I have a work phone through att and I have it setup to fwd all calls to my sprint phone. I want to have it so that my personal number is either blocked or shows as my work number.
Is this possible without dialing *67 every time, or without google voice?
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I seem to have deleted my voicemail number off of my sim card. I can go into settings and add a voicemail number but if I try to I get a message like "unable to change voicemail number. If the problem persists contact your carrier." On top of that I don't want it set to my cell number because then I will have to enter my password everytime which I don't want to do. It was set to something else before. Is contacting T-mobile my only option or is there a way to retrieve and set the voicemail number again?
I set my cell phone number as the VM number but it never asks me for a password... Try it from your cell and see if you have any luck. If not, you will probably have to contact the provider.
I've always been able to just dial 123.. never prompts me for a pw.
I have been a t-mo customer for a looooong time though so I don't know if this is just something that has trickled down over the years.
if you are tmobile US the vm number is 8056377243.
that is the same number everyone on the american network has.
but what I'm wondering is, Why didn't you just call customer service? Or better yet GOOGLE it? I know it's a crazy concept but sometimes you have to think outside the box ey?
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I am using a stock GSM GNex, unrooted, and I noticed, when I receive calls, the caller does not go to voicemail and when I attempt to check voicemail, I am told that I do not have a voicemail box. This is a new problem, because before, I had voicemail and I set it up using AT&T. When I long press the number "1" on the dial pad I get a recording that says to enter the phone number of the party you are trying to reach. I enter my phone number and it says that the number is not listed. I can receive and make calls to anyone no problem, but voicemail all of a sudden stopped working. I went into the phone settings and checked the phone number listed as my voicemail number, it is not the same as my regular phone number, so I changed it to my number and I was getting a busy signal when I tried to check my voicemail after that. Any ideas??? I don't think calling AT&T will do me any good as they think I am using a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. Please help, I need to get voicemails if I don't get to the phone in time!!
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I'm not sure how to fix your problem but, have you tried google voice as your voicemail client? Maybe you can use that instead.
To be honest I want to fix the issue and I don't want to use Google Voice. When I did a search before posting this I read a lot of people were using that service, but I want to get the real problem fixed. Thanks though.
Does anyone think the problem could be because I have a Galaxy S2 Skyrocket as my main phone on my plan, and that phone uses visual voicemail? And somehow now the phone won't activate voicemail because of that? When I dial my number and call myself, I get a busy tone.
1) Your VM number is either incorrectly programmed into the phone, or whoever set up your account didn't provision you with the VM feature. Call your carrier, they can verify with you whether your phone is correct or it's their system. No one on XDA can't help you with a shortcut.
2) Get Google Voice. Carrier VM systems are utter crap by comparison. That is the "real" solution to your "real problem".
The voicemail number is the same as it was when I set it up the first time. BTW, using Google Voice is not the "real" solution to my "real problem". If you don't know the answer to the question or you think no one else here will, you don't have to emphasize your love of Google Voice, I just don't want to use it so I am trying to figure out how to fix it. Thank you.
Oh, and maybe you should change your user name if you hate AT&T so much.
Say I'm on T-Mobile, with a 100 minute plan.
My phone number on T-Mobile is 510-664-4432
My GVoice number is 510-784-2248
Now, when I make calls, I make them through VoIP, and this [correct me if I am wrong] doesn't use my minutes.
However, when I receive calls, [people call my T-Mobile number, not GVoice], my minutes are used, right?
Is there a way for me to 'intercept' these incoming calls and 'push' them to my GVoice so I don't use minutes?
Or would I have to port my number?
You are correct. If I were you I would give everybody the Google #, and have them use that one for now on. Otherwise you will have to port your number.
EDIT: If you do port your # you will have to get a new # from Tmo, keep it to yourself.
You have to tell people to call your GVoice number, otherwise it will go straight to your cell and not your VoIP.
So, I have a Nexus 7 LTE with an AT&T Sim and I'm able to receive texts on the mobile number assigned to that sim. Unfortunately this is confusing some that think they can also call that number which leaves them waiting for an answer that never comes.
