Skype online status's

Was curious the changes between "Online" and "Online (on a mobile device)" since they seem to be a bit dynamic occasionally on other clients receiving updates. I read previously they were bugged. What do these mean at the moment in the bugged state?
If they are decapricated, what do they currently represent?

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UPDATED: Changes to your Skype online status

If you use Skype on a mobile client, we’ve recently made changes to the way your Skype status is shown to your contacts. Now, when you are offline on your desktop client and not active on your mobile client for five minutes, your status will be changed from Online to Away.

After playing with the status a bit the last two weeks, I found out the situation is even worse than I thought. In addition to the status being handled incorrectly by Skype, it also matters 'to whom' it is displayed!
Example: A person X had a Windows Phone which was connected to the network and ready to receive calls/messages. The Skype app was of course not running as the Windows Phone uses WNS to be online. Skype even made it explicitly so that its Windows Phone app is suspended behind the lock screen. So the correct status should be 'online'. - Test 1: We then used a Skype (desktop version) and noticed person X was listed as 'away'. So incorrect, but at least this seems to match new announced behavior. We send a message to be sure and it arrived instantly.
- Test 2: We took a Windows Phone, and looked at the status of this same person X. It was flagged as 'offline'. Obviously incorrect. We send a message and arrived, indicating the connection to Skype servers was all fine.
- Test 3: We then took an iPhone, and looked at the status of this person X. Same as on Windows Phone, the person was listed as 'offline'. Again, send a message and arrived. Person X then started the Skype app, and behold the status changed to 'online'. Person X closed the app again, and the person became 'offline' again.
=> Since it is impossible to keep the Skype app running on Windows Phone, this means this person X will be listed as offline to mobile users 24/7 despite being able to get calls/messages.
=> Also so it seems mobile apps don't know the new 'away' status and map this to 'offline'?
Now, I could be wrong, but I cannot recall ever to have seen an 'away' status in Skype for iOS or Skype for Windows Phone. So I'm suspecting certain mobile devices indeed just don't support an 'away' status. Perhaps this will be solved with an future app update?
But regardless ...
=> So two different persons will get on occasion a different status displayed for the same individual at the same time!
And of course, just to reiterate, this is on top of the original issue, where it is impossible to see a difference between a mobile user who is connected to a network and a mobile user who isn't (in a plane, out of coverage, phone switched off, etc.). So really, Skype goes from bad to worse here ...
Currently as it is now, the 'green/yellow/gray light' presence indicator is pretty much just a random set of pixels without any consistent meaning. This means Skype is kind of like traditional calls and SMS. You can send a SMS/MMS, but have no guarantee it is read, and with calls you just have to try and see if you can reach the other person. So unless they fix this to pre-February logic, I recommend just removing the whole presence indicator as it will only confuse people.

After close skype online status is green

Dear Skype Friends,
I have every day connections with friend in Europe. After I close my PC
next day friend send me message that I am green all night. Please can skype fix this problem what start last 3 weeks.
Thanks for your support
Z.Capan
Mornington AU

Same problem for me. Using the latest Skype for desktop version. Usually I'm in invisible and when I close the laptop - it notifies others that I go online.

Is it possible to find an online status of a Skype...

Just want to see if it is possible to know if the Skype user is still active. Met a friend 2 months ago on a trip. Now ready to keep in touch. I don't think he checked the Skype online status over web option. Thanks.

Hi PinkNoiseChick,
If you have ever sync'd with iTunes, follow Randers4 recommendation in this link:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5832788
Cheers,
GB

Skype online number working status in UAE

Hi,
As you already know that UAE lifted the ban on Skype, Please let me know that If I have USA online on skype will it work in UAE if some one call me over Skype online number.
Thanks

Hi will_hulse
I had exactly the same problem and just chatted to a Skype Customer Service agent for about half an hour where they made me jump through incredible trobleshooting hoops that any trained money would know was not addressing the real issue. Eventually they admitted that you cannot use 00 to replace the + when calling a Skype number from a landline or mobile. My Skype number works fine if I make the call to it from within the Skype dialler but not from other phones dialling to that number Internationally. Also on my iphone I held down the 0 to produce the + sumbol and typed in the rest of my Internationa number and even that didn't work. This is a pretty horrendous major issue and I believe that anyone who has paid for a Skype number that needs to receive calls to it from overseas needs to be reimbursed or this issue MUST be fixed immediately. It's completely crazy and unnaceptable. Quite a con!

Skype button - status not working

My skype button status stopped working in friday. The option "allow my online status to be shown on the web" is active, as you can see in the picture below. Even the preview on the Skype website isn't working - check out the image below. Is there anyone familiar with this problem?

'subscribing' ? What does this mean? Are you experiencing the same thing or just throwing in a random word? (or offering a solution?)

Contact online status disappears

Hi,
Phone: Nokia N900
Latest firmware update
My contact's online status indicators seem to have disappeared from the phone book view and from my contact short-cut icons on the desktop. I had the phone on and they were available when I switched it on, but at some point, they just disappeared. Please can someone explain what causes this and if there is anything I can do to solve it / prevent it, other than turning the phone off and on again. Many thanks
Solved!
Go to Solution.

virenderkumar wrote:
I have Nokia N9.In the availability option face book showing offline.When I try to put online ,it shows offline also showing account is in use.I reset the phone to factory settings.Still having problem.I need help to solve this.Skype and google talk have no problem.
I'm having the same problem... what should I do?

How to enable showing online status on the web for...

