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any Answering Machine for HTC Hero?

is there any answering machine for HTC Hero? shouldnt be hard to code I think.

use voicemail.

What a stupid reply, man. I guess he asks for an answering machine app because he DOESN'T want to use voicemail.

hullomail
it s free

gsawkins said:
hullomail
it s free
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+1 for Hullomail. Only downside I think is it eats your inclusive minutes whilst the person is leaving a message. Not really a prob for me, get 900mins included and only used 32 last month

nice, this is what I have been looking for! shall have to give this a go! Thanks

really good if you are abroad too as you can pick up your messages without been charged by mobile op as all messages go to email and also missed calls been using it for 2 weeks now now problem really love it and i dont need to pay T mobile to pick up my messages

mmm... hullomail doesnt sound like a answering machine! is more like free voicemail service. No answering machine like old ones on other phones on android?

hullomail is only for us and uk residents

ok... i have to ask...
why do would someone want this function???
really?? I cant think of why.
what about google voice?
It runs seperate of the phone and phone service.
takes your missed phone calls
you can have a custom outgoing message
keeps message online and also sends it to your phone (via data)
translates it to text.. if you want to read the message.
works just like visual voicemail.
HOPE that is a good fit for u.

For NOT calling any number. For having an answering machine localy on my phone as an app. for not redirecting calls and paying minutes for the redirection.
Google Voice is also only in some countries. Not wordwide.

xodeus said:
For NOT calling any number. For having an answering machine localy on my phone as an app. for not redirecting calls and paying minutes for the redirection.
Google Voice is also only in some countries. Not wordwide.
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ok.. it is not worldwide.. but that is not an issue if you are in the area it is.
but your phone does have the ability to take messages.. people will have to call your cell to leave a message.
Google voice... does not cost you minutes.
i really want to understand this need... I am not trying to be argumentative... just trying to understand for my own curiosity.

Dan330 said:
ok... i have to ask...
why do would someone want this function???
really?? I cant think of why.
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- You want to keep a record of your voicemail
- You are roaming and you dont want to call your answerphone
- You want to export your answerphone message
- You want more functions than are offered on your carriers answerphone
Also Google Voice is invite only and is also currently not available outside the US
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ok.. it is not worldwide.. but that is not an issue if you are in the area it is.
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And clearly with the flag on the OPs profile he isnt in an area covered by voice.
Does that answer your incredulous question?

polakscot said:
- You want to keep a record of your voicemail
google will keep the messages for u online.
- You are roaming and you dont want to call your answerphone
you can check google via any internet pc or device.
If your phone dont have a signal, how can it take a message;.. but with google, it will still get the message for u.
- You want to export your answerphone message
it is a file on google... not sure what you can do with that file.. never looked into it
- You want more functions than are offered on your carriers answerphone
OK .. ??
Also Google Voice is invite only and is also currently not available outside the US
I was never invited to it. just download the app on the market. Go to Google.com on my PC and set it up.
And clearly with the flag on the OPs profile he isnt in an area covered by voice.
Sorry it was not available to him. Hope he/she finds what they need.
Does that answer your incredulous question?
still wondering why... but i think i can live the rest of my life without the answer. was just curious.
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Dan330 said:
- You want to keep a record of your voicemail
google will keep the messages for u online.
OP cant get google voice
- You are roaming and you dont want to call your answerphone
you can check google via any internet pc or device.
If your phone dont have a signal, how can it take a message;.. but with google, it will still get the message for u.
OP cant get google voice
- You want to export your answerphone message
it is a file on google... not sure what you can do with that file.. never looked into it
OP cant get google voice
- You want more functions than are offered on your carriers answerphone
OK .. ??
is that supposed to be an answer.. oh and.. OP cant get google voice
Also Google Voice is invite only and is also currently not available outside the US
I was never invited to it. just download the app on the market. Go to Google.com on my PC and set it up.
OP cant get google voice
And clearly with the flag on the OPs profile he isnt in an area covered by voice.
Sorry it was not available to him. Hope he/she finds what they need.
Oh you read that he cant get google voice.. so why did you answer my post??
Does that answer your incredulous question?
still wondering why... but i think i can live the rest of my life without the answer. was just curious
I think you will always be curious
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So at the risk of you sounding stupid.. Ill point out again.. the OP cannot get google voice and that is why he wants an answerphone app.

