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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.
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Switch
(Press to switch between the front and rear camera)
Headphones
(Transfers audio between earpieces to speaker)
End call
Video calls
fring's DVQ™ (dynamic video quality) technology adjusts to your mobile operator's
bandwidth to give you the best video quality possible and ensure clear audio.
That means that rather than getting a standardized, basic call quality, you get the
optimized video call based on your particular bandwidth.
Video calls are supported to fring contacts using fring on supported devices.
To initiate a video call open My Friends, choose a fring contact you wish to call
and press the Blue Video Call Button.
Figure 9 – Initiate call Figure 10 – Video Call screen
During a video call you’ll have these options:
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Group video calls
With fring you’ll be able to video chat simultaneously with up to 3 fring contacts on
supported devices.
To initiate a video call open My Friends, choose the first fring contact you wish to
call and press the Purple Group Video Button.
Figure 11 – Initiate call
Once the call has initiated, you’ll see a split screen with your camera’s output in the
bottom left corner. Each buddy that answers the call will be added to the screen.
Figure 12 – Group video call initiated Figure 13 – Split screen with 4 friends
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To add a friend to the call press the ‘+’ button in the bottom of the screen call.
You’ll then be directed to My Friends, where you’ll be able to choose the contact
you want to add to the group.
Figure 14 – Add buddies to the group video
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Receiving calls in fring
fring allows you to both make and receive voice and video calls using your internet
connection.
To receive a fring call
A call screen appears with the nickname of the caller. Press Accept.
Figure 15 – Incoming Call Figure 16 – Incoming Call
Figure 17 – Incoming Call
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Chatting in fring
fring lets you chat with your contacts using instant messaging. You can chat with one or
more of your contacts simultaneously.
Figure 18 – Chat screen
To initiate a chat:
1. From My Friends, select the contact you want to chat with and press the Yellow
Chat Button.
2. In the text entry area, write your message and press the Blue envelope icon.
To navigating between chats
If you choose to have two or more chats simultaneously, each will have a separate tab.
Navigate between the chats by going to 'More' and select 'GoTo'.
To view offline chat messages
Chat messages can be received even when you are offline. If you have received a
message, it will appear on your 'GoTo' tab when you open fring.
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Figure 19 – GoTo tab
To end a chat:
Press the Back button on the chat screen or go to the GoTo tab and press the
Delete icon.
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fringOut
In addition to fring's free services of calling, video calling and chatting to other fringsters
for free, fringOut lets users call friends not yet on fring for almost-free. fring users can
call landlines and mobile phones from 1c/minute.
Purchase fringOut credit
To purchase fringOut credit, select the ‘fringOut’ icon at the top right hand side of
fring's contact list. You can choose between a Pay as you go and a Monthly
Subscription.
Figure 20 – accessing fringOut
Once you press on one of the above options, a confirmation pop-up will appear
where you approve you want to use your iTunes account and associated credit card
to make the purchase. To proceed, select Buy.
To learn more about fringOut and to view and manage your fringOut usage, press on
My fringOut account, or go to http://fringOut.fring.com
Figure 21 – iTunes confirmation pop-up
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On a call
Unread chat event
Available / Online
Busy
N/A
Offline
Options and settings
Profiles and contact features
Statuses
The following statuses are displayed in My Friends:
Adding a new fring contact
You can search for a fring contact by his fring user ID
To search for a fring contact in the fring network:
1. From the Tabs bar choose More.
2. Choose the Add new friend option.
Figure 22 – Add new friend
Type in the fring User ID of the friend you'd like to add and select Add, or select a
contact from your phone book.
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Your profile
In fring you can edit and manage your profile.
Figure 23 – Profile tab
To access your profile in fring:
Select the 'Profile' tab.
To edit your profile:
1. Choose the 'Camera' icon to edit your profile picture.
2. Change your ‘Mood text’.
3. Choose your 'Full name' as it will appear in your friend’s fring.
4. Choose your International Phone Number and Email.
The Email and phone number are required for password retrieval purposes. They will
also help your friends to easily find you in fring.
