I cannot get video to work on Skype on my S3. Video is enabled in Skype Settings but still no joy. Has anyone else got this problem or know how to fix it? I can't find any thread about this. This is a deal breaker for me. If Skype doesn't work I will reluctantly return the S3 during my 14-day trial period.
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Works fine here. Just tested video calling 3G and WiFi with no problems.
Finger trouble or firmware version?
Skype v2.8.0.920
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The other party (Recipient) must also have video enabled.
You could also lower the video quality and test.
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works fine here as well.
Thanks for the replies. Still a mystery. I have the latest firmware and the other party definitely has video enabled. I switched to other devices and it worked fine. The front camera does work but there's no option to select when I make a Skype call (over WiFi). If the other party calls me I can see the options but it still doesn't work and returns to a black screen. Lower-res test done as well but no luck.
I just can't see what's preventing a video call. I can do this quite successfully from my tablet, old phone and desktop but not the S3. I have uninstalled and downloaded the software again but it still doesn't work. Grrrrr!
Try a video call on Gtalk to test. Obviously check video is enabled in its settings for both parties.
If working, try wipe data/cache in settings/applications/downloaded or all/Skype. You well need to setup Skype settings, login etc again.
If still no good, reinstall Skype
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I did clear the cache. And one other thing: I can't close Skype. I have to use a Force Stop to quit the application. I've tried this several times and it always remains running unlike any other program I close (eg, swiping to the left from the running programs list). It doesn't show up in the task manager as a running program but the icon is still there on the top left of the phone. I wonder if some other process/application is interfering with it.
It's reassuring that Skype is working for others. I'm on O2 - could they have set up something to prevent Skype working? That's not my experience with other phones from O2 and I doubt that is the problem.
So did you try Gtalk (to confirm the problem is just with the Skype app) and also reinstall fresh from Google Play?..........
To exit, just our press the [-> button on the top right hand corner of the main start page
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as i can remember, we have to wait for an update from skype... sgs3 is not yet totally compatible with the latest skype... it's not yet supported..it works but have some glitches... that's the case when i bought the htc sensation before... i waited for the update that includes sensation to the supported device.. only then that it worked flawlessly...
i feel you man... i'm still using skype but i only view their video on the other side, if i open mine, evrything turns black... lol...
it seems that if u use ur front camera, everything malfuctions...
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jomblass said:
as i can remember, we have to wait for an update from skype... sgs3 is not yet totally compatible with the latest skype... it's not yet supported..it works but have some glitches... that's the case when i bought the htc sensation before... i waited for the update that includes sensation to the supported device.. only then that it worked flawlessly...
i feel you man... i'm still using skype but i only view their video on the other side, if i open mine, evrything turns black... lol...
it seems that if u use ur front camera, everything malfuctions...
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Flash updated firmware with Odin.
Skype is flawless using wanamlite ROM, latest firmware build I9300XXALF2
No issue what so ever. Problem solved
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I haven't been able to find anyone to use gTalk with - everyone I seem to know has an iPhone/iPad!
Still no luck with Skype. I'm new to Android so not entirely confident about flashing Rom. I'll try to find out from Skype if there is an S3 issue.
Thanks everyone for suggestions so far
ddavis said:
I haven't been able to find anyone to use gTalk with - everyone I seem to know has an iPhone/iPad!
Still no luck with Skype. I'm new to Android so not entirely confident about flashing Rom. I'll try to find out from Skype if there is an S3 issue.
Thanks everyone for suggestions so far
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Here are a few compatible apps for video calling between iPhone and Android
http://m.intomobile.com/2011/07/09/...48.0j5j11j5j1j9-1.23.0.eish.1.0.0.yDI7I30eodc
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Thanks, I'll check them out.
I've got what seems to be a fairly simple problem with Skype, so I thought I'd post here because Skype users are likely to read it ! :
Outgoing voice-only calls seem to work OK, but when I answer an incoming call, the GS3 screen goes completely black (regardless as to whether the phone was by my face or not).
I tried pressing buttons etc, didn't seem to be able to get it back until the caller hung up.
On a plus note, the call quality was great, but I really do need to be able to hang up the call!
Am I missing something obvious?
According to my tests, Skype video works when I'm connected to WiFi but I was never able to do the same under 3G.
I'm on a high bandwidth connection..but the person on the other side keeps saying that the video quality is ****ty. I have the Video Qualty setting on 'High'. The recieving quality is just great. Its only the video sent from my end. Is it the same for everyone? or just me?
