I want to just use google voice so I can send texts over wifi through my phone since I don't have signal in this area....but its also taking over my voicemail.
When people call my sprint number, it says "THE GOOGLE VOICE SUBSCRIBER BLAH BLAH BLAH" beeeeep and then I get the voicemail in my GV inbox. Is there a way I can use google voice and still keep my voicemails coming to my sprint visual voicemail?
Like when I get into service, id like my voicemails to pop up in my phone....
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A_Flying_Fox said:
I want to just use google voice so I can send texts over wifi through my phone since I don't have signal in this area....but its also taking over my voicemail.
When people call my sprint number, it says "THE GOOGLE VOICE SUBSCRIBER BLAH BLAH BLAH" beeeeep and then I get the voicemail in my GV inbox. Is there a way I can use google voice and still keep my voicemails coming to my sprint visual voicemail?
Like when I get into service, id like my voicemails to pop up in my phone....
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I like to use VLingo (free from the market) to handle the voice to text and text to voice type of stuff. It works really well and has a lot of good options.
But that's just it... I don't need text-voice.... I just need google voice so I can send texts through wifi while I don't have sprint service, but it also took over my voicemail... I want my voicemail to go back to sprint. Is there a way I can take google voice away from my voicemails and sill use it to text?
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Can you not send texts over wifi with the stock messenger? I was under the.impression that was possible but Im not home to check
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But that's just it... I don't need text-voice.... I just need google voice so I can send texts through wifi while I don't have sprint service, but it also took over my voicemail... I want my voicemail to go back to sprint. Is there a way I can take google voice away from my voicemails and sill use it to text?
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I found this on a google board: http://www.google.as/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=4c77cb96271a525f&hl=en
"For Sprint users, dialing *38 on your mobile device deactivates the forwarding vmails to your email address associated with your Google voice and returns it back to your mobile voicemail.
I just did this today and it worked! Wish someone told me this 3 weeks ago. LOL."
Hope that helps
i cant seem to set up visual voice mail on my s3. im on at&t. do i have to use the att messages app? or is there another option?
Put AT&T in the subject. Not sure about your phone, on Sprint it is in the widgets area which is the other tab under the applications drawer
looks like you need to download an app.
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB412330#fbid=95wpgnbQcP2
personally i used to use fusion visual voicemail and now use google voice.
some of the restrictions on att's app would cause problems for me: 40 message limit, 14 day retention, 2 minute message length.
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB115686&cv=820#fbid=95wpgnbQcP2
edit:another site dealing with setting up visual vm: http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB414957#fbid=95wpgnbQcP2
i also found this little disclaimer. i can't tell if that means you can't use att messages at all for visual voicemail on the Lte android phones in question or if you have to choose one and stick with it.
"AT&T Messages, a cloud-based messaging application which includes visual voicemail, is currently not compatible with AT&T Visual Voicemail for Android. Contact Customer Care at 800-331-0500 or 611 from your wireless device, if you have activated AT&T Messages on your account and would like to switch to AT&T Visual Voicemail for Android"
So long story short had an Epic 4g Touch on Virgin Mobile's $25 plan but need unlimited minutes now so I switched to page plus 2 weeks ago in hopes of flashing my e4gt to page plus. But I missed the unlimited data so decided to go with a gsm gnex and straight talk. Already have the phone and sim should be here today or tomorrow and I will be porting my number over.
Question is should I just port my number to Google Voice to avoid this hassle in the future? Is GV reliable? I can still use the stock phone and messaging app right (CM10 is the OS ill be on)? Is there any way to get MMS, like MMS-to-Email on sprint? Anything else I should take into consideration?
So should I just port my number to straight talk or port it to google voice?
Thanks
I say google voice (and forward it to whatever number at the time). The tricky bit is that smses would come from your original number unless you send them with voice also.
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There are probably 3 threads about your topic already (and they are huge threads). I'm on mobile right now and don't have the link, but they should be in the general and q&a section, and a bit of googling will help you find them.
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hmm sounds like it would just be more convienient to port my number to straight talk..
Any other thoughts?
I recently ported my number to Straight Talk and it was active in about 20 minutes. As long as you have all the information they need to port, it's extremely painless.
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I decided to just port my number and its been over 12 hours and still hasn't gone through. WTF straight talk? Not off to a good start with me.
