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How does google voice work?

My friend uses it on his laptop cuz he doesn't have a phone, so I figure I can give him my old hero to use gv on and have it as a little pmp when he's not in wifi spots.
It works using wifi, right?
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No its not VOIP. if he wants to do that give him your hero and have him use skype. Google voice is another # that is just linked to your main cell #. When someone calls my Google voice it rings both my home phone, cell phone and my pc if its logged into google voice. whic ever I pick up gets the call. It can also do txt and voicemail. The main reason I use it is for work. I have that as my work # and give my true cell to friends. When I see a call coming in from GV I know its a work call.
A_Flying_Fox said:
My friend uses it on his laptop cuz he doesn't have a phone, so I figure I can give him my old hero to use gv on and have it as a little pmp when he's not in wifi spots.
It works using wifi, right?
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Ohhhh that actually cleared it up for me! So gv would be like having dual sim cards lol nice!
so he should try skype? Isn't it $.10 a minute for skype calls? Or is that just for international calls?
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A_Flying_Fox said:
Ohhhh that actually cleared it up for me! So gv would be like having dual sim cards lol nice!
so he should try skype? Isn't it $.10 a minute for skype calls? Or is that just for international calls?
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Skype charges for calls to landines/cellphones but I free to call another skype user
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Does a google voice call use our minutes? Or does it qualify for unlimited like a mobile to mobile call?
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styles420 said:
Does a google voice call use our minutes? Or does it qualify for unlimited like a mobile to mobile call?
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Yes it use's minutes and I doubt it counts for m2m. When I was on att I set my GV number as one of my free #'s to call so any out or incoming calls for GV got counted for m2m. I have yet to get a sprint bill but I doubt it will count as m2m

styles420 said:
Does a google voice call use our minutes? Or does it qualify for unlimited like a mobile to mobile call?
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Ya, I can confirm the comment above. Any outgoing call with Google Voice, from your mobile to another number, is considered a Mobile to Landline call (and is not considered part of mobile to mobile).
I use sprint, however, and pay $5 extra a month, adding my GV number as my Sprint-to-Home number. Since I've had my GV# as my primary number that I give out for the past few years, I use the app (free or donate) GV Callback. Basically, any time I make an outgoing call, it dials my own GV number, and routes the outgoing call through there.
Google voice basically assigns a unique (within your account *only*) phone number for each of your contacts. If you call or send a text to that unique number, it shows up on their end as coming from your Google Voice number.
The PITA is, Google changes this number periodically. If you have people SMSing your Google Voice number, and your receive it in Handcent (for example), you'll see what each of your contacts' access numbers are.

Using google voice to text on glaxaxy tab

Using google voice to text has proven to be a problem. The tab was never activated and does not have a phone number associated with it so I cant associate the tab with my google voice number.
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Activate it with a carrier
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swoltin said:
Using google voice to text has proven to be a problem. The tab was never activated and does not have a phone number associated with it so I cant associate the tab with my google voice number.
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Go to IPKall and get a free #. Look at the VoIP call set up for Sprint in Dev forum. Once you have your own number that will associate with GV, it should work. Voice work (calling back) so I assume text should to.

I've done this just fine.i bought both my tabs outright from both sprint and at&t. Use sip droid with voice with out EVER having a number assigned to the tab.
Read what is stated above cause I did.
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How to turn your old android phone or even phone with a bad esn into a home phone.

How to turn your old android cell phone into a free home phone or just make calls without using you minutes on your cell.
REQUIREMENTS.
1. wifi at your house or where ever you want to use the phone.
2. gmail account.
3. Google voice app from the market.
4. Google talk app from the market.
5. groove ip app from the market cost 4.99 one time fee. for app. you can also us sipdroid but it is harder to setup.
6. a not activated android cell phone with wifi. ( your old phone or one off of eBay or even one with a bad esn. )
SETUP INSTRUCTIONS.
1. install all of the requirements on your phone.
2. open Google voice and sign in with your gmail account. Google voice will create a phone number for you. Now hit menu then settings and making calls set this to (do not use google voice to make any calls.) In settings you can also see you google voice phone number.
3. open groove ip and sign in with gmail account.
4. go to WWW.Google.com/voice on our pc then sign in and click on settings then on yhe phone tab to link a phone number to you account. Set forward calls to google chat this will link your google number to your phone. you can also link your cell number or any number you might want to forward you Google voice calls to if desired. any settings you might want to change can be done here.
5. open groove IP to make all you phone calls.
Enjoy your new phone without paying a cellphone company.
Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8gPBDtjcnE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Seems interesting. Might have my friend try it on his OG.

