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2015-07-27

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Installation and User Guide
minifring
For J2ME edition
Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................1
System Requirements ..........................................................................................................2
Installation Guide ..................................................................................................................3
Setting up your connection............................................................................................. 3
Downloading minifring ..................................................................................................... 3
Downloading fring via website................................................................................... 3
Installing minifring............................................................................................................ 6
Registering with minifring ............................................................................................... 8
Selecting your fring nickname and password......................................................... 8
Adding your communities (optional)............................................................................. 9
Using minifring.....................................................................................................................11
Getting Started................................................................................................................11
Your minifring contact list.........................................................................................11
Statuses........................................................................................................................11
Opening minifring .......................................................................................................12
Minimized view (Not available on Nokia S40 devices)........................................ 12
The Options menu.......................................................................................................13
Signing In and Signing Out...........................................................................................14
Searching your contact list............................................................................................14
Chatting.............................................................................................................................14
Chatting with a contact..............................................................................................14
Navigating between chats.........................................................................................15
Ending a chat............................................................................................................... 15
Viewing offline chat messages.................................................................................15
Adding a new contact.....................................................................................................15
Removing a contact........................................................................................................15
Adding or Signing Into a community..........................................................................16
Adding or Signing Into Add-ons...................................................................................17
Using Twitter and Add-Ons ...........................................................................................18
Using Twitter with minifring .....................................................................................18
Using Add-ons with minifring...................................................................................18
Choosing whether minifring runs automatically on startup................................... 19
Uninstalling minifring...................................................................................................... 19
Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................20
Frequently Asked Questions..............................................................................................21
Registering with minifring .............................................................................................21
Connection........................................................................................................................22
General.............................................................................................................................. 22
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Introduction
About minifring
minifring is a mobile internet service and part of the fring community that
enables you to access & interact with your social networks on-the-go. Developed
especially for J2ME devices that don’t support voice over IP calling, minifring
offers the same fring user experience including multi-IM chat and presence
(contact availability indicators) with all fring, Skype®, MSN® Messenger, Google
Talk™, ICQ and Twitter friends using your handset’s internet connection rather
than costly cellular airtime minutes or SMS.
minifring leverages packet technologies to pass chat and data over 3G/GPRS or
WAP internet access points configured in the handset.
Once you've installed minifring, its main screen displays your contacts names and
their presence status (e.g. whether they are online, offline or ‘away’ on
Skype/Google-Talk/MSN/ICQ). From the main contact list you can also navigate
between your contacts, find their presence status and initiate concurrent chat
sessions with them.
To sum it up, you'll not only make the internet from your mobile vastly more
useful, you can also save money.
This guide will help you get started.
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System Requirements
System requirements
In order to use our Beta version, you will need:
• One of the following devices: Sony Ericsson K530, K610, Z610, K618,
W660, Z710, W710, W580, K800, K810, W850, S500, T650, K770, K790,
K818, W880 OR a Nokia Series 40 device.
• Internet GPRS, EDGE, 3G or WAP data connection on your mobile handset.
For internet GPRS/3G data rates, contact your mobile service provider.
Figure 1 - fring Homepage
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Installation Guide
Setting up your connection
Before you can use minifring on your handset you should configure the
connection settings on your device.
On Sony Ericsson devices:
Click on Main menu > Settings > choose the 'Connectivity' tab > Internet
settings > Internet profiles > Choose 'Internet' > Internet profiles > New
profile > Choose a name (we'll use 'Internet2' in these instructions) > Connect
using: 'Internet 3G'.
At this stage, your handset should return to 'Internet profiles' screen. Choose the
account you've just created (Internet2)
On the screen you're in, scroll down and choose 'Settings for Java' > Choose
the account you've just created (Internet2)
Note that for minifring to work, you will need to be subscribed to a 3G/GPRS or
WAP plan with your carrier.
Downloading minifring
minifring can be downloaded into your mobile handset in the following ways:
¾ from the fring website at www.fring.com/download.
¾ via your mobile device at wap.fring.com
¾ via an SMS invitation sent to your handset from a friend.
Downloading fring via website
¾ To download fring from the web:
Open http://www.fring.com/ in your browser.
The following screen opens:
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Figure 2 - fring Homepage
Click the download fring to your mobile link (in the green box).
A screen with the following form opens.
Figure 3 - fring Download from the Web
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To download fring via SMS:
1. In the Choose Your country field, select your country.
2. In the Phone number field, type in the phone number of your handset.
Note: Enter your area code and phone number without any spaces. Type
it carefully - your international number is your fring user-id.
