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Google voice for text

So I'm getting rid of sms on my plan and switching to google voice for text and calls. I'm wondering if there is a way to forward google voice texts through the stock sms app or something like go sms or handsent. The voice interface just kinda sucks and be nice to use something more full featured.
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Mysticdroid said:
So I'm getting rid of sms on my plan and switching to google voice for text and calls. I'm wondering if there is a way to forward google voice texts through the stock sms app or something like go sms or handsent. The voice interface just kinda sucks and be nice to use something more full featured.
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Nope, there's no way to use Google Voice on a stock messaging app. The only way for it to show is to send sms to your original number... which you obviously don't want to do.

I was. Looking in the google voice settings and found an option to send texts through the stock messaging app think it's a new option... Or I just didn't look hard enough before
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Mysticdroid said:
I was. Looking in the google voice settings and found an option to send texts through the stock messaging app think it's a new option... Or I just didn't look hard enough before
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Is it forwarding you the text through regular sms?
I think its doing what the post above you is talking about
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Mysticdroid said:
I was. Looking in the google voice settings and found an option to send texts through the stock messaging app think it's a new option... Or I just didn't look hard enough before
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That has been a feature ever since Voice has been available to the public. When you check to have a Voice text to your stock messaging application, Google is essentially texting your default number, which means you're receiving texts via network--which you don't want.
So forwarding texts is not a solution. You will just have to deal with the simple Google Voice messaging app or sign up for a texting plain just to use a messaging app aside from Google Voice.
*However, I haven't touched Google Voice settings since launch so I wouldn't know. Most likely, you're being charged a text or fee when forwarding your Voice texts to your stock app.

charleypark said:
That has been a feature ever since Voice has been available to the public. When you check to have a Voice text to your stock messaging application, Google is essentially texting your default number, which means you're receiving texts via network--which you don't want.
So forwarding texts is not a solution. You will just have to deal with the simple Google Voice messaging app or sign up for a texting plain just to use a messaging app aside from Google Voice.
*However, I haven't touched Google Voice settings since launch so I wouldn't know. Most likely, you're being charged a text or fee when forwarding your Voice texts to your stock app.
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My family and I use gvoice for texting, there is no way to access gvoice through another sms app afaik. As for the text forwarding, you are getting charged for each text at that point. My mom accidently checked the box when she setup gvoice and had to pay 18 bucks in texts the next billing cycle.

Zax_Was_Here said:
My family and I use gvoice for texting, there is no way to access gvoice through another sms app afaik. As for the text forwarding, you are getting charged for each text at that point. My mom accidently checked the box when she setup gvoice and had to pay 18 bucks in texts the next billing cycle.
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I wish someone could build a gv text app like handcent
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knipp21 said:
I wish someone could build a gv text app like handcent
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Seriously, the google voice app has gotten better, but its still not ideal

Zax_Was_Here said:
Seriously, the google voice app has gotten better, but its still not ideal
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Lol no way. I'm still running the .3.4
version because all the updated ones after have been buggy or incredibly slow, even on my oc i2
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MJL99 said:
Lol no way. I'm still running the .3.4
version because all the updated ones after have been buggy or incredibly slow, even on my oc i2
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Yea my app won't send me notifications of new messages. I basically use it for easy to use voicemail
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Do you have the newest version? There is an option in settings to turn off notifications that was not there with older versions. Might be checked by accident
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MJL99 said:
Do you have the newest version? There is an option in settings to turn off notifications that was not there with older versions. Might be checked by accident
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Nope its set to have em lol
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Thanks for the warning guys. My text plan runs out on the 10th and that could've sucked. I'll just deal with the google voice app interface
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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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Opened ATT message and instantly had my texts hijacked. Do not use lol. Glad to head about VVM app.

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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 Now - Text with Google Voice app?

I would love a way for this to be done. I use GV for texting all of the time, and this would give my N7 full texting capability. I would love to be able to send text by voice through Google Now while I'm driving.
Any thoughts?
Thanks guys.

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Hm, I wonder if I can hack mine up somehow to do it.

Try this

I text using my N7 all day. This is how I do it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDMsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuZGVza3RvcHNtcyJd
It isn't Google Voice, but it works great anyway. Set it up on your Android phone and set it to Google Talk. Then you can text via GT all day long.

th0r615 said:
Try this
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Thanks for that, but I'm specifically looking for the ability to do it from Google Now, not from within the Voice app itself.
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JFMFT said:
I text using my N7 all day. This is how I do it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDMsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuZGVza3RvcHNtcyJd
It isn't Google Voice, but it works great anyway. Set it up on your Android phone and set it to Google Talk. Then you can text via GT all day long.
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Thanks for the suggestion but this has nothing at all to do with the topic at hand.
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Plexicle said:
Thanks for that, but I'm specifically looking for the ability to do it from Google Now
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There has got to be a voice command for it?? Have you seen a list of commands that Google Now recognizes? I thought I saw one at some point, but I have no idea where.
I'll see if I can find it.

jaysus145 said:
There has got to be a voice command for it?? Have you seen a list of commands that Google Now recognizes? I thought I saw one at some point, but I have no idea where.
I'll see if I can find it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28079722&postcount=14

Yep, already checked all of the available commands. There is nothing. Ask to send a text or SMS and it simply tells you that the device does not support it. This is what I'm trying to go around. But thanks anyway .

