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For some reason when I loaded my sim it keeps telling me I have a voice mail even though my account is empty. I tried installing google voice since thats my mail voice mail account and the icon is still there.
Anyone experience this? Anyone find a way to get rid of it?
Is this your first time starting? They send you a voicemail notification so that you'll dial your T-Mobile voicemail and set it up. Until you set it up it won't go away.
Call your number and leave yourself a message. Then delete that voicemail. It should go away.
El Daddy said:
Call your number and leave yourself a message. Then delete that voicemail. It should go away.
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when i had this issue, i tried this months ago and worked fine.
to make sure you understand.
make sure you DO NOT set up google voice for your voice mail yet.
make sure you still have tmobile voice mail set as default.
call yourself from home phone/ girls phone/ bf's phone ect..
dial tmo's voice mail number. delete voice mail.
BOOM Shakalaka!!!
you're set.
I'm having a similar issue as the OP. I just got my sim card swapped out by T-Mobile, and now I have a new voicemail notification that I can't get rid of.
I actually have my voicemail completely disabled, so I have no way of leaving myself a message or anything (I have it setup this way so my carrier's voicemail doesn't pickup any of my voicemails).
Any recommendations on how to get rid of this? It has been driving me crazy.
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I just tried online chat, but they weren't really any help:
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Me: I just traded in my sim card for a new one at the local store, and put the new sim card into my phone. My phone now shows a new voicemail notification that I am unable to get rid of. I have voicemail completely disabled on my plan, so I know that I have no new messages. This notification is irritating, and I would like to get rid of it.
%Noel M: Welcome to T-Mobile live Chat. I’m Noel and I'll be glad to help you, for your reference my ID number is 853274.
%Noel M: Would this be for prepaid account?
Me: correct
%Noel M: Let me find ways to remove that notification off the phone, one moment please.
Me: Thank you
%Noel M: You're welcome.
%Noel M: I'm still on it, one more minute please.
%Noel M: Have you restarted the phone and checked if the voicemail icon is still on the phone? Cna you tell me the make and model of the phone?
Me: Yeah, I have tried restarting the phone, taking the sim card out, and putting it back in, etc.
Me: It's a Galaxy Nexus.
Me: I don't think the issue is related to the phone, as it started as soon as I turned on the phone with the new sim card.
%Noel M: Did the phone came from T-Mobile or from a 3rd paty reseller?
Me: 3rd party reseller - directly from Google.
%Noel M: As a courtesy for non T-Mobile phones, we can attempt to troubleshoot internet, picture message, or network issues but please be aware that we cannot guarantee the functionality.
Me: ok. Thanks.
Me: It has something to do with them switching the sim card - with the old sim card, I had zero issues, and as soon as I put the new one in the issue showed up.
%Noel M: Can you open the notification? Do we have options about it for example is by deleting it?
Me: The notification says: "New voicemail Dial +1-805-637-7243".
Me: And when I click on it it places a call to that number (the TMobile voicemail system).
Me: But I can't actually do anything once I dial the number since I do not have a voicemail account setup.
%Noel M: Let me check if there are documents about this, if not I'll let you know once I'm done.
%Noel M: Please try this steps:
Call your number and leave a voicemail
Once you recieve the notification, access your voicemail
Listen to the entire message and then press 7 to delete it
Press the * key to return to the main menu
Hang up and check for the icon
If it is still there, powercycle your phone
Me: I can't leave myself a voicemail because my voicemail is completely disabled. When I call my phone number, it just keeps on ringing, and the voicemail never picks up.
%Noel M: I understand. Unfortunately, we have already exhausted all troubleshooting steps available here. Since we have limited info about your device, we need you to call the manufacturer of the phone to get assistance about this matter.
Me: okay.
%Noel M: Thank you for using T-Mobile live Chat. Have a great night!
Is there any way to completely disable voicemail notifications? I use Google Voice, so I do not care about carrier voicemail notifications at all.
xur17 said:
I'm having a similar issue as the OP. I just got my sim card swapped out by T-Mobile, and now I have a new voicemail notification that I can't get rid of.
