Recent Skype update (multitask support) and jailbreak problem

I haven't heard of that many problems with this version, but it's not unlike skype. I'm not sure what they have against jailbreakers but they do seem to go the extra mile to be difficult. If there is another problem it'll most likely have something to do with mobilesubstrate (not that it's mobilesubstrate's fault, its skype causing it to behave incorrectly).

 

The only thing I have heard is it being a huge memory hog after the update and the was coming from an iphone 4 user.

EDIT: Just rechecked it and it was a memory hog but a battery hog.

 

I'm not sure about the issue you're talking about but I found Skype to be a huge battery hog on my iphone 4. I used it on Thursday night for a bit and forgot that the app was running in my task bar or whatever they call the multitasking thingy. My battery was draining pretty quickly yesterday and I couldn't figure out why until I remembered that I had used Skype the night before. I went into the task bar and shut it down manually and the battery drain stopped. It's a shame that we can't leave it running like that because that's the only way that you can receive incoming calls via Skype.

 

Mine doesn't seem to background / save state so...

 

I never use it so I just noticed. 3gs Jb and it will not background, Tried to reinstall and it didn't help.

 

And if it is a problem it might be a while before you see a fix. Saurik has been overloaded with work lately. I know a some developers that have been waiting a bit to even get their app approved for cydia.

 

Same issue here. Multitasking is not working with jailbroken iPhone 3GS.

Problem has been reported in another thread by other members:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=10608641&postcount=66
http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=10608968&postcount=86

 

Has anyone managed to figure out the solution to this issue in the past week?

I just jailbroke my iPhone 4 (hoping to use it for carrier unlock) and the Skype issue came up after I restarted the app and it warned me it didn't work on jailbroken phones. Not that I'm entirely sure I tried multitasking before that...

 

Mine doesn't even give me the warning and it doesn't stay on after I hit the home button.

 

Removing mobilesubstrate makes Skype normal again for me, with multitasking working fine on my iPhone 4.

From reading some other forums, there are reports that mobilesubstrate does not work well with "fast switching" applications like Skype. There are some work-arounds with Backgrounder, at the expense of some battery life.

 

Bunch of posts here
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=982893

 

Issue now resolved with an update to mobile substrate in Cydia

 

Skype multitasking partially working on iPod Touch 2G

I have an iPod Touch 2G, iOS 4.0, jailbroken via jailbreakme.com and having multitasking manually enabled by editing the plist.

I don't have MobileSubstrate installed.

Multitasking in Skype works partially for me. I can successfully quit the app during a call and it'll keep the call active and show the red banner on top. However, I cannot stay logged in in the background and will not get any notifications about incoming calls or IMs.

So MobileSubstrate doesn't seem to be the only problem involved here.