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How to turn your old android phone or even phone with a bad esn into a home phone.

How to turn your old android cell phone into a free home phone or just make calls without using you minutes on your cell.
REQUIREMENTS.
1. wifi at your house or where ever you want to use the phone.
2. gmail account.
3. Google voice app from the market.
4. Google talk app from the market.
5. groove ip app from the market cost 4.99 one time fee. for app. you can also us sipdroid but it is harder to setup.
6. a not activated android cell phone with wifi. ( your old phone or one off of eBay or even one with a bad esn. )
SETUP INSTRUCTIONS.
1. install all of the requirements on your phone.
2. open Google voice and sign in with your gmail account. Google voice will create a phone number for you. Now hit menu then settings and making calls set this to (do not use google voice to make any calls.) In settings you can also see you google voice phone number.
3. open groove ip and sign in with gmail account.
4. go to WWW.Google.com/voice on our pc then sign in and click on settings then on yhe phone tab to link a phone number to you account. Set forward calls to google chat this will link your google number to your phone. you can also link your cell number or any number you might want to forward you Google voice calls to if desired. any settings you might want to change can be done here.
5. open groove IP to make all you phone calls.
Enjoy your new phone without paying a cellphone company.
Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8gPBDtjcnE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Seems interesting. Might have my friend try it on his OG.

Well I have a droid phone and everytime I open up a google voice and select my email account it can't verify my phone number I thought it supposed to make 1 for me
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Go to Google.com/voice on your PC and in settings link a number to your google voice account. Then open the app. You can also set up your new number on line.
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Hi all
i have evo 4g with bad esn, im trying to make calls with google voice but when i try to setup my gmail account shows "your phone number could not be verified". I already bought groove ip and i can make calls with the google voice on my phone but with my money. Im rying to get a phone number but i dont see where. What can i do?. please help thanks

I'm pretty sure this doesn't work for everyone internationally etc... only for people in the US or Canada trying to call in US and Canada... maybe should have been specified...??
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ccordsario said:
Hi all
i have evo 4g with bad esn, im trying to make calls with google voice but when i try to setup my gmail account shows "your phone number could not be verified". I already bought groove ip and i can make calls with the google voice on my phone but with my money. Im rying to get a phone number but i dont see where. What can i do?. please help thanks
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Ok if you have all the requirements installed. Then go to Google.com/voice on you PC and click on settings in there and create a Google voice phone number then link a phone number to your Google voice account like your real cell number or even your home number. Then don't use that number but use Google chat. Now when you open Google voice on your phone it should setup correctly. Then open grooveip sign in with your Google user and pass. Then in groove IP make a phone call. It will call from you new Google voice number. And if you call that number it will ring that phone because Google chat/talk is linking it.
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DrunkFuX666 said:
I'm pretty sure this doesn't work for everyone internationally etc... only for people in the US or Canada trying to call in US and Canada... maybe should have been specified...??
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I am in the USA so I don't know if it works outside the country.
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hi all
i cant forward the call because the are code in puerto rico 787 and dont recognize the area code. someone can do me the favor to entry the code please!!!

Update op video
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If you cut the url after the = you can paste the video in your first post with the YouTube button.

Sorry I don't understand what you mean :what:
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Just quote my post and then copy and paste the YouTube section to your original.

What's the difference?
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Have a Google voice number and use groove IP and keep the phone at home on Wi-Fi. How hard is that?
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ccordsario said:
Hi all
i have evo 4g with bad esn, im trying to make calls with google voice but when i try to setup my gmail account shows "your phone number could not be verified". I already bought groove ip and i can make calls with the google voice on my phone but with my money. Im rying to get a phone number but i dont see where. What can i do?. please help thanks
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You need a working phone number to verify
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Dialer app and VOIP

Does anyone know if there's a way to "enable" the Dialer app through a launch (just like the Camera launcher)? I wonder if it's possible to configure native VOIP on the Nexus 7.

see talkatone or tablet talk

Launchpad McQuack said:
see talkatone or tablet talk
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im using talkatone myself works great with my google voice numbers .... I get phone in my office now where I dont get cell service .. <3

If you want don't to deal with Talkatone's in-app ads or want independence from your cell phone, unlike Tablet Talk, then get Google Voice plus $5 Groove IP. Free unlimited calls and SMS text within North America with a standard 10-digit number assigned to your Nexus 7 over WIFI.

