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Whenever I make outgoing calls to the 'internet number' in GB, I can't hear anything from whoever I call and he hear me either. I use Gizmo 5 as my SIP account and I know that the calls go through because Gizmo 5 deducts a penny each time I call someone.
I know that there are simple solutions like using SIPDroid or Google Voice Callback but I just want to use native SIP client over wifi (I'm only using SIP in places I have no signal). I've already tried searching in the forums and in google if this is a known issue and how to fix it (without using 3rd party apps) but I can't find anything (the only things I'm finding is how to set up SIP over 3g and that requires 3rd party apps).
Can anyone help me on this please? Again, I just want to use the built in GB SIP client. Everything works fine (I can receive phone calls fine) and the only problem is that I can't hear anything from whoever I'm calling and the person I'm calling can't here me either.
Thanks for your help!
check your router to see if it supports NAT or things like that.
even better, test it with you PC to see if you get 2 way audio.
it common to have 1 way audio on SIP calls. and its usually down to the router not able to route the RTP traffic back to you.
qwerp_ said:
check your router to see if it supports NAT or things like that.
even better, test it with you PC to see if you get 2 way audio.
it common to have 1 way audio on SIP calls. and its usually down to the router not able to route the RTP traffic back to you.
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Thanks for the answer! This kinda sucks since I'm mostly using this in my university's library where I have no signal and I can't control the router. I'll try this at home though tonight.
When I receive calls in the library me and the other person can hear each other fine. How is that different from placing calls?
I got this android app GrooVe IP but have had not been able to receive incoming calls. The outgoing calls works great. If this works seamlessly then it would be awesome.
This is just like the talkatone app for iphone, so one can have google voip without involving sipdroid and pbxes peering.
The issue with using pbxes is that it kills the forwarding of the calls to your gmail.
Okay, it seems the issue is that if you have gmail logged on computer and if the call gets forwarded to it. Then it doesn't come to the app on the phone.
I though that incoming calls would be forwarded to all logged in instance, but apparently it is not so. So you need to make sure to log out at other places.
Here is the forum to request bug fixes, make requests, and ask questions the developer is really willing to help out! http://androidforums.com/application-announcements/320717-app-groove-ip-google-voice-voip.html
Was not even aware of the app until this post. If this work.....WIN WIN WIN....got to try it!
I just installed it and it works right out of the box. Tried incoming calls and outgoing calls. Just had to make sure that my google chat on my laptop wasn't up (or that would have attempted to answer)
I was looking for this exact solution because I get crappy Verizon reception in my home. So if your using a profiling app like Setting Profiles to turn on your wifi, then it automatically comes on when your wifi turns on. There's no need to build it into your profiling app since it piggy backs off of your wifi on/off status.
The only thing I had to do was adjust the volume level of my mic because it was low. This is a setting built into the app so it's a one time adjustment.
Pretty slick app. Hope it pans out for me.
works great incoming and outgoing on my wildfire
new version 1.29
GrooveIp works great for both outgoing and incoming calls
Groove IP Disappeared from the Market..w/my new $5!!
Groove IP totally disappeared from the face of the Earth today(Android Market). I just paid $4.99 for the App two days ago and there gone. I know there not a fly by night app cause I have been hearing good things bout since my WinMo days. Is this want they do when they're updating the App? Is this normal or has me and many other been hood-winked??
(GrooVeIP) Groove IP is back - I bought it today. THEN I found Talkatone - which apparently used to be only for iphone. I'm curious which is better / why I would use one vs the other. They both look very nice, and both work. So - Groove IP vs Talkatone - which is better?
I tried both and played with both a bit. Groove is much more configuratble, and seems to integrate with the phone more (i.e. with the built in phone app history). But - they're both pretty well done frankly, and I don't know why I would pay the $5 for Groove IP (other than to get rid of the adds in Talkatone - which charges $8 to get rid of).
I'll be searching around to see if anyone else has compared them...
Hey guys,
About Groove IP. How on Earth do I program it so that calls to my TMO number will automatically be forwarded to my Google Voice number? I can make outbound calls using Groove IP with no issues as I just access and call via the app directly. But it seems to me incoming calls just go straight to my phone. I don't use minutes too often, but I'd like to save my monthly 100 minute allotment if possible!
In case anyone asks, yes, I have call-forwarding set to Google Chat and I've unchecked the box next to my cell #.
Check your individual contacts and group settings
If I am reading your post correctly, it sounds like you pretty much have the basic settings correct. Groove IP works via Google Talk so it is important that you have added Google Talk as a "phone" on the "Phones" tab in the Google Voice setup via their web interface. It sounds like you have done that though. Since you do not want calls to your GV number to forward to your cell phones number, you need to ensure that you have unchecked the box next to your cell phone entry on that same "Phones" setup page (if you leave the receive text messages and voicemail notification boxes checked, those two things will still work even if you have unchecked the phone for voice forwarding). Once again, it sounds like you have already done this.
