So where I reside I am limited to one bar of connectivity that fades in and out. Because I have a wireless router in my room, I am looking/asking to see if there's an application or a way that can solve my problem by making mobile to mobile calls normally without having to be dependent on skype calls, gtalk calls etc. I researched and tried using this technique that involved gizmo5 and google voice,however, google ended buying gizmo5 and has thus put an end to this method. Your help will be MUCH appreciated! My phone is an HTC EVO(2.2)
You can use Tango or Skype...are you looking for a free solution?
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My girlfriend has an s710 which we bought from ebay and have it configured to only have a data connection when she is on wifi (so she doesn't have to pay for a data plan thru the cell provider) I am wondering if it is possible to add VOIP to her phone, which seems fairly straightforward.
We both have Google Voice numbers, I am wondering if there is another free service we can sign up for to basically create free incoming and outgoing voip calls using her google voice number when she is on wifi, and have it automatically switch to gprs when she is not?
This is the first WinMo phone I have ever even seen, nevermind used. Tutorials or FAQs would be great, I tried searching but couldn't find anything that was exactly like this and was wondering if it was possible!
Thanks for the help in advance, can't wait to start playing with a WinMo phone for the first time.
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you can use fring software
take a look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4462141#post4462141
nimbuzz works great, i like it better then fring
Does anyone know of an app that uses internet connection for calling purposes?
I am on AT&T and have a limited minutes plan, and am not left with much at the end of the month.
There are such apps on other platforms like talkatone app in ios devices, which allow users to call using cellular data or wifi, thus not using the valuable minutes of the plan.
I was just wondering if anyone know about any such app on WP devices, or anyone interested in making one.
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Search for Govoice - it uses google voice.
Also Tango.me (it does video and voice and is also available to android and iphone although it is currently only phone to phone or phone to pc communication)
Thanks for replying,
I already use Govoice and tango. Govoice uses the google voice number, but makes the call through your cellular network which uses the minutes on your plan.
Tango on the other hand uses data or wifi to make the call which is what I want, but it can only call other tango users which is very limiting.
I want an app which dials whatever number I give it, and instead of using the cellular network, uses data or wifi.
I personally dont have access to ios or android device, but there is an app called "Talkatone" on both these platforms (i think, but am sure about ios) which calls every number in the directory using only data or wifi.
An app like that is what I am looking for.
Haven't tried this one but search the marketplace for mobilevoip . You have to use a headset with it and it's beta
Also MS confirmed Skype is coming soon
I use MobileVoiP, best program for me, because I am a customer of Poivy.
You can talk in almost every country for free
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Hey Guys,
Long time lurker introducing myself with a question that's been bugging me for a while:
I have 2 phones. I recently got an android (without a data plan, off ebay) which I'm using as a glorified ipod touch. I love the OS and the development community behind it and am trying to learn more about the technology. In addition, I have a basic phone (w/ verizon) with voice and text that I use normally.
I've been searching for a way to use my android more for voice calls and sms (when I have wifi). I was wondering, is there a way to get my calls and/or texts sent to both phones simultaneously? That way, if I have wifi, I can use my android but if not, I can still get to them on my basic phone. Ultimately, I'm hoping to significantly downgrade my verizon voice/text plan to save more money for grad school.
I've been exploring pinger on the android but it doesn't seem to get calls/texts sent to my basic. And tried out google voice but I doesn't seem very transparent -- and I can't seem to replicate most of the things people have been able to do.
Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated,
Cheers,
arsh
You could try to use Viber.
I've used it for a while, though I've never tried it on more then once phone.
It does work flawless over WiFi & 3G/HSPDA
motiv77 said:
You could try to use Viber.
I've used it for a while, though I've never tried it on more then once phone.
It does work flawless over WiFi & 3G/HSPDA
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thanks for the quick reply. checking it out now...
Viber didn't work out. Texting only seems to work with other viber users and any calls I tried to make failed (could be due to the lack of a carrier?). I found pinger does a better job in texting/calling out. Just got to figure out a way to have Pinger ring out when I get a call or text :crying:
good advice though, thanks.
This has been a work in progress over on the N4 forums, with little progress. I have zero cell reception in certain parts of my home with T-Mobile USA. What can I use as an alternative? Without using a different phone number (i.e Google Voice). Does Hangouts send SMS over Wifi or Cellular? What are you guys using?
Have you ever called tmobile about this. They have given people cell boosters for similar problems
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I'm having the same issue with T-Mobile. I have full LTE signal all around my city but the second I walk into my apartment I have absolutely no service. It's quite frustrating and I'm trying to find an alternative. I tried calling T-Mobile about it but they said their cell boosters are "only for stand alone homes and won't work in an apartment complex", which seems ridiculous but whatever.
I'd be willing to switch to Google Voice but I haven't been able to confirm whether or not Google Voice makes/receives calls and texts via Wifi, or if I'll need a separate app to make it work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The typical method these days is Google Voice (since that's not specifically an SIP/VoIP thing itself) + either GrooveIP or Talkatone (which ARE those things) and you can then do SIP/VoIP calling from the Google Voice number, but as noted in the T-Mobile $30 plan thread multiple times (and other places as well) Google is removing the ability for third party apps to interact with GV at the end of April 2014 so that's when we (people that GV + third-party apps) will be forced to find other solutions to make SIP/VoIP calls).