I actually have my voicemail completely disabled, so I have no way of leaving myself a message or anything (I have it setup this way so my carrier's voicemail doesn't pickup any of my voicemails).
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Enable your voicemail and leave a message, then delete the message. You don't need to have your voicemail disabled for GV to work correctly. As long as you setup GV correctly, it will enable call forwarding so your carrier voicemail does not interfere.
bozzykid said:
Enable your voicemail and leave a message, then delete the message. You don't need to have your voicemail disabled for GV to work correctly. As long as you setup GV correctly, it will enable call forwarding so your carrier voicemail does not interfere.
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But call forwarding uses my minutes. So each call that goes to voicemail costs me minutes, and I am on the 100 minutes a month plan, so I don't really have a bunch to share.
xur17 said:
But call forwarding uses my minutes. So each call that goes to voicemail costs me minutes, and I am on the 100 minutes a month plan, so I don't really have a bunch to share.
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If you really want to go the prepaid route I would just use your google voice number (in other words don't give out your "real number") and disable the voice mail that comes with whatever prepaid service you use.
jimmyz said:
If you really want to go the prepaid route I would just use your google voice number (in other words don't give out your "real number") and disable the voice mail that comes with whatever prepaid service you use.
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That's exactly what I am doing...
My voicemail is completely disabled for my account. The problem is that I swapped out my sim card at TMobile, and now my phone says it has a new voicemail with no way of clearing it, since my voicemail is completely disabled.
xur17 said:
That's exactly what I am doing...
My voicemail is completely disabled for my account. The problem is that I swapped out my sim card at TMobile, and now my phone says it has a new voicemail with no way of clearing it, since my voicemail is completely disabled.
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I hate to say it but you may have to call support. I initially had the voicemail symbol that I couldn't get rid of until I set up the voicemail. Then I had the voicemail disabled.
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I hate to say it but you may have to call support. I initially had the voicemail symbol that I couldn't get rid of until I set up the voicemail. Then I had the voicemail disabled.
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I did contact support... Not to be rude, but did you read this thread? I posted a log of my chat with support, and posted that I have my voicemail disabled.
I may end up reactivating my voicemail, setting up voicemail, and then disabling voicemail again. Unfortunately I think I have to talk to support for each of those steps.
I was told that using VM doesn't use minutes. I'm on the 100 minute plan too. Just a thought. That or you could try calling from SIPDroid but I never have gotten it to work with Google Voice.
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MrObvious said:
I was told that using VM doesn't use minutes. I'm on the 100 minute plan too. Just a thought. That or you could try calling from SIPDroid but I never have gotten it to work with Google Voice.
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Calling my voicemail box definitely uses my minutes. I'm not sure if calls forwarded use minutes, but I am pretty sure they do.
I have an HTC One S, but I think it should still be the same. Go to Settings>call> Clear voicemail notification.
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I did contact support... Not to be rude, but did you read this thread? I posted a log of my chat with support, and posted that I have my voicemail disabled.
I may end up reactivating my voicemail, setting up voicemail, and then disabling voicemail again. Unfortunately I think I have to talk to support for each of those steps.
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Sorry, I meant call which will likely be more painful than chat
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Sorry, I meant call which will likely be more painful than chat
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Ah. My bad then. I'll give that a shot in a few days. Google is sending me a replacement device for other issues, so I am going to try and see if that fixes it for some reason first.
Update: I was having an issue with a voicemail notification displaying on my phone even though I had voicemail completely disabled on my phone after I got a new sim card. I solved the issue by re-enabling the voicemail for my account (via online chat), and then disabling it again a day later (again via online chat).
I'm just posting this in case someone else has the same issue as me. I didn't even have to leave myself a voicemail and delete it or anything like people above were saying (probably because my voicemail system was initially completely disabled).
Thanks everyone! Calling myself and leaving a voicemail fixed it!
