http://www.wirelessforums.org/uk-telecom-mobile/threes-skype-system-revealed-how-use-unsupported-phones-94159.html
In the "Skype to SIP on non-Skypephones" thread (message ID
<6cn*SCr+s@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk>) I was musing about how Three's
Skypephone system works. I've just been doing some digging, and can reveal
how I think it can be made to work for phones that Three don't support.
Please note that this is completely untested, but if you want to hear of my
discoveries, read on...
By asking for a download SMS, I found Three's internal site hosting their
Skype clients:
http://ghp.three.co.uk/email/skype/home
(that's in Three's walled garden, so only accessible from the three.co.uk
APN)
You have to play some user agent games, but the client offered when I fake
the N95 is at:
http://download.three.co.uk/un/811/0...SO_Signed.sisx
(also in the walled garden)
Unfortunately I can't make it offer a client when pretending to be an HTC
Hero. It looks like this is only available when bought with phones from
Three, which is rather disappointing.
The N95 client appears to be written by iSkoot, who also do iSkoot for
Skype:
http://www.iskoot.com/products/skype
and indeed, if you download iSkoot for Skype from their website saying you
have an N95 the contents of the SIS file are pretty much identical to the
Three client. This confirms it:
http://www.iskoot.com/blog/2009/01/0...n-the-new-year
I also discover the backend to Three's Skype backend is provided by
iSkoot's KalaidaVoice:
http://www.iskoot.com/products/kalaida
iSkoot says their client works on these phones, which is a much wider list
than Three's:
http://www.iskoot.com/products/skype/devices
....notably lots of Windows Mobile phones, and some early smartphones (Nokia
6680), but I don't spot any Android phones there.
But they have a user manual for iSkoot in the T-Mobile G1. A bit more
digging suggests this has been withdrawn, but you can download it here:
http://dumpytips.blogspot.com/2009/0...ype-on-g1.html
or in this attachment:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442460
If I unzip the .apk I find there's a configuration file
res/raw/startup.properties with:
defaultSkypeHost=http://gw1.iskoot.com
backupHost=isk-bos-app2.iskoot.com
baseUrl=isk-bos-app2.iskoot.com
I assume there's some kind of web service on gw1.iskoot.com which is used
as the signalling channel, and perhaps to indicate the number to call to
pass the voice traffic. The Symbian iSkoot client also has networks.txt
(quoted below) that gives some access points for iSkoot, including those on
various Three networks worldwide.
Indeed, if I use a web browser to hit http://gw1.iskoot.com/ from the
internet and http://mobile.three.co.uk/948
while connected to APN three.co.uk I get the same result - an HTTP return
of:
Interestingly, the settings below refer to an APN of '3', which I hadn't
heard of before. I can indeed connect to that APN and browse to Planet3 etc
as usual. I'm not sure if APN '3' and APN 'three.co.uk' are synonymous or
if they behave differently.
So, if anyone wants to try Three UK Skype on Android, try grabbing the G1
client and setting:
defaultSkypeHost=http://mobile.three.co.uk/948
(and perhaps set backupHost and baseUrl to the same, or delete them, or
something)
From the iSkoot forum http://forum.iskoot.com/
it looks like iSkoot comes in several platforms:
Android (G1 only)
Windows Mobile
BlackBerry
UIQ3
Motorola (RAZR v3 only)
Nokia S60 v2 (6600, 6680, 6682 only)
Nokia S60 v3
Treo
So I'd be very interested if anyone with one of these platforms manages to
tweak the iSkoot client to use the Three settings. According to the forum,
someone has installed the Android version on a Motorola Droid (with a
problem), so even iSkoot's list probably isn't exhaustive. Feedback on the
forum regarding the iSkoot client isn't all positive (eg the silent chat
alerts problem is mentioned), but worth a go.
Now, I wonder if the G1 client can be persuaded to install on the Android
SDK...
Theo
Here's the full list of network settings:
[networks]
net1 = skype
;net2 = gtalk
[skype]
;provider1 = uk
;provider2 = Ireland
;provider3 = Italy
;provider4 = Sweden
;provider5 = Denmark
;provider6 = Australia
;provider7 = Austria
;Provider8 = bosapp2
;provider9 = coretest1
;Provider10 = bosapp3
provider11 = gw1
;provider12 = roshapp1
;provider13 = wins
;provider14 = dev
;provider15 = bladedev4
[gw1]
BASEURL=http://gw1.iskoot.com
LANGUAGE=0
country=universal
apn=__DEFAULT__
label=gw1
[roshapp1]
BASEURL=http://isk-rosh-app1.iskoot.com
LANGUAGE=0
country=universal
apn=__DEFAULT__
label=rosh-app1
[bladedev4]
BASEURL=http://212.199.98.204
LANGUAGE=0
country=universal
apn=__DEFAULT__
label=bladedev4
[dev]
BASEURL=http://dev.iskoot.com
LANGUAGE=0
country = usa
apn=__DEFAULT__
label=dev.iskoot.com
[bosapp2]
BASEURL=http://isk-bos-app2.iskoot.com
LANGUAGE=0
apn=__DEFAULT__
country=universal
label=emulator
[bosapp3]
BASEURL=http://isk-bos-app3.iskoot.com
LANGUAGE=0
APN=__DEFAULT__
country=usa
label=bos-app3
[wins]
BASEURL=http://isk-bos-app1.iskoot.com
LANGUAGE=0
APN=winsock
country=universal
label=emulator
[coretest1]
BASEURL=http://isk-core-test1.iskoot.com
LANGUAGE=0
country = usa
apn=__DEFAULT__
label=core-test1
[uk]
BASEURL=http://mobile.three.co.uk/948
LANGUAGE=0
APN=3
country=uk
label=3 UK
[Ireland]
BASEURL=http://mobile.3ireland.ie/948
LANGUAGE=0
APN=3
country=ireland
label=3 Ireland
[Italy]
BASEURL=http://skype.tre.it
LANGUAGE=4
APN=3
country=italy
label=3 Italia
[sweden]
BASEURL=http://mobil.tre.se/skypecs
LANGUAGE=5
APN=[apnlist]
country=sweden
label=3 Sverige
[denmark]
BASEURL=http://mobil.3.dk/skypecs
LANGUAGE=1
APN=[apnlist]
country=denmark
label=3 Danmark
[australia]
BASEURL=http://three.net.au/skype
LANGUAGE=0
APN=Planet 3
country=australia
label=3 Australia
[austria]
BASEURL=http://msite.drei.at/skype
LANGUAGE=2
APN=Planet3
country=austria
label=3 Austria
[apnlist]
apn1=3
apn2=Tre
[gtalk]
provider1 = dev10
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