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I use Google voice with its own number. I use the app. My Google number shows on text to them just fine. nobody had real number. I use groove ip to make calls thru voice. I set it up this way so that if gonna be late on Bill or whatever i still have"service" that people can call and text me with provided I'm in wifi. actually ran it this way for about a year without any service at all. . Just Google. Since everyone already had my Google i never worried about missing calls or text. If i left wifi zone Google stored all missed notifications so could retrieve once in wifi again. Ill promote.voice any day of the week.
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I decided to just port my number and its been over 12 hours and still hasn't gone through. WTF straight talk? Not off to a good start with me.
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Just set up a Google seperately. Give everyone that number. Once service is up and running forward calls from the Google to your number. Then will have service until they get it going and won't have to tell people to go back to old number. Will always have a phone too
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Finally got my number ported to my at&t straight talk sim and all I have to say is damn this data is fast! 10x faster than my old virgin mobile trash. Even faster than my home DSL. Very happy now.
I think I'll hold off on Google voice for now though. My girl is always sending me picture messages.
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GV can be a hassle and finicky but its definitely reliable.
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GV can be a hassle and finicky but its definitely reliable.
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Never had a problem. Just can't integrate
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Sprint + Google Voice => Straight Talk, now problems.
I had my Sprint number. When Google voice came out and Sprint allowed integration, I did that. Last week I ported my Sprint/GV number over to Straight Talk (after buying an HTC One X+).
I want to get text messages in GV, not the HTC messaging app. I want to make phone calls from my normal GV number, and when I get a voicemail, i want that to come through GV as well. Basically, I want GV to do what is was doing for me on Sprint, handling my voicemail and my texts (both sending and receiving).
Currently, when my wife calls/texts me (she is still on Sprint), GV takes the voicemail/text. Perfect! But when other people call my voicemail gives a message saying that I haven't set up my voicemail box yet (Straight talk seems to not do this very well), and text messages all go into the HTC messaging app. Sending messages from GV or HTC messenger both work fine.
Does anyone have any help for me? Do I need to switch my number with Straight Talk and just have my old number stored in GV, then do the forwarding thing? Can I do that with outgoing calls, so they appear to come from my "old" phone number? Any help you can provide would me most appreciated.
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I had my Sprint number. When Google voice came out and Sprint allowed integration, I did that. Last week I ported my Sprint/GV number over to Straight Talk (after buying an HTC One X+).
I want to get text messages in GV, not the HTC messaging app. I want to make phone calls from my normal GV number, and when I get a voicemail, i want that to come through GV as well. Basically, I want GV to do what is was doing for me on Sprint, handling my voicemail and my texts (both sending and receiving).
Currently, when my wife calls/texts me (she is still on Sprint), GV takes the voicemail/text. Perfect! But when other people call my voicemail gives a message saying that I haven't set up my voicemail box yet (Straight talk seems to not do this very well), and text messages all go into the HTC messaging app. Sending messages from GV or HTC messenger both work fine.
Does anyone have any help for me? Do I need to switch my number with Straight Talk and just have my old number stored in GV, then do the forwarding thing? Can I do that with outgoing calls, so they appear to come from my "old" phone number? Any help you can provide would me most appreciated.
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You need to do call forwarding
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You need to do call forwarding
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Please forgive me for being obtuse, but can you be a little more specific? I'm struggling with this question and would like more instruction. Did you mean that I need a second, non-GV number as my cell phone number? Or something else? I'm easily confused this week.
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I had my Sprint number. When Google voice came out and Sprint allowed integration, I did that. Last week I ported my Sprint/GV number over to Straight Talk (after buying an HTC One X+).
I want to get text messages in GV, not the HTC messaging app. I want to make phone calls from my normal GV number, and when I get a voicemail, i want that to come through GV as well. Basically, I want GV to do what is was doing for me on Sprint, handling my voicemail and my texts (both sending and receiving).
Currently, when my wife calls/texts me (she is still on Sprint), GV takes the voicemail/text. Perfect! But when other people call my voicemail gives a message saying that I haven't set up my voicemail box yet (Straight talk seems to not do this very well), and text messages all go into the HTC messaging app. Sending messages from GV or HTC messenger both work fine.
Does anyone have any help for me? Do I need to switch my number with Straight Talk and just have my old number stored in GV, then do the forwarding thing? Can I do that with outgoing calls, so they appear to come from my "old" phone number? Any help you can provide would me most appreciated.
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There's a spot in the GV settings to have your texts only appear in the GV app... or just remove notifications from the GV app and you're problem is solved (only using the HTC app then.)
