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So I've been researching how deaf and hearing impaired people use Android phones to make communication easier and, in this process, I've been checking on which carriers offer special plans for such users.
Apparently Sprint has a $29.99 a month plan that is data only, and unlimited data at that.
http://www.sprintrelaystore.com/data_only_plan.htm
Yes, it's intended for users who will be using their Relay service (to make voice calls by typing text etc.) But they don't restrict it to such purposes.
Interesting.
You can get a Moment or Hero on such a plan if you open a new line. Just thought I'd throw this out there and see what everyone thinks of it. Maybe some of our Sprint employees can explain more of how this plan works to us?
What would you do to make voice calls...exactly?
wirelessness said:
What would you do to make voice calls...exactly?
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In theory, this might be refuted, you could use Google Voice.
It's funny I was chatting with sprint about this exact same. thing last night. If I could just figure out how to receive calls I will switch to this in a heartbeat. We only use about 400 of the 1500 minutes. And still pay for all of them it seems wasteful.
You could go to voicestick.com and buy their $2.99/month pay-as-you-go minutes plan and set that account up with SIPDroid (or any SIP client really). I have the normal Everything data plan, but I also use that plan because I have that for my home phone.
If you use pbxes.org you can get a nice setup with a ring group, and the same number can ring your home phone, your cell phone (via the SIP client), and any number of things.
If anyone's interested, let me know once you have the right accounts and I'll help you with the setup.
would skype work over the data connection?
Or is it the same as google voice where a voice call is still required?
Last i tried skype it was beta for android and it worked loke gvoice, not voip for us yet.
I'm pretty tied to GV and it requires a voice line. Would me nice to use SIP/VOIP if possible though.
skype-to-skype calling works with Fring, and it also has a SIP plugin, although I haven't tried it.
I read on another forum that some people get cheaper featurephones with cheap voice only plans and then get something like an SRDO plan with an Android handset.
Apparently they like separating out the functions... weird to me.
[Accidental double post. Sorry.]
GVoice forwards to Gizmo which can be setup as a the SIP provider in SIPDroid. The Guava project has something like this setup, I don't know much about it beyond its intent. I use SIP/Gizmo as a landline replacement at home via a GVoice number and it works beautifully. My tests with SIP on 3G/2G were less impressive, I don't think it's a "prime time" solution just yet.
In theory this is where cells will go eventually, a data connection and nothing more, no per-minute or per-transaction services, it will be more like an ISP. Data, text, chat, voice, apps, etc, will be delivered on the same pipe. We're practically there now. Add tethering to the mix and this could be the ONLY data pipe you need.
I have use the whole GV + Sipsorcery + sipdroid setup because I don't get reception at my house, so my I use my hero for wifi calls while at home. Most of the time, no one notices the difference. But I think it depends on how many people are using the internet in my area because sometimes there is a delay on the line, but a lot of other times there isn't. For some reason, it actually works better for me when I am using evdo instead of wifi. All of my friends have told me that I sound better while using sipdroid vs the sprint network. Kind of weird.
To that end, my friend brought his t-mobile android over. He is on their data only plan and since he lives in downtown St. Louis the he always has a data connection. So his bill is SUPER cheap by doing all of this and he is raving about it. He never turns his wifi on and uses the same setup as me. He claims he never has any problems, the only drawback being his battery drains faster now.
I wouldn't tell people to just start doing this though because I still encounter problems. Such as I my phone will only ring once and sometimes not at all. It is being routed through three services and like I said, there is a delay sometimes. But then again, sometimes I will go a whole week with it working PERFECTLY.
Maybe someone here might have some advice the proper setup to make this more stable for me. Otherwise I am going to pursue that airave device.
I'll point out again that Sprint's primary purpose in having the SRDO plans is for deaf or hearing impaired users who don't need voice service.
However, it is an interesting idea for those of us who like to tinker, too (=
afazel said:
You could go to voicestick.com and buy their $2.99/month pay-as-you-go minutes plan and set that account up with SIPDroid (or any SIP client really). I have the normal Everything data plan, but I also use that plan because I have that for my home phone.
