Hey folks, we have the app you’ve been waiting for! It’s a free VoIP application for the iPhone and it’s called Fring. It will enable your jailbreaked iPhone to “Skype®, MSN®, Google Talk™, ICQ, Twitter, Yahoo!™ & AIM® buddies mobile on your iPhone, allowing you to make free calls over WiFi & enjoy rich, IM-style chat with them using internet connection”…now that is awesome!
How to Install Fring on your Jailbreaked iPhone (read up here for more info)
Step 1: Launch Installer. Go to Sources. Click Edit. Click Add. Enter this source URL: http://fring.com/iphone.xml
Step 2: Refresh Sources. Go to the Install tab. Choose “fring” and install the app! Here are some screenshots courtesy of fring blog:
Check out the following video from our folks at fring:
I’ve installed fring and have successfully hooked up MSN and Skype. Here are some of my “tips”. When adding my Skype credentials to Communities, it was hanging for a long time. Eventually my “auto lock” shut the screen off and cancelled the login. So I set it to 5 mins and after 2-3 mins it finally logged in. After that, I tried the SkypeOut via the Dialer and it worked like a charm! Just remember to add “+1” before the area code and number when dialing (thanks JP!). MSN calls worked flawlessly. This app rocks the house!!!
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I couldn’t get the dialer to work. I hooked up Skype ok, (had the same hanging problems as you, but eventually got it to work), and can see my list of contacts there. But I couldn’t get any calls to go out, to contacts thorugh skype or thorugh the dialer. Anyone else have problems with this?
yep! same here.
not to great at the moment.
Skype I got to work once but it never finished and no call was made.
Thumbs down fro me for now.
Same here.
I got skype connected, tried to make a “Skype Out” call and it went to the screen that it looked like it was calling but did not work. Was trying to call my house phone but nothing.
I can make phone calls to anywhere in the world (including home phones) for free correct? as long as I’m connected to a wireless connection correct?
thanks
what fw is everyone running?
here’s the bug report forum thread:
http://www.fring.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13
I’m running 1.1.4.
The problem lies with your Skype login I think. I had all the problems you guys are talking about prior to getting it to work.
It took FOREVER for the “subscribe” message to go away and finalize. Once it did, I was able to use my SkypeOut to call!
I installed Fring yesterday and noticed my bluetooth was unavailable. I uninstalled Fring and bluetooth is now available. Installed Fring and again and same thing happened… bluetooth was unavailable. Don;t know how you can fixed this… any ideas?
OMG! This is honestly the best iPhone app ever. Subscribing to Skype takes a while but eventually finished. I suppose that you need to have SkypeOut subscription with money inside to have the SkypeOut feature in Fring to work. Like iPhone Fan said, you must dial +1 (for Canada) in front of the area code and phone number.
Skype loaded up my contacts nicely, same thing for MSN. Oh, by the way, I am running firmware 1.1.4.
yeh, i love skype. it works pretty good for a beta release. i have free north america calling , but it does not recognize that at the moment. it is actually using my skype credits when i call another canadian province.
i logged into another skype account( no credits) with my iphone and tried to make a skype out call to a cell phone and then iphone sound shut off. i ddint have the lock or unlock sound. wierd. happen to anyone else?
i have the solution why skype calls dont work with iphone
you have to switch off the sound switch for some reason but it works
and is perfect
why not just goto the app store?
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=290948830&mt=8
I’m using an iPod Touch 3G / 3rd Generation, with firmware 3.1.2.
I used this to connect to my home Asterisk based PBX (PBX in a Flash), and it worked like a charm! The iPod and Fring even let me use my Blackberry hands free kit.
Next to try it with a Bluetooth headset…
One problem is the iPod sleeping though. I found that the only way I can reliably get incoming calls is if I disable auto-lock and leave Fring open. I can’t imagine I’ll get much out of the battery this way.
Outgoing calls work flawlessly though! Awesome app. I wouldn’t have bought an iPod without this functionality.
We have long been using our rtx dualphone 3088 for a spell now and I have to reveal it is actually a pretty major piece of gear. see … this page
He is just so attractive!
I couldn’t get the dialer to work. I hooked up Skype ok, (had the same hanging problems as you, but eventually got it to work), and can see my list of contacts there. But I couldn’t get any calls to go out, to contacts thorugh skype or thorugh the dialer. Anyone else have problems with this?
I couldn’t get the dialer to work. I hooked up Skype ok, (had the same hanging problems as you, but eventually got it to work), and can see my list of contacts there. But I couldn’t get any calls to go out, to contacts thorugh skype or thorugh the dialer. Anyone else have problems with this?
I couldn’t get the dialer to work. I hooked up Skype ok, (had the same hanging problems as you, but eventually got it to work), and can see my list of contacts there. But I couldn’t get any calls to go out, to contacts thorugh skype or thorugh the dialer. Anyone else have problems with this?
yep! same here.
not to great at the moment.
