I have found what will work for me in using my Obi110 post-GV, as well as improving things by replacing the cellular that I allowed to run out of funds due to zero service in this area.
This has been a very time-consuming process and I'll include as much info here as possible so as to save others from the trials & errors that I had to endure to reach where I'm presently at...please bear with me as it's bound to be lengthy.
(Side-note=> I am not planning to port my GV # at all.)My goals:1. Keep my GV number as-is for at least a while so as to help others adjust to my new F5 #.
2. Have services all set up and ready for my Obi110 for whenever GV leaves it behind.
3. Get & use the cheapest possible Android phone with VOIP over Wifi only.
4. Have #3 ready to get GV calls using VOIP over Wifi, if/when needed.
5. Be able to make cheap or free calls using VOIP over Wifi only.
6. Be able to get & send SMSs using VOIP over Wifi also, preferably for free.
Thus far all but #6 are all set - I'll work on that one at my leisure.
My 1st attempt was using a cheap Huwaie phone with Android 4.x - and that failed as it was too restricted and absolutely refused to use Wifi (apparently newer versions of that OS commonly have this unsolved problem).
That one went back pronto.
Instead I got an LG Optimus Dynamic (LG-L38c) with Android 2.3.6 made for Net10 which included a 4GB SD card - for all of 19.99. (And I did NOT activate any account with Net10 at all.)
Rooted it immediately so that anything can be done to it as I please, turned off the cellular via 'airplane mode' and it connected perfectly to several different Wifi sources very quickly & easily.
Given that I need to use separate incoming & outgoing connections I tried way too many softphones only to find that there are LOTS that will not work as well as the sad fact that this phone has the native SIP function disabled (probably in order to force users to pay Net10 for any voice calling...).
The ultimate solution (thus far ??) was to find a softphone that enables SIP and also it is a MUST to correctly handle 2 different accounts.
That has turned out to be the very nice & free Sipdroid.
What I've learned in trying to set it up is that the 1st/top account MUST be the outgoing, so that one is my CircleNet account which had to use
outbound.circlenet.us & port 5060 & now works to make calls perfectly.
Since Sipdroid is incredibly PBXes-friendly that was very easy to set up as the 2nd account AFTER following the really good info I found here:
http://forum.voxilla.com/threads/how-to-setup-pbxes-step-by-step.26454/Final result for the lower/2nd account is Google Voice => IPKall => PBXes => Android.
Altogether now:
When I dial out I use CircleNet with it's wonderfully low pricing; and when someone calls my GV number and I am at home it rings on both my POTS phone & my Android phone.
Things that did not work and which I consider a total waste of time via the Android phone:- Callcentric's Android app - useless for their free number unless funds are added as it MUST call out before it will work for incoming calls at all; sure, OK, whatever...never mind.
- Localphone either via it's own app or any other method I tried - total, absolute waste of time and even worse, their support is totally useless & non-helpful.
Lastly, for the Android - I did not get to check out Zoiper or Bria so I do not know what they can do, but maybe those are also able to get around having restricted SIP as well as handling different in/out accounts - perhaps someone here will reply with those helpful details ?!?
As to my home phone stuff, it is worthy to note that I
do have CC set up as SP2 on my Obi with a free NY DID as a backup for '
just in case' so it is not totally useless, and I did get a
VOIP.ms account for their cheap rates, but have not used it for anything at all as yet.
I am also holding onto a 100% ready to use Future Five account for the moment of Obi/GV divorce as well as my CircleNet for outgoing on a VG when that becomes needed...
Hopefully some of this info may be helpful to others in some manner.
If anyone has info about using an Android phone to get & send SMSs at zero cost somehow via Wifi, please share that info ??
Thanks.