If you use pbxes.org you can get a nice setup with a ring group, and the same number can ring your home phone, your cell phone (via the SIP client), and any number of things.
If anyone's interested, let me know once you have the right accounts and I'll help you with the setup.
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gomorrah said:
In theory, this might be refuted, you could use Google Voice.
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False. Google Voice does not include the capability--technologically or otherwise--to carry voice calls over either data or voice bands (...yet; i say "yet" because it seems only natural that a tech-conglomerate like Google might go this route in the future. They've annouced no such plans)
You could use Skype/Fring.
So, in theory:
I could open a new line with this on my old Diamond for ICS only?
I'm reviving an ancient thread here, but, as @flexgrip alluded to above, if you can get a gizmo5 account and a sipsorcery account, someone on a data-only plan can have 100% free voip using your Google Voice number.
You just need to forward your GV calls to gizmo5. Gizmo charges for outgoing calls, but what you can do is setup a sipsorcery account, and route your incoming calls from gizmo (free), but use google voice for your outgoing calls (also free). Now you just use your sipsorcery account as the sip provider in sipdroid. People you call will see your GV # as caller ID, and, of course, calls people place to your Google Voice number will be routed to you.
Gizmo5 accounts (no longer accepting new registrations) can be bought for less than $10 on ebay. Sipsorcery wasn't (temporarily) taking new registrations either the last I checked, but I'm guessing these can be had if you look in the right place as well.
Sipsorcery can have a bit of a learning curve, but there are ready-made tutorials on setting up gizmo5 + GV in sipsorcery online. It's a one-time setup.
Why do you need sipsorcery? It worked with just gv and gizmo5 last time I used it, right before google bought it. Did the change something up?
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aven_soulgazer said:
Why do you need sipsorcery? It worked with just gv and gizmo5 last time I used it, right before google bought it. Did the change something up?
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Gizmo charges for outgoing calls, and plus they've disabled the service they used to have that lets you show a custom number (like your GV #) as your outgoing caller ID.
So unless you want to use voice minutes or go on the web for outgoing calls . . .
Sipsorcery allows you to create a singular sip account that receives the incoming GV>gizmo forward, while making outgoing calls directly from Google Voice (which, of course, is free and posts the same number for caller ID).
Unless there's a new way I'm not aware of, this was what I learned when I was obsessed with finding the cheapest way to make data calls a while back.
And also what is the point of doing it and paying 20 dollar?
sent from My HTC Evo,hoe!
JUST2SUAVE said:
And also what is the point of doing it and paying 20 dollar?
sent from My HTC Evo,hoe!
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Its in case you want to save your cell number you have had for a long time. I haven't ported my number to Google, but I >DID< change my google number when I moved to a totally different state and wanted a new number... it cost me 15 or 20 bucks and was well worth it. I dont give out any number but my Google number and I freaking love it.
Yes, I did and began to experience this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=956753&highlight=cricket
Sprint DID cancel my account even though I begged them not to. I then signed up for service again (new 2 year contract) to test google voice on Sprint.
Needless to say I canceled the new contract sold the evo on ebay and just got an atrix. Too bad because I loved that phone.
There is no lag on ATT or T Mobile
I do not recommend Sprint w/ google voice under any circumstance.
From Wikipedia:
Features of Google Voice, many retained from GrandCentral, include:
A single Google forwarding number to all of the user's phones
Unlimited free calls and SMS within the US and Canada, up to three hours in individual length.
