Did this come from an App ?
Someone just texted you, either randomly or you gave them your number. Keep in mind many apps can see your phone number, like the Facebook app for example. The Facebook app in some cases actually lets your friends facebook apps, not Android apps but Facebook apps through the Android app, see your number.
Just ignore it. On other carriers I would recommend blocking the number but it really doesn't matter since you have unlimited texting on sprint. You can block numbers easily on sprint and on google voice though, so if it is bothering you just block the number on sprints website or on the google voice site, depending on which you use.
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lmao I got one of these a while ago. I got a text bombing app and sent them 1000 texts telling them to f off. havent got another text from them
I just bombed that number for reassurance.
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Be sure to add them to your block list as well.
So if I login to sprint I can set call filters?
That Google voice should I set it up?
I thought I didn't need it?
Got a text like this too... Maybe 2 a month. Just found out sprint charged me for one international text. Must be an app causing this. Either way I suggest saving it if you ever receive another, in case sprint wants to charge. Or just bomb the number.
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What's the name of the text bombing app lol?
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I don't recommend bombing the internatioal one.. That could be kinda spendy.
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davidc23 said:
What's the name of the text bombing app lol?
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Google it my man, found mine within 20 seconds of reading this thread... even came with a QR Barcode, used Google Goggles and didn't even have to mess with the SD card
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So today my friend with an Iphone4 thought it would be funny to copy the whole script of star wars return of the jedi and text it to me. I got close to 2000 text messages before I downloaded privacy star and blocked him. But the problem is I tried to do this and it's just not possible my text kept force closing and the text wouldn't send. Why can't I do this?
I hate steve jobs!
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are you sure he copy and pasted straight from his phone? may be he did it in parts? or he sent from his computer. i think you can go to my tmobile and sent texts from there.
I'm sure I saw his text thread he did it right in front of me and then he did it again to another person. Like that's crazy that someone could do that cuz there's no way of stopping it once its sent
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This is what he coppied
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Star-Wars-Return-of-the-Jedi.html
I guess cuz its all on one long page it made it easy to coppy the whole thing
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text flood and elitebomb on the market should help you feel better...
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text flood and elitebomb on the market should help you feel better...
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agreed +1
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That's cool thanks but it says there's a limit of text you can send
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There IS a limit. What's probably happening is that he's actually sending you MANY text messages. A lot of SMS apps (including the stock one I had on my G1) will reassemble received text messages so that they look like one message, when they were in fact many.
This story made me lol... I hope you get him back haha
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dancingwombat said:
There IS a limit. What's probably happening is that he's actually sending you MANY text messages. A lot of SMS apps (including the stock one I had on my G1) will reassemble received text messages so that they look like one message, when they were in fact many.
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yea i figured but still I can't even send a message that long. And text bomber doesn't work for me it just sends one text
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TL24 said:
This story made me lol... I hope you get him back haha
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Yes its pretty funny for the first hundred text lol luckaly I could just block him. My friend has this little cheep ass metro phone and when that happens he can't even use his phone cuz he gets endless pop-ups
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Does anyone have a good app to block unknown numbers like the cyanogenmod blacklist app? Thanks.
+1 I'd like to know this too.
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+1 I'd like to know this too.
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lol i know what your thinking i have already checked the market and such all i need is a simple app to block private numbers not a crazy ones they have out on the market for 6 dollars.
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.killermobile.blackballer.trial
I used this one when I kept getting cold calls from company's offering to reclaim payment protection insurance on my behalf (I didn't have any to claim)
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Sparky it seems its a trial one that only last for 15 days. Lol....I need it to be free for ever plus it seem confusing.
Thanks... ;-p
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metalsnakebite said:
Sparky it seems its a trial one that only last for 15 days. Lol....I need it to be free for ever plus it seem confusing.
Thanks... ;-p
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I seen that i am trying the beta version of blacklist by some baeu or something guy thats on the market sucks cause of advertisement thats at the top but its free. All im looking for is a simple blacklist for annyoing uknown number just like the one thats in CM 7 .
Try searching Google for android blackballer
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Google voice can do this...
swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
All though Google voice does not work in UK
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Try Mr Number Call Block:
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mrnumber.blocker&feature=search_result
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Try Mr Number Call Block:
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mrnumber.blocker&feature=search_result
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Always worked well for me. Make sure you allow texts from the Sprint voicemail device though, or you wont ever get your voicemail notifications!
