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Google Voice - Sprint Integration

This guy got invited to Google Voice integration with Sprint preview.
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Still no calls over wifi though.

Exactly what I'm waiting for. Hope they go live soon
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Hope I get an invite! I've been a GV user since it was grandcentral. The minute I saw this I added in my email.
Good to see they are starting to roll this out to a few.

Hey, this may stray a little off topic but maybe you guys can help answer a few questions for me.
The situation...
I might be relocating to the island of grenada, dominican republic for two years for school. I have google voice on my phone and was wondering if I took my shift with me, can I just put it in airplane made, turn on wifi and receive and make calls with google voice while on campus/around wifi hot spots?
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lilgrass71 said:
Hey, this may stray a little off topic but maybe you guys can help answer a few questions for me.
The situation...
I might be relocating to the island of grenada, dominican republic for two years for school. I have google voice on my phone and was wondering if I took my shift with me, can I just put it in airplane made, turn on wifi and receive and make calls with google voice while on campus/around wifi hot spots?
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No, it's not VOIP. You couldn't make calls. SMS gets sent over data though so you would still be able to text.
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Hey, this may stray a little off topic but maybe you guys can help answer a few questions for me.
The situation...
I might be relocating to the island of grenada, dominican republic for two years for school. I have google voice on my phone and was wondering if I took my shift with me, can I just put it in airplane made, turn on wifi and receive and make calls with google voice while on campus/around wifi hot spots?
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I think Skype would be the way to go.

That's awesome; I really want to get this enabled on my phone. I already use Google Voice for voicemail, but I want my Sprint number as my Google Voice number because it's the number everyone already knows for me.

So is it safe to assume that if you already have a GV number you have to forfeit it in order to port your Sprint number to GV?

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So is it safe to assume that if you already have a GV number you have to forfeit it in order to port your Sprint number to GV?
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bcellis - yes. you have 90 days to decide to switch back.

Has anyone tried contacting Sprint about getting an invite to the service? Maybe it's just a matter of talking to the right person...

That's one of the perks of working for Sprint corporate. The day after the PR about Google Voice and Sprint, a few of my team members and I received the invitation. I have to say we haven't had any issues with it up to this point.

Gvoice Number Porting - LIVE for everyone!

According to the Gvoice blog, it's live, live live.

Same error for me.

I don't even get the link to check my phone. It shows a Sprint logo though.

Noticed the prompt this morning, still not sure if I'll make the change. Kind of like the dual number juggle myself.

im getting an error too....

Hrshycro said:
According to the Gvoice blog, it's live, live live!
Except it doesn't work for me: http://i.imgur.com/J3aYl.png
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if you have any type of discount you can't do it till sprint fixes there i386 lol
inorder to do it you have to contact sprint get them to remove your discount till the google sprint kicks in then get them to reapply your discount

Yeah, I'm on the phone with Sprint right now. Went to tech support, the first guy had no idea what google voice was.....then he sent me to someone else, and now I am talking to business relations because I have a employee discount.....talk about a headache!

Hrshycro said:
According to the Gvoice blog, it's live, live live!
Except it doesn't work for me: http://i.imgur.com/J3aYl.png
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You might want to change that picture, because it's showing your sprint number boss!

CheesyNutz said:
if you have any type of discount you can't do it till sprint fixes there i386 lol
inorder to do it you have to contact sprint get them to remove your discount till the google sprint kicks in then get them to reapply your discount
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screw that, i hope they fix there system in a timely matter since i dont wanna call them for fear of having to listen to someone who has no clue wtf there talking about.

CheesyNutz said:
if you have any type of discount you can't do it till sprint fixes there i386 lol
inorder to do it you have to contact sprint get them to remove your discount till the google sprint kicks in then get them to reapply your discount
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Gahhh, screw it. I don't want to mess with sprint.
What I was planning on doing iis porting this number to another one of my gmail accounts, then I'd just use the gvoice app to keep using my current gvoice number, which I only use for texting ; I use my sprint number for calls.
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muppetman462 said:
You might want to change that picture, because it's showing your sprint number boss!
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Good point. Did it when I was running out the door...oh well, ill just block their number. Haha.
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muppetman462 said:
Yeah, I'm on the phone with Sprint right now. Went to tech support, the first guy had no idea what google voice was.....then he sent me to someone else, and now I am talking to business relations because I have a employee discount.....talk about a headache!
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yea to much of a PITA atm hope it gets worked out soon

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yea to much of a PITA atm hope it gets worked out soon
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It probably won't, since most of the people at Sprint probably don't even know what Google Voice is, let alone what color the Sprint logo is.

im still not clear on what the big deal is about this, it doesnt sound that great but thats just me i guess

I have an employee discount an ported my number to GVoice no problem last week.... Am I going to lose my discount or something?

