Dont know if anyoine knows this but google talk(pc app) allows free calling to any number in canada and the usa. since everyone has a google account of course already to use android its as simple as opening gmail on your pc, then look for the tab that says talk. it opens a reg phone dialer and away you go. Not restricted to contacts, or nothing. Sorry if its already posted. I use wifi on my laptop and calls are fairly good quality, some static but its free!!
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I installed the voice pack and keyboard to my Desire and am now wondering about being able to use it offline as I have no data plan. Any help?
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Don't think it's possible as it's Google's servers which work out what you say. Happy to be proven wrong tho
Nope, for a good reason too. For instance today they enabled voice in other languages with no client download. Working the voice through the google servers allows them to do this, as well as provide other improvements at their leisure.
So I guess Google has stored on its servers somewhere millions of SMSs and emails dictated by users.
True that. It has all our sms's...
As you all know... theres a new feature in gmail that allows us to call US & Canada for free... right from our Gmail page
i'm wondering if there is an app on our android that could do that..
If only the feature didn't require a plugin i bet the webkit browser could do it. I don't know why they didn't integrate this true VOIP feature into google voice app.
If any type of phone would ever get this first, it would undoubtedly be the Android OS. Having said that creating a VOIP for phone calls on a mobile device would unveil a huge pandora's box and will officially launch the Google vs. ALL cellular carriers wars. I think it will probably be some time before we see an official app that can do that.
Who know, maybe some developers can figure out how to piggyback the Gmail-call VOIP service.
As soon as I heard about this GMail Voice I thought about how great it would be to be able to use WiFi for calling where I don't have good cell phone service but unfortunately it looks like that's not possible... yet.
Any great ideas on how to replicate this feature on mobile?
Yes, lol Google Voice IS available for Android.
Latest APK for Google voice is within the HTC Vision Rom dump
Hope this helps
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Latest APK for Google voice is within the HTC Vision Rom dump
Hope this helps
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This just works as a forwarding service though. No VOIP support.
As some of you know, you can now place FREE calls to anywhere in the US or Canada using GMail and the "voice and video chat plugin". You can also receive calls from within GMail if you have a GoogleVoice account and you set it up to forward GoogleVoice calls to "Google Chat" as well as your phone(s).
This is awesome! I can now answer calls from GMail instead of my phone. I wish the desktop GoogleTalk app did that so I wouldn't have to always keep a webbrowser page open to GMail, but that is not what this post is about...
I got to thinking: if GMail can place and receive free phone calls, why can't I do that on my phone (or any device with internet)? I downloaded every available webbrowser for Android and tried to surf to GMail, but none of them even loaded the page (???), much less the plugin.
While searching for any possible solution, I learned that the required "voice and video chat plugin" is available for Linux. This fact makes me almost positive that it is somehow possible for someone to develop an Android app that loads that plugin, logs in to GMail (spoofing a desktop browser), and displays the Pop-out dial pad capable of placing and receiving free calls!
Is anyone up to the challenge? This is huge people! FREE phone where ever there is internet. I hope someone can make this happen on Android devices, since it already works perfect on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
EDIT: Lots of info in the SIPdroid thread I found after posting this, but it still would be nice to just make an XMPPdroid app and not have to deal with connecting Jabber to SIP. If my linux PC can make free Google VOIP calls without setting up additional SIP and PBXes accounts, then my Android phone should be able to too.
Great idea! Im sure others are working on it. Im all for free calling wherever there is internet. Not sure if the cell phone carriers ate gonna like it.
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I've thought the same, currently I'm using SipDroid>pbxes>sipsorcery>sipgate>GV. Anything a bit simpler would be great. Plus when i try to hook up a friend, at least one of those sites aren't open to the public;gizmo is a simpler setup, hasnt been open since google bought it and has been sitting on it ever since. If I find anything I'll post here
this would be really nice. cell carriers are already ripping us off unnecessarily. this would give us some ways out
PBXes added support for the gtalk trunk recently and their latest sipdroid application can even set that all up for you today. In the end you'll have sipdroid->pbxes->gtalk with direct dialing.