I use GrooveIP with my Google Voice number over WiFi. Works decent enough.

ExploreMN said:
I use GrooveIP with my Google Voice number over WiFi. Works decent enough.
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Agreed GrooveIP works fine.

another + for GrooveIP

Is anyone concerned about GrooveIP having their google password? or does everyone use 2 step authentication?

volwrath said:
Is anyone concerned about GrooveIP having their google password? or does everyone use 2 step authentication?
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I think you can create one-time password even when you don't use two-factor. But that is beside the point as everyone should be using two-factor, there is really no excuse not to secure your account.

Google voice call back didn't work on the n7.....
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I too am interested in getting the dialer to work so I can use Cisco jabber.
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mi7chy said:
If you want don't to deal with Talkatone's in-app ads or want independence from your cell phone, unlike Tablet Talk, then get Google Voice plus $5 Groove IP. Free unlimited calls and SMS text within North America with a standard 10-digit number assigned to your Nexus 7 over WIFI.
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+1
GrooveIP!

I like Vonage. Voice quality is better than groove ip..
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You will need to modify the framwork-res.apk to get the dialer to show up.
I did it and it shows up. To add the SIP settings you will need to change your DPI to 320, reboot, add your VOIP setting, change the DPI back to what it was and reboot.
You will then be able to use the native internet calling with the native android dialer.

clubtech said:
You will need to modify the framwork-res.apk to get the dialer to show up.
I did it and it shows up. To add the SIP settings you will need to change your DPI to 320, reboot, add your VOIP setting, change the DPI back to what it was and reboot.
You will then be able to use the native internet calling with the native android dialer.
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How would one go about this exactly? What do I need to modify in the framework-res file and where in the filesystem is it? Do I need to be rooted?

No one knows?

wws12 said:
How would one go about this exactly? What do I need to modify in the framework-res file and where in the filesystem is it? Do I need to be rooted?
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I'm also interested to know this, particularly the modification needed for framwork-res.apk
Adding the dialer app would allow for
utilizing the native SIP functions
outbound calling on google voice without using GrooveIP or Tapatalk, both of which are flawed imho.

I use Talkatone myself also for Canadians there is Dell Voice.

wws12 said:
No one knows?
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This is a very technical procedure and not something I can guide you how to do over a post. Google how to decompile the framework-res.apk. there are a few guides online that can teach you how to do this.
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So if I decompile framework-res.apk with APKtool what do I need to add to make the dialer show up?
Thanks!

Setting up T-Mobile Voicemail on Nexus 4

Hey guys, I'm trying to get some support on setting up voicemail on the Nexus 4 for T-Mobile. I've been doing a couple of hours of research and haven't run across anything substantial. If anyone can help me that would be awesome!
Also note: I also tried downloading T-Mobile's voicemail app and it wouldn't set up properly. The app would say it couldn't setup properly at the time.
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Never tried T Mobile Voice mail. I just have everything forwarded over to my Google Voice which provides Voice mail. That's always an alternative if you can't get the T Mobile one working.
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Where are you?

Why would you not just use Google voice?
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How do I forward my regular voicemails over to Google Voice?
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bongostl said:
Why would you not just use Google voice?
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I do use it (and love it), just still need to access VM for my regular number.
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avemn1 said:
I do use it (and love it), just still need to access VM for my regular number.
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Change the voice mail to Google Voice. Install the app and go through the installation procedure and have voice mail go from "My Carrier" to "Google Voice"
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zephiK said:
Change the voice mail to Google Voice. Install the app and go through the installation procedure and have voice mail go from "My Carrier" to "Google Voice"
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Note that this doesn't work for prepaid accounts.

