Fring for iPhone and iPod Touch - 5.x.x.x User Guide

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Installation and User Guide

fring version 5.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

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

Calling in fring ............................................................................ 7

Voice calls .................................................................................. 7

Video calls ............................................................................... 10

Group video calls ...................................................................... 11

Receiving calls in fring ............................................................... 13

Chatting in fring .......................................................................... 14

fringOut ........................................................................................ 16

Purchase fringOut credit ............................................................... 16

Options and settings ....................................................................... 17

Profiles and contact features ......................................................... 17

Statuses .................................................................................. 17

Adding a new fring contact ......................................................... 17

Your profile .............................................................................. 18

Contacts' profiles ...................................................................... 19

History ....................................................................................... 20

Searching My Friends ................................................................ 21

Logging out of your fring account .................................................. 21

Subscribing to your Add-ons ......................................................... 22

Multitasking with fring .................................................................. 23

Exiting fring ................................................................................ 24

Address Book Options .................................................................. 25

fring's settings ............................................................................ 26

Available settings ...................................................................... 27

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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 friends and their presence
status (e.g. online, offline). This list shows the names of your fringster friends and
contacts from other networks.

Figure 1 – Group video call in fring

From My Friends you can navigate between your friends, 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 from this link: www.fring.com/iphone.

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

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’ application.

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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Calling in fring

In fring you have three call options:

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

Voice calls

 To call a fring/Add-on contact:

1. Select My Friends in the bottom of the screen; choose a friend you wish to call

and press the Green Call Button.

Figure 4 – Initiate call

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

Figure 5 – Call screen

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 To call a phone contact:

1. Open My Friends 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 6 - 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 7 – Dialer

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2. Click the flag icon and select the country you would like to call.

Figure 8 – Choosing country

3. Dial the number and choose the method you would like to use to make the call

(SIP/fringOut).

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

Note: To call phone numbers, you’ll need a SIP service, or fringOut credits. You can

learn more about fringOut later in this guide.