Get Sipdroid to work with any SIP provider on your Android phone

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Sipdroid allows you to use Android phone with almost any SIP provider. The calls are crystal clear even over a 3G network, likewise for a WLAN connection. The best part about Sipdroid is that it integrates into your phone, eliminating the need for a separate phone book. You simply use your Android contacts in the same way as if you were making a call over a cellular network. It’s really an amazing application that is stable and simple to use, with the potential to save you plenty of money.

There are a tonne of SIP providers out there, some may actually work without the use of http://pbxes.org – this wasn’t the case with my SIP provider.  For example, Acanac gives you a telephone number and unlimited North American calling for only $9.99 CAD per month. I myself use SMSdiscount (click on download, then Linux, and then register (this way you don’t have to install anything to register)) to make calls, as it’s less than a penny per minute to make a long distance call; I don’t use my phone enough to justify the unlimited plan.

The only catch with Sipdroid is that you have to use http://pbxes.org to tunnel your VOIP calls. The service is free, but the set-up is a bit tricky. In the instructions below I’ll use smsdiscount.com as an example to help you get things going.

1. Create a smsdiscount.com account (in the case of smsdicount.com, pay first before calling or most of the payment options will disappear).

2. Set-up a pbxes.org account.  Make sure to select the correct time zone, as this option also selects the appropriate data center.

3. Add a new extension, only add your name, extension (100 for example) and password.

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4. Make sure to APPLY your settings now and when ever you click Submit.

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5. Add a trunk, just enter a trunk name, your calleasy username, password and server (sip.poivy.com).

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6. Add an outbound route, just enter a route name, select your trunk and enter your extension.  Do not enter a password here.

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7. Download Sipdroid: http://code.google.com/p/sipdroid/downloads/list (the Market version doesn’t have 3G  calling enabled).

8. In Sipdroid enter your pbxes.org login name with your extension as your username (e.g. – hotweiss-100).

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9. In Sipdroid enter your pbxes.org password.

10. In Sipdroid enter pbxes.org as the server, if not already entered.

11. Enable WLAN or 3G calling in settings.

12. Start making calls.

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    • Got it to work for both outgoing and incoming calls, I get my sip # thru Sipgate and found out that it actually works with and without pbxes, but only one issue.. there is a delay in the voice of about 2 seconds, and makes a conversation quite annoying.. does anyone know how to deal with this issue? all ideas appreciated.

      • I ended up using voip.ms and abandoned the idea of “totally free calls” for now. voip.ms calls are free amongst extensions and to toll free numbers. Modest cost for incoming and outgoing. Hardly any delay that I’ve noticed. Great customer service over there.

      • as for your 2 secound lag issue; thats what MMTel Flavor is, enable it and test it. if not maybe get a STUN Server because the lag might be the firewall scanning every incoming packet

  2. This guide is intended for people who are having trouble getting Sipdroid to work out of the box, as is the case with all of the betamax users.

    • So, I got everything to do what it’s supposed to but every call I make dials then immediately hangs up (no answer) just hangs up as soon about 5 seconds after it starts dialing. Any help?

      • Not sure how to tell you to do this, but you may want to ensure you have STUN enabled/provisioned on sipdroid. You should be able to google to find out how to do ths. A few others seem to have had similar issues fixed through this.

  3. I’ve done all but it still not work. Checking by wireshark, just have REQUEST be sent from my android emulator, No REPONDSE. Items status on pbxes.org is okie
    I used iptel.org for my sip provider. Could you help me, please?
    -CMV-

    • Hi, I’ve installed VOIPBUSTER on my SIP Droid on HTC Legend. But struggling with Audiio. It Rigns but as soon as opposite party answers it goes Blank. either of us can’t hear anything. but seconds keep moving. Any Help or Advice ???

  6. david, these are the voipbuster settings that are needed by pbxes.org:

    server: sip.voipbuster.com
    login: xxxxxx
    password: xxxxxx

    You enter these settings in the SIP trunk.

  8. Hello there,
    I have followed your instruction. i created a extension and i entered sip settings to sipdroid. it sayd registration failed (timeout). i use the same sip setting with x-lite and that work like a treat.

    any help is highly aprreciate.

    i also tried sipgate directly with sipdroid. registration is fine, but always one way audio. (sipdroided called party cannot hear).
    i use wifi connection.

    regards
    ooo7

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    • hi any advice can u help me set up an in bound trunk i ujse sipdroid i can make out bound calls i use nettalk from droid market when call is made the number is 304 number when person tries call back callcant be completed is this because in bound trunk not set up if so can u hel me set up and in bound trunk so i recieve calls please help

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  12. Paul, tried your clear instructions (thanks for posting them!) but can’t seem to get my extension 100 in PBXes.com to be unregistered (grey in status page). Using Voxox and Vonage as trunks… maybe that is an issue?

    Did the defaults as suggested but not working for me. Everything seemed pretty basic.

    What am I missing? It doesn’t seem that hard. :(

    - HTC Magic w/ full SIPDroid and username as tomhudock-100 (password as PBXes password)
    - setup SIP extension
    :username – “tomhudock-100″
    :password – blank
    - trunk w/ Voxox
    :trunk name – tomhudock-voxox
    :username – tomhudock
    :SIP server – sip01-west.voxox.com
    - trunk w/ Vonage
    :trunk name – vonage
    :username & password from vonage
    :SIP server – a.vonim.com:10000
    - incoming route
    :trunk – blank
    :destination (regular & after hours) – picked extension 100 from drop down
    :no override

    Thoughts?

    Best,
    Tom

  13. Hi Paul, thanks for the instruction.

    I’ve set up pbxes.org with my settings from smartvoip, and gotten it to work great.