polakscot said:
So at the risk of you sounding stupid.. Ill point out again.. the OP cannot get google voice and that is why he wants an answerphone app.
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hahaha.. lmao
yeah.. i understand that.. OP can not get... I said = sorry to him and hoped he can find something to fill his needs.
I was now just talking in general.
Hope u dont blow a head gasket on my questions. Its friday.. go have a beer.. and cuss at the wall!!

Dan330 said:
hahaha.. lmao
yeah.. i understand that.. OP can not get... I said = sorry to him and hoped he can find something to fill his needs.
I was now just talking in general.
Hope u dont blow a head gasket on my questions. Its friday.. go have a beer.. and cuss at the wall!!
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well point that out then.. what you did was directly answer my response to "why would you want such a thing".

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but your phone does have the ability to take messages.. people will have to call your cell to leave a message.
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How can it do that, does it work like an answering machine localy on my phone and stores the message ON my phone and trasfers the message to Google Voice Server through the Internet?!?

When someone calls your number... if you don't answer or your phone is off...
The call is sent to Google voice..there is where the message is taken.
Then it is sent to your phone via data. If you are out of range or off. It will sent it to you when you are back to available.
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Google voice and EVO

i installed google voice signed up and all
i had the settings ask me everytime i make a call to select cell service or google
well i make calls and it does not ask me what to do
i also changed to google only still every time i make a call its shows its sprint
is there a setting im missing?
mt

mtgmt said:
i installed google voice signed up and all
i had the settings ask me everytime i make a call to select cell service or google
well i make calls and it does not ask me what to do
i also changed to google only still every time i make a call its shows its sprint
is there a setting im missing?
mt
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Can you at least make this readable with punctuation or something? I can't understand what your trying to say.

You need to put in an area code for it to ask which you want to call with, my guess is that's your problem.

mrono said:
Can you at least make this readable with punctuation or something? I can't understand what your trying to say.
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i installed google voice signed up and all (end statement )
i had the settings ask me every time i make a call to select cell service or google ( end statement )
well i make calls and it does not ask me what to do ( end statement )
i also changed to google only still every time i make a call its shows its sprint ( end statement)
is there a setting im missing? ( this is a question )
as far as i can tell this is perfectly readable.
i make the statements of what i did and have done with a question following, enough that poster 3 hit the nail on the head, that was what i was missing!
mt

06ms6 said:
You need to put in an area code for it to ask which you want to call with, my guess is that's your problem.
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thanks so much, looked all over the google site and not one mention of an area was absolutely needed, works great now!
mt

you know....
when you use google voice you use your anytime minutes up.
Even if it is a cell phone or withing your night minutes.
I would not use google voice to make or receive any calls, or you'll be going over your minutes.

mtgmt said:
i installed google voice signed up and all
i had the settings ask me everytime i make a call to select cell service or google
well i make calls and it does not ask me what to do
i also changed to google only still every time i make a call its shows its sprint
is there a setting im missing?
mt
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Try opening the program--->MENU---->SETTINGS---->MAKING CALLS----ask everytime i make a call.

kthejoker20 said:
you know....
when you use google voice you use your anytime minutes up.
Even if it is a cell phone or withing your night minutes.
I would not use google voice to make or receive any calls, or you'll be going over your minutes.
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Your minutes will only be used if you begin the call through GV. If a call comes in to your phone and you have it set to show their actual mobile number instead of your GV number, Any Mobile Anytime goes into effect and minutes will not be used.

