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Google Voice usage

Picked up an IO phone, and since we cannot activate the Evo on our Sprint lines yet, I am starting to use my google number for my main number. Figure good time to switch.
Dialing in and out is fine so far. I like that I can control who rings through to what phone etc.
I am not sure I am a fan of how it handles text. Seems like all SMS go into gvoice, AND into handcent, but handcent comes from some 406 number.
Anyone find a way to work around this? Of a way to make texting work more like it does if they text your phone?

Disable Google Voice (on the website) from texting the #, and just use the Google Voice app for SMS w/ the GVoice #.

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Just recently came up with a somewhat unexpected use for Google Voice: I programmed Google voice number into building's intercom system. Now when somebody tries to get into the building and dials my apartment, all my phones ring. Especially convenient, if you need to talk to UPS guy when you're at work.

Yeah, go to the website and disable SMS to your cell phone and just use the google voice application for texts.

sergey.povzner said:
[off topic, but still maybe useful]
Just recently came up with a somewhat unexpected use for Google Voice: I programmed Google voice number into building's intercom system. Now when somebody tries to get into the building and dials my apartment, all my phones ring. Especially convenient, if you need to talk to UPS guy when you at work.
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Cool!
I do something similar at work.
I have my GV calls forwarded to my office desk number and my cell phone at the same time. This way I have the option to answer using my desk number or my cell phone.

Bah, this does not seem like a good solution.
Handcent, Chomp, etc, have a great popup that I really like. Going through google voice app all the time isn't as handy.
I was also a little surprised that I am not able to send or receive mms at all through google voice. So any pictures / links have to be sent directly to my phone.

sergey.povzner said:
[off topic, but still maybe useful]
Just recently came up with a somewhat unexpected use for Google Voice: I programmed Google voice number into building's intercom system. Now when somebody tries to get into the building and dials my apartment, all my phones ring. Especially convenient, if you need to talk to UPS guy when you're at work.
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I've been doing this for years. Never occurred to me to tell anyone else about it. Thanks.

sergey.povzner said:
[off topic, but still maybe useful]
Just recently came up with a somewhat unexpected use for Google Voice: I programmed Google voice number into building's intercom system. Now when somebody tries to get into the building and dials my apartment, all my phones ring. Especially convenient, if you need to talk to UPS guy when you're at work.
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Also very handy if you have roomates.

I use both Handcent and the Google Voice app. I add the 406 number to the contact then I know who I am messaging, and if I delete the message I can still message them from Handcent. I emailed the email for the Google Voice app to see if they would be able to add a quick reply somehow within the app. We shall see how that goes.....

fireboy6275 said:
I use both Handcent and the Google Voice app. I add the 406 number to the contact then I know who I am messaging, and if I delete the message I can still message them from Handcent. I emailed the email for the Google Voice app to see if they would be able to add a quick reply somehow within the app. We shall see how that goes.....
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This won't always work as the number changes depending on when the message is sent.
As for setting it up to not send SMS to my phone, I tried that and it didn't work. You have one of two options if you're in my situation. Tell the GV app to not notify you of anything, essentially making it useless. Or have Handcent block the number that GV sends you texts from. You have to block a new one whenever it shows a new number but it works decently that way. I'm just stuck with getting two messages until friday lol

I am with you. The whole txt message thing is why I'll probably never use google voice for much else besides maybe a call forward.

chuckhriczko said:
This won't always work as the number changes depending on when the message is sent.
As for setting it up to not send SMS to my phone, I tried that and it didn't work. You have one of two options if you're in my situation. Tell the GV app to not notify you of anything, essentially making it useless. Or have Handcent block the number that GV sends you texts from. You have to block a new one whenever it shows a new number but it works decently that way. I'm just stuck with getting two messages until friday lol
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You either have to choose - use the GV app or use Handcent or whatever other SMS proggie you like. If you use the GV app, turn off SMS forwarding and all texts are handled within the GV app itself, no charges for texts with your carrier, and there is no need to deal with 406 numbers because the app is all integrated with your contacts.
If you need to use an SMS proggie, then of course you'll have to forward text to your GV account as SMS' and the benefit of GV is lowered.

Google Voice as voicemail crippled?

