Hey all fellow Verizon users,
I'm sure some of you have seen posts/articles about the new version of Verizon's Messages app, which allows syncing of SMS messages between devices, but now apparently the web too. I've used it to sync between my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7, and it works fairly well. I know there are other solutions out there, but this one has done the all I needed.
The new version adds a web syncing element too, but I'm having some trouble with it and I don't know if it's because I'm using a non-VZW stamped ROM or what. The error on my Galaxy Nexus when I attempted to enable Integrated Messaging is "Integrated Messaging service has been deactivated."
Since it's so new there's very little that comes up with a general Google search, so I thought I'd try and start something here to collect impressions/experiences/troubleshoot, etc.
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Yeah, verizon puts nothing but complete substandard apps out. If you read the reviews in the play store, there's nothing but people having problems with it, especially deactivating their messaging sync every 10 minutes. I don't think verizon will ever put out quality coding, kind of like their company in a whole.
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hi all, i have a dilemma, I have an work phone given out by my company that is an ATT android phone, by have my personal line on a family plan with Verizon. I installed the Verizon Messages on the Att android phone, but i get an error saying that this is not a verizon phone app will not run. I would like to get my text on the ATT android phone since this is the phone i carry around most of the day. How does the app know i am using an ATT phone, is there any workaround.
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One of my co-workers just got an HTC Droid Incredible. I kind of talked up the 'corporate directory' feature that I have on my HTC Hero CDMA (Sprint) and we can't seem to get his phone to be able to search our corporate directory and show phone numbers. I'm not sure what the software difference is between these two phones really, they both are HTC and they both are SenseUI so the Incredible ought be capable of at least as much as my little Hero right?
Anyhow, here's the steps that work for me, if anyone can shed some light on how we can get this rolling on the incredible let me know!
A. Requires an Exchange/Activesync account setup within android's 'Accounts and sync' Dialog. (I choose to sync calendar and email only, not contacts).
B. Once syncing is working well, just go to the "People" App, press the Menu button, then pick "Corporate Directory"
C. Search the directory for an individual, and view their contact information, my Hero is able to show the telephone number in addition to the name and email address however his incredible only shows the e-mail. This is true whether he is syncing contacts with the phone or not. We are both hitting the same corporate servers with the same account settings but getting different results. If you think our IT department will be of any help, you would be mistaken as they are clueless.
Any thoughts? Thanks in advance all for your input!
I can confirm that y Incredible ONLY shows name and email contact info in the Corporate Directory. This is a BIG pain for me coming from the Droid with the "Corporate Directory" app that showed all the info.
Also back in the days when I was running SenseUI on my G1, I remember the built-in directory showed phone numbers as well. I wonder why the version on the Incredible fails here.
I can pull name email and phone numbers on mine. I did apply the latest update, so that may have something to do with it.
I have received the latest update as well. But I only get names and emails when I search...weird.
Thanks for confirming that I'm not alone with the inconsistencies *bangs head against wall.
Anyone have any ideas for a solution to this?
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Wondering if anyone else can confirm/deny this as I'm trying to figure out what might be causing the problem... thanks for your help all!
I had a similiar problem. I installed Touchdown and now have full access to phone, email, and address. We are using an exchange 2003 server not sure if that has anything to do with it.
If root ever happens maybe this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=271115&d=1264178916
Touchdown looks interesting but $20 for a feature that ought to work is a bit odd doncha think? Same goes for rooting the device, I mean, HTC Sense running on Android 2.1 ought to be close enough right? Should I have my co-worker lodge a complaint with HTC and/or Verizon on this one? It seems a bit off to me that this works for me and not for him, even though we have 2 different phones...
same here...
I have the same issue.
Exchange 2003 Enterprise, Global Address Book lookup works on every other device we have here including other Android devices. But myself and another person here who have Incredibles cannot do Company Directory (GAL) lookup.
I am suspecting that this is an application layer issue. This is my one major complaint about Android phones. Every hardware vendor has their own code layer on top of the operating system, and they tend to mess things up like this. Why else would HTC phones not hand the phone number to you other than they just jacked up their implementation of Android....
I am running latest firmware (2.1-update1), and software 1.22.605.2
[edit] We can look up people in the company directory, but the results are name and email only. No address, phone number, etc.
This is fixed in the 2.2 leaks. So once it's final it should be sorted for everyone.
Do we konw if this is affecting everyone with an Incredible, or only people running a certain version of Exchange?
Email and phone number access is a priority to me. without it, not worth much.
