Skype for Android now works on Samsung Galaxy S and can be stored on SD card
We’ve just updated our Android app – you can now:
- Use the app on your Samsung Galaxy S, as long as it’s running Android OS 2.2 or later. You can find out how to update your phone on the Samsung website.
- Store the app on your phone’s SD card if it’s running Android OS 2.2 or later.
If you store the app on your SD card, the data Skype uses while the app is running is still stored on the internal memory of your phone. We expect this to take up around 15MB of space for most people.
To get the update, head to skype.com/m on your phone, or scan the QR code below.
Nice, but you should concentrate on bringing some more stability and improve battery drain…
Why can you not use it to send text messages!? and when will this functionality be added.
Also how can I actually close it down, once it starts there’s no close/exit option!
I get file not found. Is it not available worldwide yet ? (I’m in Iceland)
Great, but 15MB internal memory is still quite a lot. Can you change that so that this data is also stored on the SD-card?
Is the ability to check voicemail even on the radar, since we, you know, actually pay for the ability to use voicemail and have no way to check it using the app? Right now I have to forward calls to another number so I can get voicemails on my mobile, once my skype subscription runs out I may just cut out the middle man = skype.
I cant find Skype od the android market…. the barcode is redirecting me on the android market page….NOO SKYPE…. please heeeeeelp i’m from macedonia
That’s nice. But most Galaxy S phones are on 2.1, including the AT&T Captivate. That link only updates firmware, it will not update your phone to 2.2 (Froyo).
I have to echo paerai’s comment. 15MBs of internal memory is huge!
When I click on the link above it says Skype is not available for my mobile (A Samsung Galaxy S)
Just open the market app on your galaxy S and search for skype. In the search results it appears as the 1st listing. Click on it to install.
An update. I have Froyo (Android 2.2). Not sure if that is a requirement though
Skype video is being passed by fast by android video apps like Tango which are interoperable between andriod devices like EVO 4G and Iphone 4. Skype should get a Skype video app for android out to market in order to protect its brand.
works great now.
1) Sign/out exit: My Info – Sign out.
2) What is 15MB nowadays? Seriously! Get another memory card with xGB.
3) Updating to Froyo 2.2 is so easy – Google is your friend …
4) Cannot find Skype. Google Market enabler and fake for US or Europe. It’s there!
This is the most ridiculous thing I’ve found in this tech era. Skype for android? Not found on android market!!!!!!!! Most ridiculous. Skype site gives a link, but never goes thru. This is highly deplorable especially when we have skype, android. Facebook all being promoted by the same bunch of guys.
2.2 update is not that easy due to crap kies. As for skype, recent drop in call quailty and lack of videocalls on android means i’ll be changing to fring.
Does this version let you make voice calls?
will it keep you signed in?
I agree with ranger714 – channel some resources into enabling video functionality please
Im using Samsung Galexy 5(Five) with android version 2.1. I cannot download skype on my mobile phone. Please teach me how. Im from Malaysia.
I would really love to use the Skype App on the Sprint HTC EVO… Is this going to be possible someday soon? Please advise… Thanks!
Sorry. Just tried your Barcode link. What do I get – the same as usual – Sorry, Skype is unavailable for your mobile. (Samsung Galaxy S running 2.2 in UK). Thoroughly disillusioned and frankly dismayed that I can only log in via computer. I would not, and will not, recommend this software to clients.
I have a HTC Wildfire with Android 2.2.1. Voice calls with this and the previous version of Skype for Android are of very poor quality, half the words of a sentence just fall away in cracky sounds. Most of the time it is not possible at all to hold a conversation. Even on Wifi connections. On Skype for Android forums it was mentioned by a Skype affiliate that this is because of the low-end processor in the HTC Wildfire. I think that’s a load of bs. I did not have these problem with Fring or Nimbuzz, 2 superior VOIP products that used to also offer Skype calls but are now being blocked by Skype because they made Skype look bad. Also, phones with a far less impressive processor than the HTC Wildfire can serve voice calls. This is a poor excuse of an Android app. You should take your customers more seriously and don’t hold them for fools.
Works great on mine, but I really wish it could do video calls. PLEASE FIX THAT.
If they get around to fixing that, I’ll be the happiest Samsung Galexy S Vibrant owner in the world.
is there the possibility of a fix for android 2.1 on the galaxy at some stage?
Well I put this on then made a call, the audio was terrible and I was charged 10 times the normal call rate!
Although on SD, it still takes 3MB from the internal memory for “Data” – what is it? Can these data be stored on SD as well?
How to stop it? Do I always need to force close?
how do i retrieve my messages on skype(voice messages) i am wasting my quarterly for a number that i cannot recieve NO calls from,if i do its not clear I have a HTC Desire cell phone living in England trying to keep in touch with friends and family , what more can i do? your email addy bounce back contactus@skype.com/net HELP as i have hard it
I just got a Sprint HTC EVO 4G phone and found that skype is installable on it to work only on wifi connections. I plan to use it to call land line phones. However, the version I installed doesn’t support using the speakerphone feature of the phone. This is important to implement as the volume isn’t loud enough.
i have Froyo 2.2 installed & latest Skype installed on my Galaxy S. Still does not work. When i try to sign in, it just returns me to the sign in screen with no message or error. Exactly the same as it did with previous skype version.
it works, yet battery drain should be fixed. also killing process each time that i want to close the app is not that easy
Anyone can tell me why Skype can’t download into Samsung Galaxy S, anyone faced a same problem with me???
I have Android 2.2.1 on my HTC myTouch and it says I can only make calls over wifi and not 3G – is that right? if yes why is that?
Cannot log in to my Skype account on Nexus S, Gingerbread 2.3.2, UK. Something about Skype and Samsung phones obviously…
The funny thing is that Skype’s main asset when it first came out is that it *just worked*, on any computer… that legacy of clever programming has obviously been lost!
So people in Iceland cannot access the link for download or whatever… and seems like people in the Faroe Islands cannot access http://www.skype.com/m at all. Heard stories about people in the Faroe Islands needed to put in a SIM-card bought in Denmark to be abel to get any use out of http://www.skype.com/m
Skype has sold out and no longer serves my needs! I am a retired minister and a long time Skype users that feels betrayed by the Verizon only deal!
I have had problems with the big V in the past and will never use their service again…
pissing off clients only causes other companies to gain customers!!!!
so good bye to Skype mobile!!!!!
Not sure what happens, but when I try to make a call on my Galaxy S with skype I get nothing but loud static and cannot place the call.
@njhitech you can use Skype on a wide range of mobile phones on any network, as well as on desktop computers and TVs – hope that helps!
Would be good if the data can be stored on SD Card, too! Some HTC phones (Desire, Wildfire) have a small internal memory..
Hi where is the video calling ?? You have developed video calling only for iphones but not to Android. ?
ok, so i just got the SGS Epic w/ sprint running Android 2.1 and downloaded the skype app. i’m having the same problem as everyone else and my phone says “signing in” forever w/ no progress or error msg. i’ve been checking out this blog for a while and tried a few of the suggesions to no avail. why have the app in the store if i can’t freakin use it? the Samsung Epic is one of the popular phones in the United States right now. why wouldn’t skype want to make their system accessible to it? i don’t expect my post to be replied to because i haven’t seen the skype reps reply to many other w/ this issue but it would be nice to have some sort of feedback.
I will be stopping making calls through Skype until I will be also served to maky video calls on my Samsung Galaxy. Signed,
An unhappy customer.
What do you do if FroYo (Android 2.2) is still not released in your country for Galaxy S?
Wait even longer? It is a disappointing approach …