[Q] Wifi calling??

so the vibrant froyo has wifi calling.. and i tried it.. and i dont.. are any devs currently working on this.. because it would be awesome.. i live in a rural area.. and dont get service.. im sure its possible if they did it on the vibrant.. someone should check into it.. it would def be awesome

no,the vibrant has it because tmobile has a contract with another company which is providing their voip. you cannot do the same thing with verizon unless they create the same kind of app. the one on the vibrant was created by tmobile.

msnuser111 said:
no,the vibrant has it because tmobile has a contract with another company which is providing their voip. you cannot do the same thing with verizon unless they create the same kind of app. the one on the vibrant was created by tmobile.
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well that blows.. but hey.. thanks for the quick response

I know there is a skype apk that was altered to allow this. No idea where to find it, but I know it exists! I believe I saw it posted over at droid-life.com
Dan

dan0matic said:
I know there is a skype apk that was altered to allow this. No idea where to find it, but I know it exists! I believe I saw it posted over at droid-life.com
Dan
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really?? thats awesome.. ima go try n find it.. if you happen to come across it.. and feel like being awesome.. you should bring it here.. or send me a link.. if i find it.. ill def post it

http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2010/10/skype-hacked-to-use-3g-and-wifi-calling/
Here is a link to an article that contains a link and instructions. I've not tried it, but give it a shot and let us know.
Dan

I keep hoping that with Google's (somewhat) recent inclusion of the ability to make phone calls via Gmail, and that combined with having a Google Voice number...maybe /some/time in the near future they would get off their lazy butts and improve our Voice app (so that we can make calls too).
This would be great because many of the computer labs at school have perfect WiFi reception, but no cellular signal can seem to penetrate those terrible brick walls.

I have the same problem with some of our computer labs. By the way, there is sipdroid which you can use right now and I think it has some free voip provider you can use with it.

iofthestorm said:
I have the same problem with some of our computer labs. By the way, there is sipdroid which you can use right now and I think it has some free voip provider you can use with it.
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link please

ace5198 said:
link please
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android market,install sipdroid,its at the bottom,it has you sign in to your google voice account,and you can start calling through your google voice number. If you want to use it over 3g,you have to turn it on in the settings.

msnuser111 said:
android market,install sipdroid,its at the bottom,it has you sign in to your google voice account,and you can start calling through your google voice number. If you want to use it over 3g,you have to turn it on in the settings.
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i tried it.. and its not working.. whats a google voice number?

My brother is using Google voice on his g1 running cyanogen rom as his primary dial out number ....its weird, my Google voice on my fascinate has three options, use Google voice for international calls, don't use Google voice for calls, and ask for international calls. His has an extra option, use Google voice for all calls....I'm not sure if this is a mod of Google voice from the cyanogen team or what...also, fwiw he's on T-Mobile, but T-Mobile has no coverage above edge in our area so....he typically dials out over wifi...
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sipdroid
msnuser111 said:
android market,install sipdroid,its at the bottom,it has you sign in to your google voice account,and you can start calling through your google voice number. If you want to use it over 3g,you have to turn it on in the settings.
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+1 for sipdroid.
I do a lot of traveling for work, and have used sipdroid to call using gv, where there is no cdma service.

Hacked Skype APK
http://ge.tt/5cUExr4

[Q] Someone give me a definative answer please

I keep seeing posts from various users here, as well as all over the internet, about how easy it is to get SMS up and going through WiFi and they describe various ways of accomplishing it, but none of them ever work for me. Can someone/anyone tell me once in for all rather its possible, and please describe (in detail if you please), how to do it?
Question: If I, or anyone else, was to decide to just wait for the WiFi ONLY Tabs to come out for this very purpose (texting via wifi), would we be wasting our time? I mean IF its not possible via wifi on the wifi/3G Tab, then we shouldnt expect it to work on the wifi ONLY Tab either right? Thanks in advance.

