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Internet Calling

Anyone know of program that can call landline/mobile phones using wifi and is inexpensive/free other than skype?

Google voice...

Google Voice doesn't use the data connection for the call though, it still routes it through the same as a normal voice call. I have heard of using a few separate programs to route everything around to use Google Voice, but I have not tried any of them, nor do I know off hand where to point you other than here, ppcgeeks, or the google voice forums.
You could try Fring, it allows you to use other services such as skype/sms/etc. I haven't used it in a long time, but when I did, you wanted at least half of your full signal strength or the quality of audio would drop along with delays in text. It has been said to have gotten better since, but I haven't tried it. They are the first to have the first mobile video call using it with skype on nokia/iphone and the first free voip call using it with skype on android devices.
Hope some of this help

Just curious why not just use your phone? Not enough minutes? If your carrier allows free favorites, you can make your google voice # one of the favorites and call for free.

Im also interested in this, cuz when im out of the country i wanna route my calls through an IPBX

There is no free ip phone service that I know of. It costs money to run a service like that and I don't see anybody giving it away. Skype is not free when making actual phone calls. It is only free to other skype users. So unless the person has a Skype number it's still costing you.

It is actually possible.
You need a google voice number and a gizmo5 account. You can forward your google voice number to a gizmo5 SIP account - thus you get free incomming calls. You can use the mobile google voice webpage to make outgoing calls - thus you get free outgoing calls too.

As far as I know Google voice from the web site only connects your existing phone number(the one being forward to) and the number your wanting to call. So you are still going to be charged for an incoming call if your service does so. If you get free incoming calls then yes. As for the Gizmo5 option it has been acquired by Google Voice and no longer excepts no members accounts or on-line numbers. I have made a GV account and linked it to a Skype account. It only costs my $3 a month for unlimited calling through them outbound and another $6 a month for an on-line number. So for $9 a month a can make unlimited calls and texts. Pretty close to free or as close as it can get for now. I'm sure in a few months GV will have their own on-line service since purchasing Gizmo5. This will hold me over for now.

Try fring. It is pretty good.

i used fring on my old nokia 5800 it worked great the betas and the early and final versions ofit.

How much did your fring end up costing?

I tried multiple VOIP clients and ended up using SJ Phone (free) with google voice and gizmo5. It sounds really good. Fring and the others all gave me trouble or had poor sound.

surprising why no one has tried SPOKN...

Using my google voice number for people to call me with do i use my minutes of data?

Basically if i have a google voice number and people call it do i use my data or my minutes?

Minutes. Unless you sign up for a VOIP provider and configure it.
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also if u use GV's voicemail service to receive ur messages it burns ur minutes too, had to learn that the hard way when i found a lot of my minutes mysteriously being used even tho i hadnt used the phone in awhile

So if I just use my google voice number and not the at&t phone number it is not VOIP and still just minutes?

Place Calls Over Wifi

Is there an app that allows you to place calls over wifi. Like to use my own real phone number and use wifi instead of the network to place my call. i ask because i get terrible reception in my house. I dont want apps that you have buy a plan for though, like skype, or anything that only works with other calls to that app, like fring

Take a look at Sipdroid or CsipSimple.

Dri94 said:
Is there an app that allows you to place calls over wifi. Like to use my own real phone number and use wifi instead of the network to place my call. i ask because i get terrible reception in my house. I dont want apps that you have buy a plan for though, like skype, or anything that only works with other calls to that app, like fring
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Well, there is an app but it doesn't use your regular phone number. It's called GrooVe IP. The app costs like 4 bucks on the market, but it's a complete VOIP application. It uses your Google Voice account to place the calls. There is a setup tutorial in the application description. I'm sure you could find the APK on other sites, but I'm not sure if it requires cracking or if you can just get the APK and install it.

I use Tango. It uses your email address to make VOIP calls (with video). Totally free and is also available for iOS. I use it to call my son on the other side of the country on his iPod touch.

does tango give youa phone number?