I haven't been able to get Google Voice to function as voicemail on the Aria, either by using the in-phone command, the call commands specified by the website, or the bootleg "type in the number" method that I used to get it working with my G1. There are actually commands missing from the call settings menu (the additional GSM call settings): principally the "call forwarding" commands. AT&T meddling, or am I missing something?

klyon said:
I haven't been able to get Google Voice to function as voicemail on the Aria, either by using the in-phone command, the call commands specified by the website, or the bootleg "type in the number" method that I used to get it working with my G1. There are actually commands missing from the call settings menu (the additional GSM call settings): principally the "call forwarding" commands. AT&T meddling, or am I missing something?
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I have had no problem using GV as my voice mail and forwarded number as well.
Made sure i set it up on the website first then ran GV and set it up following the prompts. Skipping the step where i tried to change the voice mail settings automatiically. Use the settings option on the website to give me the # 004 # etc.. code which set up the forwarding without much problems.

When I go to Menu > Settings > Call > .., at the very bottom I see call forwarding, Call barring settings, Additional Settings, etc.
As for Google Voice, I don't believe you need to change anything using the settings within the Aria. For me, anyway, I left my voicemail settings intact on the Aria, and my calls still get directed to Google Voice (I figure by keeping the carrier voicemail settings, it'll default to that if Google Voice fails). So if you changed the voicemail settings ON the Aria (via Menu > Settings > Call > ..) then change them back to the AT&T settings?

Don't have the phone with me now, but when I tried the *004 etc# thing it returned some kind of incorrect code error message. I'll try it again tomorrow. I'm just glad to hear that's it working for someone.

Works for me using *004*.... method.

It failed for me thru the Google Voice App, but worked when I activated via the Google Voice website...make sure you type it in exactly as they tell you to on the website.

I did it a couple of times, and very carefully; got the same error message each time. So I don't know what's going on. I'll try it again tomorrow (it's not my phone). I do like the phone, however. It's a lot snappier than my G1 and I like the size. I don't think I'd miss the extra cpu or screen size of the nexus and I can get it for almost nothing; I'm thinking about it. But then there's that Legend...

I did it a couple of times, and very carefully; got the same error message each time. So I don't know what's going on. I'll try it again tomorrow (it's not my phone). I do like the phone, however. It's a lot snappier than my G1 and I like the size. I don't think I'd miss the extra cpu or screen size of the nexus and I can get it for almost nothing; I'm thinking about it. But then there's that Legend...

Hmmm... well, Google Voice began working immediately for me on my non-rooted Aria, after I installed GV and did the set-up (coming from a Nexus). It sometimes has trouble deleting messages from voicemail, but that's about it. I didn't touch anything, and GV was one of the first apps I installed.

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Hmmm... well, Google Voice began working immediately for me on my non-rooted Aria, after I installed GV and did the set-up (coming from a Nexus). It sometimes has trouble deleting messages from voicemail, but that's about it. I didn't touch anything, and GV was one of the first apps I installed.
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Calling out to Google Voice voice mail may not work correctly if you rooted and used fluffy's original app sideloading procedure, which has since been fixed. There was an 'android_id' problem with the original method. I think non-rooted users should be okay.
Unfortunately, they only way I know of to correct the android_id problem is to wipe data (restore factory settings) and start fresh, and then use the new sideloading patch. This uses your existing settings and not someone else's.
When I did that, at least all off my downloads showed up in android market so all I had to do was redownload and install them. It saved a lot of searching for the apps I had downloaded previously.

The HTC dialer can be quirky somethings. I would try *004*+12223334444# where that is the GV number, the plus may help I am not sure though.
If that doesn't work call 611 and have them forward unanswered and rejected calls to you GV number. They can set the option on there end since it isn't phone dependent, but rather dependent on the network.

I did a wipe and reinstalled, used the new sideloading method and still cannot get GV to work. Getting a MMI error code.. Tried adding the + in as well, no luck.

I have now tried everything mentioned. Any attempt to dial the google code, with or without the "+", returns: Connection problem or invalid MMI code.
Any attempt to change the call forwarding numbers returns: "Unexpected response from network."
I'm glad it's working for everyone (nearly) else, but it just isn't here. I talked to an att rep; they didn't have a clue. I suppose I'll have to try another one...

Okay, I finally found a tech at att who could sort it out. And while he was doing so -- it took a while -- he admitted he himself didn't know what network quirk made it not work the way it should in my case.
So for anyone else with this unexplainable, network problem: persevere until they bump you up to a serious tech.

klyon said:
Okay, I finally found a tech at att who could sort it out. And while he was doing so -- it took a while -- he admitted he himself didn't know what network quirk made it not work the way it should in my case.
So for anyone else with this unexplainable, network problem: persevere until they bump you up to a serious tech.
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Glad to hear you got it worked out, was it on their side or did you have to do something to the phone?

