Skype issues on android devices. Any feedback?

[ELKIDO]

This is only regarding skype on android phone. It works fine on PC.

So, about a month ago it has become extremely slow. It takes about 6-10 seconds to open any chat, 5+ seconds to exit that chat. Load times are huge.
Im using S8 so i doubt that device cant handle it. Tried skype on several other phones and same issue is there.
Than i tried to make new skype account and everything works fine. But as long as im logged on my skype account the issue is there.

Is there a chance that this is happening due to extremely large contact list (over 8k contacts)?

Anyone have similar issues?
Any feedback is welcome.

 

[EpicNPC]

It's probably the contact list and chat history. You should probably clear out some old contacts.

 

[The Integrity]

How many contacts do you have?

Skype is very unstable with 2k+ contacts.

 

[ELKIDO]

Over 8k. It works fine on the PC. It has issues on phone only. Will try to remove some and see if it improves.

 

[ELKIDO]

Removed over 1k contacts today. No improvement...

 

[MistiServices]

Over 8k. It works fine on the PC. It has issues on phone only. Will try to remove some and see if it improves.

U think it works fine but it doesnt.Download some older version like 6.21,but under 7.00 and u will see how many messages / contacts u might miss.I am doing that once per month and usually i have 6-9 messages unread ( never recived ).It just broken app and i hope whoever makes new updates get hit but garbage truck.Its worse with every update.

 

[ELKIDO]

Tried several versions under V.7 and each of them gives same error. Cant even connect to the internet..

Seems they blocked older versions from connecting completely, so they can push people into using the new broken one

 

[doomedtofail]

Yes I am having tons of issues with skype. I do not get notifications 50% of time on computer or phone.

 

[ELKIDO]

This has been going on for few months now. There has to be a solution to this. I remember a year ago skype was working flawlessly.

 

[Diablo3BoostPro]

my andriod phone broke a a few weeks ago but i was getting some issues on skype. But Even on the PC I have been having issues of people not receiving my messages and visa-versa where i do not see there. I was talking to a friend of mine who deals with a lot of clients for programming and he said he has been having a lot of issues with it as well. I've always disliked skype but soo many people use it kinda force to use it as well.

 

[ELKIDO]

Yeah Skype is the most preferred choice even though it sucks

 

[The Integrity]

I think 7.29 is the lowest that still works.
That's not the problem though, the 8k contacts are.

There are probably a lot of messages and contact requests that never reach you, while you're not even aware of it.

Sadly, the only solution is to make a new skype account.