pixelstuff
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12 months ago Was this ever fixed? Because I can't even figure out how to add a contact. I assume it must be related to this bug.
Aside from the bizarre decision for a phone app to not have a phone number field in the contacts list, any phone number I type into the SIP Account(s) field just disappears when I click off. If there is some special technique, I can't find a help file to spell it out.
Context
Personal usage, with voip.ms as a provider
General information
Expected behaviour
Voip.ms offers different servers to register with, so that you can use a server closest to you and reduce latency.
You can only register with one server at a time, however the same credentials apply to any server.
When I store a contact, the server information is stored along with the contact's phone number; this is a bug. The identifying part of what is stored is the phone number of the contact; the SIP server that I used is the transport layer that was used in order to contact them.
This would be analagous to storing email contacts as: bob@gmail.com@deutchetelekom.
The problem with doing this is that if I click on a contact when registered with a different server than the contact was saved with, linphone pops up the authentication UI (which is a) more friction than is necessary when making a call; b) is difficult because I generated a relatively complex password which I don't have memorized).
Granted that some contacts will be specific to some SIP providers (e.g. internal contacts in a corporate network) but the vast majority of contacts will have POTS telephone numbers.
I think there are two fixes needed here: a) Most importantly, distinguish "internal" and "external" contacts b) Allow multiple servers for a SIP provider to be specified, and the same credentials to be specified across them
To Reproduce
Use any SIP provider that supports multiple servers, as described above.
Additional context
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SDK logs URL
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