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Call filter works for me
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if i know the digits, ill add them to my block lists via my account at sprint.com.
I use super private conversation. I'm running CM7 and I downloaded it to block the phantom texts you get when you get a voicemail but it also has an option to block private numbers
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Try Mr Number Call Block:
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.mrnumber.blocker&feature=search_result
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This is what I switched to for CM7, it works great whereas some apps I've used in the past (CallFilter, GBlocker) don't anymore.
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Always worked well for me. Make sure you allow texts from the Sprint voicemail device though, or you wont ever get your voicemail notifications!
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yeah that happened to me, haha, at first i thought it was a bug on Mr. number but it was just i denied texts from sprint voicemail. but all is good now =)
I use the blacklist included in CM6/CM7. MIUI also has a blacklist (firewall IIRC) that can block incoming numbers from ever ringing. Not sure if it covers text messages, but the Spanish bill collectors I get calling me daily (I've had this number for 2 years now) don't text message me.
To save a few bucks I use Google Voice exclusively. One thing that I hate about GV is that the ui is lacking and the text messages are treated like emails not like text message in the sense that I can have 20 conversation with my Mom or Girlfriend as opposed to the stock messaging app where they are all together. Another annoyance was that I couldnt get the GV notification/notification on lock screens. This app basically uses your stock messaging app to send GV messages. You still cant send mms. You can choose to send either native message or Google Voice. This is a trial version. The developer says this May not work for all roms. Oh yeah you have to be rooted.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdrtools.apps.gvintegration.free
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GTalk & GVoice aren't designed to "send" media (say a picture) in the same way MMS goes about it.
You could always just use your GMail app and tap labels, to switch to the chats/gv label & read your sexy messages to your mom.....errrrrrr my bad, girlfriend I meant to say.
I save my contacts number. Then I text them Through Gvoice and when they reply I get their Gvoice number and I just save and edit that into their contacts. And I just text them thru the stock messaging app and receive messages there like normal.
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circuit.007 said:
I save my contacts number. Then I text them Through Gvoice and when they reply I get their Gvoice number and I just save and edit that into their contacts. And I just text them thru the stock messaging app and receive messages there like normal.
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Was doing that when I had prepaid plan with unlimited text. Now that I am on the value plan I just don't pay for it at all, hence I use GV and now I can use the stock messaging ap
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I'm currently on the prepaid plan with unlimited text and data with 100mins.
What is ur value plan and how does it save u money. Can u explain further I'm kind of confused. I was thinking about switching plans.
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I pay about 60 for unlimited data and 500 minutes plus free wifi calling, nights and weekends. I got tired of having only 100 minutes paying for. 10/minutes. Or dealing with voip apps which don't always work. I also pay an extra 20/month. Since I can't buy the gs3 upfront. Before I had the payment plan and the unlimited data I was paying about 50/month
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Oh okay that makes sense. Yeah the low voice minutes r hard to not go over but I really need the data. I can't afford that much for an individual plan as I'm a student but I have been trying to get a good deal and get a family plan.
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After using this ap for a month I can say this fails. At first it was too good to be true, then people started not getting my text, I wasn't receiving theirs, I would get duplicates randomly, sometimes my whole GV inbox would start crouding my text message inbox. Needless to say uninstalled now waiting for my GV number to be ported to T-Mobile so tired of GV lol
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That never happened to me I never even use the voice app just the stock messaging one. How did u get our number to port and did cost to port it ?
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Yeah. This app flat out blows.
It cost $3 for google to unlock your number so it can be ported out.
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Does anyone else have issues using GVoice for voicemail? With every other phone I've had its been a 10 second setup, but with every rom I've tried on my S3 I can't get it to work.
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That never happened to me I never even use the voice app just the stock messaging one. How did u get our number to port and did cost to port it ?
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Initially it cost me $20 to port my cell number to GV. Unfortunately, when I switched from Sprint to TMO, I could no longer use my cell number as my GV number.
Although since I have a 808 area code and now live in 843 area code, my new GV number is 843 area code.
I can only find the pay visual voicemail app. Sprint had an app where the voicemail would be sent to your phone and you could listen to the sound file without calling your voicemail. Does AT&T not have anything like that?
Before anyone says it, I don't want to use Google Voice since I want that to be a separate phone number.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.att.mobile.android.vvm
I use this one and it's free.
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I use Google Voice.
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I use Google Voice.
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Google Voice is thebest choice. It's free and much better than other choices.