    However, there is a 15sec delay when calling, that’s pretty annoying. Any way to fix that?

      • my SIP server is set to sip.smartvoip.com in pbxes.org

        I will try and change the pbxes server to the IP you mentioned, see if that helps. Though i doubt it, since it is able to resolve it fine, otherwise it wouldn’t work at all.

      • I tried this workaround but didn’t help. I am the same as Jimmi using smartvoip and suffering from a relatively long delay.

    • I couldn’t get it to work, but someone got it working by changing a setting in pbxes.org and saving the setting. You can then call your contacts using you address book, or johndoe@skype.

  15. Hi,

    Thanks Paul for the steps. I have followed it and was able to get the SIPdriod to connect to PBXes and log on ok. I was able to do a test call too.

    But, I am unable to dial any number, do I need to setup an account with a SIP provider or is this PBXes would be ok?

    Also, how can I connect to Skype?

    Appreciate your help a lot.

    Thanks
    Asser

  18. Hi I’ve tried setting up tpad out the box …no joy so i went down the PBxes route now got the green light but using the dialer phone insists on using my network I have selected use sipdroid when available in settings but unless i type the number in the “called party” address box I cannot dial out just uses my network even tries when i have no signal.
    Typing a number into “called party” box it dials and an American voice tells me number called unavailable call could not be completed at this time please try later.Call shows up in PBxes call monitor as

    Date Time Caller ID Number Destination IP Trunk Context App Duration Recording
    2009-10-04 16:36:29 mart434u 90044152740**** 92-235-125-7.cable.ubr0­6.brom.blueyonder.co.uk Tpad from-internal-cont ResetCDR 00:00:04
    2009-10-04 16:36:28 200 90044152740**** 92-235-125-7.cable.ubr0­6.brom.blueyonder.co.uk ext-par2 Hangup (00:00:10

    I’ve spent hours and hours now trying to use my tpad account had no probs on old N95

    Dial rule set in pbxes is 90044+Zxxxx.to add the Tpad 90044 and drop the zero.
    I’m going wrong some where ?????

    Martin

  19. update
    deleted all the dial rules in pbxes and dialed from “called party” box 900441527****** cnnected great and crystal clear.

    Now just need help on setting up the dial rules in pbxes and how to dial from the phone call pad or my contacts….almost there now………

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  22. I am able to confgiure the sipdroid using PBXes servar and iptel sip server. Can you please tell how can i call between two android phone.

    Like 1st android phone: username is whizvoip1-100
    Like 2nd android phone: username is whizvoip2-100

    So how can i call to eachother.
    Please suggest me.

  23. I finally managed to get it to work, it’s fine now !!!!
    However, I want to add that an inbound route should be defined as well for the same trunk, otherwise you can’t receive calls.
    Thanks, it’s really appreciated !!!! Danke !!!

  24. Hi,

    I can use my Hero with SIPDroid to call a number, i.e. outgoing calls work fine. However, I cannot receive calls. The caller always gets a busy signal immediately.

    As Christian said, an inboud route has to be defined as well. I tried already my best, but I don’t get it functioning. Is there anything special I have to consider, e.g. trunk name etc?).

  25. hi
    i just got my tmobile my touch 3g.
    i tried to follow every single step as mentioned, but no luck…

    i m using smatvoip.com
    and i tried in pbx, sip.12voip.com
    sip.smartvoip.com
    sip.poivy.com

    yet, mytouch shows red signal (that means unable to connect).
    what i am doing wrong?

  27. Hi I am trying to get sipdroide to work with my PlusNet VoIP account but for some reason the port that PlusNet port is 5082 is there any way of making sipdroide use this port

  28. Hi Paul,

    Thanks for for your instruction. It works fine.

    One question:
    Is it possible to show my callerid (my mobile phonenumber) at receivers end?
    I filled in Outbound CID at Sip Extension- and at SIP trunk configuration, but that doesn’t work.
    Any suggestions?

  29. I’ve followed your tutorial, and I’ve also got a smsdiscount account, but you don’t show smsdiscount being used in the tutorial – you use calleasy. Does SMSdiscount not work?

    I’ve got a green dot on my android htc hero and all the numbers I dial (except echo) returns a garbled female operator who recommends I try calling again later.

    I’ve tried various combinations of
    90044 then local area code and local number+
    0044 etc+
    44 rtc +

    so what could I be doing wrong?

    • Apoogies for replyng to myself but I added a sipgate account with no credits on it (only credits on the smsdiscount) and hey presto I can make calls and see the billing rack up on the smsdiscount pages – so what the heck did sipgate do to get this working.

      Nice sound quality and no lag – can’t be bad!

      Thanks sipdroid!!

  31. The following settings can be used for VoiceMeUp.com:

    server: sip-slb.voicemeup.com
    login: xxxxxx (Your peer username)
    password: xxxxxx (Your peer password)

  32. I setup sipdroid with a sipgate account on the Droid phone. It shows registered and I can receive a call. BTW, the call quality is great over 3G. However, when I place an outbound call, the slider to end the call immediately drops to bottom of screen and the call ends.

    Any suggestions would be appreciated.

  35. Select the menu tab after you launch sipdroid and choose settings. The called party address is confusing but that is where the program goes when launched.

  36. I have successfully installed Sipdroid in an HTC hero with Sprint PCS. I can make outcalls as well as receive calls. When I tested receiving voice mails, I was not able to listen to them. Sprint dials my number (where I’m calling from) and connects to the voice mail…however pbxes or Sipdroid do not like that…any ideas?
    Also, does anyone know if you can make international calls? Where can I find out more info?

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  38. I used the instructions as displayed, using SMS discount for calls. I get Sipdroid to register, but when I call a number, I get a recording asking for my password. Perhaps its not actually calling a good # ?