3. In the your email address field, type in your email address.
4. Click Join
The confirmation screen opens and an SMS is sent to your handset.
To download fring via PC:
1. In the Choose Your Brand and device fields, select your mobile handset
model.
2. In the your email address field, type in your email address.
Click Join
The download instructions screen is open, follow the instructions to
download fring to your PC.
Once you have received the SMS or transferred
fring to from your PC to your handset, the
installation and setup process continues on your
handset.
Figure 4 - SMS Message
Figure 5 – SMS Message – Follow Link
On your handset: Open the SMS message and click the download link (see
Figure ).
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Installing minifring
Before you can use minifring, it needs to be installed on your handset.
Once you have completed downloading minifring, the following screen opens:
Figure 6 - Begin Installation
1. Press Select using your left soft key.
The following screen opens:
Figure 7 – Memory Selection
2. Select the location you would like to use and press Select using your left
soft key.
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3. The following screen opens:
Figure 8 – End User License Agreement (EULA)
4. Before you can begin working with minifring, read and accept the EULA
(End user license agreement).
¾ To read and accept the EULA:
1. Use the down arrow to scroll through the EULA.
2. Once you have read the EULA and agreed to the terms, press
OK.
3. The full EULA is available on our website at
http://www.fring.com/license/
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Registering with minifring
A short registration process is required before you can begin to use minifring.
The stages of this process are:
¾ Nickname and Password Selection
¾ Service Definition
Selecting your fring nickname and password
Once you've finished installing, you should see the following screen:
Figure 9 – Account setup
If you have already registered with fring, select 'Existing User' and enter your
existing credentials (user name and password) to log in.
If this is your first use of fring, please choose "New User' and follow the
instructions on the following screen:
Figure 10 – Registration
If you do not remember your password, go to www.fring.com/password and
retrieve it.
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Adding your communities (optional)
Once you have chosen your fring nickname and password, provide the details of
your communities (e.g., Skype, MSN Messenger, Gtalk, Yahoo, ICQ, AIM) so that
you can begin chatting.
Note: You can add one or more communities (e.g., Skype) to which you are
registered. Make sure to have your username and password for each.
You can login to a community at any time. To add a community now, follow the
instructions below.
Figure 11 - Define a community
¾ To login to a community:
1. Navigate between the options using the up and down arrows on your
handset. Choose the service from the list and click 'Log-in'
The following screen appears:
Figure 12- Subscribe to a community
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2. In the User ID field, type the username of the service you have selected
(e.g., your Skype username). Navigate to the Password field using the
down arrow on your handset.
3. In the Password field, type the password of the service you have
selected (e.g., your Skype password).
4. Press Register using your left soft key.
If you have completed selecting your communities, press Close using your
right soft key.
5. Once the sign-in is complete, the contact list of your minifring contacts,
selected communities contacts and the handset’s contact list appears.
Note: If you have added more than one community, the contact list will
display contacts from all services in a single list.
Figure 2 – Contact List
You have successfully completed the registration.
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Using minifring
Getting Started
Your minifring contact list
Figure 14 – Contact List
Statuses
The following status icons are displayed in the contact list:
On a call
Unread chat event
Available / Online
Busy
Offline
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Opening minifring
¾ To open minifring:
Locate the minifring shortcut in the Main Menu > Entertainment > Games or
Main Menu > Organizer > Applications and press it.
The following screen appears:
Figure 15 – Connection
Press Yes with your left soft key.
minifring opens and is ready for use.
Minimized view (Not available on Nokia S40
devices)
minifring is minimized while you are using your handset for something else (e.g.,
calculator).
¾ To minimize minifring:
Press Minimize from the More menu.
¾ To maximize minifring:
Press the task manager button and choose minifring from the list that is
displayed.
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The Options menu
Options are found in the More menu. Open the More menu with your right soft
key.
The following options are available:
Figure 16 - More Menu
Option Description
Search Search through your contact list
Add fring buddy Add minifring/fring users / Send an SMS invitation to a
friend, inviting him or her to join fring.
Settings The following settings are available:
1. Communities - Add or sign into a community (e.g
Skype) . See the Adding or Signing Into a section in
this guide.
2. Manage add ons - Add or sign into an Add-on (e.g
Facebook). See the Adding or Signing Into a section in
this guide.
