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T-Mo plan problem... Make sure your not getting billed for text's!

So this morning I go to send a couple text messages from my Tab and they wont send... just a red circle with an X. No explanation, nothing...
Awhile later I try to make a call from my G2 and am redirected to 611 with a message stating my service had been temp. disconnected because of fraudulent activity on my account????
The woman explains that when the Tab account was set up, they had no enabled unlimited text messages and the 3600 text messages I had sent/received in three weeks were billed at $.20 each. I asked how this was possible and she said that although the Tab plan does include unlimited text messages, it must be enabled separately and the sales associate had not done this.
She went ahead and made the changes and turned my damn phone back on...

carlsbad0331 said:
So this morning I go to send a couple text messages from my Tab and they wont send... just a red circle with an X. No explanation, nothing...
Awhile later I try to make a call from my G2 and am redirected to 611 with a message stating my service had been temp. disconnected because of fraudulent activity on my account????
The woman explains that when the Tab account was set up, they had no enabled unlimited text messages and the 3600 text messages I had sent/received in three weeks were billed at $.20 each. I asked how this was possible and she said that although the Tab plan does include unlimited text messages, it must be enabled separately and the sales associate had not done this.
She went ahead and made the changes and turned my damn phone back on...
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That blows bro! I didnt have this issue when I got my Tmobile tab. Crazy I say!!!

wow $720 worth of texts! i would of died. lol

Can the Xoom phone number be used for anything?

I know the Xoom can't make/receive phone calls but it DOES register when you call the number. There is a missed call log and it will appear in there when you call the Xoom. I also noticed my notification light sometimes flashes while I am calling the Xoom. I was wondering if this could be used for anything like maybe texting? I have Google Voice app set up on my Xoom linked to my reguilar cell number. Has anyone gotten Google Voice to work with their Xoom number? I tried it but it says 'number could not be verified.' Also...logging on to My Verizon, I can switch the info screen to my Xoom number to see my data usage. I also see under the text message usage menu that I received one text message. Somehow the Xoom can can receive messages, at least, from it's assigned number. Just don't know how to display them.
Mike

If your notification light is actually blinking when you call the Xoom number then the possibility is there to use the device as a phone. The light blinking could be coincidence though right? Have you been able to reproduce this without failure?
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I have noticed that when i am trying to call my xoom that the 3g turns off, as soon as i stop calling it the 3g comes back on. Reproducible indefinitely.

It's coincidence. Tried multiple times with mine, and there's no light, no missed call. Though it does definitely have a phone number. Tried to sign up for My Verizon, no dice. They send you a confirmation code via txt...which we can't get.
In the eRoes system (authorized retailers' system) it auto-adds a block text feature when you activate the Xoom...hopefully this will change in the future.

BTW, once you sign up for a my verizon account, and the system detects the text can't be sent, they will snail mail you a password. Its a very stupid system.

What does this have to do with Developing?

i think the original question was asking if someone had been able to make this work with google voice. implying that there may be a way to make it work with software. I.E. development.

Moved. Please post in the correct section. Thank you.

Evo 4G Percistant Voicemail notification

Many of us are experiencing the voicemail notification that cannot be clean in the notification bar (phantom voicemail notification).
I have this problem with CM 7 but not CM 6.
In Sense Gingerbread roms:
Stock Rom (rooted deoxed)- phantom voicemail
Fresh Rom 4.1beta1 and 4.0.X. betas- phantom voicemail
MikFroyo - no phantom voicemail
Xrom - no phantom voicemail
Called sprint they reset-ed my voicemail but the issue persist. Before that I "clear voicemail notifications" in settings.
Today I was browsing through the sprint forum and found the following (I posted the link to the post).
http://community.sprint.com/baw/thread/69548?tstart=7
...and it reads...
"Voicemail Notification
UPDATED
Sprint has identified root cause on this issue and has begun rolling out a short term solution this morning that will bring rapid resolution to customers that are experiencing this issue. This fix is network based and does not require any interaction from the customer.
The first batch of network updates for devices that updated to Gingerbread between June 3rd and June 7th is running now and scheduled to complete in 48 hours. Once this process is complete we will load the next batch of devices that updated to Gingerbread starting with a date range beginning on June 8th.
Larry ~OKIESTRO"
-Be well

I was about to post that this was something that was specific to those that got the OTA and us that have been using CM7 since RC1 have seen this. Then I thought that it may be something weird with the way the phone/network is handling 2.3, can any one on a Sense based 2.3 join in?

