I have an idle phone that i want to set up to serve as VOIP server so someone can use that phone remotely to make phone calls. I was wondering whats the best app or solution is? I tried searching but nothing came up. I am finding lots of guides hot to set up a clinet but not a sever.
Cell tower<-> my spare phone as voip server <-> voip client
Google Voice? https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/voip-phone-google-voice/?newsletter_popup=1
Katmeat said:
Google Voice? https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/voip-phone-google-voice/?newsletter_popup=1
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Your suggestion does not work. Any suggestions how to setup up a cell phone as voip server?
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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
http://code.google.com/p/gvcallback/
I've been using this application to real good success on a older version of darth's 2.0 rom, updated to flipz installed it and doesn't seem to work anymore.
Any ideas on how we can fix this or how i can make Google voice call backs originate from my phone so I don't have to run to a pc to make a call on wifi?
For some reason perhaps its just the browser but I can't get my phone to call it's self through the google voice web app, and the official android don't support callbacks to sip phones and the only other-wisely good application for this GV is no long supported and is also broken.
http://evancharlton.com/projects/gv/
But it's just really a pain in the ass to have to start every phone call from my computer, other than going back to Darth's rom any suggestions this seems like something that would be useful
Hi, my suggestion is if you have google voice, then set up the sipgate/sipsorcery iggy and use SIPdroid or Fring to make your phone calls. Here's a link to the guide
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ae8glDUXDsh9ZGR2eG43cjRfMzNkOTM4ZjNjeA&hl=en
Jwahlg said:
http://code.google.com/p/gvcallback/
I've been using this application to real good success on a older version of darth's 2.0 rom, updated to flipz installed it and doesn't seem to work anymore.
Any ideas on how we can fix this or how i can make Google voice call backs originate from my phone so I don't have to run to a pc to make a call on wifi?
For some reason perhaps its just the browser but I can't get my phone to call it's self through the google voice web app, and the official android don't support callbacks to sip phones and the only other-wisely good application for this GV is no long supported and is also broken.
http://evancharlton.com/projects/gv/
But it's just really a pain in the ass to have to start every phone call from my computer, other than going back to Darth's rom any suggestions this seems like something that would be useful
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I'm confused. Why wouldn't you just use the official Google Voice app? It already automatically routes all your outgoing calls through google voice. Are you trying to route your call through data so you arent using your minutes or something?
muppetman462 said:
Hi, my suggestion is if you have google voice, then set up the sipgate/sipsorcery iggy and use SIPdroid or Fring to make your phone calls. Here's a link to the guide
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ae8glDUXDsh9ZGR2eG43cjRfMzNkOTM4ZjNjeA&hl=en
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Thanks, I was trying earlier but couldn't get sipgate to reg with sipsorcery
Turns out i was using the wrong credentials from sipgate. And doing anything to long on a public computer is a pain in the rear anyways, I only use linux at home and didn't feel like going through certain channels that shall not be named to get a copy of xp just so i can use silverlight
Maybe it never worked at all, but I'm pretty sure I remember being able to use google voice with only wifi and no cell coverage, but now I get an error message when trying to make a call with no cell signal.
Does anyone know if this has something to do with the rom I'm running, or maybe that last update to the google voice app, or if you genuinely need cell signal to make a call on wifi ?
I am running cyanogenmod 5.0.6.
Any input is valued, thanks in advance.
google voice will not currently work just over wifi. to do wifi, you're talking about VOIP. there are ways to get it to work, but it didn't seem like it was a very simple deal. you need sipdroid, and a pbxes account, and a skype account, and need to figure how to route sipdroid and pbxes through skype. i got as far as getting my pbxes account, but the configuration there was too convoluted for me to want to mess with.
i wish it was just 'route pbxes through skype? click this box', but it isn't. it is a load of configuration. i tried following someone's walkthrough here on xda, and it was still too convoluted, for my little brain
voip doesn't work but sms still does. I'm using that now.
negroplasty said:
Maybe it never worked at all, but I'm pretty sure I remember being able to use google voice with only wifi and no cell coverage, but now I get an error message when trying to make a call with no cell signal.
Does anyone know if this has something to do with the rom I'm running, or maybe that last update to the google voice app, or if you genuinely need cell signal to make a call on wifi ?
I am running cyanogenmod 5.0.6.
Any input is valued, thanks in advance.
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Google Voice is not a VOIP service.
uberingram said:
Google Voice is not a VOIP service.
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that's what i said...
Hey gang,
Does anyone know if google voice works over 3g? Or does it only work over wifi...I am using this app that gets google voice to call me so I don't use my minutes...however I think its still using my time when I do it over 3g?
THANKS!
rayman121985 said:
Hey gang,
Does anyone know if google voice works over 3g? Or does it only work over wifi...I am using this app that gets google voice to call me so I don't use my minutes...however I think its still using my time when I do it over 3g?
