I was just curious if there is an app that will allow me to get Call Display for free in Canada on Bell, I really like this feature but an extra $12 a month for it is a bit much so I'm just curious if there's an app that can let me know who's calling so I can hopfully get rid of this extra $12 a month charge.
I know there's apps such as Super Caller ID but do I need to have Caller ID from my provider for this to work? Anyone on bell try this app and have it work without paying bell for the feature?
No one is sure
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Those apps work by matching the incoming number with information on the internet, if there's no incoming number, they wont work.
Think your out of luck with that one.
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Hey,
For those of you on T-Mobile check out hullomail
http://www.hullomail.com/uk/index.html
It's avaliable on the market but you need to sign up online first. It's a visual voicemail service and it's excellent.
It's free for T-Mobile customers, they used to charge extra to forward your calls to another Voicemail provider but then they got rid of this after a petition back in the G1 days.
You can use it on other networks too but you will get charged for the diverting.
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I've been using this since I got my Desire in March, and its a MUST for T-Mobile users! Makes all your voicemail free! I have it so instead of the app, I just configure it through the website to forward all messages and notifications to my gmail account, which allows you to very quickly preview the messages anyone leaves
Does it actually work okay? The app I mean, as it says not compatible with 2.1?
This is well cool! No more 'calls outside allowance' on my bill for ringing to check my messages! Thanks! Set up was easy, checked it works, get email with mp3 of message sent to my gmail account and also can call using my normal minutes.
App works fine on 2.1, dunno why they say it doesn't.
Yep it's a fantastic app, highly recommended.
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Hey,
For those of you on T-Mobile check out hullomail
http://www.hullomail.com/uk/index.html
It's avaliable on the market but you need to sign up online first. It's a visual voicemail service and it's excellent.
It's free for T-Mobile customers, they used to charge extra to forward your calls to another Voicemail provider but then they got rid of this after a petition back in the G1 days.
You can use it on other networks too but you will get charged for the diverting.
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on your rec I've given it a go. I think you've just really helped me out as I'm off to Oz for a few weeks from Saturday and being able to forward all my messages to gmail is perfect
I have messaging completely disabled on my phone(even the vzw free text messages dont come through). I was wondering, if i use an app like Handcent SMS, will that work by itself? Will i incur messaging charges?
Also, i heard you can email a msg to a phone # by doing something like:
mailto:[email protected]?.com
if its to a verizon cust for instance, what would i put after the @? is it vtext.com, vzwpix.com, ???
I have been on google voice for a little over 2 years. And with that haven't been paying for any text plans, since then. Your best best is to incorporate that, either by using a number u can pick through what google offers in google voice as you se it up(painfully easy)
Or
Take the better but...harder route. (Which I did)
If u are out of contract...port your number and give it to google voice. Tell ur cell provider u need it for business voicemail reasons. And for you to receive a new one from them. Then for the rest of your cellular life u will never have to worry about paying for text and BONUS ever have to tell any one u got a new number...because now it will always be in google voice..and u can connect that number with anything!
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I've been afraid to port over to google voice. It seems they tire of things easily and have a huge pile of abandoned projects.
I still always think of doing it though.
Another alternative is to use a app named textfree, it will provide you with a new number and unlimited texting.
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jasbur17 said:
I've been afraid to port over to google voice. It seems they tire of things easily and have a huge pile of abandoned projects.
I still always think of doing it though.
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well said, i agree on you with that. but this is too big. many people use it. it is so heavily implemented that it would be simply BAFFLING if they would. besides, there would be plenty of options in the event they did (free porting out, refunds, etc)
either way. i doubt it. smart phones have made this a number one bonus , the new york times wrote an article just last month on the death of text payment
guess who was one of the first to have the option?
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voxigenboy said:
I have messaging completely disabled on my phone(even the vzw free text messages dont come through). I was wondering, if i use an app like Handcent SMS, will that work by itself? Will i incur messaging charges?
Also, i heard you can email a msg to a phone # by doing something like:
mailto:[email protected]?.com
if its to a verizon cust for instance, what would i put after the @? is it vtext.com, vzwpix.com, ???