Mine was first batch and not fixed by the 8th. I called sprint pushed button for tech and an advanced tech rep answered.
I explianed the issue he reset my vm box on their end. Told to clear the notification and reboot. After reboot no issue.
Summary of original issue: vm indicator was indicating a vm. Clearing the indicator, cleared it until reboot or switching towers.
Sent from my HTC Supersonic

How can this be a network issue when I had this issue with 2.3, but after downgrading to 2.2, I no longer have it?
Seems if it was a network issue it would be there no matter what version?

I didn't take the OTA and I've had the issue. I was running Kushdeck's CM7 variant, and it started happening. I then switched to Synergy, still happening. I've switch back and forth and no matter what I switch to, it still shows. And it's driving me crazy *lol*

For those of you who don't want to wait for Sprint to fix this issue:
This WILL fix the bogus VM indicator issue.
1. Activate a NON-Visual Voicemail capable phone on your line. (basic Sprint phone).
2. Let the temporary phone provision then call your voicemail from the temp phone and go through the Voicemail setup process.
3. Once voicemail is setup, leave yourself a test voicemail from a different phone and wait for it to notify you on your phone.
4. Call your voicemail from the temp phone and delete ALL voicemails then end the Voicemail call.
5. Reactivate your HTC EVO and the problem is gone.
This problem is caused by our "old non-visual voicemail" indications being pushed to our phones for some odd reason.
If you don't have a plain non-visual voicemail Sprint phone, get one for a few bucks off craigslist or try your local corporate Sprint store. Most corporate stores have a few used phones from exchanges, etc that they may be willing to use to help you with this process.

I just hold down Power and press restart. It asks to clear data and stuff, amd a few moments later the VM notification is gone.
Shut down and reboot turns on even quicker if the setting is enabled.
XDA App - EVO - 2.3 unrooted. Help!

tx_dbs_tx said:
For those of you who don't want to wait for Sprint to fix this issue:
This WILL fix the bogus VM indicator issue.
1. Activate a NON-Visual Voicemail capable phone on your line. (basic Sprint phone).
2. Let the temporary phone provision then call your voicemail from the temp phone and go through the Voicemail setup process.
3. Once voicemail is setup, leave yourself a test voicemail from a different phone and wait for it to notify you on your phone.
4. Call your voicemail from the temp phone and delete ALL voicemails then end the Voicemail call.
5. Reactivate your HTC EVO and the problem is gone.
This problem is caused by our "old non-visual voicemail" indications being pushed to our phones for some odd reason.
If you don't have a plain non-visual voicemail Sprint phone, get one for a few bucks off craigslist or try your local corporate Sprint store. Most corporate stores have a few used phones from exchanges, etc that they may be willing to use to help you with this process.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....by switching from one phone to another, will it affect anniversary dates for our upgrades?

Not at all. Billing system knows the last time you bought a phone using upgrade /new customer pricing on that line.
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I don't think I've had any problems for the last few days, it's been nice

Thank you all for your responses. This problem is due to the crappy Sprint network and an update will be release soon (6-20-11), which will alleviate this issue--hopefully.
http://androidandme.com/2011/06/car...ther-update-in-5-days-netflix-is-coming-back/
aka "Ghost VVM"
-sprint

*This problem arises when you do a phone swap and the previous phone has new voice messages.*
If you still have your previous phone, go on Sprint.com and reactivate it. Then clear your voicemail on it, and then you can switch back to your Evo.

I've read on another forum and it worked for me, go to Settings> Call > Voicemail Settings > Delete your phone number. This doesn't affect your voicemail and remove the persistent clear voicemail notification icon. Good luck.

