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Atheist · Mar 30, 2009, 10:55 PM

Anyone try it? It's crashing constantly for me. I've got an unlocked/jailbroken 1st gen iPhone with latest OS. First time I used it to make a call, my phone hard-crashed. Never had that happen before.

gradient · Mar 30, 2009, 11:14 PM

Is this an official or unofficial app? I don't see Skype in the App Store, though it could just be one of those limitations of the Canadian store I suppose.

turtle777 · Mar 30, 2009, 11:17 PM

It's showing up for me, DLed it.
Made two successful test calls, no hitches or crashed (non-jailbroken iPhone 3G).

Did you restart your iPhone after downloading and installing it ?

-t

Atheist · Mar 30, 2009, 11:18 PM

It's an official app. May not be available in the Canadian store. I had to go into iTunes to download it. It didn't appear in the App Store on the iPhone.

Atheist · Mar 30, 2009, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by turtle777

It's showing up for me, DLed it.
Made two successful test calls, no hitches or crashed (non-jailbroken iPhone 3G).

Did you restart your iPhone after downloading and installing it ?

-t

Was forced to restart after the hard-crash. I've tried rebooting the phone again just for kicks. No luck. It's very buggy for me. If I start the app and then just leave it for a minute or two without doing anything it will crash.

I doubt it's because it's jailbroken. I've never heard of that causing a problem ... but you never know.

turtle777 · Mar 31, 2009, 12:29 AM

No crashes for me. Left it running for about 15 min, no problems.

-t

Spheric Harlot · Mar 31, 2009, 12:47 AM

Originally Posted by Atheist

I doubt it's because it's jailbroken. I've never heard of that causing a problem ... but you never know.

It's been all over these very forums, you know.

cttbwwhatever (the Riverboat guy) gloated about having copy/paste on his iPhone, and two weeks later, he'd already reverted back to stock because the damn thing kept crashing.

gradient · Mar 31, 2009, 01:46 AM

Yep, Skype is apparently available for the iPhone in every country where the iPhone is sold... except Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...pe-iphone.html

I guess I'll be sticking with Truphone for the time being.

ctt1wbw · Mar 31, 2009, 02:56 AM

It doesn't surprise me at all. Canada is the country that wanted to charge text messaging fees for tweets. How stupid is that?

Simon · Mar 31, 2009, 03:15 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

It's showing up for me, DLed it.
Made two successful test calls, no hitches or crashed (non-jailbroken iPhone 3G).

Exactly the same here. I'm very satisfied so far. Obviously if it would work over 3G (calls I mean) it would be even nicer. Gotta love those carriers.

JKT · Mar 31, 2009, 03:27 AM

Originally Posted by Atheist

I doubt it's because it's jailbroken. I've never heard of that causing a problem ...

Then you haven't been listening.

Phileas · 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by ctt1wbw

It doesn't surprise me at all. Canada is the country that wanted to charge text messaging fees for tweets. How stupid is that?

It's a patent issue, nothing to do with Canada. There are easy ways to get yourself a free US iTunes account, the download is freely available that way.

The tweet issue is nothing but the usual idiocy from Bell. They have since seen the error in their ways.

Atheist · Mar 31, 2009, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by JKT

Then you haven't been listening.

I guess I haven't. The people I know with jailbroken phones have never complained of problems.. and I've been using an unlocked/jailbroken phone for a year and a half with no issues.

In this case though, it was a problem specific to jailbroken phones. A fix has already been made available. For anyone with a jailbroken phone, just go into Cydia and install the MobileSubstrate update.

Dakar V · Mar 31, 2009, 11:18 AM

People are reporting the conflict is with Clippy.

Atheist · Mar 31, 2009, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Dakar V

People are reporting the conflict is with Clippy.

There is a conflict with Clippy. But even with Clippy removed the Skype App would crash consistently after about 40 seconds. There's a pretty good write-up in the link I provided explaining why it would crash.

Phileas · Mar 31, 2009, 11:33 AM

Installed it this morning. Very pleasantly surprised by start-up time, features and voice quality. Love the contacts integration. I use Skype on the laptop all of the time for outgoing calls, this means I can now walk about the office and not be tethered to the MacBook. Cool.

If I'd still be a teenager on a budget in an urban environment where I'd have near constant wireless access I'd be selling my cellphone and buying an iPod Touch right now.

Zeeb · Mar 31, 2009, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by Phileas

Installed it this morning. Very pleasantly surprised by start-up time, features and voice quality. Love the contacts integration. I use Skype on the laptop all of the time for outgoing calls, this means I can now walk about the office and not be tethered to the MacBook. Cool.

Really? I'm perplexed by this application. First of all, none of my contacts appear when I touch the "contacts" icon except "Skype test call". They do appear when I touch the "call" icon and then "contacts" but when I try to place a call by touching one of those contacts a message appears saying I need to purchase skype credit in order to use my own contacts.

I already have the $3 a month Skype membership and from what I can gather that should cover it. Strangely, if I dial the number directly I do get through. It seems they want to charge me a premium to use my contacts list. Annoying. Maybe I'm missing something?