Why is Gadu-Gadu not working on Nimbuzz?

 

Because of conflicts in the MVNO space with our sister company Gadu-Gadu in Poland, we kindly switched off support for their services inside Nimbuzz. This is in an effort to increase use of Gadu-Gadu’s own mobile product.

Andrei Piftor (Andi) on November 26th, 2010 in Announcements

36 Responses to “Why is Gadu-Gadu not working on Nimbuzz?”

  1. Nimbuzz is a great IM, and I just can’t understand why you have had to turn off Gadu-Gadu – to use their IM, you have to pay them every two weeks (which is against Nimbuzz policy, right?), and also, their IM supports only their network, whereas in Nimbuzz I could have one roster / contact list for many networks… Now Im thinking about switching onto some another IM that allows to use Jabber transports, because Nimbuzz doesn’t support them (Im thinking about Talkonaut)…

    karololszak November 26th, 2010

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  3. O! to nimbuzz padnie szybko to tylko kwestia czasu!

    forza November 26th, 2010

  4. How long will not work? I ask, is it temporary or permanently disabling? Strange, because the Gadu – Gadu service is still running in the application Parlingo. Personally, I prefer Nimbuzz. The application, which offers Gadu – Gadu not work properly on my cell model (Nokia 5230).

    astaldohil November 28th, 2010

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  6. that’s nonsense! At the beginning of 2010 nimbuzz has been a really great application for mobile phones as real multi-messenger! What happened? First nimbuzz quit service support for studivz – at least a loss for german users – next following were skype, icq and now gadu-gadu. All within a year! i am sorry, but that’s no good pr. when can we expect yahoo, msn, gtalk, fb to be removed? A hint for icq users to log in via aim doesn’t work either anymore.thanks to whom? Icq? Are they willing to force every single multimessenger to quit the service? Well, at least it does work with slick 0.65 at present. My problem is, icq client doesn’t really run properly on my system and causes an enormous deficit in power management. Same with skype. Couldn’t you agree to some kind arrangements? I don’t think a multimessenger should pay money to a service that is free for anyone. But i still can not imagine that scenery. An advantage for slick may be the fact not to provide its own service as nimbuzz does but only appears as second hand trader. So there is no direct rivality to the other known services. Although nimbuzz has got the userfriendliest gui, the lack of support… At least you could solve the problem of icq “zombies” in my contact list… Still Symbian user of Nimbuzz 3.0. Who knows how long… Watch out for slick, the possibility to switch on a service and off again is just a bit easier than in nimbuzz but again? Doesn’t support fb as nimbuzz does… So i hope the future will bring some improvements for the nimbuzz community. Regards, Michael

    michael November 30th, 2010

  7. @michael
    Thanks for your comments and feedback.
    As mentioned on this blogpost and the previous rlatd ons (skyp & ICQ) we have been asked to remove those communities from our service.
    Regards
    @astaldohil
    We do not have a time frame for it, however we do think it could be possible to enable it back in the future.
    Regards

    queralt escrich November 30th, 2010

  8. @queralt escrich: Thx for the explanation, but I have two more questions. You have mentioned in the post that your decision has been made by you due to conflicts with the GG operator and because they have asked you (forced you) to remove the service from the NB? Am I right? If so, is there any chances to run Jabber transport in NB?

    adam December 1st, 2010

  9. @adam
    We do not have plans to enable Jabber for the moment but we will consider it.
    In regards of GG removal, MVNO has requested to remove GG integration as mentioned previously, we still have good relations with Gadu-Gadu.
    Cheers

    queralt escrich December 1st, 2010

  10. Is there a chance to persist on skype to negotiate on skype tool kit inside nimbuzz we really need this enabled? Is there any attempt in the current time ? Even for return for something or ads for them because skype mentioned that it removed fring from their support because they offer bad quality for the customers and they did not listen to skype nimbuzz has a good quality what is your opinion?

    Ahmed December 3rd, 2010

  11. @ahmed
    Unfortunately it is not in our hands to decide or not if Skype will be enable it back on Nimbuzz.
    At the moment this desition is just on SKype’s side.
    Regards

    queralt escrich December 3rd, 2010

  12. Hi
    I left the Nimbuzz for Parllingo the absence of Gadu Gadu
    Still, I hope he will come back and check, every now and forum.
    With hope Irek

    Ircyk December 5th, 2010

  13. @Ircyk
    Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
    Kind Regards

    queralt escrich December 6th, 2010

  14. od czasu zamknieca wsparcia dla windows mobile nimbuzz sie psuje efekt? zegnaj nimbuzz szkoda bo jeszcze poczatek tego roku byl obiecujacy a tak lipa pozostal fring ktory jako jedyny juz chyba potrafi byc multikomunikatorem dla urzadzen mobilnych zegnamy nimbuzzz milobylo…

    seb December 7th, 2010

  15. @seb
    In order to gather your feedback and comment, could you write to us in English?
    Thanks

    queralt escrich December 8th, 2010

  16. Translating seb msg
    “Since of shut down support for Windows Mobile, it gets worse and worse with Nimbuzz. Result? Good Bye Nimbuzz, that’s really bad because the beginning of the year was promising. So we are left with Fring, which is the only one multi-communicator for mobile systems, that I know of. Good bye, Nimbuzz!”
    The text is strongly paraphrased because even in Polish it is quite weird.

