Looks like you can use google voice, gizmo5 and sipdroid to make free landline calls with the gtablet too. I am using CM B2 and was able to set things up using the directions I have used before at h ttp://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/how-to-free-calls-via-wifi-using-google-voice-and-gizmo5-21836/
Keep in mind this is not perfect and I was only calling some after hours mailboxes since its late here but if you turn it to speaker phone it seems we can use our gtabs as a phone as well.
Edit: When I tried to call someone this morning I could here them pretty good but they said my voice was pretty bad though it may be this crappy hotel wireless doing that.
wlawyer said:
Looks like you can use google voice, gizmo5 and sipdroid to make free landline calls with the gtablet too. I am using CM B2 and was able to set things up using the directions I have used before at h ttp://androidcommunity.com/forums/f4/how-to-free-calls-via-wifi-using-google-voice-and-gizmo5-21836/
Keep in mind this is not perfect and I was only calling some after hours mailboxes since its late here but if you turn it to speaker phone it seems we can use our gtabs as a phone as well.
Edit: When I tried to call someone this morning I could here them pretty good but they said my voice was pretty bad though it may be this crappy hotel wireless doing that.
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not sure how a single post thread made it to front page of the portal, lol.....
especially when the method employed uses gizmo5, to which new user application is (and has been for some time) suspended.
getting sipdroid to work through pbxes is a circus too. if you come up with an easy way to get sipdroid to work, that doesn't require gizmo5 (read: another easy way), i'd love to hear more
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not sure how a single post thread made it to front page of the portal, lol.....
especially when the method employed uses gizmo5, to which new user application is (and has been for some time) suspended.
getting sipdroid to work through pbxes is a circus too. if you come up with an easy way to get sipdroid to work, that doesn't require gizmo5 (read: another easy way), i'd love to hear more
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+1 i agree.
question comes to my mind how do posts get to the front page.. on what basis or rating?
Not sure why its on the front page of anything to be honest. The post was mainly for the people that had been using this already as I have for some time. I wasn't aware that they had closed enrollment after gizmo5 was purchased by Google. As I see it with this tablet being finicky about what apps it will run too much info is better than none.
Someone actually took the time to give my post a bad rating. Couple of minutes on Google and I found this guide to setting up a sip connection without gizmo5. I doubt I attempt it since I have a gizmoaccount but I wanted to give something additional.
http://moblog.bradleyit.com/2009/12/google-voice-via-sip-wo-gizmo5.html
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Someone actually took the time to give my post a bad rating. Couple of minutes on Google and I found this guide to setting up a sip connection without gizmo5. I doubt I attempt it since I have a gizmoaccount but I wanted to give something additional.
http://moblog.bradleyit.com/2009/12/google-voice-via-sip-wo-gizmo5.html
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That seems pretty shabby... I got basically the same working only using a Vonage Softphone SIP account instead of Gizmo... so this can be done...
I tried sipdroid + gizmo5 + google voice, but I found that the gtablet doesn't seem to play audio from the other party. The microphone works though.
Any ideas?
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I tried sipdroid + gizmo5 + google voice, but I found that the gtablet doesn't seem to play audio from the other party. The microphone works though.
Any ideas?
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Hi
I used the same sipdroid+gizmo5+google voice setup and was able to talk to the other party and hear the other party by using the bluethooth. Conversation was clear on both the sides though i felt that there was some amount of lag to hear each others voice.
Hope bluetooth works for you too
Related
another new VOIP platform based on SIP.
But i am not able to send and receive calls.
The registration is successful though.
Let me know if anyone has success with this.
http://www.qtechinc.com/speaq_download.htm
Just tried it, in connection with a voipcheap.co.uk account, took several attempts to register with the service, when it did connect all sound came through the speakers and there was a lot of echoing on the line, the call then droped after about 20 seconds.
i think sjphone is a better option still.
Data Speed
What is the minimum data sped needed for VOIP to work?
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What is the minimum data sped needed for VOIP to work?
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I could talk very well on an EDGE connection with:-
E61 + Truphone and
Nokia N72 + Fring
Gizmo performance on SJPhone was shaky. Skype-PPC calls on EDGE were not so good.
But that's what PPC has to offer as of now.
TiVi performance on PPC with an EDGE connection was acceptable.
Hi Vinodis,
could you let me know what device you were using, when you were having problems. Also, if possible a report on bandwidth availability using the page at http://www.dslreports.com/msp would be useful.