It is possible (and quite easy) to get SMS working over WiFi. If you have a google voice account, you can download the google voice app and use that to text people (or you can use other apps like textplus). That is the current setup that I have since I have no texting plan on my line.
Hope this helps,
caveman999

caveman999 said:
It is possible (and quite easy) to get SMS working over WiFi. If you have a google voice account, you can download the google voice app and use that to text people (or you can use other apps like textplus). That is the current setup that I have since I have no texting plan on my line.
Hope this helps,
caveman999
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Thanks for the reply. Google voice was one of those ways that I had read about already and for me it was not easy at all, and I could never get it to work. The last thing I read about setting that up was using le your home # for the Tab since it is not used for texting purposes...well, it didnt work for me. Maybe you could explain exactly how you set it up?
That app you mentioned I, I tried that a while back and my son told me he was flooded with advertisements...etc, so I dumped it.

Some help please....
Can't someone else give me some help here? This is driving me nuts. Why would using Google work for one and not for others? What could I be missing/doing that's possibly screwing it up?

Set up google voice and your wifi tab is ready to text. No extra ads or nothing like that.

leyvatron said:
Set up google voice and your wifi tab is ready to text. No extra ads or nothing like that.
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Thanks for the reply. I've already set up google voice but cannot get it to function properly. That's what I meant when I said in my previous post "Why would it work for one but not others, what could I be missing/doing wrong to screw it up". I have followed all of the instructions on google website, I've put in the # to be used for my device, google has verified it, I've downloaded the app for my SG Tab, but it will NOT WORK. Perhaps you could explain in detail how exactly you set it up? I really don't know what else to do.

DirtyDawgOriginal said:
Thanks for the reply. I've already set up google voice but cannot get it to function properly. That's what I meant when I said in my previous post "Why would it work for one but not others, what could I be missing/doing wrong to screw it up". I have followed all of the instructions on google website, I've put in the # to be used for my device, google has verified it, I've downloaded the app for my SG Tab, but it will NOT WORK. Perhaps you could explain in detail how exactly you set it up? I really don't know what else to do.
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unfortunately, Google voice is currently for USA ONLY, are you from us?

fastcx said:
unfortunately, Google voice is currently for USA ONLY, are you from us?
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Yes, I'm in the good ole U.S. of A. What else do you think may be going on? Thanks for your reply.

What am I to do after this point if....
I'm to this point (see attachment) and I'm trying to set everything up "for texting only" and what I've read is "use your home phone #" because it is not used for texting...etc. Well, when I get to the point of what the attachment shows, what the heck do I do? It doesn't seem like I would be able to use my voice phone line to do this, and I cannot use the SGT as I have no dialer??????

Have you tried opening google in the browser via your Tab and useing the provided dialer in google? I use it on my PC as my PC has no dialer either. I will try with my tab and edit this post if it works or not.

I know it's not quite the same, but you could try using "Whatsapp" from the market if all parties have either android or iOS devices.

I just tried your suggestion, well..I at least got on the tab and went to GV site, but then I noticed voice had been activated without me following through at that point shown in the attachment. Now I have another problem. When I sent a text to the tab from my Evo, my home phone rang and Sprint sent what's called a TTLL (Text to Land Line) call....so that's screwed up. I used my tab to try it the other way, but cannot see any way to even send a text, not online at the voice site and not on the tab with the voice app. So it looks like I'm still stuck at not being able to get this going. Really frustrating..
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knightnz said:
I know it's not quite the same, but you could try using "Whatsapp" from the market if all parties have either android or iOS devices.
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Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a go, and if it works, I think I can afford 2 dollars a year. I might just do that, thanks again.
EDIT: This won't work because it has to verify a number for your phone. The tab doesn't have a number.
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DirtyDawgOriginal said:
I'm to this point (see attachment) and I'm trying to set everything up "for texting only" and what I've read is "use your home phone #" because it is not used for texting...etc. Well, when I get to the point of what the attachment shows, what the heck do I do? It doesn't seem like I would be able to use my voice phone line to do this, and I cannot use the SGT as I have no dialer??????
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I have not used the setting "Forwad to Google Chat" and confirm that I'm able to send/receive text but I have my free phone number from IPKall and I'm able to send/receive text using GV account from the tab. Read the instruction in the Sprint VoIP call in Dev if you want to (find my post there).

