yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] AsGF2MX:
This is just something I stumbled across a while ago but haven't had the time to post it. I'm not making any promises so this is just a head's up. :D

If anyone remembers my last post on skype here, you'll recall me saying that there's a Disable Codecs key in the registry. Well I didn't know the codecs but SkypeSmart over at Skype forums posted this tweak for his iPaq and it works a treat.

I'm running my Mini S with the original ROM and skype with my key reading: ILBC G729 EG711U

As a result it only uses the EG711A codec and guess what, it works, at stock speed too. My phone is an utter mess but it works at an acceptable level that is to say both parties can hear the conversation without any hiccups. Tested over a WiFi link but be warned you'll lose connectivity with echo123 and it also seems to me that Skype Linux doesn't have the EG711A or EG711U or even the G729 codecs so you won't be able to chat with them unless you enable ILBC.

One thing worth testing is to see what happens in a conference call (with a Windows machine as host and a Linux machine and the wizard with some of the codecs disabled) but I don't have the time to test so be my guest and post the results if you do test it. :D

By the way, I use Skype v2 Feb 14 release. If anyone wants to post their overclocked results or anything, great.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jwzg:
Indeed it does work and VERY well. I just called across a very sketchy broadband connection and audio in BOTH ways was clear. Before, I could be heard by the other party but could not hear them in return. Once I overclocked, I could actually have a couple of pragrams running in the background and still have acceptable resources left. Bravo to whoever came up with this tweak.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] AsGF2MX:
How far did you overclock? Also, I know a lot of people are viewing this thread but only one response so far...does that mean the rest of you are enjoying Skype? :shock: :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] ricky_prayugo:
i use skype with my wizard very well and i can use skypeout as well.

i installed for the high cpu usage, not low cpu usage. but i also use omapoverclock.

what i did, just installed skype, then change the content of d shortcut using total commander in windows/start menu/programs/skype.lnk with this one:

46#"\program files\omapclock.exe" -clock 240 -launch "\Program Files\Skype for Pocket PC\Skype.exe" -restore?Program Files\Skype for Pocket PC\Skype.exe,

in this case, i put omapclock file in 'program files' folder, and don't forget to use "," sign in the last content of skype. because it gives u back d skype icon, otherwise u'll see omapclock icon.

Gut luck!!! and i hope this can be useful 4 u...

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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] guyver2077:
i remember trying this on my wizard...i placed a call to a land phone and i could not hear the other phone ring or anything.. but t did call..

What am i doing wrong?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jt_armstrong:
Thanks Ricky, that trick with Omapoverclock works a treat. By the way not sure if it is my imagination but sounds like the I am getting the call playing through my handsfree speaker and not the ear piece. Does anyone else get this or am I going mad????
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] AsGF2MX:
You're not. Apparently the M600 is the only phone which might support non-speakerphone chat on skype. I heard that its latest ROM does exactly what you want it do. I don't know if its a Skype specific issue or whether it's ROM specific but I have not seen any apps other than the phone app itself take advantage of the earpiece.

@guyver2077:

If you're referring to the tweak I listed, what does it do when you call PCs? I made a skype out call actually 3 of them and I could hear all of them clearly - 1 to Guam , 2 to HK and I'm in the UK.

@Ricky:

Does 240MHz eat away at the battery life, especially with WiFi on?

I just spent the last few days setting up a Linksys NSLU2 with DebianSlug and it works great; Samba works with the phone too 8). A little tempted to get a bluetooth dongle to stick to the slug so that I can connect to the net over bluetooth when possible but the BT stack on the mobile doesn't support BT networking does it?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] guyver2077:
ok.. so does this only work with speakerphone on?? i didnt hear anything through the actual phone ear reciever
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] AsGF2MX:
When I said speakerphone I meant simply that the sound is coming out at the same volume as media player, etc if that makes sense. There's no reason for you not to be able to hear a thing though. :?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] jt_armstrong:
Thanks AsGF2MX, It works great with the headfones I just don't normally use them.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] kyphur:
If you think about it, it makes sense. This is Skype for Pocket PC, most Pocket PCs don't have the phone built in.