I have found that if both Google Talk and the cell phone number are set to forward, the cell phone number will always start ringing before Groove IP starts ringing. Groove IP usually starts ringing around the 3rd ring of the cell phone number. If you are answering your phone on the first few rings, you may not know if Groove IP is really ringings through or not. This does not solve the problem of why your cell phone number is ringing if you have forwarding to it shut off but you might want to do a test call to your GV number and let it ring while watching the display on your cell. If it is ringing through to your cell's number, a screen displaying the caller ID and options to answer the stock dialer should appear. If Groove IP is properly forwaarding to Goole Talk, the the Groove IP screen should come up over the stock caller ID screen somewhere around or after the third ring of your actual cell phone number. If Groove IP does eventually forward through then you know that the Google Talk forwarding is working and you then just need to solve the cell phone forwarding issue. If Groove IP does not forward via Google Talk, there are several things you need to check.....
Groove IP works by default over WiFi but can also use your 3G/4G network if you are not connected to WiFi. That ability is not enabled by default though so you need to go into the Groove IP settings on your cell phone and check the box allowing 3G/4G calling. This sounds like a pretty obvious thing to setup properly but you would be surprised at just how many people overlook that setting.
If that is setup properly and Groove IP is still not ringing through to your cell phone via Google Talk, then you will need to go into the Google Voice settings via the Google Voice webpage and check the settings for your "Groups" (if you have contacts assigned to groups). All of the groups have individual settings for what phones the contacts assigned to that group will ring on. These settings will override the settings on the "Phones" tab in the main settings panel. If Google Talk is not checked for you groups, that will be a problem. You may also want to uncheck your cell phone in the group settings.
You will also need to check how you have each contact setup. If you click on the checkbox next to a contacts name the far right panel will display the information entered for that contact. At the bottom of this there is a link you can click to "Edit Google Voice Settings". Clicking that link will take you to the individual GV settings for that contact. If you have your contacts assigned to groups, then ideally each contact within this individual settings display should be getting their settings from their group assignment. There is a setting at the very top of this page Where you can choose the group you want to use the settings from for that contact. The individual contact will then get thier settings from the group. This can be overriden though and the individual contact settings will override both the group and main settings in Google Voice. Under these individual contact settings there is an area where it lists what to do "When this contact calls you" If it is using the group settings to determine what phones to forward to it will say "Use "Group Name" Phones" in this area and there will also be an edit link next to that. If you click on the edit link, individual entries and checkboxes for the phones you have setup in GV will appear. If the contact(s) has not been assigned to a group then these entries and the boxes to chose them will be there by default. If you do have groups assigned, chosing these individual entries will override the group settings for the phones to ring on. How you want to gio about setting all of that up is really up to you. Groups, no groups or groups for everyone but a few important contacts also have individual phone settings that override their group membership? It does not really matter as long as you have ensured that Google Talk is properly setup in these areas and that your cell phone is not set to forward to its number.
If all of this is properly setup then Groove IP should ring on your cell phone. If your cells number is still forwarding even though it is unchecked throughout the Google Voice settings, try temporarily deleting your cell phone for the Google Voice settings altoghther. Then go ahead and call your GV number and ensure the Google Talk is ringing through to Groove IP on your call. If all of this works, then go ahead and add your cell phone back to the list of phones in Google Voice. You will probably have to ensure the it is not checked by default in the group and contact settings after adding it back.
If your cell number is still ringing through and Groove IP is not ringing (and you are not attached to WiFi), look at your cell phone to see what type of data connection you currently have. If you are currently in a bad area for reception you may not have a 3G or 4G connection. It might say 1G in your notification area. Groove IP needs either WiFi, 3G or 4G and if you do not have any of those currently connected, Groove IP will not work. The Groove IP icon in the notifiaction area will be red instead of green if you do not have a good enough connection for Groove IP to work.
If all of that is good though and all of your settings have been verified as correct and it still does not work, then I have no idea what might be causing the problem. If that is the case you may want to send an e-mail to the Grrove IP developers to see if there are any known issues with your cell phone or if they have any other suggestions.
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I've e-mailed the developers. Someone on a different forum has told me that the answer is no, GrooveIP can only receive calls made to GV #s.
I mis-understood what you were asking. You can make your gv number ring on your cell but if your cell number is dialed you cannot make that number utilize GGroove IP. The trick is to only give out your gv number and to those people that already have your cell number, just tell them to utilize your gv number from now on.
The best solution I've found to save minutes using the same setup is to let the call go to voicemail and then call the person back...may not be the best, but it works.
jdmarano said:
The best solution I've found to save minutes using the same setup is to let the call go to voicemail and then call the person back...may not be the best, but it works.
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Yeah, I've been doing that on and off. Only problem is both Groove IP and Skype (wasted $10 just to test the damn thing out!) are both spotty and too unpredictable.
zeth006 said:
Yeah, I've been doing that on and off. Only problem is both Groove IP and Skype (wasted $10 just to test the damn thing out!) are both spotty and too unpredictable.
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i know this is an old forum
but what i also use is the Vonage app...when Groove is being crappy i let it go to voicemail and call back using the Vonage app...it works for me
Does anyone else use Groove IP with their Nexus S?
