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[Q] ??Tasker SMS GPS locate lost phone??

I've searched the far corners of the internet for how to get the retrieve location by sms functioning in Tasker. I've downloaded and applied both locate by sms profiles (locateme and locate by sms) from the Tasker wiki, neither work. I receive a return message with a link but the link takes me to a generic page in "Google-Places". I've also tried to use a separate profile to lock gps, as was suggested in some threads on other sites. I bring this directly to the Epic forum to see if any Epic owners have gotten a Locate by SMS Tasker profile to work. If you have gotten it to work would you post your context and tasks w/ variables. Thanks a ton to anyone who helps. This has been plaguing me since I bought the app.
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Jesse Buck said:
I've searched the far corners of the internet for how to get the retrieve location by sms functioning in Tasker. I've downloaded and applied both locate by sms profiles (locateme and locate by sms) from the Tasker wiki, neither work. I receive a return message with a link but the link takes me to a generic page in "Google-Places". I've also tried to use a separate profile to lock gps, as was suggested in some threads on other sites. I bring this directly to the Epic forum to see if any Epic owners have gotten a Locate by SMS Tasker profile to work. If you have gotten it to work would you post your context and tasks w/ variables. Thanks a ton to anyone who helps. This has been plaguing me since I bought the app.
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I'm a Tasker power-user, (I posted the Weather-adaptive alarm clock on the wiki), and I've been meaning to work on my "SOS" profile that alarms, vibrates (an SOS in Morse code, no less), flashes the LED, snaps and uploads pictures, redirects outgoing calls to my Google Voice number, and, of course, returns GPS coordinates. So far it does everything except upload photos and return GPS (kind of important!) If I've got some spare time this afternoon (gf is on my case to clean the house) then I'll see if I can get it to work.
EDIT - Okay, so what's been causing problems thus far is the sheer amount of time it's taking my Epic to acquire a GPS lock. It's just timing out constantly. How do you get a GPS location from a phone that refuses to achieve a lock?!

Thanks for the assistance. You probably already know about the timeout adjustments for gps etc. I will see if I can get a lock through gmaps or gizmo and then send the sms code. Let me know if you come up with anything.
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Jesse Buck said:
Thanks for the assistance. You probably already know about the timeout adjustments for gps etc. I will see if I can get a lock through gmaps or gizmo and then send the sms code. Let me know if you come up with anything.
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Yeah... maybe I'm just having bad luck or whatever but my GPS just isn't locking at all. I send the SMS, my GPS flicks on, and it tries to get a location, but no dice. I've maxed Tasker out at 240 seconds but it wouldn't make a difference if it was 1000 seconds at this point. I can't get a lock at all. I'm going to try a few things to see if I can get it to cooperate. I'm getting the return SMS but all I get is %LOC instead of the GPS coordinates, and looking at Google Maps it's easy to tell why; I've got a GPS ring with a radius of over a mile circling my position.

im trying to get it working too, it all works except for when i get the coordinates it says im buy nigeria in a ocean................any thoughts?

For whatever reason I just tested it after getting a lock and it sent back coordinates. I know the gps cache is messed up. Is that why I can always get a lock at/near school but never at home? I'm near school right now and used the profile located on the wiki. Battery % did not work however. Oh well, glad to finally see some progress. Should I have problems with getting a gps lock 10miles from my school?
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so can someone help me figure out why google says my phone is located here? i copied and pasted the link info for the server off the wiki, so i wouldnt make any typos...
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Jesse Buck said:
For whatever reason I just tested it after getting a lock and it sent back coordinates. I know the gps cache is messed up. Is that why I can always get a lock at/near school but never at home? I'm near school right now and used the profile located on the wiki. Battery % did not work however. Oh well, glad to finally see some progress. Should I have problems with getting a gps lock 10miles from my school?
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Good to see you're making progress. After nearly 3 days with absolutely no GPS lock on my phone, I've reflashed and got GPS functioning again. Going to retest my Tasker profile as soon as Titanium Backup is done restoring my apps.
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so can someone help me figure out why google says my phone is located here? i copied and pasted the link info for the server off the wiki, so i wouldnt make any typos...
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Obviously it thinks you're at latitude and longitude coordinates 0,0. I'll post up a new profile with a different way of pulling up the phone's location in Google Maps; I don't like the way they did it in that profile, not how I would have done.

I must apologize, I did not use a wiki profile. I used a profile that references a separate profile to establish a lock. I figured out why I cannot get a lock at home. I use a femtocell and its gps is terrible (off by a couple hundered miles) and when aGPS tries to aid in locate the nearest satellites they are way off.
For those that may still be having trouble.
Create profile w/ Name: GetGPS and Context: Location (doesn't matter where you are)
Task "Stop"
done
Create profile w/ Context "Received Text" (whatever you want)
Create Task with this
1)GPS On
2)Wifi On
3)Profile Status Name:GetGPS Set:On
4)Wait 3min.
5)Send SMS Number: %SMSRF
6)GPS Off
Did this and it worked, away from home that is.
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i just remember the gps on my epic sucks. its off by a few miles when i use google maps. is there a fix for this? ive read this is a kwn issue for the epic. thx

so what server address does that use to get gps ?

