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The reason for this thread is to help people get Skype working to its fullest extent and resolve some of the issues. The ultimate objective is to allow those with Skype subscriptions to get unlimited anytime calling across North America if they pay the $2.95 / month for the Skype plan and have unlimited data...
Download Skype 3.0 for Windows Phones here:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windowsmobile/
It installs fine and theoretically works great, however, there are a number of issues:
1. Skype automatically routes all audio to the speakerphone.
To route the audio to the earpieces, install audioRoute from Teksoft:
http://teksoftco.com/storage/download.php?product=audioroute_ppc
This product is discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=495166
It essentially installs an icon in your taskbar that loads when the phone starts up. Once you open Skype, you click the icon, select the first icon, which is the earpiece, and then all audio will get routed to the earpiece when using Skype.
To route the audio to a Bluetooth headset, then install A2DP toggle from Teksoft:
http://teksoftco.com/storage/download.php?product=a2dptoggle
This program should theoretically allow you to select the Bluetooth headset when Skype is loaded. It should theoretically be able to be loaded concurrently with audioRoute. I have not tested it fully.
2. Skype will not work unless connected to a wifi connection
I had tested Skype and thought it worked flawlessly until someone with an iPhone mentioned that he had to install some sort of program to "trick" Skype into thinking it was connected to a Wifi. I believe that this is an issue with the way Microsoft has designed Windows Mobile, but is probably intential to prevent competition for telecommunication company voice packages. This issue supposedly does not exist with Windows Mobile clients.
Just ensure that ActivSync/Wifi/Mobile is enabled under the Connection settings.
3. Skype Mobile does not support video calling
I'm not sure if this is a software issue or just something that can be hacked. I see no reason why this functionality would be disabled in the Mobile version of Skype... any insight would be appreciated.
Would love it if anyone else is experiencing problem 2 as well... I want to find out if it's isolated to my handset... or even to just my carrier.
slaman said:
Would love it if anyone else is experiencing problem 2 as well... I want to find out if it's isolated to my handset... or even to just my carrier.
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No problem here on a Vodafone TP2. Skype uses the 3G connection fine.
You know that htere's a setting that tells Skype what connection(s) to use? It defaults to "Use ActiveSync/Wifi" but can be changed to "Use ActiveSync/Wifi/Mobile"
It was working for me I think
see the message below
It was working for me I think
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the question, but I have made calls through Skype on my TyTN II using the Australian Three 3G network. Called my wife on her mobile in Shanghai with no problems. Well, the connection was pretty horrible (I think it's a bit hard work for both the phone and the network) but it connected fine for as long as I wanted.
As tjobbins said, in the Connection Method settings, I can "Use ActiveSync/WiFi" or "Use ActiveSync/WiFi/Mobile"... so if I'm overseas, I leave it on the first one; in Australia on the second one.
skippinshanghai said:
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the question, but I have made calls through Skype on my TyTN II using the Australian Three 3G network. Called my wife on her mobile in Shanghai with no problems. Well, the connection was pretty horrible (I think it's a bit hard work for both the phone and the network) but it connected fine for as long as I wanted.
As tjobbins said, in the Connection Method settings, I can "Use ActiveSync/WiFi" or "Use ActiveSync/WiFi/Mobile"... so if I'm overseas, I leave it on the first one; in Australia on the second one.
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Interesting... I think my settings might have changed because I tested it again just now and it worked!
Thanks all!
I'm interested in how this works. I own the Titan at the moment and Skype only works over Wifi. Do you know if Skype plans on fixing the problem with calls only being heard from speaker phone? Any update on video calling?
off-topic question here, does anyone know if the titan operates on 3G? (i have sprint)
jtadeo said:
I'm interested in how this works. I own the Titan at the moment and Skype only works over Wifi. Do you know if Skype plans on fixing the problem with calls only being heard from speaker phone? Any update on video calling?
