A Patch released to use Fring over 3G networks
October 6th, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
As you all know by now, Fring has made it’s way onto the AppStore two days ago. The big limitation that most of us found out is that it’s main functions of interest that made it stand out of the crowd, it’s VOIP capabilities, could only be accessed using Wifi. Most operators would very much prefer not giving the opportunity to its users to get a hand on VOIP Apps over their network. Why? They might lose money.
Well sorry for them since there’s now a way to Patch Fring so it can be used over the 3G or EDGE networks that’s been explained in detail on Fring’s message board.
A. You can download the latest patched Fring version 1.0.1.5 here or v1.0 here, (mirror1), (mirror2) . Then just simply install the modified Fring for 3G just as you would with any other App Store application.
B. Patch the original Fring app you’ve already installed on your iPhone by following this guide on how to achieve full 3G freedom :
- You must be running a Jailbroken iPhone / iTouch
- Install original Fring via iTunes App Store.
- Now SSH into your iPhone / iTouch; remember root / alpine
- Find Fring.app under root var/mobile/applications
- To find the Fring.app, you then need to click on the most recently installed folder which will be your original Fring and inside should be the Fring.app
- On your computer, rename the modified 3g Fring .api to .zip; it will now open in winzip or mac compatible unzipper e.g. zipeg
- Delete the original Fring.app on your iPhone / iTouch
- Copy the extracted 3g Fring.app from the zip folder across to your iPhone / iTouch either via the WinSCP (PC) or Yummy FTP (Mac).
- Now you need to set the permissions. This is easy so please do make it more complcated for yourselves. ALL the files within the 3g Fring.app replacement must be set to 755 (Yummy) or 0755 (WinSCP). You should see all the files being altered as it goes through the process of changing the permissions.
- When I tried it, it worked immediately after changing the permissions without a reboot but if it does not work then please reboot.
* This only works with a Jailbroken iPhones
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iCall VOIP for the iPhone
August 23rd, 2008 by iPhoneTechZone
Now iCall covered a number of iPhone VOIP applications, but iCall looks particularly impressive. As you can see in the above video, it allows you to seamlessly transfer a regular inbound cell phone calls to VOIP.
This means you can save your minutes any time your iPhone is connected via wifi. As of right now calls are free in the US and Canada, and there is an iCall Pro account that lets you make international calls for a fee. Unfortunately, the iCall application is only available for Windows at the moment but they’re promising a Mac version soon. Nonetheless, it’s clearly the iPhone application that’s most exciting and the company is apparently part of the iPhone Developer Program.
As you can see in the video below, it allows you to seamlessly transfer a regular inbound cell phone calls to VOIP:
iCall for the iPhone? It’s already working and ready for your iPhone. iCall think you’ll find it as revolutionary as iCall do.
Make and receive calls over WiFi
Transfer inbound calls from a regular cell call to WiFi instantly and seamlessly - save your expensive minutes. Access your same address book & Customize your voicemail options.
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