I'm not sure but I believe Tasker uses Gmaps for its positioning. When you set up the GetGps profile that it references, the map looks identical.
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So what's the adress? Don't I need to type it in the new profile ??

No the way the second profile references the first there is no web address needed. It gets a lock and automatically populates the location variable then the second profile references the first (location variable) and replies to the text accordingly. It is the first time I've gotten it to work. Hope it helps.
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How do I turn my deactivated Dinc to a working internet phone?

So I have an SGS3 on the way and a deactivated Incredible soon
Do you guys know how I can use my Dinc on wifi or tethering from my SGS3 to still be able to make internet calls?
I don't want to just demote this bad boy to an mp3 player because this phone is too awesome to just put back in its box.
I believe I saw some people using their tabs to make calls, so I would imagine it would be a similar setup. So if you guys can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated!

Just flash a custom ROM, bypass the activation screen, put it in airplane mode and turn on wifi. Then use something like Groove IP to make data calls through your Google Voice number.
There is also an app called Desk SMS (I think that's what it's called) by clockwork mod (aka koush) which will allow you to send texts over wifi. People use that one to send texts from their wifi only tablets.
There is also a script somewhere in the Inc dev section to which converts the Inc to a wifi only device.
That should be enough to get you started.

KrisPeezy said:
So I have an SGS3 on the way and a deactivated Incredible soon
Do you guys know how I can use my Dinc on wifi or tethering from my SGS3 to still be able to make internet calls?
I don't want to just demote this bad boy to an mp3 player because this phone is too awesome to just put back in its box.
I believe I saw some people using their tabs to make calls, so I would imagine it would be a similar setup. So if you guys can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated!
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this is what I used on my Lenovo ideapad a1...
http://thedroidguy.com/2010/12/voip-for-android-devices/

I use groove ip https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gvoip with google voice http://www.google.com/voice. Works great, easy setup, and you can still text thru the google voice app. With the paid version of groove you can even use the phones native dialer and call log. And you can use google voice for voicemail.

Phone got stolen. Need help with privacy!

My girlfriend got her one x stolen by some loser. after the incident she did everything that can be done about her privacy details.
the first thing she did was to get her line suspended from the service provider, then she went home immediately and changed all her passwords from facebook, ubersocial, gmail etc.
However, the problem now is that we figured that the thief would still have access to all that if he or she did not sign out. I tried searching for many ways to remotely log out and only manage to get facebook out of the way as they provide the option to log out of every other devices once we change the password. However, as for gmail and ubersocial.. we didn't find a possible way to do so.
IWe tested it through my S3. I went on my dlaptop and change my password for ubersocial and then I turned off and on my phone again only to find out that I can still tweet and read tweets even after my password was changed. It's very frustrating to know that the thief still has access to her privacy despite all her actions. if it helps, I'm from Malaysia.
PS: I tried androidlost but it requires me to send an sms to her phone to authenticate however she already terminated her line. she does not have phone lock, or any apps like lookout installed. So yeah, please help asap.
Thank you in advance.

What firmware was the phone running??I ask Bcoz the latest firmware 2.17 has a rescue app which erases all the phones data and does a factory reset..
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But you stilul need the phone to acces it. And it requieres some pin code.

Also go to pc sign in her google account..go to android market in pc and install this remotely to phone..maybe if thief gets online through WiFi or anything this will track the phone down..
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb
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But you stilul need the phone to acces it. And it requieres some pin code.
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Nope its done remotely and u need to get contact with HTC service center to do that..
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Just press continue and see...

I'm sure changing the password forces the app to makes you have to re-log again.

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What firmware was the phone running??I ask Bcoz the latest firmware 2.17 has a rescue app which erases all the phones data and does a factory reset..
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The rescue app is not for the purpose. It remote app for the customer services to fix your phone, not for wiping. User must enters PIN manually as inform by CS...
Perhaps it's too late to tell OP to used LockOut Plan B App..

Best option would have been.. install an app like android lost from play.google.com remotely and then control the phone from their website androidlost.com
You might even have got your phone back.
However since you have already changed your passwords, installing apps remotely won't probably be possible, still give it a try see if it works.