Hello, I am representing business account skype-runa.ru. There are problems with showing its online status on the web page. Exactly, the link http://mystatus.skype.com/smallicon/skype-runa.ru shows a grey image instead of green one.
What can we do to change this?

Tools >> Options >> Privacy >> Show Advanced Options, then check or tick Allow My Online Status to be Shown on the Web
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Always "online" status

I want to get rid of my "online" status. I tried to sign out but still my friends see me "online". I even tried to uninstall Skype from my mobile device but again - it shows me "online". Can anybody help me? Thanks!

Lol.
Was plagued by this issue, and moved to Facebook Messenger in the interim. Now getting friends, slowly but surely, to move to Hangouts.
Checked a few days ago and there are still people who haven't used Skype in like 6 montsh listed as Online in all the clients. I'm done with it.
This isn't just about logging yourself out. You cannot log other people out with that command because you don't have access to your account. It's griefing all sorts of people.
So I ditched Skype, and it's a revelation to see how much your quality of life can increase when you have communications tools that work properly.
Have a nice day.

My Skype Online Number is not working

Bought a skype online number in UK last week, it works fine for two days then that's it, now it is telling callers " the person you are trying to reach is not available leave a message after the tone". Is this some kind of fraud or what. I tried calling the number while I am sitting in front of the PC sign on, still no show. I am highly disappointed, because the purpose of the number has been defeated. Skype is a bloody joke. May be I should just stick with the free services.

See this thread: http://community.skype.com/t5/Online-Number/Fact-Online-Numbers-Are-Broken/td-p/774814
In short, "yes it is some kind of fraud". If you paid with a credit card I suggest you file a dispute with the credit card company to get a refund, because trying to get a refund issued by Skype personnel for a service you paid for that they fail to provide is like pulling teeth. Since the only people you can actually contact are tech support folks in the Philippines who have no access to any of Skype's servers or cash flow, it's actually like trying to pull teeth from someone who doesn't even have any teeth.

Skype Online number is always busy!

Hi,
To where I can complain (to Skype), that our Skype Online number is busy all time!
Petu

This fixed the issue for me. Thanks.
Julisru wrote:
s > Options
Click the Privacy tab, then under Allow calls to my Online Number(s) from… selectanyone, and click Save.
If the privacy settings were already configured like this, complete the two steps below to refresh the settings.
Go back to the Privacy tab by selecting Tools > Options and change the privacy settings to allow calls to Online Number(s) from phone numbers in my Contact list only and clickSave.
Wait approximately 5 minutes then open the privacy settings once more and change the setting back to anyone and Save.
Skype for Mac
In Skype, go to Skype > Preferences > Privacy
Under Receive calls to my Online Number from, select Anyone.
If the privacy settings were already configured like this, complete the two steps below to refresh the settings.
Go back to the Privacy tab by selecting Skype > Preferences > Privacy and change the privacy settings to allow calls to your Online Number from Only people in my contact list
Wait approximately 5 minutes then open the privacy settings once more and change the setting back to Anyone.

Cannot open contacts in my skype ONLINE

Hi, I have downloaded the OSX YOSEMITE and since then I cannot open my skype online contacts-sometimes it works and mostly not.What am I doing wrong?
Thank you

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More than One Skype Online Number

I have a US online number and wanted to know if I can set up an Australian online number on the same skype account?

geleotec wrote:
I have a US online number and wanted to know if I can set up an Australian online number on the same skype account?
Yes, you can add an Australian Online Number to your Skype account. You can add up to 10 Online Numbers on a single Skype account. I have numbers from the USA and Australia, along with two other places (Mexico and the UK).
Note that if you want to handle calls to the Australian number differently than calls to your US number (i.e., use different settings if forwarding calls from each Online Number), you would want to establish a second Skype account and put the Australian number there. Otherwise, if you are happy to use the same call-forwarding settings for both numbers, you can do that with your existing account. Just log into your account on the Skype web site, go to the section for Skype (Online) Numbers, and purchase the Australian number.
For Australia, numbers are available for Canberra, the mainland state capitals, and other areas outside the capitals of the 3 eastern states (Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria). Numbers are currently unavailable for Tasmania, the Northern Territory, and other areas outside Adelaide in South Australia and Perth in Western Australia. Numbers would be considered landline numbers, and use the landline area codes for those locations - 03 xxxx xxxx in Melbourne, 02 xxxx xxxx in Sydney, etc.
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No meaning to get skype online number

No meaning to get skype online number, i subscribed for whole year online number, but the online number doesn't work most of the time, I am very upset, disappointed, and my friends are also very upset, angry and worry when they can't find me through the online number i bought, i am too busy to complain the quality, but now I need to voice this BIG BIG PROBLEM. I am using android reception Orange . Skype has to compensate me!!
Also if I am out and call my other country friends from my mobile through Skype, most of the time the sound quality is very very bad, they can't hear my words, like under the water, so what is the point i pay money to Skype !?!?

I have the same problem, after I choose my state, the area codes are 'loading' but none are displayed in the drop down menu. I tried this a few days ago as I was exploring this option and phone numbers for my area code were shown. So, a temporary glitch?

Trying to Get Skype Online Number

Trying to get Skype online number. I pick my country and state, but can't get past that.
goes to step #2, and shows loading area codes, but then it goes blank and won't let me pick area code. Already bout unlimitted monthly calling subscription in case that was problem, but still doesn't work. Help!
R.J.

I have the same problem, after I choose my state, the area codes are 'loading' but none are displayed in the drop down menu. I tried this a few days ago as I was exploring this option and phone numbers for my area code were shown. So, a temporary glitch?

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