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Google voice for text

So I'm getting rid of sms on my plan and switching to google voice for text and calls. I'm wondering if there is a way to forward google voice texts through the stock sms app or something like go sms or handsent. The voice interface just kinda sucks and be nice to use something more full featured.
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Mysticdroid said:
So I'm getting rid of sms on my plan and switching to google voice for text and calls. I'm wondering if there is a way to forward google voice texts through the stock sms app or something like go sms or handsent. The voice interface just kinda sucks and be nice to use something more full featured.
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Nope, there's no way to use Google Voice on a stock messaging app. The only way for it to show is to send sms to your original number... which you obviously don't want to do.

I was. Looking in the google voice settings and found an option to send texts through the stock messaging app think it's a new option... Or I just didn't look hard enough before
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Mysticdroid said:
I was. Looking in the google voice settings and found an option to send texts through the stock messaging app think it's a new option... Or I just didn't look hard enough before
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Is it forwarding you the text through regular sms?
I think its doing what the post above you is talking about
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Mysticdroid said:
I was. Looking in the google voice settings and found an option to send texts through the stock messaging app think it's a new option... Or I just didn't look hard enough before
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That has been a feature ever since Voice has been available to the public. When you check to have a Voice text to your stock messaging application, Google is essentially texting your default number, which means you're receiving texts via network--which you don't want.
So forwarding texts is not a solution. You will just have to deal with the simple Google Voice messaging app or sign up for a texting plain just to use a messaging app aside from Google Voice.
*However, I haven't touched Google Voice settings since launch so I wouldn't know. Most likely, you're being charged a text or fee when forwarding your Voice texts to your stock app.

charleypark said:
That has been a feature ever since Voice has been available to the public. When you check to have a Voice text to your stock messaging application, Google is essentially texting your default number, which means you're receiving texts via network--which you don't want.
So forwarding texts is not a solution. You will just have to deal with the simple Google Voice messaging app or sign up for a texting plain just to use a messaging app aside from Google Voice.
*However, I haven't touched Google Voice settings since launch so I wouldn't know. Most likely, you're being charged a text or fee when forwarding your Voice texts to your stock app.
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My family and I use gvoice for texting, there is no way to access gvoice through another sms app afaik. As for the text forwarding, you are getting charged for each text at that point. My mom accidently checked the box when she setup gvoice and had to pay 18 bucks in texts the next billing cycle.

Zax_Was_Here said:
My family and I use gvoice for texting, there is no way to access gvoice through another sms app afaik. As for the text forwarding, you are getting charged for each text at that point. My mom accidently checked the box when she setup gvoice and had to pay 18 bucks in texts the next billing cycle.
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I wish someone could build a gv text app like handcent
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knipp21 said:
I wish someone could build a gv text app like handcent
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Seriously, the google voice app has gotten better, but its still not ideal

Zax_Was_Here said:
Seriously, the google voice app has gotten better, but its still not ideal
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Lol no way. I'm still running the .3.4
version because all the updated ones after have been buggy or incredibly slow, even on my oc i2
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MJL99 said:
Lol no way. I'm still running the .3.4
version because all the updated ones after have been buggy or incredibly slow, even on my oc i2
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Yea my app won't send me notifications of new messages. I basically use it for easy to use voicemail
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Do you have the newest version? There is an option in settings to turn off notifications that was not there with older versions. Might be checked by accident
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MJL99 said:
Do you have the newest version? There is an option in settings to turn off notifications that was not there with older versions. Might be checked by accident
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Nope its set to have em lol
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Thanks for the warning guys. My text plan runs out on the 10th and that could've sucked. I'll just deal with the google voice app interface
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Google voice

What are your experiences with Google voice? I've heard it drains the battery. I also heard it can cause duplicate messages. Thoughts, comments?
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Drains the battery any more than other programs, no. Double messages, it depends on how you set it up. I set it up the old way of keeping everything separate. I don't integrate google voice into sprint. I have a sprint number and a google voice number. I don't use sprint for voicemail. I set the phone to conditional call forward to google voice for their voicemail if I don't answer my phone.

I am integrated and have no issues at all. Battery doesn't seem affected at all, the Doble notifications stopped with the most recent update, and I can check my voice mails and texts from any computer (excluding mms)
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How do u check mms
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You can't receive MMS on Google Voice.
@topic, nope. Always worked fine for me.