Skype I got to work once but it never finished and no call was made.
Thumbs down fro me for now.
yep! same here.
not to great at the moment.
Skype I got to work once but it never finished and no call was made.
Thumbs down fro me for now.
yep! same here.
not to great at the moment.
Skype I got to work once but it never finished and no call was made.
Thumbs down fro me for now.
Same here.
I got skype connected, tried to make a “Skype Out” call and it went to the screen that it looked like it was calling but did not work. Was trying to call my house phone but nothing.
I can make phone calls to anywhere in the world (including home phones) for free correct? as long as I’m connected to a wireless connection correct?
thanks
Same here.
I got skype connected, tried to make a “Skype Out” call and it went to the screen that it looked like it was calling but did not work. Was trying to call my house phone but nothing.
I can make phone calls to anywhere in the world (including home phones) for free correct? as long as I’m connected to a wireless connection correct?
thanks
Same here.
I got skype connected, tried to make a “Skype Out” call and it went to the screen that it looked like it was calling but did not work. Was trying to call my house phone but nothing.
I can make phone calls to anywhere in the world (including home phones) for free correct? as long as I’m connected to a wireless connection correct?
thanks
what fw is everyone running?
what fw is everyone running?
what fw is everyone running?
here’s the bug report forum thread:
http://www.fring.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13
here’s the bug report forum thread:
http://www.fring.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13
here’s the bug report forum thread:
http://www.fring.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=13
I’m running 1.1.4.
The problem lies with your Skype login I think. I had all the problems you guys are talking about prior to getting it to work.
It took FOREVER for the “subscribe” message to go away and finalize. Once it did, I was able to use my SkypeOut to call!
I’m running 1.1.4.
The problem lies with your Skype login I think. I had all the problems you guys are talking about prior to getting it to work.
It took FOREVER for the “subscribe” message to go away and finalize. Once it did, I was able to use my SkypeOut to call!
I’m running 1.1.4.
The problem lies with your Skype login I think. I had all the problems you guys are talking about prior to getting it to work.
It took FOREVER for the “subscribe” message to go away and finalize. Once it did, I was able to use my SkypeOut to call!
I installed Fring yesterday and noticed my bluetooth was unavailable. I uninstalled Fring and bluetooth is now available. Installed Fring and again and same thing happened… bluetooth was unavailable. Don;t know how you can fixed this… any ideas?
I installed Fring yesterday and noticed my bluetooth was unavailable. I uninstalled Fring and bluetooth is now available. Installed Fring and again and same thing happened… bluetooth was unavailable. Don;t know how you can fixed this… any ideas?
I installed Fring yesterday and noticed my bluetooth was unavailable. I uninstalled Fring and bluetooth is now available. Installed Fring and again and same thing happened… bluetooth was unavailable. Don;t know how you can fixed this… any ideas?
OMG! This is honestly the best iPhone app ever. Subscribing to Skype takes a while but eventually finished. I suppose that you need to have SkypeOut subscription with money inside to have the SkypeOut feature in Fring to work. Like iPhone Fan said, you must dial +1 (for Canada) in front of the area code and phone number.
Skype loaded up my contacts nicely, same thing for MSN. Oh, by the way, I am running firmware 1.1.4.
OMG! This is honestly the best iPhone app ever. Subscribing to Skype takes a while but eventually finished. I suppose that you need to have SkypeOut subscription with money inside to have the SkypeOut feature in Fring to work. Like iPhone Fan said, you must dial +1 (for Canada) in front of the area code and phone number.
Skype loaded up my contacts nicely, same thing for MSN. Oh, by the way, I am running firmware 1.1.4.
yeh, i love skype. it works pretty good for a beta release. i have free north america calling , but it does not recognize that at the moment. it is actually using my skype credits when i call another canadian province.
i logged into another skype account( no credits) with my iphone and tried to make a skype out call to a cell phone and then iphone sound shut off. i ddint have the lock or unlock sound. wierd. happen to anyone else?
yeh, i love skype. it works pretty good for a beta release. i have free north america calling , but it does not recognize that at the moment. it is actually using my skype credits when i call another canadian province.
i logged into another skype account( no credits) with my iphone and tried to make a skype out call to a cell phone and then iphone sound shut off. i ddint have the lock or unlock sound. wierd. happen to anyone else?
yeh, i love skype. it works pretty good for a beta release. i have free north america calling , but it does not recognize that at the moment. it is actually using my skype credits when i call another canadian province.
i logged into another skype account( no credits) with my iphone and tried to make a skype out call to a cell phone and then iphone sound shut off. i ddint have the lock or unlock sound. wierd. happen to anyone else?
i have the solution why skype calls dont work with iphone
you have to switch off the sound switch for some reason but it works
and is perfect
i have the solution why skype calls dont work with iphone
you have to switch off the sound switch for some reason but it works
and is perfect
i have the solution why skype calls dont work with iphone
you have to switch off the sound switch for some reason but it works
and is perfect