[BOUNTY] [$570] WiFi Calling in Non-TouchWiz ROMs. [Updated 2013/04/03]

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konceptz

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So I guess this could belong in Original Dev, but I'm not trying to do this, just wondering since I've taken a couple of linux kernel classes and a C programmer. Not android.


This is harder because wifi calling is included in some of the closed frameworks. It isn't however, attached to touchwiz, per se. Which means that cooking a rom similar to a stock variant and stripping touchwiz could work?

I mean, people (including me) want a couple of nice parts from the stock roms and overlay the AOSP/KP gui on top of it right? I'm not sure why this would be impossible to do without any major code changes? (Genuine request for enlightenment).

Once again without more knowledge of android, I'm just guessing but, interfacing closed parts of wifi calling with open stuff like unrestricted tethering would be a debug game. Or would there be some serious coding need to be applied?

Sorry for the post in this thread if it's completely wrong but I don't have the time to grep through massive irc logs or git nightmares. (not saying it is! )

Just wondering.. Oh and, $10 from me! lol
 
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Port your T-Mobile number to Google for $20 or settle for a free Google voice number. Groove IP and talkatone both are free unlimited wifi/data calling apps...I prefer talkatone myself

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m4127440 said:
Port your T-Mobile number to Google for $20 or settle for a free Google voice number. Groove IP and talkatone both are free unlimited wifi/data calling apps...I prefer talkatone myself

Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app
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If I port my t-mobile number to Google, I will lost my t-mobile contract. I'm on a family plan with me as primary account holder. I have groove IP and Google voice. But not all of my contacts know my GV number.

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One other thing I would like to talk about is that WIFI calling is such a nice feature compared to other Voip options is that I believe TMobile servers attach a higher QoS to bytes.

Also, depending on implementations, one could conceivably use wifi calling feature as is, and live in another country while being able to call and text people as if they were in the country.
 
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konceptz said:
One other thing I would like to talk about is that WIFI calling is such a nice feature compared to other Voip options is that I believe TMobile servers attach a higher QoS to bytes.

Also, depending on implementations, one could conceivably use wifi calling feature as is, and live in another country while being able to call and text people as if they were in the country.
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That is actually the point of IMS (which is what the newer tmobile wifi calling is based on). IMS is meant to integrate cellular communications with VoIP services for redundancy and resilience. I've been researching into it a bit. The reason it is in HTC cm rooms is because sense is more open whereas TouchWiz is...well, Samsung likes their proprietary.

IMS is actually open source, anyone can go and see the platform and how it works. The biggest problem in integrating the client side authentication with T-Mobile's servers. There's user ID's (presumably your phone number prefixed with some tmobile gateway stuff), device ID's (don't know if this goes off imei or kernal, or whatever) sessions to build, rules to generate.

Might be easier to use IMS source and try to build from scratch. It would help if we knew what processes happen when wifi calling is enabled or disabled or a call is made.

Anybody wanna provide a logcat?

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