I've heard many good things about sipdroid too. I'm going to try setting it up on my deactivated htc eris. Supposedly works with google voice over wifi. I'll report back after I get it all working.
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I've been using sipDroid for a few Weeks now.works great. It occasionally had audio issues but I user it for all my work calls. Saves me from burning all my minutes.
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If you have a google voice # you can use a application called 'grooveIP'. Uses either wifi or mobile data to dial out through google voice. Been using it for over a month now and works well. Obviously the better the connection the better quality.

Dri94 said:
does tango give youa phone number?
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Tango does not give you a phone number, it uses your email address. I'm pretty sure it only works with people that also have the app.
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SipDroid+Google Voice... lets me make calls over wifi and 3g for free, and gives me a phone number, and lets me text. its great

I forgot that GrooveIP isnt free, I got it either from here on the forums or another site when it was released.

Groove ip

I had this set up perfectly a few months ago but now can't receive incoming calls .Just outgoing. please somebody help me.want to cancel my phone and put some money back in my pocket
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rjumawan said:
I had this set up perfectly a few months ago but now can't receive incoming calls .Just outgoing. please somebody help me.want to cancel my phone and put some money back in my pocket
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To receive calls you have to forward calls to Google Chat in your Google Voice account. Have you done that step?

I have my GV account set to forward to google chat, I don't seem to be able to receive calls. I am signed out of chat on all devices. Any suggestions? I can make calls no problem, just can't receive.

Living without Wifi Calling

So I just wanted to post my alternative to wifi calling since most of our JB roms are the best roms for this phone but most users divert from using them because there is no wifi calling...
My fix is pretty simple actually, I just set my primary voicemail to Google voice, so that all my missed calls from either one goes to my google voice voicemail, this way when people call me Ill be able to get a notification through wifi instead of through data when i have no single.. I know its not the same as being able to receive calls but it notifies you when you have a call.
Next I just downloaded the vonage app which lets you make free calls to USA numbers and I think canada.. So after I get a voicemail notification, I just call the number back.
Feel Free to post your alternatives to wifi calling in this thread, i would love to see other ways users live with out it
Now this only works if they leave a voicemail. so dont expect google to just notify you every time you get a call.
This is just my simple fix for having no wifi calling.. i figure if they dont leave a voicemail.. then their call wasnt that important..

As a Canadian, I've never had the advantage of T-Mobile's wifi calling, however we have our own alternative which isn't too bad at all. Fongo (formerly Dell Voice). A good internet connection is required though, otherwise you may experience lag and/or low quality calls. On the plus side, you get a new phone number in any locale you want. Most of Canada is covered. So for instance, if you're in Vancouver and have family in Toronto, it makes sense to get a Toronto number so they can call you without incurring long distance charges (exactly what I do ). You can even set it up so calls dialed to that Toronto number get forwarded to your actual Vancouver number. Pretty nifty! They have a texting option as well, however that will cost you. Voicemail is included, and is free!
As far as free text messaging goes (and incoming calls, so long as you don't want to spend any money), a great service covering both the US and Canada is Pinger. Once again, you get a brand new phone number, though not as important for texting. The app itself can integrate your carrier's calls and texts, too, if you so choose (enabled by default - I typically disable it).

Fortunately, for me wifi calling isn't make or break. The bars here are generally 'good enough'. But...
An interesting (though maybe too much of a work around for most) would be to simply fully back up the official rom with wifi calling and your custom rom and then you can switch between them. Need wifi calling at work? Wipe and restore to the official rom after you get there. Want the custom rom at home, just wipe and restore that backup.
I know it works with Clockworkmod's backup and restore as that is what I use with swaping atm to test battery usage between roms. A restore brings back everything exactly how it was left.
(Perhaps the only real issue would be to be done with any OS specific changes. If you insall a new app and want to keep it then another backup would be required or it would not be there next time. Other things like contacts, calendar via google syncing isn't a problem as it just syncs changes between them via wifi. No need to do backups for that* - just wipe and restore any time. Also, the amount of space/time could be a problem if someone has too much stuff.)
*Point to point out, if anything is changed in the restored rom which affects goole sync before google is finished syncing then that could cause something to not be synced and thus lost forever. Unsure which side would lose. Haven't run into it personally. Backups are always good regardless.
Other than that, I just ordered cables for usb otg which on my phone requires the official rom (or a rom based off of it). So I want to see how that goes and may [continue] to do the swapping of roms for that. For me and how I use the phone its not a problem.
Another idea... would be to simply have another phone with wifi calling and do sim card swapping.
Guess this is the post of all about swapping.