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Drains the battery any more than other programs, no. Double messages, it depends on how you set it up. I set it up the old way of keeping everything separate. I don't integrate google voice into sprint. I have a sprint number and a google voice number. I don't use sprint for voicemail. I set the phone to conditional call forward to google voice for their voicemail if I don't answer my phone.
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+1
I also have A Free Sprint to Home(GV#) add-on on my 500 Minute SERO plan. So all calls to and from my cell using GV# don't go against my minutes!!

wolfkstaag said:
You can't receive MMS on Google Voice.
@topic, nope. Always worked fine for me.
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Sure you can. Well, sort of. Now you get an SMS that alerts you to an MMS in your Gmail. Better, if you ask me.

subcypher said:
Sure you can. Well, sort of. Now you get an SMS that alerts you to an MMS in your Gmail. Better, if you ask me.
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Do you need to do anything to enable mms in gmail or is it automatic? I know when I had google voice, that didn't work.

you can set the google voice app to only alert on voicemail and receive sms/mms through the regular messaging app (or chomp or whatever). I don't use the app for texts, but I guess some people

subcypher said:
Sure you can. Well, sort of. Now you get an SMS that alerts you to an MMS in your Gmail. Better, if you ask me.
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Just for users of other phones who happen to wander into this thread, I believe this only applies to phones on Sprint (unless google rolled it out quietly).
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kingsway8605 said:
Just for users of other phones who happen to wander into this thread, I believe this only applies to phones on Sprint (unless google rolled it out quietly).
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Yes, it is due to Sprint and Google working together on integration, I believe. No, you don't have to do anything special.

Sprint VoiceMail

Can anyone get the Sprint Visual Voicemail to work? I can install the app, but it wont download the voicemails. Also it keeps saying the email will download when there's data (internet) available. Has anyone been able to get it to work?
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maybe if you would give more info someone will help you
LIKE...
1) what rom
2) see number 1

I just installed CyanogenMod9_a1 ( ICS) and there is no VM app installed. can I just install the one from GB?

deligator said:
I just installed CyanogenMod9_a1 ( ICS) and there is no VM app installed. can I just install the one from GB?
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There is no way to use Sprint VVM on CM9. Switch to YouMail or Google Voice.

k0nane said:
There is no way to use Sprint VVM on CM9. Switch to YouMail or Google Voice.
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Is that because vvm is not compatible with android 4.0? And sprint has no phones that are 4.0
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cerobles1 said:
Can anyone get the Sprint Visual Voicemail to work? I can install the app, but it wont download the voicemails. Also it keeps saying the email will download when there's data (internet) available. Has anyone been able to get it to work?
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Sorry, I don't know what I was thinking. I had flashed ICS on the Epic, and the voicemail app for one, is not installed, plus it won't download the vocemails.
Anyone has any ideas?

Read two posts above you.
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I installed the current version of Sprints VM apk to my system/apps directory and restored my GB data with Titanium Backup and it works fine.
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voicemail isn't 'missing' it isn't a feature of AOSP. Just call your own number or use youmail or voice.
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This is what I did. Change number 1 to my phone number so I can hold 1 and it calls my vm. To do this goto keypad press menu button, settings, vm settengs and then vm number.
I use Go Messaging for txt and when I get a vm it sends me a txt to notify me of vm.

Ive been using Phonefusion Visual Voicemail from the market and it works great i get emails when i get missed calls that just hang up and i get dictation visual voicemails within the app i am very pleased with it
and no i am in no way affiliated with said app just happy i have something that works right for me

vampyrex13 said:
I installed the current version of Sprints VM apk to my system/apps directory and restored my GB data with Titanium Backup and it works fine.
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anyway to upload your backup for it?

k0nane said:
There is no way to use Sprint VVM on CM9. Switch to YouMail or Google Voice.
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I will have to now find a way to have two G-Voice accts around and use one just for my VM's I have my other working as my old home phone # and need it to stick around.
BTW you do good work so if you havent gotten any thanks recently Here is some from another lurker on the XDAwebs..

