yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
I am skeptical. It will probably be like Vonage. Only someone with FB on their phone will be able to call you; and you might only be able to call FB mobile users. So for regular phone calls, it will not work. Facebook will want all to use Facebook..........
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] woody296:
It could allow those of us that need just a few more minutes than the free 100 an extra way of calling\receiving calls from other facebook users. I would imagine there are already a large amount of people that have facebook loaded on their mobile devices vs trying to get them to load vonage, viber, skype, etc. For many the app will already be there...http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/01/16/the-facebook-phone-might-already-be-here/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
If I needed "just a few more minutes" than the included 100, I'd rather each a few dollars than deal with a closed-system VoIP app. Also, screw Facebook. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acegolfer:
I have tried lots of different VoIP solutions and found 2 big hurdles.

1. call quality over 3g connection

2. battery life

I am wondering how facebook handles these 2 issues. I hope it supports efficient codecs such as G729, iLBC, iSAC and offers push notification for incoming calls. Then it will be superior to Skype for most users.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsuda:
Thanks, I also prefer Sipdroid, but it doesn't work on my SGS2 Hercules right now (audio gets routed to speaker phone, and mic level is too low).

So I had to come up with the #1 ippi alternative.

Cheers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acegolfer:
I gave up Skype long time ago because of its dreadful battery drain. I'm now 100% VoIP involving GV/callcentric/pbxes/Csip.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
Callingmart discount is back :)

5% Off T-Mobile, Pageplus, Simple Mobile, H2O, Cricket, Red Pocket and Airvoice refills on www.callingmart.com NOW through 02/5/13. Coupon Code: MLK125 (minimum purchase of $18 required)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsuda:
Csipsimple has no battery drain for you? I find it drains 10%/hour with TCP to pbxes or sip2sip.

What's your setup?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acegolfer:
It drains but my Nexus 4 easily lasts 16 hours. Since you asked, here's my setup http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2057887
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] woody296:
I'm not a facebook guy, but the fact that they have over 160 million active users in the US alone and over a billion world wide may lead to having some big changes in VoIP. I guess only time will tell, but it's good to see new players involved.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acegolfer:
I'm not a FB guy either. Nevertheless, I want FB VoIP to be a huge success. That will force Google to up their VoIP game.

My ideal set up will be Android Google Talk app can receive/make GV calls. The app already supports iLBC/iSAC codecs and offers push notification (helps battery life).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tsuda:
That's a good thread. Thanks and maybe talk to you there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I'm on the T-Mobile $30 plan and I just noticed that the #MIN# and thus my Prepay Widget is working again. If it's working for others, the OP could be updated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
Confirmed here as well. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Thanks for the info guys.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MkVsTheWorld:
I've done deleted my PBXes account twice trying to get outgoing calls working. Incoming calls will work but I get an automated message saying that my call cannot be completed as dialed. My Gtalk trunk username and password matches my Gmail account. Any help?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
Are you dialing the full 10-digit phone number or just 7 digits? I don't believe Sipdroid supports automatically prepending an area code.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyoteqwik:
Did you create pbxes account with sipdroid, and are you using sipdroid or native dialer to make calls?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
Actually I now find that pbxes is down tonight. Can't reach www2.pbxes.com at all and registration time out. :-/

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bushaman:
Hey Folks

I got ordered my Nexus 4 today and I'm considering the TMo Monthly $30 plan already ordered the activation kit.

Just wanted to see if anyone could share their experience with PBXes.org + SipDroid for VOIP. The idea of limiting minutes is enticing to me but I have to be able to answer my GV number through GChat... since I've started doing this at home, I'll never hold a phone to my ear in the house.

Any input would be appreciated

Thanks. :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
There are many posts about this in here already. Have you carefully read the OP and FAQ? Those will answer the basics. Some might want to type it all over again, but most of us probably do not want to for obvious reasons.

