I am interested in utilizing my Google Voice number. Right now, I can use Magicall (although I am looking into using alternative apps) to reroute all my outgoing calls through my Google Voice number.
I would like to use that number for my incoming calls as well, but in order to work with my providers "unlimited" calling to numbers of my choosing, I need to have my Google Voice number as my incoming caller ID. What I was thinking is that I could have the calls go to my phone (so I get their number), ignore it (having it forward to my Google Voice number), then when my Google Voice number calls, replace the CID with the last # and name, followed by deleting the missed call record.
Simply put:
Incoming call->phone->ignore/forward to GV->incoming GV to phone->replace CID->delete missed call->answer (or ignore)
I have search a lot of different places for an app that might be able to do this with no luck. There might be some other implementation that might work better, so I am free for suggestions.
Thank you!
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Can anyone help with advice or an application for the following (if it doesnt exist it should-but it probably does!):-
I do some newspaper work and hence my phone number is in the paper every week. Im reviewing and it leaves me open to abuse and i occasionally get a mouthful from HIDDEN numbers.
It means that i now just dont answer any hidden numbers, which im sure several of which are genuine.
Is there an application/ way that i can make ALL incoming calls that have their number hidden IMMEDIEATLY go to a specific voice mail? (e.g. "Hi, this is **** ******. Hidden numbers are not accepted on this phone. Please ring from a revealed number, text or leave a vociemail and ill get back to you").
Have i any specific options???
GOOGLE AND INSTALL MAGICALL - it does everything you have asked for and more its awsome this is 100% the answer to your issue.!
An alternative may be is to call your mobile phone operator to see if they have a "block-the-blocker" (that's what it's called where I live) service: if the caller blocks/hides his/her phone number intentionally or by default, s/he is greeted by a system recording saying blocked ID calls are not accepted (followed by with instructions on how to unhide ID).
I think call firewall will do what you need, good luck.
Sounds like you may want to check out Google Voice.
Basically, you get a free phone number that forwards to the phone(s) of your choice, along with extensive call filtering options and a lot of other cool features.
It won't help you with the people who already have your number, but Google Voice allows you to set up call filters so that you can send unidentified callers straight to voicemail or reject them with a "hidden numbers are not accepted on this phone" message.
If you have a Google Voice number and a Windows Phone, you can get apps for dialing out through Google Voice so your GV number shows up when you return a call.
If you go this route, you'll want to check out the following apps:
iDialer (Google Voice version) - This program can be used to dial out normally through your cell phone, or initiate calls through Google Voice.
iContact - This program integrates iDialer with your phone contacts.
Green Button (sets up your phone's green "call" button to open iDialer instead of the default dialer)
Google Voice Easy SMS - sends texts from your phone through your Google Voice number.
I have this set up on my Tilt2, and I'm very pleased with it. Feel free to message me if you need any questions answered.
Geekaholic said:
Sounds like you may want to check out Google Voice.
Basically, you get a free phone number that forwards to the phone(s) of your choice, along with extensive call filtering options and a lot of other cool features.
It won't help you with the people who already have your number, but Google Voice allows you to set up call filters so that you can send unidentified callers straight to voicemail or reject them with a "hidden numbers are not accepted on this phone" message.
If you have a Google Voice number and a Windows Phone, you can get apps for dialing out through Google Voice so your GV number shows up when you return a call.
If you go this route, you'll want to check out the following apps:
iDialer (Google Voice version) - This program can be used to dial out normally through your cell phone, or initiate calls through Google Voice.
iContact - This program integrates iDialer with your phone contacts.
Green Button (sets up your phone's green "call" button to open iDialer instead of the default dialer)
Google Voice Easy SMS - sends texts from your phone through your Google Voice number.
I have this set up on my Tilt2, and I'm very pleased with it. Feel free to message me if you need any questions answered.
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Anyway u hook me up w/ an invite? i remember when Gmail frst came out they had this invite only thing and the people who have been invited can invite like 50 something people! Could you do that too? if yes, plzz could i get an invite! ... If yes.. u can PM me and i will give my email!