Both my T989 (Galaxy II) and T999 (Galaxy III) are setup to use google voice for all calls.
On my T989 the call logs showed the numbers of the contacts I dialed in the call log and I believe when I was dialing out.
On the T999 the call logs show the google voice number that bridges the call, not the callers phone number and shows the same when dialing out.
I can't seem to figure out how to fix this so the contact's name/number is shown in the call logs rather than the number the phone dialed to connect the call.
Anyone had and fixed this issue?
Thanks!
I'm experiencing the same issue with outbound google voice calls and the stock dialer logs.
Thanks. It's nice to know I'm not the only one having this problem.
by any chance is this working as expected for anyone? hard to believe no one else has noticed and commented.
seeing the random outbound number in the dialer's call log is frustrating.
Same issue here on my AT&T Samsung Galaxy S III
Same here.
having the same problem as well on my SGS 3... works as expected on my HTC 1XL. seems you can redial the number you intended to dial from the call log.
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Both my T989 (Galaxy II) and T999 (Galaxy III) are setup to use google voice for all calls.
On my T989 the call logs showed the numbers of the contacts I dialed in the call log and I believe when I was dialing out.
On the T999 the call logs show the google voice number that bridges the call, not the callers phone number and shows the same when dialing out.
I can't seem to figure out how to fix this so the contact's name/number is shown in the call logs rather than the number the phone dialed to connect the call.
Anyone had and fixed this issue?
Thanks!
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same problems on my I747 (AT&T S3). Very annoying.
Ditto. Very frustrating. It seems to my limited brain that it might be the phone apk taking it's data from a network source rather than the phone's dialer. I'm contemplating trying a different model's phone.apk, but I really need my phone to work, and I haven't flashed a ROM yet on this one.
No more comments since, have you guys figured out how to fix this. If yes, kindly post the solution.
This is ridiculous, I am seriously considering taking this (otherwise a fine) phone back to store.
This bug is a deal breaker for me. Good phone/hardware/software design should follow standards.
Janis said:
Ditto. Very frustrating. It seems to my limited brain that it might be the phone apk taking it's data from a network source rather than the phone's dialer. I'm contemplating trying a different model's phone.apk, but I really need my phone to work, and I haven't flashed a ROM yet on this one.
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Seriously, this is absolutely a huge annoyance. Completely a deal breaker. I am going to take this phone back if this can't be fixed.
I refuse to deal with this. I need GV to work as intended. I need to have this ANDROID phone behave like an android phone. If I wanted a phone controlled by the manufacturer, I would buy the crap iPhone.
Really, either Samsung fixes this issue within this week, or this phone is going back.
cortez.i said:
having the same problem as well on my SGS 3... works as expected on my HTC 1XL. seems you can redial the number you intended to dial from the call log.
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ragarwal74 said:
No more comments since, have you guys figured out how to fix this. If yes, kindly post the solution.
This is ridiculous, I am seriously considering taking this (otherwise a fine) phone back to store.
This bug is a deal breaker for me. Good phone/hardware/software design should follow standards.
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Seriously, this is absolutely a huge annoyance. Completely a deal breaker. I am going to take this phone back if this can't be fixed.
I refuse to deal with this. I need GV to work as intended. I need to have this ANDROID phone behave like an android phone. If I wanted a phone controlled by the manufacturer, I would buy the crap iPhone.
Really, either Samsung fixes this issue within this week, or this phone is going back.
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Just install one of the many alt dialers till you find one that works how you want it to, no need to get all hysterical over this so called bug
z0phi3l said:
Just install one of the many alt dialers till you find one that works how you want it to, no need to get all hysterical over this so called bug
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Has anyone found a dialer that will work. I tried about 5 and still the same issue.
I have the same problem with GV and Galaxy S3.
Did you ever find a solution?
ragarwal74 said:
No more comments since, have you guys figured out how to fix this. If yes, kindly post the solution.
This is ridiculous, I am seriously considering taking this (otherwise a fine) phone back to store.
