Can someone please recommend an alternative to Skype. I'm fed up with this POS app. Now you can't even use the speaker option during video calls. Or maybe there's some alternative being developed here?
Thanks.
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Can someone please recommend an alternative to Skype. I'm fed up with this POS app. Now you can't even use the speaker option during video calls. Or maybe there's some alternative being developed here?
Thanks.
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Try Oovoo or Tango
I like Google hangouts personally.
Not the same as Skype but then again not owned by MS.
I stopped beta testing for Skype shortly before ms took it over. Not going back on principle fwiw.
I think others mentioned here might be open source which is good in a way but far less development I think.
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Not right now but soon we may finally get rid of Skype if www.tox.im will be ready.
Looks interesting. Would like to know more than the marketing though.
What's the protocol?
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I'm really interested in Tox, distributed means reliability and security as well. I tried using Jitsi today and the server was down. Nice program but obvious issue there. If Tox truly gets distributed messaging working I'll get everyone I can on it.
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Tango and Fring both die if I try to video chat with them.
http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-review
This review of the Atrix mentions video chatting. What are they talking about? How did they do it?
And is there something that will let me video chat with iPhone 4s?
for now QIK seems to work between my girlfriend's atrix and my evo.
TANGO was the only way to video call an iphone, but I'd expect a software fix too.
Isn't there a Qik on the iPhone?
i am pretty upset about this too. went out and bought the wife an iPhone 4 lastnight and 2 weeks ago got myself an atrix. come to find out this isnt possible.
i wish there was a simple hack to allow facetime on the Atrix or something.. this serious sucks.
This is a lil annoying I've been carrying around my iphone 4 with me as well to fill my non video chat void.
Qik now supports iphone (see qik.com/video/100699 and qik.com/phones). Let us know if you can video chat Atrix to iphone with it. I'd be curious to know that it works okay. (Also, Skype bought Qik recently.)
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Qik seems to be the best option right now and it did have an Iphone client at one point.
Until Skype opens up video calls on the android platform, not much can be done.
This purely sux. My wife has iphone 4 and I sold my iphone 4 to get atrix. Now I cannot do video at all.
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This purely sux. My wife has iphone 4 and I sold my iphone 4 to get atrix. Now I cannot do video at all.
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yeah.. i'm waiting for something to happen to this too. I heard the Tango owners are workign on .. :T
ohnoez! muh fays timzes is borked!!!11!1!!111juan!!
>insert threads to say people are returning the atrix cause it cant video chat yet<
but seriously, people this phone isnt even a month old yet. do you think apps just magically work? Developers have to take time to bugfix per device. I am sure Tango is diligently working on a fix. As for now I qik'd with a buddy on an evo and plan on testing it with an iphone tmw.
Yahoo
Yahoo Messenger supports video chat (with iPhones).
The problem with the android client is lack of support for front facing camera.. which sorta defeats the purpose, I suppose.
That is, unless I am missing something, of course.
Edit:
Apparently if you open the camera app and change it to front facing, you can do front facing video calls.
i was thinking of getting the atrix because of the front cam. i would be disappointed to find out that yahoo im video didnt work. i hope yahoo im gets updated for the atrix.
So Qik Plus was released for iPhone. It's $2.99 on app store.
Articles around the net say the Qik for Atrix should work with Qik Plus for iPhone. But when I dial my fiancees iPhone it says we have incompatible versions. Both are most recent version.
Her phone is on iOS 4.2.1 not 4.3, wondering if that could be the issue. Otherwise I'm not sure what's up.
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Personally, I'm using Tango on my Atrix to my girlfriend on an iPhone. Mostly, it works. Occasional audio dropouts, but usually pretty good.
Not sure why everyone's saying Tango doesn't work?
Because apple does facetime and there really is no standard for video chat, we will probably get to deal with these problems for a while.
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So Qik Plus was released for iPhone. It's $2.99 on app store.
Articles around the net say the Qik for Atrix should work with Qik Plus for iPhone. But when I dial my fiancees iPhone it says we have incompatible versions. Both are most recent version.
Her phone is on iOS 4.2.1 not 4.3, wondering if that could be the issue. Otherwise I'm not sure what's up.
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I read the "requirements" for the app on iTunes and said it was compatible with iPhone, iPod, and iPad. So that probably means there isn't going to be cross-platform support
http://www.google.com/m/url?client=...AQFjAJ&usg=AFQjCNG9xE6Tr_qt_9_u_V1dQtZ2qISf9w
Sorry for long link I just did a quick search, this is what I was referencing. Saw it a couple other places too.
