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[Q] Anyone know how to set up ATT Visual Voice Mail?

Right out of the box?

AT&T needs to turn it on first.
Start app.
It will call your voice mail.
then enter pin.

duckfart said:
AT&T needs to turn it on first.
Start app.
It will call your voice mail.
then enter pin.
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Okay, so when I activate my device, do I need to call ATT to turn it on?

I thought its a paid feature? Just use Google Voice instead

Google Voice did not seem to be working on my phone. Anyone able to get it working on theirs, or is there some issue with Google Voice and the S3 for now?

AT&T Messages
you need to get AT&T Messages from the Google Play Store you will get all you message, Voicemail, and calls in one spot.

From the main/home screen go two screens to the left and click on the AT&T Messages icon. It will walk you through the setup as mentioned above. I believe it specifically states the service is free (as it should be).
Now my question is why didn't they put this on the main/home screen? Why not make it the default? Who wouldn't want VVM?

rennep1026 said:
Google Voice did not seem to be working on my phone. Anyone able to get it working on theirs, or is there some issue with Google Voice and the S3 for now?
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There is already a thread about google voice's voice mail. You just have to dial a number to activate it. On mine it still says Carrier Voice mail, but my missed calls actually go to google's voice mail.

I went to the Play Store and downloaded AT&T's Visual Voicemail app. That worked well.

kt_coder said:
I went to the Play Store and downloaded AT&T's Visual Voicemail app. That worked well.
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OK so we have two choices for VVM. Does anyone have enough experience to compare the pros and cons of each?

Monoman67 said:
OK so we have two choices for VVM. Does anyone have enough experience to compare the pros and cons of each?
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Visual Voice mail is great for voice mail. Really nice app. Love it.
AT&T messages combines text, voice mail, ect. rendering your regular messaging app useless or getting double notifications, and you can't turn them off from the at&t app. (it is basically the devil. And I made just to disable it as soon as I got the phone.)
Just my .02

Lorimere said:
Visual Voice mail is great for voice mail. Really nice app. Love it.
AT&T messages combines text, voice mail, ect. rendering your regular messaging app useless or getting double notifications, and you can't turn them off from the at&t app. (it is basically the devil. And I made just to disable it as soon as I got the phone.)
Just my .02
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+1
Opened ATT message and instantly had my texts hijacked. Do not use lol. Glad to head about VVM app.

Please delete this post.

pvc_ said:
There is already a thread about google voice's voice mail. You just have to dial a number to activate it. On mine it still says Carrier Voice mail, but my missed calls actually go to google's voice mail.
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I'm pretty unimpressed with this. I don't know why, but it bugs me to have to manually type in my google VM number to each forward field.

kt_coder said:
I went to the Play Store and downloaded AT&T's Visual Voicemail app. That worked well.
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Works well for me. Thanks

bgweed said:
I'm pretty unimpressed with this. I don't know why, but it bugs me to have to manually type in my google VM number to each forward field.
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that's why you call the # code.
art vvm app is OK, but Google voice has a cleaner look and operation. neither is intuitive to set up though so read the directions.
att messages is terrible and should be disabled or uninstalled or nuked from orbit.

No matter what I do I can't get att visual voicemail to work. The app tells me that it is has not received a response from att. I've called att and my account is set up correctly but the app still doesn't work so I just gave up and use YouMail.

Google Voice issues.

Wasn't quite sure where this would go in the forum. Feel free to move it Mods.
I recently purchased a Nexus 4 from the Play Store and started a Monthly4G prepaid plan through T-Mobile. Everything works perfectly except for Google Voice. I add the T-Mobile number to the forward settings in Voice and it sets up calling just fine, but when I attempt to send text messages I get nothing but messages being "queued." I attempt to view messages in my inbox on the device I get an error saying "Network Error." Ever since adding this number I haven't been receiving notifications for new texts in Growl Voice and the Google Voice website doesn't load my inbox or settings either. Any ideas?
Thank you.

I may be wrong here, but I thought I read somewhere in the forums that Google Voice doesn't work with pre-pay T-Mo
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Did you update Google Voice to the latest version yet? Google Voice had an issue with texting on 4.2 until an update got released recently.

d_phekt said:
I may be wrong here, but I thought I read somewhere in the forums that Google Voice doesn't work with pre-pay T-Mo
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This ^^^^ is your problem. You won't get gvoice to set up on tmo prepaid. Sorry man. Unless something has changed in the past 3 weeks.
DARKSIDE

I'm using it on mine no problem. Must use latest 4.2 compatible version. Also have to call Tmo and tell them to disable voicemail on your prepaid account then all messages will forward.
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I've already called T-Mo and all that. I've had my voicemail disabled. It is more of an issue with the site's inbox not loading. It gives me an error "There was an error with your request. Please try again" and messages are constantly being queued on my Nexus 4 and 7, more so than usual. This all started when I added the N4 to my Voice call forwarding register.

