Fring for iPhone and iPod Touch - 4.x.x.x User Guide

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Installation and User Guide

fring version 4.x.x.x

For iPhone / iPod touch

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ............................................................................. 2

Introduction ..................................................................................... 3

About fring ................................................................................... 3

System Requirements .................................................................... 4

Using fring ....................................................................................... 5

Getting Started ............................................................................. 5

Registering to fring ..................................................................... 5

Making your first fring call............................................................ 7

Statuses .................................................................................... 7

Adding a new fring contact ........................................................... 8

Calling in fring ............................................................................... 9

Voice calls .................................................................................. 9

Video calls ............................................................................... 12

Group video calls ...................................................................... 13

Receiving calls in fring ............................................................... 15

Chatting in fring .......................................................................... 16

fringOut ........................................................................................ 18

Purchase fringOut credit ............................................................... 18

Options and settings ....................................................................... 20

Profiles ....................................................................................... 20

Your profile .............................................................................. 20

Contacts' profiles ...................................................................... 21

History ....................................................................................... 22

Buddy list options ........................................................................ 23

Searching your buddy list .......................................................... 23

Merge buddies .......................................................................... 24

Logging out of your fring account .................................................. 25

Subscribing to your Add-ons ......................................................... 26

Multitasking with fring .................................................................. 27

Existing fring ............................................................................... 28

Address Book Options .................................................................. 29

fring's settings ............................................................................ 30

Available settings ...................................................................... 31

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Introduction

About fring

fring™ is a mobile internet service & community that enables you to interact with your
friends on-the-go, including make free calls, group video calls, live chat with fring users,
as well as other networks.

Once you've installed fring, fring's main screen displays your contacts and their presence
status (e.g. online, offline). This list shows the names of your fringster friends and
contacts from other networks.

Figure 1 – buddy list

From the main Buddy list you can navigate between your contacts, find their presence
status and initiate a communication session with them. You may initiate a voice call,
a group video call and have a chat session.

To sum it up, you'll not only make your iPhone more useful, you can also save
money.

This guide will help you get started.

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System Requirements

In order to use our version, you will need:

 Any iOS4 device (iTouch4, iPhone4, iPhone3Gs, or iPad), with iOS 4 or above

installed on it.

 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 SIP or

fringOut credits.

2. In order to make voice calls using the iPod touch you will need the iPod touch 3 or 4 and a

headset or an Apple certified microphone.

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Using fring

Getting Started

Registering to fring

Once the installation is complete, an Installation Complete message appears briefly.
You are now ready to select your fring user ID, password, and full name.

Figure 2 - Registration Screen

If you have already registered with fring, choose 'Login' and enter your existing
credentials to log in (If you forgot your password you can use the password retrieval
'Click here' link at the bottom of the page.

If this is your first use of fring, please choose your fring User ID, Password, and full
name as it will appear in your friends’ contact list.

To continue, select 'Next'.

Note: Passwords must be at least 4 characters.

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Figure 3 – Account Setup

In the Account Setup screen you can fill in your Email, your Phone number, and your
picture. All these details can be changed or added to your profile later on.

The Email and phone number are required for password retrieval purposes. They will
also help your friends to easily find you in fring.

Press ‘Done’ to complete the registration and start using fring.

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On a call

Unread chat event

Available / Online

Busy

N/A

Offline

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. From your buddy list choose the 'fring test call' contact and press the Green

Call Button on the second screen.

The call connects to the test center.

2. Listen to the message and follow the instructions.

Your test is complete!

Figure 4 – fring test call

Statuses

The following statuses are displayed in the Buddy list:

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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 5 – 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.

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Calling in fring

In fring you have three call options:

 Calling your fring/Add-on's contacts from the Buddy list.
 Calling your phone contacts from the Buddy list.
 Calling phone numbers by using the Dialer.

Voice calls

 To call a fring/Add-on contact:

1. Open the fring Buddy list; choose an Add-on contact you wish to call and press

the Green Call Button.

Figure 6 – Initiate call

2. On your screen you can see the call screen. To end the call press End call.

Figure 7 – Call screen

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 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 (fringOut \ SIP). Choose the

method you would like to use and make the call.

Figure 8 - 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 9 – Dialer