Well, that was great, on the phone with 5 different people to find out that certain types of phones accounts will not work with this (pre-paid, nextel, corporate and government accounts). So, if you get a discount for being in the military, you can't do this.

Google should just buy Sprint and get into the market that way.

Anyone out there already use gv callback with sprint to home? That's what I currently use and wondering if there's any benefit (or drawback) to porting. ?
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muppetman462 said:
Well, that was great, on the phone with 5 different people to find out that certain types of phones accounts will not work with this (pre-paid, nextel, corporate and government accounts). So, if you get a discount for being in the military, you can't do this.
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I have a college discount on our account...
Errrg, I don't want to mess with Sprint. ;(

decalex said:
Anyone out there already use gv callback with sprint to home? That's what I currently use and wondering if there's any benefit (or drawback) to porting. ?
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If you use your Google voice as your sprint to home number it will not work any more because your sprint number will be your GV number. Your GV number will go away after 3 months once you convert.

[Q] Anyone tethering on Virgin Mobile USA?

I'm planning on ditching AT&T when my contract runs out next month, and VM's $25/mo plan for the LG Optimus V is looking pretty good. It's not a deciding factor, but I wondered if anyone's had any luck tethering the NC to the VM Android phones, or seen any other benefits that carry over.
Also, if you have any feedback on VM or the phones in general, I'd love to hear it, including the best way to give their network a spin before I dump $$ into a phone. If I buy a phone that they carry used, is it any hassle getting it activated?

I recently switched, and I'm spending less than half.
Sometimes Target puts the $60 top-up cards on sale for less than face value, which is amazing.
The aosp firmware provided by the ROM Manager only does wifi tethering. Bluetooth and USB isn't available yet.
The LG Optimus V has a Quadrant benchmark score of 500 ootb with the stock Virgin Mobile firmware. The aosp firmware is 800. Overclocking with the Cyanogen panel puts it above 1000, which is top tier.
Great phone, but lacking an ARM 7 CPU for Adobe Flash and Google Earth, and an LED notification blinky.

Good to get some feedback from someone who's put the phone through its paces
To clarify a couple of things, can you share the phone's data connection with the NC over Wi-Fi (assuming you have a NC)? Has VM squawked about it at all, or do they have a way to charge you for it?
Are you finding the aosp/CM7 ROM pretty functional? It looks like some people are having camera issues, and SMS just recently started working.
Also, do those discounted top-up cards just get credited to your account, and your $25/mo comes out of the balance? Did not know you could do that
Are you finding the aosp/CM7 ROM pretty functional? It looks like some people are having camera issues, and SMS just recently started working.

To clarify a couple of things, can you share the phone's data connection with the NC over Wi-Fi (assuming you have a NC)?
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I have a Kindle.
Has VM squawked about it at all, or do they have a way to charge you for it?
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No, but I haven't gone over the 5GB cap.
Are you finding the aosp/CM7 ROM pretty functional? It looks like some people are having camera issues, and SMS just recently started working.
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Autofocus broke after the May 23rd build, so I figure that the aosp firmware will have it fixed sometime soon. I haven't had a problem with SMS.
Also, do those discounted top-up cards just get credited to your account, and your $25/mo comes out of the balance? Did not know you could do that
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Yes. The Virgin Mobile top-up cards that are sold retail are credited to your account at face value and not taxed. You can change the draw-down option on your account at the virginmobileusa dot com web site.
Last week, my local Super Target had the $60 cards on sale for $56, and I got an extra 5% discount for using a loyalty card. Local sales tax is 8.25%, so I paid $57.58, which is less than face value. I had an "oh wow" moment at the cashier.
The real cost of Virgin Mobile service is much less than an AT&T contract. The only bad thing about the Virgin Mobile service that I've noticed is that they block call forwarding, which also breaks Google Voice.

dajhorn said:
The only bad thing about the Virgin Mobile service that I've noticed is that they block call forwarding, which also breaks Google Voice.
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D'oh! That's a good heads up, as I was strongly considering a full transition to my GV number, thinking that way I could keep a back-up prepaid on another carrier and have GV route to whichever was turned on. Does it break GV's voicemail, too? Having to call in to retrieve voicemails may be a dealbreaker.
ETA: I wonder if this is a harbinger that GV might come to VM not too far down the road: http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/google-voice-and-sprint-integration-is.html

Google voicemail integration is currently broken on Virgin Mobile phones. You'll need to check each voicemail box separately, or use the Google Voice widget instead.
In the last few weeks, Google Apps started returning a "your carrier does not support Google Voice... call them to complain" kind of message instead of a numbered error dialog.
Inbound calling through Google Voice works normally, but outbound calling is through a callback. Sprint recently got full Google Voice support, so support for the Virgin Mobile brand might be coming.