tx_dbs_tx said:
For those of you who don't want to wait for Sprint to fix this issue:
This WILL fix the bogus VM indicator issue.
1. Activate a NON-Visual Voicemail capable phone on your line. (basic Sprint phone).
2. Let the temporary phone provision then call your voicemail from the temp phone and go through the Voicemail setup process.
3. Once voicemail is setup, leave yourself a test voicemail from a different phone and wait for it to notify you on your phone.
4. Call your voicemail from the temp phone and delete ALL voicemails then end the Voicemail call.
5. Reactivate your HTC EVO and the problem is gone.
This problem is caused by our "old non-visual voicemail" indications being pushed to our phones for some odd reason.
If you don't have a plain non-visual voicemail Sprint phone, get one for a few bucks off craigslist or try your local corporate Sprint store. Most corporate stores have a few used phones from exchanges, etc that they may be willing to use to help you with this process.
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This works. I just tried it yesterday and the message is finally gone after years on my HTC Hero and my EVO 4G (running CM7). However, it's not just a "wham bam" solution. At least not for me. First, I could not use the Sprint web site to downlevel my smart phone - I think it was because of the plan (price) changes. So I did a chat on the Sprint site and a very nice tech helped me (Astrid??). We switched phones and she helped me get the old Moto Razr V3 activated (it took some codes on the phone after she changed activations). And then afterwards we switched back to the EVO. The process took about 30 minutes with all the changes and calls to Voicemail. I then restored my Nandroid CM7, which worked but couldn't connect to Sprint. I had this before, so I knew I had to load a Sense ROM and then go to Profile (under updates) and re-activate my Profile under Sense for Sprint to connect. Now I won't go into the war story of switching to the Sense ROM (I used an original Sprint ROM which blew my Recovery (AmonRA) out of the water). But to get Sprint connected, I had to reactivate the Profile on the EVO under Sense, and then get back to my CM7 Nandroid. When finally done...Viola...no more phantom voicemail. So it works...and thanks for the post.

Weird incoming call/voicemail error

We have 8 lines on our business account from Sprint. Here is what is happening:
When Line 1 calls Line 2, the call goes through, the phone rings, and everything works like normal. When we switch it around and Line 2 calls Line 1, the phone on Line 1 never rings. Line 2 gets Line 1's voicemail. This has been going on since March. It never changes. Line 1 will never ring when Line 2 is calling it. All other phones can call Line 1 and it rings perfectly and acts like normal.
Line 1 and Line 2 are both HTC EVO's with Cyanogenmod 7 on them. They were working perfectly for two months, and then it changed. When the problem first started happening, sometimes instead of getting voicemail when calling Line 1, I would sometimes get a message that said: "This is channel 47 4".
Around the same time when this started happening, it also started with another phone on our plan. Line 3 on our plan cannot receive phone calls from one certain Verizon cell phone number. The Verizon phone is a Samsung Fascinate that is rooted. Line 3 on our plan is a Sprint HTC Hero running Cyanogenmod 7. The same thing happened here. At first the Verizon Phone calling in would here a message that said "This is channel 47 4", but now all they get is voicemail immediately.
All of the phones use Google Voice voicemail, but I tried disabling it and then they just got the Sprint voicemail immediately.
I called sprint about it but they said they need to troubleshoot it in a repair store. We do not have corporate stores in our area, and I don't trust the repair stores that are here. Last time my old Touch Pro was in to them, it came back severely damaged. Also, I don't want to risk losing the root on my phones and having them upgraded to Gingerbread which hasn't been rooted yet.
Has anyone ever heard of an issue like this, or does anyone have any idea what I should do?
Thank YOU!

I did check and make sure that in the contacts the phone was not set to forward the call to voicemail immediately.

I am on AT&T with an HTC Tilt/Kaiser and have the same issue with my step-father who has an EVO. And yet my Mother, who is on the second line on that account with another EVO, can receive them from me. Not just you. Except none of the phones have mods and we don't get the "47 4" thing.

