Thursday, August 7, 2014

SOLVED! [Android] Skype cannot be signed in at this time. Please check your mobile network settings

Skype works so well on Android that I have taken it for granted--until it suddenly began giving me the message, "You cannot be signed in at this time. Please check your mobile network settings."

I was using T-mobile (during a trip home), and tried everything. The phone had 2 bars (as good as  ever get with T-immobile) and had no problem getting on the internet or checking email. I could get into my Skype account on another Samsung Galaxy Note phone and on my PC, so it wasn't my Skype account's problem. I rebooted my Samsung Galaxy Note but that didn't help. I cleared the Skype program's Cache and Data files and rebooted. Still nothing.

Finally, I discovered on Google Play that there was a newer version of Skype, which I promptly downloaded. Problem solved!   As it turns out, the phone had installed an Android update, which was not compatible with the older version of Skype.

So if you find you cannot connect to Skype, try these steps:
1. Make sure your phone can connect to the internet (Yes, that is a no-brainer, but I've had the internet go down before and not realize that was the problem, especially in China, where I spend most of my time.
2. Clear Skype's cache and data files (Click Settings, click Applications, click Skype, click Clear Data, click Clear Cache) and reboot.
3. If the above fails, go to Google Play to insure you have the latest Skype version.


Happy Skyping!

Dr  Bill Brown

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74 comments:

wittleus said...

Thanks a lot, had the same program, had to download the updates. Funny they didn't download automatically.
On my PC, used Skype this morning, and when I used it this evening it updated, but the android phone did not update automatically.

Amoy Bill said...

Glad it helped. I've slowly realized that most of us face similar issues, so I've decided to just shared problems and fixes when I face them, lest others waste hours and days like I do.

Manoooooooj said...

Thanks a lot..I faced similar problem..First tried with cache clearing..that didn't work. After updating skype, it started working fine.

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Anonymous said...

Thanks! Had the same problem and did not think of updating the skype app.

Anonymous said...

xie xie +1 - skype turned evil when it became microsoft. why don't they TELL us by email or by an informative error message that we need to update?

wasted a good half-a-day on this.

but now working, version 4.7xxx

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Thank man! it really helps me.. i just need an update. its my first time to use skype in my cellphone.. thanks again.

Unknown said...

i tried but it doesn't work. pls help me

monamomeni said...

Oh this is great! Thank you! I had the same problem, clearing cache and data didn't work but after updating it worked like a charm :)

I am deeply grateful!

Katroushka said...

Brilliant! Thank you for saving me a lot of wasted time and frustration.

Hektor said...

Thank you very much.

Abu nayem said...

What should i do,if there is no new update of skype in play store....
I am facing this type of problem too

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I also have this problem. I find that I have to regularly uninstall and reinstall Skype even though no new version is available. It seems that I now need to uninstall and reinstall almost every time before using Skype on my phone, which means that I'm often unavailable to callers until I realize that I need to reinstall.

sufian88 said...

I needed to downgrade my Skype (to 5.0.0.51733) as suggested at Skype community here.

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Anonymous said...

Installed new android update. Now skype logs out and I have to force stop to get it going again. Then it shows as not connected after a short while. Then I have to force stop again. . Tried uninstalling but no change.

Tandydini said...

Even a monkey could have solved it by upgrading. :) but what if i wanna use the old version?

Bob said...

worked! thank you!

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Thanks very much! It's 3 years later and the exact same thing still happens

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