Hi Guys, I’m new to the list so please forgive me if I don’t know my way around yet.
I live in Australia and in an area with bad mobile reception. Been here more than 30 years and seen many changes to what’s available. This is what is currently available. Teltra block SIP. To get SIP through their network you have to take out a Business Account with them and then in addition apply to use SIP. I’m talking of course with self managed VoiP not if you get a telephone number through them. If you use Linphone I’m sure we are all on the same page with this. No Telstra Virtual Provider (MVNO) offers SIP either. SIP through the Telstra network was withdrawn completely sometime in October 2021. This is not likely to change any time soon as even the ACMA let them get away with it. Optus support VoLTE, VoWifi and VoIP. Their MVNO’s rarely pass support for these services on. One that I’ve found that does is Moose Mobile, and the plans are far better value than going Optus directly. Vodafone have just struck a deal with Telstra to share mobile coverage to increase their reach. So I don’t expect they are even on the playing field yet. If you live remotely and are suffering from a lack of decent Internet or a lack of anything you’d call a decent connection speed and prepared to pay anything to be able to live a normal live remotely then Starlink is the solution. It may not be available in your area yet but if enough of the locals preorder it then you are more than likely to get it sooner than not at all. Set it up yourself in under 10 minutes and get speeds from 100 to 240 Mbps is my experience. And it’s still in Beta. With unlimited data this means you can stream all your TV so it also solves the problem of poor free-to-air reception. iPhone as far as I know have never supported VoIP. I’ve never owned an iPhone so if I’m wrong about this I’m sure someone will update me. Android withdrew support of any kind for VoIP when it replaced it with VoWifi. It’s gone completely from Android V12. Now for the actual reason for this post. For many years Bluetooth has been a mixed bag with any soft phone running on Android. There’s been full compatibility, to ways around and fixes, to not really working, to not being able to answer a call to what I found today that inspired me to ask for help. I’m using Linphone on my Galaxy A52. Dual SIM with a VoIP landline. I use a Bluetooth device that plugs into my cigarette lighter to play music and answer calls from my mobile using my radio as a hands free speaker. The streaming music stops automatically to answer a call. Yes I have a cigarette lighter which dates my car. For so long that I can’t really remember it wasn’t possible to answer a call from the soft phone due to restrictions placed by the Android Operating System. Privacy concerns and not breaking the ‘System’ used to excuse it. Today I was able to answer the call and hang up using the button on my Bluetooth device. The incoming caller’s phone number was announced just like it would if it was coming through any of my 2 SIMs. So something significant has changed. Android has had a couple of updates or Linphone has found a way through without having to enable any disability features in Android to get around the blockage. My problem now is this. Despite sound being diverted to Bluetooth if available in the settings I have to pick up the phone and talk and listen into the phone itself. After sharing everything I know I’m hoping someone will share with me if I’m still missing something in the settings or if this is still a work in progress in the source code. I’m happy to be involved in any process needed to fix this although programming isn’t my strongest ability. I’m hoping someone in this list can help me in my search for an outcome that will help everyone. Regards Stephen _______________________________________________ Linphone-users mailing list Linphone-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/linphone-users