Q: Is it possible.. - Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

To have two phones connected to one line. Sharing the same minutes, data usage and txt msgs?
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Its illegal...but yes

It is called cloning a device. They used to do it for pagers but that is a major difference. Doubt you will find anyone to do it for a cell phone but theoretically it could be done.
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What about a family plan
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murso74 said:
What about a family plan
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That would cost money... I joke, but really this is the way to go. I have 5 lines on my family plan. We still only use 200-300 if the 1500 landline minutes.
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Aren't there also a lot of technical problems with a clone?
EX: A call or text comes in to your number and only one of the phones gets it.

I know I am off topic here but can someone explain VoIP to me please?
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JohnCorleone said:
I know I am off topic here but can someone explain VoIP to me please?
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Googe voice. Lmao...voip is caling over the internet

ugothakd said:
Googe voice. Lmao...voip is caling over the internet
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I think I am spending too much time testing and not enough time learning. Thanks
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JohnCorleone said:
I think I am spending too much time testing and not enough time learning. Thanks
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It is how Vonage and Majic jack work as well as a good part of the Sprint Airave. They just use your internet connection.

kennyglass123 said:
It is how Vonage and Majic jack work as well as a good part of the Sprint Airave. They just use your internet connection.
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Ok, so on the most current Miui build Wifi works and voice calling isn't quite there yet. How would I go about setting something like this up? Do I need to get a specific app?
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ugothakd said:
Googe voice. Lmao...voip is caling over the internet
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More accurately, it is called Voice Over Internet Protocol. Goole voice is a specific service that uses the protocol, similar to the issue of Kleenex being a specific brand of tissue paper.
I like to clear up confusion before it gets too far - we Americans have redefined too many words out of ignorance and fallacious assumptions as it is ;-)
@John - I haven't looked at VoiP solutions for Android in several months, but GrooveIP was a great app to use Google Voice for this purpose. At the time that I discovered it myself, the official Google Voice app didn't support voice calls on Android, so the only free way I had found involved an intermediary internet number (called a DID number, using a SIP account... it gets convoluted and confusing too damn fast, and wasn't very stable... plus, all of the free SIP providers I could find seemed to shut down around the end of June, for some reason).
What are you trying to accomplish? The only use that readily comes to my mind is to avoid using limited anytime minutes by using unlimited data instead - I rooted a friend's phone for this purpose, because his girlfriend always tore through all of their minutes in the first week of the month, then *****ed at him when she was unable to call him (obviously, the *****ing came later that evening, lol) I should explain that they're on a prepaid provider that doesn't do any free mobile to mobile minutes, etc. Just re read you4r last post more closely, answering my own question
And I mistyped one part - google voice didn't support outbound calls, lol - one word makes all the difference. Actually, I think the issue was that outbound calls used minutes you have to purchase... it wasn't the ideal situation for my friend's budget...
Anyway, my friend also had an Evo that he was unable to flash to Virgin, so I initially tested on that using just a wifi connection. It works great, and actually save my ass one night when a bad flash rendered my Epic unusable, and I couldn't get to my laptop for another 10 hours. I found a McDonald's or Starbucks with the free hotspot service whenever I needed to make or receive a call
EDIT: I am doubting the accuracy of my statements... but I am certain that GrooveIP does not need an active mobile network and does not eat up minutes, because Virgin doesn't do free incoming calls (at least not on their lowest Android plan). So I may have some details mixed up, but GrooveIP will work.
I should mention that GrooveIP was a $4 app when I set my friend up, no trial version to be found either
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I guess I was trying to find a way to make calls using the most current Miui build. It only works on Wifi and when I make or receive a call you can't hear anything so I was hoping I could ring a roundabout way while they are working on it. Thanks for the thorough response.
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[APP] True caller. alternative to tmobile name id app

better than paying 3.99 a month. for a one time fee of 2.99 you can get more features
get it here
http://www.truecaller.com/?p=downlo...wnload/truecaller.apk&filename=truecaller.apk
I tried this but the app never loads on a call
App sucks - two completely incorrect lookups. Told me two businesses were people.
sorry to hear that. works like a champ for me.
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Eh, Mr. Number gets the job done for me and it's completely free!!!
Works great for me. Thanks for the download!
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App sucks - two completely incorrect lookups. Told me two businesses were people.
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I agree. This app is garbage. I deleted a friends number and and tested it. He is from Maryland. This thing is telling me Texas...
I also use this app and have had no problems with it.
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VOIP