Since we only provide the G.711 codec at the moment, we need a reasonable bandwidth availability (70-80kbps), and SpeaQ unfortunately doesn't do a great job yet of telling the user when we have that problem. We do have plans to improve that situation fairly soon though.
thanks,
Jacky Mallett
CTO QTech Inc.
Check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=315654 for a FULL review of Fring.
wondered if anyone had any good things to say about this software, ive made a few calls on it while at the house, had to use my home wifi cause im out in the boonies.
i dont like that it auto starts after a boot up.
but if there was an easier way to use Google Talk from these phones, i wish i could find it.
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wondered if anyone had any good things to say about this software, ive made a few calls on it while at the house, had to use my home wifi cause im out in the boonies.
i dont like that it auto starts after a boot up.
but if there was an easier way to use Google Talk from these phones, i wish i could find it.
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I have Fring, but really haven't made any voip calls on it yet (other than the test call). I did use it for IM, but I think palringo or MunduIM are better for that. You can set it to not auto-start after a bootup - under the Menu option, it's Settings > Disable Autostart.
do those other two IM apps support VoIP? or are they IM only?
Palringo doesn't do voip, but it has a feature like push-to-talk, wherein if you're im'ing with another palringo user, you push a button and talk and they'll get the instant voice message. It's cool, but I don't really know anyone with Palringo so I never use that. Mundu doesn't have voip to my knowledge.
I use fring an it works great, but!!.... the sound of the otherside is comming through the speaker and not via the earpiece. Thats not the biggest deal, but when the sound comes via the speaker, the otherside hears echo from it self.
The headset fixes this issue..
Dogbyte said:
wondered if anyone had any good things to say about this software, ive made a few calls on it while at the house, had to use my home wifi cause im out in the boonies.
i dont like that it auto starts after a boot up.
but if there was an easier way to use Google Talk from these phones, i wish i could find it.
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Sorry to bring this bac kfrom the dead, lol. But you can disable autostart by simply pressing menu > Settings > Disable autostart, from within FRING itself.
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Palringo doesn't do voip, but it has a feature like push-to-talk, wherein if you're im'ing with another palringo user, you push a button and talk and they'll get the instant voice message. It's cool, but I don't really know anyone with Palringo so I never use that. Mundu doesn't have voip to my knowledge.
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You can also use that with AIM users and it sends them a sound clip of what you said.
Hi all,
everytime I launch Fring, my Tytn's sounds became low and I've to set it again.
Anyone have the same issue?
Thanks
muccamucca said:
Hi all,
everytime I launch Fring, my Tytn's sounds became low and I've to set it again.
Anyone have the same issue?
Thanks
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That's just because Fring lowers the volume for the call. Turning the call volume up in Fring during a call will increase the system volume too.
Just curious if anyone here has MagicJack service? www.magicjack.com
Apparently, it works pretty well for 19.99 a year, lol.
Anyway, I amjust curious because from what I have read magicjack uses standard SIP protocol and you are able to get the SIP username/password etc by using a third party program (Fiddler, http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/)
Would the magicjack SIP account work with the Voip software on the Kaiser/Other WM6.1 devices? If so, having high quality Voip on the kaiser for 19.99 a year would be pretty sweet .
My cousin has MagicJack so when I can get over to his house I might try it, but just curious if anyone else has played around with it.
I have MagicJack at home for a home telephone and it works really good. VOIP sucks alot of bandwidth so I wouldn't even consider it unless you have 3g or hsdpa.
I haven't had time to dig into the software and start tinkering with it. I did set it up one time so I could spoof the caller-id to any number I wanted it to display on the recipents ends.
Your best bet is to start reading up on magicjack at http://unofficialmagicjack.forum2u.org/
This way you can learn from what others have discovered and hopefully merge it with your knowledge about the Kaiser.
Yeah, I have the Data Plan and I get good HSDPA coverage, and when I dont, I generally have WiFi available, so if I got it to work it would be good for me.
I'll take a look at that site. Thanks for the link!
With the release of the newest Skype app that supports wifi calling only, is there a way to bond the wifi connection to the cellular connection to allow for calls over 3g?
I only ask because the Skype app is pretty much useless without 3g. Might as well get on a laptop or something.
If some way an app can be written that the apps are for the iPhone then it would work. Ive been using an app called My3G and it does what the OP is asking. It basically tricks the app into thinking its on WIFI but uses the existing internet connection which is 3G.