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You wouldn't be able to use Handcent or the like since they are just a GUI overlay to the stock texting app. You would have to use an independent messaging program like Google Voice which was mentioned above and I've heard a good number of success stories with it (not necessarily the porting your number part).
To answer your other question you can email any cell phone and it will go through as an MMS. Every carrier has their own email domain for it that a Google search will give you. For Verizon it would be [email protected].
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I did a search and could not find anything.
Just a quick question.
My bro has a S3 from Rojerks. He got rid of the Caller ID option from his plan because they charge to much for it. So now when anyone calls it shows UNKNOWN.
So we are wondering, is there some sort of hack or program (root?) that will show the name and number from his Contact list when someone calls?
I ask because whenever someone texts him the name and number show, so how can it show there and not when someone calls?
Is there a way to get the name and number to show just from his contact list only w/o the service from Rojerks?
Short and simple answer is no.
If you don't have caller id rogers masks the incoming callers making all callers display as unknown using computer sofware.
When your receiving a text message, the message by default requires a sender and receiver address or it cannot be sent/received. Otherwise you'd be getting texts from unknowns numbers with no way of replying.
BTW, if suggest try talking to the rogers retensions department (call 611 and go Thur the menus until you get to the cancel your services) the agents may offer you a better deals then other agents or going in person at any rogers dealer locations. Try googling "rogers retenison plans" and you'll find alot more information about what I'm talking about.
Personally I pay $45 a month after tax for unlimited everything (Canada wide LD, texting and what not) + 5GB of data.
Anyways I hope I answered your questions.
Cheers
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Danielk91 said:
Short and simple answer is no.
If you don't have caller id rogers masks the incoming callers making all callers display as unknown using computer sofware.
When your receiving a text message, the message by default requires a sender and receiver address or it cannot be sent/received. Otherwise you'd be getting texts from unknowns numbers with no way of replying.
BTW, if suggest try talking to the rogers retensions department (call 611 and go Thur the menus until you get to the cancel your services) the agents may offer you a better deals then other agents or going in person at any rogers dealer locations. Try googling "rogers retenison plans" and you'll find alot more information about what I'm talking about.
Personally I pay $45 a month after tax for unlimited everything (Canada wide LD, texting and what not) + 5GB of data.
Anyways I hope I answered your questions.
Cheers
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$45 for 5GB of data..I pay $45 for 150 MB data...
thank you for the reply and the clarification. I will pass the info on to my brother..
Cheers!
So suddenly today I noticed that all my calls are getting labels showing where the phone number is.
Like voicemail shows Oxnard California. Or a 610 area code shows Philadelphia.
Is this a new T Mobile feature? Is this a new feature of Android 4.3? Or is this a new feature of Carbon ROM that Im using? Or is it an unlisted feature of the Rocketdialer app I just got?
This is really cool and I can't find any documentation on this.
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Haven't notice that. All my calls still show the caller ID info but not location of call origination.
baseballfanz said:
Haven't notice that. All my calls still show the caller ID info but not location of call origination.
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Turns out is is part of Rocketdialer. I just didn't see it in the app description on the play store.
It's pretty cool!
I assume the app just has a list of area codes for the entire nation and tells you the city the area code is from. But like for the voicemail number it was very specific.
It's pretty neat. And I don't think you need to use the Dialer app as your primary dialer in order to see the location notifications. It's worth a look.
The T-Mobile caller id costs money. Not something you wouldn't notice. Maybe your ROM has white pages caller id included.
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Android_Monsters said:
The T-Mobile caller id costs money. Not something you wouldn't notice. Maybe your ROM has white pages caller id included.
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Are you sure T-mobile caller ID cost extras? I never signed up for it and it just started working when I got the GS4. If it cost me money I'm going to call them and make sure to cancel it.
Android_Monsters said:
The T-Mobile caller id costs money. Not something you wouldn't notice. Maybe your ROM has white pages caller id included.
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I just want to know the city and state of the caller. I don't need to know who exactly is calling. Without paying T-Mobile, I only know the state. Sigh.