This bug is a deal breaker for me. Good phone/hardware/software design should follow standards.
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Seriously, this is absolutely a huge annoyance. Completely a deal breaker. I am going to take this phone back if this can't be fixed.
I refuse to deal with this. I need GV to work as intended. I need to have this ANDROID phone behave like an android phone. If I wanted a phone controlled by the manufacturer, I would buy the crap iPhone.
Really, either Samsung fixes this issue within this week, or this phone is going back.
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Can you explain the problem better. I think my iPad shows the random google number too. If that's what you're talking about.
When your phone is set to use GV when dialing then GV does use some (random?) number (say you dial 202-123-1234 GV might show dialing 617-444-3333) but then in the Log you would see the number you dialed (202-123-1234) not the num that GV used (617-444-3333). This is how it works in other phones that I have used. Bug is with the Galaxy S3 that show the GV number in the log. If you click on the GV num that appears in the log you will be connected correctly, but it's beyond annoying to not be able to see/find numbers/people (people cause the contacts are associated with the real number, not the one that GV uses).
I'm getting there, I think lol.
Are you dialing out using the phone app? Or gv app? Can you make the call/see it correctly if you dial out through the web browser?
And what you're saying is that the call log shows the google service number not what was dialed.
In my stock phone app my call log shows the number of a person who called my gv number and was forwarded to me. Do incomming calls display correctly?
I am dialing out using the Phone app.
When you say the "call see it" I figure you mean the Log. I don't know how to dial using Voice (GV on the phone) as I don't see a dial pad there as I do on my desktop computer.
>>And what you're saying is that the call log shows the google service number not what was dialed.
EXACTLY
Install google chrome and navigate to the voice site. I don't really use gv anymore but it could interest you. I found using it through the web always gave a better experience because it's more robust.
In the phone app is it just outgoing that's messed up or incoming too? I didn't even know the stock dialer could be used for gv
going to the website, and using the call back, it works fine - but that defeats the whole beauty of being able to use the phone dialer and transparently it uses GV (this might be new to Android v 4). The setting for this is in Voice (android app for GV) under settings, Making calls. For me the reason I want to use GV for all outgoing calls is so that ppl know me by the GV number since my SIM changes often and if they get the SIM number they tend to save it, later trying to reach me at this number and finding it's no longer in use....
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I am dialing out using the Phone app.
When you say the "call see it" I figure you mean the Log. I don't know how to dial using Voice (GV on the phone) as I don't see a dial pad there as I do on my desktop computer.
>>And what you're saying is that the call log shows the google service number not what was dialed.
EXACTLY
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this is an issue with the Touch Wiz ROM and Google Voice.. if i use a stock TouchWiz ROM and GV, and call a contact, then the service number is in the call log. when i use the CM10 ROM and, i call a contact, the call log lists contact phone number. either way, i'm disappointed that Samsung and/or Google haven't addressed this issue. t
Hi all, I'm completely new to Android and SG2 but I've spent the past week messing with it. I've got it rooted and everything already.
I'm having one MAJOR problem and can't seem to find a fix. I've read and searched through the forum exhaustively but haven't seen any mention of it. Forgive me if this is a complete Noob question.
So, I'm trying to use Google Voice Lite (i.e. NOT the full integration.) so that I can have that as my default voicemail rather than Sprint. I do NOT want to use Sprint Visual Voicemail but that seems like the default installed program. The problem it seems like though is that Sprint VVM as default affects the "Call Settings" menu. When I go through the Google Voice setup process, at the screen where I press "configure" to continue, the following screen takes me to Call settings and stops. Now the problem is that the Call Settings screen does NOT seem to show ALL the call settings menu items that would allow me to choose which voicemail option (Carrier or GV or something else) I want. And the "voicemail settings" at the bottom is for the default Sprint VVM.
I'm attaching several pics to show what I'm seeing and also 1 pic that shows what the "call settings" screen should look like.
So how do I get around this? How do I see the rest of the call settings menu items? I can't use/setup Google Voice voicemail or Youmail with out it. PLEASE PLEASE Help. Would greatly appreciate any thoughts or feedback. Thanks
As a reference point, I'm using Caulkin E4GT EL29 GB 3.0 Rom if that helps
There's very few gv settings you can set from the phone. Use the website. It looks like you have everything set properly on the phone. Don't forget to turn off call screening.
Ravaged Pheonix said:
There's very few gv settings you can set from the phone. Use the website. It looks like you have everything set properly on the phone. Don't forget to turn off call screening.
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Yeah I seem to have everything correct and I have gone thru the GV website and everything there is fine. The problem is that the "Call Settings" screen on my phone is not showing the correct options to select whether I want to use my carrier vm system or something else. Basically my screenshot 1 or 2 should look like screenshot 4. Otherwise, I can't even complete GV setup on my phone
I usually don't get that screen either. Try dialing into your voicemail by long pressing 1 and see if it says Google or sprint to see if it actually is taking it
Make sure you have authorized your number on googles website. It should call your phone and ask you to enter a pin number
On the setup VM screen did you dial the number? It changes the default call forwarding number from the sprint vvm number to your Google voice number.
Ravaged Pheonix said:
I usually don't get that screen either. Try dialing into your voicemail by long pressing 1 and see if it says Google or sprint to see if it actually is taking it
Make sure you have authorized your number on googles website. It should call your phone and ask you to enter a pin number
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I have dialing the voicemail manually and its still set to Sprint voicemail. And yeah I have my mobile # authorized on GV website. I've been using GV for a while on my previous phone...didn't have an Android phone so couldn't use the app. Its just now that I got the GS2 that when I try to setup through the GV app, I'm having problem. It seems like something is making the Call settings menu not show everything. Is there a way to edit it? Where would the files be located?
@slvrap1 - Yes, I dialed the number given on the GV app set (as seen in the pic). It rings, answers briefly and then hangs up. I press the back button to get out of the dialer, press the "configure" button to continue but when I get to the call settings menu, I don't have the options to actually change voicemail option ("carrier" or other) as I should b able to. I'm just completely stumped on this. It seems like I'm doing everything correct both on the phone side and GV website...but just that one settings page that is the problem
There isn't a menu or option on the phone itself that will say you are using sprint or Google voicemail. Sounds to me like your getting hung up on looking for some kind of visual confirmation. If it was set up prior to getting the s2 on the same telephone number then everything should still be intact.
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During the setup if you didn't hear a error message when it dialed *28xxxxxxxxx, the x's being your Google voice number its complete. Did you try leaving yourself a VM?
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There isn't a menu or option on the phone itself that will say you are using sprint or Google voicemail. Sounds to me like your getting hung up on looking for some kind of visual confirmation. If it was set up prior to getting the s2 on the same telephone number then everything should still be intact.
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During the setup if you didn't hear a error message when it dialed *28xxxxxxxxx, the x's being your Google voice number its complete. Did you try leaving yourself a VM?
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Hey @slvrap1, so I FINALLY got it working. I had done all those things you had mentioned but you're right, I was stuck expecting a visual confirmation because in the setup guide and everywhere else I was looking, my call settings menu options on my phone were different and didn't match what everyone was saying. I had tried calling myself multiple times last night and it would just ring ring ring ring endlessly but never hit voicemail. So I basically just gave up for the night and then today decided to try calling myself again and BAM, the Google Voicemail greeting came on. For whatever reason I guess it took a while for it to take effect.
And Basically what it appears is that there is a bug on my ROM or something that prevents the "call settings" menu options to display the proper option but I guess in the end, it didn't really matter whether I had those call settings options available on my phone, as long as I dialed the *28 to activate.
Thanks a lot for all your help and suggestions. Guess there's a lot of quirks about Android I need to learn esp coming from iOS
This probably is obviously not the write forum for that but as familiarize myself w/the system, any list of apps you would recommend?
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There isn't a menu or option on the phone itself that will say you are using sprint or Google voicemail. Sounds to me like your getting hung up on looking for some kind of visual confirmation. If it was set up prior to getting the s2 on the same telephone number then everything should still be intact.
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During the setup if you didn't hear a error message when it dialed *28xxxxxxxxx, the x's being your Google voice number its complete. Did you try leaving yourself a VM?
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Oh and FYI, when I try to do a long 1 press on my phone, it still takes me to my Sprint voicemail account. Not sure that really means anything
Does anyone have straight talk working with google voice lite for Visual Voicemail use only not ported number to GV
you need to use conditional call forwarding still.
Zepius said:
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how is that done?
*004*1yourgvoicenumber#
Straight Talk offers T-Mobile and AT&T SIM cards. If you get an AT&T SIM, conditional call forwarding WILL work.
All T-Mobile prepaid SIMs, whether direct through T-Mo or through an MVNO like Straight Talk, do NOT allow conditional call forwarding.
I had T-Mo prepaid and mostly use Google Voice and it was weird. Rejected calls went to the T-Mo voicemail, calls to GV# that I just let ring went to GV voicemail, it was hard to figure out, and one of the main reasons I switched. I use both my regular cell # and GV # because of the MMS issues and occasional reliability issues. (GV texts don't work with minimal coverage, like no data minimal, etc.)
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Straight Talk offers T-Mobile and AT&T SIM cards. If you get an AT&T SIM, conditional call forwarding WILL work.
All T-Mobile prepaid SIMs, whether direct through T-Mo or through an MVNO like Straight Talk, do NOT allow conditional call forwarding.
I had T-Mo prepaid and mostly use Google Voice and it was weird. Rejected calls went to the T-Mo voicemail, calls to GV# that I just let ring went to GV voicemail, it was hard to figure out, and one of the main reasons I switched. I use both my regular cell # and GV # because of the MMS issues and occasional reliability issues. (GV texts don't work with minimal coverage, like no data minimal, etc.)
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I am trying to get CCF to work, but am having so success. I am on ST with an ATT SIM, I enter *004*1xxxxxxxxxx# but all I get back is "Connection problem or invalid MMI code" I called ST, but they said they couldn't help me. What you do I need to do to get it to work?
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-Seth
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I am trying to get CCF to work, but am having so success. I am on ST with an ATT SIM, I enter *004*1xxxxxxxxxx# but all I get back is "Connection problem or invalid MMI code" I called ST, but they said they couldn't help me. What you do I need to do to get it to work?
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thats my exact issue too and ST was no help..
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thats my exact issue too and ST was no help..
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I'll say I have the same problem. I've tried adding a comma at the end like some have suggested with no luck. Someone please update us if you figure this out.
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BurtonSnol3order said:
I'll say I have the same problem. I've tried adding a comma at the end like some have suggested with no luck. Someone please update us if you figure this out.
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Just got it figured out. Uninstall the GV app. Re-install the app. During setup process make sure you actually go through the setup steps and change the voicemail provider to GV from carrier. then the code from google works perfectly. Hope this helps
BurtonSnol3order said:
I'll say I have the same problem. I've tried adding a comma at the end like some have suggested with no luck. Someone please update us if you figure this out.
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Just got it figured out. Uninstall the GV app. Re-install the app. During setup process make sure you actually go through the setup steps and change the voicemail provider to GV from carrier. then the code from google works perfectly. Hope this helps
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That did it for me, or at least it came back with a "successful" message. Thanks, I didn't even know those settings were there.
BurtonSnol3order said:
I'll say I have the same problem. I've tried adding a comma at the end like some have suggested with no luck. Someone please update us if you figure this out.
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Just got it figured out. Uninstall the GV app. Re-install the app. During setup process make sure you actually go through the setup steps and change the voicemail provider to GV from carrier. then the code from google works perfectly. Hope this helps
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att or tmo sim?
BurtonSnol3order said:
Just got it figured out. Uninstall the GV app. Re-install the app. During setup process make sure you actually go through the setup steps and change the voicemail provider to GV from carrier. then the code from google works perfectly. Hope this helps
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Hey! Thanks for this. I didn't understand what the app was asking of me the first time I installed it. Your description got me over the hump as well.
The only issue I'm still having is that actively passing on a call (swipe left) isn't sending the call to voicemail. It just rings again until finally after the set number of rings, it forward to voicemail. My Galaxy Nexus worked fine with Google voice in this regard.
Just got it figured out. Uninstall the GV app. Re-install the app. During setup process make sure you actually go through the setup steps and change the voicemail provider to GV from carrier. then the code from google works perfectly. Hope this helps
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This worked for me as well (Nexus 4 / at&t sim on straightalk) Thanks!
Yeah, reinstalling GV is all that's needed on AT&T SIM cards. I also noticed with straight talk that I only paid for a month, and it was due to be disconnected around the holidays, but it stayed active until last week or so. Like the Hanukkah story or a Christmas miracle, but with much slower data than T-Mobile. And when I called to pay up today I found I have to wait to be mailed a new Sim card. Still, pretty awesome though.
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ATT sim, Straight Talk. Deleted GV, restarted phone. Installed gv.
Select current gv (my gmail acc) "sign in"
you can now access your gv inbox blah blah blah.. "next"
"do not use google voice to make any calls" "next"
in order to configure your vmail we need .... "next"
we will not try to set up gv as the vm profider on your phone.... "configure"
pop up message "voicemail service" (dialogue box) my provider or google "select google"
Pop up "error" change to new provider? no, yes "yes"
pop up "error" forwarding number change failed "OK"
kicked back to "set up voicemail" screen OPTIONS skip, back, configure.
I have had this phone for 3 months and no luck, am I choosing the wrong options or missing something?
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att or tmo sim?
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apathetic said:
ATT sim, Straight Talk. Deleted GV, restarted phone. Installed gv.
Select current gv (my gmail acc) "sign in"
you can now access your gv inbox blah blah blah.. "next"
"do not use google voice to make any calls" "next"
in order to configure your vmail we need .... "next"
we will not try to set up gv as the vm profider on your phone.... "configure"
pop up message "voicemail service" (dialogue box) my provider or google "select google"
Pop up "error" change to new provider? no, yes "yes"
pop up "error" forwarding number change failed "OK"
kicked back to "set up voicemail" screen OPTIONS skip, back, configure.
I have had this phone for 3 months and no luck, am I choosing the wrong options or missing something?
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It worked for me on att sim and it pretty much did it on its own
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apathetic said:
ATT sim, Straight Talk. ... pop up "error" forwarding number change failed "OK"
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I had a similar problem recently. Two calls to customer service and 8 emails back and forth got me nowhere - everyone insisted that they don't offer call forwarding with their BYOP plans. While this is true, since they now only offer T-Mobile SIMs, it should still w work for anyone using an AT&T SIM. This morning I called and said I had an open email ticket and was told to call and ask for a manager. A few minutes later the problem was fixed - they had to turn call forwarding on.
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can you please help me
BurtonSnol3order said:
I'll say I have the same problem. I've tried adding a comma at the end like some have suggested with no luck. Someone please update us if you figure this out.
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Just got it figured out. Uninstall the GV app. Re-install the app. During setup process make sure you actually go through the setup steps and change the voicemail provider to GV from carrier. then the code from google works perfectly. Hope this helps
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Hey Im trying to see how to do it but its not working at all. Does this only work for other phones and not Samsung Galaxy note 2. if not can you take me step by step please .PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE
t-mobile fail
I'm trying to get this to work on a Nexus 5 with tmo sim card. I'm pretty sure I'm out of luck here since I'm seeing the following on the google voice site.
"Note: This feature does not work with T-Mobile prepaid phone plans."
Don't know why t-mobile is screwing people like this, but... I guess I'm going to get an att sim.
BurtonSnol3order said:
I'll say I have the same problem. I've tried adding a comma at the end like some have suggested with no luck. Someone please update us if you figure this out.
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Just got it figured out. Uninstall the GV app. Re-install the app. During setup process make sure you actually go through the setup steps and change the voicemail provider to GV from carrier. then the code from google works perfectly. Hope this helps
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That didn't work for me. When I reinstalled Google Voice it got an error and failed.
Can anyone tell me how to disable visual voicemail? I hate it. When i get a voicemail and i click on the notification it takes me to the stupid visual voicemail screen. I don't leave my data on all the time to save battery so it doesn't work anyway. I just want to be able to click on the notification and have it call my voicemail like every other phone I've ever had. God i hate Verizon. I'm really regretting signing a new contract with all the stupid crap they've done to this phone. I pray the boot loader gets unlocked. I want sure when i first got this phone whether i was going to root and rom it, but now I'll do it out of principle. My rooted s4 with hyper drive was awesome. Made me forget about how stupid Verizon is. *rant off
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bumping your thread because I'm trying to figure out the same thing.
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So this is what I did... First I went into my Verizon account where you can see all of your plan features. There is an option to block items. I went in and blocked premium visual voice mail. Then I went onto my phone and just accepted the prompt when I got the popup again. Apparently there are multiple versions of visual voice mail. The general vvm is simply a player that you can just hit play and hear your message. it is not visual in the sense that you can read the text... Poor choice or possibly deliberate choice by verizon on the names of the app to confuse people into signing up for the premium.
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Well, I could be wrong.... I can actually read the text. Not sure if I'm being charged the 2.99 or not. This is a nice reminder of why I have always rooted my phones.
update.... it seems that the only voicemail I can read text on is the one that I had saved before blocking the premium voicemail feature upgrade. When I get a new voicemail I only have the option to play the audio. So it seems to work as I described above!
I looked into it more today. There is an option to block features in your account in the verizon website. I can't do it until my next billing cycle because I changed my plan and the change is pending until the next cycle. Hopefully it will work. On the phone app you can't disable the visual voicemail, but it appears on the actual website you can block both the advanced and basic visual voicemail. 2 more weeks and I'll be able to find out.
It would not let me disable the basic visual voicemail. Something about it conflicting with the HD calling features. But what I did above does seem to work. It's really sneaky of Verizon. The way I understand it, had I not blocked the upgrade to premium on the website and accepted the terms in the app, I would have gotten a 30 day trial of the premium and then they would proceed with charging me 2.99 a month. They really need to rename the basic voicemail.
You can always just turn off advanced calling. But then HD voice, video chat and simultaneous voice and data won't work either.
Weird but I can't turn on advanced calling. When I make calls it drops to 1x. When I click the option, it doesn't do anything.
You have to first enable the feature by logging into Verizonwireless.com and adding the feature to your line.
This is driving me nuts. I can't get the little voice mail tape icon off the dialer. When I do hit it, it takes me to the visual voice mail app and then hangs saying "something went wrong, please contact customer service...error code 9009. I gave up and removed visual voicemail from my account as the OP did. Still have the button on my dialer, but it doesn't do anything...very annoying.
I noticed that too, I just assumed people weren't leaving messages as I never even got a notification of having voice mail. It wasn't until I opened it by accident one time did I see I had 20+ voicemails pending.
So can you make the default app the regular vanilla voice mail app? Can you uninstall the vzw voice mail app or freeze it using the debloater tool? I'm not yet rooted.
Default vanilla voice mail app?? You mean just dial in *86 and listen? Sure, just ignore the app.
Yeah, I know the standard voice mail works, but is there a way to completely remove vzw's voicemail icon in the dialer?
Can we turn off the voicemail icon in the notification area?
My LG G4 is rooted. Is maybe build.prop has to be modified?
Hating Verizon, why isn't any options for calls available on settings? Every android phone I've has has settings > calls. LG G4 did not have call or voicemail on settings. This is a phone for goodness sakes!!
You can simply disable the Visual VM app. Or hide notifications if you use it.
Not sure you can hide it from the dialer without screwing with the app.