  39. one more comment here, when I look at my activity on pbxes site, I do see calls being made, yet, I’m getting a female voice saying password incorrect. anyone able to help?

    thanks

  40. hey guys,

    For some reason it keeps saying the call cannot be completed as dialed? What am i doing wrong? Im using this as my sip http://wiki.sip2sip.info/
    I get a green light on sipdroid. This is my SIP server proxy.sipthor.net and of course username and password on pbxes.org. What am i missing? Im so confused as they are many sites to do it many ways. The only way i was able to make it work was by using the account i got from sipgate.com. The problem with that website is when you sign up u get only 60 min free. So every time i made a call it took away from that minutes. blah.. someone help me plz.

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  42. Hi..

    I have just ran into a strange problem. I have been using sipdroid for half a year now, with the danish provider Musimi, which I have checked otherwise still works fine. Today I updated to ver 1.2.4, and it worked fine – for half an hour. Now it stops any attempt to call, the slider goes down – but it shows a green dot, and I have checked and reset every setting, in PBxes where I strictly have followed this tutorial. Calling echo@proxy01.sippphone.com gives the same result.

    Any ideas?

  43. hi, i got a sip number from sip2sip. i can make calls to other sip numbers but i can’t get any inbound calls ie i can’t call myself.

    i’ve done your setup as mentioned above, but to no result.

  44. Thank-you! Finally clear instructions on getting this setup! I had to add an Incoming Route for incoming calls to work (rather obvious). It’s working great with my SIP provider.

  46. I set sipdroid up over the weekend on my Nexus One to make voip calls over 3g and wifi. Couple of comments from my own experience setting this up:

    1. The text above initially mentions smsdiscount but the screenshots use calleasy. I set mine up with smsdiscount. You need to set up an account at smsdiscount.com and put some credits in it (can use a credit card). The rates look pretty good. Signing up at pbxes.org is free unless you want advanced features.

    2. The screenshots show the sip server as poivy — I used the server sip.smsdiscount.com.

    3. I downloaded sipdroid from the android market, and it works great. Not sure what the difference is between the one on the market and the one on the website.

    4. The username you enter into pbxes.org is appended with your extension, so in the application itself, you enter “[username]-[extension] as your username.

    5. I’ve made one call to Dallas (left a voicemail) and one to the middle east, both worked great. Although, I had to turn up the gain on the earpiece and the microphone (under Advanced Options in the application) to hear and be heard better. I put them on “high” which worked well, but may try “highest” for the heck of it.

    6. Sipdroid sets up a call option through the “text contact” option in your Android contacts, if you don’t set it to dial by default. For example, when I want to use sipdroid to dial a number, I go to Contacts -> Contact name -> Long press on the number I want to call -> Text Contact -> Sipdroid Call. Voila, it calls use sipdroid. Unfortunately, it does not use the proximity sensor on the phone, the dial interface is more cupcake-like.

    7. My phone is rooted, but I don’t think that makes any difference (does it?) – I’m still using the stock ROM.

    • @PWNVDS, if you don’t mind me asking you, what cell phone provider do you use? I use T-mobile and so far i can only use sipdroid over Wi-Fi, 3G does not work for me.

      I also have a Nexus One. Not rooted though.
      Thanks

      • T-Mobile with a Nexus One. I am using Sipdroid version 1.3.12. I AM rooted – BUT – I didn’t think that it mattered. I could be wrong though.

  47. Thanks a lot for the tip on how to to when using poivy, connection to pbexes is working well in my case after following instructions.

    Later I will test whether extension is working or not soon…

    To be continued :)

  48. I followed the tutorial above to use Sipdroid. Whenever I try to make a call it hangs up immediately. I have a Droid with Verizon. I am using Sipgate as a provider. I would love to make calls over wifi since I have a good wifi signal but poor wireless signal.
    Question: in pbxs, under “setup trunk” it asks for username and password. Is this the username and password for Sipgate? If so, within Sipgate, I have a login username and password, and, under SIP Credentials, I have a “SIP-ID” and SIP-password. Which one do I use??
    Regardless, I don’t know if this is the problem or not. It may be that Verizon simply will not allow free voip calling.
    Your help is appreciated,
    Greg

  49. Where did you get the trunk name” Calleasy” ? Is it a made up name ?
    I get a warning “This trunk is not used by any routes!”
    Should I leave it blank ?

    This is so confusing !!!
    Also, where did you get the server name from ?
    I used the recommended sip2sip provider but my email doesn’t say anything about the server name ! Is it “domain/realm”, “outbound proxy”, or “x cap root” ?

    Any help on this would be greatly appreaciated !

  52. Have it setup and working. But…
    - Connection with pbxes breaks when phone in standby mode, probably because wifi disconnects. So I’m not reacheable.
    - Using the ‘+’ behind numbers in the dialler does not invoke Sipdroid (routes through gsm).

    Any ideas?

  53. I was able to register Sipdroid directly with my provider (Bluesip.net), but I’m not able to make/receive calls as of yet.

    I was also able to see the phone registered when I logged on into my account @ bluesip.net.

    If anyone has any suggestions/ideas please let me know. If it helps any I’m using Android 2.1.1

  54. Hi Paul,
    Thanks heaps for these tips. I have setup a pbxes account and configured it to use Pennytel as the sip provider. Sipdroid registers fine (I think) with pbxes, but whenever I make a call it hangs up straight away. The calls are logged on pbxes as 0 sec (one from my phone to my pbxes extension, and then another 1 sec later from my extension to the number I dialled). I’m not sure what is going wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks

    Greg

  55. What am I missing? It doesn’t seem that hard.

    - full SIPDroid and username as Govind-7799 (password as PBXes password)
    - setup SIP extension
    :username – “govind-7799″
    :password – blank
    - trunk w/ gtalk2voip
    :trunk name – gtalk2voip
    :username – Vvermagovind1@gmail.com
    :SIP server – gtalk2voip.com
    - trunk w/ Skype
    :trunk name – Skype
    :username & password from Skype
    :SIP server – skype.com

    every time it sowing Registration Failed ( Timeout).