And the other thing is that T-Mobile Wi-Fi calling setup uses minutes from your service plan - most people don't know this and it's not a big hassle on a 1500 minute or unlimited calling plan, but for those of us with the $30 plan it's basically pointless to use it when other alternatives (such as those I just described, at least for another 5 months or so) exist.
Skype is another option but you could be looking at some money involved based on what/who/where you're calling, and then there's stuff like Vonage if you use that service but that's an expenditure as well.
Google Voice for the Home via ObiTalk
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I'm having the same issue with T-Mobile. I have full LTE signal all around my city but the second I walk into my apartment I have absolutely no service. It's quite frustrating and I'm trying to find an alternative. I tried calling T-Mobile about it but they said their cell boosters are "only for stand alone homes and won't work in an apartment complex", which seems ridiculous but whatever.
I'd be willing to switch to Google Voice but I haven't been able to confirm whether or not Google Voice makes/receives calls and texts via Wifi, or if I'll need a separate app to make it work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Just FYI; I told AT&T to go fly a kite about 8 months ago for my home phone and have been using Google Voice on my home line as well as my cell phone for FREE. Yes; that's FREE incoming and outgoing calls.
I am using a small VoIP phone adapter found on Amazon called OBi202 from ObiTalk.com
Costs about $80 bucks and there is even a wifi adapter for $25 if you can't plug it in via Cat5 to your internet connection at home.
Anyway; you configure the phone adapter to use Google Voice and voila! You can connect 2 separate lines. I have mine and my wife's hooked up to cordless phones so I now have free home phone service.
Down side? The caller ID is a numer and not a name. I read about services available for a subscription that will give you the Name on Caller ID but if this is so important to you I guess you are OK with paying $60+ for phone service. (Yea right)
When you get a call it will ring simultaneously on your home phone and your mobile.
Free service; I LIKE THAT. And if you get bad reception at home from your mobile the nice part is that this could solve your issue because you give out your Google Voice number out and the phone will automatically start be ringing on your cordless when you are home.
Hope this helps you!!:good:
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sn0warmy said:
I'm having the same issue with T-Mobile. I have full LTE signal all around my city but the second I walk into my apartment I have absolutely no service. It's quite frustrating and I'm trying to find an alternative. I tried calling T-Mobile about it but they said their cell boosters are "only for stand alone homes and won't work in an apartment complex", which seems ridiculous but whatever.
I'd be willing to switch to Google Voice but I haven't been able to confirm whether or not Google Voice makes/receives calls and texts via Wifi, or if I'll need a separate app to make it work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Oh; to answer your question I sent myself and back texts using Google Voice over Wifi only and it worked. I have called with it via Wifi also when traveling.
So it does.
You can use MagicJack. They also have a android app. I heard it pretty good, however to use the android app, you need to register your phone. Once you register your phone, you can't unregister it. This is info I pulled about a year ago. Look into it though.
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Port your number to Google Voice.
Get a VoIP account at a provider that has good latency for your location (I use voip.ms, costs $0.014/min outgoing, ~$0.01/min incoming).
Set up CSIPSimple on your phone (use g729a for good quality on slower connections, PCMU on faster connections; be prepared to fiddle with settings to get it down right)
Make calls using CSIPSimple from your voip.ms account
Set up Google Voice to ring both your voip.ms number when you receive calls, as well as your T-Mobile number (in case you don't have WiFi or data when the call comes through).
So I've got my tablet set up with the new google hangouts dialer app and it's working great. I use Google Voice with an old ported landline number, and I use an ObiHai device to connect the GV account to the wireless phone handsets around the house. ObiHai is going to stop supporting Google Voice so I was hoping that when Hangouts got Voice Calling, I would be able to connect my tablet to the house phones (they support bluetooth connection for cell phone integration) and keep them in use. However, I've run into a few issues.
The main blocker seems to be that the Hangouts Dialer does not integrate into the deeper dialer settings of the phone. After a little research, it seems that the Groove IP app (paid version only) had this type of integration for similar use before it was cut from the GV service. I'm wondering if anyone who's been using a wifi-tablet with VoIP and/or wifi calling services might have any experience with bluetooth accessories that might help me. Are there any apps out there that might be able to bridge Hangouts to the main dialer services so that a bluetooth device would use it for calls? I tried exDialer and it seems to almost offer this kind of functionality for Skype calls, which I imagine are handled similarly, but it doesn't seem to quite take it far enough to work.
I also ran into the issue where the bluetooth profile that the handsets use only seems to be useable when the device identifies as having voice capabilities, but I think I've solved this (unverified as I have no service to actually test it with). I have a P5113 running a recent nightly from official CM11 (P5110 build). I grabbed the framework-res.apk from the matching P5100 build and it seems to have done the trick for that, although it still comes to a dead end where the bluetooth connection only goes to the telephony service and reports that there is no mobile connection.
Edit: Well, ObiHai announced today that they once again officially support GV, so that makes this whole setup redundant again.