======================================================= goText v2.3 - http://www.gotext.org ======================================================= Index: 0) Introduction 1) READ THIS: connection configuration 2) Configuration and Use 2.1) Adding a new service 2.2) Sending SMS 3) Detailed options info 4) License 0 - Introduction ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ goText is a free Java software for mobile phone (a J2ME midlet) that lets you send SMS, MMS and email for free, paying only a little amount due to the data transferred via GPRS, usually in the order of some cents. If your mobile phone has WiFi connectivity, or you have a flat rate for gprs traffic, you'll be able to send 100% free messages! The cost is so little because goText uses services from website offering free sms from web, handling the connection through an intermediate server to reduce as much as possible the amount on data received and sent, and thus message's cost. Usually goText transfer is about only 1/2 kB per message. To send SMS or MMS you have to be registered on one of the supported websites (see the full list on http://www.gotext.org , page "Services"). goText is a MIDP 1.0 application, it should work on all mobiles with Java support. 1 - READ THIS: connection configuration ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ To use this program you MUST correctly set your connection profile. You MUST set your connection to "Internet GPRS" (also known as "GPRS data connection", or "HTTP over GPRS"). You MUST NOT set your connection to WAP ("WAP gprs" is no good!), otherwise you'll spend 20 times more. How to set the connection changes from mobile to mobile and from operator to operator, we can't give you much more infos. However some phone manufacturers run a service that allow you to have this settings sent to you via auto configuring text message free of charge: - SonyEricsson: [n.a, autoconfiguration is available only for WAP, and WAP should not be used with goText as said above] - Samsung: [n.a, autoconfiguration is available only for WAP, and WAP should not be used with goText as said above] - Nokia: https://nokiags.wdsglobal.com/globalJumpPage.html - Motorola: https://hellomoto.wdsglobal.com/site/phonefirst If your phone can't be auto configured you should search for more information on internet, you operator website or support service, or ask our help on goText forum. 2 - Configuration and Use ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ You are STRONGLY recomended to set the international prefix number for you country (the coutry code, eg +39 for Italy, +44 for England, +1 for United States..), because many services need this info to work properly! 2.1 - Adding a new service ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ From main menu choose "Services". Here you can add new services (that is configuration for a free sms website), change service config (that is setting user and password, change name), reorder the list, or select on service as Default (opened at program start). To add a new service: - Select New - Give the service a name (eg: Yes!MMS, Personal), write down the service url (you can find services url in http://www.gotext.org , Services page, or give you own script url if you uploaded it on your personal server) and select "Add". After a few seconds you'll receive a "service added" confirmation message, please read additional information the service ha sent you on how to configure and use it. Now you can go back to the previous menu, select "Modify" on the service you added, and fill in required infos (username and/or password and/or nick; NOTE: you'll never have to put gotext.org website/forum login infos to use the services! You need to write the login infos for the website corresponding to the configuration you are filling!!). 2.2 - Sending SMS ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ In main menu choose "Messages", select a service (corresponding to the website) you want to use, and select "New": you'll see the message compose screen. When you finished writing your message (take a look at remaining characters, they are usually less than 160) select "Send": you'll be prompted to write recipient number(s) (you can also search the number in your mobile phone/sim memory if your mobile allows it, otherwise you can use the built in address book feature of goText or write the number by hand). Now you can "Send" and will start the gprs connection to send your message data, and after a few seconds (maximum 40 seconds for the slowest services) a "Message Sent" box will be displayed (or errors, if any). 3 - Detailed options info ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Description of settings menu entries: - Char counter: if enabled a character counter will be showed on top of the message writing area of the screen. We suggest you to enable it even if your mobile already has its own counter, because some services count remaining chars in strange ways (and only goText internal counter can take this into account). - International prefix: your own country's international prefix. It is automatically added in your recipient numbers if you write them without international prefix. This is because many services need it and you may forget or be bored to write it every time. - Auto save last message: if enabled, the last message you are writing is always and automatically saved, so you can save it from program crashes, mobile phone switch off because of empty battery, and have it back at next program start (you can find it in "Last", after service selection in message writing). This also enables the list of the last 10 sent messages (you can find them in "Sent", after service selection in message writing). - Service ordering: if service list behaves in unexpected way when using "Up" and "Down" commands when reordering list you should try "Alternate" service ordering (Sony Ericssons are well known to NOT work well with Normal mode, and NEED Alternative mode). - Nokia S60 DB shrinking: on some Nokia the RMS (db) file gets big after some time you are using goText, and the application loads slower. This enables a routine that "compress" your db from times to times making it smaller and letting the app to load faster. NOTE: you should enable this option only if you have the above mentioned problem, otherwise it will be of no use for you. - Connection Method: POST is default value, and shouldn't be changed until the program is not working on your mobile. GET may expose more your private information. 4 - License ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ goText is Free Software release under GNU GPL v2 license. To help in development please go to http://www.gotext.org and Source Forge project page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gotext .