    Please Halp me man,,,, Please

  56. Hi,

    I am learning this stuff so please be patient with me. I downloaded the sipdroid application as indicated above and installed it. I even registered with pbxes.com. After installing sipdroid, I clicked on its icon but it takes me to a page requesting “Called Party Address”. I do not see how I can go to the setup page to enter the setup mentioned above. Am I missing something? I need to setup my phone before I go overseas to call back home in the US and save on my long distance calls by using wifi. Please help.

  57. ok, after few hours figured what is going on. however, how do u get to step #8 after downloading the sipdroid, ie what do u enter for the “called party address” to get to the settings? thnx in advance

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  60. I’m running a Droid Eris with 1.5 on it. SIPdroid is working flawlessly in allowing me to MAKE calls thru my trixbox (asterisk) PBX. I’m running thru PBXes.org ’cause I just don’t want 5060 opened in my firewall.

    The problem I have is that calls from the office extensions to SIPdroid disconnect before picking up. I see the panel showing the connection and then BAM it drops.

    To the folks on here who have set up SIPdroid thru your trixbox/asterisk server, can you please give me some direction here?

    Thanks!

  61. I finally got to the point to configuring it, however it will not connect saying that it is being timed out while trying to connect to smsdiscount server. Another thing is that I am already overseas, and i am not sure if i have it configured correct but because the site is blocked overseas it is not able to connect, or if there is an error in the configuration. Is there a way to determine which is really true?

    It seems that most sip/voip sites in the UAE are already blocked. If that is the problem, is there a way of using a proxy server on the phone to bypass the blocking by the carrier? Just curious how to get around this problem. Any help is greatly appreciated.

  62. Anyone can make free SIP-to-SIP calls at GuerrillaTel.com (using mobile or PC SIP client software). SipDroid is recommended for Android devices. Cheers.

  64. Hi there,

    I have VOIP phone line at home.

    If I setup this account in my cellphone do I will receive simultaneous incomming calls
    on my cell phone and on my stationary phone?

    Thanks

  66. Great guide, worked instantly on my Nexus one.

    Just a note that, the version of Sipdroid downloaded from android market has the 3G version now as well, so no need to install it manually.

  67. Hi, I am following your instructions …. my friend has an account pbxes, so now when i call him, should it be -100@pbxes.org or just @pbxes.org . Also when I try to call the call is said to be in progress for 5 seconds and then is dropped off. We are doing this through an emulator. please help…

  70. Hello There
    Does anybody know how to fix the issue on the HTC hero(we cant’ rceive calls when phone is asleep : doesn’t wake up) ?

    Thenk you guys ! :)

  71. Totally awesome. Just got this going and made a call with my SIM pulled from my phone to verify it works. I used sipgate.com for my setup. Thanks for the instructions.

  73. I’ve just figured out what should be done to use SIPdroid with Skype:
    1) (from http://www.skype.com/intl/en/legal/business/eula/ ):
    “Skype For SIP enables You to use certain Skype Products via Your PBX. Before using Skype For SIP, You shall set up a SIP Profile and purchase a Channel Subscription. Skype shall then provide You with a username and password that is used to configure a SIP PBX”
    - That profile is being set in “Skype Manager”: http://www.skype.com/go/business
    2) “Channel Subscription” is $4,95/month – it is required to get you SIP Profile activated…

  74. Thank you very much, the outbound calling thru freecall (part of betamax) works this way. Direct connection to sip.voiparound works only on wifi, but this works even on 3g. I also created an inbound and it works as well :) My settings for inbound: leave everything default (empty), only press submit and apply :)

  75. Hi,
    I installed Simdroid on my Xperia X10 today. When I launch it, I am prompted to enter a dns address and thats it. I don’t see any options to enter settings. When I enter the IP address 188.40.65.148 for DNS, I get an error “No suitable data network available”. Please help. Much appreciated.

  76. I

    Anonymous :Hi,I installed Simdroid on my Xperia X10 today. When I launch it, I am prompted to enter a dns address and thats it. I don’t see any options to enter settings. When I enter the IP address 188.40.65.148 for DNS, I get an error “No suitable data network available”. Please help. Much appreciated.

    In fact, I get a prompt to enter “Called Party Address”.

  77. I am not that technical and followed directions to a tee, but I’m sure I did something wrong, like perhaps the server name. I set up the smsdiscount.com account, bought 10 euros, then set up the pbxes.com with dillonsv-100. It keeps telling me “no suitable data network available.”

    • Hi Kumara,

      I’m Vishal, I’ve recently bought HTC Legend. Can you please provide me your contact No. or can you call me on +968 97854373. I need to have certain information about the same. as When ever I try creating an account it gives me an error saying Invalid Captcha.

      • hi,
        i am facing the similar problem in creating the account with pbxes.org. I stay in dubai. did u finally got any solution? if yes, then please share with me aswell.

  81. I need help setting up my account on my G1 phone. Downloaded pbxes.org, set password and user name still, registration failed appears every time I try to use this service.

  82. Hi, registered with pbxes.com and am registered but I can’t make calls with sipdroid still…followed the instructions as above and when I go to make call it hangs up after 1 second on it’s own. At first it wasn’t like this, as it would sit there and I wouldn’t get any audio (ringtone or anything). Any ideas why this is so or if anyone else has had this error?

