Installation and User Guide fring version 2.0.0.4 For iPhone / iPod touch 2.x/3.x.
Table of Contents Table of Contents ...............................................................................................................2 Introduction..........................................................................................................................3 About fring ....................................................................................................................3 System Requirements ............................................................................
Introduction About fring fring™ is a mobile internet service & community that enables you to access & interact with your social networks on-the-go, including make free calls, live chat and seeing your contacts online presence with all your fring, Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google Talk™, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo!™ and AIM®* friends using your handset’s internet connection rather than costly cellular airtime minutes.
System Requirements In order to use our version, you will need: iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, original iPhone or iPod touch with the 2.0 firmware (or above) Internet connection (Not a WAP connection) on your iPhone. Download fring on the App Store. Notes: 1. To initiate a call to a landline (or non-fring user) using fring, make sure to purchase SkypeOut/SIP credits. 2. Currently it is not possible to make VoIP calls over 3G/GPRS networks. 3.
Registering to fring A short registration process is required before you can begin to use fring. The stages of this process are: Login details Selection Service Definition Login Procedure Once the installation is complete, an Installation Complete message appears briefly. You are now ready to select your fring nickname and password. Figure 2 - Registration Screen If you have already registered with fring, choose 'Login' and enter your existing credentials to log in.
If this is your first use of fring, please choose 'New User' and follow the instructions on the following screen: Figure 3 – Account setup The registration screen allows you to select your nickname and the password you will use to access your fring account. Email address is required for password retrieval purpose. Note: Passwords must be at least 4 characters long. Press Go to move to the next screen. The next screen allows you to add your VoIP (e.g., Skype/MSN/ICQ etc) accounts details.
Subscribing to your Add-ons – (optional) Once you have chosen your fring nickname and password, provide the details of your Add-ons (e.g., Skype, MSN Messenger, Gtalk, ICQ etc) so that you can begin making and receiving VoIP calls. Note: You can subscribe to one or more Add-ons (e.g., Skype) to which you are registered. Make sure to have your username and password for each. If you do not already have an Add-on account, register on the Web before you begin to add networks.
2. In the User ID field, type the username of the Add-on you have selected (e.g., your MSN username). 3. In the Password field, type the password of the Add-on you have selected (e.g., your MSN password). 4. Press Login. The Add-on selection screen appears and you can see a green "V" sign which states the subscription was successful. If you are interested in subscribing to an additional Add-on, repeat steps 1 to 4 in this section.
Adding a SIP Service – (optional) If you have an account with a SIP provider, you can also use it on fring. To add a SIP service: Figure 7 - Service Selection 1. Click on 'More' and choose 'SIP' from the list, The following screen appears: Figure 8 – Select SIP Service 2. Choose your SIP provider from the list. If your SIP provider is not listed, choose Other. 3. Enter your SIP user id and password and press Login.
Using Twitter If you have already opened a Twitter account (see www.twitter.com), you can use it with fring. Adding Twitter to fring You can add Twitter to fring in the same way that you add other Add-ons. To add Twitter or to sign-in as a different user: 1. Press More Add-ons and choose Twitter 2. Enter your Username and Password and press Login. You are signed into Twitter and Twitter appears as a contact in your fring contacts.
Making your first fring call Once you have completed the installation and registration processes described above, you're ready to make your first call. To know that everything is working correctly, you may choose to call the fring test call. The fring test call is a test center that lets you record a message and plays it back to you. If you successfully record and hear the message that you have recorded, you're ready to go! To call the fring test call: 1.
Using fring Getting Started Figure 10 – Buddy list Statuses The following statuses are displayed in the Buddy list: On a call Unread chat event Available / Online Busy Offline 12
Searching your buddy list You can browse your buddy list to find contacts quickly. To find a contact: 1. Choose the Magnifying glass icon on the top right corner of the buddy list. 2. Start typing the name of your contact. The list is filtered according to the characters you have typed. Making a call from fring In fring you have three call options: Calling your Add-on's contacts from the Buddy list. Calling your phone contacts from the Buddy list. Calling phone numbers by using the Dialer.
2. On your screen you can see the call screen. To end the call press End call. Figure 12 – Call screen To call a phone contact: 1. Open the fring Buddy list and choose a phone contact you wish to call. 2. The next screen will give you the call options (Cellular/Skype out/SIP). Choose the method you would like to use and make the call. Figure 13 - Call Options Menu 3. On your screen you can see the call screen. To end the call press End call.
To call by using the dialer: 1. Choose the dialer tab from the Tab Bar. Figure 14 - Dialer 2. Click the flag icon and select the country you would like to call. Figure 15 – Choosing country 3. Dial the number and choose the method you would like to use to make the call. 4. On your screen you can see the call screen. To end the call press End call.
To make a SkypeOut call from fring, you must have sufficient SkypeOut credits. SkypeOut credits cannot be purchased from fring, only directly from www.skype.com. To make a SIP call from fring, you must have a SIP account with enough credits to complete the call. SIP credits cannot be purchased from fring, only directly from your SIP provider. Cellular call is a regular call, exactly as if you would make it directly from the iPhone without running fring.
