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Gvoice Number Porting now works with all accounts.

I guess they figured out the problem with discount accounts and got some other bugs fixed, too. Worked for me.
Kept my old voice number too, and just ported my sprint number to another Gmail account.
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Confirmed. About time!

Great! Still don't want to change my number i like having two lol
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DirtyShroomz said:
Great! Still don't want to change my number i like having two lol
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Hrshycro said:
I guess they figured out the problem with discount accounts and got some other bugs fixed, too. Worked for me.
Kept my old voice number too, and just ported my sprint number to another Gmail account.
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still not working here :/ no biggie thou

Been using it for over a week now. I made my GV number be main number rather than converting my sprint number to GV. Here's why:
By transitioning you GV number to your sprint account,you still maintain your original sprint number!
- GV number becomes you primary incoming and outgoing phone number calls and texts.
- All texts will utilize the native SMS interface with your carrier and your phone.
- Texts to/from the phone will all appear on the GV website so you can carry on a chat from either place.
- GV App no longer needed for anything unless you want to use it for it's other features.
- Old sprint number remains yours. Incoming calls and texts to your old sprint number will automatically go through GV and ring down all the phones you have on the account and texts appear on the website too.
- Kick ass.

Possible to sms/mms and make call from the 3G version SOLVED

I try asking here, because I find different answers around. Is it possible to use sms or mms straight out of the box?
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No one in this forum got the 3G version and can tell me before I order
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Thanks a lot - I will go for the 3G then.
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i have the wifi version and when I go to the Google voice webpage I can send text from mind I tested it yesterday.

I use Textplus on my wifi 10.1, it does sms and mms through wifi and it's free
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Ive got the 10.1v which comes with 3g and we definately dont have send sms/mms capabilities straight out of the box. not sure how other people are able to have it.
I also havent found another app that gives the tablet that option to send sms/mms on its own, but will have a look at this textplus app mentioned above.
You could use the textab program ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133277 ) but this app relies on your phone being connected to the device and uses the phones sms send receive function, merely displaying the messages on the tab and allowing you to send a message through the tablet.
and we are unable to make calls either, no dialer program, and havent really looked but dont think there would be one that would be honeycomb compatible for download from the market.

This i was afraid of! I have seen some sales spec. say can sent sms/mms. I have a wifi us version now, and i not find textplus etc not really that great.
I want to be able to text sms direct from the 3g - otherwise the model is useless for me.
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twigster said:
Ive got the 10.1v which comes with 3g and we definately dont have send sms/mms capabilities straight out of the box. not sure how other people are able to have it.
I also havent found another app that gives the tablet that option to send sms/mms on its own, but will have a look at this textplus app mentioned above.
You could use the textab program ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133277 ) but this app relies on your phone being connected to the device and uses the phones sms send receive function, merely displaying the messages on the tab and allowing you to send a message through the tablet.
and we are unable to make calls either, no dialer program, and havent really looked but dont think there would be one that would be honeycomb compatible for download from the market.
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mlhdk said:
This i was afraid of! I have seen some sales spec. say can sent sms/mms. I have a wifi us version now, and i not find textplus etc not really that great.
I want to be able to text sms direct from the 3g - otherwise the model is useless for me.
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Keep in mind that the 10.1v is a somewhat older device than the 10.1 - so there may be features in the (brand new, just hitting the market) 10.1 3G not present in the older (available in some other countries for at least some time) 10.1v 3G.

someone can confirm if the 10.1 3g is able to sms??
I asked 5 shops now - and got different answers!!
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This is what the sales-ad. says:
" Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3G*brings you the new and creative means, which comes with novel assortment of the straightforward messaging features like SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email and IM. These messaging options are simple, instant and elaborative to covey you, your ideas and messages."
But asking the shop direct - they dont know
Asking Samsung. . . sent an email 2 weeks ago - and still no answer
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Really - nobody got 10.1 3g version??
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I use Heywire, it does sms and mms through wifi, on the data plan and it's free

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I use Heywire, it does sms and mms through wifi, on the data plan and it's free
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Thanks for the info, but I NOT interested in any web solutions. I just want to know if the 3g version can or can not sent sms - out of the box.
I quess nobody actually know it - even Samsung seems to be in doubt LOL
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i've got the 10.1v. it definetly can't send sms out of the box. there's no such sms-app on the tablet. i guess it's the same with the 10.1
but installing an app like chompsms should enable the 3g tablets to send sms through their sim-card, not a web-service. (did not test that, because i don't need sms functionality on my tablet. for this i use my mobil )

i know chompsms and thats a greart app. I used it on my phone before.
If chomp is working on the tab - i can live with it - as it have far more features.
Thanks. . .
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If the item is p7500 then I can surely vouch for you that it is SMS/mms capable from the box... I've used it many times...
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mlhdk said:
someone can confirm if the 10.1 3g is able to sms??
I asked 5 shops now - and got different answers!!
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I have the tab 10.1 3g (p7500) and just installed smsdroid from market and I can send and receive sms over 3G for sure!

mlhdk said:
Really - nobody got 10.1 3g version??
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out of the box, it can send sms and mms.

hebbe said:
i've got the 10.1v. it definetly can't send sms out of the box. there's no such sms-app on the tablet. i guess it's the same with the 10.1
but installing an app like chompsms should enable the 3g tablets to send sms through their sim-card, not a web-service. (did not test that, because i don't need sms functionality on my tablet. for this i use my mobil )
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I have 10.1 3g and it works fine. It has messaging app insalled same as any android phone, however does not have any app to make phone calls.

I have a P 7500 (3G + wifi) and it CAN send and receive sms out of the box..

