Making calls through the smartphone using the PC

Question

Is it possible to connect a smartphone through a USB cable to an Ubuntu machine and make or receive phone calls to or from other phones using the desktop?

EDIT: This is not a VOIP based question. What I intend to ask is whether, making phone calls using the GSM / 3G network is possible.

Solution

I think I understand what you mean. I've got Ubuntu 12.10 and by instaling AirDroid, you can access and control your mobile phone from your desktop.

There are two modes:

• One using a central site where you conect and.. bla bla, we guys don't care... but works ok!!

• The other one is by using mobile phone IP granted by your Wi Fi network, open web broswser on PC and type http://phoneIPaddress:8888 This way your browser will handle the phone... voila

Installing

1. To install AirDroid go to GooglePlay, install it to your android device,

2. Run it from your device and copy the IP showed on your screen

3. On your desktop web browser, type:

   http://IP:8888
   This will open the android screen, that is all.

I recomend using bluetooth headseat for phone calls, this way the PC initiate the call the rest is between the phone and the bluetooth headset. Got one from amazon for less than U$5 and headset cost me around U$30, the more expensive headset were really disappointing.

Hope this helps.

Comments

[Admin]

how it is related to ubuntu?

[Admin]

I want this happening on an Ubuntu machine.

[Admin]

related askubuntu.com/questions/768121/…

[Admin]

I just placed a successfull voice call using github.com/sehari24jam/python-gsmmodem

[Indian]

I did not ask a VOIP based question. I just want to connect my PC to the cellphone network and dial a call. Like a modem does.

[alexzander]

okey so i made i phone call from my computer, but the audio is not transfered to my computer headphones. how do i setup the airdroid to transfer the audio from phone call to my pc?