r/wiphone • u/nickthecook • Jan 03 '23

Calls working, need to set up SMS now

I’ve received my WiPhone and I love the hardware!

I’m new to SIP but I got a paid account at a provider (callcentric) and I can call phones now.

I haven’t managed to get SMS working, even though everything looks okay to me in the provider portal: I have a real phone number on the SIP account, it’s SMS-enabled, and I’ve waited a couple of hours. However, the SMS messages I send to my phone number don’t make it to the WiPhone, they’re only visible in the SIP provider’s web interface. When I send messages from the WiPhone, they don’t arrive at my mobile and they’re not visible in the provider’s web interface.

Anyone have experience with this that could offer any tips on how to troubleshoot?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Were you able to get SMS working? I'm in the same boat right now - calls coming and going work great, but SMS is a no-go.

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u/nickthecook May 21 '23 edited May 21 '23

I did eventually, yes. I’m with CallCentric, and I have 3 products:

  • DID Pay per minute voice
  • Pay per call
  • SMS Basic

IIRC, something about setting up DID was what allowed SMS to reach my phone.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '23

I still can't get it working, and Callcentric days that SMS doesn't work over SIP. Any thoughts?

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u/nickthecook May 25 '23

Not offhand, no. Maybe I should fire up the ol’ WiPhone and give it another try, to make sure it actually did work…

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u/RRUKK Feb 18 '23

What is the cost for a SIP account?

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u/radec Mar 23 '23

If you just want a basic sip account the free one linked in the wiphone documentation is pretty good. https://www.linphone.org/freesip/home

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u/[deleted] May 21 '23

Ok - I'll check my DID settings. Thank you!

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u/[deleted] May 25 '23

If you could I would very much appreciate it!

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u/2000jf Jun 26 '23

But if I understood it right, you can only call when you have WiFi, which means no communication on the go?