Stuck on 'finding strangers' issue

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. just try and connect
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I have seen this on OmegleSpy original, i am wondering if my v1.5 has fixed it. 
as i said before i have only seen this issue when a captcha fails, v1.5 has 
more captcha event handling and will hopefully solve it.

people with this issue please reply.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by BrentBXR on 20 Jul 2011 at 6:34

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Still never get a conversation. I try to find a conversation, and nothing 
happens

Original comment by sometat...@hotmail.com on 20 Jul 2011 at 7:11

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visit bajor.omegle.com does it work if you are just using a browser? 

possible issues:
* Firewall is blocking java.
* check both local firewall and router firewall settings

Questions:
* if omegle doesnt work in a browser, try changing ur ip (anyway) and tell me 
if it works after that
* did the app ever work? did omegle ever work?

Original comment by BrentBXR on 20 Jul 2011 at 7:16

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Omegle and the app were working last weekend, but a few days ago both began not 
working.
If the issue is the router, I can't do anything about it, since I'm on campus. 
I keep my firewall off.

Original comment by sometat...@hotmail.com on 20 Jul 2011 at 8:08

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I would try; next time your out and about stop at a starbucks and try it 
through wifi if it works then your campus has blocked or omegle blocked ur 
campus. if it still doesnt work then we might be able to find a fix.

Original comment by BrentBXR on 20 Jul 2011 at 8:24

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Thanks for trying to help me out, I appreciate it

Original comment by sometat...@hotmail.com on 20 Jul 2011 at 10:52

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No problem, but its not just for you. If I am going to be the one continuing 
the development of OmegleSpy then I want to do it right, this means I want to 
try and fix as many bugs as I can catch. So going through the motions with you 
ultimately helps you, me, and everyone who uses the application. 

So thank you for helping me resolve your issue.

Original comment by BrentBXR on 21 Jul 2011 at 12:11

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Good news and Bad news for ya @sometat...@hotmail.com (hotmail? wtf dude get 
gmail 1000% better) anyhow, 

first the good news for you: It looks like I will be able to solve your issue 
much faster for you. because..

bad news for me: I was doing some developing on the OmegleSpyX when all of a 
sudden I got your issue! now I can connect, which is great now I can really get 
down to the bottom of the issue. (im un-bannable so ill get out of it) 

I put everything I got into 1000% debug mode so I was being spit everything 
omegle servers where comm.ing to me and it 100% looks like a ban. Im sure they 
caught onto me because I ahve been developing for the last 4 hours with prolly 
high 600 connects and disconnects. 

this is what happening:

1) I say hello to omegle and to get a chat id
2) Omegle says 'sup' and passes it to me
3) i send out a start command and normally at this point you get a 'Waiting' 
que but it goes straight to a stranger disconnected que.

and i tried multiple servers, so that tells me its 99% sure a ban, perhaps an 
autoban for to many connections in a period or something of that nature (to 
stop bots im sure) because I know they didnt target me as they cant tell if im 
a user in a browser or not. All they see is two connections for everyone one 
connect and then me doing that 100x's within an hour developing. Im guessing 
its an auto triggerd ban for throttling. Explains why your campus got it, 
perhaps you had 50 people on omegle at one time all looking for females so they 
kept d/c'ing..

Anyways I have to wait till tomorrow to change ip and test it that way, ill let 
you know what I find.

Original comment by BrentBXR on 21 Jul 2011 at 3:08

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That's a very interesting bit of information you have there, and I certainly 
laughed at "I'm un-bannable". I'm glad you figured out what the issue was, and 
not just for me, but for the project as a whole.

Original comment by sometat...@hotmail.com on 21 Jul 2011 at 5:18

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Issue Closed and Resolved.

Final: Alright it is confirmed. If you are having this issue, Omegle has banned 
your IP address. 

Reason: Until I get more fact leaning the opposite way, I have to assume the 
ban has nothing todo with running OmegleSpy(x). All the information I have 
gathered I am lead to assume its from an auto ban script that looks at your 
trigger times (connect/disconnect speed) I would assume to fight ad bots.

Fix: 
* Email Omegle tell them your issue (dont mention ban or omeglespy(x)) and see 
if they can lift it.
* Change IP (dynamic router, web/tcp proxy, web source, so on..) 
* Wait until the ban is lifted (if its lifted at all).

Avoidance: 
* Dont use 'auto reconnect' to slow down trigger times. 
* Try not to spend to long using omeglespy at one time, spread it out. (you 
have to understand using omeglespy make it look like you are using it 2x+ what 
you really are. nature of the beast.). 
* If you can, Only use omeglespy behind a proxy (a tcp app proxy would work 
great), omegle doesn't take much bandwidth, even slow proxys would work fine on 
omegle.. (your downloading single lines of text, not movies.)

Note: I have emailed Omegle just now stating that I am having this issue and 
*gently* asked what caused it and how to fix it. I will post there response, if 
any.

Sorry there isnt much I can do about this. This issue is completely server 
side. 

<brentbxr>

Original comment by BrentBXR on 22 Jul 2011 at 12:07

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I'm having an issue with this that actually started as being ip banned from 
Omegle, but now appears to be a deeper issue.

After I realized I was banned I started using proxies, and it worked for 
awhile, but recently the proxies, which although still work for the official 
Omegle site, do not work for this program, or the older version of it.

When I was banned I could not access the site or use the program. Now I can use 
the main site with these proxies, but not the program, which leads me to 
believe that banning is not the (only) issue.

Original comment by theredno...@gmail.com on 5 Aug 2011 at 6:39

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Except I am masking all connections using a proxy app, which is why it worked 
previously.

lrn 2 red fgt

Original comment by theredno...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2011 at 3:10

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Can you change the network settings from where it connects?

Original comment by emirrho...@gmail.com on 6 Aug 2011 at 3:31

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I had the problem aswell, a 'hot-fix' is to download Hotspot Shield, it's 
freeware and works a charm.

Original comment by jamiefos...@googlemail.com on 21 Aug 2011 at 12:56

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Thanks Jamiefos

Original comment by BrentBXR on 24 Aug 2011 at 11:24

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Or perhaps an app such as proxify?

Original comment by BrentBXR on 24 Aug 2011 at 11:25

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Omegle has lots of these servers, there should be a randomizeing function on 
app startup that picks one of the many, such as:

promenade.omegle.com
cardassia.omegle.com

just goto http://omegle.com and view source for the one it connects your area 
to. It might need a swap or two to get it working.

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Original comment by malaco...@gmail.com on 24 Mar 2012 at 7:47

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