Solutions Etcetera said:
Note that this doesn't work for prepaid accounts.
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Really? That's quite unfortunate
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avemn1 said:
Hey guys, I'm trying to get some support on setting up voicemail on the Nexus 4 for T-Mobile. I've been doing a couple of hours of research and haven't run across anything substantial. If anyone can help me that would be awesome!
Also note: I also tried downloading T-Mobile's voicemail app and it wouldn't set up properly. The app would say it couldn't setup properly at the time.
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Did you hold down 1 in the dial pad? It should take you directly to your voicemail or have you configure it. It worked that way for me when I was on contract and still works the same using prepaid.

zephiK said:
Really? That's quite unfortunate
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Yup... I don't know why, but conditional call forwarding is not supported on any of the prepaid plans.

zephiK said:
Change the voice mail to Google Voice. Install the app and go through the installation procedure and have voice mail go from "My Carrier" to "Google Voice"
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It works wonderfully! Thanks!

awtacular said:
Did you hold down 1 in the dial pad? It should take you directly to your voicemail or have you configure it. It worked that way for me when I was on contract and still works the same using prepaid.
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I sure did. It then says, "You've reached the voicemail system. If you have a mailbox on this system, press star...". I proceeded with star and entered my phone number and it says it's "invalid". Lost in terms of why it's asking that. I'm used to the general - setup your mailbox prompt. Some reason, it doesn't exist here.

T-Mobile visual voicemail app works for me. If you're on WiFi, turn it OFF during the initialization. Once you're all setup, you'll be good to go.

avemn1 said:
I sure did. It then says, "You've reached the voicemail system. If you have a mailbox on this system, press star...". I proceeded with star and entered my phone number and it says it's "invalid". Lost in terms of why it's asking that. I'm used to the general - setup your mailbox prompt. Some reason, it doesn't exist here.
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I didn't have any problems with my voicemail. I've had T-Mobile for a while and all I did was get a new sim card and had it activated and my voicemail was working with no problems at all with my Nexus. Also I found this from T-Mobile support...
"To access the voicemail main menu, follow these steps:
Note: Make sure you are not roaming when attempting to set up voicemail for the first time.
1.Dial 123 or hold down the 1 key
2.Press Send.
3.Enter the last 4 digits of your mobile number as your voicemail password.
4.Follow the tutorial to set up your voicemail password and greeting.
Note:
•If you decline to set up the voicemail password and/or greeting, the tutorial plays each time until you set up both the password and greeting. Therefore, it is optimal to activate both features during initial setup."
Also if that doesn't work try calling your cell number from your land line and hit * when you get your voicemail if it lets you.

Are calls to T-Mobile voicemail count toward 100 minutes($30 plan) limit?

awtacular said:
I didn't have any problems with my voicemail. I've had T-Mobile for a while and all I did was get a new sim card and had it activated and my voicemail was working with no problems at all with my Nexus. Also I found this from T-Mobile support...
"To access the voicemail main menu, follow these steps:
Note: Make sure you are not roaming when attempting to set up voicemail for the first time.
1.Dial 123 or hold down the 1 key
2.Press Send.
3.Enter the last 4 digits of your mobile number as your voicemail password.
4.Follow the tutorial to set up your voicemail password and greeting.
Note:
•If you decline to set up the voicemail password and/or greeting, the tutorial plays each time until you set up both the password and greeting. Therefore, it is optimal to activate both features during initial setup."
Also if that doesn't work try calling your cell number from your land line and hit * when you get your voicemail if it lets you.
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I appreciate your help! I definitely thought the same. After contacting T-MO, they said that the feature has been turned off. I have no clue how this has happened when the only change has been me ordering a micro-sim and activating it.. Weird! But all is well..
Again, I truly appreciate your guy's help! You are awesome..