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baseballfanz said:
Are you sure T-mobile caller ID cost extras? I never signed up for it and it just started working when I got the GS4. If it cost me money I'm going to call them and make sure to cancel it.
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Take a look at this:
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-3176
There's a 10 day trial. I don't know if there's a free version.
Under your account, there is an optional pay feature re caller id.
You may have activated the out of box Caller id feature
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Biker1 said:
Take a look at this:
http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-3176
There's a 10 day trial. I don't know if there's a free version.
Under your account, there is an optional pay feature re caller id.
You may have activated the out of box Caller id feature
Name ID pay feature pic added.
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Thanks, just checked my billing and it does show a 10 days trial period.
I just tried calling from a phone not in my contact list and only the phone # showed up so caller ID is gone for me.
I just switched from a Galaxy S3 to a Galaxy S4 and am having issues with incoming caller id. On the S3, if the number was not in my contacts, it would show up as whatever state the number is assigned to. On my new S4, it shows the number only.
The other difference I notice between the two is the display of the CID. On the S3 it's xxx-xxx-xxxx on the S4 it's xxx xxx-xxxx.
I'm using the same phone provider for both phones. In searching some of the forums, it also looks like you can get name associated to the ICID? If so, does anyone have any idea how so make that work for T-Mobile?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Tmobile caller id works fine for me. Are you paying for the service? Are you on a custom rom?
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awnry said:
I just switched from a Galaxy S3 to a Galaxy S4 and am having issues with incoming caller id. On the S3, if the number was not in my contacts, it would show up as whatever state the number is assigned to. On my new S4, it shows the number only.
The other difference I notice between the two is the display of the CID. On the S3 it's xxx-xxx-xxxx on the S4 it's xxx xxx-xxxx.
I'm using the same phone provider for both phones. In searching some of the forums, it also looks like you can get name associated to the ICID? If so, does anyone have any idea how so make that work for T-Mobile?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Here's a similar thread on it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425249&
Let me clarify - the incoming caller id works. However, with the S3 it would show what STATE the phone number is registered to whereas the S4 only shows the number and no state (if the number is not in my contacts).
I'm running stock ROM.
Spastic909 said:
Tmobile caller id works fine for me. Are you paying for the service? Are you on a custom rom?
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awnry said:
Let me clarify - the incoming caller id works. However, with the S3 it would show what STATE the phone number is registered to whereas the S4 only shows the number and no state (if the number is not in my contacts).
I'm running stock ROM.
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That's just how the S4 work.
If I rooted it and put a custom ROM on it would it restore that capability as my S3 had?
baseballfanz said:
That's just how the S4 work.
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This feature works on my wife's S4 on T-Mo. I've traced down the caller id displaying the state to an app called T-Mobile Name ID. My phone (HTC One) doesn't display the state either when someone calls, but it works on another HTC One that's also on T-Mobile. The difference is that Name ID app - on my phone it says it can't contact the server, whereas on the other phones the app works fine. I haven't been able to figure out why that app isn't working on mine tho... there doesn't seem to be a way to configure it or anything.
jaggrey said:
This feature works on my wife's S4 on T-Mo. I've traced down the caller id displaying the state to an app called T-Mobile Name ID. My phone (HTC One) doesn't display the state either when someone calls, but it works on another HTC One that's also on T-Mobile. The difference is that Name ID app - on my phone it says it can't contact the server, whereas on the other phones the app works fine. I haven't been able to figure out why that app isn't working on mine tho... there doesn't seem to be a way to configure it or anything.
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Name ID is a paid service, $3.99/mo. When I first got the GS4 and a 10 days free trial or something like that, it work but after the trial period was over it was just regular caller ID.
baseballfanz said:
Name ID is a paid service, $3.99/mo. When I first got the GS4 and a 10 days free trial or something like that, it work but after the trial period was over it was just regular caller ID.
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From what I've seen on the phones I've tested it with, even after the trial is over it will continue to give you the state from where they're calling. The paid service is for all the other info, like the name/company. When the Name ID app is disabled or non-functional, the phone doesn't give any information except for the number.