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Visual Voice Mail

hello Xda world,
Has anyone looked into Visual Voice Mail? Quite an interesting feature from iPhone. If there are any developed already. Can I have the cab files please?

sounds more like an operator feature
being that when the device is off or busy
calls dont have access to storing stuff in it's mem
and htc phones dont even support normal voice mail

Thanks Rudegar,
Yes, looks more Network controlled service...but I am not sure what exactly you meant by 'normal voice mail' feature not able to work on HTCs.
Voicemail on my Xda orbit works fine
Cheers!

Sridhar Gondesi said:
hello Xda world,
Has anyone looked into Visual Voice Mail? Quite an interesting feature from iPhone. If there are any developed already. Can I have the cab files please?
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http://www.callwave.com/landing/corp_home_v2e.asp
Free visual voice mail.

Has anyone tried this?
I'm wondering what people think about it... sounds interesting, but it transcribes your voice mails as text... I feel like it would lost something like that. Plus, its only free while in Beta. What do you guys think of it?

Dishe said:
Has anyone tried this?
I'm wondering what people think about it... sounds interesting, but it transcribes your voice mails as text... I feel like it would lost something like that. Plus, its only free while in Beta. What do you guys think of it?
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I've been using this for a while now...the transcription is poor but you can usually get the gist of a message and decide if it's worth listening to if you need detail. You get an email with the text and you have the choice of whether it includes a wav attachment of the actual voicemail (I choose to get the attachment so I can "play" the voicemail from the phone without having to dial in to voicemail. Some nice features is you get an email even if the person does not leave a voicemail so you know someone tried to call and it has enhanced callerid so if someone on a landline calls it grabs their name, address etc....you can add cell phone contact info to your "contacts" on the website and those will work too.
As for the only free while in beta...use it while you can..if they start charging I will sign up at k7.net for a free voicemail/fax # and use the call forwarding to forward to it...I will still get my voicemails AND faxes in email as attachments..I just won't have the text inside the email...

Hello,
Not exactly visual voice mail as in iphone, but I think its possible to develop a software application residing in the device which can connect to carrier/network specific voice mail box (#121 on vodafone, #901 on O2 in UK etc.) to gather voice mail details and store it on the device itself. Once the voice mails are downloaded, application can mimic visual voice mail feature. The advantage is there is no need to call voice mail box number again and again to hear the voice messages once downloaded.
This is what I think Sridhar is expecting.
Cheers,
Abhay

There was actually a post in the General forum a few weeks ago that showed how the visual voicemail worked on the iPhone. Essentiaelly, ATT sends a text message that's invisible to the iPhone with encrypted info on the callers name, number, etc... Also, abhaypatil's idea is most likely impossible unless the carriers provide some sort of API's with which to access the voicemail box, which is unlikely.

Urthwhyte said:
There was actually a post in the General forum a few weeks ago that showed how the visual voicemail worked on the iPhone. Essentiaelly, ATT sends a text message that's invisible to the iPhone with encrypted info on the callers name, number, etc... Also, abhaypatil's idea is most likely impossible unless the carriers provide some sort of API's with which to access the voicemail box, which is unlikely.
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There was another program that was free while in beta that had a custom app you ran which was supposed to be "iphone like" for visual voicemail...was called "simulsays" or something like that.

Man what i would give for an iphone like visual voicemail.. drool

http://www.simulsays.com/

fallenczar said:
http://www.simulsays.com/
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Ya know? I hate companies that have on the front screen, "Get this product FREE NOW!, and then you click on the link and its $120.00 a year. I don't understand how that is free, but thats okay.

Get youmail. It is really free
jmy72 said:
Ya know? I hate companies that have on the front screen, "Get this product FREE NOW!, and then you click on the link and its $120.00 a year. I don't understand how that is free, but thats okay.
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Get it here:
http://www.youmail.com/home/index.do
You can get a text message with a link to the VM, or get it as an email attachment. I've been using it for quite awhile, with excellent results.

crissg said:
Get it here:
http://www.youmail.com/home/index.do
You can get a text message with a link to the VM, or get it as an email attachment. I've been using it for quite awhile, with excellent results.
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same here that's who i would recommend i was using callwave at one point but there beta program ended if you don't mind paying i would say check out youmail and www.callwave.com
youmail has better features especially when it comes to voicemail customization i would like to say that i believe callwave has better transcript though i use the free version of youmail and i was part of the beta program for callwave

Call and Browse at the same time(Google Voice)??

Can you make non-long distance calls using google voice and your phone???
If so, can you be on that call and browse the web at the same time??
So technically, If you use google voice for the call you are using data and not voice, therefore it seems technically possible to browse and talk at the same time.
Has anyone tried this??? I only have google voice for voicemail so cant test right now.

before you assume that GV automatically defaults to using the data connection why don't you search around a bit...
now, with that being said... once you have managed to get GV operating through Data (it is possible) im not sure if you could call and surf at the same time or not

dmc971989 said:
before you assume that GV automatically defaults to using the data connection why don't you search around a bit...
now, with that being said... once you have managed to get GV operating through Data (it is possible) im not sure if you could call and surf at the same time or not
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Since with Google voice you can make calls from your computer, it is easy to assume that it uses data.
now, with that being said... why would you bother replying and telling me to search around when you yourself don't know the answer to my question??
fyi: I am searching... and when I find out, I will share it with anyone who wants to know. That's what this place is all about.