Do you have a BT headset? If so open the audio gateway (either using the program posted in this forum or via Voice Command press BT button and just say "Open Skype", the Audio gate will stay open).

This should allow you to use your BT headset for Skype calls.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] AsGF2MX:
I suppose you're right, that would explain things but is there an option to actually channel audio to the ear piece? If not, then it's definitely an issue with the way the device ROMs are designed (assuming that there is a way for software to utilize the ear piece).

Well, I'm glad a few people found it useful and I hope it's working for the rest of you as well. I might just pick-up OMAP clock a little later and try to see how well an overclock fares on my device but first, I'm going to try a few apps I've been wanting to try for a while.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] lts:
Great tip!

I have previously tried Skype on my Qtek 9100 but have always found the audio quality quite bad, even when overclocking to 240.

After changing the DisableCodecs as suggested here, the audio quality is now really good, also when using SkypeOut to a Fixednet phone.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] aage:
Yes Great tip, thanks
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] hiazle:
Can someone point me in the direction of the program that opens the audio gateway?

I don't have MS Voice Command, I only have the default "Voice Speed Dial".

EDIT: FOUND IT!!!

Therez two actually. one is btAudio, and the other is VjVolubilis
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] wilkian:
After Skype Install - Alarm clock chaos

Hi

I have been reading this thread with interest. I own an old XDA (one with aerial) and now the XDA Mini S. Have had it now for about 6 months and sync up to 2 pc's, have multiple email accounts, use the Wifi/msn - so use pretty much all of functionality. Happy so far!

I installed the pocket pc version of Skype last night - and found that this morning my alarm went off - but with no options displayed on the screen to snooze/dismiss alarm! Consequently - the alarm/vibrate goes off every 5 minutes - and only thing i can do is remove the battery -so phone basically unusable. Soft reset does not help - and would rather not hard reset as then will have to redo email settings etc.

Anyone out there had this problem before? Your help would be appreciated (think you are calling the XDA mini a wizard)

OS Build: 5.1.70 (14406.1.1.1)

ROM: 1.5.4.2 WWE

ROM date: 11/8/05

Radio: 01.09.10

Protocol: 4.0.13.20

ExtROM: 1.5.4.103
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] victoradjei:
Have you removed the Skype software already?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] wilkian:
After Skype Install - Alarm clock chaos

Hi - Yes, I have removed Skype from the XDA Mini. Soft-reset again - no difference.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] maxh:
I had that alarm problem once.

I'd had my cingular 8125 (HTC wizard) for a week or two and had been putting apps on it and messing with the registry, then one morning my alarm went off, I reached over to silence it, pushed some random button accidentally, and the alarm kept on going. I opened my eyes and sat there for a minute waiting for my brain to boot up because I wasn't seeing the notice showing me which softkey to press. After awhile, I realized that I was completely awake, and there really was no way to turn the alarm off!

I messed around with that thing forever. Scrolling through menus, doing soft resets, etc. Nothing would silence the alarm. I tried reseting the time/date and doing a soft reset, but every time the device booted up, it would go nuts with alarm tones (they kept multiplying! Every time I would reset the time after having set it back, another alarm would go off and they started piling up!).

Boy, that really ruined my morning.

I ended up having to do a hard reset to fix the problem. And when I ran my latest backup, the problem came right back! So I had to do another hard reset and roll back to an earlier backup.

I really don't know what the problem was, but I think I might have a slight idea. I had downloaded some program called CheckNotifications by Scarybear software (I now know it's not meant for WM5) and I think I must have deleted that alarm notification from the "notification database". (No, I don't actually know what any of that means, I'm just regurgitating words I read online in a manner which seems to make a little sense). So some parte of the OS somewhere remembered the alarm, and turned it on at the right time, but the part of the OS responsible for giving you the facility to turn it off was screwed. But that's just a wild guess.