    But still, I have to agree. Gadu-Gadu is really needed to attract Polish customers.

    Anone December 8th, 2010

  17. @anone
    Thanks for the translation :)
    @seb
    Sorry to hear that, we will continue working in order to provide a better user experience.
    Cheers

    queralt escrich December 8th, 2010

  18. important that google talk is working. Gadu-Gadu dies a natural death:)

    Patryk Marek Kala December 11th, 2010

  19. Today I install Nimbuzz. In beginning i saw very good graphics, simple interface and full translate to Polish. According to me, unattended Gadu-Gadu unfortunately do not attract Polish users. If Nimbuzz will have Gadu-Gadu, them will be the best mobile multi messenger. I hope that someday this will change. By the way in this moment i use only Facebook. Sorry for my English, i am from Polish.

    Robinxon December 12th, 2010

  20. Geez… Gadu-Gadu for Symbian is piece of s…
    It hangs up, closing itself, and they want money for that!
    GG in java is even worse…

    LuziQ December 19th, 2010

  21. @queralt escrich
    I found the information that NB and GG have the same owner named Naspers, who decided not to disturb in the progress of the commercial services sold by GG. Am I right?

    http://telepolis.pl/news.php?id=19996

    adam December 21st, 2010

  22. @adam
    Indeed, Naspers invested in both parties. Nimbuzz and GG decided it was better if we both pursued our own product offerings.
    Cheers

    queralt escrich December 21st, 2010

  23. Okay, I can even pay for using Nimbuzz if they gimme back GG service. Why not?

    astaldohil December 21st, 2010

  24. @astaldohil
    Thanks we will consider this option
    Kind Regards

    queralt escrich December 21st, 2010

  25. …”I can even pay for using Nimbuzz if they gimme back GG service.”…

    I also agree!

    Irek

    Ircyk December 21st, 2010

  26. Za dużo ludzi zaczęło używać darmowego nimbuzza dzięki Nowej sieci Freem (podziękujmy im za to) i teraz większość z nich zrezygnuje z tego komunikatora bo nie działa już Gadu Gadu, które było głównym powodem dla którego instalowało się nimbuzz.

    Dziękujemy serdeczenie :)

    Yrek December 21st, 2010

  27. I installed Nimbuzz for GG, Google Talk, Facebook, etc.
    Free I Parlingo.
    But I’d rather pay and have the Nimbuzz!
    The only thing missing GG:(
    I’m waiting for good news:)

    Ircyk December 21st, 2010

  28. @Yrek: I think that jabber client would be enough good resolution to get GG. Due to the fact that both companies have the same stockholder I am quite sure that they will not open the gateway to jabber (as they closed that some months ago).

    @Ircyk: I think that solution could be much more fair for everyone – if there is any paid service then it is up to you to have the proper credentials to get there. In fact Nimbuzz implement that approach in SIP module – if you do not have any cent you could not ring out.

    Queralt what is your opinion in both questions?

    adam December 22nd, 2010

  29. I have installed Nimbuzz for GG. But GG is missing :(
    So I have to switch to Parlingo. I will not switch to official GG so you are losing customers anyway.
    I do not understand your decision.

    Best Regards
    Piotrek

    Piotrek December 27th, 2010

  30. Nimbuzz is the best but i must leave..i need gadu-gadu..i have a girlfriend at poland and i need to talk with her so left to palringo, later utalk is better, but i hope that in the future i will come back and gg will work :)

    Vacko January 28th, 2011

  31. Hello again,
    I’ve just found news release concerning the topic: http://technologie.gazeta.pl/internet/1,104530,9303615,Gadu_Gadu_za_darmo_na_smartfonach____Po_cichutku.html

    The text is off course in Polish, but you can manage with it using for instance Google Translator ulility.
    They’ve said that there’s no more charge for using GG application on smartphones.

    So, it seems that there’s no more business conditioning you have write about earlier and run GG transport on Nimbuzz.

    adam March 25th, 2011

  32. @adam
    Thanks for sharing, we will forward the news to our Team so we can consider if it is possible to re-enable it.
    cheers

    queralt escrich March 25th, 2011

  33. so when did you enable support for gg network? and is any chance for new versions for Windows Mobile?

    I can’t find anything for my Toshiba G810

    Cheers from PL

    Wyjubauem Tego Fejsbuka April 6th, 2011

  34. @Patryk
    Sorry, we do no longer support WM devices, so new updates are not expected.
    Regards

    queralt escrich April 6th, 2011

  35. what about gg?

    Wyjubauem Tego Fejsbuka April 28th, 2011

  36. @Patryk
    we do not have plans to enable it back at the moment.
    Regards

    queralt escrich April 28th, 2011


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