Originally Posted by dear_theophilus (Post 930371)

I think my problem had to do with my wireless connection. Do you need an internet connection to make calls with TOR?

Originally Posted by dear_theophilus (Post 930371)

I think my problem had to do with my wireless connection. Do you need an internet connection to make calls with TOR?

Originally Posted by asasan (Post 930315)

The problem with confusing these two fields (by the users AND apparently the programmer, Mr. Page) is that when you send SMS with this app, it uses the screen name as ID which if a call back number is used (as you are suggesting one should) then a call back number that is unfamiliar for the receiving end will be shown.

In other words, when I am texting someone, I would like them to see my number as GV number, but they see an unknown callback number (to them) which I am forced to use as screen name by your design. When I put my GV number as screen name, of course nothing works even if I have the correct callback number in the forward field.

The forward number should be what it says, i.e., callback number. And the screen name should be able to take any string as in username, alias, or at least GV number as a caller ID.

Originally Posted by epage (Post 930419)

Yes you do. TOR uses the internet connection to tell GV to start a call.

Originally Posted by dear_theophilus (Post 930844)

I actually can't figure out how to sms at all yet, using TOR. When I go to start a new sms and click to get a list of contacts, it says I have no contacts (even though if I check under 'my contacts', it displays everyone just fine). Should I not be using Conversations to sms?

I think my problem is caused because I'm only allowed to sms to a 'cell' number, and all my contacts are 'google voice' numbers... How is it you sms?

Originally Posted by epage (Post 930851)

According to Maemo, you are sending an IM and not a sms. I dislike that they made that distinguishment.

Originally Posted by dear_theophilus (Post 930878)

Weird. I guess my question now would be if I have a contact with a cell number and an IM account, how does it know whether to text or IM, if I'm only selecting the IM button?

Originally Posted by dear_theophilus (Post 930922)

You've been really helpful, thank you! I think I only have one more problem--
It seems to think every contact I import is a google voice number, instead of a cell or home number. One of my GV contacts, for example, had 2 cells and one house number, but it imported as 3 different contacts, and lost the cell vs home information. Is this an error with my inputting the google contact in the first place, or maybe a TOR setting I could change?