Enable Back Camera For Videocall On At&t 8925 Tilt

[leomandelbrot]

ENABLE BACK CAMERA FOR VIDEOCALL ON AT&T 8925 TILT

It is possible to do? Do I need some registry hack?
btw:
-My service provider has 3g videocall enabled, so I can use it to receive videocall but I cannot send my own view.
-I have reflashed my 8925 with an Tytn rom (the dialer has the video button)

Thanks for your help!

[leomandelbrot]

5 (FIVE) months passed and no replies???

somebody in the whole world have done this?
please help!

[lcohen999]

what is the point of video calling if you cannot see the other person..?

and the answer is no, can't be done

[ericmcintire]

not for nothin... but how are you gonna see the other person if you've got the back of your phone facing you...

[P1Tater]

not for nothin... but how are you gonna see the other person if you've got the back of your phone facing you...

LOL, the other half wants to know what he's doing at all times.

[ericmcintire]

LOL, the other half wants to know what he's doing at all times.

lol...

In all seriousness.. you can check this out and see if it's what you are looking for

http://research.microsoft.com/mcom/portrait/

now the wifey can keep tabs on your whenever she wants.

[snoopyrph]

not for nothin... but how are you gonna see the other person if you've got the back of your phone facing you...

Simple solution: stand in front of a mirror :)

[meanvulcan]

Simple solution: stand in front of a mirror :)

...without the phone :D

[snoopyrph]

...without the phone :D

use the back camera and stand in front of a mirror so you can see other person on your screen. Think about it, it would work but little silly though:p

[cp1md2b]

Hold on I'm going to move to the back of the phone so you can see me now.:D

[meanvulcan]

use the back camera and stand in front of a mirror so you can see other person on your screen. Think about it, it would work but little silly though:p

Ya, I gotcha brother. I was being sarcastic...

[viluve]

what is the point of video calling if you cannot see the other person..?

You missed the point.

There are times where you need to show something other than your face to other caller. Eg. Showing an engineer re the machine damage, etc. This is where the back camera comes in handy. Yes, you can take picture then send as MMS but if there're multiple things to show it's just not as convinient as using video call.

[deeznuts]

Sell ur tilt on ebay, use money to buy a real htc kaiser. Ta da, now u can use video call the way its supposed to be used on ur phone. Wasnt that easy now?

[snoopyrph]

Hold on I'm going to move to the back of the phone so you can see me now.:D

Why would you do that? think man...use mirror reflection with the back camera. Use your imagination

[leomandelbrot]

My point is, I wish to know if it is possible to TRANSMIT VIDEO with a At&T Tilt, no matter what kind...just transmit the video to the other person during a call using 3G. There must be some registry hack to do this!...Pof, Olipro, Sleuth255: Tilt users need your help here!

[fone_fanatic]

My point is, I wish to know if it is possible to TRANSMIT VIDEO with a At&T Tilt, no matter what kind...just transmit the video to the other person during a call using 3G. There must be some registry hack to do this!...Pof, Olipro, Sleuth255: Tilt users need your help here!

There is a way to do this.. with my hermes (imate jasjam with front facing cam) in video calls you could go to options and switch to back camera.. I cant test it for you now cuz i'm in the US but heading overseas in mid june and pretty sure it can be done..

[rhnc]

I think that feature is good to have on the AT&T Tilt. Its a good idea to use the back camera with a lower resolution offcourse. Is it possible?

[b16b]

My point is, I wish to know if it is possible to TRANSMIT VIDEO with a At&T Tilt, no matter what kind...just transmit the video to the other person during a call using 3G. There must be some registry hack to do this!...Pof, Olipro, Sleuth255: Tilt users need your help here!
if you have dialer with video call and options like HTC dialer you can go to the option and turn the camera from the front to the rear one.. i think with this way you have video call on tilt:rolleyes:

[-888-]

5 (FIVE) months passed and no replies???

somebody in the whole world have done this?
please help!

If you want the provider-supported videocalls then of course currently it can NOT be done (although in theory I would say it shouldn't be any problem just to force the use of rear camera in a small resolution and route it for videocalls, that should work for as long as you have 3G connection).
But
you can always use it for videocalls using other web-based communication apps, the only "problem" is that the other person have to use them too...
There was Microsoft Portrait - I had excellent videocalls using my old iPAQ 6515's and TYTN "rear" cameras; it even support connection to NetMeeting on your PC and that way I could i.e. have a peek whats going on at home ;) (when PC's NM is set correctly you can enable it to autoanswer etc) Skype worked too; I bet bunch of other apps works that way too, and they probably work great - I can admit that i.e. MS Portrait had better video and audio than when using my provider's 3G videocalls.
The only problems are that i.e. MS Portrait is very picky about the cameras (i.e. it doesn't recognize the camera in last version of iPAQ6515 while it did in the previous model) or Skype fiddles with their app so often and so much that it is hard to even say which one works on which phone (there are versions that I don't even had sound over wifi on TYTN II, not to mention old iPAQ...)

So, if you want videocalls - and not necessarily through your usually crappy provider - there are plenty of options... you just won't see yourself or the other person when youre using the "rear' camera, thats all.

[mrpingo]

You missed the point.

There are times where you need to show something other than your face to other caller. Eg. Showing an engineer re the machine damage, etc. This is where the back camera comes in handy. Yes, you can take picture then send as MMS but if there're multiple things to show it's just not as convinient as using video call.

My point is, I wish to know if it is possible to TRANSMIT VIDEO with a At&T Tilt, no matter what kind...just transmit the video to the other person during a call using 3G. There must be some registry hack to do this!...Pof, Olipro, Sleuth255: Tilt users need your help here!

I have done this using webcamera plus: provided the necessary ports are open and the windows xp/vista software is installed, put the receiver's ip address on your pocket pc part of the software and you will be transmitting video with either camera.

[levanvy83]

I have same problem. I can see calller's video but i cannot send mine.

I clicked the change camera button on dialer but nothing was changed.