What? Google voice works just fine with monthly 4g. You don't get conditional call forwarding but that's not the issue the OP is referencing.
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Heartbreak said:
I've already called T-Mo and all that. I've had my voicemail disabled. It is more of an issue with the site's inbox not loading. It gives me an error "There was an error with your request. Please try again" and messages are constantly being queued on my Nexus 4 and 7, more so than usual. This all started when I added the N4 to my Voice call forwarding register.
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I have this issue when my internet is out
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Yeah, my internet certainly isn't out. I'm not quite sure what it is. I sign into my friend's account on my computer and it accesses the inbox just fine. It appears to be an account specific problem.

Anyone else having problems where Google voice keeps giving notifications for old voice mails when the option to show voice mails in the native phone app is enabled?
So annoying. Every 12 or so hours, it pops up with a notification for 6 voice mails or something, all of which are old. I even make sure they were shown as read in the ap, and I played all of them and made sure they were read in the phone app.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

InvalidUsername said:
Anyone else having problems where Google voice keeps giving notifications for old voice mails when the option to show voice mails in the native phone app is enabled?
So annoying. Every 12 or so hours, it pops up with a notification for 6 voice mails or something, all of which are old. I even make sure they were shown as read in the ap, and I played all of them and made sure they were read in the phone app.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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Yep, I get this too. Assuming I have to call TMO like the other people stated above.

madj42 said:
Yep, I get this too. Assuming I have to call TMO like the other people stated above.
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What does T-Mobile have to do with it?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

I just got a group MMS on Google voice from an AT&T user.... This shouldn't be possible right? What just happened?
I am in the process of porting my number away from Google Voice cause I hate the lack of MMS support, maybe a glitch?
I'm posting here because I want someone else to check without making a dedicated thread...I have so little faith Google has done anything ... Its probably a glitch
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

At this point there's no way to use Google voice text messaging and voicemail services for TMobile pre-paid? Such a shame if so.

RobertMunch said:
At this point there's no way to use Google voice text messaging and voicemail services for TMobile pre-paid? Such a shame if so.
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YES YOU CAN. Why is this rumor getting started. I 100% use Google Voice on my Pre-paid TMO $30 a month plan.
Disable voicemail by calling T-mobile. That way your T-mobile voicemail doesn't kick in before your GVoice mail does.
Use the Google Voice app to send and receive text messages. This way you 100% know things are getting to you. I by-pass the built in messenger app which may be why some people are having issues.
That is it.

y0bailey said:
YES YOU CAN. Why is this rumor getting started. I 100% use Google Voice on my Pre-paid TMO $30 a month plan.
Disable voicemail by calling T-mobile. That way your T-mobile voicemail doesn't kick in before your GVoice mail does.
Use the Google Voice app to send and receive text messages. This way you 100% know things are getting to you. I by-pass the built in messenger app which may be why some people are having issues.
That is it.
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+1 here. Was on s3 with Google voice and now on the n4. Works just as it should. I had called T-Mobile to turn off my voicemail so I can let the voice voicemail get it instead

y0bailey said:
YES YOU CAN. Why is this rumor getting started. I 100% use Google Voice on my Pre-paid TMO $30 a month plan.
Disable voicemail by calling T-mobile. That way your T-mobile voicemail doesn't kick in before your GVoice mail does.
Use the Google Voice app to send and receive text messages. This way you 100% know things are getting to you. I by-pass the built in messenger app which may be why some people are having issues.
That is it.
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+2 been using it since the plan launched.
When you first get the plan call T-Mobile. Ask to have voice mail disabled (there is no conditional forwarding, as has said), and also have them remove web-guard. When someone calls your phone, if you don't answer, google voice should time-out after x rings and take the voice mail (this is the reason you disable it on T-Mobile, or else T-Mobiles system will take the call).

y0bailey said:
YES YOU CAN. Why is this rumor getting started. I 100% use Google Voice on my Pre-paid TMO $30 a month plan.
Disable voicemail by calling T-mobile. That way your T-mobile voicemail doesn't kick in before your GVoice mail does.
Use the Google Voice app to send and receive text messages. This way you 100% know things are getting to you. I by-pass the built in messenger app which may be why some people are having issues.
That is it.
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When I try to enable GV voicemail by entering the code *004*GV Number here# I get a error message. I got this on two different Android devices. What am I missing? Are you saying once I disable the TMo voicemail this code should go through next time?
The google voice number is not the same as my mobile number if that makes a difference.
Unfortunately, i'm unable to send text messages and i'm wondering if it has to do with entering that code number through your dialer. Worked like a charm before when I was not on a prepaid plan.

