Installation and User Guide fring version 4.
Table of Contents Table of Contents ..........................................................................................2 Introduction .................................................................................................3 Using fring ...................................................................................................4 Getting started ....................................................................................... 4 Registering to fring ................................
Introduction About fring fring™ is a mobile internet service & community that enables you to interact with your friends on-the-go, including free voice and video calls, live chat with fring users, as well as other networks. fring also lets you make affordable local and international calls to landlines and regular cellular numbers using fringOut™ .By using fring, you'll not only make your phone more useful, you can also save money. This guide will help you get started.
Using fring Getting started Registering to fring Once the installation is complete, you are now ready to select your fring User ID and password.
If this is your first use of fring, please choose your fring User ID and Password, and select 'Next'. Follow the instructions on the following screen: Figure 4 – Account setup The registration screen allows you to select your user-ID and the password you will use to access your fring account. The Email address isn’t required, but is needed to retrieve your password in case you will lose it.
Address book importing After the registration process, you can choose whether or not you’d like fring to import your contacts, and to automatically find fring users according to your handset’s address book. The 2 features are enabled by default.
Statuses The following statuses are displayed in the buddy list: On a call Unread chat event Available / Online Busy N/A Offline Making calls Figure 6 – Call menu fring lets you make all of your calls directly from the fring main screen by importing all of your phone contacts to your fring's buddy list. Searching your buddy list You can browse your buddy list to find contacts quickly. To find a contact: Start typing the name of your contact.
Making a voice call to a buddy list contact To call a Contact: 1. Choose the user-id of the person you want to call and check that the user is online. Press the green button on your phone 2. After a short time, a dialing sound is heard. If your contact answers the call, your screen will display the name of the contact and a "Call in progress" message.
Making a voice call to phone numbers To make a call to a phone number: 1. Choose a contact in your address book and press Options using your left soft key. 2. From the Call submenu, choose fringOut\SIP\cellular call, depending on the calling method you prefer. Notes: To initiate a call to a landline (or a non-fring user) using fring, make sure to purchase fringOut or SIP credits.
Figure 9 – Video Call screen During a Video Call, the following options are available: Options – allow you to end the current call by choosing 'Hang-up' or to navigate through the tabs by choosing 'Go to'. Navigate left or right – continue an open chat session or navigate to your buddy list. Volume control – use the joystick up and down to control the volume level of the incoming voice. Loudspeaker/Handset – turn the loudspeaker on and off.
Figure 10 – Incoming Video Call Chatting fring lets you chat with your contacts using instant messaging. You can chat with one or more of your contacts simultaneously. As always, dictionary, number, symbol and language options are available.
To initiate a chat: 1. From your buddy list, select the contact you want to chat with and press Options using the left soft key. Tip: for easy access to the chat screen you can change the default "joystick in" action, see the Personalize section in this guide. 2. Select Chat from the Options menu. The chat screen appears. In the text entry area, write your message and press your joystick in to send the message.
fringOut fringOut allows users to call any phone number for almost-free. fring users can call landlines and mobile phones from 1c/minute.
When you see this screen this means you are logged in to fringOut. In order to use fringOut you'll need to purchase some fringOut credit. Purchasing fringOut credit can be done either via your mobile phone or through our website. The next part of the guide will explain how to purchase fringOut credit via fring on your mobile phone. To purchase credit through our website, please refer to this part of the guide.
Figure 15 – Credit card details Please note: CW2 is the 3 digit number at the back of your credit card. fring will execute your transaction. Please read the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy.
Figure 17 – Payment confirmation You are now ready to make your first fringOut call! Making a fringOut call Using fringOut you can either make calls to your phone contacts or dial a number which is not on your buddy list. Making a call to a phone contact To make a fringOut call, highlight a phone contact and select Options -> Call -> fringOut call. Figure 18 – Highlighted phone contact Figure 19 – Initiate a fringOut call Make sure you are using the international format and press OK.
