I want to know if someone knows how to put certain Sprint numbers on the whitelist so only we would have access to the Airvana.
I don't want next door neighbors hooking up to the Airvana. I called Sprint and as always I can't understand how most of them still have a job. The rep gave me a bull**** answer and told me that I would have to do it once I log into my account online.
He explained where it was so I logged in and told him to talk me through the steps. Needless to say it wasn't there and his response was "they're still updating your website so you'll have to wait".
Does anyone know how to add 2 numbers to the allowed list to prevent outsiders?
You can block/add numbers from your online sprint account under "my devices and media" and on the right is "i want to........." select update my airave
gqstatus0685 said:
I want to know if someone knows how to put certain Sprint numbers on the whitelist so only we would have access to the Airvana.
I don't want next door neighbors hooking up to the Airvana. I called Sprint and as always I can't understand how most of them still have a job. The rep gave me a bull**** answer and told me that I would have to do it once I log into my account online.
He explained where it was so I logged in and told him to talk me through the steps. Needless to say it wasn't there and his response was "they're still updating your website so you'll have to wait".
Does anyone know how to add 2 numbers to the allowed list to prevent outsiders?
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Thanks that solved it.
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For the last few days I have been having an issue with my evo where I am not receiving any calls or text messages. I also cannot send out texts. The only thing I can do is make calls out, and text within my own family plan. I am also able to access 3g mobile network.
This started happening after a representative asked me to enter the follow codes into my phone to remove call forwarding:
*38
*730
*740
I have tried to look up references to these codes, ask employees about them, but no one seems to know what they do. I'm thinking that it enabled automatic call to voicemail. But when people call me they get an error message that says my number is invalid.
After calling Sprint customer support repeatedly for days, they continue to tell me its a network issue. I have opened two tickets, neither have resolved the issue with advanced technical support, and it's been almost a week now.
Sprint basically said there is no option but to -possibly- (like all the other stupid things they told me might fix the issue) change my number. But basically, they can't do anything at this point and they're forcing me to change my number permanently.
Does anyone know what might be going on or have an idea? yes my phone is rooted and I use custom roms, radios, etc. But I doubt my radio is broken because of it or that it's a software/hardware issue. It seems to be very much a network issue. Any clues?
Unacceptable. They should be paying for this months service. Don't change your number! Keep calling until you get someone who is knowledgeable.
Can you disable forwarding? Have you asked them? Ask them if they can do a whole reset on the network.
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Anybody else unable to locate a phone while Google Voice is integrated with Sprint? My two lines with GV always report "unable to locate" Go into Voice's settings and disable integration and it works great. Third line is always quickly located.
I have searched XDA, Sprint and Google and haven't found even a reference to the issue. Want to make sure it's not something on my end.
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Here's my explanation:
Yah know how you can use your housephone/landline (if you have one) or someone else's phone and call yours. For example, if your phone number is: (860) 555-1255?
You use another phone and call your phone at that number, then when your greeting starts you press * and put in your passcode, then GV says "to Place a Call, Press 2". That means that you can call with two different phones, so as of now, the locator gets confused when it sees a Sprint phone and another number...
So basically it's like having two phones with one number, (which with Google Voice it is possible).
The locator gets really confused and doesn't work... Hopefully Sprint will catch up and fix this...
That's my theory.
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I wouldn't think that GV would break it because neither the MDN or MIN change. Although I'm familiar with the operation of GV on its own, I'm not sure what changes behind-the-scenes after integration. Hopefully it's just a simple fix.
I'm just surprised that I didn't find any posts or faq dealing with it. One of the reasons for my low post count is I can usually find whatever answer I'm looking for without needing to ask. I'm pretty sure that almost every question has been asked and answered on a forum somewhere.
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I would like to find a way to send incoming "Private number" calls to voicemail, without downloading an app (with the security risks involved with this, as all apps I found want to read phone #, all of my contacts, and have access to the internet).
In Googling I found that on other, older, phones you could create a contact with "Private number" in the mobile phone field and select the "All calls to voicemail". I tried this on my Galaxy Nexus running 4.0.4 and it doesn't seem to be working.
Is there another built-in procedure that works to accomplish this?
Or does anybody know an app that is not a security risk (i.e. does not request access to the internet and/or my phone and/or my contacts)?