RobertMunch said:
When I try to enable GV voicemail by entering the code *004*GV Number here# I get a error message. I got this on two different Android devices. What am I missing? Are you saying once I disable the TMo voicemail this code should go through next time?
The google voice number is not the same as my mobile number if that makes a difference.
Unfortunately, i'm unable to send text messages and i'm wondering if it has to do with entering that code number through your dialer. Worked like a charm before when I was not on a prepaid plan.
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You just don't worry about any of that. No need to dial anything or enter any codes.
Someone dials your google voice number, it rings until your google voicemail picks up. Simple as that.
If someone dials your pre-paid number, it will ring and ring and ring and ring.
To send texts just use the Google Voice app.

Luxferro said:
+2 been using it since the plan launched.
When you first get the plan call T-Mobile. Ask to have voice mail disabled (there is no conditional forwarding, as has said), and also have them remove web-guard. When someone calls your phone, if you don't answer, google voice should time-out after x rings and take the voice mail (this is the reason you disable it on T-Mobile, or else T-Mobiles system will take the call).
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Do I have to port my number through Google Voice for this to happen successfully? Right now my google voice number is different than my mobile number.

fatttire said:
I just got a group MMS on Google voice from an AT&T user.... This shouldn't be possible right? What just happened?
I am in the process of porting my number away from Google Voice cause I hate the lack of MMS support, maybe a glitch?
I'm posting here because I want someone else to check without making a dedicated thread...I have so little faith Google has done anything ... Its probably a glitch
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Hey fattire! I'm also a Google voice user - I'd be happy to pm you my number if you want to investigate MMS functionality.
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Straight Talk w/ GV Voicemail

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:
you need to use conditional call forwarding still.
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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.)

mau006 said:
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?
-Thanks
-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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-Seth
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thats my exact issue too and ST was no help..

adrianr514 said:
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.

MMS and Voice over wi-fi only

My ATT cell service just got cut off and not going to be able to have it for a while but I am on wi-fi most of the time anyway.
It would be great if I was able to keep my old number but I dont think that is possible but at least can I do MMS and SMS and hopefully voice too from my phone over wi-fi alone with no data network?
I thought WhatsAPP was able to do this but I cant figure it out.
Any insight to this? Would prefer to use WhatsApp but if there are better alternatives I am all ears!
Thanks!

Ok thank you for that option! Can I also have WhatsApp working at the same time?

jd14771 said:
honestly i don't know. But realistically if getting sms and voice over wifi are what you want its a non-issue.
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Ok great I will do this first to get back up with a "Real" number which will at least get me back up and running thank you!
And so I assume with my cell phone provider shut off this will only work on wi-fi. But cant I buy a wireless hotspot from another carrier and have it in my pocket and have the phone using that as a wi-fi hotpost and it should work anywhere the hotspot works right?

jd14771 said:
honestly i don't know. But realistically if getting sms and voice over wifi are what you want its a non-issue.
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and fyi, you have to hit "reply" to my post for me to get a notification. just in case your wondering why people dont answer you lol
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Strange thought I did hit "reply" I did it here did it show as reply here?

jd14771 said:
That would work fine, but two things-
1. that hotspot is going to overheat in your pocket
2. battery life is terrible. often 3-4 hours is what you should expect on a good day.
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Ok thanks for the heads up. So I already had Google Voice from long ago but never used it and went to the Google Voice website and it asked me to download the dialer to my phone so I did and it allowed me to place outgoing calls which is fine. I called my friend and he said the caller ID did not show up it was "unidentified" on my Google Voice page it gives me a "Your access number" is that my phone number that people can call my phone on because he tried and it does not work says call cannot be completed as dialed.