+1 for plan b.
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flame10 said:
Best option would have been.. install an app like android lost from play.google.com remotely and then control the phone from their website androidlost.com
You might even have got your phone back.
However since you have already changed your passwords, installing apps remotely won't probably be possible, still give it a try see if it works.
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google play will still install apps on the phone when u ask to install from ur pc
since the phone hasnt bien erased an that phone was the last one online on google play

Plan B and hope it's still attached to your Google account.

RoflcopteRDowN said:
My girlfriend got her one x stolen by some loser. after the incident she did everything that can be done about her privacy details.
the first thing she did was to get her line suspended from the service provider, then she went home immediately and changed all her passwords from facebook, ubersocial, gmail etc.
However, the problem now is that we figured that the thief would still have access to all that if he or she did not sign out. I tried searching for many ways to remotely log out and only manage to get facebook out of the way as they provide the option to log out of every other devices once we change the password. However, as for gmail and ubersocial.. we didn't find a possible way to do so.
IWe tested it through my S3. I went on my dlaptop and change my password for ubersocial and then I turned off and on my phone again only to find out that I can still tweet and read tweets even after my password was changed. It's very frustrating to know that the thief still has access to her privacy despite all her actions. if it helps, I'm from Malaysia.
PS: I tried androidlost but it requires me to send an sms to her phone to authenticate however she already terminated her line. she does not have phone lock, or any apps like lookout installed. So yeah, please help asap.
Thank you in advance.
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Best app for this is gotya security app it will take photos if wrong lock key is entered and send it to your Gmail or Facebook with location. You can also play with the thief by sounding alarms, force your phone to ring any number, request location, display a lock screen message, take photos, and even unlock your phone all by sms commands and lots more its only £2 on market and has had 2 people arrested for stealing my phone not only that its handy when you think someone is snooping thru your phone at work
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the thief would've sold ur phone to a shop anyway.
why worry lol
once he sold that phone, and once someone buys the phone, and the gps satellite gets activated (after the buyer inserts his simcard) , then u can track ur phone remotely. make a police report and keep the case on ongoing status.

No chance.
The phone will be wiped so any tracking app will be gone.

i use Zoner Antivirus since i got my HOX, to hunt eventually thieves down.. you can track via GPS and sent SMS with coords to another (chosen) phone number. it also notices you when some1 switches sim card
Good luck with urs!
e: i read that https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.mobilesecurity&hl=de this app is the best anti theft thing.. its free and should be the best (4,7 out of 5) maybe it'll help u to install via Playstore or sth like that

Mal'akh said:
i use Zoner Antivirus since i got my HOX, to hunt eventually thieves down.. you can track via GPS and sent SMS with coords to another (chosen) phone number. it also notices you when some1 switches sim card
Good luck with urs!
e: i read that https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.mobilesecurity&hl=de this app is the best anti theft thing.. its free and should be the best (4,7 out of 5) maybe it'll help u to install via Playstore or sth like that
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I know it doesn't help the OP now,
But phone locator pro is what you should have.
Makes it difficult to uninstall
Locks your phone by text
Phone automatically locks if a different sim is used.
Takes a picture of your thief & emails it you
Locates your phone, even if data WiFi is disabled (it will turn it on)
Etc etc.
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Because OP had no safe guards, I think IMEI block is the best he can hope for.
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Cerberus rules.

mickfitz said:
Cerberus rules.
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Just checked that app, has all the same features as PhoneLocator Pro - so, either will do.
Edit: Cerberus doesn't work properly on the HOX, first thing I noticed was the 'lock with pass code' doesntnwork at all.
The 'enter your pass code' screen doesn't show n the HOX, and then user just needs to swipe to unlock. - so, its not locked at all.
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I tested this app on the Nexus 7, and everything works as it should.
This app definitely has issues on the HOX.
Phone locator pro works perfectly on the HOX, but not at all on the Nexus 7. (Its not available in the play store, probably as its 'phone locator' )
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(virgin mobile cdma) Random trick that gets your data connection back

So after I rooted my HTC one v, I Went crazy flashing different roms and kernels. Everything was all good until my data was disconnecting from the network..so now I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out the solution.so I went on the virgin mobile USA site,logged in my account,went to the lost phone section and disconnected my service then put it back on again.minutes later vm tells you your data is back on.and then out of nowhere my data connects to my network!!!!! I was so happy! Lol I hope this method works for yall

I believe this works on the CDMA phones, because the network can push the proper data to the phone.
On the GSM/Sim Card equipped models, you have to do the following:
Settings -> Mobile Network Settings -> Access Point Names -> Menu -> New APN
Google for your network providers 'APN settings' then insert the settings into the form, when done save, you may have to make several as some operators have different APNs for MMS, Data, and Tethering.
Settings -> Mobile Network -> Network Operators
Choose your preferred network operator. The network you put the APNs in for should show up with a Star instead of the standard circle.
After doing these, you should power down the phone, wait a minute, then turn it back on. After the boot up process, it may take between 10 to 20 minutes for the network to handshake with the new APN settings.

