After recently switching to cricket from sprint (to save money) I managed to transfer all the apps I wanted to keep except for my beloved visual voicemail.
the Sprint visual voicemail did not work on cricket.
So I am wondering, does anyone have or know if there IS a VVM app for cricket?? i have the lg optimus c
Most of your prepaid carriers like Cricket and Virgin dont offer visual voicemail.
Google voice works, just choose a gv # with same area code
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Google Voice seems to think it should be possible to setup my new LG Optimus V to use it for voicemail, but when I type in the code it gives, I get a message that it's an unrecognized number. I assume this is because of the difference between Virgin Mobile and Sprint even though it's using the Sprint network? Any way to convince it to do it anyway?
EwanG said:
Google Voice seems to think it should be possible to setup my new LG Optimus V to use it for voicemail, but when I type in the code it gives, I get a message that it's an unrecognized number. I assume this is because of the difference between Virgin Mobile and Sprint even though it's using the Sprint network? Any way to convince it to do it anyway?
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just did a web search for this. it appears that google voice does not work on Virgin Mobile. Something to do with Virgin not forwarding calls to GV mail. Sucks.
also, friend just reminded me that he thought he read that sprint was blocking the use of google voice? don't know how valid that is.
Hey guys this I read through a couple of existing threads on this, but either the question was not answered or it wasn't explained correctly. maybe someone can assist me.
this is what I am doing. I will be switching from Verizon, to T-Mobile's 4G monthly prepaid plan ($70 plan) and purchasing the Nexus 4 to save a lot of money, and for other obvious reasons regarding always getting the latest android software....
My concern and confusion:
I would like to keep my existing telephone number, so I have read that I can just port over my verizon number to the T-Mobile 4G prepaid plan...this is not the issue, my concern is I would like to continue using my Google Voice service which I already have..However currently use GV on Verizon as my voicemail service which is great for VM transcripts and marking calls as SPAM.
So on one hand I read threads that say "tmobile prepaid will not let you forward calls to your GV and use it as a VM service"
then I have read this is not true, that you have to call TMO support, have them disable your TMO voicemail, then you can run GV as your new VM service with no issues
Then I have heard none of this is correct and you have to PORT over your existing number to Google Voice, and then go to Tmobile and get a new number with the 4G prepaid plan, then add this number to your Google voice ported number and you will have Google Voice as your voicemail service.....
I am so confused as to what actually is true, and what steps i should take in order to make Google Voice work ONLY as my Voicemail while Im on the Tmobile 4G prepaid plan......I hope this made sense. thanks!
In your case, it sounds like you are not using a real GV number but you are using Google Voice just for the voicemail. In that case, you can't use their voicemail service if you just ported to T-mobile 4G since call forwarding is disabled. If you want to use the full version of GV which would give you GV voicemail, you can port to GV and get a new number with T-mobile. Only do this if you want to use the GV app for texting as well. The only problem with this method is you don't get MMS and you can't use the native messaging app (unless you want to use text-forwarding which is ugly). Personally, I don't think I would switch to a full GV just for voicemail because of the hassles of using the GV app for texting.
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In your case, it sounds like you are not using a real GV number but you are using Google Voice just for the voicemail. In that case, you can't use their voicemail service if you just ported to T-mobile 4G since call forwarding is disabled. If you want to use the full version of GV which would give you GV voicemail, you can port to GV and get a new number with T-mobile. Only do this if you want to use the GV app for texting as well. The only problem with this method is you don't get MMS and you can't use the native messaging app (unless you want to use text-forwarding which is ugly). Personally, I don't think I would switch to a full GV just for voicemail because of the hassles of using the GV app for texting.
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thanks for your response! and you are correct, I am not using a real GV number, I am just using them as a voicemail service. and I can see how losing MMS is a problem as I use that feature a lot....Well I guess thats the deal breaker, PORT over completely to GV and get voicemail transcripts and the online desktop access but lose MMS and the native SMS capabilities.....OR just use Tmobiles standard VM service and hope that TMO adds call forwarding to their prepaid plan in the near future, or GV gets MMS capabilities....either way thanks for the information looks like I will just use TMO VM service for now.
Hey guys, I have been researching this a bit but I can't seem to find a clear explanation of the process. I am currently on an AT&T post-paid plan and would like to ditch AT&T and migrate to the T-Mobile $30 pre-paid plan. I currently use Google Voice for voicemail and would like to continue to do so. I have heard that because T-Mobile's pre-paid plans do not support conditional call forwarding, Google Voice will no longer be able to intercept calls and route voicemails through its service. To get around this, I was thinking of porting my AT&T number to my Google Voice account and then adding my new T-Mobile prepaid number as one of the devices GV routes calls to. GV charges 20 dollars to port, but I would be willing to do it if it means I can continue using it's voicemail features. My question is, does anyone see any problems that may arise with going this route? Basically, my gameplan looks like this: Initiate a port of my current number to Google Voice, activate T-Mobile pre-paid plan, link T-Mobile pre-paid number to Google Voice. I would then set the Google Voice app to handle all calls and texts. Did I miss anything? I know this is not related specifically to the Nexus 4 but I'd appreciate any advice anyone has to offer.
