[Q] *86 Voice Mail notification on NON-SENSE ROMS - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

OK I know this has been brought up a few times in the CM threads. I get this ghost VM notification on CM6 and on all the nightlys. I also am getting this ghost VM notification on the MIUI rom. I do NOT get this notification on ANY sense ROMs I have tried.
I read this Forum everyday as much as I can. I have tried search. Every thing that comes up close to what I have going on doesn't seem to get fully answered as to why this is coming up on some phones and not others.
I flashed CM6 and a few nightlys on my Wifes phone and She has NEVER received the *86 VM notification.
I am always updated to the most current PRL, PRI and NV. Nothing I have tried will clear this message. On the CM6 ROM I can hit the clear button under the notification bar and that clears it for a little while but then the damn thing comes back.
Can anyone explain this and offer up a FIX. I know I'm not the only one.

Any one have any help on this?
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12 hours and no reply. I have searched the forum all day. Sorry to be a pain in the ass but if anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it.
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I have the same problem that is why i went back to fresh 3.2... I searched all thru the internet and I could not find anything either... sucks to be us. Maybe we should email darsh

Yeah I have this problem too, so I went back to fresh and I am waiting for the desire hd rom to be ported... :/
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I guess I'm in the club also. Same problem when I was on Vaelpak. Flashed back to stock, rooted, for a while. Now on Fresh.

Settings>Call>Voicemail> Change the number from *86 to whatever your phone number is.

Brutus2TheMax said:
Settings>Call>Voicemail> Change the number from *86 to whatever your phone number is.
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Thank you Brutus for the input.
I know all about that part of the set-up. This DOES NOT get rid of the Ghost notification. I still will get a notification that I have a voice mail (and YES I have checked to make sure my VM's are cleared out).
Just FYI I use google voice when I am on CM6 or nightlys. Google Voice works great but still will not clear the VM notification.

Jetdr said:
Thank you Brutus for the input.
I know all about that part of the set-up. This DOES NOT get rid of the Ghost notification. I still will get a notification that I have a voice mail (and YES I have checked to make sure my VM's are cleared out).
Just FYI I use google voice when I am on CM6 or nightlys. Google Voice works great but still will not clear the VM notification.
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Dont skip my post I am going to say two diffrent things . First normaly you get the notification because you received a voicemail. The stock rom has a code writen in to block that text so that you dont see the notification when you receive a voicemail.
Now Jetdr I will try to answer your question here. I think your voicemail hasnt been provisioned. Click on your VVM app and hit menu, when you hit menu you should have 3 options, compose, search and settings. If you have a 4th option that says unsent or undelivered click it. When VVM sets up, it automaticly sends a voicemail to the server to setup your VVM. If that message doesnt get sent then it probably never will. You will have to uninstall the VVM.Apk and reinstall the app. One time when I was setting up CM6 I had to install the voicemail apk several times before I got it to provision correctly. If it doesn provision a minute or two after you install it then its not going to. Not sure if this is whats causing your ghost voicemail text but I am thinking this is it. The easiest way to tell is to just click the vvm app and see if it shows four options or three. It should only show three.
If you are using google voice you dont still have the sprint VVM installed do you? If you dont have the sprint VVM installed then I am not sure whats causing your issue considering my directions to fix your issue is in regardes to the sprint vvm app.
Hope that helps.

I've tried all that and more.... nothing fixes it. I've concidered calling sprint but don't want to ruin my insurance..
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Twilk... thanks so much for the response. I did all you suggested and I flashed back over to the newest MIUI ROM and I still have the VM notification. I made sure I didn't have any voice mails before I flashed. The notification will not clear even with the settings selected to not show.
Initially it has the *86 number but when I change the VM settings to my number it of course then comes up in the drop down box with my number.
The same thing happens on CM ROMs.
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Anyone else have any ideas?
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My notification says 4 voicemails... so I'm wondering if when I rooted my phone I had voicemails.. I don't really listen to my voicemails.. i'd rather just receive a text from someone... I just wish that I had made sure to clear my box before I rooted.. not sure if this is the reason for it... but it doesn't seem like there are many users with this problem. I'm sort of anti-twitter or I would ask cyanogen myself.. this is soo annoying! Especially since I hate voice mail to begin with.. I don't read my bills much, but I think sprint charges for voicemail.. anyway I can cancel my voicemail service? Also they charge me to keep a spending limit.. I want to call sprint and ask to cancel my voicemail..
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Updates ???
Feb 3 - 2011
Anybody ever figure this one. Or do we just clear the message on each reboot?