Calling international phone numbers with rates starting at US$0.02 per minute
Call screening. Announcement of callers based on their number or by an automated identification request for blocked numbers
Listening in on someone's recording of a voice message before taking a call (press 2 while answering, * to "pick up")
Blocking calls from specified numbers
Send, receive, and store SMS online
Answering incoming calls on any configured phone
Call routing. Selection of phones that should ring based on calling number
Voicemail transcripts. Reading of voicemail messages online
Listening to voicemail online or from a phone
Notification of voicemail messages via email or SMS
Personalized greetings based on calling number
Forward or downloading of voicemails
Conference calling (press 5 when answering call)
Call recording and online archiving (press 4 while on a call)
Switching of phones during a call
Viewing the web inbox from a mobile device/phone
Customize preferences for contacts by group
Ability to change your number for a fee
Ability to port your mobile number for a fee
Specifying an existing phone number instead of the Google Voice number on initial setup for use with limited functionality, such as some voicemail functions.[28] and using the voice mail system for the user's phone number (mobile devices only
Google already has too much information Im not about to give them my phone also.
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...Im not about to give them my phone also.
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The "phone" is just a drop in the bucket compared to what they already have anyway.
I did it and love it so far. I can change carriers every month and people have my number....Its my work number so I have to have it. If your a phone freak like me and are not under contract, its great! I have had simple mobile, Virgin and Sprint in a little over a month but still have my main number. So far so good...
main thing that kept me from doing it is the fact that google voice doesn't support MMS
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main thing that kept me from doing it is the fact that google voice doesn't support MMS
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wonder if the pic messages would come in if the texts were forwardd through email? probably not
No, because I already have enough voice latency.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1621673-Voice-Latency-Test-Results
land line to Sprint: 149ms
land line to ATT: 162ms
landline to Google Voice to Sprint: 279ms (google voice adding 130ms)
I really don't care about mms so thats not an issue for me.
alnova1 said:
I did it and love it so far. I can change carriers every month and people have my number....Its my work number so I have to have it. If your a phone freak like me and are not under contract, its great! I have had simple mobile, Virgin and Sprint in a little over a month but still have my main number. So far so good...
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in a couple of months I am going to drop sprint(only cause I want a real google phone al la nexus series) port my number into google voice and get a data only sim from tmobile with no contract. I rarely make calls and was checking my boys nexus s out, and throught our travels in the day i made him do a speed test like everywhere we went and he was getting 3-4 mbps down everywhere we went. I can do quite fine by that
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The "phone" is just a drop in the bucket compared to what they already have anyway.
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Seriously man now they are about to take over our TV's. I wonder whats next for them.
And it requires data, 3G, 4G, etc. reception, which is even more obscure than regular voice reception. Pass!
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And it requires data, 3G, 4G, etc. reception, which is even more obscure than regular voice reception. Pass!
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Havent had a problem yet...and I think its just getting started...
I use my google voice number as my main number. The only problem I have is with mms. Google voice doesn't support mms. Yet.
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david279 said:
I use my google voice number as my main number. The only problem I have is with mms. Google voice doesn't support mms. Yet.
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Your right it doesn't but if I want a stupid joke or a picture just email me...if you have a phone that can't email..upgrade! I do understand that its an issue with some but I can live with out it...for now.
I received the invite awhile ago and I'm not sure what I want to do. There are a few unanswered questions about this that make me hesitant to switch anything.
1. Has Google fixed the occasional call routing to the wrong number or saying the number is disconnected?
2. Is the lag still present at times when making or receiving a call?
3. If we decide to choose our Google voice number as our sprint number, how will that affect my account details (online, *2, in person, or at in store payment kiosk)?
4. If I decide to keep things the way they are with having a sprint and gv number and using it "the old way" will I still be able to use it this way after the changeover?
5. Is Google voice going to just handle the voicemail side of the sprint integration or will our calls be routed from sprint to Google then out?
6. If I choose to adopt my gv number as my sprint number, will any incoming or outgoing calls "technically" be using a landline number, thus eating away at mobile to mobile minutes reserved for non cellphone callers?
7. Is this Google's answer to making it possible to send attachments with text messages?
8. Will using gv app for texting be redundant since, if I choose to, my gv number will be associated with SMS/mms anyways?
Since I am running out of questions, I will post the email for those who don't know what I'm talking about.
Hello,
You have been invited to start enjoying the benefits of the Sprint integration before anyone else! We are interested in your feedback as we roll this out to the entire user base and have listed a link to a form where you can send feedback and/or questions.