BTW, these are the permissions that one of these Apps (this one called Calls Blacklist) is requesting:
DIRECTLY CALL PHONE NUMBERS
SEND SMS MESSAGES
RECEIVE SMS
READ SMS OR MMS
EDIT SMS OR MMS
NETWORK COMMUNICATION
FULL INTERNET ACCESS
READ CONTACT DATA
WRITE CONTACT DATA
READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY
INTERCEPT OUTGOING CALLS
MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS
RETRIEVE RUNNING APPS
CHANGE WI-FI STATE
PREVENT TABLET FROM SLEEPING PREVENT PHONE FROM SLEEPING
MODIFY GLOBAL SYSTEM SETTINGS
CHANGE/INTERCEPT NETWORK SETTINGS AND TRAFFIC
DISPLAY SYSTEM-LEVEL ALERTS
You can't have an app send private calls to voicemail, but not be granted permission to see who is calling.
That would be like me saying to you; "I'm sorry sir, you're not appropriately dressed for this restaurant." over the phone.
Read reviews, not all of those apps are bad (some are though), and most of them will do exactly what you are looking to accomplish.
Security risks? The app kinda needs that information. You're better off not installing any apps as any of them could steal your valuable phone number.
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You can't have an app send private calls to voicemail, but not be granted permission to see who is calling.
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Duh, of course, it's not listed above as one of the unneeded permissions above.
But none of these are even remotely needed to do the job:
INTERCEPT OUTGOING CALLS
FULL INTERNET ACCESS
READ CONTACT DATA
WRITE CONTACT DATA
RETRIEVE RUNNING APPS
DIRECTLY CALL PHONE NUMBERS
SEND SMS MESSAGES
EDIT SMS OR MMS
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Read reviews, not all of those apps are bad (some are though), and most of them will do exactly what you are looking to accomplish.
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How exactly could a reviewer know that the app author isn't selling all of my contacts to some spammer? The tenet of good security is to not leave the door open unecessarily.
Besides the fact that yet another app means yet another thing that can go wrong (battery drain, system instability, etc.)
Back to the original question: "Is there another built-in procedure that works to accomplish this?"
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Duh, of course!
But none of these are needed to do the job:
INTERCEPT OUTGOING CALLS
FULL INTERNET ACCESS
READ CONTACT DATA
WRITE CONTACT DATA
RETRIEVE RUNNING APPS
How exactly could a reviewer know that the app author isn't selling all of my contacts to some spammer? The tenet of good security is to not leave the door open unecessarily.
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Get one that doesn't ask for those permissions then. You're so paranoid that maybe a smartphone just isn't for you. Ever thought of who could be hacking your Wi-fi? They could steal and intercept ANYTHING sent through your home internet.
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theking_13 said:
Get one that doesn't ask for those permissions then.
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None found, hence this thread.
A response to the OP, without flaming and personal attacks would be greatly appreciated.
theking_13 said:
... You're so paranoid that maybe a smartphone just isn't for you...
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If you're willing to install Google Voice (and really, it doesn't matter what permissions it asks for, you're running Google's OS which has access to EVERYTHING, so there's not much to think about) and switch to a Google Voice number, you can set it through the website settings that anonymous callers are directly routed to voicemail.
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If you're willing to install Google Voice (and really, it doesn't matter what permissions it asks for, you're running Google's OS which has access to EVERYTHING, so there's not much to think about)
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Agree about this--somehow I got painted as someone who trusts nobody, but of course while I wouldn't give my house keys to anyone, friends and cleaning service all have them.I do run many apps from trusted providers!
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and switch to a Google Voice number
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This is the issue: "Private number" callers will still call my regular, non Google Voice number, so it doesn't really do the trick.[/QUOTE]
So it seems that Google removed a feature that was available in previous versions of Android? Seems strange...
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Agree about this--somehow I got painted as someone who trusts nobody, but of course while I wouldn't give my house keys to anyone, friends and cleaning service all have them.I do run many apps from trusted providers!This is the issue: "Private number" callers will still call my regular, non Google Voice number, so it doesn't really do the trick.
So it seems that Google removed a feature that was available in previous versions of Android? Seems strange...
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Yeah, the replies haven't been particularly helpful so far. It's not "paranoid" to at least question the security of these apps, although the most popular ones are most likely fine.
You have a point with the non-Voice number. There's also the "no-turning-back" solution of porting your existing number to Google Voice for $20, which would then fix the problem, but it's not particularly ideal unless you're 100% sold on GV.
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Agree about this--somehow I got painted as someone who trusts nobody, but of course while I wouldn't give my house keys to anyone, friends and cleaning service all have them.I do run many apps from trusted providers!This is the issue: "Private number" callers will still call my regular, non Google Voice number, so it doesn't really do the trick.
So it seems that Google removed a feature that was available in previous versions of Android? Seems strange...