Has anyone had any success using Groove IP in conjunction with Google Voice to substitute the lack of wifi calling availability with CM9 or any other AOSP ROMs and if so, how was the quality of the calls?
Looking for ideas, any suggestions are appreciated.
Not using GrooveIP but I used the built-in SIP to connect to my Callcentric VOIP account and it works perfectly.
I did that when I had my nexus s.. it will work but grooveip always has a call delay.. it gets quite annoying.
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camalus said:
I did that when I had my nexus s.. it will work but grooveip always has a call delay.. it gets quite annoying.
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VoiD_Dweller said:
Has anyone had any success using Groove IP in conjunction with Google Voice to substitute the lack of wifi calling availability with CM9 or any other AOSP ROMs and if so, how was the quality of the calls?
Looking for ideas, any suggestions are appreciated.
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I use groove as well. And yes I have the delay but is it groove or is it Google voices servers?
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I have been useing groove IP for a little over a year now, only when im poor and can't afford my obscenely high att bill. Have experienced no problems on ICS AOKP milestone 6 w/siyah kernal.
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Its groove having the delay. Google voice just transfers the calls between services.
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camalus said:
I did that when I had my nexus s.. it will work but grooveip always has a call delay.. it gets quite annoying.
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Hmm It's primarily because when I go to the coast to visit my Mom, her hurricane proof house with nearly bullet-proof windows and plaster/block walls seem to give me little or no signal, in the past I've just used the wifi-calling on T-Mobile based ROMs. I'm loving CM9 and gave GrooveIP a try today with Gvoice and it seemed to work great. It's only for a few hours a day each week but it always seems to be right when I have a critically important call come through and it drops, over and over without the wifi calling
Thanks for the suggestions I'll stick with this and see how reliable it is..
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Its groove having the delay. Google voice just transfers the calls between services.
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Ahh. well ive gone on a hunt for a better app, and cant find one :'(
I hate this delay..
elesbb said:
Ahh. well ive gone on a hunt for a better app, and cant find one :'(
I hate this delay..
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Delay is annoying, small price to pay to avoid big bills..or not paying at all. It would be nice to see a better option tho...please let me know if you find anything better.....
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elesbb said:
Ahh. well ive gone on a hunt for a better app, and cant find one :'(
I hate this delay..
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Have you tried, fring or line2 or linphone? I have heard mixed reviews....at least linphone is open source...
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Getting texts late?

Is it normal to be getting texts a day later? I restarted my phone today and got like 20 texts that I guess were sent to me yesterday. How can I fix this?
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Same thing here, not sure what is up but it has been getting worse and ongoing....
jb8301 said:
Same thing here, not sure what is up but it has been getting worse and ongoing....
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either of you have an Airave...I have same problem and thats the culprit
This has happened to me twice. I'm even stock rooted. Really annoying.
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I don't. It has happened on Wi-Fi, and on 3g
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same thing happens to me, but it also happens with voicemail sometimes. Something somewhere isn't pushing it to the phone. Back on my Epic 4G I used to have issues with email not loading as well as texts and voicemail. Only texts and vm on the S3 though, but doesn't happen very often fortunately. That and wifi just stops working, but that's another story.
xjayman said:
either of you have an Airave...I have same problem and thats the culprit
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What's an airave?
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I had that issue last night - haven't texted much today so not sure if it's fixed, but some were about 30 min late last night
Had an opposite issue, I sent my wife a text while outside of home and it only went through when my phone connected to the air rave
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So funny, I have Airave and I send myself a text and it goes through without issue. I send one to my wife sitting next to me and she gets nothing.
A friend of mine receives them fine as well. I turned the Airave off and within 5 minutes my wife gets all the text I sent her.
What's an airave?!
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Humzaman said:
What's an airave?!
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Google can help with just about everything.....
http://www.sprintenterprise.com/airave/tellMeMore.html
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Sprint may be working in your towers, thus causing text and voice delays. If that's true then just wait it out. It's worth it.
This has been a major pain in the ass for me. Makes me seem like an ass for replying a day later LOL. Hopefully Sprint fixes it soon ;P
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Humzaman said:
What's an airave?!
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Personal cell tower...runs calls and data through your home internet connection
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xjayman said:
Personal cell tower...runs calls and data through your home internet connection
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Wow that's crazy. Lol.. data?!? I can see the need for making calls due to no service. But for data u can just use your wifi. I see it completely useless and impractical. It not only requires u to buy extra equipment, but it requires an energy source.
T-Mobile has WiFi calling. With no extra equipment. The more and more I learn about sprint the more I'm ready to switch back to T-Mobile. I mean sheesh this 3g and lte is bull****!
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Does anyone that has this issue use Google voice?
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No guys I don't have an airave. Yet this has been happening a lot ..
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diazf09 said:
Wow that's crazy. Lol.. data?!? I can see the need for making calls due to no service. But for data u can just use your wifi. I see it completely useless and impractical. It not only requires u to buy extra equipment, but it requires an energy source.
T-Mobile has WiFi calling. With no extra equipment. The more and more I learn about sprint the more I'm ready to switch back to T-Mobile. I mean sheesh this 3g and lte is bull****!
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I live out in the boonies and with out my airave I would not even get a cell signal.
Thurs I wasnt getting any of my texts til midnight, then they all came thru at once.
diazf09 said:
Wow that's crazy. Lol.. data?!? I can see the need for making calls due to no service. But for data u can just use your wifi. I see it completely useless and impractical. It not only requires u to buy extra equipment, but it requires an energy source.
T-Mobile has WiFi calling. With no extra equipment. The more and more I learn about sprint the more I'm ready to switch back to T-Mobile. I mean sheesh this 3g and lte is bull****!
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It's free
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I don't have an airwave either, but I'm having problems receiving texts late or not getting them at all either. It's not my PRL because I make sure to update that and everything

Note 8 lte phone apps?