  84. The Crunch Time Blogger :
    Update: with pennytel i still need to connect via pbxes.org, it works on my G1 now, thank you so much for the guide!

    Hey mate. I’m having trouble getting mine to connect to Pennytel. I’ve tried directly, but it has the no sound problem. I’ve also tried via pbxes.org as set up according to this guide, but no joy. Any hints?
    Thanks.

  85. Hi guys, I’m not able to open an account with PBXes.com, Everytime I try to create an Account, it says Invalid Captcha. can any 1 help me on this???

    • Hi,

      Thanks for the Suggestion, but its not working.I entered Primary contach No. as +986 97854373 & DOB as 30/07/1986. It is still showing the same error of Invalid Captcha…

      Pls Help.

      • hi,
        i am facing the same problem aswell. Did u finally have any solution? kindly share with me.

  87. This thing is a massive waste of time. I have spent the last two days trying to get *ANY* service to work with SIPdroid, only to discover that the only way I could do so was to make for-fee outbound calls… NO incoming calls work w/ SIPdroid on my phone. At all. Period. End of discussion.

    Throw this thing in the trash. I want my fourteen hours back.

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  89. Hi thanks a ton who ever developed this app it works like charm with jumblo and the audio clarity is way far better than using jumblo directly.I have one question why is that the receiver cannot see my number how do i enable that.I am using the pbxes.org way.People complain that they get weird numbers

    • I wish I could help with this, but I have the same question. I tried putting a caller id number in pbxes.org, but it did not work. It is unfortunate because many people don’t answer calls from numbers they don’t recognize (like me).

  90. I am getting the call cannot be completed message. I am going to Iraq so I need this to work on WLAN Wi-Fi only. I followed all of the instructions down to even using smsdiscount with pbxes.org. I bought 10 Euros of minutes and am using a motorola droid. Please help I only have about 6 days until I leave.

  91. that sounds like you are actually able to make a call but there’s a problem with the number. what number are you calling? Make sure you’re including the country code and the international dial code if you are calling out of the US. For example, +1-xxx-xxx-xxxx for the US, or 011-1-xxx-xxx-xxx or 00-1-xxx-xxx-xxxx.

  93. Anybody has problems receiving calls over wifi?
    I use nexus one +pbxes + voip.ms+ sipdroid
    3g works great, can make a call through wifi but once the screen is black (asleep) the call will not go through.
    However, once you wake up the phone, it will ring – for the calls you have missed!
    Icon pops up as if you have a call (even though the event was 10 minutes ago).
    Played with wifi sleep policies without any luck.
    Thanks

  95. I followed the instructions perfectly and have got my phone to connect to my sip server and try to make calls. Problem is the sip service i got it to use doesn’t have credit on it so it hang up 4 seconds after connecting and starting the call. I have both a Google Voice and a VoipBuster account, both which should allow free calls. The problem i am having is that I have a droid on verizon but i don’t currently have any service due to lack of money so i can’t receive the texts with the sip info i need to input into my pbxes.org trunk. Is there a way to get this info without sending the texts to my phone? If not is there a service i can use to send/recieve free texts over wifi on my droid?

  96. To hell with SIP Droid & Its Completed settings… People just visit http://www.fring.com Download the fring for ur Android phone, & just 3 easy Steps, 1) User name, 2) Passwros & 3)IP address of your SIP provider. for instance: – sip.voipbuster.com

    Thats it & you are through… No complications of Voice Break & one sided Audio, Nothing, It just works great…

  97. i agree to hell with it i had fring already just thought it would be better with sipdroid but cant get it to work needs better instructions to set it up its very frustrating

  98. Step 1 mention about an account with smsdiscount.com but the other steps do not mention about smsdiscount.com . Am I missing something here?

      • Thanks! I got an account with smsdiscount.com but I am not sure where I can apply the info at smsdiscount in the steps. Can you help with that?

  99. hi,
    I am the user of galaxy s. I tried to create a new free account in pbxes.org and it stops me always by saying “invalid captcha”.
    I am unable to create an account.
    Can you help me please.

    Regards,
    Mahidhar.

  100. i used smsdiscount and my post is above. basically you just use sip.smsdiscount.com where it say poivy in the original directions.

  101. Hey Mr. Weiss, Thanks for the help. I just have two questions. In the outbound route example, I did exactly what you did a came up with the same result. Is it okay to have the warning at the top that we have. It says warning, you have not defined a general outbound route. You have the same warning in your example and then you said to start making call. Also, I don’t mean to sound stupid, but other folks have different examples,which said that we could make calls with extensions. All that I want to do is dial a number, whether it be mobile, landline, etc. When you say, “start making calls!” at the end of your example. Do you mean just dial a number and do you have to add a (+) at the end of the number?

  102. Hey Mr. Weiss, Thanks for the help. I just have two questions. In the outbound route example, I did exactly what you did a came up with the same result. Is it okay to have the warning at the top that we have. It says warning, you have not defined a general outbound route. You have the same warning in your example and then you said to start making call. Also, I don’t mean to sound stupid, but other folks have different examples,which said that we could make calls with extensions. All that I want to do is dial a number, whether it be mobile, landline, etc. When you say, “start making calls!” at the end of your example. Do you mean just dial a number and do you have to add a (+) at the end of the number? sorry to re-submit this.I forgot to check the the email follow up box.

    • Is there any one they may be able to help with the two questions above? Any information will be greatly appreciated.