Clear dalv. and cache,then change *86 to your mobile number then block 9016 from your sprint account.I added youmail and mine works perfect.I get txt and VM very quick.If the person that left you the voice mail is in your contacts it will show them as leaving the VM and you can just tap on there pic and it will play the ones they left you.
And I have no phantom notifications or anything odd.

davekaye said:
Feb 3 - 2011
Anybody ever figure this one. Or do we just clear the message on each reboot?
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Here. That's the only known way to get rid of it. It's a PITA but it works.

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CM6 Nightly/RC1 Phantom Voicemail Notification

Is there anyone NOT having this problem?
Is there any fix out there not involving deactivating and reactivating your Evo?
yea, use google voice voicemail, 100x more features
Even after using Google the voicemail notification is still there
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I have retired everything. I even sent voice mail to myself through sprint visual voice mail and had two separate email notifications from the same sprint number. I give up.nothing worked.
Try clearing data in the dialer storage app. Im using GV and it's fixed the notification for me even after a reboot.
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jerryparid said:
Is there anyone NOT having this problem?
Is there any fix out there not involving deactivating and reactivating your Evo?
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I think that Sprint also plays a big part in this, it was an issue with my Blackberry's for years.
kiddecks said:
Try clearing data in the dialer storage app. Im using GV and it's fixed the notification for me even after a reboot.
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I have not had any problems, though i am using sprint visual voicemail
Here is what i did
Download sprint vvm
go to setting/calls/ change vm number to your cell number
open sprint vvm
press menu
see a button that say undelivered mail, press it
on next screen press menu
press send undelivered mail
You will recieve 2 texts the last will say provision successful
YOU ARE DONE AND WILL HAVE A FULLY WORKING SPRINT VVM
The notification is still there though
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craigbailey1986 said:
I have not had any problems, though i am using sprint visual voicemail
Here is what i did
Download sprint vvm
go to setting/calls/ change vm number to your cell number
open sprint vvm
press menu
see a button that say undelivered mail, press it
on next screen press menu
press send undelivered mail
You will recieve 2 texts the last will say provision successful
YOU ARE DONE AND WILL HAVE A FULLY WORKING SPRINT VVM
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Did you have the notification before you performed the above steps?
Also could you link me to VMM? I flashed an Hero version and it prevented my device from booting. lol
I has this problem since the first nightly, but after wiping & flashing last night's build, the notification is gone.
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jerryparid said:
Did you have the notification before you performed the above steps?
Also could you link me to VMM? I flashed an Hero version and it prevented my device from booting. lol
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Yes I did but it went away once I performed the steps.I will post link when I get to the house for vvm
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I just reset my voicemail via cs. Still not fixed.
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If you think you have it fixed try going into and out of flight mode a couple of times and it will be back.
r.mauldin said:
If you think you have it fixed try going into and out of flight mode a couple of times and it will be back.
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Did that and still no voice mail notifications... I am sorry I couldnt help, seems all EVO's are different... maybe its the way we rooted our phones. I did the lenghthy longway by toast and then did the quick update root to the new 1.47...
Maybe that has something to do with it, i dont know i am not a DEV.
craigbailey1986 said:
I have not had any problems, though i am using sprint visual voicemail
Here is what i did
Download sprint vvm
go to setting/calls/ change vm number to your cell number
open sprint vvm
press menu
see a button that say undelivered mail, press it
on next screen press menu
press send undelivered mail
You will recieve 2 texts the last will say provision successful
YOU ARE DONE AND WILL HAVE A FULLY WORKING SPRINT VVM
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I tried this. I did not receive provision successful voicemail text, just bunch of gibberish text from Sprint that you get with CM6.
Notification is not fixed. Cyannogen stated that there will be a hack in the upcoming nightly to clear the message.
I have yet to get this issue, probably because day one that I got my phone, I switched my default voicemail to Google Voice, and have unanswered calls to my Sprint number forward to GVoice as well.
Screw Sprint's crapware and 1990's voicemail systems, Google Voice all the way!
I did a full data/cache wipe on the last nightly and it is gone. But I am scared to do a reset or toggle flight mode.
I flashed the latest Nightly (7/27) and the I was able to clear the voicemail icon.
craigbailey1986 said:
Yes I did but it went away once I performed the steps.I will post link when I get to the house for vvm
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Sprint vvm is linked in the op post of the cm nightly thread in the q&a forum. First PG down around the FAQ bit of the post.
Not to be indelicate but... I've been using sprint vvm rom cm6 since I first flashed it and I haven't had any persistent sms msg problems.
.........
Frank
kuderized said:
I flashed the latest Nightly (7/27) and the I was able to clear the voicemail icon.
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mine still pops up from time to time...very annoying...although this is an awesome rom!

Voicemail that won't go away?