chief_4rm_tha90s said:
So after I rooted my HTC one v, I Went crazy flashing different roms and kernels. Everything was all good until my data was disconnecting from the network..so now I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out the solution.so I went on the virgin mobile USA site,logged in my account,went to the lost phone section and disconnected my service then put it back on again.minutes later vm tells you your data is back on.and then out of nowhere my data connects to my network!!!!! I was so happy! Lol I hope this method works for yall
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Did you have to call VM to turn your phone service back on? My Data has been not working for over a week now and they can't figure out why. I was gonna try this method but not if it means dealing with "customer care" again.
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-Duir- said:
Did you have to call VM to turn your phone service back on? My Data has been not working for over a week now and they can't figure out why. I was gonna try this method but not if it means dealing with "customer care" again.
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Actually you don't. You can just deactivate and reactivate your service from the site without customer service.I've seen your post on the extreme Rom and a week later the same situation happened to me as well. It's definitely a weird data connection issue.if replacing your phone didn't work and my trick didn't work then try my method again because I was just in your situation.

chief_4rm_tha90s said:
Actually you don't. You can just deactivate and reactivate your service from the site without customer service.I've seen your post on the extreme Rom and a week later the same situation happened to me as well. It's definitely a weird data connection issue.if replacing your phone didn't work and my trick didn't work then try my method again because I was just in your situation.
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I haven't tried what you posted yet, I just wanted to confirm cause of what that message I posted said. Because I have literally no desire to talk to them anytime soon LOL

-Duir- said:
I haven't tried what you posted yet, I just wanted to confirm cause of what that message I posted said. Because I have literally no desire to talk to them anytime soon LOL
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Oh okay, I feel your pain though virgin mobile's customer service is horrible!

-Duir- said:
I haven't tried what you posted yet, I just wanted to confirm cause of what that message I posted said. Because I have literally no desire to talk to them anytime soon LOL
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Ok. Tried it. I saw the one of the links on the resulting page after clicking OK takes you from accountsuspend.do to accountunsuspend.do and did that and it said service was turned back on. Did you get a text message or email or something saying everything was back on? Just curious how long I should wait before checking network again?

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Ok. Tried it. I saw the one of the links on the resulting page after clicking OK takes you from accountsuspend.do to accountunsuspend.do and did that and it said service was turned back on. Did you get a text message or email or something saying everything was back on? Just curious how long I should wait before checking network again?
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You'll get a text message.once you get that message go to settings and see if the mobile network connects.

chief_4rm_tha90s said:
You'll get a text message.once you get that message go to settings and see if the mobile network connects.
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My mobile network would connect (or at least say it would?) I mean messages and voice worked fine just not data unless I was connected to WiFi.
I haven't received a message yet, but I waited about 10 minutes.... and OMFG it works! LOL
I can't believe whatever the issue is that doing this fixes persisted over to the replacement phone and that they can't even figure this one out. I even mentioned this method to the "support" person when I called them after my replacement phone didn't work and they didn't seem to think anything of it. I only wish I could've done this before I requested my replacement.
So yeah, totally works, and thanks.

-Duir- said:
My mobile network would connect (or at least say it would?) I mean messages and voice worked fine just not data unless I was connected to WiFi.
I haven't received a message yet, but I waited about 10 minutes.... and OMFG it works! LOL
I can't believe whatever the issue is that doing this fixes persisted over to the replacement phone and that they can't even figure this one out. I even mentioned this method to the "support" person when I called them after my replacement phone didn't work and they didn't seem to think anything of it. I only wish I could've done this before I requested my replacement.
So yeah, totally works, and thanks.
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You're welcome i just love to help others glad that your phone is working properly.

chief_4rm_tha90s said:
You're welcome i just love to help others glad that your phone is working properly.
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Well this seems to be a temporary fix. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed TWRP and then SuperSU and then upon reboot I didn't have data over the mobile network again. I guess I'll wait and see what VM says when they call me back. With as often as I'm messing with my phone I really don't want to be suspending my service once a week.