[Q] Leaving Sprint but have questions...

So i am finally leaving behind the s l o w e s t network in the US for this beauty, my concern is my number. Is it easy to move my number over? Or should i just get a new one? I hate sending out my number and telling everyone to update it, but i also heard that its a hassle to move numbers over...anyone have some info?
My second question is does Straight Talk carry micro sim cards? Like at walmart? And since I am waiting on my N4 to arrive should I get the card from there or cheaper from Amazon....

Anyone?.....

I left Sprint for Straight Talk too (because of their slow network).
I ported my Sprint number to Google Voice, & also ported a separate number to Straight Talk. Porting was easy & straight forward, & took about 48 hours to be finalized.
They have micro SIMs, but only on their website (you can get phones & service cards from Wal-Mart, but not the SIM cards). Straight Talk usually ships with in one business day, and uses FedEx.

I just moved from sprint to t-mobile. Don't cancel sprint, just move your number as part of the T-mobile activation process, then Sprint automagically gets the memo and your account gets cancelled afterwards

tatical said:
I left Sprint for Straight Talk too (because of their slow network).
I ported my Sprint number to Google Voice, & also ported a separate number to Straight Talk. Porting was easy & straight forward, & took about 48 hours to be finalized.
They have micro SIMs, but only on their website (you can get phones & service cards from Wal-Mart, but not the SIM cards). Straight Talk usually ships with in one business day, and uses FedEx.
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So I wont be able to make any calls for up to 48 hours?

Jess813 said:
So I wont be able to make any calls for up to 48 hours?
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Within the first 24 hours calls would come in to the new phone, but I couldn't make any. Text would go out, but not in. MMS didn't work.
After 48 hours, everything worked fine.
This was my experience, your milage may vary.

tatical said:
I left Sprint for Straight Talk too (because of their slow network).
I ported my Sprint number to Google Voice, & also ported a separate number to Straight Talk. Porting was easy & straight forward, & took about 48 hours to be finalized.
They have micro SIMs, but only on their website (you can get phones & service cards from Wal-Mart, but not the SIM cards). Straight Talk usually ships with in one business day, and uses FedEx.
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tatical said:
Within the first 24 hours calls would come in to the new phone, but I couldn't make any. Text would go out, but not in. MMS didn't work.
After 48 hours, everything worked fine.
This was my experience, your milage may vary.
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Ok i think i can live with that.... besides i use Gtalk a lot for communication with my peeps.
So to sum it up ..dont cancel Sprint, Call Straight Talk and advice them that I wish to port my number over.?
Also should I buy the micro SIM from them a day before i receive the phone so i can have it work, or should i just walk into a T-Mobile store after buying it from WalMart?

i ported from att to straight talk took only couple hours but they are on the same network so might be why so quick. They did say it could take up to 48 hrs

Jess813 said:
Ok i think i can live with that.... besides i use Gtalk a lot for communication with my peeps.
So to sum it up ..dont cancel Sprint, Call Straight Talk and advice them that I wish to port my number over.?
Also should I buy the micro SIM from them a day before i receive the phone so i can have it work, or should i just walk into a T-Mobile store after buying it from WalMart?
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You need the SIM card (and service card) to activate your service on their site, so order ASAP! You'll port your number over using the website (you'll see an option to port).
Oh, you may not have a signal at first. My phone showed a signal a few hours after porting.

tatical said:
You need the SIM card (and service card) to activate your service on their site, so order ASAP! You'll port your number over using the website (you'll see an option to port).
Oh, you may not have a signal at first. My phone showed a signal a few hours after porting.
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I just went to their website and they dont have a T-Mobilt compatible SIM card.... can I use the At&t one?

Jess813 said:
I just went to their website and they dont have a T-Mobilt compatible SIM card.... can I use the At&t one?
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If you want to use T-Mobile's network on straight talk, you need to choose the T-Mobile compatible phone on the screen right before the one you posted.