2. Disable/Enable autostart – Allows you to choose
whether you'd like minifring to open when you start
your handset.
3. Show my user ID – Shows your fring user ID
4. About - Displays information about the installed
version of minifring.
Help Displays the fring help screens.
Exit Exits minifring
Minimize Minimize minifring (avail. Only on Sony Ericsson
handsets)
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Signing In and Signing Out
When you open minifring, you are automatically signed in to minifring and your
other VoIP services.
¾ To sign out of minifring:
1. Press More using the right soft key.
2. Select the Exit option.
You are signed out of minifring.
Searching your contact list
You can browse your contact list to find contacts quickly.
¾ To find a contact:
Start typing the name of your contact, or Press More > Search.
The list is filtered according to the characters you have typed.
Chatting
minifring lets you chat with your contacts using instant messaging. You can chat
with one or more of your contacts simultaneously.
Chatting with a contact
¾ To initiate a chat:
1. From your contact list, highlight the contact you want to chat with and
press Chat using the left soft key.
The chat screen appears.
2. Push the 'joystick in' to write your message and press Write using the left
soft key.
As always, dictionary,
emoticons, symbol and
language options are
available.
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Navigating between chats
If you choose to have two or more chats simultaneously, each will have a
separate tab. Navigate between the chats using the right and left joystick keys.
Ending a chat
¾ To end a chat:
Simply press the Close button.
Viewing offline chat messages
Chat messages can be received even when you are offline. If you have received a
message, it will appear as an additional tab when you open minifring. If you have
received messages from more than one user, a tab opens for each user,
displaying the messages they sent.
Adding a new contact
You can search for a contact who has already registered with minifring and add
her or him to your contact list.
¾ To search for a minifring contact in the fring network:
1. From the contact list menu choose More using your left soft key.
The Options menu opens.
2. Choose the Add fring buddy option Æ More Æ Search phone list
Your address book will open. You can scroll and select 'Select' on any
contact. The contact's phone number will be shown on the search screen
and an options to 'Add' or 'More' will appear. If the user is already a fring
user, the contact will be added to your contact list. If the user has not yet
registered with fring or minifring, an SMS will be sent inviting them to join
fring or minifring (depending on which version supports their device).
Note: An option to add buddies from other communities (e.g Skype,MSN,
Google Talk) is not yet available.
Removing a contact
Only fring contacts can be removed from your contact list.
¾ To remove a fring contact:
1. From the contact list menu choose More using your right soft key.
The Options menu opens.
2. Choose the Remove option and select Yes.
The contact is removed.
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Adding or Signing Into a community
You can add a new community or sign-in as a different user at any time.
¾ To login to a community or to sign-in as a different user:
1. From the More menu choose Settings.
The following menu opens:
Figure 17 - Settings Menu
2. Choose Communities.
A screen opens displaying the available communities.
3. Follow the process defined in the Adding your communities (optional)
section in this guide.
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Adding or Signing Into Add-ons
Signing into Add-ons is similar to signing into other communities.
¾ To sign into an Add-on or to sign-in as a different user:
1. Press More and choose Settings.
2. From the submenu choose Manage add-ons.
A screen opens displaying the available options.
Figure 3 – Add-ons screen
3. Check the checkbox beside the Add-on you like to subscribe to by pressing
Mark.
A screen opens allowing you to enter your Username and Password.
4. Enter your Add-ons Username and Password (e.g your Facebook
Username and Password) and press Subscribe.
You are signed into Add-on and it appears as a contact in your minifring
contacts.
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Using Twitter and Add-ons
Using Twitter with minifring
If you have already opened a Twitter account (see www.twitter.com), you can
use it with minifring.
Once you have signed into Twitter, you can send Twitter messages directly from
your contact list.
¾ To send a Twitter message
1. Locate the Twitter contact in your minifring contact list (see the Your
minifring contact list section in this guide)
2. From the Menu, choose Chat.
3. Type your Twitter message and press Send.
Your message is sent.
Using Add-ons with minifring
Using Add-ons is similar to using Twitter. Once subscribed to an Add-on, a
contact with the add-on's name will appear in your contact list.
¾ To use the Add-on:
1. Locate the Add-on contact in your minifring contact list (e.g Gmail
notifier).
2. Choose View using your left soft key.
You have now accessed to your Add-on and can use its features.
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Choosing whether minifring runs
automatically on startup
You can decide whether you would like minifring to run automatically on startup.