-Duir- said:
Well this seems to be a temporary fix. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed TWRP and then SuperSU and then upon reboot I didn't have data over the mobile network again. I guess I'll wait and see what VM says when they call me back. With as often as I'm messing with my phone I really don't want to be suspending my service once a week.
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So I just wiped everything on my phone and switched to the latest xtreme Rom...turns out that I still got data connection.idk what happened in your situation but I guess you can't really call it a temporary fix.

chief_4rm_tha90s said:
So I just wiped everything on my phone and switched to the latest xtreme Rom...turns out that I still got data connection.idk what happened in your situation but I guess you can't really call it a temporary fix.
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I can, cause it was temporary in my case.
If I get bored later I'll run it again and let the phone completely boot in between steps and see when it actually drops.
Last time I did unlock, flash recovery, install SuperSU all at once.
Oh btw, never did get a message about data (probably cause it stopped working again) but I did finally get one 7.5 hours after turning services back on that "Your phone will now make calls again." LOL

So is it just me or is this weird....
My phone is still having issues so I did the trick again and suspended my account. BUT I haven't re-enabled it and my data is working....
I tried making a call (just to make sure I couldn't) but saw the3G activity light blinking for both Tx and Rx and was like "Hmm..." so opened play store and all the missing images loaded. Hit the magazines section (which I never go into) to see what happens and all those images load too. Head to the music section and preview the free song of the day and it streamed perfectly.
So, is it just me or is it weird that my data instantly works when I suspend my account? I realize Virgin Mobile has unlimited data, but it seems if you're gonna suspend the account by doing the Lost/Stolen option that the data shouldn't work either, not just the voice.
And more importantly, what is going on with my phone that I can't have working data service and voice service at the same time?!?
So yeah time for the fun to start...gonna re-enable service and wait for the messages about everything being restored before I mess with the phone, and also fully boot in between unlocking, flashing TWRP, and rooting this time to see if/when I lose data again. Also just gonna simply reboot and see if that kills it too. So....fingers crossed....
EDIT: So no luck, after about 2 hours from when I turned service back on it stopped working again
Didn't even do anything to it, just left it alone. Also, this time it took about 11 hours for the message about my phone being able to make calls again to come through.

chief_4rm_tha90s said:
You're welcome i just love to help others glad that your phone is working properly.
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I just had the same issue... 3g would connect but no data going through. Texts and phone calls worked fine. After about an hour call with "phone support" including a transfer to an "actual tech" I was given a ticket number and told this would be transferred to the corporate office. And get a response in 3 to 5 business days... by Wednesday. (in my experience this has never been the case)
I tried your solution of "Lost my phone" and deactivating it and literally within a minute I was getting my emails and "New Items" from a couple of apps i have installed. I never get a message about it being deactivated. About 10 minutes after I reactivated my account (I had to log out and wait about 5 minutes before it would let me reactivate) I got a text saying your phone will now make calls again.
THANKS TONS. This has been driving me nuts for the last 2 days since it started.
BTW, both "Techs" did very little troubleshooting. The most the 2nd did was go to My account, and click on "I need Help" which starts a self diagnostic to check the phone and data connectivity. Then as he was on the phone for about 10 minutes waiting for it to finish he tried to blame it on a outage in my area.... which i asked why as my wife has the exact same phone (the HTC Evo V) and she has no issues when she was sitting 5 feet from me then. He was kinda stumped.
The diagnostics also gives a link to call Virgin Mobile, and more diagnostics below that. Actually pretty decent since it has some basic diagnostics all in once place, to test phone, data, and battery issues.
Again Thanks a TON.
James

obmijyo said:
I just had the same issue... 3g would connect but no data going through. Texts and phone calls worked fine. After about an hour call with "phone support" including a transfer to an "actual tech" I was given a ticket number and told this would be transferred to the corporate office. And get a response in 3 to 5 business days... by Wednesday. (in my experience this has never been the case)
I tried your solution of "Lost my phone" and deactivating it and literally within a minute I was getting my emails and "New Items" from a couple of apps i have installed. I never get a message about it being deactivated. About 10 minutes after I reactivated my account (I had to log out and wait about 5 minutes before it would let me reactivate) I got a text saying your phone will now make calls again.
THANKS TONS. This has been driving me nuts for the last 2 days since it started.
BTW, both "Techs" did very little troubleshooting. The most the 2nd did was go to My account, and click on "I need Help" which starts a self diagnostic to check the phone and data connectivity. Then as he was on the phone for about 10 minutes waiting for it to finish he tried to blame it on a outage in my area.... which i asked why as my wife has the exact same phone (the HTC Evo V) and she has no issues when she was sitting 5 feet from me then. He was kinda stumped.
The diagnostics also gives a link to call Virgin Mobile, and more diagnostics below that. Actually pretty decent since it has some basic diagnostics all in once place, to test phone, data, and battery issues.
Again Thanks a TON.
James
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Interesting... late last night my phone mysteriously rebooting.. and the data would not work again. This afternoon i got to work and went to my account, did the "I lost my phone" and within in seconds started getting my emails and other junk again....

Full VoIP video tutorial out if you want unlimited GV calling.