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Port your actual phone number to Google Voice and ask for a new one from the carrier. Thats what I did. I setup a contact in my phone with my old number and have it setup to send the caller ID as my old number. So any call to that number all display as "Personal Call". The carrier number is my "Work Number".
I actually have 2 Google Voice numbers and my normal Verizon one (3 total). One for Personal, one for my side Website business, and my normal job.
I don't restrict any callers but there are options in there for unknowns and the likes. At least you can setup CALL SCREENING, where it asks for the persons name. So I can answer ANY call, it will say, "Call from... Donut Marketing" and it gives me 2 options, 1 to take the call... and 2 to send to VM.
If you press 2, it then says, "Ok I've sent the caller to VM. Press STAR at any time to join the call". So if the VM is someone I WANT to speak with, I just pop in and say Hi. Most Marketers will shy away from leaving their name... no name, no call. They typically hang up immediately. Still prevents me from having to talk to them and try to get off the phone.
Even when they do leave me a Google Voice Mail, it gets translated to text and emailed to me so I can read it seconds after they've left it. Then just delete like a normal email.
Super easy.
You can probably also call up your carrier and say you are getting lots of Marketing calls from Unknown numbers and want them blocked. They'll probably want to charge you a fee... but maybe not.
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Port your actual phone number to Google Voice and ask for a new one from the carrier. Thats what I did. I setup a contact in my phone with my old number and have it setup to send the caller ID as my old number. So any call to that number all display as "Personal Call". The carrier number is my "Work Number".
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how did you get verizon to port your number without killing your contract? i just called and they said its not possible.
Root call blocker does this.
My GF wants to leave Verizon and join my family plan on ATT. I tried to port her in, but they are saying that because her number is a different market, they can't add her to my account. She would either need to change her number or have her own plan. Those choices suck.
I wonder if there's a way around this, and considered porting her to Google Voice, but i don't know how much of a pain it is using GV to emulate your old number and not the new assigned one from ATT. She doesn't want to have to work hard just to call/text. And i think it would be annoying to have her calls and texts show up with a new number.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
I give out my GV number to anyone and don't have any problems using it. Just install the GV app and tell it to make all outgoing calls via GV and she'll be fine...with voice calls. Texts come through and go out fine using GV, but MMS is not supported. I don't have a texting plan so it's not much of a concern to me, but if she is used to using MMS then it will become problematic.
Just remember that using Google voice will eat minutes even if you are on a mobile to mobile plan.
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My GF wants to leave Verizon and join my family plan on ATT. I tried to port her in, but they are saying that because her number is a different market, they can't add her to my account. She would either need to change her number or have her own plan. Those choices suck.
I wonder if there's a way around this, and considered porting her to Google Voice, but i don't know how much of a pain it is using GV to emulate your old number and not the new assigned one from ATT. She doesn't want to have to work hard just to call/text. And i think it would be annoying to have her calls and texts show up with a new number.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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If you call customer service or go to your local AT&T corporate store they are able to have the same family plan with different area codes. It is possible but the work around is opening a new account under your name under what is called a NBI account. Basically that's how business accounts are opened but it will be under your personal information and then they could move your number into that account and then bring the Verizon number with a different area code into that same NBI account.
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Yeah, but if that new NBI account is created, any grandfatherd features such as old Raye plans or unl data are lost since a new plan has to be set up
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Yeah, but if that new NBI account is created, any grandfatherd features such as old Raye plans or unl data are lost since a new plan has to be set up
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Nope, all they do is transfer over the lines with existing features and it still stays grandfathered.
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My GF wants to leave Verizon and join my family plan on ATT. I tried to port her in, but they are saying that because her number is a different market, they can't add her to my account. She would either need to change her number or have her own plan. Those choices suck.
I wonder if there's a way around this, and considered porting her to Google Voice, but i don't know how much of a pain it is using GV to emulate your old number and not the new assigned one from ATT. She doesn't want to have to work hard just to call/text. And i think it would be annoying to have her calls and texts show up with a new number.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
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If you call customer service or go to your local AT&T corporate store they are able to have the same family plan with different area codes. It is possible but the work around is opening a new account under your name under what is called a NBI account. Basically that's how business accounts are opened but it will be under your personal information and then they could move your number into that account and then bring the Verizon number with a different area code into that same NBI account.
