GrooVe IP - Google Voice VoIP

[marston]

think I finally got the ports set ( didn't have the whole range open 19000-19100)
seems to be working for now

 

[snrb_labs]

think I finally got the ports set ( didn't have the whole range open 19000-19100)
seems to be working for now

Ok, great. Thanks for the update.

 

[marston]

Ok think I got it fixed, was in the router Thank you for your assistance on that issue
the next one is
getting it to work w/ Xlink bluetooth gateway so I can use the connection on my landline

 

[stl1859]

Hi - I apologize if this has been discussed before - I searched but could not find anything similar to this. I have recently started using GrooveIP - I am using a Samsung Exhibit II 4G . I used it for an hour long call today - over fairly slow wifi . I am actually surprised how well it worked . However I have noticed one consistent problem - If the other party is speaking , even if I speak - the voice does not go over - as if my phone is muted. Once the other party stops speaking, I can speak again and they can hear me. In other words, you cannot interrupt once someone is speaking, since they will not hear anything as long as they are speaking.

I am calling a regular land-line - and on my side using GrooveIP lite on my phone over 768k/256k wifi . The only tweak I have done to the settings is to enable echo cancellation.

Any tips to rectify this problem would be much appreciated.

TIA

 

[snrb_labs]

Hi - I apologize if this has been discussed before - I searched but could not find anything similar to this. I have recently started using GrooveIP - I am using a Samsung Exhibit II 4G . I used it for an hour long call today - over fairly slow wifi . I am actually surprised how well it worked . However I have noticed one consistent problem - If the other party is speaking , even if I speak - the voice does not go over - as if my phone is muted. Once the other party stops speaking, I can speak again and they can hear me. In other words, you cannot interrupt once someone is speaking, since they will not hear anything as long as they are speaking.

I am calling a regular land-line - and on my side using GrooveIP lite on my phone over 768k/256k wifi . The only tweak I have done to the settings is to enable echo cancellation.

Any tips to rectify this problem would be much appreciated.

TIA

That's probably being caused by the echo canceler. You can try disabling echo cancelation and reducing the mic gain and speaker volumes instead.

 

[stl1859]

That's probably being caused by the echo canceler. You can try disabling echo cancelation and reducing the mic gain and speaker volumes instead.

Thank you - I will try that. However - honestly - the quality was not as good with echo cancellation off. The echo cancellation drastically improved quality - so if I have to live with one problem - I'd rather live with not being able to cross talk.

Is there a setting that would disable echo cancellation the moment there is sound coming in through the mic above a certain threshold ?

Thanks again .

 

[snrb_labs]

Thank you - I will try that. However - honestly - the quality was not as good with echo cancellation off. The echo cancellation drastically improved quality - so if I have to live with one problem - I'd rather live with not being able to cross talk.

Is there a setting that would disable echo cancellation the moment there is sound coming in through the mic above a certain threshold ?

Thanks again .

Not really because on many phones the echo ends up being louder than the voice you speak.

 

[stl1859]

Not really because on many phones the echo ends up being louder than the voice you speak.

I can confirm that disabling echo cancellation has made the problem go away - but now the other party hears a faint echo in normal mode, and speakerphone mode is totally unusable.

 

[mega gigante]

I have the paid/full version of Groove IP on my LG Optimus V. When I'm making a call, and I hit the Speaker button, nothing happens. I can connect my bluetooth headset, but I can't seem to get the speakerphone to work. I saw an earlier post in this thread regarding the "Audio Routing Hack", and to my knowledge, I don't have that installed, as I've never heard of it. Is that an option within the Groove IP app? I have very few apps on my phone, and they're all basic stuff, no system changing type stuff.

Any ideas how to get this to work?

 

[snrb_labs]

Is your device stock? Shouldn't require any of the troubleshooting settings with the stock Optimus V. There are a number of troubleshooting settings in the GrooVe IP settings. With the app open press the menu button and then scroll down to troubleshooting

 

[mega gigante]

I used GingerBreak to root my phone, but the ROM is stock, and I've not added any apps that would affect GrooVe IP, I don't believe. I installed Root Explorer, Skype, and Poweramp. Nothing else is installed that I can think of that is audio-related.

I tried the troubleshooting, and I tried one that said "try this if the audio outputs only to speakerphone, etc", and the one below that, and neither of those worked.

Any other suggestions?

