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Help Skype weird static sound when calling...
- Thread starter darklide
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- motorola atrix 4g
Fountainhead93
Newbie
Hi Darklide
That is normal. Skype mic is broken on the Atrix. There is a lot of finger pointing but it's generally understood that AT&T broke it on purpose. We're all hoping that ATT will fix it.
That is normal. Skype mic is broken on the Atrix. There is a lot of finger pointing but it's generally understood that AT&T broke it on purpose. We're all hoping that ATT will fix it.
darklide
Android Enthusiast
Theres a separate Microphone on the Atrix just for Skype?
Fountainhead93
Newbie
No, the mic is the same for phone and Skype.
Skype isn't moving on this issue. See the post at Strange Noise on Outgoing Calls - Skype Community - Page 4
I have the same screeching geiger counter, making Skype unusable for calls and painful to my ears. I mean painful quite exactly: after getting a shocking blast in my headset my ears hurt. Maybe if we start warning people that Skype will damage their hearing we can get some attention on this.
So far, I have experienced this problem with two carriers in Canada (Rogers, Wind Mobile) on two android phones (Nexus S, Galaxy S 2 i9000). I have tried wifi, 3G and HSPA+ on the GS2 with no change in behaviour. ON the Nexus S the problem went away for a bit when I uninstalled and reinstalled, but that had no effect on my GS2.
Skype Info
Package: com.skype.raider
UID: 10108
Version 1.0.0.983
Phone Info
Model: GT-I9100
Host: DELL103
ID: GINGERBREAD
Release: 2.3.3
SDK: 10
I have the same screeching geiger counter, making Skype unusable for calls and painful to my ears. I mean painful quite exactly: after getting a shocking blast in my headset my ears hurt. Maybe if we start warning people that Skype will damage their hearing we can get some attention on this.
So far, I have experienced this problem with two carriers in Canada (Rogers, Wind Mobile) on two android phones (Nexus S, Galaxy S 2 i9000). I have tried wifi, 3G and HSPA+ on the GS2 with no change in behaviour. ON the Nexus S the problem went away for a bit when I uninstalled and reinstalled, but that had no effect on my GS2.
Skype Info
Package: com.skype.raider
UID: 10108
Version 1.0.0.983
Phone Info
Model: GT-I9100
Host: DELL103
ID: GINGERBREAD
Release: 2.3.3
SDK: 10
Well... I got the latest Skype installed on my Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet (Android) and sure enough... when I call anyone they say it's like I'm sending them audio from a geiger counter. They can hear me through the static and on my end they sound fine ... but it's just a horrible situation for the people I'm calling.
Haven't figured out a way to stop it. I tried plugging in a headset. I'm getting ready to try a bluetooth headset. But we wanted to mainly use it for family to family conversations so a personal bluetooth headset isn't really an option.
Ugh! I'm gonna give ooVoo a try. It's just a pain when everyone has Skype to get them to move to another program. Kinda like everyone it on Facebook and only a few tried out Google+.
Haven't figured out a way to stop it. I tried plugging in a headset. I'm getting ready to try a bluetooth headset. But we wanted to mainly use it for family to family conversations so a personal bluetooth headset isn't really an option.
Ugh! I'm gonna give ooVoo a try. It's just a pain when everyone has Skype to get them to move to another program. Kinda like everyone it on Facebook and only a few tried out Google+.