There are two ways to enable the integrated service:
1. Option 1: Keep your Sprint number (all the benefits of porting without the need to). In this case, your Sprint number becomes your Google Voice number so that when people call your Sprint mobile number, it rings all the phones you want.
How to enable this: click on the "change/port" link next to your GV # in the settings page, choose the option to use your existing number, enter your Sprint number and select the Sprint option.
2. Option 2: Replace your Sprint number with your Google Voice number (all the benefits of the app without the need for one). In this case, all calls made from your Sprint phone will display your Google Voice # natively (same for SMS).
How to enable this: click on the "enable Google Voice on your Sprint phone" link next to your Sprint forwarding phone. If the link does not show, click on edit and use the link to verify whether your phone is eligible.
In both cases, Google Voice replaces Sprint voicemail (pressing one on your phone links you to your Google Voicemail) and international calls made from the Sprint phone will be connected by Google Voice. Integrating your account with Sprint means you will still get the benefits of Any Mobile Any Time if that is included in your service plan.
Important Notes:
The integrated service only works with a valid Sprint mobile number.
For this early release, Sprint support channels will not be available for support, including Sprint Retail Stores, Sprint Customer Care, Sprint Telesales, Sprint Direct Sales Reps, etc.
If you need support, or have feedback, please fill out this form
If you use the Google Voice app on Android, you will need to log out and log back in to make sure the app stops using call interception.
Thanks,
Vincent Paquet, on behalf of the Google Voice team
© 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
You are receiving this email announcement because you requested to be notified when the Sprint integration was available.
I don't use GV, but it has been my experience that Sprint usually ****s up any Google app they try to "improve" upon.
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I like the idea of having my Sprint number ring any and all phones I choose but I'm not going to change until I see how it affects others with respect to their minutes. I wouldn't use it if it's just a way to con people out of their M2M.
In short, if I were you OP I'd wait.
I'll just keep them separate like I do now. I prefer it that way.
I pulled the trigger last night and used my gv number. I'm thinking I might have a problem. Would someone that hasn't integrated try a test then tell me what happens. With the stock texting program, send a picture attachment to yourself (your phone number) and tell me if you have both a sent and received text. I'm sending a pic to my sprint number and it acts like it sends but I don't receive anything.
Unfortunately google voice doesn't support mms.. that's one of the reasons I never made the full switch.
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This is a little different, kinda. Anyways I turned off Google voice integration and logoff then back on it gv app and I tried sending myself an mms with the stock text program. It worked this time. Do I don't know if it actually sends it out when gv integration is on but it definitely doesn't receive mms. I am not talking about the gv app. I might send Google some feedback and leave it turned off. Off until at least they enable the mms feature from gv app.
That is really stupid though, you can send mms through stock messaging app with Google voice integration but you can't receive any. Retarded!
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That is really stupid though, you can send mms through stock messaging app with Google voice integration but you can't receive any. Retarded!
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Can you not recieve MMS from anyone? That would be a HUGE down fall for a lot of people. I find my self relying on MMS a lot any more.
I didn't get anyone to send me anything but I did run a test. I did the Google voice integration and chose the option to use my gv number. If I send anything from stock mms then it will show from the gv number. If I send a text to my sprint number with stock messaging it shows up on both the stock app and Google voice app. If I try to send a pic with stock to my sprint number, it acts like it went out but I receive nothing. If I go and turn off Google integration and restart the gv app, then I get the choices back to make calls through Google, etc. The way it is now. When you integrate you lose the option to choose to use with or without gv. I send a pic to my sprint number from the stock app after turning it off and the pic goes out then comes back to me.
I don't know if when its on the mms actually goes out or not because I didn't have anyone to test it with. I'm not about to try the other integration option because I don't want to give up my gv number I chose and paid for. I picked one originally but later decided I didn't like it so I had to pay to choose another. Trust me, its mind numbing to go through pages and pages of available phone numbers in my area code until I found one I liked.
