theperfectpunk

Just Got The Micromax

The Micromax A70 has a secondary video call camera, but due to the stock android 2.2, it cannot be used for video call.

Could Anyone Please Provide Me a Workaround For this.

theperfectpunk

Sorry For The Confusion Dudes, but i found out that none of the android phones support calling over the network. Even the Samsung Galaxy SII does not have video calling over 3G network. But the front camera can be used by messaging apps like skype,fring,nimbuzz etc.

abc1xyz2

You are wrong. I have Samsung Galaxy S and i have been making video calls over 3g network. There is no problem. Also video calling over skype, fring is very good. We need to know if we can use Micromax A70 for video calling over fring. If it does that it is worth buying this phone.

theperfectpunk

Then Samsung Must've installed some third party software to do that, otherwise video calls cannot be made with stock android as the android kernel doesn't even support front facing camera.

I'll check if video calls can be made with fring and let you know

abc1xyz2

Thanks buddy. Please let me know. because if fring video chat is possible then i will buy this mobile.

theperfectpunk

Just created a fring account, i was able to make video calls but there was no option in fring to switch to front facing camera, i have contacted fring support for the same.

theperfectpunk

Dude its awesome! i was able to use fring to video call using the front camera also.

Its Working,Working!

All you gotta do is close fring and go to camera and select the option to use front camera and then viola fring will use the front camera, until you select the back camera again.

abc1xyz2

Fantastic buddy. Thanks for all the help you have provided. Just check if skype video chatting is also possible. Then it will be a perfect mobile worth 100% the money. Thanks again & sorry for giving you trouble again & again. also if you could tell something regarding the quality of video chat with fring & skype.

theperfectpunk

Quality of video calling depends on your signal if you're using 3G(HSDPA), i was using airtel so it was working flawlessly(I am getting download speed of 500 KBPS on airtel 3G). With Wifi Its even better you can group call without any lag.

Believe me, its worth every penny

theperfectpunk

Sorry Dude, Skype Requires at least 1 GHz processor, hence one has to get a custom ROM to get it to that speed.

But Tango Works!

rocky05

Hi,

I am planning for this mob bro ,.. can u let me kno reg th ram n gpu whic u can find once u run quadrant benchmark???

Ma fren is havin galaxy fit whic s 240*320 pixels, so most of th application in android market is not compatible ,..

Can u pl let me kno reg th compatiblity wit various apps in market???????

theperfectpunk

I ran quadrant benchmark and it gave me a score of 480. The screen resolution is 320x480, it features a adreno 200 GPU and 256 MB of RAM(In Quadrant Benchmark It shows 160 MB as the android system reserves the remaining for it)
Uptill Now Only Plant VS Zombies was the only game among my downloaded games which was not working on this phone. i'm still searching for more games which do not run.
Angry Birds Runs Quite Decent.

at a price of 6619 i would highly recommend this phone.

chauhanayush3

theperfectpunk ...u r soo outdated man !!!
the nokia 5800 smartphone has got a processor of speed even lesser than that of a70..nd i can make skype calls very easily then what the hell is the problem with a70 which is even faster !!

theperfectpunk

The platform you are talking about is symbian s60v5. The skype software launched for android phones is a much more advanced version and requires a high end android device to make video calls at resolutions such as VGA(640x480).

Hence a processor of 1 GHz or more is required.(This information is fully authentic as i have mailed skype for the same and this was the explanation i got for non-availability of video calls in Micromax A70)

chauhanayush3

cant we use the .jar version of skype in the mobile since it supports java apps ...!!!

ashwa

think u r wrong it is because froyo dosent support videocalling on skype gingerbread does and it dosent depend on hardware cause if u can make videocalls on fring then it is also possible wt skype so i guess we hv towait fr gingerbread update frm micromax or a cynogen mod

Last edited by ashwa; September 8th, 2011 at 03:07 AM.

chauhanayush3

is updating the micromax a70 from froyo to gingerbread possible in future ?

smarty84

yes it is if someone develop the rom

Sentacy

Dear Friends,

Thanks for all the post & for sharing the info..
My question is where do find it at price of 6619?
I price i had seen is 8000.
Plz reply....

ashwa

i got it at abargain price of 7500

anand981

hi all,

will it cost any, if you are making a call on fring(x6) to fring to (micromax)another phone,

i have tried this once & got charged , want to confirm

VIVI d cUpId

friends,
I am also thinking of buying it ...
can any one plz tell me about d video formats A70 supports?
does it support flv , mpeg also ?? and wt about d ... youtube downloader tubemate ? it works here .... i got some problem using this software in galaxy fit ...? plz anybody?

ashwa

playin video formats depends on codec s available not phones and there r lot of video plyn software available on android market so go buy this phone

ashwa

no its free if u r on wifi or unlimited gprs plan cause its voip on mobile to mobile or mobile to pc

subodh.mudgal

Can I upgrade android2.2 to 2.3 or suggest any other way to run skype video calls

bobbybhai

not yet.

only fring video call is available, but it also loads high and the application closes in 10 minutes by force close

Sentacy

Hi Vivi,

A70 support MP4 and H264 video formats. You can use MX VIDEO PLAYER free from the market which has cool features like seeking, Adjusting brightness, video resizing by pinch to zoom.

and yes, TUBEMATE works on this phone. i am using it on my A70 and it is functioning properly.