I've been using it for a week or so now and it works better than any other solution I've tried, except for a sipdroid/android bug where a bluetooth disconnect causes the phone to reboot.
How do you remove the Google Voice Service from you Google account. It's looking like I'll have to delete my Google Account and Master Reset my phone to get rid of Google Voice, cause they don't let you remove the service from you account and it doesn't allow you to remove the physical phone from the Google Voice settings...
Has anyone found out how to close down Google Voice the way you can close down Google Buzz or Blogger?
Would really suck to have to change my entire email address just to get rid of this ****.
EDIT: Oh, so you can't remove this service. Guess it's time to start going to 100k different places and changing my email, send out mass notices, and create a brand new Google account. I can't believe this ****...
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How do you remove the Google Voice Service from you Google account. It's looking like I'll have to delete my Google Account and Master Reset my phone to get rid of Google Voice, cause they don't let you remove the service from you account and it doesn't allow you to remove the physical phone from the Google Voice settings...
Has anyone found out how to close down Google Voice the way you can close down Google Buzz or Blogger?
Would really suck to have to change my entire email address just to get rid of this ****.
EDIT: Oh, so you can't remove this service. Guess it's time to start going to 100k different places and changing my email, send out mass notices, and create a brand new Google account. I can't believe this ****...
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You don't have to use Google Voice but you do need a google account. What you can do is via a computer, change your Google Account password, then your Android will prompt you to update it. At that time you should be able to enter a new google email/password and you would be good to go.
If you are looking for a new e-mail address, you can keep your old and always forward to your new. I hope I understood your question and answered it.
Get a phone number with Skype or other VOIP service (or use your work phone). Edit your settings in Google Voice to make that number active. Removed your mobile number.
Better?
https://www.google.com/voice?pli=1#phones delete the phone number from there and deactivate the GV, what's the big deal?
You can't remove the only number on Google Voice.
I'm not paying for another number just to do this.
Already in the process of moving everything over to another email address.
I'll just get rid of the account, after I have T-Mobile change my phone number.
Why do you need to remove it? Just stop using the service....
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It had my number in it. I wanted it out. I changed my number this afternoon and moved everything over to my Live acct.
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It had my number in it. I wanted it out. I changed my number this afternoon and moved everything over to my Live acct.
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Just replace forwarding number with some other number like gizmo5 and and then log off Google voice service on your phone. that should take care of it.
Way to take the hard road and complain while doing it.
You were given some good options, not sure why you felt the need to create a thread and ignore all advice...
Let's just leave the troll alone no need to conduct an exit interview.
^ true... true.
Just tried to install Google Voice on my PH-1 with Android Pie. I got nowhere.
I am wondering if privacy setting could have anything to do with it...
If anyone can point me towards someone that has it working that may wish to provide a little tutelage I would appreciate it.
Of course I have a gmail account. But when I installed, I chose the account then I see several pages fly by and then at the bottom is has a box stating to switch accounts.
I am more than a little clueless at this time.
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Just tried to install Google Voice on my PH-1 with Android Pie. I got nowhere.
I am wondering if privacy setting could have anything to do with it...
If anyone can point me towards someone that has it working that may wish to provide a little tutelage I would appreciate it.
Of course I have a gmail account. But when I installed, I chose the account then I see several pages fly by and then at the bottom is has a box stating to switch accounts.
I am more than a little clueless at this time.
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If it helps you at all, I signed up for my Google voice number on the website before I signed into the app on my phone. From there it didn't require any other input aside from setting ringtones. I use it at my daily contact number.
It's working fine for me. Have you used Google Voice before on another phone? The basics should be the same. Once you get assigned a number that's associated with a gmail account, you should be able to go to settings in the app on the phone and set it up. The GV number and the phone number it's forwarded to are in the first part of settings.