I'm using Talkatone and I wanted to know if there are any better alternatives?
yes and no
ziddey said:
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Okay...
Talkatone stores your Google password on their servers. I'm not comfortable with that. Not sure if it works with 2-factor authentication and a dedicated app password. Otherwise you could just set up a separate Google Voice account just for use with Talkatone, just in case someone harvests the passwords off their servers.
sipdroid/PBXes does the same thing if you go that route. This is kinda attractive because the native phone dialer supports SIP accounts natively, no need to install and use an extra app.
Meanwhile I'm staying with GrooveIP and Spare Phone. Can't say I'm impressed with their voice quality, but it's good enough.
I've been meaning to also try the Vonage app for free calls but didn't get around to it.
I use Vonage now because it use your real number, but it doesn't take incoming call.
I prefer GrooveIP over Talkatone after the latter cheat me out of some money when I paid for the one time ad removal and couldn't retrieve it afterward on another rom/device using the same account.
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sirxdroid said:
Talkatone stores your Google password on their servers. I'm not comfortable with that. Not sure if it works with 2-factor authentication and a dedicated app password. Otherwise you could just set up a separate Google Voice account just for use with Talkatone, just in case someone harvests the passwords off their servers.
sipdroid/PBXes does the same thing if you go that route. This is kinda attractive because the native phone dialer supports SIP accounts natively, no need to install and use an extra app.
Meanwhile I'm staying with GrooveIP and Spare Phone. Can't say I'm impressed with their voice quality, but it's good enough.
I've been meaning to also try the Vonage app for free calls but didn't get around to it.
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Talkatone uses app specific password.
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Talkatone uses app specific password.
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It's more like the user chooses to use an app specific password, it's not a choice Talkatone makes. Not too thrilled about these app specific passwords either, I think Google's implementation is flawed, they are not really app specific passwords because you can't say "I will generate an app specific password that can be used for Google Voice only". The pseudo app specific password that you think you generated for Google Voice only can also be used to access your email for example. It's app specific in the sense that only 1 app is supposed to know it (e.g. Talkatone in this case), but if the password leaks from their servers it gives access to more info in your Google Account than Google Voice.
It's better than nothing, but until Google improves it I feel better not using Talkatone and the likes that store passwords on their servers.
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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...
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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N8ter said:
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.
so basically i want to use two google voice accounts to text from on my phone. I've tried editing the .apk but the recompiled apk force closes. Can anyone help me try to get this to work? Anytips? I'm just trying to basically install the same app twice and have it use diff. db files.
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so basically i want to use two google voice accounts to text from on my phone. I've tried editing the .apk but the recompiled apk force closes. Can anyone help me try to get this to work? Anytips? I'm just trying to basically install the same app twice and have it use diff. db files.
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I'd be very interested in that as well.
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You'd have to do more than installing it twice. It would have to be re-written.
Well yeah I know that. You can't install the same app twice with out modifications to it. Then It would have to use a diff.Db for the account info. This is my first time messing with an apk so I have no idea how to make this work
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Doesn't Google Voice integrate its' number into your Sprint line?
decayer177 said:
Doesn't Google Voice integrate its' number into your Sprint line?
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It can if you want it to but you don't have to
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pgill34 said:
It can if you want it to but you don't have to
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How do you make it not? I tried using Google Voice, but it did it automatically and it took forever to revert.
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Titanium Backup (paid version only maybe?) has profiles to load different user data files for an app. You'd have to switch back and forth though. It would probably be easiest to try keeping a web browser logged into Google Voice your second account, setting the user agent to a desktop.
Or just use a second browser app only for this. You won't get instant notifications of incoming texts, but that's about all you can do for now. I don't see Google adding anything like this to the service, honestly.
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Titanium Backup (paid version only maybe?) has profiles to load different user data files for an app. You'd have to switch back and forth though. It would probably be easiest to try keeping a web browser logged into Google Voice your second account, setting the user agent to a desktop.
Or just use a second browser app only for this. You won't get instant notifications of incoming texts, but that's about all you can do for now. I don't see Google adding anything like this to the service, honestly.
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i think the idea is to have the instant notifications. I too have been looking for a solution to this problem for some time. i use multiple voice lines for work, one for hiring/recruiting and one for customers that i tell them is my "personal cell"
i thought the best solution would be to have two voice apks installed but i'm not finding a way to do that.
cowboyaryk said:
i think the idea is to have the instant notifications. I too have been looking for a solution to this problem for some time. i use multiple voice lines for work, one for hiring/recruiting and one for customers that i tell them is my "personal cell"
i thought the best solution would be to have two voice apks installed but i'm not finding a way to do that.
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Couldn't you just set up the separate account to forward to your phone account? You could also go into your GMail settings and set filters to forward all notifications to one account as well.
