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Is there some software that will record the time/usage of outgoing calls, texts, internet usage?
i am always going over my monthly allowance and the orange's automated service is never accurate
a software that can record the number of calls - separating incoming and outgoing and also text messages and internet usage would be fantastic!

I'd also like something like the thing mentioned above.. but it also needs an option to make anything less then 1 minute to be noted as 1 minute. and anything above as seconds.
It's cause the providers in this country always charge the first minute and then per second.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=270751
Or SPB
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/wirelessmonitor/?en

[Q] Google Voice Text Hiccups?

I am using Google Voice on my Epic 4G Touch. I am not using it to get free calls and am not using any program like "sip droid" in conjunction with it.
I am partial to it mainly for the online logs, the ability to send texts via web browser, and the transcribed voicemail.
Phone: Epic 4G touch
Rom: StarBurst v1.9.8r
Kernel: LoStKernelExp+ 1.0.0.8
Mods: None.
Problem/Question:
Google voice will receive my text fine and show them on both the phone and browser. BUT, Even though GV is set to also notify the native E4GT "Messaging" app, sometime the Messaging app receives them late or not at all. Is this normal with GV and I have to live with it? Or is there an alternative messaging app that "jives" with GV a little bit better?
Thank you in advance for all of your help.
- Dan

I know others use GV...
Do you not have any problems?
Do you use GV to generate and reply to text or, the native app?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
- Dan

What happens when you number is ported to Google Voice is that it essentially intercepts all of your text messages, and then sends you a duplicate SMS. One possibility is that there is a "hitch" in this process at Google which causes a delay or total SMS loss.
However, I'm guessing the lag most likely has to do with poor reception or LOS on your phone. If you have airplane mode on, and then turn on wifi, you will receive all of your text messages in Google Voice and none in the SMS app. Concurrently, if you were on wifi and had poor or no cell signal (LOS), you would receive a text in the Google Voice App, but it would not arrive in the native messaging app until you had signal again. Do you live or travel through poor reception areas?
A suggestion. If you go into Google Voice in your browser, you can deactivate "Receive text messages on this phone" on the settings page. Messages will not be forwarded to your native SMS app at all, and then you can just rely on the Google Voice app for text messaging--and not receive two notifications for each text. This is what I do because I do not mind the Google Voice app, and there is no cell signal at my work, yet wifi is available.
The downsides to this are:
a) you may not like to use the Google Voice app, and/or
b) you must have a data connection (3g/wifi) to receive text messages--this might not be ideal if you travel in poor data signal areas
Note that using a different SMS application would not provide any different result as the problem occurs before any message actually reaches your phone.

Thank you for the reply.
The odd thing is that if I am texting 4-5 people, I will not receive the texts from one of them... It is always a different person and does not happen very often.
I would like to strictly use the GV app (wish it had more setting options and skins) but, it does not appear to support MMS.
Overall I am happy with how it works. Didn't know if there was a third party texting app that actually logged into GV texting.
- Dan

[Q] whatsapp messages

Hello.
I've noticed that when I'm in a phone call I don't get whatsapp messages that start to arrive when I end the call.
I've checked the Preferred Network Type (in settings, Mobile networks) and it was on 2G/3G/4G.
I've changed it to 3G and now whatsapp messages arrive also during calls.
The problem is that in this way I loose the 4G.
Any way to have 4G and reciving whatsapp messages during calls?
Thanks.
Luigi.