I got the message too. I am not switching at least for now. I have found google vm cumbersome. I really don't like that I have to download vm messages and then I can not play them through the earpiece. It is played through the speaker. I haven't seen any real benefit to integrating so far.
You can play them through the earpiece.....
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herbthehammer said:
I received the invite awhile ago and I'm not sure what I want to do. There are a few unanswered questions about this that make me hesitant to switch anything.
1. Has Google fixed the occasional call routing to the wrong number or saying the number is disconnected?
2. Is the lag still present at times when making or receiving a call?
3. If we decide to choose our Google voice number as our sprint number, how will that affect my account details (online, *2, in person, or at in store payment kiosk)?
4. If I decide to keep things the way they are with having a sprint and gv number and using it "the old way" will I still be able to use it this way after the changeover?
5. Is Google voice going to just handle the voicemail side of the sprint integration or will our calls be routed from sprint to Google then out?
6. If I choose to adopt my gv number as my sprint number, will any incoming or outgoing calls "technically" be using a landline number, thus eating away at mobile to mobile minutes reserved for non cellphone callers?
7. Is this Google's answer to making it possible to send attachments with text messages?
8. Will using gv app for texting be redundant since, if I choose to, my gv number will be associated with SMS/mms anyways?
Since I am running out of questions, I will post the email for those who don't know what I'm talking about.
Hello,
You have been invited to start enjoying the benefits of the Sprint integration before anyone else! We are interested in your feedback as we roll this out to the entire user base and have listed a link to a form where you can send feedback and/or questions.
There are two ways to enable the integrated service:
1. Option 1: Keep your Sprint number (all the benefits of porting without the need to). In this case, your Sprint number becomes your Google Voice number so that when people call your Sprint mobile number, it rings all the phones you want.
How to enable this: click on the "change/port" link next to your GV # in the settings page, choose the option to use your existing number, enter your Sprint number and select the Sprint option.
2. Option 2: Replace your Sprint number with your Google Voice number (all the benefits of the app without the need for one). In this case, all calls made from your Sprint phone will display your Google Voice # natively (same for SMS).
How to enable this: click on the "enable Google Voice on your Sprint phone" link next to your Sprint forwarding phone. If the link does not show, click on edit and use the link to verify whether your phone is eligible.
In both cases, Google Voice replaces Sprint voicemail (pressing one on your phone links you to your Google Voicemail) and international calls made from the Sprint phone will be connected by Google Voice. Integrating your account with Sprint means you will still get the benefits of Any Mobile Any Time if that is included in your service plan.
Important Notes:
The integrated service only works with a valid Sprint mobile number.
For this early release, Sprint support channels will not be available for support, including Sprint Retail Stores, Sprint Customer Care, Sprint Telesales, Sprint Direct Sales Reps, etc.
If you need support, or have feedback, please fill out this form
If you use the Google Voice app on Android, you will need to log out and log back in to make sure the app stops using call interception.
Thanks,
Vincent Paquet, on behalf of the Google Voice team
© 2011 Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043
You are receiving this email announcement because you requested to be notified when the Sprint integration was available.
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I would add the question of international sms.....
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I didn't get the invite, and am assuming therefore I can't participate?
I'd like to...
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You can play them through the earpiece.....
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How? That, plus having to download my messages killed the Google vm experience for me.
-Just to be clear, when I said ear piece, I meant the part of the phone where you put your ear. Not an ear piece that you plug into the 3.5mm headphone jack.
I can listen via the earpiece or speaker phone. Having to download the messages is a pain and I miss VVM but it works fine and I like that I cna check my voicemail on my laptop or anywhere else right now. I dont use google voice for phone calls or text though. just the google VM
Hi, my phone isnt android but my tablet obviously is. I'm in the military with orders to korea and want to keep in touch with everyone, but my phone is a cheap cricket flip phone. All the apps that allow things like this that i could find require me to install the app on my tablet and phone, which obviously wont work. Is there an app (free or paid, i dont care which) that will let me plug in my phone number and send texts from it on my tablet? Skype's text rates are ridiculous, gtalk is great but i can only communicate with other gtalk users, facebook messenger will only be instant for people with smart phones or data plans, etc. A text app will allow me to text everyone that doesnt have a smart phone as well as those that do, and not have to hope they are at their computer to reply. Thanks for any help you guys can give me.