THANKS!
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It uses your minutes regardless. GV is not VoIP.
You could use Fring/Sipdroid/etc. with a Gizmo5 account if you have one (unlikely) or a VoIP service that offers a free phone number.
rayman121985 said:
Hey gang,
Does anyone know if google voice works over 3g? Or does it only work over wifi...I am using this app that gets google voice to call me so I don't use my minutes...however I think its still using my time when I do it over 3g?
THANKS!
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Google Voice is VoIP. Just go to settings and pick the setting that will let you choose whether to use Google Voice or the phone. Google Voice is great when you are using a phone without a sim-card and just wi-fi but it works over edge and 3G also.
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It uses your minutes regardless. GV is not VoIP.
You could use Fring/Sipdroid/etc. with a Gizmo5 account if you have one (unlikely) or a VoIP service that offers a free phone number.
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MUCH BETTER. No wrong info please.
UberMario said:
MUCH BETTER. No wrong info please.
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Actually Silverskull's answer was perfect, your info is wrong
gVoice is not VOIP and uses your carrier minutes. The call is initiated using a data connection.
If you need instructions on how to use free VOIP, see http://lifehacker.com/5349506/make-free-voip-calls-from-google-voice
There are rumors that google will enable pure VOIP this year....lets see.
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Google Voice is VoIP. Just go to settings and pick the setting that will let you choose whether to use Google Voice or the phone. Google Voice is great when you are using a phone without a sim-card and just wi-fi but it works over edge and 3G also.
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It uses your outgoing minutes. Or if you use a thirdparty app, incoming minutes.
Before correcting, please do research.
http://voip.about.com/od/unifiedcommunications/f/HowGoogleVoiceWorks.htm
So if it uses your minutes what the benefits of google voice having it call you back to dial a number? Can you explain please?
1. Free calls across north america (US, Canada)
2. Single incoming number for all your house, mobile and any other numbers.
3. Call screening
4. Seemless call transfer between all your numbers without disconnection.
5. Visual voicemail and voicemail to text.
6. Free international SMS.
7. Invite only cool bragging rights.
GV
I've been using GV for over 4 months and since i've used it I totaled maybe 100 minutes from my carrier. I'm not a heavy caller but at east 20 minutes a day. Why don't you give it a try then do a minute check balance daily?
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It uses your minutes regardless. GV is not VoIP.
You could use Fring/Sipdroid/etc. with a Gizmo5 account if you have one (unlikely) or a VoIP service that offers a free phone number.
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This method is used perfectly when you're overseas and want to call the US/Canada for free. You have Google Voice call your Gizmo5 number to connect your call and use the Gizmo5 app to speak via computer. And Yes I have a gizmo5 account and Yes it is up for auction.... =)
As one who uses GV with my Droid, I can assure you that it does not provide VOIP calling.
What is cool is that the GV app for Android provides free Visual Voicemail-type features and free SMS functionality, all over your data connection with no additional fees.
Now, to get free calling with GV and your data connection, do the following:
1) Sign up for a SipGate One account ( Google for sipgate ). This is a VOIP account that has free incoming calls and a free phone number.
2) Sign up for a SIPSorcery account ( Google for sipsorcery ). Requires silverlight to operate the site.
3) Add your SipGate account to SIPSorcery.
4) Get one of the dial plans from a Google Code project ( Google for google-voice-sipsorcery-dialplans ) . Instructions are also available there to show you how to add it to your SIPSorcery account.
5) Set up the SIP software of your choice (could be an ATA with a real phone, SIP software for your PC, or SIPDroid for Android phones), and use your SIPSorcery credentials to connect to the SIPSorcery service. Do not use your SIPGate credentials here.
6) Add your SIPGate phone number to your Google Voice account and go through the authorization process (it will call your SIPGate number).
7) Decide whether or not you want to have all incoming GV calls ring your SIP number or not. Configure GV to that effect.
Notes -- When you place an outgoing call with SIPDroid or other SIP software, it connects to SIPSorcery, which will then initiate a GV callback to your SIPGate number (so that you get the calls for free as incoming calls), and bridges the calls together. This is mostly seamless, however it does create as much as a 10 or 15 second delay before the call is placed. Additionally, on occasion it will fail to bridge the connection (the recipient's phone will ring, but you won't be connected to them).
Note 2 - This will appear as a call from your GV phone number, not your cell phone number.
Note 3 - I have found that there is a significant "dual ringing" problem when you receive a call on SIPDroid and over your cell carrier's voice plan at the same time. As such, and since some areas where I spend a lot of time have spotty data coverage, I do not usually have SIPDroid connected on my phone. It does work very well on my PC, however, and I plan to set up an ATA with a phone at home too.
One final thought -- We will all cheer when Google enables VOIP services for us, but they won't be free (they'll just be cheap, like $0.02/minute or something).