Maybe you also have some issue with your notification database.

Good luck! Of course, if you were anywhere near as annoyed as I was, you probably already said a few (dozen) choice curse words and did a hard reset.

(edit: clarified phone)
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] wilkian:
After Skype Install - Alarm clock chaos

Hi

Thanks for your reply to my question - as you say this is driving me nuts! People at work think I am mad cos phone keeps going off! Looks like I will have to do a hard reset - could you give me some advice on the best way to back my stuff up - i have a 2GB mini sd card. Dont really mind losing the programs - but want to keep other data. I have synced up to PC - suppose that is ok?

My old XDA has a program called SD Backup - but cannot find this program on the Wizard (Mini XDA S). There must be a way of backing everything up?

Regards
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fil:
on the other forum it says, Exit Skype then locate the following key in your iPaqs registry

so how/ where do i find the registry on my mda?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] maxh:
For backing up data, I use SPB backup http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/?en

I tried the Sprite backup software also, but I like SPB better. I did a backup with SPB which generated an 8 Mb file, and immediately did a backup with Sprite and the backup file was over 30 Mb for the exact same situation!

You download the software, install it, and every time you want to do a backup, just run the software. It will generate a file which you can save on your device or your storage card (recommended). At a future date, when you want to restore your system to the state it was in when you ran a backup, just run that backup file on your device.

However, I don't think making a backup now will help you, because if you do a full backup, whatever is causing the alarm problem will be included in the backup, and you will still have the problem when you restore your system with the backup file. But, I highly recommend installing a backup application, and next time you have your device working perfectly and just the way you want it, create a backup, so that in the future when it gets screwed up, you can restore it to that backed up state.

Another thing I did was to create a txt document of all of the steps I perform to get my device the way I want it. It's basically a set of numbered instructions that I can mindlessly follow instead of searching my memory, my harddrive, and the net for all of the little pieces of information. It has been very helpful especially for stuff like registry hacks and such.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] atomicjam:
I found this to work well using skypeout, the only problem is skypein did not work. I reolved this by not disabling the G729 Codec. I can now use skype in and skype rings when a call is recieved.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] benbee:
I noticed problems with Skype...

...it seemed to restart my system randomly. It also crashed my system from time to time and forced a hard reset. Not a pretty nice thing if it crashes in the middle of the night and you notice that your wizard didn't charge over the night due to an crash (where the screen stays on). I had this several times!

Furthermore is the only solution to use propperly, to overclock the cpu. Overclocking the cpu does work, but with all overclocked processors, they're using more power and producing more heat (wich might be a problem in these compact devices). After all, overclocking these devices is imo not a good thing to do.

There're some nice advantages, why to use Skype for a desktop PC (Like SkyLook or sending SMS directly!!!), but at the moment, i can't see, why to use it on a PPC.

Regards

bklocke
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] cizake:
fantastic tweak.

Thank you
[Java for Android App Development] hqasem:
I made this simple tool to help designers and developers to grab the color they want

try it

search the play store for

coloro

simple and useful
[Java for Android App Development] orbin:
Looks nice and works pretty well.

There is a bug - before the first time I turned on the flashlight, clicking the color sampler button (bottom right) caused the app to crash.

Also, in the activity that shows the color and its hex value, you have an empty option menu.

Apart from these two little problem, the apps looks nice. Good luck.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XG.Matrix:
Hey folks ! I want those custom smiles and emojes on my Galaxy Grand Duos. Can anyone provide some method for that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pragati-sd:
I am a quite late to reply here. Below are the steps to install emojes on your Galaxy Duos:

First, go to the source link and download the two files there.

Download ES File Explorer from the Google Play Store

Open ES, navigate to the settings and enable root explorer.

If you have not done so, put the files, named “DroidSansFallback.ttf” and “fallback_fonts.xml” on to your SD card.