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Contacts' profiles
You can also view and manage your friends' profiles.
You can see their details, their online/offline status and their current mood message.
Figure 24 – User's profile
To access a friend’s profile select a friend from My Friends.
To rename the nickname of your friend, tap the nickname field.
Figure 25 – Renaming friend
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Outgoing call
(blue up arrow)
Missed call
(red down arrow)
Incoming call
(green down arrow)
History
The history menu keeps a record of every incoming or outgoing voice event in fring.
You can access it by selecting the ‘History’ tab.
Figure 26 - History
The icons on the left side represent the following events:
Note: If you have chosen to display your phone contacts in fring, voice events from
your phone also appear in the history menu.
To view the details of each event, press the green icon on the right.
To clear the entire list of history records press Clear and select Clear History.
Figure 27 - Event Details
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Searching My Friends
You can browse My Friends to find friends quickly.
To find a contact:
1. Choose the Magnifying glass icon on the top right corner of My Friends
screen.
2. Start typing the name of your friend.
The list is filtered according to the characters you have typed.
Logging out of your fring account
In fring you can log out of your account.
To log out of your fring account:
1. From the Tabs bar choose More.
2. Choose the Log out option.
3. Read the message and select Log out.
You have logged out of your fring account. To login as a new or as an existing fring
user, please follow the instructions described in the "Login procedure" part of this guide.
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Subscribing to your Add-ons
Setting up Add-ons in fring enables you to connect with users from different networks
(e.g., MSN Messenger, Gtalk, ICQ, SIP etc).
Figure 28 –Add-ons menu
To login to an Add-on:
1. Click on 'More', select 'Add-ons' and choose the service from the list, The
following screen appears:
Figure 29 – Subscribe to an Add-on
The Add-on selection screen appears and you can see a green "V" sign which
states the subscription was successful.
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To login to a SIP service:
1. Click on 'More', select 'Add-ons' and choose 'SIP' from the list, The following
screen appears:
Figure 30 – Select SIP Service
2. Choose your SIP provider from the list. If your SIP provider is not listed, choose
Other.
Multitasking with fring
Using the iPhone's iOS4 multitasking capability, fring can work in the background while
you do other stuff with your device.
When you would like to hide fring, press the Home button once.
To bring fring to the front, press the Home button twice, and select the fring icon:
Figure 31 – More tab
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While fring is hidden, when a contact will send you a chat message or try to call you,
you'll receive these notifications:
Figure 32 – Missed chat notification Figure 33 – Missed call notification
If you choose View/Answer, fring will launch and you'll see the incoming chat message
or will be able to answer the call (either audio or video call).
Exiting fring
If you don't want to stay online and want to exit fring, press the Home button twice,
tap and hold the fring icon for a couple of seconds and select the Exit button.
When you'll exit fring, you will not appear to your contacts as Online. The next time
you'll run fring, you will once again be available and appear Online to your contacts.
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Address Book Options
The address book settings allow you to control the look of your phone's address book
appearance and utilization within fring's contact list.
To control the appearance of your phone contacts in the list,
Go to More > Add-ons > Address Book.
Figure 34 – Address Book Options
If Show phone contacts is set to Off, your phone contacts are currently hidden. To
show them, choose On.
If Find phone contacts option is enabled, fring will notify you when your phone contacts
become fring users. Disabling this option will prevent fring from notifying you about
contacts that become fringsters.
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fring's settings
There are several settings which can be altered in fring.
To access fring settings:
1. On your Spring Board, select Settings.
2. From the list of applications choose fring.
Figures 35-38 – fring settings
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Available settings
2. fring mood message – 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. You
can disable this feature here.
3. 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.
Hiding or showing offline contacts
You can choose if you'd like your offline contacts to appear on you’re My Friends.
To select whether offline contacts are displayed or not:
1. If Show offline buddies is set to Off, your offline buddies are currently
hidden. To show them, choose On.
Thank you for becoming a fringster
We welcome your comments and suggestions and hope you enjoy fring!
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