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Try Visual Voicemail Plus. It even works with aosp.aokp, cm9, cm10, etc.
I ise att's visual voicemail app...not the att messages app. Do a search for it here on xda. Make sure you are provisioned for visual voicemail.
That's the link I posted.
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That's the link I posted.
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Doh!!!!
I have used this AT&T Visual Voicemail App since the Original Note.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.att.mobile.android.vvm
Before opening it for the first time you need to call Customer Service and have them completely reset your voicemail.
Once they reset your voicemail open your AT&T VVM App and go through the steps.
It works for me every time.
Good luck
Sorry guys. When I said free, I meant completely free. No app cost, no monthly cost (don't want to pay for visual voicemail).
To those that suggested Google Voice, did you even read my original post? I want to keep my Google number separate from my regular number. Am I missing something here as to why people suggested it despite my OP?
Anyway like I was saying, Sprint provided a free voicemail app that would allow you to listen to your voicemails without calling it up. It would send the voicemail to the app whenever you got one.
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Milkman00 said:
Sorry guys. When I said free, I meant completely free. No app cost, no monthly cost (don't want to pay for visual voicemail).
To those that suggested Google Voice, did you even read my original post? I want to keep my Google number separate from my regular number. Am I missing something here as to why people suggested it despite my OP?
Anyway like I was saying, Sprint provided a free voicemail app that would allow you to listen to your voicemails without calling it up. It would send the voicemail to the app whenever you got one.
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Did you take a gander at visual voicemail Plus? I never had to pay one cent for it.
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Did you read MY post? I linked you an official At&t app that does exactly what you're asking. All you need to do is call At&t to have visual voicemail provisioned and it's free.
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Did you read MY post? I linked you an official At&t app that does exactly what you're asking. All you need to do is call At&t to have visual voicemail provisioned and it's free.
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I don't pay for my VVM on AT&T.
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Call att (free) tell them to activate your visual voicemail (free) go to play store (free) and download the att visual voice mail app (free)
Its all FREE
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Sorry again. When you guys told me about that app, I saw the 3.99 price in the Google Play description and didn't realize that was for an upgrade. I didn't even have to call AT&T to provision. Just started working.
Thanks for the help.
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I just got the note 2 and installed att's VVM. it has an icon on the screen for it, but On my vivid it put the icon on the phone menu. a ittle easier to get to without hunting for the app.. anyway to swap the reg voice mail buttong for the new one in dial pad?
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Sorry guys. When I said free, I meant completely free. No app cost, no monthly cost (don't want to pay for visual voicemail).
To those that suggested Google Voice, did you even read my original post? I want to keep my Google number separate from my regular number. Am I missing something here as to why people suggested it despite my OP?
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You don't need to use your Google Voice number to have use google voice vvm. I've been using google voice vvm like this for 2 years now like this.
Everytime I try to set gv as my default voicemail it keeps giving an error though...anyone else having this problem?
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I use AT&T Messages. It threads sms, mms, and transcribed voice mail. Works great for me.
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Everytime I try to set gv as my default voicemail it keeps giving an error though...anyone else having this problem?
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I got the same error. If you just change your voicemail number to your GV number it will work. Also go to google voice on the web and follow the instructions to deactivate and reactivate your phone.
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I'm getting a ton of spam text messages sent to my phone. I strictly use Google Voice for messaging and these are being sent to my actual phone number, so without a text message plan I'm being charged for each one of them. Is there a way to stop all of these spam texts?
Call verizon and ask for a text block.
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Text STOP to each one when you get them
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rusty4k said:
Text STOP to each one when you get them
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Do not text STOP... they will then know that your number is a legit cell. Just call Verizon, get a credit back for the unwanted texts and get a block.
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Do not text STOP... they will then know that your number is a legit cell. Just call Verizon, get a credit back for the unwanted texts and get a block.
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Maybe somethinghas changed since last month. I text stop all the time never had a retext
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Maybe somethinghas changed since last month. I text stop all the time never had a retext
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One of the companies I consult for will take the "Stop" text and add it as a valid mobile number. Your number will then get sold to a marketing company as a premium number. Just ignore it and block.
My bad did not know you were a consultant. Please take Sebastionravens advice
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wife's device just started getting crazy amount of sms ads. We both use extreme call blocker and it can block sms as well. Not sure if you get charged for sms since we have the unlimited text plan. Never felt that google voice was stable enough for kids.