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Ask HN: Alternative to Skype/Viber etc. which doesn't sleep?

1 pointsby patrickdaveyover 2 years ago
Is there a decent alternative to Skype&#x2F;Viber etc. which doesn&#x27;t sleep on a tablet (iPad in this case?)<p>The issue I&#x27;m having is that I use Skype to communicate with my 80 year old parents. When I call them on Skype it very rarely rings, and you need to call them on the landline first.<p>I&#x27;d originally thought this was because of the extremely old tablet or wifi-router, but, both of those have been upgraded and the problem persists. I&#x27;m pretty sure it&#x27;s just that the device is going into some kind of sleep and not notifying about an incoming call. I have tried allowing notifications, turning off &quot;do not disturb&quot; etc.<p>Has anyone found a way around this kind of issue? Am I just doing something wrong? Is there a better app to use for calling which doesn&#x27;t have this kind of problem? Ideally I&#x27;d just like Skype to ring properly whenever the tablet is rung.

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LinuxBenderover 2 years ago
I don&#x27;t know the specific answer to your question, but have you gone into the power management settings and specifically disabled sleeping&#x2F;power management for that application? I ask because I remember this being a thing on Mac when I had one so I assume the iPad must have something similar. Same thing for network.