How to make free VOIP calls on the iPhone running iOS 4 to/from any phone

I'm currently out of the country and wanted a way to stay in touch with family and friends without costing a fortune. Fortunately, technology came to the rescue!

The setup:
1) Free Google Voice Account. I set my US mobile number to forward to this before I left, so even people that don't know my Google Voice number can reach me.
2) Free Sipgate SIP account with a phone number. I added this number to google voice, and have it set to forward all calls to it by default.
3) iPhone 4 (Can be any iPhone really), running iOS 4
4) Acrobits Softphone ($7.99 in the app store + $9.99 for the G729 codec for 3g calls).
5) GV Mobile+. Available in the App Store for $2.99. (A free version is available on cydia for jailbreakers, but its a bit buggy and out of date!)

Hope this helps some people figure out the process!

*Update* GV Mobile is no longer needed as a dialer; Acrobits Softphone now has built in Google Voice dialing support!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Apple
• iPhone
• VOIP
• SIP
• Acrobits
• Softphone
• Google Voice
• Skype

[appleguru1]

Quick update.. As of version 4.2, Acrobits softphone has built in Google Voice integration.. no need to use GV Mobile+ if you're just using it as a dialer now :-) With a little work for tighter GV integration into acrobits, acrobits could be *the* killer VOIP app for the US!

[HammerJohnM]

It's great that you found something that works, but it's unnecessarily complicated.

Get a free VOIP service like Whistle Phone. It's in the app store, so no jailbreaking. Also no SIP or other stuff. You could use just Whistle Phone, but it integrates nicely with Google Voice - just set up the Whistle Phone number like any other number connected to your GV number.

[appleguru1]

@HammerJohnM Yes, whistle phone does work, though its voice quality over 3G isn't as good as acrobits.. GV Mobile + is also availible in the app store now, so no need to jailbreak for either of these methods!

[Flak0b0ii]

Wait wat?!

[lorilicous78]

ok i have a sip account n gv..I am not sure how to link the to to make this work..can u pls help? I have been at this nonstop for a week.

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