There are two more good VOIP threads too, if you are willing to search / read through them.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2057887

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1583120
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bushaman:
Yes, I read the OP and the FAQ and from what Ive read its the best VOIP. What I am really interested in finding out is if it affects answering calls though Gchat and that still kinda remains an open issue from my read through of this guide.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pryan49@hotmail.com:
See this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2057887

3. Pbxes with gtalk trunk will make your Google chat status show as "online and available" all the time. Your friends may think you are online when you are actually not. Another side effect is you won't be able to answer GV calls from PC gmail any more. I haven't found any workaround to fix this other than creating a new google voice account.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
My search fu is failing for the specific answer, but I am 99% certain that PBXes prevents forwarding calls to GTalk / GChat, since it uses the GTalk trunk that is setup for PBXes, and incoming calls will not ring your computer.

Do some Google searches for:

"forward calls to gchat and pbxes"

"forward calls to gtalk and pbxes"

If you are running an Asterisk server, there is a way to change priorities and get it to work, but most of us do not run our own Asterisk server. I see nothing about changing priorities in the GTalk trunk at PBXes.

You have some research to do to anwer GTalk calls on your computer with this setup. ;)

edit - thanks @pryan49!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bushaman:
Thanks. I might just go with groove as I'm pretty new to this and can see it getting really complicated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
Easy and VoIP are not simple plug and play yet. Each setup is different and it takes some effort to get the best voice quality.

kindle fire / jb 4.2.1 / tapatalk hd
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ckasek:
So I went through the setup, and got everything working using SIPDroid and PBXes. I then tried to change my PW on pbxes, and everything went to hell. First, their form to change the PW doesn't seem to work, as it didn't change my password, or give me any indication as to the success/failure of said password change. Thinking my password had been changed, I tried to update it in the SIPDroid app, and got a 401 unauthorized error. tried to go back to my original password, same thing. At this point, I could no longer authenticate through the SIPDroid app.

Found a post elsewhere that said to delete the account and start over, so I did that. Only now, I get "Trunk already in use by <deleted username>". The account is deleted, so I can't log in to remove the trunk from the account. I tried making a new account, but you can't get ANY form of support unless you pay them money.

Finally after an hour or so, the account was actually deleted and I could try again. Just a word of warning in case anyone else runs into this issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ogp:
I don't think it's actually deleting the PBXes account. So that's why you can't run the wizard again in SIPDroid. Try logging into the website with your old user information. It is confusing because the website username/password is different than the extension username/password.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
There are 3 passwords for PBXes. Make sure you are changing the right ones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crummy:
Is there a reason why my T-Mobile minutes keep's getting used? So I have GrooveIP, use mostly wifi, but the network when I have to. I have GrooveIP set to make all outbound calls as well as Voice+ to have the outbound call integration enabled yet it keeps using some of my 100 minute plan. I logged into my-tmobile the other day and I had used 42 minutes somehow, I logged in just now and it states that I have used 66 minutes now. Only 3 people have my "t-mobile" number, the rest have my GV number and I haven't talked to any of them this month. I have even called t-mobile and had them disable my carrier voicemail just to prevent anyone that had this number before, spammers, ect.

Any ideas? Something I did wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
your incoming calls are using your minutes i would bet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crummy:
What do I need to do to fix this?

In my GV settings I have the following check marked:

Your Google voice number

XXX-XXX-XXXX

Forward calls to:

Google Chat

My e-mail

Mobile: XXX-XXX-XXXX (my t-mobile number)

If I do not check mark the Forward to Mobile (My T-Mobile Number) calls won't come in unless I am on wifi. Or do I have another setting wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acegolfer:
Yes, you answered using Tmo minutes not grooveIP.

You need to know the difference interface between the two. As long as you are not using phone app interface, you are not using minutes. FYI, phone app and dialer app are not the same.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Crummy:
I have the GrooveIP set as my default dialer, removed the android dialer from my screen and have GrooveIP set for all outgoing calls, but how do I make it the incoming default? Sorry for my ignorance.