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If some way an app can be written that the apps are for the iPhone then it would work. Ive been using an app called My3G and it does what the OP is asking. It basically tricks the app into thinking its on WIFI but uses the existing internet connection which is 3G.
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That would do exactly what I would like. Could easily circumvent the need to be on wifi for Skype.
In the iPhone app, does it do this systemwide or is it application specific?
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That would do exactly what I would like. Could easily circumvent the need to be on wifi for Skype.
In the iPhone app, does it do this systemwide or is it application specific?
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app specific
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app specific
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**** man, we need this ****. lol
Well first we need a version of Skype that lets you log in. (It doesn't work on Galaxy S devices)
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Well first we need a version of Skype that lets you log in. (It doesn't work on Galaxy S devices)
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I was going to say, but you beat me to it... I been waiting since mid 2009 for this damn app, first on AT&T and now on my TMO Vibrant. Getting very sick of the wait, in fact this is getting down right evil of them....
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Well first we need a version of Skype that lets you log in. (It doesn't work on Galaxy S devices)
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Yeah, sadly, the ETA is when Froyo drops.
The only skype app. Other then the skype light. Doesnt allow calls only chat.
The normal skype is verizon only. What it does is call a white-listed verizon number to allow data to pass trough it for free.
There is no way up until now. Even fring is now cut off skype.
Just wait.
nimbuzz works it has skype and does calls
might just be me, but i can never get nimbuzz to work for skype calls except on Wi-Fi. the call quality is simply too ****ty otherwise. Call connects but the lag, delay, and distortion makes it unusable.
One Solution
Tether and Skype with your laptop / netbook.
I know, I know... defeats the point of the thread...
but this IS a workaround
Why not just use google voice since it integrates so well with the phone?
People keep saying to use Google Voice, but my Google Voice has absolutely no option to use the data connection to make calls. Am I missing something? All Google Voice does for me is call me from a Google owned number and connect the call... this still uses up minutes. What's the point of using Google Voice to avoid soaking up your plan minutes? Is there some way to make SIP calls with GV that I'm missing?
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People keep saying to use Google Voice, but my Google Voice has absolutely no option to use the data connection to make calls. Am I missing something? All Google Voice does for me is call me from a Google owned number and connect the call... this still uses up minutes. What's the point of using Google Voice to avoid soaking up your plan minutes? Is there some way to make SIP calls with GV that I'm missing?
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Nope. GV is NOT VOIP and it uses a standard voice call, so yes, minutes get used. I don't get why people keep suggesting it in these threads either. The only SIP I know of for Android is SIPDroid, I played with it, but I don't use enough minutes to care about VOIP on my cell. If I were prepaid or something, I would care more.
To hack Skype to bypass the wifi requirement, you will likely need to use a AOSP android build. I suspect they are using the Android APIs that include a method to see if WiFi is connected. You could change the source for that method to tell apps that WiFi is connected when it's not, I suspect you would want to check the app IDs or something to only do it for some of them though.
Another option is to try disabling the check in the app itself, but that involves decompiling or bytecode modification and gets ugly fast. Probably easier to grab the app from a foreign phone that's not restricted to WiFi.
Excuse my ignorance. Newbie here... Just got my Gtab and loaded Vegan 5.1. When I try and use Google Voice and Sipdroid I can only get audio from the headphones. Nothing through speakers. Can any one shed light on this?
Someone in another thread said if you hit the menu bought while you're on the call, you'll see an option for speaker. I guess the default is headset.
CSipSimple
I used SipDroid for a while when I had my Fascinate because it was the only good app that ran on 2.1. I found CSipSimple to be MUCH friendlier for my fascinate (after I put froyo on it) and GREAT on my G-Tablet (just much cleaner and friendlier looking).
I still have problems with lag and echoing in my calls, regardless of app or speed of connection. Any ideas?
Mind filling us in on how you did that? I've got a Google Voice account, but I can't get SipDroid or CSipSimple to work at all.
http://hijinksinc.com/2010/05/24/free-sip-calling-with-google-voice-sans-gizmo5/
site above explains how to set it up with csipsimple, ipkall, sipsorcery, and googlevoice for forwarding phone number. (need to replace the instructions' Ekiga with csipsimple)
since with the GTab you can only use it through wifi, i was able to get this method to work.
but this method doesn't work over 3G because of STUN/ICE server issues which prevent you from hearing the other party. so on my LG Optimus V, I use grooveIP, which works perfectly as long as your data connection is faster than 756kb.
hope that helps.