Texting using Wifi

Does anyone know or can recommend an app the lets you send/receive SMS & MMS with the Thrive over Wifi?
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I have been using Heywire for sms. It does not do mms but it is excellent for sms. The person you send the message to doesn't need to have Heywire installed.
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you can try texttab. What it does is connect thru Bluetooth to your phone, and receives any SMS your phone gets and sends them to your thrive. Which you can reply and send on your thrive once your paired up.

TexTab worked awesome on mine! I absolutely love that program. Thanks for the head's up on that app. Definitely worth paying for it...

I have google voice and I have loved being able to text from any browser, including the thrive's browser. Especially if you're on sprint for your mobile servce, I would strongly recommend setting up google voice.
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steven7590 said:
I have google voice and I have loved being able to text from any browser, including the thrive's browser. Especially if you're on sprint for your mobile servce, I would strongly recommend setting up google voice.
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Sprints decision to work in collaboration with google voice makes it this way. I have Sprint and love them for this. A friend of mine is having trouble figuring out how to send google voice sms from his Thrive since he is on TMobile tho.

I use DeskSMS, I started using it over month ago and the fact it actually syncs with my contacts on my phone rather they have Google Voice or any other service makes it IMO the best app there for texting over wifi without having to jump between phone numbers. Especially for those of us that didnt want to lose our MMS capability by completely syncing with Google Voice.

I tried DeskSMS for a little while and it works ok. I stopped using it because Google Voice Canadian numbers are still not available. Hopefully I will use DeskSMS again once Canadian Google voice numbers are available.
Rogers Wireless use to offer wifi calling and text for consumer however this option is no longer compatible with my current plan with them so I had to improvise.
I`ve also tried textplus which work very well and you can get a Canadian number by
paying a monthly fee.

firemedic624 said:
I have been using Heywire for sms. It does not do mms but it is excellent for sms. The person you send the message to doesn't need to have Heywire installed.
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HeyWire just got an update that now allows MMS.
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I am using google voice on all my android devices and computers. Most over wi_fi and all sync almost at the same time. Love the thrive.
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[Trick] How to send SMS using your beloved Tab!

Am not sure if this is discussed somewhere.
Anyway, just to share.
Here's how:
Every mobile broadband card comes with a number, and that number will be used when you send / receive SMS.
- Download official Go SMS Pro here and install on your tablet
- Launch the app and send SMS to your other mobile number that you are using to make calls
- The sender number is what your friends will see when they read your SMS from Tab!
Enjoy

On European 3G devices, there is a stock app called Messages, so i don't think that third party app is needed.

For those with the wifi only version , check out TexTab.
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Until Verizon releases Touchwiz for the LTE versions, this seems like a good alternative. I'm going to test it now.
EDIT: Does not work on mine, says "cannot send message, will send it when the service becomes available" and that message sits there forever until I uninstalled it.

That's because verizon blocks text messaging with their tablet plans.
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|flyte| said:
For those with the wifi only version , check out TexTab.
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Thanks for that, works great. I have the 3G version but dont have texts enabled with the sim cards i use, but this is fab!
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parsa5 said:
That's because verizon blocks text messaging with their tablet plans.
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Interesting... Strange that they advertise it as a capability, and plan on including it with their touchwiz update.
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Yea I work for verizon and whenever I sell a tablet, a provision is loaded onto their account called "block text messaging". It's very odd indeed since the original galaxy tab allowed you to pick a texting bundle.
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I simply use Google Voice on my wifi Tab. Works perfectly.

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Yea I work for verizon and whenever I sell a tablet, a provision is loaded onto their account called "block text messaging". It's very odd indeed since the original galaxy tab allowed you to pick a texting bundle.
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Wonder if they'll take that provision off when their touchwiz is released...
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i just bought mine.
malaysian release. and off course with no text capabilities.
gonna try this out. thnx for da info aite.

TabGuy said:
I simply use Google Voice on my wifi Tab. Works perfectly.
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I'm with you I'm using Google voice
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I been using Heywire and it works well, gave me a regular US number.

If anyone has a 3G tab with Touchwiz, but no Messages app. Try to send a sms to your data plan number, i think that the Messages app appeared after i received the first sms message from my operator.

Free calls and texting in Canada

School is about to begin and it would be nice to cut down the cost of these high Canadian bills
Is there any app that can make this a reality ?

Viber would probably do the trick.

Viber doesn't allow you to call or to text for free. You can only contact other viber users so it's no different from google talk.
Google Voice, however, gives you free text in USA and Canada.
VoIP calling can be had for free or very cheap in Canada. However the call quality isn't as good (calls often fail)

Sidneymac said:
School is about to begin and it would be nice to cut down the cost of these high Canadian bills
Is there any app that can make this a reality ?
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For outgoing calls only, there are several options. I use and can recomend netTALK. I found their sign-up a little bit shakey through the android browser, but you can always just use the PC and it'll work better.
At the Market : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nettalk&feature=search_result
Good luck!
Oh, and if you're lucky enough to find free INCOMING calls, message me.

What provider are you with? I'm with Telus and for an extra $5 I get unlimited texting in North America.
Maybe your provider has student packages you can take advantage of.
Ian

Data isn't free, so there is no such thing as free texting and calling. Just get a better plan
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my plan come with 12gb data usage. using data plan to call is definitely save up some outgoing call cost. i would recommend viper if your friends is using it too.
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phzi said:
Data isn't free, so there is no such thing as free texting and calling. Just get a better plan
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I have 6gb package ... But I only have 150 anytime minutes, plus unlimited texting.
But if I could cut off my texting plan I wouldn't mind doing that.