 

[snrb_labs]

I used GingerBreak to root my phone, but the ROM is stock, and I've not added any apps that would affect GrooVe IP, I don't believe. I installed Root Explorer, Skype, and Poweramp. Nothing else is installed that I can think of that is audio-related.

I tried the troubleshooting, and I tried one that said "try this if the audio outputs only to speakerphone, etc", and the one below that, and neither of those worked.

Any other suggestions?

Don't really have any other suggestions. Those settings in troubleshooting go through all the different api's available via the android sdk. Last thing to try would be just doing a clean install. Uninstall the app, restart the device then download and install the app again.

 

[dennis96411]

I'm getting "We could not complete your call, please try again."
I made a few calls from Gmail, and they worked, but I'm still getting it.

 

[snrb_labs]

I'm getting "We could not complete your call, please try again."
I made a few calls from Gmail, and they worked, but I'm still getting it.

Are you still getting the error? Are you dialing with an area code from GrooVe IP?

Just to make sure, when you dialed from gmail it was on a PC, using the "Call Phone" option under Chat?

 

[anon(9486)]

I have a pretty common occurrence when receiving incoming calls while on WiFi and Groove IP signed in (Airplane mode is also enabled).

When receiving an incoming call, I get the notification of the call, yet I some times only have a ' 'Hang Up' button at the bottom of the screen, instead of the 'Answer' and 'Hang Up' button.

Most of the time, after about 8-10 seconds, the 'Answer' button will eventually show, however, sometimes it does not. Hence, I am unable to answer the call - only hang up.

Has anyone else seen this occur? Is it a known issue, or a fix for this? I'd appreciate any help, since I rely on Groove IP while at work, since I have hardly any service at my desk.

Thanks!

 

[snrb_labs]

I have a pretty common occurrence when receiving incoming calls while on WiFi and Groove IP signed in (Airplane mode is also enabled).

When receiving an incoming call, I get the notification of the call, yet I some times only have a ' 'Hang Up' button at the bottom of the screen, instead of the 'Answer' and 'Hang Up' button.

Most of the time, after about 8-10 seconds, the 'Answer' button will eventually show, however, sometimes it does not. Hence, I am unable to answer the call - only hang up.

Has anyone else seen this occur? Is it a known issue, or a fix for this? I'd appreciate any help, since I rely on Groove IP while at work, since I have hardly any service at my desk.

Thanks!

The answer button will only appear when signalling is completed. Generally what happens is a notification is received indicating an incoming call. That starts the call signalling, which should be completed within a second and the answer button then appears (can't answer until signalling is done).

It's possible that something on your device is in a power saving state, you can try enabling the Partial Wake Lock or High Perf WiFi lock to see if those help.

 

[pandafit]

Enhancement Suggestion

Howdy,

I was just wondering if GrooveIP would ever get the ability to flag specific numbers in the contact list as GrooveIP dial, versus standard number to dial?

I.E. Since I am on Verizon I would like to use the default Verizon number to dial all Verizon numbers since it would be free. However for all phone numbers not on Verizon it would use GrooveIP.

Since there is no way for GrooveIP to determine if a phone number is Verizon or not, a small indicator or flag that can be set per number to determine this would be cool.

Not sure if anyone else had brought this up, or if its even possible but thought I'd suggest it.

I'm a big fan of this app, please keep up the great work, saving me a ton of money by using data instead of voice!

Thanks

 

[Gekko]

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[snrb_labs]

Re: Enhancement Suggestion

Howdy,

I was just wondering if GrooveIP would ever get the ability to flag specific numbers in the contact list as GrooveIP dial, versus standard number to dial?

I.E. Since I am on Verizon I would like to use the default Verizon number to dial all Verizon numbers since it would be free. However for all phone numbers not on Verizon it would use GrooveIP.

Since there is no way for GrooveIP to determine if a phone number is Verizon or not, a small indicator or flag that can be set per number to determine this would be cool.

Not sure if anyone else had brought this up, or if its even possible but thought I'd suggest it.

I'm a big fan of this app, please keep up the great work, saving me a ton of money by using data instead of voice!

Thanks

In the GrooVe IP settings go into the Native Dialer Options. Under there you can select how GrooVe IP will respond if you dial something with the native dialer. For example you can select contacts to always dial via GrooVe IP. Or never dial via GrooVe IP. You can also filter by number or regular expression.

 

[ncguy]

I don't care much for the native dialer. Is there any way to use the grooveip dialer for calls through the carrier even when I have a wifi connection?