[Q] When making a phone call, only some contacts will use Google voice

I recently got a Nexus 4 to replace my Galaxy Nexus and am trying to set up Google voice. I set it to make all calls using my Google voice number, which is how I had it set up on my old phone. When I call certain contacts, it works perfectly and uses my GV number. Other contacts don't work. When I select a number for them, it goes to the dialer with the number already filled in. However the call is already started in the background and uses my real phone number instead of the GV number.
I've tried uninstalling GV and re-installing and the same thing happened. I've also tried setting GV to ask me whether to use GV for each call. In that case, the contacts that worked before still worked. The ones that didn't give me the popup to choose, however the call is already started in the background using the wrong number.
It seems like the 6 or 7 numbers in my contacts list that have a 919 area code are the ones that don't work properly. All the other numbers I tried worked correctly. I'm really confused.
I've been using GV for years and never had this issue. Anyone have any ideas?

ctmay4 said:
I recently got a Nexus 4 to replace my Galaxy Nexus and am trying to set up Google voice. I set it to make all calls using my Google voice number, which is how I had it set up on my old phone. When I call certain contacts, it works perfectly and uses my GV number. Other contacts don't work. When I select a number for them, it goes to the dialer with the number already filled in. However the call is already started in the background and uses my real phone number instead of the GV number.
I've tried uninstalling GV and re-installing and the same thing happened. I've also tried setting GV to ask me whether to use GV for each call. In that case, the contacts that worked before still worked. The ones that didn't give me the popup to choose, however the call is already started in the background using the wrong number.
It seems like the 6 or 7 numbers in my contacts list that have a 919 area code are the ones that don't work properly. All the other numbers I tried worked correctly. I'm really confused.
I've been using GV for years and never had this issue. Anyone have any ideas?
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Hmmm... The ones that won't go through GV don't match a valid pattern for some reason, therefore the go out the standard dialer. I would verify that the number has all 10 or 11 (with +1) digits with no extra characters like spaces. I just put a random 919 number in my contacts and tried it and it worked fine via GV.
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acejavelin said:
Hmmm... The ones that won't go through GV don't match a valid pattern for some reason, therefore the go out the standard dialer. I would verify that the number has all 10 or 11 (with +1) digits with no extra characters like spaces. I just put a random 919 number in my contacts and tried it and it worked fine via GV.
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Very interesting. I added changed the number from
(xxx) xxx-xxxx
to
1 (xxx) xxx-xxxx
And now Google voice works correctly. There are still a few things I don't understand.
1. I don't have the +1 for any other of my out of state phone numbers and they work fine.
2. Before I got my Nexus 4, these same numbers worked fine though Google voice on my Galaxy Nexus.
At least I know a workaround now. Thanks.

ctmay4 said:
Very interesting. I added changed the number from
(xxx) xxx-xxxx
to
1 (xxx) xxx-xxxx
And now Google voice works correctly. There are still a few things I don't understand.
1. I don't have the +1 for any other of my out of state phone numbers and they work fine.
2. Before I got my Nexus 4, these same numbers worked fine though Google voice on my Galaxy Nexus.
At least I know a workaround now. Thanks.
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Very odd... All my contacts are (NPA) NXX-XXXX and never had an issue.
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acejavelin said:
Very odd... All my contacts are (NPA) NXX-XXXX and never had an issue.
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I don't understand why these specific numbers don't work now but did before. However I am glad I now have a workaround. Thanks for your help.

[Q] No more native SIP support?

Hi all,
Just got my Note 4 from Telus. Seems like the native SIP support in the phone app has been removed. Anyway to restore it? Or maybe I just missed it?
Thanks.

Hello
I'm having the same issue Call settings menu there're no SIP settings :S
TIA
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dtorreci said:
Hello
I'm having the same issue Call settings menu there're no SIP settings :S
TIA
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I installed SIP Switch Widget. It allows you to access the SIP settings and easily enable/disable SIP calling.

crimsondr said:
Hi all,
Just got my Note 4 from Telus. Seems like the native SIP support in the phone app has been removed. Anyway to restore it? Or maybe I just missed it?
Thanks.
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https://www.google.nl/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=google sip note 4 xda

Shame that Samsung disabled it. I'm on T-Mobile version of Galaxy Note 4. With this SIP widget, I was able to bring up the account setup page. But I still could not make calls through VOIP. WTF

No more SIP after Lollipop
After Lollipop Update unfortunately Sip Widget stops working as well. Anyone out there with a working soution? Native support preferred... Thanx!

It seems to be a API change on lollipop. SIP Switch Widget is aware of that (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siebeck.sipswitch).
So there is still hope.

