Hey everyone!
I'm in meed for some help! I am running CM7 and the sprint VCMC does not work with it so now I'm trying to get Google voice set up. I have gone through the set up numerous times and it still will not work. I am selecting do not use Google voice to make calls. I only want it for voice mail. So it prompts me to dial the *28 number, I get 3 beeps and then it hangs up. (I believe that is normal) . So after the set up is finished, when I call my phone it does not forward the calls the my Google voicemail, it simply says the call can not be completed please try again. I have gone online and checked the settings still won't work! I have deletes the account and tried again and still the same error. I know it works, since there are many people around here that use it. I'm sure this is a user error thing. So if anyone has any insight please let me know! I could use all the help I can get!
Thanks!
I know how to fix this!
I've had this problem before and it's incredibly annoying to experience, and almost impossible to find out yourself unless someone tells you.
It's simple really. You NEED a "google voice" number. I know you THINK you have one, but you don't.
Go into your gvoice account, and then voice settings. Right at the top there is a icon that says "get google number". It's free and quick. Once you have a google voice number, you can then get voicemail to work properly.
Hope that helps.
If you already have a Voice number, then did you set up your Evo to use Google Voicemail? I believe the option is in Settings>Call.
I have had my EVO for close to 6 months now without ever having an issue. I have been running MIUI for a little over a month and never had any issues. I recently just updated to the newest build, and when i restored all my apps (one of which was google voice) i realized i stopped receiving my text messages. After researching the issue i found a ton of similar people saying that google voice was the cause of it. So i set my google voice up and tested it.. and i WAS able to get my texts but only if i use the Google Voice. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall it like 50x, and i've gone onto google.com/voice and disabled it and re-enabled it 50x. I have checked the box that says 'Allow text messages to go to this phone' or something like that, I've checked every possible setting on Google Voice.. Nothing. So i figured okay, I'll do a full factory reset back to Sense. I DID THIS, AND STILL NOTHING, so then i did a full factory reset, and didn't sign into my Google Account, still no texts. Basically it's like Google Voice has taken my phone number over and is not allowing my text messages to go through and no matter what i do to disable or uninstall it, nothing works.. I have to use google voice to get my texts.. So then i contact Sprint and i've spoken to 3 different reps who have tried everything from their end even attempting to remove google voice from their end to get my texts to go through. I've done everything but change my number. Right now i'm on sense and Another thing i realized is.. I cannot do the ## commands in the phone dialer.. Like two commands i know are ##DATA# and another is ##MSL-CODE# but when i type them in .. the phone dialer just hangs and freezes and no menu comes up. I've done almost 5 factory resets, I've tried not logging into my google account on my phone, I've uninstalled google voice from my phone and from my PC.. Sprint is telling me that they'll waive my 100 fee for the insurance phone, but since i run MIUI, the new insurance phone wont be able to be rooted and i'll be stuck with SENSE and i do not want that. DOES ANYONE, ANYONE AT ALL Have any clue what-so-ever that might be the cause or any hack or possible thing i could do to fix this, and why do you think that the ## codes are not working on my stock sense rom either? Everything else on my phone works entirely fine except receving texts through my native app and using those codes on my sense rom in the dialer. I can't receieve texts on MIUI or Sense through their native apps... the only way to get them is through Google Voice.. Please anyone! HELP ME!
Google voice did that to me, too and I had to work my ass off to get it to go away!
Finally, I went to the website and my settings and got it to stop doing text messages, and then I called the number you call to get it to stop handling my calls.
Here ya go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144674
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all that post explains is how to uninstall google voice, I have uninstalled google voice like 500x and reinstalled it 501x -- I've even done a factory reset and not logged into my google.. It's not working
pulazki said:
all that post explains is how to uninstall google voice, I have uninstalled google voice like 500x and reinstalled it 501x -- I've even done a factory reset and not logged into my google.. It's not working
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That's because the phone number is associated with Google voice, not your account, so a factory reset wouldn't help pas the number is still there
Nevermind, just ignore this post.
AFter I did this I cannot receive text messages unless they are sent to my google voice number and my google voice account is active. So I tried to deactivate it, but that doesnt do anything whatsoever. I even deleted the phone completely from google voice, but as for now, using my google voice number is the only way I can receive texts. So I end up sending texts with my sprint number and then the recipient would have to respond to my google voice number. This is not acceptable. My temper is getting the best of me and I am seriously going ballistic. Its been doing it since i used the method here, so I tried to update the radios to the latest version (don't worry I know I'm doing this right), and I did, but it did nothing to help. I have the latest amon_ra 3.11 and Im running the Anthrax test kernel plus MikG 3.0, however ive also tried AOSP roms with AOSP kernels and its the same effing deal. I've also tried updating the PRL and the Profile, but NOTHING CHANGES. Ugh, I really need the texting to work because I live in a 3G weak area so google voice is not reliable. Thank you in advance... ill answer any questions you guys have.
