I have a Vibrant and my mom has an Aria. Tried to Fring Video Call her and, on my end, it said she had no video input but my video was shown and on her end, she saw the cartoon image in my place.
Any ideas on why this isn't working?
hah2110 said:
I have a Vibrant and my mom has an Aria. Tried to Fring Video Call her and, on my end, it said she had no video input but my video was shown and on her end, she saw the cartoon image in my place.
Any ideas on why this isn't working?
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Aria does not have a front-facing camera. When you start Fring, it warns you to that fact, and asks whether you want to use video or not. If not, it disables video altogether, if yes, then it uses the outward facing camera. (The video will work, but will be practically useless -- to let the other party see you, you'd have to turn the phone around and point the main camera at yourself, which means that you don't see the screen and YOU won't be seeing the other party.)
Looks like your Mom selected "no" when Fring asked her that question.
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Aria does not have a front-facing camera. When you start Fring, it warns you to that fact, and asks whether you want to use video or not. If not, it disables video altogether, if yes, then it uses the outward facing camera. (The video will work, but will be practically useless -- to let the other party see you, you'd have to turn the phone around and point the main camera at yourself, which means that you don't see the screen and YOU won't be seeing the other party.)
Looks like your Mom selected "no" when Fring asked her that question.
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I get how it works... But I never had that prompt on my Vibrant. Is it in the settings for her to change?
That would stump me too, because as far as I know Vibrant does not have a front-facing camera either...
It has nothing to do with having a front facing camera. It just has to do with having A camera. Fring doesn't require a front facing camera. It isn't AS cool, but is still semi-cool to do the video chat with the rear cam.
Its Didnt Prompt you because its sa Galaxy S Phone, and The orginal Galaxy S Has Afront Facing Camera so it thinks your on a Galaxy S or Epic 4G it has no way of Knowing that your Model of Galaxy S Dosent Have A Front Camera it Just knows you have a Galaxy S
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Its Didnt Prompt you because its sa Galaxy S Phone, and The orginal Galaxy S Has Afront Facing Camera so it thinks your on a Galaxy S or Epic 4G it has no way of Knowing that your Model of Galaxy S Dosent Have A Front Camera it Just knows you have a Galaxy S
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So what about on my mom's Aria? How do I make it use the rear cam and how do I get hers to view mine?
Just open settings in fring and enable video calls
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Whoareyou said:
Just open settings in fring and enable video calls
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That isn't in my vibrant, should it be in her aria>?
EDIT - it worked - THANKS
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Hey all.
I'm currently running IOLite on the the HyperDragon IV Lite ROM.
The minor problem is that the camera doesn't work. The camera app will start up just fine, but all I get is a black frame.
The serious problem I'm having is that I have no sound in calls. Calls will connect just fine, but I can't hear the person I'm calling, nor can they hear me. But I have service and I can send and receive text messages, so my radio is working okay.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Pan
First it is your radio lol radios can cause sound issues as for the camera i would reccomend Nadavi's camera found here
kaiserII101 said:
First it is your radio lol radios can cause sound issues as for the camera i would reccomend Nadavi's camera found here
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How did you get Nadavi camera to work? All I get is a certificate error!
Pandemic187 said:
Hey all.
I'm currently running IOLite on the the HyperDragon IV Lite ROM.
The minor problem is that the camera doesn't work. The camera app will start up just fine, but all I get is a black frame.
The serious problem I'm having is that I have no sound in calls. Calls will connect just fine, but I can't hear the person I'm calling, nor can they hear me. But I have service and I can send and receive text messages, so my radio is working okay.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Pan
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Been trying to figure this one out for months.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=438457
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How did you get Nadavi camera to work? All I get is a certificate error!
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A certificate error? The only problem I had was it wouldnt show a preview of a picture but i installed the 8/3/08(Aug. 3rd 2008) update
I had this issue (black frame with no visibility on the camera) as well. The trick is to install HTC Album prior to installing Navi's camera cab. Then Navi's camera app should work just fine.
a friend of mine has a milestone and wants to use skype with videocall! I've read that videocall with skype is only available for some phones!
what do you use for videocalling over the internet or is there a way for making skype do that? perhaps make skype think you have an iphone, just joking!
thanks!
The Milestone does not have a front-facing camera so videochatting is not possible. But I've heard that it uses the regular camera as well, but then you have the screen of your Milestone on the table so it kind of defeats the purpose.
Even being able to receive video would be a good first start.
ok! thanks guys!
I just took a quick look at his milestone and I thot I saw a front facing camera, but I might have seen some sensor...
Ok, so I tried taking a photo while on a call earlier. Appearently you CAN'T. Camera app won't even start. Anyone got a clue to why this would be? It was just so unexpected.
Cause of camera being reserved for video calling....
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that just sucks, I used to take pics with my old K800i whilst in a call. Not tried it on my O2X yet.
xmoo said:
Cause of camera being reserved for video calling....
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How does that make sense? Is LG locking the camera because they want us to ONLY use it for video calls when we're in a call? Or do they need to have it on "standby" in the far fetched case that we'd actually need it for a video call? Can you even change between normal call and a video call? Never tried video calling.
Instead of just letting us take a ****ing photo.
Edit: more importantly, how do we bypass it?
"Is LG locking the camera because they want us to ONLY use it for video calls when we're in a call? Or do they need to have it on "standby" in the far fetched case that we'd actually need it for a video call?"
Something like that.
