Obi/Google Voice disconnecting overnight
Mango:
Quote from: Mango on May 18, 2016, 07:57:04 pm
You didn't answer my question. Actually, I didn't phrase it like a question, so let me do so:
Why is a Google Voice password stored on my device any less secure than a SIP password, and what specific risk do I assume by using password authentication?
SteveInWA, if you're going to call me names, I'd appreciate a technical explanation of why what I'm doing is wrong.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Mango on May 19, 2016, 06:21:15 pm
Quote from: Mango on May 18, 2016, 07:57:04 pm
You didn't answer my question. Actually, I didn't phrase it like a question, so let me do so:
Why is a Google Voice password stored on my device any less secure than a SIP password, and what specific risk do I assume by using password authentication?
SteveInWA, if you're going to call me names, I'd appreciate a technical explanation of why what I'm doing is wrong.
I am tired of playing word games with you. You know that this was a policy decision made by Google. If you want to continue to disagree with the policy decision, and Google continues to leave the direct authentication method open, then knock yourself out.
Obihai went to great lengths to cooperate with Google, and to update its device firmware to support Google's required OAUTH 2.0 authentication method, so that its customers could continue using the service. This is an Obihai company-sponsored support forum, not DSLR. Advocating here that users should not update their device firmware, and/or should not follow Google's approved authentication method doesn't belong here, and is likely to eventually get you banned off of the forum.
Given that there are only a very small number of OBi 1x0 devices left in the wild with the pre-OAUTH firmware, it's also a moot point, and only serves to distract current product owners from using their devices as currently supported.
Dale:
thanks, yesterday we had a power failure and so when the power came on our three Obi 100 boxes rebooted and today the phones had the warning to pay $10 to update....
I downloaded the 2886 firmware, made the updates and now the GV accounts are working again!
Thanks all!
janice:
I was #7 post on this thread. Yesterday I got my obi100 to stop backing off and it worked all day. I switched my incoming to callcentric, and left my outgoing to GV.
Tonight, about 30 hours later, I went to dial out and got an automated google voice message stating my password had changed (it hadn't). Then on the obi site it went straight to the $10 request page. My machine has been up since 2012 and this is the first I'd seen that.
I came back to this thread and used the firmware that Taoman had provided and I wanted to say thanks.
I also want to say that this company is insane if this is how they approach needing money. I would be HAPPY to pay money every year to use this product, just send me a damn polite email. even though I have an unopened obi200 sitting on a shelf, it's now officially a paperweight because ObiHai has really screwed up with me.
Instead of being normal and sending out an email, asking for a subscription they basically borked my device and made me go spelunking through these forums. I'm not going to tolerate this misguided bullshit it's not worth it.
Thanks to all the kind people who are supporting others. I hope you all keep up the nice kind work, but frankly Obi is rotting. This is just no way to treat customers. They have my email, and email is at least been common for 20 years. Send a damn email and ask for money, don't hijack my device and demand ransom. I will never suggest this product to anyone ever again , in this lifetime or my next.
But nice people -- please have a great weekend and thanks again for getting me up and running until I find a replacement for this company. I'm happy to pay 10x what they are asking, just not to them.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: janice on May 20, 2016, 08:43:29 pm
I was #7 post on this thread. Yesterday I got my obi100 to stop backing off and it worked all day. I switched my incoming to callcentric, and left my outgoing to GV.
Tonight, about 30 hours later, I went to dial out and got an automated google voice message stating my password had changed (it hadn't). Then on the obi site it went straight to the $10 request page. My machine has been up since 2012 and this is the first I'd seen that.
I came back to this thread and used the firmware that Taoman had provided and I wanted to say thanks.
I also want to say that this company is insane if this is how they approach needing money. I would be HAPPY to pay money every year to use this product, just send me a damn polite email. even though I have an unopened obi200 sitting on a shelf, it's now officially a paperweight because ObiHai has really screwed up with me.
Instead of being normal and sending out an email, asking for a subscription they basically borked my device and made me go spelunking through these forums. I'm not going to tolerate this misguided bullshit it's not worth it.
Thanks to all the kind people who are supporting others. I hope you all keep up the nice kind work, but frankly Obi is rotting. This is just no way to treat customers. They have my email, and email is at least been common for 20 years. Send a damn email and ask for money, don't hijack my device and demand ransom. I will never suggest this product to anyone ever again , in this lifetime or my next.
But nice people -- please have a great weekend and thanks again for getting me up and running until I find a replacement for this company. I'm happy to pay 10x what they are asking, just not to them.
I'm not going to defend Obihai's lack of basic communications regarding this issue, but I'll point out that it was related to the authorization keys used by OBi devices to access users' Google accounts. Obihai quickly released a firmware update to fix the problem. So, your OBi 100 device is now good to go, and your OBi 200 device was not involved at all in this issue, so, it is also ready to be used whenever you wish to upgrade. I wouldn't abandon the products over poor customer communications.
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