Sunday
Jun172007
Configure the Nokia E61i for VoIP
Sunday, June 17, 2007 at 14:58
The Nokia E61(i) phone is capable of making Voice over IP (VoIP) phone calls. The nice part is that you don't need your cellular carrier to make phone calls. All you need is a VoIP account somewhere.
The world greatest ISP (in Holland), XS4ALL, gives 2 free VoIP numbers to its customers. So, it was time to get it working on my Nokia E61i.
First of all, I wasn't familiar with the VoIP terminology, so I needed a manual for dummies on this. Luckely, the dutch tweakers forum gave me some answers on the topic.
After configuring the phone I got error messages about not being able to connect to the service. I did read some reports on this, and they all mentioned that some phones didn't seem to work properly...
Fortunately, a colleague of mine has the same phone, and he got it working. So, it could be something else... My DSL modem for example.
A quick test showed, that when I used my neighbors open WiFi, I was able to connect to the service, so I needed to look at my modem. A quick search revealed that there was a new firmware (released by my ISP). After updating the firmware everything worked fine.
One drawback though. The default outgoing call type is set to cellular, so every call you make will be using the normal GSM network. There is no easy way of switching this to VoIP. This can only be done in the the Phone menu (Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> Call).
The world greatest ISP (in Holland), XS4ALL, gives 2 free VoIP numbers to its customers. So, it was time to get it working on my Nokia E61i.
First of all, I wasn't familiar with the VoIP terminology, so I needed a manual for dummies on this. Luckely, the dutch tweakers forum gave me some answers on the topic.
After configuring the phone I got error messages about not being able to connect to the service. I did read some reports on this, and they all mentioned that some phones didn't seem to work properly...
Fortunately, a colleague of mine has the same phone, and he got it working. So, it could be something else... My DSL modem for example.
A quick test showed, that when I used my neighbors open WiFi, I was able to connect to the service, so I needed to look at my modem. A quick search revealed that there was a new firmware (released by my ISP). After updating the firmware everything worked fine.
One drawback though. The default outgoing call type is set to cellular, so every call you make will be using the normal GSM network. There is no easy way of switching this to VoIP. This can only be done in the the Phone menu (Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> Call).
tagged Nokia E61 in Tips'n Tricks
Nokia E61 in Tips'n Tricks
Reader Comments (2)
I'm also a big fan of the Nokia E61i and I’m the colleague Willem is talking about in his post.
After being able to setup a call with Willem I wanted to watch YouTube movies on my Nokia but it did not work. The most logical thing to do in such situation is to Google it. It took me a while to find an article that made sense but this is what I found at http://thenokiablog.com/2007/03/17/evening-with-s60-ny-recap
I asked Ganesh Sivaraman, the Product Manager for the S60 Browser,why I can’t watch YouTube videos within the browser. To keep it simple, YouTube uses Flash 9 while the latest Flash in S60 is compatible only up to version 7. Yuck.
This means it will not work until something is updated. Pfffff
This is a very helpful post, i hope this really helps me to complete my project.