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We can only hope. Skype have their forums and I saw a number of posts complaining about those missing features. I guess we should add our voices, though I would expect it will take a while for it to be fixed; the current version for Windows Mobile, Skype 3, was released fairly recently.
One alternative to look at is Fring. It supports better audio routing, i.e. calls are not only on speakerphone - they can come through the normal phone earpiece, or a bluetooth headset. Don't think it does video. As well as Skype, it also supports MSN, ICQ, Yahoo, AIM and others, so it's a good all-in-one client.
However on the TP2 Fring does currently have one quite annoying issue - it doesn't seem to work on Wifi. It's fine on mobile/3G connections, but on Wifi it won't list access points or connect. This is reported on their forums but no sign of a fix yet. Actually I did once get it connect to WiFi, but I don't really know how and haven't been able to repeat it.
Oh I just remembered the other huge problem with Skype for Windows Mobile - it doesn't list your phone contacts!
Bloody useless when you want to make a Skype Out call, and you end up having to go into the contact record, copy their number, and then paste it into Skype. Really daft.
Fring does list your contacts, and you can use it for Skype Out as well as Fring's own paid-for outbound dialling system.
I have another problem: NO notifications! So i don't know if someone chats or phone me! It's useless in that way!
tjobbins said:
Oh I just remembered the other huge problem with Skype for Windows Mobile - it doesn't list your phone contacts!
Bloody useless when you want to make a Skype Out call, and you end up having to go into the contact record, copy their number, and then paste it into Skype. Really daft.
Fring does list your contacts, and you can use it for Skype Out as well as Fring's own paid-for outbound dialling system.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I want to make sure that I'm using only data-only when making calls, since I have unlimited data... and limited daytime voice minutes.
I installed fring, and it doesn't show the TP2 as a supported device. When I launched it, it kept asking me to find a WLAN... except nothing shows up on the list! Wifi is enabled AND data is enabled, and it keeps showing Not Available...
Has it worked on your TP2?
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I installed fring, and it doesn't show the TP2 as a supported device. When I launched it, it kept asking me to find a WLAN... except nothing shows up on the list! Wifi is enabled AND data is enabled, and it keeps showing Not Available...
Has it worked on your TP2?
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Nope. See my post before the one you quoted! It doesn't work on WiFi on the TP2 at the moment - and also on some other WM devices I think.
Works great on 3G and ActiveSync, just doesn't work on WiFi.
Except.. once for me it did. It suddenly connected and I don't know how or why. Haven't managed to repeat it yet though. But maybe there's a workaround lying in there waiting to be (re) discovered
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Nope. See my post before the one you quoted! It doesn't work on WiFi on the TP2 at the moment - and also on some other WM devices I think.
Works great on 3G and ActiveSync, just doesn't work on WiFi.
Except.. once for me it did. It suddenly connected and I don't know how or why. Haven't managed to repeat it yet though. But maybe there's a workaround lying in there waiting to be (re) discovered
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No no - I had wifi disabled and just tried to use regular data connection... but it couldn't find the connection for some reason.
Hate to bump an old thread... but I finally got Fring working on my TP2 (latest version), but SkypeOut calls don't actually direct to the Earpiece... I don't hear anything. Loudspeaker works fine.
I've had a few reports of people telling me that I never answer my phone and it just rings and goes to voicemail.
Last night a friend called me to test this theory and it went straight to voicemail. It seems that 90% of my calls come through fine but the occasional one doesn't!
I've been testing it a lot in the last 12 hours and I can't seem to recreate the problem - I'm not sure if the cellular radio within the phone is hanging if it hasn't been used for a while?
Anyway - anyone else had this?
What kind of signal are you getting when occurs? (G, E, 3G, H etc)
If you are only receiving a 2G signal (G or E), if your phone is actively using data you will not receive calls because you cannot use voice and data simultaneously, and there seems to be no prioritization of voice over data.
If you are getting 3G, this isn't your issue since you should be able to have simultaneous voice and data!