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Exactly -- I ran into the same issue over 2 years ago. I am on AT&T, live in Chicago, but have a South Florida number, my wife was on Verizon. When we got married, she stayed with Verizon until her contract was up. Then she switched to AT&T and got an iPhone with Unlimited data. At the time, I had iPhone with Unlimited as well. They wouldn't allow her to be added to my account because I had an out of area number. I spoke with a manager, told them that I knew it was possible because a few of my friends have the same thing. I said I wanted to make sure I kept my Unlimited Data, and I wanted to make sure my wife did too.
They opened a Small Business Account for me. When it was all set up they transfered over my wifes account. She opened it separately with AT&T because the window for the Unlimited Data was running out and she wanted to get it while she could. I personally recommend that they open the account and have it set up first then port the number. We kept all of our features as they were prior to the new account.
When I switched to Android, I kept my number, upgraded to LTE, and kept my unlimited (5 GB throttled) data plan.
Make sure that they know exactly what you want when you switch your account so you don't lose something.
someone told me that opening an NBI account does change some things with your plan, not data unlimited, but other stuff i wasan't sure if it would have an effect or not. either way this might be my best solution
I have both a Sprint Epic 4G Touch and an ATT Galaxy S3.
I have had Sprint for 12 years, it's my main number. My ATT line is newer and had a newer number that I honestly don't use much.
What I would like to do is port my Sprint number to my Google Voice account so I can use it on both phones. I was all set to do this when I was told that porting my Sprint number to GV will cause my Sprint account/line to cancel automatically and that I will have to call them and open a new line of service etc etc.
UMMMMMMM? Seriously? I can't just port it and get them to give me a new number?
Someone else thought I might be able to call them and request a second number for my line, then port the old one and it would just kick over to the new number Sprint gives me and not kill my line of service.
Has anyone done this before? Help?! =)
Thanks.
kdoggy said:
I have both a Sprint Epic 4G Touch and an ATT Galaxy S3.
I have had Sprint for 12 years, it's my main number. My ATT line is newer and had a newer number that I honestly don't use much.
What I would like to do is port my Sprint number to my Google Voice account so I can use it on both phones. I was all set to do this when I was told that porting my Sprint number to GV will cause my Sprint account/line to cancel automatically and that I will have to call them and open a new line of service etc etc.
UMMMMMMM? Seriously? I can't just port it and get them to give me a new number?
Someone else thought I might be able to call them and request a second number for my line, then port the old one and it would just kick over to the new number Sprint gives me and not kill my line of service.
Has anyone done this before? Help?! =)
Thanks.
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Sprint has gvoice integration where it can have your sprint number associated with your google account of choosing and have it work on your cellphone, just log into voice.google.com and get started there. If you decide you dont like it for any reason you can just hit the undo button on the page and it will go back to normal. EDIT: also this costs nothing you can add or subtract your sprint # as many times as you want. just go to voice.google.com or download the google voice app on you phone to get started, goodluck have fun
Yea I know how that works but I want to have my Sprint number ported to my GV account so it has no attachment to ANY carrier.
I want to be able to use my Sprint number on ANY cellphone I might ever have in the future.
Sounds like I'm going to have to cancel my Sprint account to do what I want to do. So if I walk away from Sprint, port my number over and let it cancel my account and get hit a ETF fee, will that fee be the FULL ETF fee or based on how long I have left on my contract? I have 11 months left on my Sprint contract.
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Yea I know how that works but I want to have my Sprint number ported to my GV account so it has no attachment to ANY carrier.
I want to be able to use my Sprint number on ANY cellphone I might ever have in the future.
Sounds like I'm going to have to cancel my Sprint account to do what I want to do. So if I walk away from Sprint, port my number over and let it cancel my account and get hit a ETF fee, will that fee be the FULL ETF fee or based on how long I have left on my contract? I have 11 months left on my Sprint contract.
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If you do what Mynaga said to do you should be able to do this. When you download the Gvoice app on your phone you would be able to select what call you want google voice to handle on your phone like: use gv for all calls, or only international ones etc.. so if you select google voice to handle all calls on both your epic and on your ATT phone then you would always be using that same number . ..
You say you dont want to cancel your Sprint line and you want to be able to use this number on any cellphone you ever have in the future well if you upgrade to another phone with Sprint then your number gets swapped to that phone and just install google voice and set it up the same way and your good to go.... hope this helps.
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Sprint has gvoice integration where it can have your sprint number associated with your google account of choosing and have it work on your cellphone, just log into voice.google.com and get started there. If you decide you dont like it for any reason you can just hit the undo button on the page and it will go back to normal. EDIT: also this costs nothing you can add or subtract your sprint # as many times as you want. just go to voice.google.com or download the google voice app on you phone to get started, goodluck have fun
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