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Sentacy

Hi Vivi,

A70 support MP4 and H264 video formats. You can use MX VIDEO PLAYER free from the market which has cool features like seeking, Adjusting brightness, video resizing by pinch to zoom.

and yes, TUBEMATE works on this phone. i am using it on my A70 and it is functioning properly.


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bkhckz

i am planning to buy micromax a70,but the samsung galaxy s 5630 has 2.3 os and 883 mhz processor compared to 600mhz and 2.2 of a70.... i want to play pes2011 ,fifa 11 games like these ,,,so which is better...plz suggest
thnkz in advance...

samrox144

Go for Samsung ...it is better for gaming as it as 883processor....

nil22

by d way it is not samsung s it is samsung y...
the gaming experince is much better in A70...it has bigger screen,better screen resolution(dont say A70 has 3.2" & samsung y has 3",go to any shop & keep A70{if A70 is not available,samsung pop coz a70 has slightly bigger screen than pop} & samsung y in ur hands & u will understand why we r saying the screen of y is small & resolusion is low),a70 has adreno200 gpu...so ur gaming experince will be very good...samsung y doesnt hav adreno200 gpu....the camera & gaming experince of samsung y is not good...even igyaan has said in his video review of samsung y "gaming is not as great as expected"(8min 8sec) & about camera igyaan said "camera is not great at all & video quallity is really poor,u can use the camera in emergency purpose"(8min 30sec),about screen resolution igyaan said "screen resolusn is pretty low for the value"(1min20sec)...samsung y is a good mobile but with few drawbacks like smallscreen,low resolusn,poor camera...

Last edited by nil22; November 3rd, 2011 at 02:43 AM.

sunil90

^^ A70 has 320 by 480 resolution HVGA..
Pop, Galaxy Y has 240 by 320 QVGA resolution

This is the biggest advantage of A70 over pop and y

smarty84

while doing video calling using fring it forcefully closes because of high load within 30 seconds..........can anyone having the solution for this?

theperfectpunk

We still don't know about the complete specs of the Samsung Galaxy Y.
We don't know the board it uses, the chipset and the GPU (if there is one).
If you could somehow get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Y, you could run apps like to Quick System Info to check if the phone incorporates a GPU or not which will determine the gaming performance of the phone.

rahules

galaxy y is 240x320
dunn how games would go

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240*320 resolution!!!!!!!!!!
Lol....

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smarty84

why everyone is out of the topic guys...........
i tried tango but i am not able to make video calls main reason is video is not appearing on the other side............and on fring the application closes within 1 min i tried fast reboot and advanced task manager............my phone is rooted. any solution?

arnabghosh

arnabghosh

I want to buy a good android phn in under 10,000 ,,,,,,....can anyone says that micromax a70 can be update with 2.3...and which phone is the bst in the range of 10,000

Sentacy

It depends upon you. If are budget conscious then go for A70 which is best Android phone at this price range.
And if 10K is your budget then LG OPTIMUS ONE is a good one..


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bidhu77

Hi guys, I tried video calling with Tango. It is working fine with back
camera of A70. But when I select front cam the screen (of video from
my side) goes blank. In both case I can see the video of other side
(from pc) very well.
Any help to resolve this problem guys ??
Thanks,
Bidhu

cool.gautam

I would recommend u 2-3 phones it depends on ur usage

1) Optimus NET
2) HTC explorer
3) LG p500
4) if Low budget----then ours ( A70 ) is the best.

I just bought this phone because i had 7k budget, if 10k would go for any of three above

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ashwa

u hav two choices
1- micromax a70
But to utilize it u hav to buy it root it and use leandros rom fr maximum utility
But it will void warranty it will cost u around Rs 7500

2- spice mi 350
It has the same hardware specification as a70 but a lower camera 3.5 megapixel
But it is 2.3.3 gingerbread out of box wt dual sim and the screen resolution
Speed touch sensivity battery life is far better than a 70 as it is also sold as lenovo a60 it will cost u around Rs 8500 in spice hotspot if u bargain
I have both the phones but if u ask me go fr spice mi 350 u wont regret it as u will get all the updates too

samrox144

i thinks you should consider cool.gautam advice..as all the phones have better roms plus they have cm7 except a70

arnabghosh

i want buy a phone under 10,000 ......is this phone support hd game? 256ram is ok for gameing and add shortcut in front

arnabghosh

I want to buy a android phone under 10 which is the best? Plz help me my gmail adrs.....arnabgharay@gmail.com

arnabghosh

can any one say which phone is the best according to 2g speed,ram,hd game support,better screen in 10k

arnabghosh

can u say which is the best phone under 10k..

samrox144

check this link
Mobiles In Price Range Rs.5000 - Rs.10000 India: Mobiles Price List India: Flipkart.com

the best are lg and dell ones ..which have very good cpu speed +ram +android 2.3

sunil90

A70 has the same CPU and Ram as Dellxcd35..Dell comes with 2.2 out of box..
Battery life is worse on XCD35
Op1 has 512 which is better.. also 2.3 gingerbread
Dell aero is a lol
A70 Still wins in features/price ratio

Last edited by sunil90; November 14th, 2011 at 02:48 AM.