quattr0 said:
I have not used the setting "Forwad to Google Chat" and confirm that I'm able to send/receive text but I have my free phone number from IPKall and I'm able to send/receive text using GV account from the tab. Read the instruction in the Sprint VoIP call in Dev if you want to (find my post there).
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Thanks for the suggestion, but unfortunately this isnt working for me either. Im at the point of giving up now and just returning the damn Tab. I did all kinds of research on this prior to even buying the tab to at least try and make sure I could accomplish it. Most of what I found was "seemingly" possitive. Everyone makes it sound sooo damned easy to set it up and get it going, well its not, and I will go as far as saying that it isnt possible at all, for at least some, me being included in that latter bunch.

Sms was designed to be sent over cellular network and being associated with the phone number.
The number is also needed for GV. You might try Skype and get phone # and etc using it but its all far from comfortable. There are other services that might work as proxies for you but all cost some money.

Adapt0r said:
Sms was designed to be sent over cellular network and being associated with the phone number.
The number is also needed for GV. You might try Skype and get phone # and etc using it but its all far from comfortable. There are other services that might work as proxies for you but all cost some money.
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Thanks for the reply. I guess then that all of those posts that I've seen here, as well as all over the net, was just "bull". I say this only because of your comment about SMS being designed for cellular network, and only because these posts I'm talking about specifically say they got things up and running and are successfully texting on their SG Tabs via WiFi/Google Voice.
I suppose then that I should just forget about waiting for that WiFi only Tab because SMS would not work on that device either. I wouldn't mind spending some money to get this going, although I don't think that I would want to get into a contract or anything like that and be stuck spending on a monthly basis, which I think all of the Wirelss companies like Sprint make you do (not sure).

For SMS and voice phone on my Tmobile Tab I use prepaid voice only Sim. The tab was flashed with Euro ROM and works very smooth and giving me ability to place voice calls and send SMS if needed. It costs me money but no monthly obligations.
BTW, I can send Sms using Sim card from my phone as well.

Adapt0r said:
For SMS and voice phone on my Tmobile Tab I use prepaid voice only Sim. The tab was flashed with Euro ROM and works very smooth and giving me ability to place voice calls and send SMS if needed. It costs me money but no monthly obligations.
BTW, I can send Sms using Sim card from my phone as well.
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I guess I couldn't do anything like that correct? Is there a difference between T-Mobile and Sprint Tabs .... besides what may be the obvious, like I know Sprint is CDMA, not sure of T-Mobile. Anyway, do you think the same type of setup is possible with my Sprint device? If so, could you please describe how I would go about setting it up? Feel free to PM me if you like/want about this topic. Thanks

What's the best way get Google Voice to work on an unactivated phone?

I have an HTC EVO (with a bad esn) that I'm using just on wifi - I'm using Google Voice and GrooveIP to make calls but without service I can't finish the Google voice setup - It needs an active # so that it can send a text.
My question is - Is there an easy way to get around this? I've looked around for answers and I've learned a little about SIP but it seems like there's got to be an easier way. The other thing I was thinking was to just flash it to cricket, activate service for an hour, activate GV and then cancel.
Anyone been through this already and have advice?

SIPAndroid might be useful. Back when I set it up it did not ask me for a confirmation SMS. I used the default provider that comes with the application.

The reason I am trying to finish activating GV on the phone is so I can text from the same GV # that I call from. Wouldn't going through a SIP service force me to use a different #?

Snadoosh said:
The reason I am trying to finish activating GV on the phone is so I can text from the same GV # that I call from. Wouldn't going through a SIP service force me to use a different #?
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No since you already have a phone # (your GV #), the SIP is just the connection between the phone line and the internet.