I have a voicemail constantly in my status bar even tho when I try to call it doesn't say anything and when I go to visiual voicemail nothing new. It's annoying any idea for a fix? Thanks
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what rom are you using.
If you're running an AOSP rom, that's a known bug. There is a thread floating around here with instructions on how to get rid of it. It involves flashing a stock rom, then activating an old non android phone, deleting all messages, reactivating the evo, updating profile and prl and then restoring your AOSP nandroid.
Not sure if it's worth all that
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jc8081 said:
Not sure if it's worth all that
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HAHA classic answer. I was thinking the same thing...that is a bunch of doo doo to get rid of a VM icon. WHOA!
I don't know if anyone has tried this, but whenever I had this issue with my old non android phones, I would have somebody call and leave me a message, and then I'd call my VM and delete the new message. It always fixed the notification when there weren't actually any messages. I don't know if the same would work with an android phone.
eventer289 said:
I don't know if anyone has tried this, but whenever I had this issue with my old non android phones, I would have somebody call and leave me a message, and then I'd call my VM and delete the new message. It always fixed the notification when there weren't actually any messages. I don't know if the same would work with an android phone.
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It doesn't. The only way is to call sprint, activate an old "dumb" phone, have sprint leave you an urgent voicemail, delete it, reactivate your android and it's all good.
I used to say it isn't worth it, but the 30 minutes it took to get rid of it was worth it to me. That damn icon and occasional notification sound just eats at you over time.

help w/ voicemail salvage 1.2.1

hey guys... so have a bit of a problem tried to look around but dont think there really is any help.
i cant seem to get voicemails to work...is there a way to install a voicemail app that would work.. i know people have said use google voicemail but i dont want to link my phone with google voice.. i do get the message on my phone saying call 408# to get voicemail but htat just gives me 2 options i tried either and doesnt do anything.
sorry i may be sounding like a total noobie but i love the rom just wish it had a nice voicemail app. any help is greatly appreciated
edit:::: just installed VVM using sprint vmm.apk and i seem to get a notice on top now with me having to call in for the messages... also the text 9016 i did blacklist using chomp sms so if theres any other thing i can do to get a notice or something i dont mind calling in for vm..but makes u have to kinda keep checking phone to see if you got anything this way.
nxtstep said:
hey guys... so have a bit of a problem tried to look around but dont think there really is any help.
i cant seem to get voicemails to work...is there a way to install a voicemail app that would work.. i know people have said use google voicemail but i dont want to link my phone with google voice.. i do get the message on my phone saying call 408# to get voicemail but htat just gives me 2 options i tried either and doesnt do anything.
sorry i may be sounding like a total noobie but i love the rom just wish it had a nice voicemail app. any help is greatly appreciated
edit:::: just installed VVM using sprint vmm.apk and i seem to get a notice on top now with me having to call in for the messages... also the text 9016 i did blacklist using chomp sms so if theres any other thing i can do to get a notice or something i dont mind calling in for vm..but makes u have to kinda keep checking phone to see if you got anything this way.
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I've never tried it before, but I've heard good things about Youmail. I like Google voice, but it seems like a lot of others also like youmail, so give it a shot and see if its what you're looking for. Should be available in the market.
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In the settings menu, did you put your device's phone number in the slot for the voicemail number? If not, do so.
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hey doug...just erased the *86 from it and put my phone # but still same thing... any other ideas? also any way i can clear the sprint VMM thing its just up on top status bar even if i dont have any messages
Go to Menu-Settings-Call settings. Under Voicemail Service, select "my carrier" and underneath it, select "voicemail settings" and then type in your phone number without any parenthesis or hyphens. That *should* work for you. It does for me. As for the Sprint VVM, I don't use it. As a matter of fact, I delete it from the /system/app folder using a system level file manager like Root Explorer.
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hey doug... thanks for getting back.. i have done that and still same thing... now if i dial the voicemail app it lets me check it but i dont get notifications as to me having voicemail... and if i go in to check i get another text as if i got something even though its empty