I haven't used Google voice, but from what I've read I hate it and it takes over your phone. If you go to the webpage for googlevoice, I know you can configure it better, or get out of it altogether. I know in the AOKP thread, someone recently posted a link to the googlevoice site for customizing. Maybe check last few pages if interested. On mobile now and its kind of a ***** to go back and look up and copy to you. Good luck.
And for vmail , I'd suggest youmail, it doesn't take over all your sh1t.
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Again, I deleted my phone from google voice. It is COMPLETELY removed from it as far as I know.
You have to go one Google voice site from the PC and change settings to get your texts to go to phone again just deleting the apk doesn't do anything cuz Google voice is a effing plague I used it once it took me almost 3 weeks to get my phone back to normal, your other option is to port your sprint # to google voice so u recieve the GV texts on your phone number I did that til I found all the settings to get rid of it
We are legion, for we are many
Again, I did do that from the online google voice via my PC.
Hey,
Yeah to fix that google voice issue you have to use the sprint google voice integration which uses your sprint number as your google voice number and it works for me, I just like it for backing up my text and sending text via 3g and wifi when I got bad cell signal.
Alright to disable GV you need to log into your google voice account as it looks you did and completely disable your phone and that will kill GV.
Now if your text still arent working there is several reasons that could be
1. you have sprint, many text and calls go missing due to "the other service provider" as they say...but yeah okay they just have an outage and dont want you to doubt their service..
2. you have low memory on your phone in which case it is closing the messenger app before it registers the message, get an app in the market called ghostly sms to prevent that!
3. I know I had some issues with radios and roms, many times they are not compatible or there is glitches which cause them to not work right . This option is a pain in the butt and takes a few minutes but It was the fastest fix to my issue. I downloaded a RUU *one that can be rooted again of course* plugged my phone in as the instructions say and ran the program. and after that of course took the necessary steps to get my root permissions again and it cleared up the issues with my phone!
If you do decide to go this route here is all the tools and info you need
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showt...-to-stock-and-S-ON-for-HTC-Evo-4G-Gingerbread
Thats my two cents and I hope you can figure it out,
I hope I helped If I did please hit the Thanks button!
Stevo
thank you guys for posting that are more familiar than I.
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Ok, Ill try the ruu, but which one is rootable?
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I RUUd, and no, no change. It seems like ill be stuck using google voice. I even called sprint and they "provisioned" my phone, but nothing changed
RUU and reprovision will not help is Google still has control of your messaging. I've never used it (because of so many stories like this that I've read), but I still would be convinced you're missing some option in Google voice. Like, go to Google voice on desktop, pull up account. Make sure everything IS coming in through Google voice, then go thru all of Google voices settings, and determine which ones to disable first (i.e. in what order).
Sorry, but it just sounds like Google voice has been disabled properly/fully. Good luck.
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Hey,
That's strange cause It can't be a phone issue if you did all that, interesting. Alright um have you tried logging into Google voice to see if it were still getting text? I would at this point send a email to Google and ask them to make sure your number is completely off the system maybe the issue is somewhere in there
Keep us updated
Stevo
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I've narrowed it down to only Tmobile numbers. I can get texts from Sprint, ATT, Verizon, just not Tmobile, which sucks because my significant other uses Tmobile... Ill take the phone itself to sprint tomorrow, but I know those bastards are just going to be like "We'll hard reset it". Here's more details to the issue, I had just gotten my phone fixed from Sprint and they gave me a refurb, so who do I text first? My significant other, being the good guy I am and I got responses, then I rooted it using the method i linked to in the OP, I then flashed AKOP and the problem started to happen, so then I figured, well it must be the radio since I did downgrade it, and did not upgrade it immediatly, so the next day when I realized i wasn't receiving texts I updated it... but that changed nothing. Idk how that helps or not, but well there you go. Also I tried syncing my phone completely to google plus, but in the setup screen on the phone within the app, whenever I say i want my sprint number to be the number I use, it gives me an error, and all I can do is press cancel... This is some mysterious stuff.
Double Post. Right now to get around this, I am stuck using my google voice number (not the sprint one) on my phone. Of course i get delayed notifications and this makes conversation really difficult, especially since i am on call...
I attatched what my settings are in Google voice right now. Notice how it says sprint integration is disabled. I cannot press the delete button because Google then gives me an error saying "You must have at least one physical phone associated with the account" or something like that
Hey,
so did you go into google voice settings and disable the number so it completely un-linked you from any account? & I have had it happen before where it decided to get text from any phone except my better half to, and it was working I was just confused. But after a few days all her text decided to come through at once and sprint says it wasnt their fault but yeah okay I dont believe that. So it was just one of those weird things I wont even question just beacause it ended up working!
stevo
I would suggest REenabling your number to Google voice (as I stated before), THEN, make sure you disable it by first disabling text notifications, THEN calls , THEN your number completely. I'm just going by crap I've read about Google voice. Wish I could help more.