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I'm on a high bandwidth connection..but the person on the other side keeps saying that the video quality is ****ty. I have the Video Qualty setting on 'High'. The recieving quality is just great. Its only the video sent from my end. Is it the same for everyone? or just me?
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Maybe you're upload speed has something to do with it, also tinge of day and network congestion (mobile towers overloaded).
Check your upload speed with speed test app
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I have been using Skype on my SGS3 and on iphone before and it totally depends on the time of day if your running on mobile network because Skype used to be fine early in the morning when I used to use it with my girlfriend
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For those of you that care and haven't adopted the unofficial methods, video chat is now officially available through update in the market.
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For those of you that care and haven't adopted the unofficial methods, video chat is now officially available through update in the market.
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Thanks!
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I tried updating and I am unable to do video chat. I then did a reinstall and tried both 3g and wifi and I don't see the video chat option on the settings menu as mentioned by the app. I have an eve 3d with synergy evo 3d mod. Anyone also experiencing any problems?
I tried before I posted, everything worked fine for me. Rooted stock ROM, RCMIX kernel
Not Working for me either.
Did you find a fix for your evo3d? I don't have the option either in Skype even after uninstall and update. Same problem on gf's evo.
I get no video and the person I'm chatting cant see anything.
I was just chatting with my girl friend on skype with the new update. I'm running Vipers 1.2 ROM with TWRP
If your having trouble try uninstalling rebooting and dowmloading skype again.
I'm on the stock ROM, no fix is needed. This works fine for everyone I know. Probably whatever ROM you guys are using.
xmatic said:
I tried updating and I am unable to do video chat. I then did a reinstall and tried both 3g and wifi and I don't see the video chat option on the settings menu as mentioned by the app. I have an eve 3d with synergy evo 3d mod. Anyone also experiencing any problems?
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The video setting doesn't show up in synergy because the base is so modified that the app doesn't recognize it as an EVO 3D. A different ROM will work. I had the same issue.
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My wife and I are on stock ROMs and after installing and testing Skype we found that the video is upside down. As long as one of use holds our phone upside down, then its all okay, but really... we shouldnt have to...
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My wife and I are on stock ROMs and after installing and testing Skype we found that the video is upside down. As long as one of use holds our phone upside down, then its all okay, but really... we shouldnt have to...
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Yeah I dont know whats up with that but I just hold the phone horizontal to ignore the upside down video chats.
It's definitely irritating that for a company as large as Skype seems to perform no quality control on their software. I mean its not an obscure bug. Immediately upon starting a video call you see the person your talking to standing on their head. One of the main reasons we bought the phone was the convenience for video calls since my wifes family live in Colombia and we are in the states. Also being military ill end up traveling and having a method to see ny family would he nice. Oh well. I'll just hold it upsidedown till they fix it. I thoguht if i bought an android phone I wouldn't suffer from errors caused by holding my phone the wrong way.
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Can you snap a picture while skyping?
I know you can on a pc and nothing was listed about evo.
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It's working fine on my phone.
How do I stop skype from running?
I did the menu, settings, apps and stop it that way. It then came back the next day with no option to stop it from running. Is it eating battery when it's running in the background? Meaning I can see the skype symbol at the top of the screen.
TIA!
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I get no video and the person I'm chatting cant see anything.
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I had the same issue. Uninstalled and reinstalled new version and now it works fine. Except for the inverted video in portrait mode.
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Stock rooted ROM with silverneedle kernel.
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feeth said:
How do I stop skype from running?
TIA!
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Task manager to kill process. Or set offline immediately and auto login in Skype prefs then you won't have to re-enter password each time you launch or switch to it.
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I'm pretty disappointed with the iphone 4s announcement, because that's what I was going to get my wife. Its very important for her to video chat with her sister and family who lives 10 hours away. I currently have the atrix which never plays nice when it comes to video chat with iphone users, so I want to know if anyone has had success with video chat particularly with iphone users or even Skype?
Thanks.
May not be the same, but I've been able to video chat using my Galaxy Tab 10.1 with an iPad 2 using Google Talk.
Im pretty sure skype should work, as well as tango, and apparently google talk, I really doubt video chatting should be an issue at all
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Im pretty sure skype should work, as well as tango, and apparently google talk, I really doubt video chatting should be an issue at all
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I can confirm all work. You have to make sure you have the newest Skype and enable it
Tango should work too
Skype, Qik, and Tango, tested them all with my wife's iPhone 4.
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Fring also works well.