Have you tried using Google Voice app on your tablet? I have used it with mine and I was able to send/receive text messages using the Google Voice number I chose. I was connected to wifi when I did this.
i have google voice from before i canceled my smart phone plan, i love how it transcribes my voice mails. I dont see a send text option though, even with my new cricket number in it. All i have is an inbox, settings, labels, balance, search and refresh, and the inbox just seems to be call logs and voicemail transcribes. If you can tell me how to set up texting with it i will be quite grateful.
Edit- okay text is under labels, but i cant figure out how to send one.
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i have google voice from before i canceled my smart phone plan, i love how it transcribes my voice mails. I dont see a send text option though, even with my new cricket number in it. All i have is an inbox, settings, labels, balance, search and refresh, and the inbox just seems to be call logs and voicemail transcribes. If you can tell me how to set up texting with it i will be quite grateful.
Edit- okay text is under labels, but i cant figure out how to send one.
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Download the google voice app on your tablet, and from there you press "compose" and than just type in the number (or select a contact) and txt away .
I to have cricket .. Google voice works .. as described above.. Also two more..
PALTALK VIDEO chat has a new sms feature.. I have not used it as its brand new..
YAHOO MESSENGER NOW HAS A SIMILAR Feature. and does video chat..
Yahoo messanger for the tablet is now compatable with Crickets sms service.. IT USED to not work..
i would check them out in the order i mentioned above I do use google voice and PALTALK .. the paltalk you get from www.paltalk.com
Good Luck and STAY SAVE OVER THERE... i hear its not much better then the middle east. one of my best Girl Friends just returned from EAU .. she says they treat women over there as if they are a Possession.. i would be hung because im very independent
I have the Zio cell phone It works well well for what it is .. I love the NO contract and i get awesome signal here.. I also have a at&t cell for work and my cricket is better service ..
Something must not be compatible with my rom because there is no compose option in voice and in settings the google voice number is greyed out and i cant select it. I'll look at yahoo messenger since i have it installed and hopefully that works. Thank you both for your help.
Edit- the website for google voice has more options than the app. I thought my voicemail number i made was enough, but i made a new number thst works with texting after signing out of the app then signing back in. Just one more question, since the texts show up as from the voice number amd not the cricket number, this means i dont have to pay for the cricket service when i leave, right? I can just use this free voice number to text? It seems too good to be true.
As far as i can remember your google Voice ..must have a telephone number to be linked to.. Rather or not its just for the initial setup verification im not sure .
i Use google voice number for things i register to keep text spam off my cell phone number.. Go to CRICKETUSER FORUMS Register and ask this same Question over there. EVERYTHING you ever need to know about CRICKET Wireless is on that forum..
Cricket now offers world wide text as well.. but im not sure if it from over there to us or just from us to over seas..
Thanks again for your help, i should have everything i need to adequately keep in touch with everyone now. Seems like its a free number that can route to my existing numbers, but wont require them(aside from activation) if i just want to use the tablet or a pc. so i can cancel my cricket service for the year im gone, thanks for helping me save money.
I did a search, but most things that came up were pretty old / beta type stuff...
I see that Google Voice has integration with Sprint. I was thinking about trying it out, but was wondering what those using it thought.
Pro's / Con's etc...
I've read about some problems with texting about it was installed. Is that still a problem?
I've been using it for a long time with no problems that I can think of. I still use two different phone numbers. Google and Sprint.
I've used GV for a couple of years...previously on an Evo 3D and now on the GS4.