Thank youu
There is a service called Trapcall, google it. when somone calls you from an unlisted number all you have to do is press the call reject button then it will ring back with the callers unmasked number, and the caller never notices. its not an app and free.
havent gotten my n1 yet so excuse the question on this
tmobile has me on flexpay, calling later to see about migrating to post but to be honest, credit sucks so i dont see it happening.
the problem with flexpay is, they do not allow call forwarding.
so if i am using the google voice app/dialer, (have fav5, was going to setup the google voice as one for calling to it to not use minutes)
if i setup google voice to forward to my cell, give my google voice number out from now on and have people update my phone number to gvoice. could i just entirely bypass the need to use call forwarding this way
correct me if im wrong, but the google voice app will take over as my dialer, contacts, etc. so anytime i make a call, it will go through gvoice and anyone with callerid would see my gvoice number. so unless i give my tmo number out or someone doesnt update my number, i would never have a call come in on my tmo number except gvoice forwarded calls..... right?
do i really need callforwarding if i'm going to take on my google number as my new primary #?
also this would allow me to drop my unlimited text messaging as well since txt msgs would all go through gvoice instead of tmo? (i read this one elsewhere and just want to confirm that would work)
Is there a way to better integrate Google Voice into the contact list such as I can program certain contacts to automatically use my G Voice number and other contacts, my cell number? I know of the option to chose which number I want to use each time I call, however, its getting confusing which contacts I usually call with the different numbers.
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iceman3kco said:
Is there a way to better integrate Google Voice into the contact list such as I can program certain contacts to automatically use my G Voice number and other contacts, my cell number? I know of the option to chose which number I want to use each time I call, however, its getting confusing which contacts I usually call with the different numbers.
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The best way is to simple add your google voice number infront of the number you want to call...example (213)mygoogle,2,(310)yournbr#
This will call your google voice nbr, then dial the person you want to speak with. It would be advantageous to make sure your google voice nbr is part of a special group of nbrs if your with T-Mobile or Verizon.
Is anyone currently routing all of their calls/texts/voicemails through Google voice (GV) on Tmobile?
I currently have Sprint and have integrated my number into GV (my GV number and my original Sprint number are one and the same) and I'll be switching from Sprint to Tmobile once I can get my hands on an N4. My problem is I'm not sure whether to port my number out of GV/Sprint and into Tmobile or if I should just get a brand new Tmobile number, add that to GV, and have GV just route calls/texts placed to my current number to the new Tmobile number. The only issue I'm aware of with GV is the lack of support for MMS.
Also, I sporadically have some issues on Sprint with missing calls where they show up in my GV call log but never make it through to my phone. I really like how GV can be accessed from any browser and how it logs history of my texts and calls so it would be nice to have these features still but maybe not worth the few quirks, bugs, and lack of MMS.
Can anyone comment on using GV with their Tmobile number? Worth it? Not worth it?
Google voice works fine on T-Mobile.
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Google voice works fine on T-Mobile.
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Actually, it depends. If you are using a T-mobile prepaid 4G plan, you can't use call forwarding. This means you can't use GV for your voicemail for your T-mobile number. In that case, if you use the full version of GV (not the limited voicemail service), then you can have voicemail and texting for your GV number. But if someone calls your T-mobile number, your GV voicemail will not be used. So it really depends on how you are trying to use it (and if you are using prepaid or not).
I use it all the time, the above is true. If you get a monthly plan its no issue. Download the app and you can select it to always call from your GV# or prompt you or never. You should have no issues with it on T-mo, the only difference is you will probably have two numbers now, but keep using the GV# like normal after you set up.
So let me get this straight...
Setup:
Google Voice #: 111-111-1111
New T-Mobile #: 222-222-2222
Let's assume I have added my new T-Mobile number to my Google Voice account, and have only shared my Google Voice number with people.
I can setup my phone to dial out using my Google Voice account. I will also need to replace the default text messaging app with Google Voice.
Any outgoing calls/texts from my phone will show up on other people's phones as 111-111-1111
All calls to 111-111-1111 will automatically be routed to 222-222-2222.
Voicemail scenario 1: Post-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system by default?
If I deactivate voicemail on 222-222-2222, will calls to 111-111-1111 eventually reach the Google Voice voicemail, or does it just ring forever?
Is there an option to automatically forward voicemails to Google Voice (a la Sprint)?
Voicemail scenario 2: Pre-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system?
What happens if you disable voicemail on 222-222-2222? Rings forever?
I take it from your previous post that this is where you run into issues with the Google Voice Voicemail, correct?
Thanks!
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Voicemail scenario 1: Post-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system by default?
If I deactivate voicemail on 222-222-2222, will calls to 111-111-1111 eventually reach the Google Voice voicemail, or does it just ring forever?