¾ To change whether minifring runs automatically on startup or not:
1. From the More menu choose Settings.
The following menu opens:
Figure 19- Settings Menu
2. If Disable autostart appears, minifring is currently set to run when you
turn on your handset. To prevent minifring from running automatically,
choose Disable autostart.
If Enable autostart appears, minifring will not run automatically when
you turn on your handset. To allow minifring to run automatically, choose
Enable autostart.
Your preference is saved.
Note: If you are using minifring over 3G/GPRS, You may want to disable
this option when traveling abroad due to roaming charges.
Uninstalling minifring
¾ To uninstall minifring:
1. Locate the minifring shortcut in the Main Menu --> Entertainment -->
Games or Main Menu --> Organizer --> Applications and highlight it.
2. Press 'More' using the right soft key.
3. Choose 'Delete'.
4. On the next screen choose 'Delete' again.
5. minifring is now uninstalled from your handset.
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Troubleshooting
I didn't receive the SMS Message with the download link.
Please make sure you've entered your cell phone number correctly and try again.
If you still haven't received the SMS, please contact our support team who will be
happy to help.
I get a message saying "Memory Full".
If your memory is full, clear some space by erasing files (e.g., applications, music
files). Once there is sufficient available space, try downloading again.
I've downloaded and installed minifring but cannot find it on my handset.
Where was it installed?
This varies from handset to handset. Usually, the shortcut is in Main Menu >
Entertainment > Games or Main Menu > Organizer > Applications.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is minifring free?
Yes. fring's service is free. Your cost for using minifring is the standard data tariff
for air time it takes to download and use minifring.
When using minifring over 3G data networks, please be aware that you will be
subject to the data usage costs that your service provider charges. If you are
using an unlimited 3G data plan you can chat as much as you like for free.
Please speak to your operator about the most cost effective data plan for using
minifring.
I've received the SMS, how do I install minifring?
Refer to the Installing minifring section in this guide.
Where would you recommend installing minifring - on 'Games' or
'Applications'?
It makes no difference. Install minifring wherever suits you.
Registering with minifring
How do I register?
See the
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Registering with minifring
fring section in this guide.
Can I use more than one user-id on my handset?
No, each handset is limited to a single user-id.
Can I add more than one Skype account to my minifring account?
No, each fring account is limited to a single Skype account.
Connection
What is GPRS?
GPRS stands for Global Packet Radio System (or General Packet Radio Service).
GPRS is used to send and receive data.
How can I configure my GPRS/3G settings?
First of all, make sure you are subscribed to a data plan with your cellular
operator.
Click on Main menu > Settings > Choose the 'Connectivity' tab > Internet
settings > Internet profiles > Choose 'Internet' > Internet profiles > New
profile > Choose a name (We'll use 'Internet2' in these instructions) > Connect
using: 'Internet 3G'.
In this stage your handset should go back to 'Internet profiles' screen. Choose
the account you've just created (Internet2)
On the screen you're in, scroll down and choose 'Settings for Java' > Choose
the account you've just created (Internet2)
My client looks like it is taking forever to connect – what should I do?
It's possible that the GPRS Internet connection on your phone is not configured
properly. Although you may be able to access the Internet, you are probably
using a connection which is limited.
For the right settings for your handset, you can go to
http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=ps
3&zone=ps for SE devices,
or to https://nokiags.wdsglobal.com/standard?siteLanguageId=118 for Nokia
devices.
General
How do I make a call using the minifring version?
minifring is a version of fring especially developed for J2ME devices that don’t
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support voice over IP calling. Therefore voice calls over internet (VoIP) cannot be
made with minifring.
Will there ever be a VoIP enabled client for J2ME?
In order to make a VoIP calls your phone's operating system should be able to
record and play audio simultaneously.
Currently, this is not possible in J2ME enabled devices like yours.
Unfortunately it doesn't look like this will be possible in the near future.
Can I add contacts from other messaging services like QQ?
Not at this time. This option will be available in a future version.
How do I search for contacts in my contact list?
You can search through your contact list to find contacts quickly.
¾ To search your contact list:
Start typing the name of your contact.
The list is filtered according to the characters you have typed.
Does minifring have any effect on my phone battery?
minifring uses wireless data on your mobile phone and therefore tends to
consume extra battery power. The actual usage depends on the length of the
session and special requirements imposed by your specific network.
Thank you for becoming fringster, We welcome your comments and
suggestions and hope you enjoy minifring!

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