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I did try to contact google, but they do not have a support service (WTF GOOGLE!) I read from the forums i posted on that there is another guy that has the same problem as I.
Is everybody else's bluetooth voice dialing just god awful?
S voice is crap, so it's frozen. Google's Bluetooth dialer is just the worst thing I've ever seen. Has anybody found out how to get Bluetooth dialing working properly?
Why in the world can't they just make Bluetooth launch voice search?
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switters1 said:
Is everybody else's bluetooth voice dialing just god awful?
S voice is crap, so it's frozen. Google's Bluetooth dialer is just the worst thing I've ever seen. Has anybody found out how to get Bluetooth dialing working properly?
Why in the world can't they just make Bluetooth launch voice search?
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Old thread, but I'll revive it because I want to talk about the same subject. I agree with the OP, and I'm surprised how badly Android/Samsung handles blutetooth voice dialing. (My last phone was an iPhone 3GS, and voice dialing worked great from day 1 back with iOS 3 or 4, whatever it originally came with.)
I frequently use bluetooth voice dialing in my car, either from a headset or speaker phone. This is a must-have feature for me.
Svoice is completely unacceptable because it requires the phone to be unlocked. If you have to mess with the phone to unlock it, then that defeats the purpose of voice dialing. I do understand that Svoice can do other things besides voice dialing, things which should be restricted by the lock screen. What I don't understand is why they don't give the users the options to enable selected features such as voice dialing while the phone is locked. But they don't, so Svoice had to go.
With Svoice uninstalled or disabled, Google Search takes over the voice dialing duties. It works ok, or at least it used to with Google Search v2.x. One thing about it that I don't like is that it wakes the phone (activates the screen) when you initiate voice dialing, so you can end up with accidental screen touches while voice dialing (if you don't have a pass code, or if it hasn't timed out yet). The screen should remain locked.
In recent versions of Google Search (starting in v3.x?), they decided to make voice dialing worse! If a person has multiple numbers, you can not directly select one, you have to wade through a stupid menu every time.
Say for example I have a contact named Tim Brown who has 3 numbers: home, work, mobile
With Google Search 2.x, you can do this:
Me: Call Jim Brown Home (or I can even just say "Call Jim Home" if I only have one Jim in my contacts)
Phone: Do you want to call Jim Brown at home? Say OK or Cancel.
Me: Ok
Phone: dials
With Google Search 3.x it ignores the location and always presents a menu:
Me: Call Jim Brown Home (the word "Home" is ignored)
Phone: Say Select 1 for Jim Brown Home, Say Select 2 for Jim Brown Work, Say Select 3 for Jim Brown Mobile, or say Cancel
Me: (If I can remember which freaking number was Home) Select 1
Phone: Do you want to call Jim Brown at home? Say OK or cancel
Me: (Yes I do, you stupid phone, I just told you so!) OK
Phone: dials
What a pain in the butt that is. Ironically, if you open Google Search by launching the app (i.e. by interacting with the screen), then it will listen to the "Home" part. It just ignores it if you are voice dialing, which is where you really need it. Does anybody from Google actually use this stuff?
My solution is this. Since my phone is rooted, I have the option of uninstalling Google Search v3.x, find v2.8 on the Internet, and install it on my phone. Then be sure to ignore any updates in the Play store. This works good enough. I can select a specific number when voice dialing, and I can voice dial while the phone is locked. It still turns on the phone screen when I voice dial, but I can live with that.
Note that I don't use Google Now, so I don't care about any new features that are included in the newer versions of Google Search. If you do use Google Now, this solution may not be acceptable to you.
If anyone else has a better solution, please share it.
Thanks
I tried using the Bluetooth Launch app to activate google voice search instead of the voice dialer, but that didn't work while the screen was locked. So for now, I'm sticking with the solution mentioned above (i.e. using google search v2.8).
I have a Nexus 6P running the latest version Android 6.0.1. However, it is very odd that I never had this issue with my Nexus 6.
I have a car that just has a simple phone button (Bluetooth) to press which makes a sound and at that point I can simply say something like "Call Tom Brady". The phone usually uses my Verizon network to call the contact without any problems. I have been noticing that for a lot of my contacts 'Google Now' is trying to call them via Google Voice. The phone literally says calling so and so via Google Voice and then never connects. I don't know if this is because these contacts have a Gmail account or what, but it is very annoying and it never ends up connecting.
I bet if I uninstall the Google Voice app everything would work, but I need it for my visual voice mail.
One thing I have already tried is in the Google Voice App settings change it to 'Do NOT use Google Voice for any calls'.
This did not fix the issue.
Is there any Google Now settings or Google Voice settings that anyone can think of that might help me here?