---------- Post added at 11:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:02 AM ----------

Okay so from what I just read it looks like I need to turn off the forwarding to my phone number in GV settings but only use google chat? However when i do this it won't push the calls through.

---------- Post added at 11:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:09 AM ----------

Now I feel like an idiot! My Google Voice had a personal e-mail account added as my default GoogleChat number to forward to. I removed this, added my actual Google Chat (gmail) which is what is signed into GrooveIP and such and it works Thank you guys for your help!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] marty331:
I'm using it and love it! There are weak moments but they are fewer than I expected. I say go for it, of you don't like you can always change it!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bender29:
Just wanted to report in on Tmobile's coverage area in the Tahoe/Reno Area.

Most of us already know Tmobile is usually fine in large cities but generally weak in rural areas.

Driving I-80 East to Reno. Once you start hitting the mountain climb, it'll be Edge, and then GPRS.

Northstar ski resort - Driving from 80 in Truckee down 267 to resort is EDGE. HSPA only in the parking lot. Once you're on the mountain it'll be GPRS or EDGE depending where on the mountain you are.

We were staying at Boomtown casino in Verdi, NV. It's all GPRS there, even though Reno is only 10 miles east, and the casino is right along the interstate.

Reno downtown itself has good HSPA coverage.

Kings Beach is mostly EDGE, little bits of HSPA.

South Lake Tahoe / Stateline has HSPA. On Heavenly mountain, EDGE or GPRS or no signal.

Normally, I just look at the maps on Sensorly, but they don't differentiate between EDGE and GPRS, and there's a big difference in service quality between those modes. Particularly with GPRS, lots of text messages via Google Voice would be delayed in sending or receipt, or would fail and retry.

I think the next time, I would switch to Straight Talk at&t for any month where I knew I'd be heading up to the mountains more than a couple days, or for multiple trips up. Slow/no data was frustrating, especially when you're trying to research sports bets or your friends are constantly texting you with bets to make.

I forgot to add - I'm sure the GNex's generally weaker radio is also to blame, but there's only so much good Tmobile coverage one should expect in rural/mountainous areas.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PapaWangsta:
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Regular SIM

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Micro SIM

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] PapaWangsta:
Oh wow, check this sweet deal!

To refill your $30 plan.....You pay $26.99........No Tax, No Hidden Fees.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bushaman:
Just got my Nexus 4, unfortunately I ordered a large tmobile sim card! :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] acegolfer:
Just cut it. Google the instruction. Easy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ogp:
So has anyone used this? What's the status? I'm not sure I like the fact that their process is a bit different from callingmart. I've been using them for the past year or so with no issues.

I did that when switching from my Galaxy Nexus to Nexus 4. It was super easy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bushaman:
Thanks, went to tmobile and they did it for me. Really enjoying the phone!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] savagehax:
Straight talk 45 a month for me. Tried t mobile and the speeds were about twice as slow as what I get on st. Could just be my area. But st is great. Allot of bad stories about people going over invisible data caps.. I use anywhere from 3 to 6 gig monthly.. Never any problem
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thetrailofdead:
I tried setting up PBXes with stock dialer integration. It works for regular phone calls and shows "internet calling," however, when I call an 800 number, it uses my minutes. Did I set something up wrong or should I really be using sipdroid or csipsimple on top of the stock dialer?

Thanks

Edit: nm, I think the stock dialer can only use PCMU? I dont want that on 3g. trying csipsimple instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bushaman:
First, thanks for this awesome guide.

Hoping someone can help me out with the tasker profile. I am trying to create it with the SSID check functionality. My GoogleVoice Airplane Mode Toggle profile works fine by itself when I make the context "Wifi Connected". When I change it to "Variable Value %SSID_M, Is Set, *" and activate the SSID Checker Profiler, I cannot get it to work. SSID Checker goes active and cannot get the GoogleVoice Airplane Mode Toggle profile to go active.