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I thought you might be interested in a complete step by step tutorial on how to get your own FreePBX/Asterisk server up and running with Google Voice I just uploaded. I worked pretty hard on them.
Nobody else has done it with PBXes/Google Voice/CSipSimple/Android and recent versions of PBX In a Flash until now. Some people on these forums asked me to create the tutorial because they are struggling and although there is good information out there, it's spread across multiple sites, and many don't have the time to research it all. All videos in the series are viewable in 720p, 1080p, and 1200p.
I was inspired to make them because I see a lot of frugal people struggling with setting it up despite all the tutorials here. I think many people learn better visually and aurally, so I hope many will benefit from this.
Feel free to check it out.
Have a nice weekend.
FreePBX VoIP Tutorial
12-part YouTube playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9DzN1Pu6-Q&list=PLE_de-PBwrTSUMm-Y48aiOOHt_YyT69t0
I can't believe how good my battery life is now on top of how good the calls sound. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/DmR4KAn.png
Updates and additional notes
5/22/2014: GV still works and new versions of Incredible PBX
Since Google Voice is still working, you might as well take advantage of it and set up a PBX server for free unlimited calling in the US and Canada. You can even use softphones like Jitsi or Zoiper to connect to your PBX server and make calls through your PC instead of your Android device if you like.
FreePBX/IncrediblePBX has been on a bumpy ride lately. They went from using CentOS to some other Linux distribution called "Scientific Linux"
or something and now it seems to be back to CentOS--or some version of it. In my tutorials I recommend installing the .ova file of PIAF 2.0.6.4.3, but now it's up to 3.6.5.64. I just installed it and it's virtually identical. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pbxinaflash/files/PIAF-3.6.5-VirtualMachine/
5/22/2014: QoS
So it turns out there isn't a single video tutorial on YouTube that shows you how to set up Quality of Service (prioritized bandwidth in your router), so I think I may slap one together. We're at the point where QoS is almost a necessity, because when you're running a VoIP server and someone else on your network starts uploading to YouTube or watching Netflix, your VoIP calls are going to become jittery and your VoIP will be rendered useless for that time. Setting up QoS completely mitigates the hogging of bandwidth by any one service, port, protocol, or device--depending on how you set it up. I envision a tutorial that will take multiple real-world scenarios into consideration such as Xbox Live, Netflix, YouTube uploading/download, Usenet, Torrents, and big file transfers and show you how to configure it so that you maintain a 20ms ping to Google or your online game while your roommate is torrenting his rear end off.
12/8/2013 Update about XMPP coming to an end on May 15, 2014 and effectively rendering these tutorials almost useless.
Read more on page 11 of this thread because I posted some links.
6/10/2013: Verizon and the NSA
In light of the Verizon security issues with people getting very angry about the collection of metadata, I want to remind you that the Android app I recommend in my video tutorials, CSipSimple, supports ZRTP encryption. Assuming both parties have it enabled on whatever calling software they're using whether it be CSipSimple or Jitsi, you will be able to establish an actual secure call.
More info here: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28352878-U.S-VoIP-Privacy-Concerns
and here: https://guardianproject.info/2012/02/22/free-sip-providers-with-zrtp-support/
and here: https://jitsi.org/
Secure VoIP FAQ: http://wiki.ictd.asia/Secure_VoIP_Discussion_and_Tips
5/29/2013: Google Hangouts
Do NOT upgrade Google Talk on your device to Google Hangouts. It will screw up your ability to make calls.
Source and more info: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r28309379-General-Google-HangOuts-vs.-XMPP
5/10/2013: Correction in the tutorials
When adding an extension in FreePBX, set "nat" to YES from the default. I made an annotation of this but it seems many people have annotations disabled.

Following along with your tutorial and I've hit my first snag. Trying to install VirtualBox 4.2.12 seems to hang towards the end of the installation and it seems to have cut off my local area connection as well. Any insight on how to resolve this issue?

Virtualbox sets a bridge up of whatever network card is in the computer and adds a "fake" one in your Windows Device Manager. It sounds like a driver issue, but it could be a lot of things.
If you've kept up to date with all bios, drivers, firmware, Windows updates, and don't have any viruses or malware, your computer shouldn't blow up for installing a single network driver, but I bet you're not the only one that's happened to. I don't have a quick answer because I've never experienced that. Sorry.

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Virtualbox sets a bridge up of whatever network card is in the computer and adds a "fake" one in your Windows Device Manager. It sounds like a driver issue, but it could be a lot of things.
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Fixed it. For users with the same problem, exit Dropbox or disable your internet connection before you install. I did both and the installation completed successfully.