Work Around for Hangouts w/ Sprint

Like a lot of Sprint customers, I live in an area with horrible reception. Even my S6 struggles to hold onto calls sometimes. So for me, finding out that Hangouts could provide VoIP for my phone and solve my texting / calling problems was a big deal. However, as I soon learned, Hangouts.. has issues. I can send / receive SMS just fine, and send pictures, but I don't receive any sort of MMS messages at all (Group, or picture messages). I'm way too stubborn to give up the ability to make calls without standing on my roof, so I managed to come up with a little bit of a work around that does the trick for me. It's nothing complicated, and people may already be doing this anyway, but I thought I would mention it (I've been Googling Hangouts Issues for the last few days and haven't found anything useful besides the APN settings in Hangouts 2.5, and those didn't even work for me).
This setup assumes that:
You have Sprint (or another carrier with Voice/Hangouts integration).
Your Google Voice number is the same as your carrier number.
You still have the stock messaging app.
You're not a fan of the native WiFi calling on the Sprint network, and would rather use Hangouts.
1) Setup the Hangouts integration like normal, so you're able to send / get SMS through the Hangouts app.
2) Set the stock messaging app as your default SMS program.
That's it. Like I said, I'm sure someone has figured this out / is using this setup, but it allows a few things:
Texts and calls are still made on Google Voice (you should be able to send out MMS from Hangouts, too)
All MMS are received through the stock app, which, frustratingly enough, is the only one that seems to work for me.
A bit long winded, but hopefully this helps at least one person who's in the middle of nowhere like me.
TL;DR: Like Hangouts? Hate native WiFi calling? Use your stock messaging app for receiving MMS and group chat, Hangouts for texting and sending pictures, profit.
Update for Hangouts 4: If you want the Group MMS feature to work with Hangouts 4, you have to turn off Sprint Integration (Unlink Voice and your mobile number, and create a new independent Google Voice number.) After doing this, you'll be able to group text on Google Voice with your voice number. I'd also like to find a way to forward texts from my carrier number to my Voice number, but as of right now I think that's impossible.
Edit 1: Turns out the "lock text" feature has nothing to do with private mode; it prevents deletion of certain texts.

I believe in order for Hangouts to send and receive you need a data connection. But you do not for standard text messaging...correct?

Hardcorp said:
I believe in order for Hangouts to send and receive you need a data connection. But you do not for standard text messaging...correct?
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Hangouts can send messages over data, or even WiFi. Standard text messaging needs the cell network.
When using only the cell network where I have bad signal: I drop calls, MMS/SMS will send and receive semi reliably.
When using Hangouts in conjunction to the cell network, with WiFi: Clear calls that don't drop (over google voice), MMS / SMS send almost instantly, send/receive SMS on any phone with my hangouts account (as well as in Gmail), MMS is received semi reliably over the cell network. All this is done with my normal phone number (because of the google voice integration).

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Hangouts can send messages over data, or even WiFi. Standard text messaging needs the cell network.
When using only the cell network where I have bad signal: I drop calls, MMS/SMS will send and receive semi reliably.
When using Hangouts in conjunction to the cell network, with WiFi: Clear calls that don't drop (over google voice), MMS / SMS send almost instantly, send/receive SMS on any phone with my hangouts account (as well as in Gmail), MMS is received semi reliably over the cell network. All this is done with my normal phone number (because of the google voice integration).
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But what i am saying is, without a data or WiFi connection then texting through Hangouts becomes just as unreliable as texting with spotty or no cell coverage.

Well yes. That being said, the reason I made the post is because I rarely have a reliable data connection at home, but the WiFi always works. There are also a lot of places where Sprint is spotty or has no coverage where there's WiFi. By using Hangouts to text / make calls over WiFi, I'm able to save myself the headache of dropped calls in those spots. Now of course Hangouts can't fix anything if there's no signal AND you have no WiFi.

Looking for a Developer..

Essentially I’m looking to have someone build (you would be paid) an application for Android that acts like a mix between WhatsApp and Google Voice, but instead of being restricted to the United States like Google Voice, it uses a number provided by a service like Twilio or Nexmoto send and receive calls and SMS. I'd prefer Nexmo because inbound SMSs are at no cost.
This wouldn't be for a large scale roll-out/business/money making thing. Just as a little background, I have a friend in the UK that has a terrible data plan and constantly has to disable their data, so an app that uses data (WhatApp), the conversation goes on pause.
On my end when running the app I'd be using data/WiFi to send/receive calls and texts using the number/account I have on Nexmo (I also have one with Twilio), and when I sent a text using the app, it would be to their phone number and would be received by them just like a typical SMS message.