K3VlN said:
Ive been using Phonefusion Visual Voicemail from the market and it works great i get emails when i get missed calls that just hang up and i get dictation visual voicemails within the app i am very pleased with it
and no i am in no way affiliated with said app just happy i have something that works right for me
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That's the one I grabbed too K3vin.
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deligator said:
I will have to now find a way to have two G-Voice accts around and use one just for my VM's I have my other working as my old home phone # and need it to stick around.
BTW you do good work so if you havent gotten any thanks recently Here is some from another lurker on the XDAwebs..
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Let me know if you figure this one out. I use Gvoice for my business number so can't join it with my Sprint number. Also Gvoice will only let you forward to your cell number once but it can be used as a second line meaning your second Gvoice account has to forward to a different number as primary and then your cell as secondary number.

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Let me know if you figure this one out. I use Gvoice for my business number so can't join it with my Sprint number.
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This is actually very easy. I have the same setup. I have a Google Voice number for my business so when I wanted to use Google Voice for voicemail I set up a new account with the same google account I use on my phone. Here is the Important part! Do not use the google voice android app! In your desktop web browser setup google voice to send voicemail messages via email. I send them to my Gmail account. They come in to Gmail on my phone as transcribed emails with a button to play the actual recording if the transcription is no good. It is the best setup actually. it requires no extra software or SMS issues and it just works.

Hey this could work.
Make a nandroid backup of cm9
Go back to stock
Backup your VM with tb.
Restore your backup of cm9
Restore your backup of VM with tb.
Enjoy!!!
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Visual voicemail? What do you use?

Trying to see what there is for visual voicemail.. I've used good voice previously on Evo and just came back from an iPhone. Really miss this feature. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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S_rob7488 said:
Trying to see what there is for visual voicemail.. I've used good voice previously on Evo and just came back from an iPhone. Really miss this feature. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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I use Google Voice exclusively. It has visual voicemail and it also lets you text/call from your computer which is a huge time saver.

I was trying to use google voice but I couldn't get it to validate.

google voice is great, I had issues getting it to work until I created a new google voice number instead of just a fowarding/voice mail number and then added the device through the web platform. It has worked ever since.

There is no build in visual voicemail for android afaik. Apple came up with their own protocol for that. As for 3rd party options, there is google voice like everybody mentioned but if you can't/don't want to use google voice then there are some apps on the market which require you to forward your unanswered calls to their number. There is always the privacy issue though which is why I do not use them.

I use Google voice on Verizon there's a YouTube video that I followed and work very well. Just go to your Google/voice.com and get a Google voice number and set it up like that.
Here's the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeNR8CtMR-w&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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S_rob7488 said:
Trying to see what there is for visual voicemail.. I've used good voice previously on Evo and just came back from an iPhone. Really miss this feature. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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... visual voicemail for gnex. Its on the market.
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For $2.99 a month? Is it worth it?

Im currently using google voice as well. if that doesn't work for you, another great service is "youmail" check it out at youmail.com

S_rob7488 said:
I was trying to use google voice but I couldn't get it to validate.
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To use Google Voice for voice mail you have to enable conditional call forwarding. For Verizon this is as easy as dialing *71 and then the 10 digit number. For Sprint I don't think it is that easy. You may want to call their customer care. Hopefully you can get it working, I'm not sure I could live without mine.
http://support.verizonwireless.com/clc/devices/knowledge_base.html?id=17268

Thanks for the info. Will try gv again.

PF Voicemail+ it's free on the market and I've been using since the OG Droid days. It's perfect. I like the fact that it'll let you play the voicemail either over speaker or through the actual headset. Try it out :O
https://market.android.com/details?...vbS5waG9uZWZ1c2lvbi52b2ljZW1haWxwbHVzLmFuZCJd

I use google voice. It is not the best at transcribing the voicemail, but you can play, pause, and delete right from the app.