Why are some of you guys sideloading GV? It's in the market. Install it from there.

I don't think it is that we are sideloading it, it was the original sideloading "fix" that was posted may have had something to do with the GV issue, at least that was the hope for me, but I still cannot get it to work.

bobj said:
Glad to hear you got it worked out, was it on their side or did you have to do something to the phone?
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It was completely on their side. And they couldn't even explain why it wasn't working the way it should.

I just called AT&T because my regular VM wasn't working, callers were getting a fast tone busy when I was on the line, also call forwarding wasn't working. They tinkered around a bit, turns out my VM number was in only one place where it is supposed to be in two, so it was a programming error. Once that was fixed I tried GV again and was able to set it up using the *004* method and it does now work! Hope this helps others...

Call blocking software

Ok, I used to have an app installed on my phone that not only would block calls that i chose (by number) but it gave me the option for an error message to be played for the caller. I had it set to say "your call cannot be completed as dialed, please check the number and dial again." Now I cannot find this app, does anyone know what it is? Please help, thanks.
Jason

Not the app you're looking for, but I use aFirewall and it blocks calls. It just sends them to Voice mail, but if you have Google Voice you can set it up to send them to a really obnoxious voice mail message.

Yea, I had that, but the app I had before literally made the caller think your number had been disconnected. It was sweet.

cm6 rc2 has a blacklist in call settings, works just fine.

icon57 said:
cm6 rc2 has a blacklist in call settings, works just fine.
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Yes, this works also, but it doesn't redirect to voicemail. It just outright end the call.

back to my main question, blacklisting is not the thing wanted, it is the message played to the caller, "your call cannot be completed as dialed, please check the number and dial again.
I had an app that allowed the user to chose the message the caller hears, another option was the...beep...beep...beep...beep tone.
It was sweet.

I would be interested in finding the name of this app... I'll keep an eye on this thread.

Done tonnes of searching and can't find what you mean.
If you do find it please send me a PM, sounds class

Michigan Jason said:
back to my main question, blacklisting is not the thing wanted, it is the message played to the caller, "your call cannot be completed as dialed, please check the number and dial again.
I had an app that allowed the user to chose the message the caller hears, another option was the...beep...beep...beep...beep tone.
It was sweet.
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I'm pretty sure Google Voice does this, When I was reading the GV FAQ awhile back I remember thinking what a really cool function of GV it was. On the downside I believe GV has to be your primary number though, not positive, you might wanna check it out.

productofusa said:
I'm pretty sure Google Voice does this, When I was reading the GV FAQ awhile back I remember thinking what a really cool function of GV it was. On the downside I believe GV has to be your primary number though, not positive, you might wanna check it out.
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Google voice does let you set a specific number to get a disconnected message.
It does require for you to use google voice as your voicemail, but it does not need to replace your current number.
i've used this feature and it is quite effective. for maximum effect just set the option within your phone book to send the caller directly to voicemail.
your phone will not even ring.

Easybusy
I think you talking about easybusy. I use it and have my phone set to forward calls to a fake number like 555-555-5555. One problem, I'm currently testing the new energy rom and now my easybusy software will not work.

Google Voicemail problem

I use Google Voice for my voicemail. I have a colleague who does the same, with her Blackberry. We both are on Sprint.
Our calls aren't going to voicemail. I went into Google Voice on my desktop and see that my last voicemail was 12-23. I had my phone with me over the holidays and was on vacation for a week, so not getting a voicemail didn't really stand out.
When I try today, I get this message "We could not complete your call. Please try again."
Any ideas on where I can look before I give them a call? I am running Ultimate Droid and was sure if they would ask questions about my phone being rooted or instruct me to go to certain menus that may or may not be different.
I could get her to call later tonight if it is a Sprint thing but wanted to see if one of you smart folks might have a quick answer.
Thanks.

I also run UD2.5 and I have no problems using Google Voice as my voicemail provider. So you can probably rule out Sprint as being the problem.
You do need to make sure that Google Voice is set as your voicemail provider. Go into settings > Call Settings > Voicemail Service.
It should say Google Voice there. If it says My Carrier. That may be your problem.
If that says Google Voice, then you know you are least half way there. On your computer, log in to your google voice account, and click on settings in the top right corner. It should show your cell phone number as a forwarding number. Then to the right, it should say "deactivate Google Voicemail on this phone?"
If it says "Active Google voicemail on this phone?", then you haven't activated it yet. Click the hyperlink and it should give you a short code to dial on your phone to set up Gvoice as your VM provider.
If it says "deactivate" and you still aren't getting it to leave VM's. Then try clicking "deactivate", then activate again. It should walk you through the set up again.
Last but not least, you can check to see if it is initialized as your voicemail by calling your own cell phone number from your own phone. Gvoice should recognize this and take you into your Gvoice mailbox.
I hope at least one of those steps works. If not, you can try to PM me with your results, I don't know how much more I could help, but I don't mind if you do.