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http://www.google.com/m/url?client=...AQFjAJ&usg=AFQjCNG9xE6Tr_qt_9_u_V1dQtZ2qISf9w
Sorry for long link I just did a quick search, this is what I was referencing. Saw it a couple other places too.
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Is there anyone who can confirm this works? My fiancée has an iPhone 4 and I would gift her the app so we can actually video chat.
Maybe they will update to add compatibility with atrix because qik for atrix is still fairly new.
I downloaded Tango and it seems to be working ok. Sometimes one persons audio won't come through, but not bad for a free app.
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To me this would be a killer mod for TB. Someone (expert) creating a script to that changes front camera to main camera. If you want to use the back camera, simply select secondary camera. I would think we could start using a lot of the apps out there right now with this mod.
A link one of you experts might find interesting on the subject,
HTML:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2779002/how-to-open-front-camera-on-android-platform
Good Idea bro!
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Most apps I have use already have a switch in them.... the only time I can see you wanting to use the front one is for video chat...
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Most apps I have use already have a switch in them.... the only time I can see you wanting to use the front one is for video chat...
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I think that's exactly what this could be used for. I want to video chat!
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I think that's exactly what this could be used for. I want to video chat!
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Try Tango in the market. I have used it for video chat and it works fine.
I could probably write a script this weekend for it
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Thanks for the support guys! Wireless cam is the main reason I bought the TB. I'm a big e-cig guy and would like to broadcast shows and reviews from remote locations.
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This could be done once we get a custom kernel in our hands. Don't know about sooner.
No one has completely confirm it. I was hoping this could be done outside the kernel level.
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What would really be nice is a way to link the front cam to a dummy bluetooth, an have it setup to where you press the button on your bluetooth an it takes a picture like a spycam kinda thing. would be awesome at work or just messing with people for fun LOL
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I think that's exactly what this could be used for. I want to video chat!
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Why not just use yahoo vc or tango (i know there is some issue with thunderbolt to thunderbolt with sound ) fring....... Just curious , don't really understand the thread I guess ? ?
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Is not. My intention offend but really I don't see the deal with this,like others said, there are apps for video chat o video calling like tango I use that one and works fine is like the facetime in iPhone and even you can switch between cameras
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Thanks for the support guys! Wireless cam is the main reason I bought the TB. I'm a big e-cig guy and would like to broadcast shows and reviews from remote locations.
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I know it's off topic but I had to ask. What model do you primarily use? My main is a Joye eGo with a Super T drip tip. I tried the Ego-T kits, but each atty died within a week of use (i ordered two).
My interest in this mod is not for video calls but for web cam use. Example Droidcam. Wireless web cam.
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Hey PC,
Sorry to hear about the ego-t. Been vaping for over a year. Use Cisco low res atty on the Rio Grand bottom feed box mod. Never a problem. My atty is 2 months old.
Thunderbolt and vaping go together like girls on trampolines
My kids will be staying with the grandparents for a week and I wanted to know the best video chat solution with an iphone 4. G-chat had the best video quality but no sound. Yahoo had the best sound but I couldn't use my front facing camera. Skype didn't work but the only thing that worked was tango but it was extremely poor quality. Any suggestions?
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Tango
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GTalk doesn't have sound? If you use the new one it should.
I believe Tango works between Android and iPhone too. Can't remember though because everyone I know I've pretty much switched to Android LOL
Fring is pretty good
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I forgot about fringe, but I am on the new G-talk so maybe it's an iphone thing. I'll try fringe tonight
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TANGO
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Tango.........
Tango is pretty good however search this forum for the ymessenger ffc working thread it works on mine.
i used Qik
Tango works good for my atrix to wife's iphone 3gs.
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well since 80% of the people who replied didn't read the OP when they said that Tango was bad quality (and thus NOT what they were looking for...)
I suggest Qik. I always felt it was more stable and the interface was better. However you will have to install the non-Atrix version ("Qik Video Connect" rather than "Qik for Atrix") if you want to use it between Android and iOS, and to do that you must be running Gingerbread (2.3.4) otherwise the front camera won't work.
If that doesn't work, try Fring. Otherwise, there aren't many other options.
Is anyone else using this. People are not able to see me when i use either camera on this app but i can see everyone fine.