Well I have a droid phone and everytime I open up a google voice and select my email account it can't verify my phone number I thought it supposed to make 1 for me
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Go to Google.com/voice on your PC and in settings link a number to your google voice account. Then open the app. You can also set up your new number on line.
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Hi all
i have evo 4g with bad esn, im trying to make calls with google voice but when i try to setup my gmail account shows "your phone number could not be verified". I already bought groove ip and i can make calls with the google voice on my phone but with my money. Im rying to get a phone number but i dont see where. What can i do?. please help thanks

I'm pretty sure this doesn't work for everyone internationally etc... only for people in the US or Canada trying to call in US and Canada... maybe should have been specified...??
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ccordsario said:
Hi all
i have evo 4g with bad esn, im trying to make calls with google voice but when i try to setup my gmail account shows "your phone number could not be verified". I already bought groove ip and i can make calls with the google voice on my phone but with my money. Im rying to get a phone number but i dont see where. What can i do?. please help thanks
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Ok if you have all the requirements installed. Then go to Google.com/voice on you PC and click on settings in there and create a Google voice phone number then link a phone number to your Google voice account like your real cell number or even your home number. Then don't use that number but use Google chat. Now when you open Google voice on your phone it should setup correctly. Then open grooveip sign in with your Google user and pass. Then in groove IP make a phone call. It will call from you new Google voice number. And if you call that number it will ring that phone because Google chat/talk is linking it.
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DrunkFuX666 said:
I'm pretty sure this doesn't work for everyone internationally etc... only for people in the US or Canada trying to call in US and Canada... maybe should have been specified...??
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I am in the USA so I don't know if it works outside the country.
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hi all
i cant forward the call because the are code in puerto rico 787 and dont recognize the area code. someone can do me the favor to entry the code please!!!

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If you cut the url after the = you can paste the video in your first post with the YouTube button.

Sorry I don't understand what you mean :what:
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Just quote my post and then copy and paste the YouTube section to your original.

What's the difference?
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Have a Google voice number and use groove IP and keep the phone at home on Wi-Fi. How hard is that?
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ccordsario said:
Hi all
i have evo 4g with bad esn, im trying to make calls with google voice but when i try to setup my gmail account shows "your phone number could not be verified". I already bought groove ip and i can make calls with the google voice on my phone but with my money. Im rying to get a phone number but i dont see where. What can i do?. please help thanks
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You need a working phone number to verify
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Setting up T-Mobile Voicemail on Nexus 4

Hey guys, I'm trying to get some support on setting up voicemail on the Nexus 4 for T-Mobile. I've been doing a couple of hours of research and haven't run across anything substantial. If anyone can help me that would be awesome!
Also note: I also tried downloading T-Mobile's voicemail app and it wouldn't set up properly. The app would say it couldn't setup properly at the time.
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Never tried T Mobile Voice mail. I just have everything forwarded over to my Google Voice which provides Voice mail. That's always an alternative if you can't get the T Mobile one working.
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Where are you?

Why would you not just use Google voice?
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How do I forward my regular voicemails over to Google Voice?
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bongostl said:
Why would you not just use Google voice?
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I do use it (and love it), just still need to access VM for my regular number.
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avemn1 said:
I do use it (and love it), just still need to access VM for my regular number.
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Change the voice mail to Google Voice. Install the app and go through the installation procedure and have voice mail go from "My Carrier" to "Google Voice"
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zephiK said:
Change the voice mail to Google Voice. Install the app and go through the installation procedure and have voice mail go from "My Carrier" to "Google Voice"
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Note that this doesn't work for prepaid accounts.

Solutions Etcetera said:
Note that this doesn't work for prepaid accounts.
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Really? That's quite unfortunate
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avemn1 said:
Hey guys, I'm trying to get some support on setting up voicemail on the Nexus 4 for T-Mobile. I've been doing a couple of hours of research and haven't run across anything substantial. If anyone can help me that would be awesome!
Also note: I also tried downloading T-Mobile's voicemail app and it wouldn't set up properly. The app would say it couldn't setup properly at the time.
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Did you hold down 1 in the dial pad? It should take you directly to your voicemail or have you configure it. It worked that way for me when I was on contract and still works the same using prepaid.

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Really? That's quite unfortunate
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Yup... I don't know why, but conditional call forwarding is not supported on any of the prepaid plans.

zephiK said:
Change the voice mail to Google Voice. Install the app and go through the installation procedure and have voice mail go from "My Carrier" to "Google Voice"
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It works wonderfully! Thanks!

awtacular said:
Did you hold down 1 in the dial pad? It should take you directly to your voicemail or have you configure it. It worked that way for me when I was on contract and still works the same using prepaid.
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I sure did. It then says, "You've reached the voicemail system. If you have a mailbox on this system, press star...". I proceeded with star and entered my phone number and it says it's "invalid". Lost in terms of why it's asking that. I'm used to the general - setup your mailbox prompt. Some reason, it doesn't exist here.