ChickenGod said:
PF Voicemail+ it's free on the market and I've been using since the OG Droid days. It's perfect. I like the fact that it'll let you play the voicemail either over speaker or through the actual headset. Try it out :O
https://market.android.com/details?...vbS5waG9uZWZ1c2lvbi52b2ljZW1haWxwbHVzLmFuZCJd
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+1 been using this since my G1 and it is the best way to roll.
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Yes, I know, rebooting an old Thread. But it's better than starting a new one, right??
Based on reading this thread, as well as some other looking around I have done, it seems the only real options for free VVM are Google Voice, Youmail, or Visual Voicemail Plus.
I cannot use Google Voice. Not that I don't like it. I love using GV. However, my cell number is tied to the GV account that I use for work, so that I basically have a dual line cell phone (my VZW Number for normal stuff and the GV number for work stuff). With that, I cannot give my cell number to another GV account to get VoiceMail.
The market reviews for both YouMail and Visual Voicemail Plus leave much to be desired. Seems that for every review that says it is great, is a review that says it is crap. But, most people just review the app when it is causing issues, so it is not always a great idea to put stake in reviews. Wondering what the opinion is of people here.

[Q] ATT No Visual Voicemail ? SOLVED

How come my att gs3 doesnt have visual voicemail but my uncles sprint variant does?

It's not called Visual Voicemail. It's part of your AT&T messaging app. Not messaging but AT&T Messaging.
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Download from Play Store:
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outkast22 said:
How come my att gs3 doesnt have visual voicemail but my uncles sprint variant does?
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Its a paid service...have to get the app and have att add it to your account...

I called att and they added it. They never mentioned I have to pay for it though, hmm..
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How do I switch off the att messages app from accepting my text messages so the stock message app is default again?
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outkast22 said:
I called att and they added it. They never mentioned I have to pay for it though, hmm..
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screenshot of myatt app with the visual voicemail app...perhaps whatever plan you have already included it

Visual voicemail is free..meaning you can see the list of your voicemails and listen to them just like on an iPhone. Visual voicemail with text is 3.99..this is the one that transcribes it to text. Just use Google voice...It does the same thing and is free.
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I don't like that my phone vibrates it has no text talk anymore.How do I switch my native text message To be the default?

I switched to the S3 from an iPhone and I was looking for the same thing. I downloaded the Visual Voicemail app but it wouldn't connect. I got on a chat with an ATT rep and they told me it wouldn't cost extra but I would have to switch to a different data plan that includes visual voicemail.... Which meant I would have to leave my unlimited plan that we were grandfathered in on. So basically they are using it as a way to get people off of the unlimited plan as well.
My response was, "hahahaha, i'll deal with it or sign up for youmail"

ManMadeHuman said:
I switched to the S3 from an iPhone and I was looking for the same thing. I downloaded the Visual Voicemail app but it wouldn't connect. I got on a chat with an ATT rep and they told me it wouldn't cost extra but I would have to switch to a different data plan that includes visual voicemail.... Which meant I would have to leave my unlimited plan that we were grandfathered in on. So basically they are using it as a way to get people off of the unlimited plan as well.
My response was, "hahahaha, i'll deal with it or sign up for youmail"
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Thats what they told me when I first tried too. I gave up and just use Google Voice

OK .I called att. They had me uninstall att messages .Install att visual voice mail. Problem solved.

I use Google voice as well. But I had to go to the Google voice site and type in a code before I got it working 100 percent.
The automatic setup didn't work.
I have AT&T and the Samsung Galaxy S3

dpav02 said:
I use Google voice as well. But I had to go to the Google voice site and type in a code before I got it working 100 percent.
The automatic setup didn't work.
I have AT&T and the Samsung Galaxy S3
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So you got it to successfully let you switch from provider to google voice for your voicemail? How? I have tried all the options with no success.
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I've been down this road with at&t so many times on this issue. It's an easy fix but most at their support don't know how.
Here's a much better solution. Just read the Thread below to fix the installation problem.
It's a must have product.
Switch to Google Voice. Visual Voicemail on steroids. It's a must have product.
If interested go to Google Voice and set up an account, as then download from the Market.
However, please read the thread provided below before installation. There's a known problem setting up the call forwarding numbers that has nothing to do with the GS3 and it's not a big deal.
Here's the easiest solution.
To get Google voice to work you must first download it from the play store. Then run it. It will tell you that it can't change your forward numbers. The go on your browser and goto the Google voice website (make sure you hit menu and request desktop site). On the site look for settings. (Somewhere in the top right. Then choose to set up your phone. Choose your carrier and it will give you a number to call. That number will change your forwarding numbers for you. Then in the voice app change settings to show voicemail in call log.
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So doing it this way will allow me to see voicemails in the call log on my s3? I thought I read that it wasn't possible because of touchwiz framework?
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