This would be much easier than hacking the apk...am I wrong?
Hi!
In the past few days, several people have called me claiming I've been texting them about their items on craigslist. I haven't been texting, and the people calling me are from states in the mid-west. It appears that someone took my number and added it to their Google Voice account. When these craigslist people call me, it does the whole, "state your name and we'll try to connect you".
What can I do, aside from getting a new number?
Try to reclaim your number via Google voice
Get (if you don't have one) a Google voice account
Add your number to it
It will say "this number is in use would you like to reclaim it" (or something similar)
Note: the person(s) that had your number added WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ABOUT THE CHANGE.
You could contact your carrier as well, otherwise this might become a cat and mouse game between you and the other person(s).
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Babydoll25 said:
Try to reclaim your number via Google voice
Get (if you don't have one) a Google voice account
Add your number to it
It will say "this number is in use would you like to reclaim it" (or something similar)
Note: the person(s) that had your number added WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ABOUT THE CHANGE.
You could contact your carrier as well, otherwise this might become a cat and mouse game between you and the other person(s).
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I tried adding my number to my Google Voice account, and it gave me the following error:
"This number is already being used on two other Google Voice accounts. Forwarding numbers cannot be shared across more than two accounts."
It didn't give me the option to reclaim it. I have 3 Gmail accounts, and it isn't an any of them.
Thanks!
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I tried adding my number to my Google Voice account, and it gave me the following error:
"This number is already being used on two other Google Voice accounts. Forwarding numbers cannot be shared across more than two accounts."
It didn't give me the option to reclaim it. I have 3 Gmail accounts, and it isn't an any of them.
Thanks!
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Try contacting Google directly. You may have to go through the help pages. I have never seen a number be able to be used on TWO Google accounts at once. (I have two google voice accounts, and cannot use one number on both)
I wish I had another solution. Sorry.
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Babydoll25 said:
Try contacting Google directly. You may have to go through the help pages. I have never seen a number be able to be used on TWO Google accounts at once. (I have two google voice accounts, and cannot use one number on both)
I wish I had another solution. Sorry.
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Thanks Babydoll, I'll contact them tomorrow.
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How did this work out?
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How did this work out?
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I called the FCC, and they said there's nothing you can do.
I've stopped getting random calls.Whoever was spoofing with my number seems to have moved on to another number.
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Hey guys.
I have a Google Voice account and a SIP number from Simonics.
What app would be good to install so that I may send and receive phone calls through a WiFi network?
Thanks ahead.
I found exactly what I needed.
CSipSimple.
What a great app.
All the features I was hoping for and the sound quality is just perfect.
If anyone has a Google Voice account, I can write up a quick tutorial on how to send and receive free phone calls using Google Voice and a free SIP number from Simonics.
While you can do this with SIP, you can also use apps like Groove IP Lite, talkatone, etc.
Don't know if you knew that already or not.
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mvmacd said:
While you can do this with SIP, you can also use apps like Groove IP Lite, talkatone, etc.
Don't know if you knew that already or not.
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Yeah, I tried Groove IP a couple of days ago, but the audio would cut out for 2 to 4 seconds constantly.
I definitely recommend CSipSimple.
To me, it's perfect.
Patterson said:
Yeah, I tried Groove IP a couple of days ago, but the audio would cut out for 2 to 4 seconds constantly.
I definitely recommend CSipSimple.
To me, it's perfect.
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Yeah I've actually had problems with groove ip too, so I recently switched to talkatone, it is more reliable (never had ppl not be able to hear me where I'd have that problem with groove ip).
But it's not the best quality. I used to have a sip account a long time ago but the service I had shut down. I may try another sip account and see if it's better.
edit: I checked out Simonics, but I was weary of giving them my main password, so I used one of my spare gmail accounts to make a new GV #. On top of that, my dialer has native SIP support, so I put in my account details and it is integrated! seems to use about a MB/minute.
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mvmacd said:
Yeah I've actually had problems with groove ip too, so I recently switched to talkatone, it is more reliable (never had ppl not be able to hear me where I'd have that problem with groove ip).
But it's not the best quality. I used to have a sip account a long time ago but the service I had shut down. I may try another sip account and see if it's better.
edit: I checked out Simonics, but I was weary of giving them my main password, so I used one of my spare gmail accounts to make a new GV #. On top of that, my dialer has native SIP support, so I put in my account details and it is integrated! seems to use about a MB/minute.
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The guy from Simonics is extremely cool and quite friendly and helpful.
I'm not sure why he is still providing free SIP numbers for the past two years but he's pretty awesome to me.
I think I've only gotten two emails from him and they were actually quite informative, so I don't think you need to worry at all about trusting his site with your account details.