T-Mobile visual voicemail app works for me. If you're on WiFi, turn it OFF during the initialization. Once you're all setup, you'll be good to go.

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I sure did. It then says, "You've reached the voicemail system. If you have a mailbox on this system, press star...". I proceeded with star and entered my phone number and it says it's "invalid". Lost in terms of why it's asking that. I'm used to the general - setup your mailbox prompt. Some reason, it doesn't exist here.
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I didn't have any problems with my voicemail. I've had T-Mobile for a while and all I did was get a new sim card and had it activated and my voicemail was working with no problems at all with my Nexus. Also I found this from T-Mobile support...
"To access the voicemail main menu, follow these steps:
Note: Make sure you are not roaming when attempting to set up voicemail for the first time.
1.Dial 123 or hold down the 1 key
2.Press Send.
3.Enter the last 4 digits of your mobile number as your voicemail password.
4.Follow the tutorial to set up your voicemail password and greeting.
Note:
•If you decline to set up the voicemail password and/or greeting, the tutorial plays each time until you set up both the password and greeting. Therefore, it is optimal to activate both features during initial setup."
Also if that doesn't work try calling your cell number from your land line and hit * when you get your voicemail if it lets you.

Are calls to T-Mobile voicemail count toward 100 minutes($30 plan) limit?

awtacular said:
I didn't have any problems with my voicemail. I've had T-Mobile for a while and all I did was get a new sim card and had it activated and my voicemail was working with no problems at all with my Nexus. Also I found this from T-Mobile support...
"To access the voicemail main menu, follow these steps:
Note: Make sure you are not roaming when attempting to set up voicemail for the first time.
1.Dial 123 or hold down the 1 key
2.Press Send.
3.Enter the last 4 digits of your mobile number as your voicemail password.
4.Follow the tutorial to set up your voicemail password and greeting.
Note:
•If you decline to set up the voicemail password and/or greeting, the tutorial plays each time until you set up both the password and greeting. Therefore, it is optimal to activate both features during initial setup."
Also if that doesn't work try calling your cell number from your land line and hit * when you get your voicemail if it lets you.
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I appreciate your help! I definitely thought the same. After contacting T-MO, they said that the feature has been turned off. I have no clue how this has happened when the only change has been me ordering a micro-sim and activating it.. Weird! But all is well..
Again, I truly appreciate your guy's help! You are awesome..

[Q] set up Google voice?

I downloaded Google voice and followed the set up y voicemail still goes through T-Mobile. I made sure in the options that it is set to Google voice buy its not working. I never used voice before am I missing something? Is it because I didn't port my number to Google voice because I would rather keep my number with the carrier. I guess I just want voice to be like the vvm app that I used from Sprint. Sorry for this noob questioni just don't know anything about it. I searched Google and YouTube but they weren't very helpful.
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I'm going to assume you're on a prepaid plan.
You can't set up google voice in place of your T-Mobile voice mail. AT&T and Straight Talk allow it I do believe, but not Monthly4G from T-Mobile.
You can start giving out your GV number to people and set it up to ring your T-Mobile number. In order to get the mail to pass to your Google Voice and not get caught up in your T-Mobile VM. You'll need to set up to prompt people to say their name and you press 1 to accept. This isn't foolproof as you will still get VM's with your T-Mobile account, and it will be of the person saying their name... BUT you will get the actual VM in GV, and it will be transcripted, saved, and awesome.
It's annoying. But it's the only way I know.

So I'm switching to straight talk att next month because my T-Mobile voice coverage isn't that great. When I'm on strait talk Google voice will work like a vvm? With my regular phone number?
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mark8503 said:
So I'm switching to straight talk att next month because my T-Mobile voice coverage isn't that great. When I'm on strait talk Google voice will work like a vvm? With my regular phone number?
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Yes. When setting up the GV app from scratch it will prompt you to change your VM. You can also do it manually. Basically instead of forwarding missed calls to st VM, it forwards to your GV number thus going to VM. If you do it manually, make sure your cell number is registered in gv.
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You could attempt to set it up yourself.
Open the Dialer App, Press Menu (bottom Left corner) and select Settings.
Than Select "Voicemail"
Change Voicemail>Setup
Or still under Phone Settings. Scroll down to Call Forwarding
and set "Forward when busy" "Forward when Unanswered" "Forward when Unreachable"
to your Google Voice number (+1GVOICENUMBER)
and make sure your actual carrier supplied number has been added to your Google Voice allowed numbers.