app from the play store and it working great so I gave it a shot and it's done good by me so far, however I haven't ran it longer than about an hour so far. And the only trick to get it working is once u download the app and turn hotspot/tethering on, you will get a pop up saying u need to set it up with verizon or something along those lines, DO NOT hit cancel, instead just push the home button and you'll have mobile hotspot working. I use it to give wifi to my nexus 7.2 that's installed in my dash of my car and I run Google maps n music all the time. So far so good, but like I said I do need to give it the test of time still and see how it holds after a few hours of use. Hope this helps ya maybe? I agree though, I'm Def a fan of the TrevE mod wifi. It always ran fantastic.
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Yes, wifi tether / treve mod needs root. I am currently using it with the S3, waiting for GN3 to be delivered. In the past, I would either post questions on wifi tether forum or email the development team, which generally resolved any issues that arose. Maybe someone already has it working on another carrier? Should check ATT, T-Mobile and Sprint GN3 forums

Im sure the settings probably just need to be configured slightly different from the N2 to get it to work! TrevE is my go to tether app...the stock hotspot sucks imo.

bump... I'd like to see this working too. It's nice to see how much data and what speed you are getting. I have yet to get WiFi Tether working on any variant of Android 4.3 though.

You don't need any apps. configure wifi hot spot then turn it on. A Verizon pop up comes up about wifi hot spot subscription, don't press cancel. Done.
Cancel turns it off the hotspot, just press the home key and that's it.
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You don't need any apps. configure wifi hot spot then turn it on. A Verizon pop up comes up about wifi hot spot subscription, don't press cancel. Done.
Cancel turns it off the hotspot, just press the home key and that's it.
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It is my experience that Wifi Tether has always been more stable than the Verizon app, I get constant drops with it.

Quick connect - TV to mobile

Hey guys, i have a big question.
So i have s7 edge, and i recently bought also a TV set also Samsung, 50KU6000 (its actually KU6092, but the last digits is specific to Eastern Europe, its same thing with 6000 in UK).
I was extremely surprised to see if i access quick connect (at the bottom of notification area) and click my tv (same wireless network, Bluetooth on, on the phone) and got a "TV to mobile".... And it actually sent the image from TV to my phone. I can actually go to the bathroom and continue watching what's on tele on my phone. This feature is awesome, i wished for it for many years now.
So my issue is... Ia This a feature of the phone or the TV's. I searches very hard on the Internet and i can't find any mention of this. Did anyone else tried this with their phones on smart TVs?
Ps: this is not screen mirroring, and its not phone to tv (through chromecast, or miracast, or smart view). It's actual program from tv on the phone. Not an iptv app nothing... Just whatever i see on tv on a channel its gets send to my phone, if i change to another channel it also changes on the phone
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Sounds cool, I actually just returned that tv as the base wasn't great on it but never knew that feature.
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I discovered it by accident, I'm trying to read something in depth about quick connect, but nothing significant
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By "tv to mobile" do you mean you had to install an app for this to work because i miss this function since i first had it on the Galaxy S3 and loved it. If so, please let me know what the app is called and I'll see if it works on my Samsung smart tv.

Just log into your Samsung account on your Samsung TV and then open quick connect on phones drop down menu n select TV to mobile which is only for samsung tv n phone. Hope it helps
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@krico no app. No dongle @Jgonzmp4011 are you implying this was a function available for years? One just had to login into Samsung account on TV. If you are, than... Damn... Wtf didn't Samsung advertised this
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Yes I am

Samsung Smart View app used to do this until they removed that feature.

Hi, Is there a solution?

Same issue.I want this feature, but i can't find quick connect toggle on my s7 edge.
Is there any alternative way to access this feature on my phone or my tv?

Please someone upload the quick connect apk