I really appreciate the help but no luck. Everything is showing like it is working but calls are still not going to google voice.
My GVoice Inbox is still showing all of my old messages (been using gvoice for about a year with no problems). Call Settings menu is showing google voice as the carrier.
The Voice app is working fine. I did go in and force stop it and cleared data to see if it would help. Doing that kicked me back through the setup process that I had already went through a few times.
I'm really hoping for an "Ah-ah" moment that makes me feel like an idiot...
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J_Bone said:
I really appreciate the help but no luck. Everything is showing like it is working but calls are still not going to google voice.
My GVoice Inbox is still showing all of my old messages (been using gvoice for about a year with no problems). Call Settings menu is showing google voice as the carrier.
The Voice app is working fine. I did go in and force stop it and cleared data to see if it would help. Doing that kicked me back through the setup process that I had already went through a few times.
I'm really hoping for an "Ah-ah" moment that makes me feel like an idiot...
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Did you actually try dialing the *28 followed by your google number just to reactivate conditional call forwarding?
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I will try that. It did give me a link to call during the activation that began with *28 but the rest of the number was not my google number.
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Still no luck. Had my hopes up on that one.
I still get Sprint voicemail when I call myself and I get 'Call can not be completed as dialed' when I call from my wife's phone.
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That's weird, so you did try it WITH your google number? I'm not sure why it would give you a different number. You also logged into google voice with the proper gmail address? If you go to settings in google voice does it show the proper phone numbers? Under "this phones number" is your cell number and under google number you see your actual google number? This is a really weird situation.
You can call Sprint and have them completely disable voicemail on your account but I don't think that will actually help.
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I did. I am not having much luck with Google this week. Can't purchase Root Explorer because Google checkout says my zip code is bad (apparently a known issue that only effects some merchants with some customers).
Anyway. When you call your google number from a different phone what SHOULD it do? From my wife's phone, it goes straight to my Inbox. That sound right? I have only used gvoice for voicemail and not a number I use for any calls, in or out.
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It will only go right to the inbox if you have it set up that way. Of course calling your google number should go to Your inbox not your wifes, unless her account is the one it is associated with. Basically when somebody calls your google number it will ring whatever phones you have it set to forward to. If you have forwarding off then it will go straight to voicemail. If indeed calling your google number goes to your wifes inbox then her gmail address is the one associated with that account. Thus you will have to go into google voice app and log out with your gmail and log in with hers. If you need more help I can be found on yahoo chat under ifly4vamerica, might be easier to help you through this issue.

