Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

At random times and for no reason that I can establish my N900 Skype availability changes from Online to Busy.

When this happens I show as off line to my contacts and my contact who are on line appear to be off line and we cannot communicate.

It is easy enough to manually change my status but I need to reconnect to the wifi before my status' are correct and I can send or receive calls.

I have checked all the setting I can find on the phone but cannot see a cause for this happening. I have searched but cannot find any references to this problem so is it just me ?

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

Maybe you or someone is logging in to your account from somewhere else and changing the status?

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

That is worrying, password now changed.
Thanks

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

No I don't think its someone else logging in, i have the same problem. Randomly my skype status goes to RED/BUSY and i would have to go to availabilty via the status bar menu and just click save. Please if someone could shed some light on this problem it would be much appreciated. Thanks

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

In my case, even when it’s online in the Availability, but when confirming with Skype website, my status is offline. Is this normal ?

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

Do you know if it only happens during an event on your calendar or if even without any events scheduled it still happens?

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

You are correct it is not someone logging in - thank goodness.

I actually loose all internet access so suspect that the reason I appear off line when this happens is due to the fact I am off line. When I open up the browser I get:
Server not found
MicroB can't find the server at www.google.com
- Check the address......etc

With the help of google I found this:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=60832

Well I am connected to t'internet and am on line on Skype, I will see if I stay connected.
I have no idea of DNS or anything so have no idea what I have actually changed but.....

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

No this did not resolve the issue, any other ideas anyone ?

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

If your problem is seemingly caused by this:

Then you have to

1. Confirm that your internet connection is indeed getting disconnected
2. Find out why it is doing so

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

Thanks kureyon, I agree that is why I made the DNS changes in post #7.

I know that others have the same issue so posting my own updates to spark ideas and hopefully help other.

I have an idea, I have installed AutoDiconnect and set it not to close connections when VoIP and IM are active in a hope this will force the connection to stay open.

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

Just to clarify: having your connection disconnected, and having DNS problems are 2 completely different issues - so you still need to figure which is your problem :)

It's worth a try - but my understanding is that the default N900 behaviour is to keep a connection open until you manually close it, and hence the "need" for AutoDisconnect.

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

i got a same problem........... :(.....

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

I am experiencing the same problem. Internet connection is live, I am available on gTalk and can browse the web just fine.

Disconneted/reconnected internet connection. gTalk status went to "online" status right away but Skype kept trying for a couple minutes, It indicated an "online" status then changed to "busy".

Rebooting the phone now...gTalk went online right away, Skype trying to connect...indicator switching between "online" and offline"...still trying...damn it, it's still trying. This doesn't look promising...

Skype account availability indicator has been blinking back and forth between "online" and "offline for about 5 min now...I thought it would be a good idea to disable/enable the Skype IM account. For one it didn't correct the issue, and second, my Skype contact shortcuts are gone,,,DOH!!!

Edit: I should have gotten my daily reading dose first. Skype is down. http://lifehacker.com/5716131/skype-...e-hours-to-fix

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

Yaaaaaay...It's back!

Edit: spoke too soon. :(

Edit: back agai...oh wait...obviously it's not stable today. It is not a phone issue. So no more updates from me.

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

this is a skype problem,its down all over the world,hasnt been wrkin correctly for atleast 12 hours!

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

This is why I love this forum, no matter the question, we get to the answer. Now then, does anyone know when we can expect Skype to be available again?

EDIT: My Skype just started working again. I suppose it heard us talking about it.

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

People, stop hijacking this thread. Read from the start of the thread and understand that this has nothing to do with Skype's recent outage. Jeez!

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

IF...you read my posts, you will understand that I came to this thread with NO knowledge that there was a Skype outage. And when I realized it was a Skype issue...I quote myself here "It is not a phone issue. So no more updates from me."

Most likely, people come to this thread because they used the term "N900" in their search. So their intention was not to hijack but to find a solution to a problem they thought was related to the phone.

Re: Why does Skype on my N900 show my status as Busy
 

Facing similar issue on my N900, skype shows as busy and the contacts see me as offline. While others like Gtalk and SIP accounts are fine. Skuyp had been working until two days back.

Looks like from below information that somee versions of skype are affected, is that a reason why skype works on my Android, Win XP pc and not on N900??

"Under normal circumstances, there are a large number of supernodes available. Unfortunately, today, many of them were taken offline by a problem affecting some versions of Skype"