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Dave
Good Point - i'm not sure, mu phone is almost always H but i suppose it could occasioinally drop.
I will experiment - thanks for the answer.
Is there an app or something that will only allow for 3g connections - thus preventing my phone from accessing data when only a 2g is available and stoip me missing calls?
This is a network issue, not a phone issue.
Network issue as in fixable with a phone call to T-mobile?
Or network issue as in unfixable?
This is a t-mobile problem. They have not found a solution to the problem yet.
I'm with Orange UK and 9 out of 10 calls go straight to the voice mail, I know that 2G cant cope with data and voice at the same time but Im having this problem with a strong 3G signal!!! The only time im not having this issue is when the phone gets a H signal (not very often,though).
Any one hahing the same problem??
This isn't related to your problem but is a general missed calls questions.
When i get a missed call i drag the task bar down and it will say for example "missed call from 07123123123". Obviously this isn't very useful since i don't know the number of every contact in my phone! So my question is is there a way to get the phone to say for example "missed call from John Smith"
mine does this.
it says: missed call from contact X as long as the number is assigned to contact X.
I have a T-mobile Version as well, but did not have any issues with missed calls
I'm struggling to find any other phones that conistantly show the same problem, but several threads reporting the it happening on the Desire. This is a worrying sign in my book.
Have a read of this thread. You'll see that other phones don't report the missed call problem but the Desire does.
(I can't post links so just google for "desire Not receiving calls when browsing on GPRS" and click the first link which is for "Android Forums").
Is there any one here who can do some low level testing on this? I expect it would be quite a tricky job but it would be worth doing.
/mub
yeahdisk said:
Is there an app or something that will only allow for 3g connections - thus preventing my phone from accessing data when only a 2g is available and stoip me missing calls?
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That would be quite useful imho!
I had that problem too. However after rooting the phone and flashing the newest radio 32.37.00.32U_4.06.00.16_2, the problem was completely gone.
Thats interesting. How long have you been running it for?
I flashed the new radio about a week ago and after that I could pick up all calls. (My carrier sends an sms every time someone calls but cannot be picked up) However the past two three days, I started tinkering with my phone again; flashing new roms and kernels. Thus these pass two three days, I did have some calls that went directly into voicemail, but all the calls registered on my phones as missed calls (+ i still get the SMSs). Which is better than before.
Give me another week to play around with the phone. Also a newer radio is out. However, I have not tested it yet.
alio993 said:
This isn't related to your problem but is a general missed calls questions.
When i get a missed call i drag the task bar down and it will say for example "missed call from 07123123123". Obviously this isn't very useful since i don't know the number of every contact in my phone! So my question is is there a way to get the phone to say for example "missed call from John Smith"
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I just signed up for Hullomail, It replaces my Orange voicemail, and gets my contacts from Google to tell me who called
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manuelwt said:
I'm with Orange UK and 9 out of 10 calls go straight to the voice mail, I know that 2G cant cope with data and voice at the same time but Im having this problem with a strong 3G signal!!! The only time im not having this issue is when the phone gets a H signal (not very often,though).
Any one hahing the same problem??
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Same probem here, seems like my phone is always poping from H to 3g but I can't text or call while its flicking between the too. When im on wifi problem is fine or if I switch mobie internet off.
I am on Orange using a debranded phone with 2.1 update 1 instaled.
radio is 32.36.00.28u_4.06.00.02_2 i think thats the radio anyway
Bizarrely enough is this issue only effection those on Orange or something??
Please everyone post up your network provider and your location in the UK
This could well be a Orange / T-mobile issue as they are currently upgrading all there masts, as the two companies join, My desire has only dropped about 10% of calls but my wifes LG 620 ( android ) is a definite 50/50....
Only time will tell.........
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This could well be a Orange / T-mobile issue as they are currently upgrading all there masts, as the two companies join, My desire has only dropped about 10% of calls but my wifes LG 620 ( android ) is a definite 50/50....