Plexicle said:
I would love a way for this to be done. I use GV for texting all of the time, and this would give my N7 full texting capability. I would love to be able to send text by voice through Google Now while I'm driving.
Any thoughts?
Thanks guys.
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Talkatone from the Play Store will let you make voice calls and text with your Google Voice number.

cushcalc said:
Talkatone from the Play Store will let you make voice calls and text with your Google Voice number.
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Hi cushcalc. Thanks for the suggestion, but this doesn't have anything to do with what I'm asking for either . I understand the confusion, and I've tried to think of a way to word it differently to make it more clear, but I don't think I can. I believe that most people will just automatically jump to "oh, he wants to text with his N7!"
Thanks anyway .

You can text message via Google Voice from Google Now just by using the standard voice commands "Text Adam Hey" and it will text Adam the message "Hey" all you have to do is set Google Voice as your default SMS client. or just remove the stock messaging app as your default and it will ask you which to use each time. Settings > applications > messaging > clear defaults.

JediMasterASD said:
You can text message via Google Voice from Google Now just by using the standard voice commands "Text Adam Hey" and it will text Adam the message "Hey" all you have to do is set Google Voice as your default SMS client. or just remove the stock messaging app as your default and it will ask you which to use each time. Settings > applications > messaging > clear defaults.
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This is exactly what I hoped it would do, because this is how it works on the GNex right now on JB. But if you ask Google Now to text on the N7, it just tells you that it can't do it.

Plexicle said:
This is exactly what I hoped it would do, because this is how it works on the GNex right now on JB. But if you ask Google Now to text on the N7, it just tells you that it can't do it.
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That has to be a development oversight... you'd think that that functionality would be built in. It should be for the N7 anyway.
There's got to be a trick to make it work... and I am curious to find out what it is.

Plexicle said:
This is exactly what I hoped it would do, because this is how it works on the GNex right now on JB. But if you ask Google Now to text on the N7, it just tells you that it can't do it.
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Interesting, sorry for the false information then. My N7 is back at home and I just tested it on my GN real quick before posting that. I, just like you did, assumed it would be the same. That is VERY annoying indeed. almost as annoying as not being able to long press for numbers on the N7 keyboard for no apparent reason at all!!!

jaysus145 said:
That has to be a development oversight... you'd think that that functionality would be built in. It should be for the N7 anyway.
There's got to be a trick to make it work... and I am curious to find out what it is.
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Agreed! I really feel like it's an oversight, but I'm baffled that it wasn't thought of beforehand. I was anticipating this feature before they were shipped.
JediMasterASD said:
Interesting, sorry for the false information then. My N7 is back at home and I just tested it on my GN real quick before posting that. I, just like you did, assumed it would be the same. That is VERY annoying indeed. almost as annoying as not being able to long press for numbers on the N7 keyboard for no apparent reason at all!!!
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Not a problem! I made the same assumption. Hopefully I can find an easy work-around until (hopefully) it's patched to allow initiating SMS via GV.

JFMFT said:
I text using my N7 all day. This is how I do it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/...xLDMsImNvbS5rb3VzaGlrZHV0dGEuZGVza3RvcHNtcyJd
It isn't Google Voice, but it works great anyway. Set it up on your Android phone and set it to Google Talk. Then you can text via GT all day long.
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Wow this app is awesome. I was using Textab but this is even better. Not having to have a bluetooth connection is nice.

Yeah it's like they replaced Google voice with a gimped down version and gave us Google now.
Google now doesn't allow me to text and the interface doesn't seem fluid, by that I mean it should be more integrated and have more options.
This thread should have more attention
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FY*I, there is the app in the android market call Googlve voice integration. It allows you to send SMS on your normal messaging app, through google voice. So all texts get delivered to your messaging app.
In theory, when google now sends a text, you can have it send through the normal messaging app, which this app would then send through google voice.
However, I've used the pro version, the full integration version, on CM10 with google now trying to do this, and it doesn't work. The integration app doesn't seem to catch the text being sent, and it gets sent through your carrier's number. But considering it is catching all other texts, I imagine that a small tweak would fix it.
App link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mdrtools.apps.gvintegration&hl=en

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
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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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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.
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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.
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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?
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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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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.

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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.
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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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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:
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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.

hahajoker said:
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.