Id post pictures but for some reason my N4 isnt letting me take a screenshot.

Any ideas. My SSID is spelled correctly btw.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chw2006:
Has anybody tried setting up voip.ms with the stock dialer? Mine keeps failing to register.

NVM, fixed it. Make sure you don't make Google Voice calls when you want to make an outgoing SIP call from the stock dialer.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jmichaelet:
I'm having the same problem! I've also got a Nexus 4, too. Would love any help at all! Thanks. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evanescense:
Such a beautiful post that will save me lots of money :laugh:

Can't wait to ditch ATT man.:good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gparmar76:
I have to agree with going the Straight Talk route...$45 a month for unlimited talk/text and 2gb data...and there's a bunch of people selling monthly refills on eBay for as low as $36 a month...if your using T-Mobile now, ST offers the same service you got now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
I'm afraid I can't help too much as I haven't used any sort of VoIP solution since I got my N4 (and am a bit swamped at work today - I may try it out later this week to test though). My best advice would be to check the Variables tab in Tasker to see what variables are being set and what their values may be. Make sure they match up with what you're looking for. Otherwise, maybe add some Flash alerts throughout the profiles to try and figure out what part is failing - that's the Tasker equivalent of a just-for-testing Echo statement ;) Good luck!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CantSilenceMe:
Callingmart no longer offering T-Mobile discount.

Just as a heads-up if you didn't catch it, Callingmart said on their Facebook page on February 6th that they're no longer offering the 5% T-Mobile discount. Here's what they said about it.

That really sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Ouch, that is a bummer. Thanks for letting us know though!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jmichaelet:
I think I fixed it! I just put quotes around the SSIDs I added and now it seems to work. Hopefully it works for you as well!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nioin3k:
Please help me set up Sipdroid.

Thanks for the wonderful thread. I am having a bit of trouble getting Sipdroid to work, though.

I followed the updated instructions, and when I try to make an outbound call, this happens:

1. Call in progress > Call ended after 4 seconds.

2. When I try to call my Google Voice number, it goes to my Google Voicemail after 5 rings.

I believe I have everything set up properly. My trunk has the right password and username. Google Voice is forwarding to Google Chat, and not my Nexus 4. Sipdroid has a green light. My Google account did block PBXes.org at first, but I think I've allowed it to go through.

If anyone could help me out, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ci-Fi:
I was wondering what your opinions are of Messaging + Google Voice.

Review here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...droids-stock-texting-app-with-gv-integration/

It "(Mostly) Combines Android's Stock Texting App With GV Integration"

Edit: new link
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] post-mortem:
Corrected your links.

Edit: From the review you posted:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
Seems to be some serious discrepancy in number of use of trials and price. The is from an email that DreamBig sent me on Feb. 3 (I have no idea how they got my email, just that I was on a GV mailing list). The Android Police review is dated Feb. 11, they must have met some price resistance. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] trudeo:
First of all, thank you for this guide. It is very informative.

The phones have changed a bit since last May (the proposed Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ in the guide is no longer available for sale and the Nexus 4 is not ) and I was wondering what Android smartphone would you get (and where) for $200 - $300. I just want to make sure that I am getting the best for my money.

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] csaket:
The Nexus 4 is definitely available and is the best bet if you do need it to be new. Otherwise there is always CL where you can get a S3 for $250-$350.