Jess813 said:
So i am finally leaving behind the s l o w e s t network in the US for this beauty, my concern is my number. Is it easy to move my number over? Or should i just get a new one? I hate sending out my number and telling everyone to update it, but i also heard that its a hassle to move numbers over...anyone have some info?
My second question is does Straight Talk carry micro sim cards? Like at walmart? And since I am waiting on my N4 to arrive should I get the card from there or cheaper from Amazon....
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In answer to your Walmart question. The Walmart were I live carry an activation pack that come with both a AT&T regular and micro sim.

luky7evens said:
In answer to your Walmart question. The Walmart were I live carry an activation pack that come with both a AT&T regular and micro sim.
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Oh! Thats good to know! Maybe i need to head out to my local Walmart and see if they have them there. Thanks!

I recommend the Google Voice option as well, that way it'll then be your number forever, no further porting needed, you don't have to pay for a separate text plan if you don't want/need to (although a lot of plans toss that in for free or a bundle of 'em these days...like I'm old or something ), it gives you the ability to block numbers/screen callers/set up lots of voicemail options for different people and groups, etc etc etc, just look at the service.
The Android app is pretty bare bones, but functional. Get the Google Voice app for your Chrome desktop browser, you can send/receive texts from your browser and you don't need to have any other fancy apps that do the same thing. My 2 cents, anyway.

Joshmccullough said:
I recommend the Google Voice option as well, that way it'll then be your number forever, no further porting needed, you don't have to pay for a separate text plan if you don't want/need to (although a lot of plans toss that in for free or a bundle of 'em these days...like I'm old or something ), it gives you the ability to block numbers/screen callers/set up lots of voicemail options for different people and groups, etc etc etc, just look at the service.
The Android app is pretty bare bones, but functional. Get the Google Voice app for your Chrome desktop browser, you can send/receive texts from your browser and you don't need to have any other fancy apps that do the same thing. My 2 cents, anyway.
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Good idea but what about mms?
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Jess813 said:
Good idea but what about mms?
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I ported my number to Google Voice to leave Sprint. I was worried about losing MMS, but then I recieved an MMS in GV! I don't know when this change occured, but now you get a GV sms saying "MMS recieved" then your Gmail account gets an email with the picture in it. So it isn't completely integrated into the GV app or website, but close enough for me.

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Good idea but what about mms?
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I I use Google Voice too. GV can get MMS messages, but I can't send them through the Google Voice app. The MMS pics usually arrive through email. I tried replying through email, but it hasn't worked out. But you can still send pics through the phone's default messaging app.

[Q] Quetions: Brand new to ST and Smart phones

For the last 7 years I have been a vzw customer on a dump flip phone. Ive had two terrible LG models, but the plan was cheap as I was tied on a family share plan and as a college student I didnt want to pay more. Frequency of travel for work has shown me smartphones are useful for connectivity, and with pre paid plans I the cost isnt as high as it would have been on vzw.
Enter the Nexus 4 and my stepping into the smart phone world. Ive been reading up on it and the android ecosystem from about the time the Nexus was sold out. Once it was available I placed and order and now have it in hand. Ive decided on ST with ATT towers, the sim is being delivered today.
My questions begin with activating and porting. If I want to keep my vzw number, what do I have to do with vzw? Do I have to remove that phone and number from the current family share account? Is it something that takes time or needs the account owner? My other thought was to activate the ST sim and get a new number, then use Google Voice to port the old number in the coming days or weeks and have both numbers ring to the new Nexus. Id have to pay 20$, but now I have two numbers and what ever other features GV has to offer. What should I do?

During the activation process you can port your VZW number. As long as your current number is still active on VZW, it should port just fine. Doing this will automatically cancel your number on VZW so if your contract is not up, you will be charged a ETF.
Also, if you want you can activate with a new number and port your number later. Porting to GV is fine but just be aware you can't do MMS or Group Messaging with GV.

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For the last 7 years I have been a vzw customer on a dump flip phone.
Funny, I just started looking at the Nexus 4 yesterday for the same exact reason.
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You should port your old number if you still wish to use it. Call customer service to inform them and make the changes from there. Call Verizon to let them know you're leaving and then after that call your new carrier to make the switch.
On another note, when someone makes a major leap from a flip phone to the most advanced smartphone on the market, it will bring many challenges as you head into unfamiliar territory.
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You should port your old number if you still wish to use it. Call customer service to inform them and make the changes from there. Call Verizon to let them know you're leaving and then after that call your new carrier to make the switch.
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To clarify, when you said; call customer service to inform them and make changes from there. Is that the ST customer service or VZW customer service? Then call VZW and ST?
I dont have to worry about an etf, the family share plan is no longer on a 2yr contract and is currently month to month.

Call Verizon first to let them know then call straight talk. Sorry if I was not clear on that.
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