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Does skype on iPhone allow you to receive calls in the background?

pilif 16y ago
If you are running iOS 4, then yes. It quite quickly drains your battery though when running. And it'll ring and vibrate whenever you get an IM message, even when you are at your computer chatting and thus aware of the IM conversation going on. For these two reasons, I personally don't run skype in the background
- gojomo 16y ago
  Indeed, Skype is the only app for which I've used the iOS4 background kill function.
- christophe971 16y ago
  Strange, after a certain amount of time (20 minutes ? more ?), I just don't receive skype calls anymore on the iphone, even when the app is in the foreground. If I make a skype call, I can now receive calls/IM for some time, even in the background. Is that a normal behavior ?
  - taitems 16y ago
    I believe that in iOS, priority is given to recently used applications. When RAM dwindles, low priority applications are flat out killed. Source? This is going off my vague recollection of the background process flowchart PDF someone posted a while ago.
    - christophe971 16y ago
      Wow, I had no idea. Thanks for the info, I'll try to manage better the apps and see what happens.
    - StavrosK 16y ago
      This is my entirely unsupported understanding as well, but I've seen it happen when using backgrounder. On low memory conditions, background apps were killed.
      - lreeves 16y ago
        Skype has a setting to sign-off after a certain period of time when it runs in the background, and the default non-infinite setting is most likely what you're seeing.
  - lreeves 16y ago
    Skype has a setting to sign-off after a certain period of time when it runs in the background, and the default non-infinite setting is most likely what you're seeing.
dsgrweger 16y ago
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pilif 16y ago

If you are running iOS 4, then yes. It quite quickly drains your battery though when running. And it'll ring and vibrate whenever you get an IM message, even when you are at your computer chatting and thus aware of the IM conversation going on. For these two reasons, I personally don't run skype in the background

gojomo 16y ago
Indeed, Skype is the only app for which I've used the iOS4 background kill function.
christophe971 16y ago
Strange, after a certain amount of time (20 minutes ? more ?), I just don't receive skype calls anymore on the iphone, even when the app is in the foreground. If I make a skype call, I can now receive calls/IM for some time, even in the background. Is that a normal behavior ?
- taitems 16y ago
  I believe that in iOS, priority is given to recently used applications. When RAM dwindles, low priority applications are flat out killed. Source? This is going off my vague recollection of the background process flowchart PDF someone posted a while ago.
  - christophe971 16y ago
    Wow, I had no idea. Thanks for the info, I'll try to manage better the apps and see what happens.
  - StavrosK 16y ago
    This is my entirely unsupported understanding as well, but I've seen it happen when using backgrounder. On low memory conditions, background apps were killed.
    - lreeves 16y ago
      Skype has a setting to sign-off after a certain period of time when it runs in the background, and the default non-infinite setting is most likely what you're seeing.
- lreeves 16y ago
  Skype has a setting to sign-off after a certain period of time when it runs in the background, and the default non-infinite setting is most likely what you're seeing.

dsgrweger 16y ago

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