Using ES, navigate to the files. Long press the DroidSansFallback.ttf and choose “move to”.

Navigate to /system/fonts and drop the file in there. Confirm that you want to.

Using the same process, move fallback_fonts.xml to /system/etc and confirm.

Reboot the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] Acela1230:
​

Hello everyone. Swipes is my new app that replaces my old app Kakudo. I felt I should create a new thread because the app is 100% completely build from scratch and many of the features have been changed. As a thank you to everyone who supported Kakudo, if you had previously bought Kakudo Pro you get the entire complete unlock of Swipes for free. All you need to do is have Kakudo Pro installed on your device and Swipes will unlock for you.

Anyways here's what it does:

Swipes brings faster app switching and multitasking to Android. With Recent App Cards you can change between your recent apps with a single swipe from the edge of the screen faster than any other way. The Favorites drawer let's you add your favorite apps, toggles, actions, widgets, and shortcuts to have access to them anywhere and anytime while using your device. When upgraded you can create as many Favorite Lists as you please and with up to 8 different swipes you have easy access to all of them. With the Quick Launch feature you can add your most used app to have it 1 swipe away at anytime.

The free version includes access to the Left and Bottom Left Swipe areas for a total of 4 swipes. With a one time in-app purchase you can unlock the Right and Bottom Right Swipe areas for an additional 4 swipes. The free version also restricts favorite lists to Apps, Toggles, and Actions.

and why it's different:

Gives you 3 options for the side areas. Allows for multiple areas to be active at once. Multiple favorites lists. Faster app switching, instead of cycling through all your apps if you pass one you can go back and it's an easier motion to cycle through apps. Option to quick launch most used app. Recent App Cards look like they belong in android and not windows 8. Toggles indicate status.

I use this app everyday and the way I set it up is I have two favorite lists, one opens on the up swipe and the other opens on the down swipe. The regular swipe does recent apps cards. I mirror the functionality on the left and right swipe areas so no matter which hand I have my phone in, I don't have to reach across the screen with my thumb. One list contains the apps I use the most often including Chrome, Netflix, BubbleUPNP (for chromecasting), I put a brightness and toggle because I go in and out of the office frequently, I also put a direct call shortcut since I call work everyday when I am outside the office. My other favorite list has my morning routine apps in it so when I wake up I can quickly go through all the news and stuff.

Let me know how you end up using it and maybe I can add features to make it better.

Download here
[Android Apps and Games] borrego:
Great Works. With both left and right bottom swipe area, plus diagonal side wide are the best upgrades from Kakudo!

I once experienced a crash (Swipes stopped) with the latest version of Dolphin Browser when doing diagonal wipe. But I cannot replicate the crash again so it could be a rare occurrence.

Highly Recommended!
[Android Apps and Games] Acela1230:
It recently came to my attention that if you bought Kakudo Pro and download Swipes it may not work. I am working on fixing this but for now if you had previously bought Kakudo Pro you have to Uninstall it then install Swipes and open Swipes, then download Kakudo Pro and open Swipes. Everything works correctly if you do it this way. I am looking into why it might not work the other way.
[Android Apps and Games] Acela1230:
UPDATE:

With the release of Android 5.0 Lollipop the method used to access recent apps has be depreciated and no longer works. Because of this the recent apps option in swipes will not function on devices running android 5.0 or above. In the next update for swipes this feature will either be changed to open the stock recents window or hidden on devices running android 5.0 and above. I do not know when I will release the update as I am currently working on all of my apps to update them for Lollipop as well as a new app.

I will continue to look for other ways of continuing the functionality of the swipe for recents if not for everyone who uses Swipes but for me as I still find myself swiping from the side to switch back and forth between apps while using Android 5.0
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] victorcqueirozg:
There is some way to active developer options in 2.3.7? When I bought my Xperia U, they came with developer options and 2.3.7 android. How it works? I tried press 7 times on build number and those thing, but nothing worked, someone can help me, PLEASE? I don't want to use ICS, JB or some different android.