  103. I got the outbound route error as well, and it works fine.

    I make calls by long-pressing a contact phone number in the phone’s standard phonebook and selecting “send text message”. You can also click the text button next to the number (in froyo). It pops up with several options, like Messenger, including Sipdroid. Select Sipdroid, and voila, sipdroid makes the call. You can tell it is sipdroid because it has a different calling interface than the standard dialer. Off the top of my head, I do not know another way to make a call using sipdroid; I have only gone through the phonebook.

  104. DroidIncredible+sipdroid+pbxes+callcentric=works like charm! I can’t believe how well this works. Everything is free except for my callcentric.com account which I use for my home phone.

    • That’s the combo I’m trying now, but being a novice, I’m finding the setup a little beyond complicated. Any specific tips for the Incredible?

  105. to make sipdroid working with PBXES :
    just procees as explained above in the original post.
    Then in sipdroid:
    Authorization Username : SIP/hotweiss-100 ( to take the example from post)
    password : your pbxes pwd
    server proxy : pbxes.com
    UserName or caller id : hotweiss-100 (that is the tricky part NO SIP/)

    I have an account @ voipcheap.com, I had lag in direct cnx. No more (or very slight) using pbxes. Really cool.
    enjoy the green light.

    • It works for me with:

      Authorization Username: hotweiss-100
      password : your pbxes pwd
      server proxy : pbxes.com
      UserName or caller id : (leave it blank)

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  107. I am using Nexus-Sipdroid-Sipsorcery-Sipgate-GoogleVoice. If I initiate a call from my PC using Google Voice, the Sipdroid app on my Nexus opens up and I can make my free call. However, if I try to initiate the call directly from within the Sipdroid App, the call will get dropped instantly. Any ideas???? Thanks

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  109. Great Guide!!! Thanks a lot.
    It works for me. (US Verizon, DroidX)
    To sum up: you have to register 2 accounts: pbxes & poivy (buy 10e credit of poivy (even Call to US free), otherwise when you make call it will say no credit).

  111. Can anyone tell me how to send an actual SMS using Sipdroid? Everything I try either sends the message through my T-Mobile account or makes a SipDroid voice call.

    Phone: HTC Hero
    OS: Android 2.x
    Sipdroid version: 1.5.2
    SIP Provider: Gizmo5
    Tunnel: PBXes

    Any help would be appreciated.

  112. PBXes site shows on status site that everything is green. Also Sipdroid shows green light. But when I am going to call women voice says that password is incorrect… Please enter password after pound key..? So what is wrong?

  113. This is a nice guide.. but you forgot to include inbound routing. that is necessary to set up as it is required to let your phone ring on all incomming calls to sipdroid. secondly also let users know that they can telnet and check the open port could be 5060 or 5061 .. so that they know whats happening and how to turn their light from red to green.
    nice info.

  115. @jake Your SIP trunk provider is probably requiring password or some pin code. check with other SIP provider. you can use other sip providers like localphone.com or SIPgate.com which is free. then when u make a call check in their if it went straight out call in your logs (or inbox) then it is certain pbxes.org is forwarding your call but the sipprovider in question is requiring some kind of password.

  116. hello, i got as far as #7. i have the nexus one. yr instructions are good but 1st question, what is my primary number? cell or home? 2nd, i did the download on my cell, how do i get to the ‘sip account settings’ dialogue box? please note, i have gv, g5, pbxes, sipdrpod. i want to make calls from my cell without having to pay anything and not use any minuets. i also want to text for free. (i have unlimited internet) anybody that can help a very new person, thank you in advance.

  117. I downloaded Sipdroid on my Archos 5 Internet Tablet, and with your instructions (plus setting up Inbound Routing on PBXes.com) I was able to make this work. I tried multiple different Apps and tried to set it up without going through PBXes and could never get it to connect. Now if works like a charm, free inbound and outbound calls to all my callcentric contacts!

  118. Hi,
    Can anyone help ?
    Try to set up Sipdroid on my Samsung Galaxy S without using pbxes.org, using pennytel, on outgoing call, the other side rings, wnen answered, it shows connected but no voice both ways, on incoming call it only ring once and then stop

  121. OK, so this guide is one of the easier ones to understand as far as getting Sipdroid and PBXes coordinated, but there was little mentioned about getting those two services coordinated with a SIP provider, such as Sipgate. Don’t we also need a SIP provider to make this whole thing work?
    Following a number of other blogs/tutorials, I have not been able to get Google Voice to verify my Sipgate phone number. Is Google Voice even relevant in this instance? From the way this article is written, it makes it sound like Sipdroid and PBXes are all I need, but I’m not certain I have everything set up properly. Could someone please tell me if I am missing something here or what the other half of the equation is, as I’ve been led to believe I need Sipgate (or another SIP provider like Localphone,etc) to make this work….like what do I need to do with Sipgate now that I’ve got the stuff set up with PBXes and Sipdroid?
    Very, very confused….

  122. Hi I had sipdroid working great until I installed fring now just will not connect tried uninstalling fring and reinstalling sipdroid still nothing anyone else had. Problems running sipdroid with fring and or nimbuzz

  123. I would like to thank Vince for his note above regarding username and callerid. I’ve been screwing around with this for days using all the info available and all I get is:
    registration failed 404
    The message is so vague that it was impossible to take a correct approach.
    at any rate prefixing the username with SIP/ and having the correct callerid has caused my little light to go green for the first time in all of this saga.
    Now, if I can figure out the wierdness of routes, and trunks meybe I can finally attend a conference call on a 1800 number without burning up my minutes.
    Note: I am using sipdroid because it says it supports the bluetooth headset. That remains to be proven.