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The Vonage app works great for Wifi calling. That is what I am using. People will still be able to see your existing phone # on caller ID.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vonage.TimeToCall&hl=en

yeah ive been plagued with this dilemma as well.. right now i just use the CM9 which has T-Mobile wifi calling. however the calling barely works (just shows call screen then beeps to disconnect) it does do the texting 95% of the time.
i do have the tmobile visual voicemail so it alerts me if i get a voicemail.
i thought about using google voice but it looked to want to import my number and i was afraid it mess up the regular carrier..
i dont like using the apps that assign a different number so i think im stuck with ICS until someone hacks it into JB..
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Dizmatic said:
The Vonage app works great for Wifi calling. That is what I am using. People will still be able to see your existing phone # on caller ID.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vonage.TimeToCall&hl=en
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i read about this just now and it says it works with anyone who also has the app.. so that would limit who i could contact when on wifi only....
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Light ROM with GrooveIP
I'm not sure I understand your question . Are you looking to live without wifi or find solutions to solve bad wifi?
I had a lot of trouble with wifi calling until I did this:
[ROM] RemICS-JB 3.0.1 - The most stable, light and reasonably fast ROM I could get onto my phone
Set up Google Voice account (actually GApps but not relevant)
Install GrooveIP
Configure properly - The startup and answer on calls settings help integrate it seamlessly into your daily calling
Now you have inbound outbound calling, and with a decent connection it's very clean with rare hiccups
I trield Talkatone for a while and while at first it seemed to work out of the box better, I had issues with it over time.
So I went back to GIP and fiddled with settings after reading a lot. Because it works directly over Google Talk protocol and not GVoice, it is more stable and offers a better connection.
Hope this helps you get solid voice over wifi (Free
I did pay for Groove IP in the end.
Groove IP does not offer SMS built in like Talkatone does, so if you are SMSing all day as well then look at Talkatone. If quality of calls is paramount start with GIP. I use the GVoice app for SMS

emagin said:
Hope this helps you get solid voice over wifi (Free
I did pay for Groove IP in the end.
Groove IP does not offer SMS built in like Talkatone does, so if you are SMSing all day as well then look at Talkatone. If quality of calls is paramount start with GIP. I use the GVoice app for SMS
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do those assign you another number or does it use ur regular cell number?
does the other person need the app?
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Sorry I did not mention this. Yes you use the GVoice as your main #
I converted to Grand Central (with Gizmo) several years ago before Google acquired it, so I'm very familiar with Voice and have been using it successfully for years.
I also use an Obi202 device ($75 for life) that lets my standard house phone make/receive calls on up to 4 GVoice numbers, or other VOIP services (like callcentric, etc.)
So my GVoice numbers ring multiple devices. One caveat is that GrooveIP on android interferes with the ringing on Obi device so I turn it off when I'm in office-desk mode. But I think this is off-topic
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do those assign you another number or does it use ur regular cell number?
does the other person need the app?
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Im still in the testing phase... but MIUI ICS has the tmobile wifi calling working very well.
(Note it wasn't pre loaded so i did a full app and data backup of wifi calling via titanium backup and restored it after flashing new ROM)
* Update
Wifi calling still is sketchy.. didnt call last night.. just beeps and hangs up. But i have noticed it starts each time i connect to wifi unlike CM9 where i would have to click the app
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