You need a separate number on straight talk and then just forward your GV number to that one. (I believe that step needs to be done from a PC.) Once you've done that you can still make your calls using the GV app, just select it to be used for all calls.
About to make the plung to ST as well. Currently useing GV forwarding to a verizon number. The GV number is the only number used period, the veizon number is just a recptical for GV to rout to. I really miss the lack of mms and the txting over data sometimes isnt as reliable. Also really miss the mms and sms dedicated apps.
Is is possible to port your GV number to ST but not lose the GV service ?
I would love for my GV number to be the native number on my ST phone and enjoy all the sms mms and direct calls to that phone. But NOT lose the GV feature associated with that number. Not sure i can live with out the web interface on my desktop for checking voice mails and txt.
I know i can just forward to a new ST number but would love to only have one number for all communication as i would like to have mms back.
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About to make the plung to ST as well. Currently useing GV forwarding to a verizon number. The GV number is the only number used period, the veizon number is just a recptical for GV to rout to. I really miss the lack of mms and the txting over data sometimes isnt as reliable. Also really miss the mms and sms dedicated apps.
Is is possible to port your GV number to ST but not lose the GV service ?
I would love for my GV number to be the native number on my ST phone and enjoy all the sms mms and direct calls to that phone. But NOT lose the GV feature associated with that number. Not sure i can live with out the web interface on my desktop for checking voice mails and txt.
I know i can just forward to a new ST number but would love to only have one number for all communication as i would like to have mms back.
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Matt, hopefully this reply won't be too late for it to help you. I've been recovering from surgery.
I actually have done this both ways now, so I think I can speak to various issues.
On My Phone:
I kept my main number with Google Voice and got a StraightTalk SIM with some other number. All of my calls, both incoming and outgoing, I route through GV (a simple setting in GV), and all my texts come through the GV app by default. I'm probably missing my MMS's, but that doesn't bother me as I only used to get 2-3 per year.
On My Wife's Phone:
She was much more concerned with GV's lack of text message threading, so we opted to port her Spring/GV number over to StraightTalk. Her voicemails go though ST, and cannot be transcribed. Her texts through her messenger app, and all her calls though ST. Basically she left GV. There is an option to still have GV try to grab your voicemails and transcribe them instead of going through ST, but ST does not support that feature, so it cannot be done.
Where you say "But NOT lose the GV feature associated with that number." I'm a bit confused. When I think of GV features, I think of text over data/from computer & voicemail recording, but you seem to imply there is some other I'm missing.
I hope this helps with your decision. Again, sorry about the delay in responding.
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Matt, hopefully this reply won't be too late for it to help you. I've been recovering from surgery.
I actually have done this both ways now, so I think I can speak to various issues.
On My Phone:
I kept my main number with Google Voice and got a StraightTalk SIM with some other number. All of my calls, both incoming and outgoing, I route through GV (a simple setting in GV), and all my texts come through the GV app by default. I'm probably missing my MMS's, but that doesn't bother me as I only used to get 2-3 per year.
On My Wife's Phone:
She was much more concerned with GV's lack of text message threading, so we opted to port her Spring/GV number over to StraightTalk. Her voicemails go though ST, and cannot be transcribed. Her texts through her messenger app, and all her calls though ST. Basically she left GV. There is an option to still have GV try to grab your voicemails and transcribe them instead of going through ST, but ST does not support that feature, so it cannot be done.
Where you say "But NOT lose the GV feature associated with that number." I'm a bit confused. When I think of GV features, I think of text over data/from computer & voicemail recording, but you seem to imply there is some other I'm missing.
I hope this helps with your decision. Again, sorry about the delay in responding.
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Thank you, actually about to activate tonight with a ST number and route through GV. As far as the GV features i was referring mainly to the web integration. Love being able to check my txt and VMs from a browser. I know there are some apps that allow such but i like the way GV does it. I knew what i wanted wasnt possible but i had hoped. I wanted to think that i could port my GV number to ST so that it would be the native and only number to the phone and still have GV work as it does now without sacrificing anything. I knew it wasn't a reasonable wish. Should things ever change i can always port my GV number out another day.
Thank you for the response
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Thank you, actually about to activate tonight with a ST number and route through GV. . . . . .
Thank you for the response
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Matt, a quick update:
So there is a setting on the GV website that allows you to get your text messages through your phone's text message app, and a setting in the GV app that allows you to turn off GV notifications on your phone. Thus, you could conceivably use your phone as it was meant to be used (for SMS), and just keep the VM options enabled. I hadn't really known what that option did before, but it seems it may be helpful for you.