  124. This works as described using voipbuster (unable to get it workign any other way)…very large delay when conversing however :( Interestingly its about the same delay as the “free” callback setup using Google Voice I tested using a setup found here http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=4ddf95378617d020&hl=en
    Sipgate worked “native” with sipdroid without the need for pbxes setup with no delay at all but at almost 2 cents a minute its very pricey :( still no good solution…If anyone has tried any other service that sipdroid will use without the use of pbxes (and thus the long delay)please share?? I will do more digging and testing as soon as the credit I purchased from Voipbuster to do this (fyi at Voipbuster you have to buy credit at about 12 dollars a pop) runs out :(

    • I’ve had Sipdroid running perfectly over the GuerrillaTel.com network for months (over wi-fi & 3G). After you sign up, you’ll find the necessary server info when you click on the “SIP” link in the “Account” tab (in the members’ secure area).

  125. Hi!

    First of all, thanks for a great tutorial!

    Unfortunately, after following your precise description I still couldn’t call.

    Logging in to pbxes worked and the sipdroid status button turned to green. The echocall (*43) also worked. However, while trying to call some other numbers (e.g. +4930XXXXXXX, 030XXXXXXX, 4930XXXXXXX) both outbound and inbound. I was always getting the message: “… cannot be completed as dialed. Please try your call again later.” And the call would be dropped.

    I have an SIP account with 12voip.com by Betamax, which is the provider of sip.poivy.com as in your example, so I expected the tutorial do the job for me, but as it seems I am missing something.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Thank you all in advance,
    Daniel

    • What kind of error did you have until you changed .org -> .com? I cannot solve my error “… cannot be completed as dialed. Please try your call again later.” by doing that.

  127. helllo how do you configure the incoming thing? i configured out bound as you mentioned above and works well but i cant get a call from anyone

  128. Hi,

    I installed SIPVOIP on my Motorola Droid and it works well after being setup. However, suddenly it is not working any more and whenever i call any number i receive the message “your call connect be completed as dialled. Please try later”. i checkd the settings again and all is correct. Any clue what is going on?

    regards,

    Yousuf

    • Hi Yousuf,

      Which SIP provider are you using? I guess it is one of Betamax’s clones (12voip, poivy, freecall etc.).

      Betamax recently started blocking pbxes. You can workaround this problem by changing the www1 to www4 which is not (yet) blocked in your Personal Data section by pbxes.

      Cheers,
      Daniel

      • Thanks Daniel. changing from www3 to another one works. Is there any relationship between voice delay and the selection of www* ?

        Regards,

        Yousuf

  129. Thanks a milliion! I’ve been having a real problem getting verizon service at my house. I have broadband internet so now I can use my droidx and sipdroid to make a good connection. I followed your step by step and it worked great.

    • Sure!

      Log in to your pbxes account choose “Personal Data” on the left menu and then change the “Timezone :: Datacenter” field to www4.

      I hope I could help.

      Daniel

  131. dears, I have SmSdiscount program it was working well but now it connects only for 1 or 2 minutes and disconnect again when itconnects I hear many vices like ditortion the other party doesn’t hear me neither do i
    Please tell me what to do as soon as possible
    Note I live in the UAE where they try to block it I have tot spot to log on as un discovered
    bye

  132. Hi
    It’s working fine for making calls from my Samsung Galalxy GI-I9000. But i am not able to receive calls. When I call mit SIPCall number, the Samsung doesn’t rings. Do I need to specify a inbound route?

    Regards
    Steff

  133. hey paul,

    thanks for the article.Anyway i tried to register with jumblo.com account.But even when i connecting to pbxes.org thru sip droid its showing registration failed(time out) what cud be possibly went wrong.In my sip droid there is entry named “authorisation username” and other named “username or caller id”.What should i have to enter in these fields.Can you please guide me.Thanks.Pls reply me via email.

    • Anoop,

      Your question answered the questions I was going to ask.

      I was having the same issue – it kept timing out saying registration failed. So I cleared the box that says “username or called id” and left it blank. Now it registers immediately. Authorization username should be filled in with your pbxes.org username, followed by a hyphen and the extension number. so mine is pwnvds-100.

  134. Anoop,

    Your question answered the questions I was going to ask.

    I was having the same issue – it kept timing out saying registration failed. So I cleared the box that says “username or called id” and left it blank. Now it registers immediately. Authorization username should be filled in with your pbxes.org username, followed by a hyphen and the extension number. so mine is pwnvds-100.

  135. I am setting up sipgate to pbxes with sipdroid on my phone. Outbound from sipdroud to pbxes works fine. When calling my sipgate number pbxes hangs up in 1 secound BUT if I put a forwarding rule (like forward to xxx-xxx-xxxx) then it actually goes through. This leads me to believe my trunk and routing are set up properly. I also set up my voice mailbox and everything through sipdroid on pbxes but I just cannot get incoming to sipdroid to work. Any suggestions? The forums at pbxes are not helpful. I’m so close but yet so far!

  136. Im using sipgate and sipdroid. Problem I am having is, when somebody rings me it comes on sipgate lite (on pc) but its doesn’t ring on sipdroid on my htc desire so I end up loosing more then 50% of my incoming calls. Any help?

  137. Im using sipgate and sipdroid. Problem I am having is, when somebody rings me it comes on sipgate lite (on pc) but its doesn’t ring on sipdroid on my htc desire so I end up loosing more then 50% of my incoming calls. Any help?

  138. I spent hours trying to get Sipdroid to work on my Android phone with Sipgate and Terrasip. They never logged in: just constant timeouts no matter what settings I used.

    Tried it with pboxes which took several more hours. It worked, just, but unless you pay pboxes their server doesnt reconnect automatically, which is useless.

    Installed Fring and 2 minutes later the whole thing was up and running. And only 3 bits of SIP account information needed with no chance of making a mistake: login, password, server.