Chatting fring lets you chat with your contacts using instant messaging. You can chat with one or more of your contacts simultaneously. Figure 17 – Chat screen Chatting with a contact To initiate a chat: 1. From your Buddy list, select the contact you want to chat with and press Chat. 2. In the text entry area, write your message and press the Blue envelope icon. Navigating between chats If you choose to have two or more chats simultaneously, each will have a separate tab.
Figure 18 – GoTo tab Ending a chat To end a chat: Press the Back button on the chat screen or go to the GoTo tab and press the Delete icon.
Profile In fring you can edit and manage your profile. Figure 19 – GoTo tab To access your profile in fring: Select the 'Profile' tab. To edit your profile: 1. Choose the 'Camera' icon to edit your profile picture. 2. Choose the 'Nickname' and 'Mood Text' fields to edit them.
Adding or subscribing to an Add-on You can subscribe to new Add-ons or sign-in as a different user at any time. To subscribe to a new Add-on or to sign-in as a different user: 1. From the Tab bar choose More. The following menu opens: Figure 20 - More tab 2. Choose Add-ons A screen opens displaying the available Add-ons. 3. Follow the process defined in the "Subscribing to your Add-ons – (optional)" section in this guide.
History The history menu keeps a record of every incoming or outgoing voice event in fring. Figure 21 - History The icons on the left side represent the following events: Outgoing call Missed call Incoming call (blue up arrow) (red down arrow) (green down arrow) Note: If you have chosen to display your phone contacts in fring, voice events from your phone also appear in the history menu. To view the details of each event, press the green icon on the right.
Adding a new fring contact You can search for a fring contact by his fring user ID or by browsing your phone book. To search for a fring contact in the fring network: 1. From the Tabs bar choose More. 2. Choose the Add new buddy option. 3. You can now choose whether you'd like to search by fring user ID or through your internal address book. Figure 23 – Add new buddy Type in the fring User ID of the buddy you'd like to add and select Add, or select a contact from your phone book.
Using fring with Push Notifications Using the new Push Notification capability, you can now be notified when you receive a call or a chat when fring is not running. Note: Push Notifications available only on firmware version 3.x.x or newer. Once you register to fring and run it for the first time, you will see this message on your screen: Figure 24 – Push alart Choose OK and your contacts will see you online when you exit fring and will be able to send you chat messages and call you.
When a contact will send you a chat message or try to call you, you'll receive these notifications: Figure 25 – Missed chat notification Figure 26 – Missed call notification If you choose Answer, fring will launch and you'll see these windows accordingly: Figure 27 – Missed chat Figure 28 – Missed call Note: if you choose Close, you will not be available any longer and your contacts will see you offline until the next time you launch fring.
Temporarily disabling Push Notifications If, for some reason, you don't want that your contacts will see you online when fring is not running, you can temporarily disable Push Notifications. To temporarily disable Push Notifications: 1. Press More Go Offline: Figure 29 – More tab 2. Press Offline: Figure 30 – More Menu When you'll exit fring, you will not appear to your contacts as Online. The next time you'll run and exit fring, you are once again available and appear Online to your contacts.
Managing Push Notifications You can manage fring's Push Notifications at any time by going to the settings menu of your device: Figure 31 – Settings Menu Figure 32 – Notifications Options To manage fring's Push Notification: 1. Choose fring: Figure 33 – More Menu Sounds Disable/Enable notification's sound. Alerts Disable/Enable notification pop up. Badges Disable/Enable red badges on fring's icon in the spring board.
fring's settings There are several settings which can be altered in fring. To access fring settings: 1. On your Spring Board, select Settings. 2. From the list of applications choose fring. Figures 34-36 – fring settings Privacy settings 1. Twitter notifications – Choose if you would like to get alerts for incoming tweets using the push feature. 2.
Hiding or showing offline contacts and phone contacts You can also choose if you'd like your offline and phone contacts to appear on your fring Buddy list. To select whether phone contacts are displayed in your fring Buddy list or not: 1. If Show GSM buddies is set to Off, your phone contacts are currently hidden. To show them, choose On. To select whether offline contacts are displayed in your fring Buddy list or not: 1. If Show offline buddies is set to Off, your offline buddies are currently hidden.
Frequently Asked Questions Downloading & Installing fring How do I download fring to my iPhone? The iPhone version of fring can be downloaded on the App Store. Is fring free? Yes. fring's service is free. Your cost for using fring is the standard data tariff for air time it takes to download and use fring. When using fring over 3G data networks, please be aware that you will be subject to the data usage costs that your service provider charges.
General Can I add contacts from other messaging services like Jabber? Not at this time. This option will be available in a future version. How do I search for other contacts? You can search through your Buddy list to find contacts quickly. To search your Buddy list: Click the magnifying glass at the top right corner of your fring buddy list, start typing the name of your contact. The list is filtered according to the characters you have typed.