I have (since I upgraded to ICS) had issues with Groove IP, and "growing latency". Basically the latency in my call seems to grow as the call goes on, from barely noticeable to >5 seconds. Opening any other app during the call seems to increase this latency, but even if I don't do anything during the call, this occurs. I can hear popping noise when the call is dropping packets (and the latency is increasing) also.
I do have "keep screen on" enabled, and have tried a bunch of different settings to try and fix this, but nothing works.
Does anyone else have this issue? I emailed the developer, and he sent back some settings recommendations, but none of them helped. I have tried a bunch of different settings also. I'm honestly wondering if it is specific to the Nexus S and ICS at this point.
If anyone has time, and can try Groove IP Lite with their Nexus S, I would be very appreciative. Install the app, and try making a call to 1-909-390-0003 (a free echo test number). Try opening a few apps during the call, or sit the phone down for a few minutes, and then see if the latency increases (the time from when you speak to when you hear yourself).
Thanks in advance!!!
Try talkatone
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Try talkatone
Sent from my Nexus S
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I have - it has a different issue. About half of my outgoing calls don't connect properly, and appear to connect, but all I hear is silence. The person I am calling, or called me just hears silence.
According to the developers, this is a problem that is occurring for a lot of people, and is on Google's end, even though I do not have this problem with Groove IP and sipdroid.
I made a couple of calls. It works
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i have no problems with takatone too
Are both of you using ICS?
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Are both of you using ICS?
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Yes I am
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Yupp
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do you realize ICS has a built-in SIP?
download and install sipdroid
it will have you set up an account using your google voice login.
after you set it up, you can actually uninstall sipdroid
then, go to pbxes.com
log in and click "extensions" on the left, then click <Sipdroid-200> that shows up under it. create a password and click submit.
then click "personal data" on the left. fill this out and create a password in the given field.
now, go to your dialer
Push menu>settings and scroll all the way down to "Internet Call Settings"
Choose "Ask for each call" under "Use Internet calling"
Tap "accounts"
Check "Receive incoming calls", then tap "Add Account" at the bottom
the info to fill is as follows:
Username: name-200 (it will be the username listed under the extensions page. generally it's formatted like "firstnamelastname", no caps. don't forget the "-200" part)
Password: the password you set up in the extensions section
Server: pbxes.org (yes, .org, not .com like you visited earlier)
Under "Optional settings", Transport type: TCP
now back out. If you did it right, under SIP Accounts, it should show:
[email protected]
Primary account. Receiving calls
now whenever you dial a number on the ICS stock dialer, it will ask you if you want to make the call over the internet or via cellular service. also, if anyone calls your google voice number, your dialer will ring as normal. it will show "Internet Call" under the caller's name on the caller id if it's coming from google voice
I tried using the stock sip client, but the latency is not very good, and there is no way to configure the codecs that it uses. I've honestly been pretty happy with sipdroid, other than the fact that it doesn't look all that great, and is a little buggy.
I have found sipdroid's latency to be better than any other sip client, including csipsimple.
gotta try native
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Gnex GSM with JB here.
I set up native internet calling with SIP using the guide above (thanks!). However, it only seems to recognize certain numbers. Most of the time it will not ask whether I want to use internet or provider, and just use my provider.
I can add contacts' numbers to a new field called "internet call" which seems to work if I choose it when calling, but this is several extra steps I'd like to avoid. Why won't it use internet calling for all numbers?
I contacted the GrooveIP developers (SNRB Labs). After trying some options, we finally found out that increasing the "Speaker Buffer" in the troubleshooting section from small to large drastically improved the problem of increasing delay during a call.
Also, in the process, I found out that there is a decent way to instigate the delay problem. Start a call to the echo test number 1 909 390 0003, make a short test noise ("test" works), time the delay, open YouTube and play a high quality video for a minute or so (or run a speed test), make the same short test noise and time the delay. With the speaker buffer set to small, for me the delay increased from about 1 second to 2.5 seconds. With the speaker buffer set to large, for the me the delay barely increased at all (maybe 1 to 1.2 seconds, but that's not an exact measurement).
I am not sure if there was an forum about how google voice is no longer letting 3rd part apps work. I loved using my groove ip when I didn't have service at certain places I would go. Any suggestions? Groove Ip says port # to ring.to. Any one know how to port google voice to ring.to?
Thanks
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I am not sure if there was an forum about how google voice is no longer letting 3rd part apps work. I loved using my groove ip when I didn't have service at certain places I would go. Any suggestions? Groove Ip says port # to ring.to. Any one know how to port google voice to ring.to?
Thanks
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I was wondering the same thing but it seems like it still works for me.
Mine obviously doesn't connect when I try to call a number. I'm wondering if you switch to ring.to, can you still use your GV credits to do international calls?
When I saw this coming, I didn't update GV IP. I'm still on 1.4.8. I can still make calls through GV IP as of this writing. I wrote GV IP's dev and he said that, while GV IP can no longer use the API, Google has not yet removed the service. This is why it still works.
Who knows how long it will take Google to actually remove the service, so for now, I'll stick with 1.4.8.