The default app didn't work on the Dinc when I got it. It also has some other quirks related to searching etc...
Use Touchdown. Makes the phone complete.
Cost $20 but the phone is useless to me without so $20 is the same as a case, screen protector, or any other app I buy to get something I want.
Apparently the upcoming OTA will fix this issue, but there were more than that as an issue..
Gingerbread Corporate directory
Could someone say if corporate directory is implemented in Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 ?
I was directed to this site by a youtube video and I must say that you guys have done an awesome job with this site. A while back I wished that I could have a phone with the best of both worlds (windows and android) and now I actually can! I had no idea that there were people actually developing stuff like this until now. I didnt really have any trouble installing xdandroid to my device but now that I have it installed I dont have a signal, contacts, ect when I'm in android. I have a Sprint Touch Pro 2, can someone please help? Thanks!
Did you think Android would some how read your contacts from WinMo?
Unless you have a SIM that stores the contacts outside of the OS, that would be impossible.
Syncing contacts is easily done using Google Sync - you need a GMail account to use it.
Sir, you need to use search. No signal usually means you don't have the force_cdma setting correct in your startup.txt.
So basically my SIM contacts which I manually entered one by one disappeared once again today... (The reason I manually entered my contacts is because I changed my SIM to a microSIM and my carrier ROGERs refuses to transfer it for me...)
Running all stock Rogers ICS, no root no nothing..
This disappearing issue was present on all my other Galaxy S3s from Rogers which I exchanged due to flimsy battery cover (hairline cracks) and WiFi random disconnecting issues...
(**Note: ticking display only SIM contacts do not work, ticking another display option and switching it back to only display SIM do not work, rebooting the phone do not work, removing the battery do not work, and syncing option turn on and syncing do not work..)
The issue will be solved if I remove the SIM card and reinsert it, or factory reset the phone. By doing this, it is a temporary fix, I realized that all my SIM contacts will disappear again after a few days.
The only way I can prevent this is to save all my contacts in my Phone Memory or in the cloud Google Sync (I don't trust my privacy with Google though)...
What is happening.... Is this a known ICS bug?? (I used Froyo and Gingerbread on my Galaxy S Captivate and Galaxy S2 Skyrocket LTE....
I have used android since the first Galaxy S (captivate) and I never had this issue before..
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Try and see if you can make a backup of you contact with a google account. Therefore all your contact will be backup there instead of your sim. That way you will never lose them.
Also you can check, while in contact hit menu and see if there is a option: Contact to Display". click it & see if it give you an option to select sim or phone. if it does. select either of them to see if your numbers are there.
Maybe this might solve your problem.
Hope this helps.
Don't trust your privacy with Google?
May I ask why? You're using a Google phone. Syncing a phone to Google servers so you can use your branded Google os phone.
And in terms of someone using mischevious ways to illegally access your contacts. Id be more concerned with your internet provider than Google.
But anyway. Hope you get it fixed mate. May I offer a solution? Have you asked your provider for maybe just a brand new sim? And why have they said no to transferring your contacts? To my knowledge they can't really refuse you, or the store you went to is just a bunch of dicks.
Also. If you have best buy near you. Ask them for some help. Mobile guy here. At my store we would do it no questions asked no charge just to help a fellow out.
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As I mentioned in the OP, I ticked the contacts display to SIM only...
@ThatJawn
I know I am using a Google Phone, but the only thing I would ever sync with them is my GMail account and my Google Play Apps...
I do not sync any personal contacts/appointments and of course contact numbers and addresses with them ever since I started using my Galaxy S1 Captivate...
Yes, the store I went to was a bunch of dicks... I don't know if you know the Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless, they are shady people and some of them are just straight up dumb....
Basically my microSIM is a new card.. But for some reason Rogers' new LTE microSIMs do not have the normal SIM cutout adapter... So it makes it difficult to transfer my old contacts from my GS2 Skyrocket LTE to my GS3. The store has a freakin' multiSIM reader, but the teenage chick at that Rogers store in Downtown Toronto did not know how to operate.
Hmm try to catch a different person?
Or go to best buy? Or say like a Walmart or anywhere else they sell mobile phones. I'm sure they wouldn't have any issues doing it for you.
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I too don't trust Google with contacts n such. So here is what I do:
Installed "Go Contacts" app.
Always keep it frozen and use only when I need to backup.
This app has option to export contacts. In case of any issue, you could import from the exported file.
You could create as many backups as you want since the exported file gets created with the timestamp as name.