Whilst only the frontcamera can be used for video calling this restriction still doesn't make any sense...
DanVanDamn said:
Whilst only the frontcamera can be used for video calling this restriction still doesn't make any sense...
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both front and rear cameras are reserved for 3G video calling.
Why does it not make sense? this is the way the phone is designed for users like myself who use 3G video calling regularly. I chose to buy this phone because of this capability - I use it to interact with my kids when I am travelling.
most video call capable mobiles are designed like this. both front and rear cameras are reserved so that you can switch between the cameras depending on what you want to display to the caller. my wife will switch her Nokia N8 to the rear camera when the kids are running around or dancing so I can see them, then switch back when she talks to me. I use my LG O2X cameras during a video call in the same way.
IMHO, it is a well designed phone. now that the stability and battery issues with the ROM are sorted out, it is a real pleasure to use as both a work phone and for fun.
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Why does it not make sense?
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I get how the camera works while in a video call. Reserving it for that purpose while in a normal call still doesn't make any more sense though. Ancient phones can do it. It's like saying you can't use the speaker for games, only music.
Hi everyone, I am wondering if I will be able to do fring to fring calling (I don't have OB looking to buy one & want to confirm).
Will I able to do video call too?
Or otherwise should I go for Galaxy S
Need your advice. Please!!:
off course u can do front cam is mainly use for video calls (fring,Skype,Yahoo messenger,g-talk.,ect) supports all but only when u have connected with 3g or wifi
mujju85 said:
off course u can do front cam is mainly use for video calls (fring,Skype,Yahoo messenger,g-talk.,ect) supports all but only when u have connected with 3g or wifi
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Did u try it? I heard fring, Skype do not work on froyo.
And did u try video call directly over 3G (I mean directly over network without any app).
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Did u try it? I heard fring, Skype do not work on froyo.
And did u try video call directly over 3G (I mean directly over network without any app).
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i used yahoo messenger over wifi for video calls working fine fo me on 2.2.2 & i dnt hav 3g service so i never try that but i m sure it will work
AFAIK, Skype can't use front camera with froyo. But you can try [DEV] Skype Video for Froyo (and GB) mod that work with froyo (it said there, but I haven't tried it by myself).
CMIIW.
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I have Fring installed and I use it a lot these days i'm calling to Nokia phone and it works well, but sometimes it loses the signal even using wifi
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it works with OB front cam ?
wastemantej said:
Hi everyone, I am wondering if I will be able to do fring to fring calling (I don't have OB looking to buy one & want to confirm).
Will I able to do video call too?
Or otherwise should I go for Galaxy S
Need your advice. Please!!:
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No you can not use the front cam yet with Fring. Like Skype will have to wait for the 2.3 update.
redy2006 said:
AFAIK, Skype can't use front camera with froyo. But you can try [DEV] Skype Video for Froyo (and GB) mod that work with froyo (it said there, but I haven't tried it by myself).
CMIIW.
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Is there any mod for fring too???
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Is there any mod for fring too???
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I don't know yet, and I won't use it either.. because Fring doesn't have encryption.
Try to install this skype version of Droidrx http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153285 it works great in my OB! I can now use the front camera.
Hello,
I have JB retail brazil installed in my phone, and have a problems with Tango calls and skype calls. When i make video calls, the front cam makes an excessive zoom and the other person can only see my eyes and my nose, i have to back up a meter so then can see my face. I see no one min this forum has the same problem as me, what can i do. I tried changing to other JB firmwares but with the European version I have the same problem with video calls and even lost my 3g network. I have changed to ICS and back to JB a lot of times. Can some one help me please??
I have the same issue
Hi, I have the same issue with videocalls on Razr i. But, when I'm using the camera software with front facing camera, the video is ok, with a good distance. I`m using the stock ROM from Motorola and the problem affects Skype and Hangouts.
Still
mmxavier said:
Hi, I have the same issue with videocalls on Razr i. But, when I'm using the camera software with front facing camera, the video is ok, with a good distance. I`m using the stock ROM from Motorola and the problem affects Skype and Hangouts.
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After some months and instaling several stock JB roms, i haven't been able to solve this. Do you have a development motorola razr i, I mean the development previous version before motorola released the final. where did you buy your phone (country)? what ROM is installed?
Same problem
Hi Guys,
I have the same problem with the same apps. I have a Razr i with original JB ROM from Motorola.
I try to find something on the web but untill now I didn't find anything to help.
I have the same problem with both Skype and Google Hangouts. I need to check out some other 3rd party camera apps to see if they have the same issue - or if it's just video.
Problems also on Tango
I've tested on Tango and it presented a "big zoom" as Skype and Hangouts.
It is a problem thats comes from the "conector" used by these apps. The stock camera doesn't show the same problem, mybe because it uses "another" way to access the camera hardware.
In order to test this, I installed Vignette and it doesn't show the problem.
So, there are at least 2 way to access the front facing camera, and the way that video chating apps uses shows the problem about de the zoomed video.
Does any one know something about a patch, an app, or did other tests to localize the origin of the issue?
Same Issue
No update to this thread? I tried a few ROMs; have the same issue as described above in Skype and Hangouts, camera app is fine, no zoom.
I had this problem and it used to happen while I was in the middle of the call. I solved it by going to /system/data/data/com.skype.../files/app.properties and changing this line [device.video.preview.zoom=true] to [device.video.preview.zoom=false] and then it stopped zooming right straight to my face
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