[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] SpGG:
Mainly I would love to hear if there are Roms out there optimized for SIP. I am open to third party solutions such as Fring or Nimbuzz or anything else to get reliable VoIP SIP over 3G and Wifi.

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executive summary

Device: Vodafone VPA Compact III (warrenty swap model)

Radio ROM: 1.56.70.11

ROMs: different stable 6.1 Roms

(MRH 9.0 Valerian, CRCs v13.4 , joshkoss Manila2D 21501 and kareem9nbas RevROMv7)

Software: CRCs VoIP support via Device Update

Problem: When calling from landline to SIP on Hermes (powersave status) the Hermes locks up. Hermes receives call and shows, but doesn't ring, LCD backlight stays off. Landline signals that phone is ringing. Need Softreset to get Hermes back to working.

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Hello,

first of all I want to thank all the awsome cooks here. I am new and this is my first post. I went into flashing a couple month ago. I have to say it is really astonishing to have a community so alive and well around such an old device as the Hermes. And how much work hours go into it by all the individual cooks. Pretty impressive IMHO.

I wanted to make VoIP work for me and decided to try my own little Hermes, since I already got one and have already flashed a custom Rom onto it. This is where my troubles began. I don't want to bother you with the whole story. The results:

I tested some 6.1 Roms with the build-in Voip using DeviceUpdate by CRC to install the Voip section and either one of those two to configure Voip:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=303493)

http://www.touchxperience.com/en/setup-voip/downloads.html

I went through MRH 9.0 Valerian, CRCs stable Rom, joshkoss Manila2D and kareem9nbas RevROM. Each the latest Version. Only in the MRH I had to install DeviceUpdate myself, since it is included in all the other ROMs. Then I only installed VoIP-Support (under System in DeviceUpdate) and started testing. The biggest problem I currently have is that all of the tested Roms actually crashed when a VoIP-call came in while the device was in power save mode. Since I only tested one way to get the drivers (CRCs DeviceUpdate) the problem might just be the VoIP drivers, but a phone shouldn't crash because it gets a call IMHO.

CRCs stable sometimes works when called out of powersave mode. But I have also seen it crashing.

By crashing I mean that the device turns on, but not the backlight. The call is visible, but the Hermes stops responding to all entries and only a reset brings it back to live.

Right now I am back to using Fring, because there are a couple problems with VoIP in general:

It needs to stay connected over 3G (or Wifi) while in powersave/soft off, It needs to connect reliably to SIP and it needs to be able to use the in-built earpiece (while Fring can't use this I am currently using my BT-headset and will try the audio routing soon).

But Fring has a huge delay.

Is any of the cooks using the built-in VoIP of the Hermes themselves? Because it would solve a lot of my problems if I could just use that.

Next I this I will try going back to the original Schap's 4.31 and see if I can make that work better with VoIP.

I know this is only a Rom forum, but has anyone tested other apps, like Octro, Gizmo5, Talkonaut, AGEphone, MiniSIP or similar progs for SIP recently? I tried Nimbuzz: It can't connect over 3G by itself, it needs some other app to open and keep the data connection.

I know about audioRoute and audio switch, but haven't tried them yet:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=502361

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=495166

Anyone know which works better?

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I did some testing with Fring. It is not reliable on CRCs Rom, because incoming calls from a landline phone (Sipgate.de) often times lead to a busy signal on landline. Fring doesn't react, even though the applet on the home screen says that Fring is online (Hermes on, not standby).

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