Only time will tell.........
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Ya beat me to that lol just saw the news,,,,, I'd sit back and wait while the work is completed
My new VZW Galaxy Nexus has been occasionally entering a mode where it will not receive any phone calls.
The problem is corrected once I initiate an outgoing phone call.
The outgoing call connects immediately, is clear, and has no issues at all. If I then hang up and try calling the device it will ring immediately and work perfectly.
The problem tends to occur a couple of times per day. I've not found a direct trigger for it.
When the problem occurs, IP network connectivity still works perfectly. I can ping from the device, browse FTP sites, and run a speed test. Using the speedtest.net app (while the phone is unable to receive calls), I'm seeing 26mpbs down and 18mbps up (just like I would if the phone was working).
Powering down and then powering up the device does not correct the issue. Adding a battery pull while the device is powered down doesn't help. Once booted, the device will still not receive calls until you make an outgoing call from the device.
Phone is bone stock. Is not and has never been rooted or modified. Purchased on launch day. Indicated signal strength is great, and service in my area is very good on both 3G and 4G.
There's no indication whatsoever of an issue other than friends later notifying me that I was unreachable.
I believe text messaging may be halted as well, but have not verified this.
Verizon has no idea, indicates everything is provisioned correctly. Device was activated by a VZW store.
Any suggestions or reports of similar issues would be greatly appreciated. I can still take it back to Verizon and replace it with a new item (and I probably will).
I've seen a story of a guy who upgraded to the gnex but left his old phone turned on and used it as a bedside clock. He was saying he wouldn't receive any calls. He powered off his old phone and was then able to receive calls. Seems like a long shot but maybe your having the same problem.
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Maybe your phone can automatically detect when someone you don't like is calling
Has anyone seen John Connor?
xxprodigyxx11 said:
I've seen a story of a guy who upgraded to the gnex but left his old phone turned on and used it as a bedside clock. He was saying he wouldn't receive any calls. He powered off his old phone and was then able to receive calls. Seems like a long shot but maybe your having the same problem.
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Thought this was the case as well after a Verizon tech suggested it. In a rare event, I actually picked this phone up at a VZW store and they activated it for me (while my previous phone was remained on).
Since then I've turned off the old phone (and left it off) and rebooted the Nexus immediately thereafter. The problem still occurs at roughly the same interval.
I actually do a lot of switching between phones for development work, but have never seen this before. Then again I always *228 it myself where the "old" phone has to be turned off.
I just experienced this problem today for the first time. I didn't realize my phone was unable to receive calls until my Gmail account notified me that I had a bunch of voicemails waiting. Then as soon as I made an outgoing call, I had about 12 text messages deliver to me. The weird part is that I was still receiving Facebook and Twitter notifications during this time. I haven't been able to replicate the problem again, but it has happened to me as well. Very weird.
My only hunch is that earlier in the day I was out in the middle of nowhere where my signal was dropping in & out and perhaps when I came back to the city, the network didn't connect properly? I don't know if that's even possible? Also, could my home wifi network be interfering somehow?
I have tested it since I made an outgoing call and now people are able to text me and call me, so it all seems back to normal. It's a very odd problem indeed.
I had the same issue this morning and its funny because I just turned my old phone on last night and that could be the problem
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I've had a Galaxy Nexus on Verizon for a couple of weeks now and noriced this problem early on, but only in the evenings and night. I stumbled upon this thread looking for a solution. Thanks tliebeck for mentioning it.
I was using my old OG Droid as a bedside clock. In the evenings, after getting home from work, I place the Galxy Nexus on the same bedside table as my old cell phone.
Then I saw xxprodigyxx11's response (thanks, btw!) and tried turning off the old phone. Sure enough, my Galaxy Nexus hasn't missed a call since. It seems to be proximity related, since I was receiving calls just fine on my gnex at work even with my old phone on at home; I'll have to do more testing on that to see just how far apart they need to be.