If anyone ever has this problem, the solution for me was to completely wipe the phone, install a cm7 again, and NOT restore any backed up applications.
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UPDATED INFORMATION:
I misposted. My problem has not been fixed. All that was solved was that I can now log into my ATT voicemail myself from my own phone - prior to that, by pressing "1" to access my voicemail, I got the message: "This is channel 47-4"
Now though my voicemail seems OK on my end, people calling in still receive the message "This is channel 47-4"
I am in Los Angeles but I have found a newspaper article about a whole community in Norfolk, VA whose phones are supplied by a Time Warner subcontractor, Intrado Communications in Longmont, Colo and the panic it has caused that they were unable to reach Emergency Services on their phones.
(I have not posted enough to post a link. I cannot seem to post even the unlinked URL but here is the article title and newspaper - it was printed in several local newspapers, it's easy to find.)
Phone Service Trouble Remains
Watertown Daily Times
A quote from the article:
"Most of the time, the phone rings busy," Mrs. Michaud said. "Sometimes, it says this is channel 47-4."
Still nowhere can I find anyone who knows what is going on. And back in January, apparently even Time Warner had no idea, they fixed the cable but not the phones.
A NEW TEST: I have just deactivated Google Voice again and tested - my ATT voicemail IS reachable. My problem is gone. Unless I want to forward to Google Voice. I have searched Google and Google Voice Help up and down and have not found a reference to "channel 47-4"
But at this point - in my situation anyway - Google Voice is the culprit. Or possibly the target.
ORIGINAL POST:
I just finished spending 2 hours with ATT in 2 different tech support attempts for this same 47-4 message problem - only mine was slightly different. I fixed the problem but I can't let it go. I am curious how the same recording could be reached across different carriers, ATT and Sprint.
Blow by Blow to maybe help someone figure it out:
I have an unmodded Galaxy S2 SGH-i777
I have been using Google Voice for this and my previous 2 phones all with the same ATT Wireless account.
Today, when people called my number they got the same weird message as everyone - weird for the message and loud background noise.
"This is channel 47-4"
I called my phone from a landline and got the message.
Clicking the hook switch makes the message repeat without hanging up.
(I tried it 4 times)
Google Voice should have intercepted an unanswered call, right?
The first tech support advice:
Reboot the phone, they would send a voicemail reset signal and then I should reset my password.
(I took it upon myself to deactivate the Google Voice account first.)
When I pressed the "1" key to access ATT Voicemail and set the password, I got "Unable to perform this action contact customer service."
I then tried to access my voicemail account online and got ERROR E1018
I called tech support again and they weren't interested in the error code.
They called me back on my landline and asked me to reset my password using "1"
I held the phone up for her to hear. This time when I pressed "1" I immediately got the recording "THIS IS CHANNEL 47-4"
What I found fun is that the message freaked out the tech support. She had never heard anything like it, she said.
Here is the new oddity:
When she came back on the line she was more freaked out! There was no record of any voicemail on my line. Voicemail isn't an "option," she said, it comes with every account. She knew of no type of account without voicemail. Having no voicemail account on my number was impossible, she said.
Regardless, I popped out the battery and restarted while she sent a "reset" signal and everything is now back to normal. I enabled Google Voice and all is as it was before today.
I've searched online and there is a lot of recent 47-4 issues and a lot of good solutions only no one seems to know what the message is or how it got there. I have the added piece of information that somehow my ATT record of any voicemail account was wiped out in the system.
The same message across carriers means what? That it's in the shared data lines? Shared towers?
If someone knows what this message is and who it originates from, I'd like to know. If I find out, I'll come back here and leave an update.

Beware New SMS Scam

Several months ago, I started receiving unsolicited text messages.... this happened for several days and escalated to the point where I was getting 25-30 messages daily.... they were all from unusual, incomplete sender numbers (like sent from "3481", or "5892"). I finally responded to one of them, which said, "To stop receiving these messages, text the word "STOP" to 3481". The messages stopped coming.
When going over last month's T-Mobile bill, (which I rarely do because it's automatically debited every month), I noticed a $29. charge from "MundoMedia text services". I looked at the previous month's charges, and there it was again..... I immediately contacted T-Mobile and told them I had not subscribed to MundoMedia or any other "text service". They COULD NOT remove these past charges because they had already paid MundoMedia these monthly fees. T-Mobile explained to me that, much like computer-generated sales calls to random numbers, there are now computer-generated text messages that go out to random numbers..... And whenever someone texts back to them (even when instructed by the message to send the word "stop" back to them), you're UNKNOWINGLY signing up for this monthly service.
Bottom line, after I got the unsolicited service removed from my current month's bill, T-Mobile offered me "insurance" for $4.95 a month that would eliminate any future incidents like this again.... I'm actually considering it because I have 5-lines on my "Family Plan", so this could get costly.... one way or another (unfortunately)...
Just passing this along to our XDA community....
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damn thats just a lose lose situation its either you get constantly bombarded with texts or pay $30. Since you contacted t-mobile and unsubscribed from the service have you been receiving anymore of these texts?

This happened to me too about a year ago. I started receiving some trivia game texts from short numbers and then was charged $40 that month.
When trying to figure this out with my carrier or the little sms game company, they were all giving me "sorry sorry" I said fuh IT!
I didn't pay the $40 out of silent rage. Eventually my provider removed it from my unpaid amount...
PS: The company that was sending me this crap was called Predicto and this is the jew that started this scam.(no offense to jewish ppl here) His name is eyal yechezkell