Native SIP on a Samsung Phone
Hi All, I've had a problem trying to locate the native sip details on my Samsung mobile and could not find it in the normal place, after much searching on the internet everyone was suggesting installing a third party app I wasn't keen on that.
After a few days playing around with the phone, I managed to find it, you will need to trick the phone below is how i done it
1. you will need go on you pc, open up your browser, go to the google page then sign into you gmail account that is associated the phone
2 then click Gmail on the left hand side clickGmail then select contacts
3. you will then need to create a new contact for example 'Office' in the phone field type 'Extension [email protected] or dns name', ie [email protected] or [email protected], then save
4. Now go into you phones contacts, you will see the contact Office now dial it, then phone will then say there is internet call setting you will need to add it, add all the required details and press save, wait till the phone says registered if not edit and check the details. Once this section of the settings gone there is no way to find it again so be careful
To make a sip call you will need to log on to google via a browser and add a new phone details under an existing name or create new details 'Extension [email protected] or dns name'
This works for me and I hope it works for you
Gehric from GT-Systems :good:
gt-systems.co.uk

Thank you for this guide
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GT-systems said:
Hi All, I've had a problem trying to locate the native sip details on my Samsung mobile and could not find it in the normal place, after much searching on the internet everyone was suggesting installing a third party app I wasn't keen on that.
After a few days playing around with the phone, I managed to find it, you will need to trick the phone below is how i done it
1. you will need go on you pc, open up your browser, go to the google page then sign into you gmail account that is associated the phone
2 then click Gmail on the left hand side clickGmail then select contacts
3. you will then need to create a new contact for example 'Office' in the phone field type 'Extension [email protected] or dns name', ie [email protected] or [email protected], then save
4. Now go into you phones contacts, you will see the contact Office now dial it, then phone will then say there is internet call setting you will need to add it, add all the required details and press save, wait till the phone says registered if not edit and check the details. Once this section of the settings gone there is no way to find it again so be careful
To make a sip call you will need to log on to google via a browser and add a new phone details under an existing name or create new details 'Extension [email protected] or dns name'
This works for me and I hope it works for you
Gehric from GT-Systems :good:
gt-systems.co.uk
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Worked for me, thanks!
The first time I tried to add the account (I use voip.ms) it didn't allow me to save. I had entered data into a couple of the optional fields. It let me hit discard, so I discarded and added again. This time, I didn't add any optional fields. It accepted my account info and displayed it in the accounts list. I then edited the freshly added SIP account and added the data into the optional fields which it this time let me save.
Damn you Samsung, damn you....

Tried on Verizon Note 3... Worked!
Tried on Verizon Note 3, But I need to change the settings again! Anyway to clear without resetting the phone? What is the file location for the settings? Can we just edit the XML File. I remember doing something like that years ago!
- AdamGreenberg.me @ Centrex.io

Any Idea about same in Note 5?

Probably partly solution
Well, still have no official solution. So I dare to offer you one which works for me:
1. You should to install any app that give you ability to activity access (something like QuickShortcut Maker - sorry can't post links by rules restrictions)
2. Run it and find there in activities dropdown menu: Phone "com.android.phone", and there: Phone "Sip Settings (com.android.phone/com.android.services.telephony.sip.SipSettings)". Tap on it and choose "Create" link.
After these actions you will have ability to manage your SIP accounts.
Tested on SM-N910F 5.1.1
Hope it will help you folks and burn in hell Samsung for these disrespectful jokes.

It is no longer a problem after the 6.0.1 update

Note 4 sip client on Marshmallow 6.0.1
rsd2000 said:
It is no longer a problem after the 6.0.1 update
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Do you mean the sip client is now available on the note 4 after upgrading to marshmallow 6.0.1?

Seadoftj said:
Do you mean the sip client is now available on the note 4 after upgrading to marshmallow 6.0.1?
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Yes.

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Yes.
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Hi,
Sorry to bother you but what version ROM are you using?
I've updated to N910FXXS1DQC3 which is 6.0.1 and I still can't seem to access the SIP menu without the workaround.
Also, it seems broken to me as outgoing calls are making a loud static sound while incoming calls are fine.
Thanks.

N910cxxu1dp1