I use a S3 I got from CL on this plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Whyzor:
Another option for cheap Chinese reference designed Android phones with pretty good specs (quadcore MT6589 chipset, 1-2GB RAM, 4.7"+ HD screens, microSD cards) for about $200-300. Or slightly older dualcore MT6577 for less. Only down side is they don't support TMobile USA's full 3G frequencies (2G for sure, maybe some 3G 1900 Mhz in certain areas). Places to order online such as fastcardtech.com, pandawill.com.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rafa3L:
I switched back to the T-Mobile $30 plan from StraightTalk. The number port was extremely fast. Within the hour phone text and MMS were working on my ported number with the T-Mobile SIM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] post-mortem:
Other down sides include poor support, and difficult to find directions on how to root / flash ROMs, if it's even possible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
When you say call ended after 4 seconds, I assume the call was never connected? This seems like a problem between pbxes and the GTalk trunk. Green dot means that your phone is registered to pbxes but says nothing about Google trunk. What do you mean when you say Google blocked pbxes?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] baiju2012:
Why did you switch back? Was ST not good?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nioin3k:
It didn't connect at all. It was an issue with the 2-step verification process. I had to use the 2-step password for the trunk.

Just a silly mistake. Thank you for trying to help! No one else did, hehe.

P.S. When I said google blocked pbxes, I mean I got 'Suspicious sign in prevented.'
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
Ah. I did suspect a password problem at first, but since you said you checked the password already, I didn't want to second guess. Glad you got it sorted!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Whyzor:
True, most of the reputable sellers have 30 day return policy. The stock ROMs are Jellybean 4.1+ and I don't see updating Android very often nowadays. Stability & battery life matters more for me than the latest features in the OS, custom ROMS tend to lack in those areas since there's not as much testing done in less structured development environments. I'm done with flashing ROMs as a hobby, just want to use my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rafa3L:
To save a few bucks. $30 vs $45. I think I can deal with the 100 minutes of talk. Even if I go over occasionally, I should still come out ahead most months. With StraightTalk you can choose a T-Mobile or AT&T SIM so it wasn't a matter of ST not being good. Although I am happy to not be supporting WalMart with my monthly ST card purchase. Very unhappy with their customer service when I had trouble purchasing the ST card at Walmart.com.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krazykeyur:
Long time since I posted here, but I am still rocking this plan.

My main number has been ported to TMobile and I use voip for outgoing calls only [vonage app when on wifi, native dialer with voip.ms (GSM codec)] or just use my regular cell minutes when I know I am at a bad data connection.

I had to have MMS ("MMSing" pictures to email doesnt really work in real life) and so I chose this option. I have never used more than 50 extra minutes over my 100 minutes, so my bill is never greater than $35 (plus whatever voip.ms calls I make at 1 cent per minute)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] whitedragonz83:
Awesome to hear! I did this setup too (minus vonage), mostly to simply my life as I could not port my main number to Google Voice. Most months I use <100 minutes. That is why I have VOIP.MS as well, for when I do need more then 100 minutes I can do it cheap and reliable. I think I put $25 in VOIP.MS last August and still have $15-20 available. So basically ~$1-2/month extra fees from VOIP.MS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jpmanchester:
Easier to go to the store. Got tired of witing for a replacement SIM and turns out T-Mobile's policy is free SIM's as long as your activating a number on it (or transferring even). I went in and got a replacement SIM for my lost phone, went a few days later when my N4 arrived and got a micro-Sim for free as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chong67:
How does voip.ms work with my phone? The website didnt seem to help much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fatejd:
Thanks for this guide - this will help with my family that are data service noobs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ci-Fi:
Is there any extra benefit of running Wifi High Performance Widget if you are already enabled "wifi high performance" in Trickster MOD?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zAlbee:
One thing the widget can do is selectively turn on high performance for only known APs that you specify. If Trickster Mod has the same function, then there's probably no need for this.

Sent from my Transformer TF101
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bisache:
Hopefully someone can help me complete my configuration....First of all I just got on the $30 plan from a yearly expired t-mobile contract. i ported over my number to a prepaid sim through t-mobile and tried to set up internet calling. everything works except i cant get my outbound caller id to be displayed on the phone of the person that i'm calling, it just gives the google voice number i have. I'm using google voice, pbxes.org, and csipsimple to make calls. Is there a way to show my mobile number and not my google voice number when making internet calls? I don't mind changing anything I already have as long as I can get free internet calling and showing my mobile caller id.

Thanks in advance