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#1221
Originally Posted by heavyt View Post
Could you please explain what the advantages/disadvantages of TOR and Dialcentral (N8XX). Sorry to be so dense but I can't see the need for TOR, thank you.
DC is nice if you don't want battery drain. It will not react unless you do something to it. It has support for broadcast SMSs (could be added to TOR at a later point). It supports csv files for contact lists.

TOR is meant to be "integrated". I get to re-use the builtin texting and dialing UI. One good thing about this is I take advantage of any UI work they do. TOR has support for notifications. It will periodically check for new SMS messages and voicemails. For SMS, the time to next check grows geometrically but is reset on receiving or sending a message. Voicemails are automatically checked for after calls.

On Maemo 5, on regular contacts with a TEL field there is a TOR call button (I've filed bugs to Nokia about there not being a TOR SMS button).

I hope I didn't miss antyhing
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
For one thing TOR's IM/SMS is inside the conversations UI. And you can make phone calls from the contacts or phone application. It also doesn't require keeping DC open. Though both have their strongpoints depending on what you want.
Thank you for the info
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#1223
Do I have an enterprising soul that would like to try proxy support?

Attached are "dc_glade.py" and "browser_emu.py".
  • sudo gainroot
  • Place these files at /usr/lib/dialcentral/dc_glade.py and /usr/lib/dialcentral/backends/browser_emu.py (I think)
  • Launch DC with and without a proxy, including swapping between connections while it is running.

EDIT: FIles now attached
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I'm new to google voice and dialcentral. My question is we need to have internet access on the phone, either through wifi or some data plan, before we can use dialcentral, right?
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Originally Posted by ddwalker View Post
I'm new to google voice and dialcentral. My question is we need to have internet access on the phone, either through wifi or some data plan, before we can use dialcentral, right?
Thanks.
Yes.

Long answer:
DC and TOR work by sending network requests to the GV servers to make the phone call on behalf of the user.
GV then calls the user at a pre-determined phone.
Once the user picks up, GV then calls the other party.

The part that needs network traffic - over WLAN or a data plan - is the network request sent to GV to make a phone call.
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Addison and I both hit an error "'0'"' this last week when opening a text from a new contact. I'm uploading a fix to the autobuilder now.
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Installed the version 1.1.9-0 today and it will not run!
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Originally Posted by Den in USA View Post
Installed the version 1.1.9-0 today and it will not run!
Yeah, well, I said I sent it to the auto-builder, I didn't say I've had a chance to run what it built.

I already hit it this morning and know exactly what to fix (its related to optification).

I didn't expect anyone to run it yet so I didn't post here.
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Originally Posted by epage View Post
Yeah, well, I said I sent it to the auto-builder, I didn't say I've had a chance to run what it built.

I already hit it this morning and know exactly what to fix (its related to optification).

I didn't expect anyone to run it yet so I didn't post here.
It has become "habit" for me to install all the latest updates. For 32 years I have been checking for software "bugs" in our medical products. The "baby blue" colored ventilator on the "House" medical TV series is our "top of the line".
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Originally Posted by epage View Post
Addison and I both hit an error "'0'"' this last week when opening a text from a new contact. I'm uploading a fix to the autobuilder now.
Actually, I have been getting that error for quite some time but always thought the contact number was special or different for some reason.

Thanks for trying to clear this for us, Ed!

Hey Den, what medical products does your company make?

Just curious.
 
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