vipjeff said:
My ATT cell service just got cut off and not going to be able to have it for a while but I am on wi-fi most of the time anyway.
It would be great if I was able to keep my old number but I dont think that is possible but at least can I do MMS and SMS and hopefully voice too from my phone over wi-fi alone with no data network?
I thought WhatsAPP was able to do this but I cant figure it out.
Any insight to this? Would prefer to use WhatsApp but if there are better alternatives I am all ears!
Thanks!
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You got kakaotalk in the play store that has phone calls and texts for free over wifi, but I'm not sure if it asks for your phone number for a confirmation text message. Also, there is hangouts that has texts and video/voice calls and it doesn't need your phone number at all. Just wifi, only the other person needs to be on hangouts as well.
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Remember! if your Alliance manager FCs, just delete the "Alliance" folder in your SDcard then re-open the Alliance manager app.

jd14771 said:
Fun fact, Sign up for a google voice account first and get a free phone number. then install "hangouts dialer" and you can make calls to the us and mexico for free with the google voice number.
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That's new to me[emoji58]
But the phone number isn't your old number, right? Also, do you know if I can also make phone calls or even send text messages to other countries, specifically the middle east. My family is there and it's so expensive to call them.
Thanks for that btw

jd14771 said:
Fun fact, Sign up for a google voice account first and get a free phone number. then install "hangouts dialer" and you can make calls to the us and mexico for free with the google voice number.
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The problem is when I try to sign up for a new Google Voice account it wants a working phone number that it can call to verify which I dont have because my phone is shut off. Any way around this?

vipjeff said:
The problem is when I try to sign up for a new Google Voice account it wants a working phone number that it can call to verify which I dont have because my phone is shut off. Any way around this?
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Well then I suggest that you head to Walmart and get you a flip phone for $15 and slam one of those prepaid sim cards in it and use it until you get your phone working.
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Remember! if your Alliance manager FCs, just delete the "Alliance" folder in your SDcard then re-open the Alliance manager app.

K-alz said:
Well then I suggest that you head to Walmart and get you a flip phone for $15 and slam one of those prepaid sim cards in it and use it until you get your phone working.
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Remember! if your Alliance manager FCs, just delete the "Alliance" folder in your SDcard then re-open the Alliance manager app.
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There is nothing wrong with my phone it is just the cell service is disabled, the wi-fi and BT work fine. Can I just go to another carrier and get a prepaid SIM or does my Note4 need to be unlocked and if so is there an unlock we can do or needs to go to unlocking place?

jd14771 said:
Well actually if you have a current acount with no leins, you can just port the number over for a small fee. And if you want to close said cell phone acount and keep that number for Google voice you can do that too.
International rates do apply at a very small cost from what I understand. You can definitely do it I just don't know if it will be cheaper for you or not I'm sure youl be able to find the price chart for the region they're in.
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Yes I am aware of that. My issue is that I have a large balance on that number so I realize when I can pay that balance I will. But in the meantime I am wanting to get a Google Voice or other number to work on that phone while the service is turned off, to work over WI-FI. I have seen people do it before I just dont know how they were doing it (may have not been Google Voice)

vipjeff said:
There is nothing wrong with my phone it is just the cell service is disabled, the wi-fi and BT work fine. Can I just go to another carrier and get a prepaid SIM or does my Note4 need to be unlocked and if so is there an unlock we can do or needs to go to unlocking place?
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Yes, you can get a tmobile Sim card or a prepaid one if you can get att to sim unlock your phone.

K-alz said:
Yes, you can get a tmobile Sim card or a prepaid one if you can get att to sim unlock your phone.
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OK never-mind I figured it out. I am up and running on my phone that was just shut off from ATT with a huge bill by:
1. Getting an app that will allow me to send and receive text and voice call for free and will allow you to view your unique phone number.
2. Sign up for Google Voice.
3. Put the number in Google Voice from step one.
4. Download "Google HANGOUTS DIALER" from Google Play store. It fully supports MMS and SMS texts and calls in and out!
5. Set default text and call apps to "Hangouts Dialer" and you are all set!
SUPER happy about this. No more cell bill ever! :laugh:

Visual Voicemail

Is anyone else having problems getting the native visual voicemail in the dailer to activate? I'm on T-Mobile and so far I've tried everything I can think of and the visual voicemail just won't activate.

Uninstall T-mobile's visual voicemail
Uninstall T-mobile's visual voicemail/ or any other visual voicemail app. When you open up the phone app it should pop up, you may have to reboot after uninstalling those apps but thats what it was for me.