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OK,I bought my device in mid November for Xmas gift. Since the beginning of the year, I decided to use one of the perks. Low and behold I am charged. I try to contact the company involved and they say that they only provide a limited trial. But Samsung states the trial period is much longer. I contacted Samsung abouot my issue, and wonder what I was not sent during my registration. I own many Samsung devices and have had my account since late 2008. So I know my account registered the device and should have had some details in regards to perks. The only thing I got was a one time webpage with a Google play code for my credits, everything else was just unlinked information for all new subscribers to the perks.
Has anyone dealt with perks and have any ideas to resolve such issues? I don't want to be charged for something I am trying out.
Possible fix
Well, I finally an answer back from the second point of contact... they stated that they normally don't support tablet but offer support through phone service. Any way now I must call Samsung support to run through the issue one more time, so they can figure out what to do.
Some head way
OK, got done with my call to Samsung.
I learned not to register the device through your Samsung account devices page. I have many Samsung items through the years, as I had learned it is easy to go and register that way.
The proper link is http://www.samsung.com/us/register-for-your-galaxy-perks/#note-8 for the Note 8.0
Also for some odd reason they want a google email account, which I never had until after registering. Take note that if you have an existing Samsung account, the email address needed for registration completion is your gmail email address.
I wish web developers had a brain, this is not the first time I have seen such a broken way cross linking account information, just annoys the krappa out of me.
Now to fix the issue with Samung Link unable to fetch account authentication information with my Samsung account. Yes, I deleted and recreated the Samsung account many many times. Just another annoying issue. (
While waiting...
OK, while I had some time, I fixed my Samsung link issue... had to make it a system app. Samsung loaded PS Touch, and Samsung Link need to be kept as system apps. Though most of all the system apps can be removed and side loaded for Google Play to manage install/removal processes. I prefer it that way for reloads and memory management outside of using Titanium Backup. The less utilities to perform tasks the better. Somebody should do a right up on using built in function to perform most all needs, instead of finding more apps to do what you can do on your own and without rooting.
I doubt I'll ever fix the Video Hub issue... seems that it is getting info from Samsung servers about the device. If the device does not match the white list at the authentication server, your a no go at getting content. At one time the Note 8.0 was in the white list, now it looks like it is region select and will check firmware along with device.
I have an app to fake the ID and location, but Video Hub is not a concern just an odd app that has some interesting features that go beyond google play hardware requirements.
Woopie! )
Samsung got me my perks rewards resent to my email address. The Google account that I had to make since I did not use goodle before owning the Note 8.0.
Now I am going to redo my account on which I paid a months subscription, so I can apply my perks.
I just got a Nexus 5x and I'm looking to at least try project Fi for a week or 2. That said I don't feel like carrying around 2 phones all the time. Id like to forward my texts from my old phone but its a windows phone. There doesn't appear to be any way to do that I can see. There doesn't appear to be any text forwarding or mirroring apps that work on windows phone.
Is there anything you all know about it? Even if it's a web portal or something I can log into. I've tried a few different 3rd party SMS apps but they all use the number on the current phone, I cant find one that I can add a different text account...this would be the ideal solution.
Tried logging into verizon messages in the browser and I can get in but the text interface never loads.
Like I said this is only for a week or 2 so even a fairly clunky solution would be acceptable at this point.
Check out SMS Backup & Restore. Free at play store.
LavLab said:
Check out SMS Backup & Restore. Free at play store.
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Im not trying to transfer my old messages from one phone to another....Im trying to make it so if my windows phone gets a text message the nexus will too..that way I don't have to carry my old phone around with my to check text messages.
Give people the google fi number and have them text that number and if you decide you do not like google fi try and to get the number ported to google voice and forward that to the windows phone.
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I just got a Nexus 5x and I'm looking to at least try project Fi for a week or 2. That said I don't feel like carrying around 2 phones all the time. Id like to forward my texts from my old phone but its a windows phone. There doesn't appear to be any way to do that I can see. There doesn't appear to be any text forwarding or mirroring apps that work on windows phone.
Is there anything you all know about it? Even if it's a web portal or something I can log into. I've tried a few different 3rd party SMS apps but they all use the number on the current phone, I cant find one that I can add a different text account...this would be the ideal solution.
Tried logging into verizon messages in the browser and I can get in but the text interface never loads.
Like I said this is only for a week or 2 so even a fairly clunky solution would be acceptable at this point.
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I suggest you find the section for your windows phone as there will be other people/experts there familiar with windows phones that can help you better than us as this is android.
From my limited expose I would say probably not but I could be wrong.