I take it your setting up through your computer? Stop what your doing. Its a pain in the butt. (I know from experience)
Just download the Google voice app and sign in using the email account used to set up your Google voice account. Takes like 2 min and no calling necessary
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PhxkinMassacre said:
I take it your setting up through your computer? Stop what your doing. Its a pain in the butt. (I know from experience)
Just download the Google voice app and sign in using the email account used to set up your Google voice account. Takes like 2 min and no calling necessary
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I think this way it still tries to call using the regular radio and not WiFi

fenixjn said:
I think this way it still tries to call using the regular radio and not WiFi
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Worth a try.. and i dont think it would.. GV and others like it that have calling, like skype, generally KNOW your trying to not use talk time so they know to do it via internet/3g/4g/wifi

ReapersDeath said:
Worth a try.. and i dont think it would.. GV and others like it that have calling, like skype, generally KNOW your trying to not use talk time so they know to do it via internet/3g/4g/wifi
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I just confirmed it on my phone. If you shutdown the radio but leave wifi on, GV will complain about being unable to place the call because of airplane mode. I'm using the network app to disable only the CDMA radio, all others (BT, WiMAX and Wifi) are enabled.
So yes, you MUST use a SIP to be able to use GV without the CDMA radio attempting to make a regular call.
I just remembered the name of the SIP app: SIPdroid

Thanks to fenixjn and the others in this thread. I got it going on my EVO 4g.

If u haven't figured out a way to set it up. use the internet. When it ask for a phone number use a landline number. After that u can use the google voice app like u wanted to. Hope that helps. After the activation call just unforward to that number and forward calls to gtalk or g chat. I forget exactly what the option is. I use groove IP to make and receive calls. I had sip Droid set up but it stopped working for me a few months ago. The money for groove IP is worth it. The calls are great quality. It has dropped calls on my a few times. But I can't complain for the ease of use and the low price.

Now I'm even more confused. I already set up the Google voice app and grooveIp and have been making and receiving calls just fine. My issue is having a number I can use to complete the Google voice app on my phone. The app wants to send me a confirmation text and since I have no service it cant. So now my question is how do I use SIPDroid to do that??
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By the way if I wasn't clear - I'm only trying to get google voice fully on the phone so i can text over wifi too. If there's an easier way I'm all ears.

I used my home phone number to set up google voice(it is a vonage number now that I ported to them from my old land line company). I first set up the google voice on my computers and it went smoothly. I then took my EVO 4g (which does not have service) and connectected by wifi to the market and downloaded voice, it kept prompting me for a cell number and I didnt enter one but it did load google voice onto my phone. I then downloaded Sipdroid and used my Google Voice number and it handled everything. I can send and receieve text and can send and recieve calls. A friend did try to send me two picture files via the text messaging that would not come thru. I don't know if there are limitations on what you can send but the normal text messages come thru fine. The phone service works ok but the quality leaves something to be desired. I havent started trying to tweek that yet.

Thanks, I'll try it right now...
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It can be done. I did it to mine. i cant remeber how cause its been a long time. Bit i thought all i did was add another number to gvoice on the computer. Then when it asked for comfermation it made a phone call to the number i had set up to forward it to. U may have to set up another gmail account just so u can get another gvoice number. Then use a number u can receive calls to ass the primary number. I'm gonna see if I can find the link I found the info for and post it for u. Don't be discouraged. It took me a while to figure out how to do it.

Thanks for all your help so far, I haven't got it working yet but I'm closer than I was
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Alright I finally got it. It was actually pretty simple, I downloaded the text plus app to get a free number and used that to complete Google voice and voila.
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Hi- could you explain in a bit more detail how you got GV to use your Text+ to complete the GV registration? I am trying to do the same exact thing you did, but cannot get GV to "see" my Text+ number. Thanks for any help you can offer...
[added note] just realized my sig line is waaay out of date...sorry!

It's been awhile and I promptly forgot everything but here's what I remember - Text plus lets you send and receive texts for free and lets you receive voice calls for free. As far as I recall GV needs to send you a text? or possibly a voice message. I think I just entered my Text + number as the cell # in GV and it all worked out