It has lots of great features. I use my Sprint number as my GV number. This allows you to redirect calls to your Sprint number to other numbers. You can have custom voicemail greetings for different contacts (or groups of contacts). You can send some calls to voicemail automatically. It will send you a (very rough) transcript of your voicemail messages as a text message or email. GV also has a web interface where you can listen to / read voicemail messages, and send/read SMS messages. Sometimes it's nice to be able to send SMS using a computers full size physical keyboard. I travel internationally occasionally; GV lets you send/receive SMS messages via Wifi if you don't have (or want to pay for) an international plan.
The biggest con with GV is that it doesn't do MMS; if I remember right, there's some way to have MMS forwarded to an email address or something inconvenient like that, but no way to do it cleanly on the phone. There have been rumors that they would support MMS better for years now...but little progress.
I usually use Handcent for all of my SMS/MMS stuff, except when traveling out of the country. But, GV always handles my voicemail (in fact, be warned that you'll lose all of your Sprint voicemail messages if you start using your Sprint number as your GV number), I have a few different greetings for different people. The voicemail transcripts are nice. They are surprisingly bad considering how good Google's speech recognition usually is, but you can at least get the gist of what the person is calling about.
Hello,
I have been using Google Voice for a couple of years now. It is the best as far archiving, searching, and managing your voicemails and texts. I'm not sure if there's a storage limit, but I haven't seen anything about it. It's really great and because I'm an avid ROM flasher, I don't have to worry about backing up my texts.
As mentioned before, MMS is an issue. Lacks international texting as well.
My biggest problem with Google Voice:
I'm not sure if anyone else has this problem, but sometimes dialing is an issue. I will dial out and then it takes forever for to actually connect. The same happens when people call in--they say they've been waiting for me to pick up forever and I picked up on the first ring. After testing using other phones, I've come to the conclusion there's a huge delay at times. I'm not sure if it's the area I live in... I mean, it shouldn't be a problem. I live in DC.
I use GV for my voicemail only. Its great when I don't have good service and I get a call that doesn't ring the phone and people hangup and don't leave a message because it registers as a missed call.
I've been using the integration since the day it became available. The only con is that it doesn't support receiving MMS. So what happens when someone sends you an MMS? Well it depends on what service the sender is using and apparently on the phase of the moon and tide. Some got to my e-mail. Some get rolled over to my sprint number and come through normally. And some are never received or seen.
I used it with 2 different numbers.
MMS would only go to the phone, and if I replied, it was with my sprint number.
I eventually ported my Google Number to Sprint and now that is my only number. MMS still only goes to the phone, but now there is no confusion with any other numbers.
So, the only downside is if you are using 2 different numbers with MMS.
I've never completely ported my number because I paid for my Google voice number. I didn't want a system picked number, I wanted a custom chose number. Something easy to remember. My qualms with gv are the need for a strong and fast data connection to dial out and the occasional lag in voice when using the service and mms. When I call customers, I don't want them knowing my real cell number. Another complaint is not knowing an incoming call, which number it's dialing into. If a customer, that I called using gv, calls me back, and I don't recognize the number and am getting tired of them calling me back, it's easy to block them than with my sprint number. The delay, can sometimes be so bad and long that we talk over each other on every sentence. The lack of easily sending a mms is a pita. I like the ability to keep messages for a long time with gv. I have decided to not go the integrated route because I want more control, but it's not without it's limitations.
I'm using Google voice integration and haven't noticed any problems with mms. It just doesn't show up online. It goes directly to my phone. No record of it from the gv app. I paid for an extra number, but my main gv number is my sprint number. Can't dial out with my gv number. I use the online voice page to text all day at work. Much less conspicuous than staring at my phone.
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I had gv before I used full sprint integration, so after I integrated I paid to keep my gv number. Just so people can dial it and get ahold of me. I can't use it to send or call out. Just my sprint number.
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Google Voice + Sprint
I started using GV due to issue with VVM and the custom ROM I had flashed. I had a lot of problems at first. Two people I know could not get through to me. I eventually uninstalled. After awhile I went back to it and it works fine now. Not sure what happened. Spent hours online and with Sprint trying to figure it out. Anyway, I use it constantly now and love it.