Also, if you found my posts helpful, please "thank" me. I'm pretty junior and I guess it would help me gain credibility in the forums.
I made this simple video just because my device didn't ship with AT&T Visual Voicemail preinstalled, and it is a feature included in my plan.
Perhaps some people don't know it is included in their plan. Either way, a lot of people viewed my video for the S3.
Be gentle. Thanks...
I only wish the visual voicemail app would have the unread count bubble on the icon like the email app and text app...
Yeah. The widget isn't much of a widget huh?
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I want bubble icons also... :good:
You can also set up Google Voice to do this, it also tells you how many new voicemails you have, don't know about the bubble though
This video shows the dialer codes you want to punch in to forward to your Google Voice number...
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This phone requires a little more input than my CDMA phones. Sorry.. . This was the last video and was taken early in the morning. I was really tired.
Really this should work for all phones on AT&T. iPhones and Android phones.
Source for this info: http://oberhaus-iphone.blogspot.com/2011/10/forward-at-voicemail-to-google-voice.html
Check current config: *#61# Call (copy your current phone number for your voicemail!)
Google Voice (best configuration)
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Busy Call Forwarding: Dial *67* plus the 10-digit number to which your calls should be forwarded and #. Press Send.
Call Forwarding No Reply: Dial *61* plus the 10-digit number to which your calls should be forwarded and #. Press Send.
Call Forwarding Not Reachable: Dial *62* plus the 10-digit number to which your calls should be forwarded and #. Press Send.
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I would not use this unless you are on vacation and want everything to forward or you are changing phone numbers.
Immediate Call Forwarding: Dial *21* plus the 10-digit number to which your calls should be forwarded and #. Press Send.
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I have tried several times to set up this system
Even whe VVM calls the voice it does not disconnect as in the video
Is there another step I am missing
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I've had problems with the One X. Reinstall or try everyday. Then go to AT&T I guess. I finally got lucky with the One X.
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att visual voicemail or google voice?
is this better than google voice for voicemail?
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I have tried several times to set up this system
Even whe VVM calls the voice it does not disconnect as in the video
Is there another step I am missing
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check with att whether your data plan has visual voicemail.. I had to talk to att for an hour until they figured out my unlimited data plan did not include visual voicemail. they switched it to anotther unlimted data plan with visual voicemail and it started working.
I'm aware that the HTC One M9 doesn't support visual voicemail natively (it's through carriers) but after spending an hour on the phone with AT&T getting Google voice setup as my voicemail provider (VOLTE needs to be turned off...). Google voice now works as intended but voicemails aren't being displayed in my call log. I have the option to display them checked in the Google Voice app but they still don't show up in the call log. Any ideas?
Do you use hangouts? Curious if you get different results vs the voice app. I use google voice for voicemail as well . It doesn't show up as a voicemail option but changing the voicemail number to my GV number seems to work fine.
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Do you use hangouts? Curious if you get different results vs the voice app. I use google voice for voicemail as well . It doesn't show up as a voicemail option but changing the voicemail number to my GV number seems to work fine.
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I don't use hangouts no. Does your voicemail show up in your call log?
Just did some tests. Nothing I tried gets it to show up in the call log. Only in the app unfortunately. Does AT&T visual voice mail typically show up in the call log?
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Just did some tests. Nothing I tried gets it to show up in the call log. Only in the app unfortunately. Does AT&T visual voice mail typically show up in the call log?
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I'm not actually sure. I have an unlocked HTC One so I don't have any of the carrier apps. On my GS4, I used Google voice as my voicemail provider and it showed everything in my call log. It's possible that the htc one just doesn't support it.
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Do you use hangouts? Curious if you get different results vs the voice app. I use google voice for voicemail as well . It doesn't show up as a voicemail option but changing the voicemail number to my GV number seems to work fine.
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Not sure if you've figured out anything on this or not?
I've had a few HTC One phones (M7, M8 and now the M9)..... The only way I've EVER been able to get Google Voice to show up in the call log is when I'm using a GPe ROM. It isn't 100% compatible with Sense ROMs. Even when it did show up in the call log, I would get random notifications from GV show up in the call log, from even a year ago. Sometimes on a restart, sometimes when I received a text and sometimes when another voice message was left. I ended up un-checking that options and it's much more reliable on notifications now.
Never got it to work 100 either. Like you I've had the most success on GPe ROMs. Too bad cause it is a useful feature.