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Same here. I Am see the wife she(infuse) can't se me.(Sgs 2)
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Same here. I Am see the wife she(infuse) can't se me.(Sgs 2)
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yeah what the heck is this about. maybe the app need a update for our phones
any update on this? I am having the same issues...can see other party but they cant see me.
update: searched the forums more and found this fix?
Its working now, you can change the build.prop file. (/system/build.prop)
Change the line ro.product.model=samsung SGH-i997 to
ro.product.model=SGH-T959V (no samsung in front) then reboot
not sure if this making this change impacts anything else though.
Tango works great.
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i find skype still works best on our phones but people have reported crappy battery life. I personally like ooVoo PC software better so I tried their android app but the I appear upside down to the other parties. So I reported this to ooVoo and apparently they said they will have an update by next week. I was surprised how quickly they replied to me and told me when they *hope* to have a fix.
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Tango works great.
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Thanks for the tip. Tried with my wife's iphone and it worked right out of the box! The app is pretty rough around the edges in terms of GUI but I will take it!
Hi all,
I am looking for an android app that allows recording of voice calls directly from the phone and not via speaker phone.
I have tried many apps on the android market and they did not work on my Amaze with ICS ROM or they only work via speaker phone.
I know that MIUI had such a feature built-in, but, i have not seen it in any ROM's.
does anyone know if a good Android App on ICS HTC Amaze..
Note, i am not interested in the legality of this at this point, simply looking for a working app on HTC Amaze with ICS that records phone calls right from the phone directly.
We don't have one yet. I was just messaging a buddy about that. He hasn't seen one either. I too would be interested in this.
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hnt20 said:
Hi all,
I am looking for an android app that allows recording of voice calls directly from the phone and not via speaker phone.
I have tried many apps on the android market and they did not work on my Amaze with ICS ROM or they only work via speaker phone.
I know that MIUI had such a feature built-in, but, i have not seen it in any ROM's.
does anyone know if a good Android App on ICS HTC Amaze..
Note, i am not interested in the legality of this at this point, simply looking for a working app on HTC Amaze with ICS that records phone calls right from the phone directly.
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callrecorder (all one work no spaces) by Skvalex. Just tested it on stock ics last night. It works great.
Root Needed
hnt20 said:
Hi all,
I am looking for an android app that allows recording of voice calls directly from the phone and not via speaker phone.
I have tried many apps on the android market and they did not work on my Amaze with ICS ROM or they only work via speaker phone.
I know that MIUI had such a feature built-in, but, i have not seen it in any ROM's.
does anyone know if a good Android App on ICS HTC Amaze..
Note, i am not interested in the legality of this at this point, simply looking for a working app on HTC Amaze with ICS that records phone calls right from the phone directly.
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Here you go:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.skvalex.callrecorder&feature=search_result
Anyhow root is needed.
Thanks for the info. but $9.99 is above the price range i am looking for in the market. also, any ways i can try it first before buying it like on Amazon Market?
I used to have it free... Dang.. not anymore
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hnt20 said:
Thanks for the info. but $9.99 is above the price range i am looking for in the market. also, any ways i can try it first before buying it like on Amazon Market?
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Wow, It's $9.99? I think I got it for a couple of bucks about 6 months ago. It had a lot if features and works really well.
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Pm me for link to this app for free
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luke1333 said:
Pm me for link to this app for free
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Call recorder from the app store.
Works well, used it this week
Thanks Luke1333
Thanks so much Luke1333, i have tried call recorder and it is working great on ICS with stock kernel.
luke1333 said:
Pm me for link to this app for free
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Pm to u. :thumbup:
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almost all paid apk can be found on google
just go on google play find what you need and current version and GOOGLE say
Air Navigation Pro 1.0.12 apk priced @ $26.65 but FREE on good old Google
BUT
Support the developers You Ungrateful Bastards they gotta pay bills just like us
AFAIK, if you place a call via Google Voice, you can record it too.
Jay_Rulen said:
almost all paid apk can be found on google
just go on google play find what you need and current version and GOOGLE say
Air Navigation Pro 1.0.12 apk priced @ $26.65 but FREE on good old Google
BUT
Support the developers You Ungrateful Bastards they gotta pay bills just like us
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I won't pay more than $2.99 unless it's amazing then maybe $4.99 but $10 screw that. They sell 1000 apps they make $9950 yeah they will be fine without me paying. Do the math before you talk buddy
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Thanks Luke. Works perfect! Glad to have it back.
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