Cisco IP 7821 non 3PCC version use with external sip provider

VoIP
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Hello all

I recently got my first VoIP phone the Cisco 7821 and I have zero experience with VOIP phones

From what I know I need to enter the sip settings to configure the phone but after some googling, I found out that I got the enterprise version for use with cisco CUCM and it asks for activation code

The web interface page doesn’t even come up

What are my options? I read that this phone can be configured via TFTP for sip but I have no clue where to even start

I can’t return this phone and I bought two

I know I really should’ve got the 3PCC version

Thanks!

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Unfortunately this is why I often avoid using Cisco phones as there are a lot of them out there that have this issue. I don’t really have any suggestions other than lot’s of googling to find a hack for them.

3

As far back as 2016 this was not possible once on the Enterprise software you could not revert to 3PCC, however it appears that Cisco has changed their position on this and some of the 7821 are capable of going from Enterprise to MMP(3PCC). You can check at the following link which also provides the necessary instructions.

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Thanks!

And this conversion will enable the web interface and allow me enter my sip details?

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You should have all the functionality that you would have gotten had you purchased the phone with the 3PCC sku.