Thank you, guys!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Ryccardo:
The build version trick was only added in 4.2.x, you probably just forgot that in 1.x and 2.x developer tools are under settings/apps ;)

(yes, there's only ADB, no standby and fake location... the GPU/multitasking stuff was progressively added starting from Honeycomb, if it makes you feel better Samsung's GB only has ADB and location :laugh:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calanderia:
Could someone port HTC Sense 5 dialer and contacts?

I hate that in touchwiz i couldn`t swipe from dialer tot contacts or to logs...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pfeffernuss:
Try ExDialer, it's great :)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calanderia:
pretty cool... if i could swipe directly from dialpad it will be perfect
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutemannn:
Contract+
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calanderia:
don`t like it
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skanin:
Hi guys!

Yesterday I unlocked my bootloader, installed CWM and SuperSU. Today I installed the Titanum backup and started backuping. Now I wonder how to restore the backups if the app was deleted once? Let's say I want to install a custom ROM and it wipes all my data. How can I restore the backups I did today? :)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Don MC:
Reinstall TiBU from the Play Store after you installed the custom ROM. In TiBU, locate the backups you've made (preferably in a safe location on your external SD) and restore the apps/settings you want. Be careful though, because not all settings/apps will work on a different ROM.

Please visit the TiBU website for further info:

http://www.matrixrewriter.com/android/
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Howell:
With TB Pro you can generate a CWM flashable TB install ZIP ;)

What I do :

- TB backups are on a SDCard

- TB backups are copied on an external HDD from time to time and always before Rom upgrade

- TB flashable ZIP is generated at every TB update and ZIP copied to external HDD

Doing this allows me to update Rom without stress. I always also do a Nandroid backup just in case :D

One may say I'm paranoid but doing this way I never lost any data or software and always restored from a crashed Rom update ;)

BTW : always remember TB needs root so this is a prerequisite ! ;)
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dhickory:
/storage/sdcard0 (Internal)

/starage/sdcard1 (SD Card)

By default TB puts backups in /sdcar0/TitaniumBackup. If you uninstall TB your backups will remain making it a great tool when wiping/switching ROMs. Once TB is re-installed it will read your backups from that folder and you will be able to perform restore functions within the app.

If you do a factory wipe (aka full wipe) in TWRP (not sure about CWM) neither /sdcard0 or /sdcard1 will be touched.

As [MENTION=226797]Howell[/MENTION] has pointed out there are many ways to backup your backups, and restore backups. TB has many options and ways to backup/restore your data. Similar to Howell, every couple weeks I will copy both /sdcards to my computer for safe keeping. If you buy the pro version (recommended) then you can schedule backups, and have more than one backup of an app - I have found multiple backups useful if an update to an Xposed module breaks certain functions since they aren't always device specific.

Typically I do not backup any system apps or data because as [MENTION=3399782]Don MC[/MENTION] pointed out these don't always restore properly when switching ROMs (even if it's an update to the same ROM). SMS/MMS data is an exception I guess. I have a few system apps such as my lockscreen.apk and SystemUI.apk backed up, but only because they conflicted with some Xposed modules.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vovak43r:
Hi all,

My note2 stopped charging. Currently i'm working with external charger for batteries but i need the USB socket for my PC and to charge it like a normal user.

After unsuccessful cleaning of the USB socket I think i need to replace the charging port. As I saw on YouTube it's easy but which one do I need?

It's Note 2 GT-N7100, N7100GSMH.

The are some models of the charging port and i'm note sure what is what?

SCH-i605, SGH-i317...

Thanks in advance for helping me with this. :o
[General Questions and Answers] sinndissension:
I need a file manager on android that can edit words in multiple files at the same time. For example, search for the word, "anything" in four different files, and change them all to the word "everything" at the same time, instead of changing that word one word at a time. Is there any android app that can do that??