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Anyone Facetiming successfully with an OSX device?
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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I am not. My Facetime beta installation doesn't get past the login phase.
For the people here with positive results:
Did you have no problems installing it and using it?
Did you have to delete the imagent.plist file?
Did you have to modify your DNS?
Did you have to modify your NAT in your 802.11b/g/n router?
Did you need to DMZ your computer?
What router, and ISP do you use?
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I have had no problems at all, didn't have to do anything.
Cisco router - Mac Pro to an iPhone in Colorado.
Airport Express - iPhone to iPhone at home.
Two different ISP's, one DSL the other cable modem.
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Hmm. I am using a Linksys WRT54G. It has a little Cisco logo on the face and in the web interface.
I tried the port forwarding suggestion given by apple, but no luck.
I can replace it with a Openwrt router, so I will try that tomorrow.
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I've Facetimed from my iMac to an iPhone with no problem at all. It didn't require any mucking around at all; I just logged in and dialed. My router is a Time Capsule.
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No FaceTime for me. Even when I'm in the States using the AT&T SIM card that came with the phone it seems that the jailbreak/unlock process has rendered FaceTime useless. It just sits there with a "Waiting for activation..." message. In their attempt to make FaceTime seamless to use I'm afraid Apple has made it overly complicated behind the scenes.... just ask anyone with a factory-unlocked iPhone.
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Originally Posted by Atheist 
No FaceTime for me. Even when I'm in the States using the AT&T SIM card that came with the phone it seems that the jailbreak/unlock process has rendered FaceTime useless. It just sits there with a "Waiting for activation..." message. In their attempt to make FaceTime seamless to use I'm afraid Apple has made it overly complicated behind the scenes.... just ask anyone with a factory-unlocked iPhone.
Nope, have a factory-unlocked iPhone here, FaceTime still works seamlessly over Wi-Fi. I've even used it for calls between the US / Singapore & Singapore / Hong Kong, it really just works!
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Originally Posted by pheonixash
Nope, have a factory-unlocked iPhone here, FaceTime still works seamlessly over Wi-Fi. I've even used it for calls between the US / Singapore & Singapore / Hong Kong, it really just works!
It all depends on the carrier. Do some googling and you'll see plenty of people with trouble. I find it ironic that Apple only allows you to make FaceTime calls over Wi-Fi but makes the technology dependent upon the mobile service provider (it seems to be tied into MMS/SMS).
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