Based on materials from androidpit.com
When Skype is working as it should, hardly anyone will ever complain. However, he is not spared from problems, to put it mildly. Let's leave out of the brackets the question of the suitability of this method of messaging in general, alternatives, and so on. Let's talk about more specific things, namely, how the application works for Skype to Android, about the problems that arise with this combination, and, of course, about how to solve them.
- 1. Deterioration of sound quality when the phone is held to the ear
- 2. Insufficient installation space
- 3. If you want to use more than one account
- 4. Lack of notifications
- 5. Poor call quality
- 6. Video calls consume all your traffic
- 7. Unable to login
- 8. Can't use your own ringtones
- 9. Can't get the latest version or use all features
- 10. Unreasonable scrolling
- 11. Inability to log in through your account Facebook
- 12. Lack of Material Design
1. Deterioration of sound quality when the phone is held to the ear
The problem may lie in the proximity sensor. Skype tech support offers to leave the call screen, since the proximity sensor is used only when this screen is active. Or, you can use 3G instead of Wi-Fi for voice calls. Alternatively, just plug in the headset.
2. Insufficient installation space
Blame a bug Android, files are not always deleted after installation. Restarting the device and trying to install Skype again may help. If it does not help, you will have to roll back the device to the factory settings.
3. If you want to use more than one account
Skype makes this easy. You need to go to the application settings and uncheck the automatic registration in the application. The next time you go to Skype, you will be logged in with the account you need.
4. Lack of notifications
You could have disabled them accidentally or unchecked the 'Show new messages' option in Skype settings. Also check the device settings: you could have disabled notifications in the entire system altogether, this setting has a priority status over the settings Skype.
5. Poor call quality
It doesn't matter if you make a voice or video call, for the best quality it is recommended to have a strong Wi-Fi signal and close any applications you don't need right now. The more applications use data transfer, the worse the connection.
6. Video calls consume all your traffic
In the app for Skype click on the menu icon, scroll down to your profile and go to Settings. Select voice and video calls and then video quality. If you make video calls at maximum settings, this can eat up a lot of traffic on each call, so quality can and should be sacrificed.
7. Unable to login
If the application displays a message that it cannot register, are you using an outdated version of it? These messages usually pop up if you are trying to use a version of the application that is no longer supported Skype. If everything is in order with freshness, it may be worth trying to demolish the application, restart the device and install Skype again.
8. Can't use your own ringtones
And here, unfortunately, there is nothing to help. Skype does not support your own ringtones.
9. Can't get the latest version or use all features
The system requirements for Skype are quite modest – Android starting from version 2.3 and 27 MB of free disk space. But there are other requirements for certain versions Skype. Version Skype 5 and later requires Android 4.0 and later. There are also processor requirements, so video calls are not supported on ARMv6 processors (they are, for example, in Samsung Galaxy Ace and HTC Wildfire).
10. Unreasonable scrolling
Some users who have long conversations in a group chat may find that when they open the chat, the application starts scrolling. This is an update problem: skype downloads the full thread (or the last 30 days if the thread is very old and long), and the crazy scrolling starts when the update is still happening. Connect to Wi-Fi, wait half an hour for the app to update and everything will be fine.
11. Inability to log in through your account Facebook
If you created an account at Skype using an account at Facebook on a PC or Mac, you may look for an option to log in this way in the Android app . And there is no such option. The application will only 'digest' the account Skype or Microsoft account. To solve the problem, you need to unlink your account Facebook from Skype, create an account Skype, and then link your Facebook account to it . You will also need to add friends with Facebook to Skype contacts, because the list of Facebook friends will not appear in the application for Android.
12. Lack of Material Design
“This is definitely what we're going to be doing,” says Ben P., Product Manager Skype for Android. – Stay with us'.
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