Part 11 is up: Setting up multiple Google Voice phones

HowDoIVoip, Last night I followed all your video tutorials and this morning went through them all to see if I missed anything.
The one thing that has not worked is incoming calls when my phone is connected to Wifi.
The call comes in but when I pick up the call the info status just says CONNECTING. The caller eventually goes to voice mail.
When not connected to Wifi the phone receives and make calls with no problems.
On Wifi outgoing calls work perfect.
Picking up on Wifi is the only problem I am having.
Any ideas what it might be?
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I think it works good..Thanks for all share

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HowDoIVoip, Last night I followed all your video tutorials and this morning went through them all to see if I missed anything.
The one thing that has not worked is incoming calls when my phone is connected to Wifi.
The call comes in but when I pick up the call the info status just says CONNECTING. The caller eventually goes to voice mail.
When not connected to Wifi the phone receives and make calls with no problems.
On Wifi outgoing calls work perfect.
Picking up on Wifi is the only problem I am having.
Any ideas what it might be?
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It's hard to just guess without being able to see the screen/settings. One thing you could try is log into PuTTY, type asterisk -r and then type xmpp set debug on
you will see all of the google voice activity in the window in real-time. This is different than asterisk -rvvv that I talk about in video #11.
Make sure the ports I mention in video 5 are set correctly. Those all have to do with NAT/Routing. Hopefully your server machine isn't blocking ports if it has a software firewall. You could try adjusting the Static IP to Dynamic IP in Asterisk SIP Settings in FreePBX.
If nothing works, then I guess it's time to install a screen-sharing program like Skype or Jitsi so I can find the problem in 10 minutes. It's hard to guess without actually being able to see everything going on. That's why I hate text so much and prefer voice/video for technical support and tutorials.

Thank you for the hard work
Buddy, thank you so much for these videos believe it or not I was able to take the ISO given from FreePBX and apply all the settings you did from out of the box and apply them in the same fashion to get my PBX server running all within 4 hours if there is anything I can do I am going to subscribe to this tread I work in the IT field and worked with EXSi servers and VirtualBox Hosts for 3 years now so when I saw the videos from the start that is what started it for me let me know if we can get some more users off the ground and working with this GREAT STUFF!

I just wanted to say thank you for putting this tutorial together. 95% of the problems I was having were exactly because all of the information was so fragmented. I'm up and running and will keep an eye on it as I make sure it works everywhere but seriously, my hat's off to you good sir!

HowDoIVoIP said:
It's hard to just guess without being able to see the screen/settings. One thing you could try is log into PuTTY, type asterisk -r and then type xmpp set debug on
you will see all of the google voice activity in the window in real-time. This is different than asterisk -rvvv that I talk about in video #11.
Make sure the ports I mention in video 5 are set correctly. Those all have to do with NAT/Routing. Hopefully your server machine isn't blocking ports if it has a software firewall. You could try adjusting the Static IP to Dynamic IP in Asterisk SIP Settings in FreePBX.
If nothing works, then I guess it's time to install a screen-sharing program like Skype or Jitsi so I can find the problem in 10 minutes. It's hard to guess without actually being able to see everything going on. That's why I hate text so much and prefer voice/video for technical support and tutorials.
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I was about to follow your recommendation to troubleshoot but it works now without having done a thing.
How weird. Hopefully it stays that way
Question, in your Tutorial Part 5 - Router Settings you talk about setting the Conntrack / Netfilter UDP Timeout Unreplied to 10 and Assured to 300.
My routers (a Netgear R6300) software does not have these settings to configure.
Do you think it will cause problems not being able to configure these settings?
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HabibTMN said:
I just wanted to say thank you for putting this tutorial together. 95% of the problems I was having were exactly because all of the information was so fragmented. I'm up and running and will keep an eye on it as I make sure it works everywhere but seriously, my hat's off to you good sir!
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Glad you got it working, man.
So I've had enough people get it up and running to verify that the information is accurate, but as with anything, there are some changes and improvements that could be made. Not sure other than annotations how I'll go about it, though.

luisenriquereyes said:
Question, in your Tutorial Part 5 - Router Settings you talk about setting the Conntrack / Netfilter UDP Timeout Unreplied to 10 and Assured to 300.
My routers (a Netgear R6300) software does not have these settings to configure.
Do you think it will cause problems not being able to configure these settings?
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If I were to guess, no. I'm not 100% sure, though. Those timeouts seem to be mostly if you have "qualify" set to "yes" on your Extension.
If you log in through PuTTY, type asterisk -r then type sip show peers at the Asterisk CLI, you will see a screen that looks like this:
http://i.imgur.com/4gpHrk0.png
When your extensions are unmonitored like that from setting qualify to no, it doesn't seem to timeout the way it would if you had qualify on. As I specified in the video, qualify off works best for my specific phone, but it could vary for others.

Perhaps a combination of annotations and maybe getting this thread set as a sticky? It would seem that at the very least as long as we keep this thread alive and near the top that we can funnel any updated information through here and your videos which at the very least still serve as a perfect baseline for getting servers up and running. Anything after that really strikes me as minor tweaks and whatnot.