This was easy enough to find on Google.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google Mobile/thread?tid=78d60052084a63ba&hl=en

energizer1389 said:
Since with Google voice you can make calls from your computer, it is easy to assume that it uses data.
now, with that being said... why would you bother replying and telling me to search around when you yourself don't know the answer to my question??
fyi: I am searching... and when I find out, I will share it with anyone who wants to know. That's what this place is all about.
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google voice does not use data. it uses your sprint number.
basically when someone calls your GV it forwards calls to your cell number (or whatever number you want it to), then your sprint number rings. and when you dial out it calls from your sprint number to GV then GV forwards it (the call) to the party on the other end.
it can be set up to use data but is difficult to do and call quality over EVDO or 1x is bad. wifi its ok.
here are a few guides i'm using atm to get this set up over data, i can get incoming calls working but outgoing calls aren't working. i'm this close...
if you set this up like this, then YES you will be able to call and use the internet at the same time. but just using the GV app no its not possible on sprint. it's the way the network is set up. other networks you can but not on sprint.
http://nerdvittles.com/?p=635#GV-setup
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1480557
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1500881

aaaaand BAM... lol
OP, just because i didnt feel like finding and posting those links doesnt mean i didnt know about them... it means im lazy

dmc971989 said:
aaaaand BAM... lol
OP, just because i didnt feel like finding and posting those links doesnt mean i didnt know about them... it means im lazy
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i didn't find them lol... i've got four firefox windows open with 10+ tabs in each one on this exact topic.

thedudejdog said:
i didn't find them lol... i've got four firefox windows open with 10+ tabs in each one on this exact topic.
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exactly, thats why im a bum and dont feel like searching either... I know for a fact that a few guides exist, i read a few of them quite some time ago

how to setup At&t Visual Voicemail on the vibrant

hey, another question on behalf of my friend. he has an unlocked vibrant, but is using an at&t sim card. How can we set up his at&t visual voicemail?

You might wanna tell "your friend" to look for a Captivate system dump and pick out the at&t VVM app (if it exists) and install it on "his" phone. Then forward missed calls, etc to his at&t voicemail number which I'm sure "he" can get from the carrier.
That's at least a start.

um... google voice?

cashless said:
You might wanna tell "your friend" to look for a Captivate system dump and pick out the at&t VVM app (if it exists) and install it on "his" phone. Then forward missed calls, etc to his at&t voicemail number which I'm sure "he" can get from the carrier.
That's at least a start.
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lol, why are you putting "your friend" and "his" in quotation marks. Are you implying I'm asking the questions for myself? LOL, why wouldn't i just admit that. Its not like I'm breaking the law. It's really for someone else, not my phone. I own the vibrant with a t-mobile sim, and he owns the vibrant with a at&t sim. Is that even something to make up and lie about? lol
btw whats a system dump?

Why would anyone want to use carrier voicemail on an android phone? Google Voice is free...

AndroidZ28 said:
Why would anyone want to use carrier voicemail on an android phone? Google Voice is free...
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I don't even know what your comment means. If you pay for your rate plan, and it includes voicemail, why wouldn't you use it. You have no choice but to pay for it.
This wasn't the point of the question btw, this person wants to use At&t visual voice... if someone knows how to make it work on the vibrant, It will be much appreciated.

Can Anyone Help?

SamsungVibrant said:
I don't even know what your comment means. If you pay for your rate plan, and it includes voicemail, why wouldn't you use it. You have no choice but to pay for it.
This wasn't the point of the question btw, this person wants to use At&t visual voice... if someone knows how to make it work on the vibrant, It will be much appreciated.
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what he saying is that: http://voice.google.com -- it's free and it's better than the carrier's voicemail. When installing the app you can redirect it to Google Voice as your primary voicemail service. And "we" don't use the carrier voicemail because Google Voice's voicemail is better. Just because they give it to you, doesn't mean that you're forced to use it.

zephiK said:
what he saying is that: http://voice.google.com -- it's free and it's better than the carrier's voicemail. When installing the app you can redirect it to Google Voice as your primary voicemail service. And "we" don't use the carrier voicemail because Google Voice's voicemail is better. Just because they give it to you, doesn't mean that you're forced to use it.
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You know, it doesn't matter. Maybe he simply doesn't want to use google voice? I don't want to use it, so I don't, and I wouldn't appreciate somebody trying to force it down my throat either.
If you can't answer his question, don't frickin' post.

raduque said:
You know, it doesn't matter. Maybe he simply doesn't want to use google voice? I don't want to use it, so I don't, and I wouldn't appreciate somebody trying to force it down my throat either.
If you can't answer his question, don't frickin' post.
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No one is FORCING him to do anything. It is pretty obvious that the OP doesn't know what Google Voice is, why be so judgmental about a service that he has never tried before?
And I can say the same thing to you, hypocrite.. nothing better to do than to start conflict over the internet?

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zephiK said:
what he saying is that: http://voice.google.com -- it's free and it's better than the carrier's voicemail. When installing the app you can redirect it to Google Voice as your primary voicemail service. And "we" don't use the carrier voicemail because Google Voice's voicemail is better. Just because they give it to you, doesn't mean that you're forced to use it.
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Okay so I decided to test out google voice for myself, 2 things I dont like.
I set my phone to driving mode, so it would read the voicemail outloud to me. I don't like how it first reads out your given google voicemail number, for example it reads outloud +196151234567
Another potential annoying bug. If someone calls you, and you INSTANTLY reject the call, the caller gets a busy signal, or gets an error message, and they can't leave you a voicemail. You have to let it ring at least once, if you instantly reject the call, google voice fails.
Maybe someone can confirm this for me.

[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