I tested Skype on S2 with iphone 4 and an HP Touchpad, they all work together well.
Better than it did with my Atrix although it did still work with the latest version of skype on the Atrix.
I use skype daily to video chat with my daughter while on the road.
For Skype video calls to work, do the following:
1- Download the latest version.
2- Sign in.
3- Settings
4- Scroll all the way down and you'll see various options... most importantly the option to "Enable video calling"
5- The Skype app might need a restart... so sign off, and sign back in.
Speaking of Skype, I have the latest version but noticed that it drains the battery noticeably (even when not using it). Anyone else is having the same issue?
hlb3 said:
Skype, Qik, and Tango, tested them all with my wife's iPhone 4.
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Out of these 3, which one seems to work better... or is better preferred?
Edit: Does anyone have a working version of Gtalk that works with video?
The only good video chat apps are tango and gtalk cause they don't kill battery when not in use I have found
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Gtalk works best for me.
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Out of these 3, which one seems to work better... or is better preferred?
Edit: Does anyone have a working version of Gtalk that works with video?
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Skype is best. Gtalk is good too. For Gtalk video, there's an optional flashable zip file of it that has the video-calling enabled version. Works like a charm.
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For Gtalk video, there's an optional flashable zip file of it that has the video-calling enabled version. Works like a charm.
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And where would this flashable zip be at? Id like to apply it.
Red5 said:
And where would this flashable zip be at? Id like to apply it.
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Its usually an optional add-on in the Rom Manager app (like the Gapps zip) that you check off, and it'll flash itself with the rom... but I looked around and found you the .zip file that you can successfully flash yourself. Hopefully it works.
http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=582323&d=1304121975
There's no need to flash anything to get video calling on Att sgs2 by gtalk. It's included.
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Yeah, Red5, only flash if you have a custom rom that doesn't have the video-calling compatible Google Talk app. Sorry, I assumed you would be on CM7, not stock and what not :s
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Yeah, Red5, only flash if you have a custom rom that doesn't have the video-calling compatible Google Talk app. Sorry, I assumed you would be on CM7, not stock and what not :s
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Oh, I thought that was the CWM fix to enable Gtalk over 3G instead of being locked to wifi only. Id like to be able to use Gtalk over 3G too.
Anyone having problems with Googl Talk on the SG2? My parents both have Android phones, though only one is on Gingerbread (Bionic). Whenever I try to gtalk my dad's phone (Bionic) it rings twice then says "Sorry! The video chat with ... failed because of a network problem. Please try again.
I've tried this on different wireless networks and using different wireless routers. If he tries to call me though, it comes right through. Thre's lots of this brought up on the internet, but didn't find anything specifically in our subforum (Or XDA as a whole) that talks about it. Anyone else have this problem?
at&t blocks Gtalk (google talk) voice or video chat when the phone is on their network ( data, edge, 3g, or HSPA+,etc ), but the Gtalk should work for voice/video chat/calls when the phone is on wi-fi network and the version of gingerbread is 2.3.4 and above.I have experienced this and am still looking for a workaround, hope to have a solution such as custom ROMs that got rid of this lock from stock ROM.
Thought I had said it, but I am connected to wifi. I do hope that a 3gunrestrictor like jailbroke phones have will become available.
There is an app in the market called that will enable Gtalk over 3g. Search the market for "Enable Video Chat over 3G/4G". Your phone has to be rooted.
Hope that helps.
Many thanks to RojasTKD
Hi RojasTKD, you made my day!! Many thanks!
I just installed ""Enable Video chat over 3g/4g" (by Innodroid) as you pointed out , boom!! Gtalk (voice/video) just worked great!!
rav4kar said:
Hi RojasTKD, you made my day!! Many thanks!
I just installed ""Enable Video chat over 3g/4g" (by Innodroid) as you pointed out , boom!! Gtalk (voice/video) just worked great!!
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Your welcome, glad to be able to help.
feel free to hit the thanks button...It make me feel useful.
If you search on XDa there's a thread that has the wifi/carrier video restrictions removed. You have to be rooted and you simply just replace the talk.apk in /system/app/
here's a link to the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056793
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I have the same problem connected to wifi can't make call without nefwork failure but can receive with no problems.
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Just as the title says. Wife and I try to video chat, can only see our own video showing in the corner. Have tried on 3g 4g and wifi with all the same result. No errors, just can't see the other persons video. Also tried this with multiple phones that support it with the same result. Any ideas?