HowDoIVoIP, do you know what the minimum requirements are to run PIAF? I saw this (from here):
Here’s what we recommend to get started properly:
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$150 Single or Dual-Core Atom PC, 4GB RAM, 60GB SSD (no moving parts!)
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But I don't take that as a minimum. I've got an old Windows XP box, but I don't think it has enough RAM for both the OS and VM. Alternatively, I have an Atom netbook with 2GB RAM, and it may actually be faster than the XP box. At this point, this is just an experiment for me, and I'm not willing to put money into this project until I can get it working. If I figure this out, I may change my mind.
Also, what do you think of this (from here):
If you’re not in the Eastern U.S. time zone, then you’ll want to adjust your timezone setting so that reminders and other time-sensitive events happen at the correct time. While logged into your server as root, issue these commands to download and run the timezone-setup script:
Code:
cd /root
wget http://pbxinaflash.com/timezone-setup.tar.gz
tar zxvf timezone-setup.tar.gz
./timezone-setup
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Is that necessary?

post-mortem said:
HowDoIVoIP, do you know what the minimum requirements are to run PIAF?
Also, what do you think of this (from here):
Is that necessary?
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Wouldn't the minimum requirements be the Raspberry Pi? But that's for running PIAF-Purple (which is all manual configuration from what I've seen) and that SUCKS. We on XDA forums are all about GUIs. It's 2013, and not all of us are so geek'd out that we're coding everything manually in our mechanical keyboards.
I'm unsure about the system requirements, but since it's all free, you might as well try to see if you can run it. Make some phone calls and if you don't sound like a cat drowning, I think you're fine. Hopefully your hardware is reliable, though, and that takes a bit of work. If you're bluescreening and overheating, forget about it.
As for the time thing....
I actually went through the timezone thing in my initial setup (but not the videos), but then I found if you go to Webmin, it seems you have full control of the system clocks there.
http://192.168.1.125:9001 (or whatever your server IP is, put :9001 behind it) login with root, and click the time. You'll see a screen like this: http://i.imgur.com/taez1fB.png
I don't see why you can't set all the time there. I have to do some research before I make a video about Webmin settings, though. I'm not an expert.

HowDoIVoIP said:
I'm unsure about the system requirements, but since it's all free, you might as well try to see if you can run it. Make some phone calls and if you don't sound like a cat drowning, I think you're fine. Hopefully your hardware is reliable, though, and that takes a bit of work. If you're bluescreening and overheating, forget about it.
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LOL, I'm totally not even that far. My XP machine only has 760MB of RAM. Yeah, it's old; I swear to God it has cobwebs on it! I gave it a big swap file, but VirtualBox won't let you assign more than 75% of physical RAM to a VM. Apparently, the PIAF VM won't boot with only 565MB RAM. After living with recent memory-hogging OSes, I'm impressed that Windows XP can get by just fine with <200MB RAM.
Anyway, I had fun setting up an RDP connection to the old clunker. If I can find my netbook, I'll make that my next project.

Okay i am using Groove IP app on my note 2 to make calls using Google Voice number, so can somebody tell me why would i want to go to thru all that, instead of using Groove IP.

mha1021 said:
Okay i am using Groove IP app on my note 2 to make calls using Google Voice number, so can somebody tell me why would i want to go to thru all that, instead of using Groove IP.
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One thing you learn in life is that often pressing one big green button on everything isn't the best option. You can purchase an Android app that will emulate console games like SNES or Genesis (one big green button), but you'll run into bugs and issues, and it isn't per-scanline accurate like higan is. Many people will be fine with that. "Oh, it's cool bro it works."
You can get a Netflix account and stream HD movies on your phone or television (one big green button), but you'll realize that setting up your own HTPC using GOOD codecs will yield a much better HD movie experience. You don't get to watch any movie you want with Netflix, and they don't have everything available. Some people will settle for that. "Oh, it's cool bro it works."
The same logic applies for this. If you're fine with low quality and inconsistent calling, go with GrooveIP (one big green button). If you want the best, you'll have to invest.™

HowDoIVoIP said:
One thing you learn in life is that often pressing one big green button on everything isn't the best option. You can purchase an Android app that will emulate console games like SNES or Genesis (one big green button), but you'll run into bugs and issues, and it isn't per-scanline accurate like higan is. Many people will be fine with that. "Oh, it's cool bro it works."
You can get a Netflix account and stream HD movies on your phone or television (one big green button), but you'll realize that setting up your own HTPC using GOOD codecs will yield a much better HD movie experience. You don't get to watch any movie you want with Netflix, and they don't have everything available. Some people will settle for that.
The same logic applies for this. If you're fine with low quality and inconsistent calling, go with GrooveIP (one big green button). If you want the best, you'll have to invest.™
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Thanks for your time explaining but the (one big green button) is for backup in case i use 100min before the end of the month and whenever i use groove ip, it works perfectly and as long as its free and works that's i care about.