Does anyone know how to trigger the call forwarding to my Google Voice number (usually through **021*1234567890#) without having a dialer? If I root it and put in the stock dialer (or enable it? I heard it may be there but disabled) will I be able to dial the forwarding codes? I know I can't make calls with the dialer, but I don't know if that necessarily means the codes wouldn't work either.
Thanks!
Update/Correction.
The number only rings for some callers (VoIP callers?). For most people calling my data only number it just tells them that I'm not accepting calls at this time... which is a little better... maybe.
I imagine some people are going to think that means I've blocked them or whatever. Of well. I'll just have to re-educate people to use my Google Voice number as they bring it up.
I have retired my S3 from service, and now have a shiny new S5 However, I would still like to continue using my S3 for WiFi based use. Problem is, it still contains my old phone number that has been transferred to my S5.
I want to change the number on my retired phone to that of either my home number, or my Google Voice number, so that certain apps that require a phone number would work. ie, Vonage Extensions. It cannot be installed on two phones with the same number.
Can anyone help me with this, or do I need to take it back to my service provider and have them change it?
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I have retired my S3 from service, and now have a shiny new S5 However, I would still like to continue using my S3 for WiFi based use. Problem is, it still contains my old phone number that has been transferred to my S5.
I want to change the number on my retired phone to that of either my home number, or my Google Voice number, so that certain apps that require a phone number would work. ie, Vonage Extensions. It cannot be installed on two phones with the same number.
Can anyone help me with this, or do I need to take it back to my service provider and have them change it?
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Depending on your use of your S3, you could consider enrolling in FreedomPop free plan - for a one time byod fee of $20, you'd get 1GB of data every month for free on your phone, as well as a dedicated phone number. Helpful if you get the S3 out of wifi range every now and then.
Otherwise, you could consider replacing Vonage Extensions by Hangouts - it will allow you to make 100% free wifi voiceip calls to any phone in US and Canada while using your google voice number, as well as send/receive texts from the gv number.
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Depending on your use of your S3, you could consider enrolling in FreedomPop free plan - for a one time byod fee of $20, you'd get 1GB of data every month for free on your phone, as well as a dedicated phone number. Helpful if you get the S3 out of wifi range every now and then.
Otherwise, you could consider replacing Vonage Extensions by Hangouts - it will allow you to make 100% free wifi voiceip calls to any phone in US and Canada while using your google voice number, as well as send/receive texts from the gv number.
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Thanks Merudo for the insightful advice. I do already have the gv dialer installed, and it works extremely well. I really like the Vonage extensions because it mirrors my home phone number when using it to dial out. I don't want to confuse my friends/relatives with yet another phone number (ie, my GV number).
After 4 months, I finally figured out a way around this.
I first changed the phone number on my out-of-service S3 phone by changing the MDN and the MSID to my GV phone number.
Then I reinstalled the Vonage Extensions app and tried to choose WiFi only. For this to happen, it needed to call a number to verify it was a valid number, using the default dialer (which won't work, since the phone is out of service). I immediately noted and called that number from my active phone, using my GV number in Hangouts.
Tada!! It then successfully activated my out-of-service S3 for Vonage Extensions calling over WiFi!! Yay!
Check your S3
by going into
System Settings > About Phone > Status
It might still have your phone number.
You can reset this
by pressing ##786# in the dialer
in a touchwiz ROM.
You would need to know your MSL code
for the password to reset.
I would do this if you were
to sell the S3 on eBay.
##MSL#
That's how you manually change the phone number and msid.
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indigofilipino said:
Check your S3
by going into
System Settings > About Phone > Status
It might still have your phone number.
You can reset this
by pressing ##786# in the dialer
in a touchwiz ROM.
You would need to know your MSL code
for the password to reset.
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I originally bought this phone from Ebay, and reset the MSL to 000000 shortly after it arrived. About Phone/Status does now indeed show my GV phone number.