Sorry that did not work for you, tliebeck.
There is very little information on this situation out there, so I am grateful for the help here. Hopefully someone can come up with a more permanent and universal solution.
Good to know I'm not alone, thanks all for posting!
Still a major issue here.
Took the device to a VZW store and had them replace it with a new one. Problem still happens in exactly the same fashion. They did reuse my SIM card.
Phone seems to do it about every day lately. I've had two calls to VZW level 2 tech support. First guy tried changing a bunch of account settings around, to no avail. Second guy thinks it's a bad SIM card, I'll be heading to a VZW to get a new one of those today, but am doubtful that it will be effective.
The fact that this works across battery pulls and on two different phones just plain screams network or firmware problem.
I had the same issue. First swapped out my 4g sim card...worked OK in store, after being home for 45 minutes it did the same thing again...wouldn't accept calls until an outgoing call was placed. Drove back to Verizon and was able to reproduce the issue in the store. They replaced it with a brand new GNex and haven't had the issue since (a couple weeks). Good luck!!
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Had the SIM card replaced a couple days ago, today it's doing it again.
Based on the responses here, I think this issue may be quite widespread and many people aren't realizing it because it's intermittent (every one/two/three days) and is cured if you place an outgoing call (with no indication there was ever a problem).
For me at least, a replacement new phone, new SIM card, and various account updates have had no effect.
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Had the SIM card replaced a couple days ago, today it's doing it again.
Based on the responses here, I think this issue may be quite widespread and many people aren't realizing it because it's intermittent (every one/two/three days) and is cured if you place an outgoing call (with no indication there was ever a problem).
For me at least, a replacement new phone, new SIM card, and various account updates have had no effect.
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Not to belittle your problem, but 3-4 people having an issue =/= "quite widespread."
When you say its not accepting a call, do you mean all calls go straight to VM, don't ring at all, or the call isn't going through(I.e. other person sees call failed)?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus.
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Not to belittle your problem, but 3-4 people having an issue =/= "quite widespread."
When you say its not accepting a call, do you mean all calls go straight to VM, don't ring at all, or the call isn't going through(I.e. other person sees call failed)?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus.
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The reason I think it's not an isolated issue is because very few people are going to notice and correctly identify the issue. It's a new device (small userbase), and the more frequently you're placing calls the less likely you are to notice it. It's intermittent with what appears to be an interval of at least a few hours up to a day or more.
The calling party will either go straight to voicemail or experience between two and four rings before being routed to voicemail.
I suppose I should chime in and saying I'm having this issue also. I've found that toggling airplane mode on and then off restores ability for me to receive calls. This is a particularly bad problem for me as my wife is pregnant. She was PISSED the other day because she thought I was ignoring the 6 back-to-back calls she made. I first thought it was a google voice issue but it wasn't. I verified by calling my actual cell number once I caught it in this "mode" again today. Until we figure this out, I have the luxury of being able to add my work cell to the list of phones that GV rings so that I don't miss another call from her. That's actually how I discovered the GNex was in that "mode" again.
The comment about the previous phone is an interesting one. I also use my old phone as a nightstand deskclock and alarm clock. I will try throwing that one in airplane mode for awhile and see if that fixes anything. I don't believe it to be a proximity issue though because my GNex has entered this mode while I was at work and the old phone was at home. It's a half hour drive and there's a mountain in between.
-Josh
I also think that more people could be having this issue without knowing at all which would lead to less complaining. The caller just thinks the receiver is just too busy to answer and leaves a message. Unless you don't get a really important call that a wife/friend complains heavily about, one would never know.
I had purchased a new GNEX a few days ago and I had a really strange problem where the phone would work (receive / make calls) for about 10 minutes, then the radio would just stop working.
Wait a few minutes, and it would come back to life.
Since it was new, I took it back to the Verizon store and they tried to claim it was due to some software issue that was being fixed in the next two weeks, but I disagreed.
