[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sborman:
Expert assistance on lack of connectivity?

I am very knowledgeable about Windows computers, but I have never owned a smartphone until now.

Based on the very well written information in the main part of this thread, I purchased two Samsung Galaxy Nexus phones, hoping that I could get them to work over wifi and also with T-Mobile's $30 monthly no-contract plan. I have been working on one of the phones for two days, and it does make calls over the T-Mobile network, but I can't make or receive calls over wifi.

If XDA Developer members can assist me with the problems I'm encountering, I would really appreciate it. I didn't know anything about smartphones, including basic things like how to use the different screens and how to install an app, until two days ago, so my effort to get this smartphone-service-for-$30-a-month scheme to work has been quite challenging and frustrating for me.

In my effort to set up my new phone, I set up Google Talk in Gmail, Google Voice on the web, and the Google Voice app on the phone. I then installed Sipdroid but was very confused by it and could find hardly any documentation or help on basic setup.

I then set up AutoAP to switch the phone to airplane mode automatically. To be honest, I wasted tons of time trying to set up Tasker, but it was very difficult for me and really way above my level. I wish the information in the main part of this thread (in the beginning of the thread) mentioned the availability of AutoAP before going into all the details on Tasker and then only mentioning AutoAP afterwards, as an earlier mention of AutoAP would have saved me a lot of time.

I finally was able to get properly set up with Google Voice on the web, the Google Voice app, Sipdoid with PBXes, and AutoAP. But, as mentioned above, I can't make or receive calls over wifi. The calls just drop, and in one case (when I was trying to call the new phone from another) I got a message to the effect that the person I was trying to call was not available or had roamed away from the network.

I have a few specific questions:

1. Does anyone have an idea of what I may have done wrong, or what I am not doing right?

2. I suspected the problem might arise from the Sipdroid-PBXes application, since Sipdroid has about a million settings and I don't understand any of them. So I uninstalled Sipdroid. Then, when I reinstalled it, I had another problem -- I was no longer permitted to set up a new PBXes account because I had already set one up earlier. PBXes also does not allow me to delete the account unless I upgrade to a better account and pay them, believe it or not. Can anyone tell me how to set up Sipdroid to use an existing PBXes account, now that I'm no longer able to have Sipdroid set up a new PBXes account for me and fill in proper fields in the app automatically? I would appreciate your assistance on this.

3. The main part of this thread says to disable carrier voicemail (which I did) and then to skip voicemail setup in the Google Voice app, saying that it will describe a workaround to use Google Voice voicemail later. However, the main part of the thread never seems to return to this issue. So I have no idea what the workaround is or what I should do to set up Google Voice voicemail. Any assistance you can provide would be appreciated.

4. In looking for some instructions or assistance on the Sipdroid app, I did find a link to a blog page (search for "Sipdroid, Csipsimple, Linphone + Google Voice Callback FREE", since I'm not allow to include URLs in this posting) that provides some information on how to set up Sipdroid for a similar purpose to that of this thread. However, I noticed immediately that the instructions on that blog page are somewhat different from the instructions in this thread. For instance, the blogger says one must first "follow my guide for getting a free Sipgate number or follow my guide for getting a free IPKall number", and I haven't found mention of these things in this thread. (Incidentally, this XDA Developers thread would be so much easier to deal with if I could display it on a single web page, instead of the current 18.) So I'm wondering if I should follow the blogger's instructions in an effort to get my system working over wifi. Since I don't really know what I'm doing and am simply trying to follow other people's instructions, I'm not sure what to do. Any advice you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Stu Borman