Is there an option to automatically forward voicemails to Google Voice (a la Sprint)?
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I can only speak for my G2x using a post-paid plan, but I have three fields I can set on my phone under Options -> Call settings -> Call forwarding: Busy, Unanswered, and Unreachable (along with "Always Forward"). Each of those has enable/disable and a separate number. In my case, I'm testing out GrooVe IP, since I have poor signal strength at home, so I have Busy and Unanswered set to my Google Voice voicemail number and Unreachable set to my main Google Voice number (so if I'm at home on wifi with no signal, GrooVe IP will ring me). That all works so my voicemail is via Google Voice and not T-Mobile.
Since you have Sprint/GV integrated, if you want to cancel Sprint service you will have some extra steps. Cancel Sprint integration, port your Sprint# to GV, then forward the GV calls to the new TMo#.
A lot of your questions should be answered here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646755
If you're prepaid like me you can just call them and have them disable your voicemail. Then as long as people only have your GV number you will get all voicemails to GV.
Why not just get a Google voice number and tell everyone you know to use it instead of your carrier number.
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thaprinze said:
So let me get this straight...
Setup:
Google Voice #: 111-111-1111
New T-Mobile #: 222-222-2222
Let's assume I have added my new T-Mobile number to my Google Voice account, and have only shared my Google Voice number with people.
I can setup my phone to dial out using my Google Voice account. I will also need to replace the default text messaging app with Google Voice. See next answer
Any outgoing calls/texts from my phone will show up on other people's phones as 111-111-1111 Yes; You can setup the phone via GV App to dial out using your GV number. Texts Sent from GV App will use GV number, texts sent from any Android SMS program will use TMo number
All calls to 111-111-1111 will automatically be routed to 222-222-2222. Yes, if you set it up that way in your GV account settings online
Voicemail scenario 1: Post-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system by default? No, calls to GV will reach GV voicemail
If I deactivate voicemail on 222-222-2222, will calls to 111-111-1111 eventually reach the Google Voice voicemail, or does it just ring forever? Calls to Tmo number will reroute to GV voicemail if you set it up that way through the GV App/Phone App
Is there an option to automatically forward voicemails to Google Voice (a la Sprint)? As far as I know, no. You must change the voicemail number on your phone to redirect to GV voicemail
Voicemail scenario 2: Pre-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system? No, same as above
What happens if you disable voicemail on 222-222-2222? Rings forever? Yes because you cannot use call forwarding on pre-paid plans, so you cannot redirect to GV
I take it from your previous post that this is where you run into issues with the Google Voice Voicemail, correct?
Thanks!
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Hi, I'm going to do Tmobiles 100mins+5g plan and need some clarification on how the GV+ grooveIP/SIP works that I'm reading about here and other places. Answers would be greats, but If someone could provide a link to this info, that would be great too. I will be porting my number from Verizon. Despite im tech savvy, i'm a novice on phones.
1. Is it possible focus all calls and text via minutes, wifi, 4G to one number (Tmobile#)?
2. Do I have to have 2 numbers (Tmobile + GV)?
If I have to have 2 numbers
3. Is it better if I port my Verizon number (friends + business contacts) to GV or Tmobile.
4. I read that I can use GrooveIP/SIP to do outgoing calls using data...... will reciever see GV# or Tmobile#? What if I want to use minutes?
5. When incoming calls, does the sender have to use my GV# or Tmobile# so I can use data? minutes?
6. When incoming voice/ text message, does the sender have to use GV# or Tmobile# so I can use data? cellular text?
7. When outgoing voice/text message, do I use GV# or Tmobie#?,, which number will reciever see?
If I can get the answer to these, (even better with depth) it would be great. Thanks!
1. I'm not sure what you're asking. If you want to forward your GV number to your TMo number you would be using minutes as far as I know.
2. Yes, you will have two numbers.
3. Which number will you be using the most? If you're using Google Voice and Groove IP for most of your calls to avoid going over your 100 minutes, I would port your Verizon number to GV.
4. If you use the Groove IP dialer they will see your google voice number. If you want to use your T-Mo minutes, you would use the stock dialer.
5.To avoid minutes your caller would call the Google Voice number. This would be a VOIP call. The T-mo number would be cellular.
6. Same as above, your t-mo number would go to the stock messaging app, your GV number would go to the Google Voice app.
7. Same as above. If you text out of the stock messaging app, it would be your T-Mo number, out of Google Voice it would be from your Google Voice number.