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my brother and I frequently do it; he has a droid 3 and i've got the rezound. thing is, the quality is utter **** and just never works well.....then again, maybe that's because he's out in wyoming, but who knows. skype was a little better for us, though
I have 2 Rezounds, video chat works on both with GTalk and Skype.
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my brother and I frequently do it; he has a droid 3 and i've got the rezound. thing is, the quality is utter **** and just never works well.....then again, maybe that's because he's out in wyoming, but who knows. skype was a little better for us, though
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I have 2 Rezounds, video chat works on both with GTalk and Skype.
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Hmm, skype video chat does work. Even does pretty good with the iPhone that a buddy has. This is just odd now....
Haven't tried skype but gtalk and tango are working fine.
I have tried Skype, Talk, and Google+ Hangout from my Rezound to a Rezound/Bionic/DInc2 and all of them work flawlessly. Not always best video quality, but they all work. Check your settings that you are actually sending video.
can you tell any us anymore information? was this over wifi? did you hear any audio? etc?
So I'm actually having this problem too.
I start google talk on the droid 3, click on the video icon next to somebody's name that supports vid chat. Screen goes black for a split second, then returns to the google talk contacts screen.
Interestingly, google hangout with google+ works great. As do tango and skype.
I'll post logcat output here in a bit.....
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I have tried Skype, Talk, and Google+ Hangout from my Rezound to a Rezound/Bionic/DInc2 and all of them work flawlessly. Not always best video quality, but they all work. Check your settings that you are actually sending video.
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Did you happen to try skype video while on an ics rom? Or were you on GB?
attached are logs that (i think) show the crash
sorry for the gz, wanted to do pastebin, but apparently I can't post external links yet!!
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Did you happen to try skype video while on an ics rom? Or were you on GB?
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GB, but I just noticed that this thread is for Rezound. I'm on hitting this on Droid3, so not only have I resurrected a dead thread, but I've accidentally hijacked a thread in the wrong forum too.
sorry.
(wonder if any info is usable from the logs?)
hoovnick said:
Just as the title says. Wife and I try to video chat, can only see our own video showing in the corner. Have tried on 3g 4g and wifi with all the same result. No errors, just can't see the other persons video. Also tried this with multiple phones that support it with the same result. Any ideas?
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Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I'm having this same issue on my new Galaxy S4. Did anyone ever resolve this?
I tried to use Skype last night and I wasn't able to make a video call. The camera button was there, but it had a red line through it and wouldn't let me select it. This was my first try with Skype so I'm not sure if I'm missing something. I had "enable video calls" selected in the settings. Is this an issue with it not supporting out displays....like it is with several other apps?
I can't get even Skype working on this phone.
I try to sign in and it just refreshes the application.
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I had no video issues at first. I just played around with switching cameras and it finally worked. Now it works from the start.
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Itzvik said:
I can't get even Skype working on this phone.
I try to sign in and it just refreshes the application.
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I had the same problem. I use an older version and everything works fine including video calling.
I'll check that out.
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There is a modded version of Skype in the XDA Apps and Games section (I am mobile so I can't paste the link). It's the latest version of Skype but the dev has modded it to force enable video calling and a bunch of other excellent features. I am using it on my x920e and have used if for video calling. I've only used it over Wifi but it's supposed to work with 3G as well. Try it out and see if it works. If it doesn't then perhaps VZW has done something to block it.
Skype video works
On my DNA, the video works fine... got a video call from my buddy in Budapest. I was on 4G, no issues.
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On my DNA, the video works fine... got a video call from my buddy in Budapest. I was on 4G, no issues.
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Are you running a ROM or are you stock? I was on CODIS when I was trying to get it working. I have since switched to rooted stock and deleted a bunch of stuff on my own. I haven't given it a try on this yet. If it doens't work, I'll try out the XDA one that was mentioned above.
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Are you running a ROM or are you stock? I was on CODIS when I was trying to get it working. I have since switched to rooted stock and deleted a bunch of stuff on my own. I haven't given it a try on this yet. If it doens't work, I'll try out the XDA one that was mentioned above.
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Oh yea, forgot to mention...stock.
Try this, works fine for me on Virtuous Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1148708&highlight=skype
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Try it out and see if it works. If it doesn't then perhaps VZW has done something to block it.
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I can't get even Skype working on this phone.
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Are you stock or rooted? Yesterday I took another Skype video call from Austria, worked fine on my stock device. I was able to take screen shots too while on the video call. It was 30 minutes long and the DNA did suck up some battery and it got warm, but no problems.
Rooted stock here with qubed stock kernel. Skyoe working fine for me