Ultimately got a new GNEX and haven't had the problem since. Seems like maybe there is a bad batch out there with faulty radios?
I don't have anything to add except to say that my father's HTC Raider/Vivid did the same thing last night, and it was spooky. I phoned him a few times, and it went straight to VM every time. As soon as he placed a call, all the VM notifications came flooding in, and his phone could receive calls again.
My guess is that it is a quirk with the way 4g is authenticated. Since it's a new type of connection (requires sim card instead of esn) there's some kind of glitch where the old esn isn't fully un-registered with the network. Does your dad also use an old 3g phone as a deskclock or anything?
Me Too! Galaxy nexus stops receiving calls until I place an outgoing cal
Hi,
This is my first post here. Just wondering if this has been resolved? My Gnexus was on all day Saturday, Sunday and most of today without receiving a call or a text. When I called out it started working, but none of the incomming calls in my voicemail showed up in my log. No text messages were received either. Thanks for starting the thread.
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Hi,
This is my first post here. Just wondering if this has been resolved? My Gnexus was on all day Saturday, Sunday and most of today without receiving a call or a text. When I called out it started working, but none of the incomming calls in my voicemail showed up in my log. No text messages were received either. Thanks for starting the thread.
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Do u have a phone that used to be on that line turned on?
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Update: have not had this issue come up again since i put my old phone in airplane mode. I always wait for both of my gv phones to ring to ensure this problem is resolved.
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This issue is not exclusive to the Verizon Nexus. I have the GSM version through TMobile and quite often (several times a week, maybe more) my phone just stops receiving text messages. I can't even make outgoing calls.
So now, periodically throughout the day I call Google Voice to see if it works. If I get my own voicemail I know that I'm still receiving text messages. If it doesn't connect, then I have to turn on airplane mode, then turn it off again, and the network comes back.
During the outage I still show full bars over 3G.
It's so freaking annoying. I thought the latest update to Android would fix it, but it didn't. There's a Google thread on this too:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=34ad876196cb21c4&hl=en&start=40
I received my P3XL recently and forgot about the call screening feature. However, when I get calls, I don't have the call screening button. I've updated the Phone app to v.24 already. I read there wasn't anything I needed to disable/enable. Can someone provide some clarification? I've gone through the whole phone and can't find anything related to call screening. Much thanks!
Where are you located? Think only works in US
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Where are you located? Think only works in US
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I'm in the states. I'm in Atlanta. Using T-Mobile.
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So I just downloaded the Assistant app and now within the settings of the phone app, call screen setting shows up.. I though it was suppose to work right of the box? Is it because I did a device transfer from my iPhone -> P3XL?
I got my Pixel 3 XL today - UK release day - and I am sure like many other was disappointed to see call screening restricted to the US.
It doesn’t make any sense as we speak the same language and I am prepared to change the settings to get it to work.
So I changed the language to US, I changed my Google account location - but nothing still no call screening option.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
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I got my Pixel 3 XL today - UK release day - and I am sure like many other was disappointed to see call screening restricted to the US.
It doesn’t make any sense as we speak the same language and I am prepared to change the settings to get it to work.
So I changed the language to US, I changed my Google account location - but nothing still no call screening option.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
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It's a server side feature, has nothing to do with settings. From what I have read- it will be coming to the UK eventually.
So one of the main features I bought the phone for is restricted to the US which they didn't even make clear to us. nice.
I wonder if there are some GDPR issues. Google is monitoring the call, transmitting it to this servers...it warns you the call is being recorded.
Still, they should have been clear on availability.
Nothing is transmitted to their servers, it's all done locally on the device. I imagine the feature will roll out to us in an update, like the night mode on the camera.
Very disappointed to see both features not present in the UK from day one, considering they're two main selling points of the phone. Pisser.
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So one of the main features I bought the phone for is restricted to the US which they didn't even make clear to us. nice.