Its got to be something stupid.... Probably you didnt set something up right. I have 2 google voice numbers one for business.. and one for my voicemail...
I have Never had a problem unless I didn't
1. *28 google voice number ( have to do this after flashing anything or restoring anything)
2. Did not refresh the gv app on my phone. ( after flashing or restoring)
3. Make sure you gmail accts are synced... that way you will get a transcript of the vmail and a link to audio
Its gotta be a miss step somewhere.
I have no probs as long as i do all these things. I flash crap on my phone all the time.
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I have tried to start over a few times and each time I click Activate in the Settings menu it gives me a two step process: 1) Type this number from your cell phone *28{followed by a number that is NOT my Google number}. 2) Press Send.
This doesn't work. So I hit *38 to try and clear it back out (just in case).
I also get directed to that same *28 number when I go through the Call Settings>Voicemail>Voicemail Settings menu on my phone. It refers to it as a carrier configuration. I have GV selected as the carrier in the menu above.
I have also tried to use my Google number after the *28, which is apparently what you are supposed to do and yet again it doesn't work.
When you guys click activate on the GV Menu page does it suggest *28 with your g-number or something different?
What is really bugging me about this crap is that I have been using GV on multiple phones for more than a year (on the EVO since Aug) with no hiccups and it "breaks" out of the blue when I made no other changes to my phone or service.
I did try Sprint last night and the rep there said he fixed it but when I got off the phone and tested it, same result and I decided to go to bed as I value my TV and I was about to throw my phone through it. Gonna try and see if a different rep know more.
Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Update
Still a little confused here but now have it working. Still interested in the 'Why' side of things in case it were to happen again. Was on with a Sprint rep, for over an hour, who seemed to know his stuff and was a GV user himself.
My tries last night were from home where I use an Airrave (older model) for coverage. My tries this morning while talking to him were from my office where the signal is bad. On a couple of occasions I got connected to Verizon. There wasn't a roaming icon on my phone. Maybe Ultimate Droid doesn't show the icon? Not sure there.
He felt like the issue was connecting with Sprint and said that while the Airrave SHOULD work it could still be part of the problem. We finally stopped and he recommended I go to a Service Center, where we would be guaranteed to have good coverage and try again.
After we hung up, I downloaded the Stock 3.70 Rom and wiped everything (data x 3, cache and davlik) and flashed the new stock Rom. I wasn't expecting much as it smelled like a system thing with forwarding calls from Sprint to Google.
In Menu>Settings>Call>Voicemail Service I noticed I no longer had the option to choose Google Voice. I downloaded the GV app. I then went outside, stood on one leg with my socks off and my shirt unbuttoned to make sure I had a good signal, and followed the app's suggested setup, which included the *28 with the number that is NOT my GV number. Now it works.
Should I be worried about restoring my nand backup I did before the wipe? I'm thinking no but I also didn't think the reflash of the Stock would work. I am guessing the unawared roaming was prbly the biggest culprit.
Sorry for the length. Just trying to get all in here in case someone else has a similar issue.

[Q] Google Voice voicemail issues on LG G2

Google Voice not working from G2 call logs. Anyone else notice this? It shows I have a voice-mail in the phone's call logs but it won't play. Hitting the log does nothing. Can go into GV and hear the message so that seems to be working but it doesn't work like my Gnexus did. Anyone have thoughts or a fix for this?

It's not working right for me either. I kept hoping I would find a setting somewhere but I haven't yet.

Yep. I'm seeing problems too. Sometimes phone rings on an incoming GV number call but most of the time not. This is potentially a deal breaker. I only use GV. Any solutions greatly appreciated!
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Try an older version. I wish i could comment on if this works, but i can't get my phone to access google voicemail settings. I recently resubmitted my resume online and i've had 5 calls come in this past weekend on my phone. None have not rung.

Darkestred said:
Try an older version. I wish i could comment on if this works, but i can't get my phone to access google voicemail settings. I recently resubmitted my resume online and i've had 5 calls come in this past weekend on my phone. None have not rung.
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You can manually set it up through your Google voice acct. Online. It will give u the code to set forwarding and everything ...

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You can manually set it up through your Google voice acct. Online. It will give u the code to set forwarding and everything ...
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Ok. Did that. I tried it a few times today. Rang no problem. I do not get any indication in the recent history of a voice mail but i can swipe notification bar and click on the vm and it opens in voice. Will mess around some more.

My phone rings and it shows in the recent calls notification list. It just won't play the message from that list. I have to open the voice app to listen to the message. I just wish it was more like my Galaxy Nexus but this is probably due to LGs Android tweaks.

I never even look for VM in call log, just quicker, and easier for me to click the notification ....
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I reverted to an older version of 0.4.2.54 frin 0.4.2.82 and still am having issues with ringing on an incoming call to my GV number It will ring about 5 our of 7 or so times, but when it doesn't ring, there is no notification of a missed call, not even from GV. I have to go to the Missed call folder on GV to discover the missed call. If someone does leave a message, I do get my notification of the voice message.
This reminds me of the problems I had on my old Droid X with GV and the stock VZ Motorola ROM on that phone. My last phone a Gnex running stock AOSP never had an issue with GV. I suspect that this has something to do with LG's phone/dialer app interacting with GV....
I am also running lightflow for notification, but that shouldn't have any impact on just having the damn phone ring on an incoming call.

Update.
I allowed the OTA and changed Lightflow to not run in the foreground and since haven't had further problems with GV ringing phone on incoming calls?
Not sure what fixed it.
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I have a similar problem, i can't make calls to certain numbers with gv. Nothing seems to fix it. It's definitely the g2, i switched my sim back to my nexus and gv works fine.

I was having the same issue. I deactivated it and activated it, and that seemed to solve the issue. On at&t you dial ##004# and hit send to deactivate it. To reactivate you dial **004*1(your gv number)# without the parenthesis and hit send.