Android :- Google voice India

How to activate google voice account for myself ?  After tolling hours on net to find the procedure for getting a google voice account for myself (in India) , I finally got something  nice from Harsh Agrawal’s article at http://www.callingallgeeks.org/how-to-get-google-voice-account-india-country-world/ . After following all the procedure from the articles , I was finally able to get a free US based phone number from Redmond   and a Google voice account .  This blog is just a short description of my experience  based on Harsh article. As described I signed up for Tpad account (https://secure.tpad.com/signup/) and provided my mail address and a password. After setting up an account with Tpad, I got a  mail , providing me with a Tpad number (SIP number) and Tpad proxy  “sipx.tpad.com” (SIP proxy) .

Next step was to download Softphone (Ninja Lite)  app and install it, download link is provided within received mail . Starting softphone app will ask for Tpad number and password, Tpad number is SIP number we received via mail and password is the same password we used to create Tpad account. Next step is to sign up for IPkall account (http://phone.ipkall.com/) , information required are Tpad number (SIP) and Tpad proxy (SIP) that we received in mail  from Tpad account creation. After finishing the IPkall account creation we will receive mail from IPkall having a US based IPkall number  and our SIP number and SIP proxy associated with it. So far so good.

Next we have to set up a google voice account that will need a US based number and also for me google voice is not available in my home country (India). To get hold of google voice website in regions where it is not available we have to use proxy , I downloaded the UltraSurf proxy client and it worked for me. Using proxy I was able to get to google voice site . Google Voice website asks  us to choose a google voice number based on area  code or phrase. I choose Redmond as area code and selected a google number from available numbers.  After first step site ask us to set a four digit PIN number and then ask us to set a call forwarding number. Set call forwarding number,  the number we got from IPkall confirmation mail (US based number).  After setting the call forwarding number , google voice site ask us to make a call via google number that is forwarded to the IPkall number .

To test the google number keep the softphone (Ninja Lite) on. Select make a call from google website option , option also show us a two digit number that we have to dial on out softphone when we receive a google forwarded call. When we receive google forwarded call and after dialling the code we will be asked for a sample voice recording and a greeting voice recording , after finishing this step our google voice account is activated.

After activating the Google voice number , visit the m.google.com/voice on your android mobile phone . There is download link for installing the google voice application on your android mobile from android market.

After installing the google voice application , start the google voice application from your mobile. Login to your google voice account. At application start-up you will be given option for registering the google voice number or your exsisting phone  number for your android phone. Select the IPKall number that we received from IPKall registration as done through above said procedure (253**************).   After providing the phone number we will be asked for configuration of voicemail. After going through all the step google voice application wizard is completed. Soon we will get a voice mail from the google voice , confirming the completion of  setup for google voice on our android mobile.

Now with our google voice account set up we can call a another google voice number configured same way as our android phone.