I'm on Simple mobile (a T-Mobile MVNO) and I can't get theirs to work either. Support is no help.
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Dweet said:
Uninstall T-mobile's visual voicemail/ or any other visual voicemail app. When you open up the phone app it should pop up, you may have to reboot after uninstalling those apps but thats what it was for me.
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Thanks for your suggestion. It worked :good:
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Dweet said:
Uninstall T-mobile's visual voicemail/ or any other visual voicemail app. When you open up the phone app it should pop up, you may have to reboot after uninstalling those apps but thats what it was for me.
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I don’t have any other voicemail apps installed. I installed T-mobiles VVM app and it seems to activate fine. I uninstalled and tried the native Google VVM and again it fails to activate.

hahajoker said:
I don’t have any other voicemail apps installed. I installed T-mobiles VVM app and it seems to activate fine. I uninstalled and tried the native Google VVM and again it fails to activate.
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T-Mo seems to be working on things regarding VM. I received this text today.

wait... u can get voicemail in the phoneapp again? i thought that ended a while back... i was installing an old version of google voice for a whle to keep it in the phone app...
so, if i uninstall google voice i can get voicemail in the phone app? or do i have to go through this process?:
1. Uninstall the newer Google Voice (temporarily). Prior to uninstalling, I wipe the app's Cache and Data too as a precaution, so I can't report on the results of following these steps without doing that.
2. Go to the APKMirror website and download the latest Google Voice v4.x APK, something like v4.7.10.
3. With Unknown Sources checked in the Security Settings on your phone, install and fully setup the old Google Voice version, including setting your Phone app to use Google Voice for voicemails.
4. Once it's all setup, you can update Google Voice to your heart's content. Note that if you go into the Phone Voicemail settings you'll see that it still doesn't give you an option to select Google Voice, but you'll also notice that it appears as if the only setting it now shows (Carrier) is not selected either, so the setting is retained even though you can't select it with the newer Google Voice installed.
5. Re-disable "Unknown Sources" if you wish.

Whats the problem?

i cant get it to work on att, but i dont think it ever did. i was able to get the visual voicemail in the phone app, but not with a transcript... but i have to use the old google voice app. make sure to set te old google voice to use phone app for voicemail. when i updated google voice it stopped updating voicemails in the phone app, so i guess ill just keep the old google voice app.

Golf c said:
Whats the problem?
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Are you on Tmobile? If so, do you have voice to text add-on on your account?
Trying to figure out what the issue is because nothing seems to work for me.

Make sure that your phone is not forwarded to another messaging service. If you ever tried another voice messaging app, sometimes they do this automatically. If you forget to undo it then you will not receive voice messages. You can bring your messages back by disabling call forwarding. To do this, call ##004# for Tmo/Att or ##002# as a generic default that should work for all other US carriers. Verizon should be *73 and Sprint *730 .

hahajoker said:
Are you on Tmobile? If so, do you have voice to text add-on on your account?
Trying to figure out what the issue is because nothing seems to work for me.
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Yes tmobile. Not sure if I have voice to text add on.

I'm starting to think this is a T-Mobile account settings issue. Does those who have it working I'd be interested in seeing if you have visual voicemail or voice to text enabled in your account settings.

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I'm starting to think this is a T-Mobile account settings issue. Does those who have it working I'd be interested in seeing if you have visual voicemail or voice to text enabled in your account settings.
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I do not have voice to text enabled. Its a $4.00 add on for me. I have a simple choice promo plan from about 7 years ago

Golf c said:
I do not have voice to text enabled. Its a $4.00 add on for me. I have a simple choice promo plan from about 7 years ago
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Do you have visual voicemail enabled in your account settings?

hahajoker said:
Do you have visual voicemail enabled in your account settings?
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I couldn't find it anywhere in my account. I just know it works. Maybe you can take a screen shot on your account.

Golf c said:
I do not have voice to text enabled. Its a $4.00 add on for me. I have a simple choice promo plan from about 7 years ago
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On built in visual voicemail the transcription is done through Google and so you shouldn't need the T-Mobile add on any more, saves $4 a month.

cmwade77 said:
On built in visual voicemail the transcription is done through Google and so you shouldn't need the T-Mobile add on any more, saves $4 a month.
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Yes, I don't have it. Never did. I don't know why others are having problems

Golf c said:
Yes, I don't have it. Never did. I don't know why others are having problems
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I dont have it enabled either. But I do have the free visual voicemail add-on enabled in my account settings. Maybe thats interfering and needs to be disabled.

hahajoker said:
I dont have it enabled either. But I do have the free visual voicemail add-on enabled in my account settings. Maybe thats interfering and needs to be disabled.
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Well the carrier can disable this setting, but T-Mobile seems to be ok. I know AT&T does disable built in visual voicemail though.