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They made it perfectly clear, announced at the keynote: https://youtu.be/EsoQGTA1SxY
Posted on their blog on 10/9:
First, starting out in English in the U.S., Pixel 3’s on-device AI helps you screen phone calls and avoid spam calls. Imagine you’re at dinner with family or in a meeting at work and a call from an unknown caller comes in.
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https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-3/
So on, and so forth.
uicnren said:
They made it perfectly clear, announced at the keynote: https://youtu.be/EsoQGTA1SxY
Posted on their blog on 10/9:
https://www.blog.google/products/pixel/google-pixel-3/
So on, and so forth.
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Welp, I must be both death and blind. Apologies for my idiocy there. Thanks.
It is an on phone feature so surely there must be a string or something like with night sight to enable it... maybe someone can make a modded phone app?
I really want to use this rather than wait an inderterminate period of time for it to be released in the UK.
Interestingly I put a Project Fi SIM in my Pixel 3XL and the call screen option appeared but then when I want to try it it was gone... even with a Fi SIM and a US phone number....
Someone in Reddit claims to have activated it in India (on a rooted 2xl)...
So hopefully only a matter of time. (I'm waiting for it in Aus)
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I was also really disappointed as they had never mentioned this in their marketing messages. Then I found this https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tps/whatistps.html
Apparently, this is a legitimate solution for filtering nuisance calls.
No point in waiting until Google make this available in the UK.
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It is an on phone feature so surely there must be a string or something like with night sight to enable it... maybe someone can make a modded phone app?
I really want to use this rather than wait an inderterminate period of time for it to be released in the UK.
Interestingly I put a Project Fi SIM in my Pixel 3XL and the call screen option appeared but then when I want to try it it was gone... even with a Fi SIM and a US phone number....
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I'm in the U.S. but I got it working on my P2XL, including transcripts about a month ago using this mod , but this requires root. Then I bought a P3XL and was irritated that transcripts hadn't rolled out officially even though I had been using them on the P2XL for quite a while. So I opened up the .xml file in the P3XL and the same flags were there. I only changed 2 flags to true and boom, transcripts were working. This is very easy to do and easily reversible (especially when you save a copy of the original xml file). When reading the mod OP, note there are locale based flags to avoid the U.S. location check and I think it's worth a shot if you are rooted. Give it a go and report back if it is working for you. Here are the strings I am referring to:
Code:
<boolean name="__data_rollout__SpeakEasy.OverrideUSLocaleCheckRollout__launched__" value="false" />
<boolean name="G__speak_easy_bypass_locale_check" value="false" />
Follow the below post and it works irrespective of where you are. (It needs root though)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/themes/root-enable-call-screening-pixel-t3861350
yokuoh said:
Nothing is transmitted to their servers, it's all done locally on the device. I imagine the feature will roll out to us in an update, like the night mode on the camera.
Very disappointed to see both features not present in the UK from day one, considering they're two main selling points of the phone. Pisser.
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And you believe them? Google cannot be trusted. I assumed everyone knew this by now.
Call screening is an awful feature and if you use it to filter spam or robocalls in the UK you will end up getting even more as answering a robo call will simply tell the spammers that you are active and they will bombard you.
Jonathan-H said:
And you believe them? Google cannot be trusted. I assumed everyone knew this by now.
Call screening is an awful feature and if you use it to filter spam or robocalls in the UK you will end up getting even more as answering a robo call will simply tell the spammers that you are active and they will bombard you.
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Wow. CS is the best thing ever, and I very much enjoy using it. It works very well on non-spam calls as well when you just cannot take the call or it's a reminder from your doctor, pharmacy, etc. Google already screens out the majority of spam calls (they are marked spam) and makes it easy to block these and any other repeat callers. Yeah, it's still whack a mole but now you don't even need to pick up the phone. As for the UK users, you can try the mod if rooted. Otherwise know it will be there "soon".