[Networking] marcoelgordo:
How to get a Vietnamese (or other country) Telephone extension on your iPhone or Android? (it suppose you have a Mobile Data plan as it uses 3g or HSPG)

This is my first tutorial so please be patient with me. This guide allow users to have a local phone number from the country they often communicate with. So if your mom is in Vietnam she can call you in the US at a standard rate. The provider I used in the guide can provide you with more than one phone extension (against payment I negotiated through the support interface an additional one against 50€ of credit I can use for calling). The supplier used below also provide free of charge a voicemail and a call recording facility.

The following guide might work with other SIP providers or Countries (the list of supported countries is listed on the provider webpage). It also works with computers (assume the computer stay on to receive incoming calls) and blackeberries.

1. Go on to High Ring someone: type this in your browser hi.rs

2. From the webpage click on “Join Us”

3. Fill in the form: Important! Give an address where you want the phone number to be registered. I.e. if you want a Vietnamese number you have to give a Vietnamese address (one of your family member for example.

4. Check your email. Your account credentials will be given to you.

5. Log in onto your account: hi.rs then press sign-in (there are multiple options there: Don’t mess up with them unless you know what you’re doing)

6. On the front page of your account you should have your “Your phone terminal login” number. Copy this number and keep it.

7. Go back to the hi.rs page. Click on “Store – Credit” and purchase the amount you wish. Don’t worry the money you buy can then be used entirely to call people (worldwide) Tariffs are very competitive and can be found on the webpage.

8. When you fill in the purchase credit don’t forget to put your “Your phone terminal login” on the first field of the purchase page “HIRS ID (extension)”. Then submit your form

9. Go to your mailbox. Click on the invoice (it will open a webpage) and pay your invoice (Paypal only I think)

Now on your Mobile phone:

10. Go to the App market or Google play

11. Search for 3CX

12. Install the 3CX app

13. Open the 3CX app

14. I believe the app will ask you to create a new profile

15. In the profile: Fill in the name (as you wish really)

16. then in credential section fill in User: this is the “Your phone terminal login” that I asked you to copy above. In credential again fill in Password: This is the password you use to access your Hi.rs account

17. under the Server Settings section: press the “External PBX IP” and put “sip.hi.rs”

18. Save

19. Go back to main menu. The light in the notification area should be green (if it isn’t it is either because you have no 3g connection or because you did something wrong in the steps above).

20. Please do a test call (doesn’t matter who you call)

On the Hi.rs webpage:

21. Log in onto your account as per step 5 above.

22. On the home page of your account (scroll-down) bellow the “Your phone terminal login” there is “Public phone number(s)” and you should find a VN number starting 84. That is now the phone number on which you can be reached. Please note that it may take up to 24 hours after you’ve done your test call for your number to appear.

That’s it you’re sorted, :D

Note: On 3CX for Android there is a bug with 3CX app. When you try to do a GSM call it tries to use the 3CX app. To fix this:

23. Go to your 3CX profile (and press it)

24. at the bottom of your profile settings there is a “other Settings” section press “Integration” then go to “Redirect normal calls”.

25. If the box is ticked then untick it then save your profile and it should be resolved.

26. If the box is unticked then tick it, then save your profile.

27. Repeat steps 23 to 25 and you should now be sorted. :cool: