Hi guys my Verizon G4 is been used in Mexico (with a Mexican SIM), however I can't dial some carrier specific numbers. Example *86 (voice mail) it says invalid number, *611 (Customer Service) it says Welcome to Verizon Wireless mobile roaming hotline, *773 it popups an error saying "Connection problem or invalid MMI code"
So I'm thinking that maybe the apk's that are involved for the phone to work are "carrier specific", So was wondering if I replace those apks from an international version or at least not carrier specific device, could this problem be solved?
Thanks
This is probably a verizon (location) error. Replacing the app in your phone will not change this.
They probably block *86 when you are roaming internationally because they charge you per minute used, and checking your voicemail is billable.
You are also ROAMING on someone elses network, that does not recognize *86. Honestly I would just pick up a local prepaid SIM card.
Words of wisdom, be VERY VERY careful. It is very expensive to do what you are doing. International voice roaming is like $2.75 a minute and text messages are like $1.25 PER message (incoming or outgoing). You can pick up a local prepaid sim and callforward your verizon number to your local number.
player911 said:
This is probably a verizon (location) error. Replacing the app in your phone will not change this.
They probably block *86 when you are roaming internationally because they charge you per minute used, and checking your voicemail is billable.
You are also ROAMING on someone elses network, that does not recognize *86. Honestly I would just pick up a local prepaid SIM card.
Words of wisdom, be VERY VERY careful. It is very expensive to do what you are doing. International voice roaming is like $2.75 a minute and text messages are like $1.25 PER message (incoming or outgoing). You can pick up a local prepaid sim and callforward your verizon number to your local number.
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Thanks but I guess you missed the part been used in Mexico (with a Mexican SIM)
But anyways I found how to bypass those errors , when I have to dial *86 I just add a + and voila.. So the dialed number should be *+86
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Hi everyone, I just got a Dash cannot save the YouMail number in 'settings, phone, call options.' I change the voicemail number and everytime it just pops up with an error saying "The settings could not be saved." I tried it when I first got the Dash when it still had WM5 on it, and now I have Kavana's 6.1 and it still wont work. I have T-Mobile if that helps. Is there any other way to go about changing the voicemail number? Any help would be rock. Thanks!
do yourself a favor and drop youmail. I was a youmail lover until the past few weeks where I wouldnt get 50% of my voicemails....people were telling me it wouldnt give them an option to leave a voicemail, or when I called my wife who has youmail too, it would pass me to MY voicemail instead of hers. It has begun to be nothing but problems. I have actually switched back to my providers voicemail.
YouMail
Actually, the specifc issue appears to be the following.
T-mobile has a problem in some limited regions of the country, where they lose something called the OCN for T-Mobile to T-Mobile calls. The issue is that third-party voicemail services, like YouMail, rely on the OCN to know what number was called before the call was forwarded - if the wireless carrier screws it up, these services have to ask the caller which mailbox they were calling, which is clearly undesirable.
YouMail and other third-party voicemail services generally work well with T-mobile, except for these funky regions of the country where this funky behavior happens.
The way to fix it seems to be to call T-mobile, express the specific problem to them (when you forward the call, the service to which you forward doesn't get the right number as the OCN), and work with their customer service to try to address it - and we at YouMail are happy to work with you to try to get things fixed for your phone.
I seem to have deleted my voicemail number off of my sim card. I can go into settings and add a voicemail number but if I try to I get a message like "unable to change voicemail number. If the problem persists contact your carrier." On top of that I don't want it set to my cell number because then I will have to enter my password everytime which I don't want to do. It was set to something else before. Is contacting T-mobile my only option or is there a way to retrieve and set the voicemail number again?
I set my cell phone number as the VM number but it never asks me for a password... Try it from your cell and see if you have any luck. If not, you will probably have to contact the provider.
I've always been able to just dial 123.. never prompts me for a pw.
I have been a t-mo customer for a looooong time though so I don't know if this is just something that has trickled down over the years.
if you are tmobile US the vm number is 8056377243.
that is the same number everyone on the american network has.
but what I'm wondering is, Why didn't you just call customer service? Or better yet GOOGLE it? I know it's a crazy concept but sometimes you have to think outside the box ey?
Since the majority of my searches show that most are on the $30 T Mobile plan proper and can call to deactivate VM. I have a question for Straight Talk users with the T Mobile SIM:
I have read that the ATT SIM supports conditional call forwarding, however the T Mobile does not. What happens when you want to have GV handle your voicemail? According to Straight Talk FAQ:
Can I turn off the voice mail feature?
The voice mail feature cannot be turned off. If you do not want to use Voice Mail, please do not set it up.
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Is that it -just don't set it up? GV will take it after so many rings? What about on busy?
Basically the instructions on the T-Mobile side were written on the inside of the pink dress worn by some chick named "Carly", which happens to be balled up on the floor next to me right now.
Google said they would dispatch a hot intern to handle the configuration on their side and create a custom voicemail message at my request.
Should be all set. YMMV.
I'm worried that not setting up the voicemail on the ST won't work since your callers will be redirected to "this person doesn't have voicemail setup blah blah". I'm still not sure that Tmobile ST will work for me since I depend on GV
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I'm worried that not setting up the voicemail on the ST won't work since your callers will be redirected to "this person doesn't have voicemail setup blah blah". I'm still not sure that Tmobile ST will work for me since I depend on GV
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Agreed, not sure what the process is at ST and I do have a SIM on standby, however I am running the T-Mobile proper ($30 plan as everyone) right now and my request to disable voicemail was immediately and courteously granted. NO ONE is getting this number anyhow, so I think it will work out in the long run. I'm jazzed about the game changing GV features.
Still exploring options on outbound calling via WiFi and network data while running around, however have set up a OBI100 adapter/DECT phone successfully with GV while at home. Great rig.
How to get Google Voicemail on StraightTalk (with T-Mobile SIM card)
I think I found the answer to this at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639804#post27208502
Angrymanhand's solution can also work to get Google Voice (GV) voicemail from Straight Talk if you are using their T-Mobile SIM card. For example, using the lovely cyanogenmod7 on my rooted old Motorola MB200, here are the steps I took:
I did not call customer service to get them to turn off my Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemail, since I don't think I'll need to.
In your cell phone (not GV)'s contacts list or address book, add a new contact with your Straight Talk/T-mobile mobile number (NOT your GV number).
While adding this new contact, select the Option to send your incoming calls for this contact straight to voicemail.
Call Settings > Voicemail Settings > Write down this number, and then change it to your new GV number.
I also UNchecked the LED voicemail notification box (so I won't even KNOW if my phone tries to tell me about Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemails).
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I think I found the answer to this at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639804#post27208502
Angrymanhand's solution can also work to get Google Voice (GV) voicemail from Straight Talk if you are using their T-Mobile SIM card. For example, using the lovely cyanogenmod7 on my rooted old Motorola MB200, here are the steps I took:
I did not call customer service to get them to turn off my Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemail, since I don't think I'll need to.
In your cell phone (not GV)'s contacts list or address book, add a new contact with your Straight Talk/T-mobile mobile number (NOT your GV number).
While adding this new contact, select the Option to send your incoming calls for this contact straight to voicemail.
Call Settings > Voicemail Settings > Write down this number, and then change it to your new GV number.
I also UNchecked the LED voicemail notification box (so I won't even KNOW if my phone tries to tell me about Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemails).
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Good thing for noobs helping noobs
adellefrank said:
I think I found the answer to this at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1639804#post27208502
Angrymanhand's solution can also work to get Google Voice (GV) voicemail from Straight Talk if you are using their T-Mobile SIM card. For example, using the lovely cyanogenmod7 on my rooted old Motorola MB200, here are the steps I took:
I did not call customer service to get them to turn off my Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemail, since I don't think I'll need to.
In your cell phone (not GV)'s contacts list or address book, add a new contact with your Straight Talk/T-mobile mobile number (NOT your GV number).
While adding this new contact, select the Option to send your incoming calls for this contact straight to voicemail.
Call Settings > Voicemail Settings > Write down this number, and then change it to your new GV number.
I also UNchecked the LED voicemail notification box (so I won't even KNOW if my phone tries to tell me about Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemails).
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I tried this on my GS2 with CM9 but it didn't work
I have a G2 running Andromadus. Additionally the service I have on the device is data only through T-Mobile US. At some point I believe T-Mobile, through an automated process, left me a voicemail to remind me to pay my bill. I've had a voicemail notification pop up over and over again for the past two months.
Since I don't have voice service on this SIM card, I can't actually call up 123 or the default provided voicemail number to check/delete the message. I tried doing a voicemail reset by dialing #793#, but that returns back with a service being unavailable error. Additionally calling the number attached to my SIM card just continuously rings. Dialing the check voicemail number assigned on the SIM card and giving that service my SIM card's number just returns with an error saying my number doesn't have a voicemail box.
I've called up T-Mobile support, their response was that my number has no voicemail box provisioned to it, end of story.
So I'm basically looking for any way of getting rid of the voicemail notification the pops up every 15 minutes. Either by some how disabling whatever polls for voicemails or simply disabling the notification bit. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Not sure how many people out there got eSIM working with AT&T on their Fold 3. But 2 or so weeks ago I went into AT&T and got them to get eSIM working on my Fold 3. It's been working great till recently. I think it might have been with adding a 2nd line (Tello).
SIM1 = Tello
eSIM = AT&T
right now Tello works great. AT&T... I can get Text and data but I can't make any phone calls or receive any phone calls. Anyone else using the DUAL setup?? I went in to get a new eSIM and same thing. Can't make or receive call but I can text and receive text and get data.
I have removed the Tello Sim card for good measure. Rebooting a good dozen times and no matter what I can't get AT&T to dial out or get calls.
Any ideas??
Honestly sounds like the esim from att wasn't provisioned correctly. I'd try to get them to remove it from their system and readd it
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Not sure how many people out there got eSIM working with AT&T on their Fold 3. But 2 or so weeks ago I went into AT&T and got them to get eSIM working on my Fold 3. It's been working great till recently. I think it might have been with adding a 2nd line (Tello).
SIM1 = Tello
eSIM = AT&T
right now Tello works great. AT&T... I can get Text and data but I can't make any phone calls or receive any phone calls. Anyone else using the DUAL setup?? I went in to get a new eSIM and same thing. Can't make or receive call but I can text and receive text and get data.
I have removed the Tello Sim card for good measure. Rebooting a good dozen times and no matter what I can't get AT&T to dial out or get calls.
Any ideas??
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i was warned about this scenario by an ATT Manager; he said that the physical sim had to be an ATT sim. i have an unlocked ATT Z Fold 3, however, i haven't tried using another carrier's sim/esim. I also have a network unlocked, ATT S22U with a T-Mobile eSim and an ATT physical sim. phone calls and text msgs work fine, as long as i use Samsung Messages (no the Google version). if i use Google's version of messages, group chats don't always work.
I have an unlocked fold 3 and use a Google Fi physical sim, and had a GSMA (AT&T) eSIM with Red Pocket. Both worked perfectly fine with no problems. Phone calls, texts and data were flawless on both networks.
Google Messages does have an issue it with dual sim. For example while connected to the mobile network if your preferred sim is set to the physical sim, but you try to send an mms with the number associated with the eSIM you will have to switch to the eSIM to send it. Chat messages are effected the same way. Text messages don't seem to be impacted that I have encountered. Receiving messages seems to be effected in the same manner. Google Messages works normally when connected to WiFi and using RCS Chat
Since we can only have one data connection active on one sim at the same time, Google Messages gets weird about it. The issue is not present with Samsung Messages or Textra. Until Google updates the Messages app to fix the issue you will have to either change the preferred sim back and forth, use RCS on WiFi only, use Samsung Messages or use another 3rd party messaging app that has dual sim properly working.
Also be aware changing the preferred sim will also make it the default for messaging and phone calls. For some reason we lack the setting to specify which sim for calling and messaging. So if your eSIM is the primary number you use and switch to the physical sim, all your calls/messages will come from the physical sim. Using the shortcuts i mention below won't fully resolve this either. You can use an app like multi sim selector to help with the calling, but the messages you will have to be aware of what number your messaging from (sim 1 or sim 2) or the above suggestions.
@OP - Might be worth getting a hold of AT&T and asking them to make sure the eSIM is provisioned correctly on your (and AT&T) end. If it was working and then not it sounds like an AT&T issue.
I'm not sure if this applies here, but I've read a few comments on the AT&T forums AT&T prepaid doesn't play well with eSIM. I can't verify that to be true or not since I don't have the prepaid service through AT&T.
Meanwhile make sure you have set the eSIM up properly in the sim card manager. At first my eSIM did not have the APN selected as active, I had to manaually mark it as such... Secondly does the call/text issue occur when the eSIM is set as the primary sim? If so go through and double check the sim card manager settings so you have DSDS enabled.
You might want to get an app like Quick Shortcut Maker and look for "Mobile Network".. There are a few sim manager settings that might help resolve some issues your having. I attached an image to help find the shortcuts.