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voip app?
- Thread starter mills23
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Skype is gone from android, they pulled it just recently with no indication of coming out with a new one... other applications you can use to sign into your skype account are:
- fring: can only call skype contacts and cant use a dialpad during a call if you need to navigate through a few menus
- nimbuzz: can only call skype contacts and can use a dialpad during a call
Both of these options have serious lag problems but if I had to pick one it would be nimbuzz. IMO its a much better option to google "how to set up gizmo5 and google voice" in order to make free calls...
- fring: can only call skype contacts and cant use a dialpad during a call if you need to navigate through a few menus
- nimbuzz: can only call skype contacts and can use a dialpad during a call
Both of these options have serious lag problems but if I had to pick one it would be nimbuzz. IMO its a much better option to google "how to set up gizmo5 and google voice" in order to make free calls...
Szadzik
Extreme Android User
Plus getting it to work with Skype is a pain as you need to have your PC running for it to work.
Sipdroid's the best one, certainly although it does take quite a bit of configuration. There's a fairly decent guide at Get Sipdroid to work with any SIP provider on your Android phone See This, Now Read This for setting it up with pbxes.org voip.
Szadzik
Extreme Android User
Still Skype is close to impossible to use and the OP asked about VOIP, which is not the same as SIP.
Blrfl
Well-Known Member
VoIP is a generic term for any method you use to push voice calls around over the Internet. SIP is a protocol used to set up and manage calls that is almost universally used by companies who provide VoIP services, so much so that many people refer to them as "SIP providers."
Anyway, for mills23: If you have the right information from your SIP provider, SIPDroid isn't difficult to set up. You just plug a few things into a few of the settings and off you go.
--Mark
Szadzik
Extreme Android User
In order to get Skype working onit you need to have an app running on your PC connected to the internet, which completely defeats the purpose of having it.
Blrfl
Well-Known Member
mills23 said:
If you're looking to have your phone work as it does in places where you do have good service (i.e, you want people to be able to call you on your mobile number and have your phone ring), VoIP isn't going to solve that problem. T-Mobile has a solution that works over WiFi; for Sprint or Verizon you need a gadget called a network extender, and for any other carrier, you're out of luck.
As for the free part, there's no such thing as a free lunch. SIP providers and Skype offer free calls if you're connecting to another user who's also connected to the Internet, because it costs them almost nothing. Both charge by the minute for connecting to the public phone network (that is, the numbers you'd normally be calling).
mills23 said:
Your VoIP provider should give you the information when you sign up or point you at a page on their web site that has it. It should include:
- Your VoIP phone number. This will be a ten-digit "real" phone number like 7035551212 if your plan includes incoming service or a seven-digit "virtual" phone number like 5551212 if it doesn't.
- The login name for your account. Many times this is the same as your VoIP phone number.
- Your password, which you probably set when you signed up.
- The name of the SIP server to use, (e.g., sip.voip-company.com).
For SIPDroid, you go to Settings -> SIP Account Settings and plug and plug in the appropriate items above for Authorization Username, Password, Server and Username/Caller ID. You can leave Domain, Port and Protocol alone.
The only other thing you may want to do is go to Settings -> Call Options and tell it to use WiFi and not 3G or EDGE (your cell phone's data plan).
Hope that helps.
--Mark