Nokia 5800 Help Guide: Making free calls to US Toll Free numbers using SIP

Nokia 5800 Help Guide: Making free calls to US Toll Free numbers using SIP

In this post, i will be guiding you on how to make free calls to all the US Toll Free (+1800) numbers from your Nokia 5800. This will be helpful for all the people who in someway have a US product in their home and stay in a different country. I myself have a printer from US and never tried calling the customer support because i have to make an international call for this. I once had a serious issue with PayPal and needed to call their toll free number in US. Such ISD call requirements would incur me a a huge cost if i were to call using my mobile phone. But now, i can call these numbers anytime free of cost.

Prerequisites -
Download Nimbuzz
Register for an account at Nimbuzz FREE SERVICE
Register for an account at Voxalot FREE SERVICE (Use referral ID: 223487)

1. Install Nimbuzz on your phone. This is required because we will be using Nimbuzz as the SIP client because Nokia 5800 does not come with an inbuilt SIP client. Voxalot is a free SIP service provider which allows you to make free calls to the number starting with 800 in the USA. Typical format of a toll free number in USA is +1-800-373-3411.

2. Assuming that you have installed the Nimbuzz client and also registered with Voxalot/Nimbuzz, the next step is to launch Nimbuzz and configure SIP.

Log in to Nimbuzz after creating a free account with Nimbuzz

3. Launch Nimbuzz and login. Select Options -> Settings

Select Options -> Settings

4. From the Settings Menu select -VoIP Provider Settings.

Select VoIP Provider Settings option

5. In the VoIP Provider Settings Menu, you will notice that the selected option is NimbuzzOut. Change this option. To change this option you need to select 'Add SIP'. From the SIP list select 'Other' option. You will see the fields for the custom SIP provider settings. Key in the Voxalot credentials.

Double tap VoIP Provider

Select Add SIP

Select 'Other'

username is 'userid@voxalot.com' and proxy server is 'us.voxalot.com'

6. Tap on Save and you should be able to see the 'Account successfully activated' message. Also, verify that the 'SIP Other' in the SIP list says 'Active' otherwise you cannot make free calls.

Account successfully activated

Verify the 'SIP Other' -> 'Active' status

7. Now we are good to go, go to the Nimbuzz dialler and try dialling any US Toll Free number and you should be able to make a call.

Dial the Toll Free Number

Call connected successfully

Now, a wise thinking here is not to use your 3G data connection and better to use WiFi otherwise it beats the whole idea. So enjoy free calls to all the US Toll Free number from anywhere in the world on your Nokia 5800. Do post in your comments about this small and simple help guide. Also, visit the http://techboyarena.blogspot.com/ for more suggestions and answers to your everyday tech queries about Nokia 5800.