Also, how will MMS be handled if I choose do pursue this?
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Hey guys, I have been researching this a bit but I can't seem to find a clear explanation of the process. I am currently on an AT&T post-paid plan and would like to ditch AT&T and migrate to the T-Mobile $30 pre-paid plan. I currently use Google Voice for voicemail and would like to continue to do so. I have heard that because T-Mobile's pre-paid plans do not support conditional call forwarding, Google Voice will no longer be able to intercept calls and route voicemails through its service. To get around this, I was thinking of porting my AT&T number to my Google Voice account and then adding my new T-Mobile prepaid number as one of the devices GV routes calls to. GV charges 20 dollars to port, but I would be willing to do it if it means I can continue using it's voicemail features. My question is, does anyone see any problems that may arise with going this route? Basically, my gameplan looks like this: Initiate a port of my current number to Google Voice, activate T-Mobile pre-paid plan, link T-Mobile pre-paid number to Google Voice. I would then set the Google Voice app to handle all calls and texts. Did I miss anything? I know this is not related specifically to the Nexus 4 but I'd appreciate any advice anyone has to offer.
Also, how will MMS be handled if I choose do pursue this?
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This was my plan too, but MMS doesn't seem to go through using this. Doesn't get forwarded to email, and the sender doesn't get any notification. As far as voicemail, that should work if you disable tmo voicemail. But you might want to test before. Or maybe another user has advice...
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I remember calling T-Mobile a while back and they would not disable my voicemail. Because of that, it's hit or miss as to which mailbox the message will go.
Can't help with MMS...don't use it.
If I were to go with the Straight Talk $45 prepaid plan, would I encounter similar problems with voicemail? If Straight Talk supports forwarding (allowing GV to handle voicemail) I wouldn't need to port my number to GV and could basically continue with the same set up I currently have with the GV app handling voicemails and the phone handling the rest.
I did what you are suggesting, during my 3 weeks on the T-Mobile 30 plan. (I dropped it because the voice - never mind data -coverahge is too spotty in my home area.)
The calls and Google voicemail worked well. I called T-Mobile to deactivate its voicemail without any problems.
Can't comment on MMS, since I never use it.
Text messages did not showed up on the SMS clients, though I got them forwarded to my Gmail. Not sure if this had anything to do with my GVoice settings, though I didn't see any obvious culprits.
I'm using a MXPE(Obviously) with an ATT SIM from Straight Talk. I'm not sure how to enable VvM on ST but I just installed Google Voice and my voicemails aren't transferring over to the dialer. Does anybody know how this can be fixed?
the feature is only supported on Orange, Tmobile and Fi.
Im on ST ATT and my VVM with GV works just fine. What is the problem you are having?
I'm currently using GV for my voicemail. The VVM panel appears in the AOSP dialer but voicemails do not appear there, neither GV of ST. That being the case what's the point of it even being there?
Can someone comment on whether visual voicemail works outside of the T-Mobile Visual Voicemail app IF I DISABLE the T-Mobile Visual Voicemail app (using package disabler)?
I noticed the Samsung phone app has visual voicemail, is it going to work if I disable the Tmo app?
Thanks!
I figured it out after about an hour of testing.
The stock Samsung phone app's Visual Voicemail works fine, so it's perfectly safe to delete Tmo's voicemail app. BUT BUT BUT BUT BUT you have to first open Tmo's app, allow everything, and get it all set up (e.g. get past everything so that you're able to listen to an actual voicemail). Probably load one voicemail just to be safe. Then it's OK to delete the app and just rely on the Visual Voicemail and notification functionality of Samsung's stock phone app.
Turns out that's wrong and it's still a cluster****. It worked, but if you restart the phone it's broken again. If anyone figures it out please leave a reply as this thread will likely be viewed by people over the next year or so.
The Samsung ROM has visual voicemail built in, and it's specifically Tmo's visual voicemail functionality on this Tmo variant model. So it should do visual voicemail fine without the branded T-Mobile Visual Voicemail app which is so non-necessary that it even lets you uninstall it.
only v voice mail that i have is t mobile v voice mail. i don't have any other additional apps for v voice mail. Why do you want to remove t mobile version?
I'm on TMobile and I got TMobile's variant of the S8 Plus. When I press the VM button in the dialer, it just calls the VM number. What does your Samsung ROM VVM look like? Are you on TMobile's variant?
Is it possible to use the native Samsung dialer visual voicemail or not? I take it not possible like it is on ATT?