[Q] Swapping Phones on Sprint to fix CM9 voicemail indicator

Ok, So I've dug up my old Palm Pre so that I can activate it on sprint and clear my voicemails out which will hopefully clear the voicemail indicator on CM7/CM9/MIUI that I seem to be stuck with.
My Question is, when I go back to activate my Epic after clearing the voicemail do I need to be on a stock rom to do the activation? My gut tells me that CM7/CM9/MIUI would be a no go. Do I need to go back to BML/stock or would something like CleanGB MTD activate ok?
Thanks in advance!
Edit: So I went ahead and tried to swap to the Pre, but the website said it would require a plan change... Not fooling with that... Called *2 and the girl said she reset my vm indicator. Maybe that will help.
Yeah I'm having the same issue too. I already tried contacting sprint to see if they could clear my voicemail inbox, but instead they freakin got rid of my 3g, forcing me to flash an ei22 rom to reactivate my phone.
I just want to know if anyone has found a way to either block it, or just hide it, in cm9.
Any suggestions?
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not sure if it will work but you can access your VM from a landline by calling your mobile number when your VM answers hit * then just enter your passcode of you have one then you should beable to clear your messages that way
K3VlN said:
not sure if it will work but you can access your VM from a landline by calling your mobile number when your VM answers hit * then just enter your passcode of you have one then you should beable to clear your messages that way
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I've tried that. Unfortunately since I use google voice leaving a message on my VM would not affect the notification since it's from Sprint.
I just wish there was a way I could contact the CM team (not the epic devs, the official team) to have them incorporate a "hide voicemail notifications" feature.
Ok, I had this problem before. I called *2, and just told them that I needed to do an esn swap to my non android phone to clear my voicemal, cause I had a phantom message that wouldn't go away, and that I would be calling back shortly to swap back to my epic. They did it with no problem. I used clean gb mtd rom on my epic. Now I no longer have the phntom voicemail.
Crazy thing is, when the old phone was activated, I called and left myself a message, but when I called to delete my voice mail, that was the only message in there.
Don't worry about the plan change thing. Just briefly explain your situation and all should be ok. I am on a shared plan with 4 lines though. Not sure if that would make a difference, but I think you should be fine either way.
Anyway, I know its a big pain, but it was worth it for me, cause that icon was pissing me off!
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[Q] EVO Not receiving texts

I am a noob to posting but not new to reading this forum nor rooting.
I have an EVO 4G and just flashed AOKP build 33 with GAPPS 3-17.
I have Google Voice installed and have used it with no problems for almost a year now.
Just yesterday when I flashed AOKP build 33 my phone quit receiving text messages. I still receive them on my Google Voice account on my phone and on the computer.
GV is set to have my text messages go through my text client and my text client is set to the default messaging app.
I have tried flashing to recovery nandroids of previous Roms and states of Roms and that did not solve my problem.
I didn't see anyone at the AOKP thread who has had the same problem.
What can I do? Please help.
*apologies for posting this if there is a better place for it to go but after making it through all of the results on my searches about this with no solution I am extremely frustrated and need a solution.
Have you tried uninstalling GV to see if that solves the problem? My phone did the same thing for a while with google voice and I never understood why, but uninstalling GV took care of my issues. You will probably get the text messages a few hours to a few days late, or at least that is what happened to me
trau89 said:
Have you tried uninstalling GV to see if that solves the problem? My phone did the same thing for a while with google voice and I never understood why, but uninstalling GV took care of my issues. You will probably get the text messages a few hours to a few days late, or at least that is what happened to me
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So do I need to do more than just uninstall and re-install the app? i.e. the whole thing with un-linking my number and voicemail and everything?
If you uninstall it, I def would suggest doing the full uninstall procedure,..the unlinking, etc.
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If you uninstall it, I def would suggest doing the full uninstall procedure,..the unlinking, etc.
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Giving it a shot now. Thanks.
I'm worried though, without GV I will have no option for text messages.
How's that? What did I miss? You don't have a stock messaging app, or you don't have a sprint phone #?
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no dice
I disabled my GV account and un-linked it from my number, restarted and still no incoming texts. Any other ideas?
Make sure somehow you have the latest radios and such maybe? Have someone text you again now that its all undone and see if the new message will go through. Like I said, even after disabling GV, it took 3 days for the lost texts to come through.
trau89 said:
Make sure somehow you have the latest radios and such maybe? Have someone text you again now that its all undone and see if the new message will go through. Like I said, even after disabling GV, it took 3 days for the lost texts to come through.
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I've had someone texting me throughout the process to no avail. I am working on updating the profile and the PRI/PRL but have to load a sense ROM. Is that the same as the radios? Haven't really dealt with radios before.
Any towers being worked on in your area? I've had no incoming texts for 4 weeks now, due to a tower upgrade (LTE). The only way I could get a text was to make a phone call (typically called my voicemail when I wanted to check for texts). Supposedly this is done as of today...
Worth it for the LTE though!
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Thanks guys. I ended up just flashing a MikG ROM and it corrected what ever was wrong. Then flashed my AOKP ROM and we are back up and running. Still have no idea what it was.
I'm having same issues, ive been switching back and forth between ROMS to see if i can find one that works. I removed Google voice from my phone, and deactivated it online to see if that fix it. but not working still.
I still only get texts when i make a phone call.
Mik G worked for me as well
Those who are having the problem, are you restoring a backup of GV with data?
Remember, especially with Google apps, there are a lot of updated features for ICS and backups from Gingerbread will not work efficiently. It is best to start from scratch with these apps, especially seeing that Google voice pull most of its data from the cloud... no real need to restore data with it.

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