    My advice: use Fring

    • I agree. Fring was very easy to set up. I just didn’t care for the interface. That’s why I originally went with 3CX (just as easy to set up as Fring), but 3CX is acting up under Gingerbread. Went with sipdroid.

  139. I am using sipdroid with pbxes.com. I followed the above instructions and can make calls to other extensions registered on pbxes.com.

    However, I would like to understand the following
    - can I make and receive calls without having to register extensions with pbxes.com
    - can i use asterisk as my sip provider (and call extensions registered with asterisk)
    - can i use pbxes for the media path and asterisk as the sip provider. If yes, how can I set this up?
    - any alternate suggestions to get voip calls working with sipdroid/asterisk with good audio quality?

    Thanks in advance for your help!

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  141. Hi, I followed the instruction got my sipdroid to work but the only probably I’m having now is when I’m trying to call someone with the sipdroid it doesn’t call them. It tells me that the call can not be made and it’s has a lot of static to it. Do you have any idea why that might be happen? I’m also using the Motorola Atrix by the way.

  142. I know this is a very old post, but I’m successfully using sipdroid and localphone.com directly (no pbxes.com). Works pretty good – just made a test call over 3G. I was using 3CX, which worked great and was easy to set up, but it doesn’t seem to work with Gingerbread. Localphone.com has great prices too. Used it to call back to the states while in Spain. I may have spent $2 in calls…

  143. What settings would one need on vpn server side to allow pptp vpn from android? To tunnel voip without using pbxes

    Easy way to connect to vpn for only voip calls? Sip signaling of incoming calls to switch android to vpn? Quickly re register to voip server yada yada

  144. best way to receive calls over vpn without foreknowledge of calling schedule? Verizon wireless 3G policy of destroying voip is less than awesome

    My interest in voip is primarily receiving calls from multiple DIDs not placing calls.

  146. Hi, I set up everything and it works but the sound goes into the microphone so everyone around can hear the person who is on the other end. If I press “Speaker” then the sound is even louder.
    Can anyone advise how to make it the same as a normal phone, i.e. the sound should go only via headset into my ear?
    Thank you everyone!!!
    Best regards

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  149. HOla amogos. ya intente de todo. lo intente con este y otros manuales tambien, pero no puedo usar el SIPdroid, siempre me salen REGISTRACION FALLIDA o TIME OUT. Me scarge la ultima version del sipdroid y creo que este tienes otras configuraciones mas, tambienhay tantos usuarios y pasword que hay que crear que ya noce cual colocar el el celu.

    Haber si alguien me puede ayudar. Gracias.

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  159. yes yolu can send email and recieve wmail through a program call funmail thru android market you can send email to any person as long as u know thier phone number free and they can respond to you as well and you dont have to have servicd on u account i think you have to have u voip set up i can call out but cant recievecallsbut still can send and recieve textz tbru funmail try it free thru android market

  160. hi all
    i was configure successfully asterisk server to make a calls from one sipdroid to another sipdroid.
    now i try to establish call sipdroid to pstn numbers….
    i configure my asterisk server(sip.conf,extention.conf) for making call to pstn.
    here i used gateway is sip2sip.info…….
    but i am not succeeded.any suggestions……

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  162. Why would you need to use Pbxes.org when you can configure your sip provider directly in Sipdroid? The only reason I registered with pbxes was to take advantage of the free VPN server which I found improves call quality even more.

  163. Hi mr Paul
    i have followed your step and configured the account and its showing green signal
    but i am not able to call, whenever i called after few second got disconnect
    i am using nymgo as service provider

  164. I read entire thread and I’ve following questions.

    1. I’ve google voice account with my local phone #.
    2. I’ve IPKall account with valid phone #
    3. I’ve SIP account at CallCentric with 1777 phone #

    Problem 1:
    I’ve somehow got one of my google voice working with one of my Android Gingerbread. When I can make outbound calls. I cannot receive incoming call.

    Problem 2:
    For above phone I don’t remember if I had created my account on “pbxes.org” first and then registered via “Sipdroid” or other way around. But, for life of me I am trying to setup my another phone and I can’t get “sipdroid” to register at “pbxes.org” and NO GTALK trunk. I am going nuts trying to figure out what I did right the first time where it’s working fine for outbound calls.

    Problem 3:
    Must I use pbxes.org or is there another “FREE” not cheap, but, “FREE” service available to replace “pbxes.org”?

    Finally, is there a great step by step tutorial to download and setup “Astreik” so I don’t have to mess with “pbxes.org”.

    Thank you in advance for all your help.

  165. I have tried to set this up but all I get when trying to make calls is call can not be completed. call again later. I have a green light in the status bar on my phone but calls wont go through.

    using sip2sip.info with a IPKall number and PBXes.org trunk.

    Anyhelp would be appreciated.

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  169. Excellent website you have here but I was curious about if you knew of any community forums that cover the same topics talked about here?
    I’d really like to be a part of community where I can get suggestions from other knowledgeable people that share the same interest. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thanks a lot!

  170. Its like you read my mind! You seem to know a lot about this, like
    you wrote the book in it or something. I think that
    you could do with some pics to drive the message home a bit, but instead of that, this is excellent blog.
    A great read. I’ll certainly be back.

  172. Magicjack just announced its long awaited app for Android is available, in addition to the app they’ve had available for the iPad & iPhone. Perhaps a simpler, less expensive alternative?

  174. I just set up sipdroid with a droid x using voipo.com account info and no pbxes.org. Some calls go through fine and more begin to place and immediately slide down and off.
    It works the same with market sipdroid as it does with web downloaded sipdroid. I am linked to google voice which definitely complicates matters many times, but I dont think is involved in the shut offs.
    Any ideas???

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