Install Gtalk Video Chat App on Rooted Android 2.3 Phones

As reported the Android 2.3.4 update pushed to Nexus S users introduced the all new Gtalk Video chat app that lets users video call with online contacts. As of now the Google video chat app has been made available only to Nexus owners running Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) and others with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) will have to wait. But is you own a rooted Android phone running Android 2.3 and want to test Gtalk video chat app now means go ahead and follow the steps suggested by a XDA Developer forum member below.

The Gtalk v1.3 app supporting video and audio has been extracted from Nexus S and ported to Android 2.3 version. In order to install Gtalk v1.3 on phones other than Nexus you have to root your Android phone, delete the existing stock Gtalk app and edit a core file to delete a code line. Now download and install Gtalk v1.3 .apk file on Android 2.3. The file to be edited is as mentioned below,

File edited: \com\google\android\talk\SigninActivity.smali
Deleted line (#1141): invoke-interface {v4}, Lcom/google/android/gtalkservice/IImSession;->logout()V

Head over to the XDA Developers forum thread for more details on how to do this without bricking your device.

Steps to install Gtalk v1.3 on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread):

adb remount
adb shell mv /system/app/Talk.apk /system/app/Talk.apk1
adb uninstall com.google.android.talk
adb push libtalk_jni.so /system/lib/
adb push Talk2.apk /system/app

Download Gtalk v1.3 .apk with Audio & Video

Source: XDA Developers