Chuck Bevitt
Lurker
It all started when the Sprint service went our where I live - my HTC EVO can't connect to the Sprint network from there, even though anywhere else in Los Angeles, it's fine. So while Sprint's trying to figure it out, I thought I'd run Skype so I could make calls from home using my home wifi. I downloaded and installed the latest version (2.6.0.95) from the Android market.
What I found was that Skype is unusable on my phone using wifi only. I can make a (voice only) call, but the sound is distorted and drops out so much that I only hear about two words in ten.
When I try to use Skype away from my home where my Sprint service is working, it functions fine over the 3G connection. If I turn my 3G radio off and try it using only the wifi at work, it has the same problem.
My phone was on Android 2.2 rooted, so I unrooted it and did the update that Sprint had been bothering me with to 2.3.3. No change.
So it looks like Skype won't work over wifi from a Sprint HTC EVO. Has anyone else had this problem? Found an answer?
PS: Meanwhile, I loaded Skype on my wifi iPad. It works absolutely flawlessly - better connection and sound quality (for voice only calls, all I've tried) then my cell phone has ever had. It's my new home phone.
What I found was that Skype is unusable on my phone using wifi only. I can make a (voice only) call, but the sound is distorted and drops out so much that I only hear about two words in ten.
When I try to use Skype away from my home where my Sprint service is working, it functions fine over the 3G connection. If I turn my 3G radio off and try it using only the wifi at work, it has the same problem.
My phone was on Android 2.2 rooted, so I unrooted it and did the update that Sprint had been bothering me with to 2.3.3. No change.
So it looks like Skype won't work over wifi from a Sprint HTC EVO. Has anyone else had this problem? Found an answer?
PS: Meanwhile, I loaded Skype on my wifi iPad. It works absolutely flawlessly - better connection and sound quality (for voice only calls, all I've tried) then my cell phone has ever had. It's my new home phone.