Thank you for your thoughts my friend!
Thank you for this information it has been very informative =)
Anyone else seen this yet... simonics.com/gvgw
You need a Google voice number... (free)
NO im not spamming this.. i found it ON MY OWN and found it to be really useful since it works. Don't be haters... try it or not... its free and up to you.
I use this with my phone. There are places at my work where the only connection i have is WiFi... this solves the problem and i don't need stupid software to use it... just go to the site, set it up, and put the settings into your phone settings for internet calling.
Ive been using this for a few months now... and no, my Google account has not been hijacked and is a secure encrypted connection through a asterisk server and secure ports.
Read the FAQ on the site... its really simple and works.
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I've been testing it out a bit, it seems to work pretty well. I plan to drop my phone plan soon actually and just use a Verizon LTE hotspot.
I want to make sure I've got a method fairly reliable in place to make calls/texts with GV, and so far I've had success with the callback method, grooveIP (though the audio still sounds a bit funky), and using simonics and csip simple.
simonics + csip seemed to be the most reliable, though I've hit a snag: It's not allowing me to register my simonics account when I'm connected to my LTE hotspot. Works fine on any other wifi though.
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I've been testing it out a bit, it seems to work pretty well. I plan to drop my phone plan soon actually and just use a Verizon LTE hotspot.
I want to make sure I've got a method fairly reliable in place to make calls/texts with GV, and so far I've had success with the callback method, grooveIP (though the audio still sounds a bit funky), and using simonics and csip simple.
simonics + csip seemed to be the most reliable, though I've hit a snag: It's not allowing me to register my simonics account when I'm connected to my LTE hotspot. Works fine on any other wifi though.
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How does this work? Doesn't a Google Voice number have to forward to a real number and be attached to one? Do you have another number that the GV is attached to?
I don't use a single app for this.
*Setup a Google voice (free)
- set your ringback as Google chat.
*Setup a pbxes.org account (free)
- set a trunk that points to your gchat
If you're on an AOSP ROM, open dialer, go to settings, scroll to bottom, internet call settings, accounts, point to your pbxes account.
Done!
Now you have free incoming + outgoing calls over WiFi or 4G. Even 3G as well.
If you use the sipdroid app (by pbxes.org ppl) instead of the built-in AOSP SIP stack you get more audio encoding options and the ability to pass your calls thru a VPN. Pretty sweet
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How does this work? Doesn't a Google Voice number have to forward to a real number and be attached to one? Do you have another number that the GV is attached to?
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I'm still learning about all this, it's been pretty confusing as it's all new stuff for me. I'll try to explain what I know (or what I think I know)
Internet calls (VOIP) are typically free when connecting to another internet connection (ex. Skype, Kakao, Seed, etc). PSTN (regular phone numbers) cost money to connnect. Google Talk, which is VOIP,. lets you call a PTSN for free from your desktop. This seems pretty unique and likely will not last forever I'm guessing.
Install a softphone on your device, and you're bypassing your carrier's calling network.
Calls coming in:
Now, it's possible to setup a free VOIP account and attach a "real" number to it as a way to connect to the outside world. This service called IPkall can give you a recycled Wash. state number and let you get calls on iit for free. I attached one of these to a Callcentric VOIP account..When someone rings my google voice number, it will ring my IDKall/Callcentric number, which oh yeah doesn't cost me anything.
Calling out:
Callback method: Using apps like the Google Voice Callback, you can do the same thing as you can from your desktop, which is have Google Voice ring one of your numbers while simultaneously calling the number you want to call. Google Voice is acting like the bridge between your phone and the one you're calling. Like you said you need a "real" number to make calls like this with google voice, but if your VOIP account is attached to a "real" number then it doesn't know the difference.Typically your carrier would charge you money/minutes to call your google voice number, but since you're connecting for free with a softphone/VOIP then you're only be charged for whatever data you use.
GrooveIP/Simonics Google Voice Gateway: I really don't know how these work, but my best guess is they're just simplifying the process for you, setting up the second VOIP account automatically.
So I'm annoyed that Csip Simple/simonics isn't working for me when I connect to my verizon sch-lc11 jetpack I picked up a few days ago (the verizon guys were pretty confused when I turned down a free iphone 4s, heh). Groove IP seems to be working all right now, if that fails then I can go back to the callback method, or maybe try setting up a pbx.
Setting the phone up so that it can receive SIP calls tends to chew through battery a little quicker.
Having said that...if you want to do your own thing and have an old pc (or even Raspberry Pi) laying around, check out PBX in a Flash (sorry I can't post links, just Google it). I've been running this setup for about two years to replace my land line with a google voice number and it works great. I've expanded my setup to have a home office number as well. All free. You can also set up your cell as a SIP or IAX extension and have the satisfaction of doing it yourself.
You can also purchase an obi100, and use the ObiTalk app.