Figure 20– initiate a call Figure 21 – Call starting Calling someone not in your buddy list To call a random number, highlight the fring test call buddy and select Options -> Call -> fringOut call.
Options and settings Profiles My profile Fring allows you to access and change your profile and the information available to your fring contacts through their buddy lists. Figure 23 – My profile To start editing your profile, click on Options > My profile > Edit my profile > Options > and choose Update picture / Update mood text / Change nickname. Contacts’ profile If you want to view one of your contact’s profiles, highlight the buddy in the buddy list and click on ‘View Profile’.
Signing In to an Add-On You can subscribe for Add-ons or sign-in as a different user at any time. When you’re signed in to an add-on, you’ll be able to see all the networks’ buddies in your fring buddy list and chat with them. To subscribe to an Add-on or to sign-in as a different user: 1. Navigate to the Add-ons Tab by pressing the right arrow on your handset or by choosing Options --> Go to --> Add-ons. Figure 24 – Add-on Selection 2.
Adding a SIP Service If you have an account with a SIP provider, you can also use it on fring. To add a SIP service: 1. Navigate to the Add-ons Tab by clicking Options > Go to > Add-ons Figure 25 - Service Selection 2. Navigate between the options using the up and down arrows on your handset. Choose SIP from the list (press your joystick in to select items in the list). The following screen appears: Figure 26 – Select SIP Service 3. Choose your SIP provider from the list.
The following screen appears: Figure 27 – SIP Service Setup 4. Enter your SIP credentials and press Subscribe using your left soft key. You are logged into your SIP Service and should now be able to make outgoing calls through your SIP provider. You have successfully completed the registration and added the Add-Ons you chose. You are now ready to make your first call. History tab The history tab keeps a record of every incoming or outgoing voice event in fring.
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 tab. The Options menu in this screen allows you to: File transfer fring enables you to exchange files with your contacts. To send a file from your handset to one of your contacts: 1. From the buddy list, select the contact you want to send the file to and press Options. 2.
Figure 30 – Transfers tab Connectivity settings The connectivity settings menu can be found in the general settings menu, which is accedd by pressing ‘options’ > ‘settings’. It includes all the preferences regarding your internet connection. Change connection To manually change your fring connection 1. Select Options > Change Connection or Options > Settings > Connectivity > Change Connection. 2. You can choose your desired Access point from the results.
Note: If fring is unable to connect using the chosen Access point you'll have an option to let fring search automatically for the best access point from the phone's list. Available WLAN networks To search for available Wireless LAN on fring: 1. Select Options > Settings > Connectivity > Search for WLAN. 2. You can then choose your desired WLAN from the results. Figure 32 – Available WLANs 3. Choose the WLAN which you would like to use and press Options > Select with your left soft key.
Figure 33 – Connection preference Access Point Group The AP-Group Management stores a list of Access Points you would like to use repeatedly. This option allows you to easily prioritize the way fring connects to the internet. If you've successfully connected to fring using a specific Access point, you can choose whether you'd like to add this Access point to the group. In the AP group you can click on 'Options' 'Move down/up' to change the priority of a specific Access point.
Privacy settings You can change a few privacy settings in the following menu: Figure 35 – Privacy settings 1. Show fring signature – fring adds periodic signature to your MSN/Google talk messages to let your friends know that you're using your mobile on fring and therefore typing slowly. If you disable this here the signature will not appear. 2. Show fring mood msg. – Once you're logged in with your MSN/Google talk on fring your mood message will be changed so your friends will know that you're on fring.
Personalize settings Allow you to modify personal options: Figure 36 – Personalize setting 1. Phone address book - Showing and hiding your phone contacts. 2. Offline buddies - Showing and hiding your offline buddies. 3. Automatic start - allows you to choose whether you'd like fring to open automatically when you start your handset. 4. System application - When enabled fring will act as a system application. 5. Language - Change fring's language from the available languages in the list. 6.