I'm with at&t and am going to get the note 8 lte, which are the best apps to make phone calls,and also a video call?
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I heard that the at&t n5120 cant make phone call simply by putting in a sim. Can your note make phone calls the same way your phone works without using any app ? If no then the only app that works for me and free is viber. Gg talk was good but now it is dead
lucasho2312 said:
I heard that the at&t n5120 cant make phone call simply by putting in a sim. Can your note make phone calls the same way your phone works without using any app ? If no then the only app that works for me and free is viber. Gg talk was good but now it is dead
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The i467 does not have the phone software, you are correct.
I use GrooveIP for voice over Google Voice and Hangouts for the rest.
Trail70rider said:
I'm with at&t and am going to get the note 8 lte, which are the best apps to make phone calls,and also a video call?
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Groove ip
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Thanks,I'm going to try them out!!
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Trail70rider said:
Thanks,I'm going to try them out!!
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happy to see someone using dell streak now...
Dell streak 5 was an amazing device.... Very poorly marketed... Dell would have been in a different part of the economics had they done a good job...
Yes,that's what me and my brother have always thought,Dell had it right before anyone else,now everyone is making the same size,they didn't advertise it,so no one knew about it. Its still a great phone,I've had mine for 2 1/2 yrs.,I wish Dell would have made the streak 2,opus 1?. I haven't upgraded in 8 months because there hasn't been anything I've wanted alot more yet.I'm still on Froyo and would like to move up to Jelly Bean though: ),I will get the note 8,and still looking at phones,note 3,z ultra,...ect. . . I like the Lenovo k900,but don't know if that would work with at&t.
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Dialer App?
I have a ATT Galaxy Note 8 with a wireless data plan. It clearly has a micro-SIM and a LTE modem.
Really, all I think it needs is the actual Dialer app. Which leads me to the question: how would I install it?
I know that in some european markets the Note 8 has phone capabilities... would it be simpler to flash a euro image onto it?
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I'm with at&t and am going to get the note 8 lte, which are the best apps to make phone calls,and also a video call?
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If you are getting the Note 8 with the intention of using it as your primary phone, I'll chime in and say I haven't been happy with the quality of VoIP on AT&T's HSPA network. Your results may be better with LTE, but I think there is something about AT&T's network that makes it less suitable for VoIP than Verizon. I don't know for sure, I'm speculating based on what I've experienced.
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Thanks y'all, I will be looking into this,I would send text messages on it mostly,and also having the ability to make a call would be nice too,I will reply on how it does when I get it and start trying things out!
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I used groove ip, and made a phone call and it sounded great!! It was real clear, now im just going through google voice settings trying to receive calls, I'm using Talkatone too, in google voice you have a different number that people see when you call, it says you can port-use your cell number, but it cost $20 to do it, which I think I'm going to end up doing, just still trying to receive calls, it says to click on make a new number in google voice, then make sure forward calls is checked,...I think I'll get the receiving calls working soon: )..also the sending text are working!
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I feel hi-tech: )))
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Felt let down!!
Trail70rider said:
I feel hi-tech: )))
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What a big let down, you can imagine I just got it today (Note 8.0 LTE) the whole time I thought this is one big phone/tablet that will let me use it as a phone because of the SIM card slot and 4g and LTE abilities!! Only to find out that only international version can make calls!! WTF!! Hope to try your ways otherwise I am hoping someone will come up with a rom that enable this feature for good!
It'll work as a phone great, I just called my Dad today and had him call me back on talkatone, and it sounds great, also groove ip too, just get the app, then go on your computer to google voice and get a google voice number, it let's you scan through a bunch, just pick one and follow the steps, it sounds better than using my cell phone on speaker!
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Why not just return it and buy the N5100? VoIP calling works well over a strong signal, but is LTE really worth it when a phone version is available?
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Can I add a second phone number to my phone?

Hey guys, I have a T-Mobile galaxy s3 and I want to add a second phone number to my phone for business instead of getting a second phone. Right now I am using groove IP which works most of the time, but I would like something more reliable. I don't mind paying for another service to get this working if that's what needs to be done, but I do want to be able to know if it is a business call opposed to personal.
1) Is this possible?
2) If so, will I be able to distinguish business calls frompersonal calls before I answer?
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You cannot.. There are devices with 2 sim slots that are popular in other countries but not here, I haven't seen any
serio22 said:
You cannot.. There are devices with 2 sim slots that are popular in other countries but not here, I haven't seen any
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I found this, would this do what I need it to, or will it only work one at a time? http://www.magic-sim.com/product/id/7/MAGICSIM_ELITE_-_GALAXY_S3_DUAL_SIM_ADAPTER.html
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I have no idea, try to see if they have videos or something to show how it works
Google Voice. Sign up online its easier. Pick a phone number for any area code you wish, install app, sign in, call/text from said #
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