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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!
herbthehammer said:
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...
dieselg5 said:
You can play them through the earpiece.....
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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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
Hey guys this I read through a couple of existing threads on this, but either the question was not answered or it wasn't explained correctly. maybe someone can assist me.
this is what I am doing. I will be switching from Verizon, to T-Mobile's 4G monthly prepaid plan ($70 plan) and purchasing the Nexus 4 to save a lot of money, and for other obvious reasons regarding always getting the latest android software....
My concern and confusion:
I would like to keep my existing telephone number, so I have read that I can just port over my verizon number to the T-Mobile 4G prepaid plan...this is not the issue, my concern is I would like to continue using my Google Voice service which I already have..However currently use GV on Verizon as my voicemail service which is great for VM transcripts and marking calls as SPAM.
So on one hand I read threads that say "tmobile prepaid will not let you forward calls to your GV and use it as a VM service"
then I have read this is not true, that you have to call TMO support, have them disable your TMO voicemail, then you can run GV as your new VM service with no issues
Then I have heard none of this is correct and you have to PORT over your existing number to Google Voice, and then go to Tmobile and get a new number with the 4G prepaid plan, then add this number to your Google voice ported number and you will have Google Voice as your voicemail service.....
I am so confused as to what actually is true, and what steps i should take in order to make Google Voice work ONLY as my Voicemail while Im on the Tmobile 4G prepaid plan......I hope this made sense. thanks!
In your case, it sounds like you are not using a real GV number but you are using Google Voice just for the voicemail. In that case, you can't use their voicemail service if you just ported to T-mobile 4G since call forwarding is disabled. If you want to use the full version of GV which would give you GV voicemail, you can port to GV and get a new number with T-mobile. Only do this if you want to use the GV app for texting as well. The only problem with this method is you don't get MMS and you can't use the native messaging app (unless you want to use text-forwarding which is ugly). Personally, I don't think I would switch to a full GV just for voicemail because of the hassles of using the GV app for texting.
bozzykid said:
In your case, it sounds like you are not using a real GV number but you are using Google Voice just for the voicemail. In that case, you can't use their voicemail service if you just ported to T-mobile 4G since call forwarding is disabled. If you want to use the full version of GV which would give you GV voicemail, you can port to GV and get a new number with T-mobile. Only do this if you want to use the GV app for texting as well. The only problem with this method is you don't get MMS and you can't use the native messaging app (unless you want to use text-forwarding which is ugly). Personally, I don't think I would switch to a full GV just for voicemail because of the hassles of using the GV app for texting.
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thanks for your response! and you are correct, I am not using a real GV number, I am just using them as a voicemail service. and I can see how losing MMS is a problem as I use that feature a lot....Well I guess thats the deal breaker, PORT over completely to GV and get voicemail transcripts and the online desktop access but lose MMS and the native SMS capabilities.....OR just use Tmobiles standard VM service and hope that TMO adds call forwarding to their prepaid plan in the near future, or GV gets MMS capabilities....either way thanks for the information looks like I will just use TMO VM service for now.
Is anyone currently routing all of their calls/texts/voicemails through Google voice (GV) on Tmobile?
I currently have Sprint and have integrated my number into GV (my GV number and my original Sprint number are one and the same) and I'll be switching from Sprint to Tmobile once I can get my hands on an N4. My problem is I'm not sure whether to port my number out of GV/Sprint and into Tmobile or if I should just get a brand new Tmobile number, add that to GV, and have GV just route calls/texts placed to my current number to the new Tmobile number. The only issue I'm aware of with GV is the lack of support for MMS.
Also, I sporadically have some issues on Sprint with missing calls where they show up in my GV call log but never make it through to my phone. I really like how GV can be accessed from any browser and how it logs history of my texts and calls so it would be nice to have these features still but maybe not worth the few quirks, bugs, and lack of MMS.
Can anyone comment on using GV with their Tmobile number? Worth it? Not worth it?
Google voice works fine on T-Mobile.
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mrbkkt1 said:
Google voice works fine on T-Mobile.
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Actually, it depends. If you are using a T-mobile prepaid 4G plan, you can't use call forwarding. This means you can't use GV for your voicemail for your T-mobile number. In that case, if you use the full version of GV (not the limited voicemail service), then you can have voicemail and texting for your GV number. But if someone calls your T-mobile number, your GV voicemail will not be used. So it really depends on how you are trying to use it (and if you are using prepaid or not).
I use it all the time, the above is true. If you get a monthly plan its no issue. Download the app and you can select it to always call from your GV# or prompt you or never. You should have no issues with it on T-mo, the only difference is you will probably have two numbers now, but keep using the GV# like normal after you set up.
So let me get this straight...
Setup:
Google Voice #: 111-111-1111
New T-Mobile #: 222-222-2222
Let's assume I have added my new T-Mobile number to my Google Voice account, and have only shared my Google Voice number with people.
I can setup my phone to dial out using my Google Voice account. I will also need to replace the default text messaging app with Google Voice.
Any outgoing calls/texts from my phone will show up on other people's phones as 111-111-1111
All calls to 111-111-1111 will automatically be routed to 222-222-2222.
Voicemail scenario 1: Post-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system by default?
If I deactivate voicemail on 222-222-2222, will calls to 111-111-1111 eventually reach the Google Voice voicemail, or does it just ring forever?
Is there an option to automatically forward voicemails to Google Voice (a la Sprint)?
Voicemail scenario 2: Pre-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system?
What happens if you disable voicemail on 222-222-2222? Rings forever?
I take it from your previous post that this is where you run into issues with the Google Voice Voicemail, correct?
Thanks!
thaprinze said:
Voicemail scenario 1: Post-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system by default?
If I deactivate voicemail on 222-222-2222, will calls to 111-111-1111 eventually reach the Google Voice voicemail, or does it just ring forever?
Is there an option to automatically forward voicemails to Google Voice (a la Sprint)?
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I can only speak for my G2x using a post-paid plan, but I have three fields I can set on my phone under Options -> Call settings -> Call forwarding: Busy, Unanswered, and Unreachable (along with "Always Forward"). Each of those has enable/disable and a separate number. In my case, I'm testing out GrooVe IP, since I have poor signal strength at home, so I have Busy and Unanswered set to my Google Voice voicemail number and Unreachable set to my main Google Voice number (so if I'm at home on wifi with no signal, GrooVe IP will ring me). That all works so my voicemail is via Google Voice and not T-Mobile.
Since you have Sprint/GV integrated, if you want to cancel Sprint service you will have some extra steps. Cancel Sprint integration, port your Sprint# to GV, then forward the GV calls to the new TMo#.
A lot of your questions should be answered here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646755
If you're prepaid like me you can just call them and have them disable your voicemail. Then as long as people only have your GV number you will get all voicemails to GV.
Why not just get a Google voice number and tell everyone you know to use it instead of your carrier number.
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thaprinze said:
So let me get this straight...
Setup:
Google Voice #: 111-111-1111
New T-Mobile #: 222-222-2222
Let's assume I have added my new T-Mobile number to my Google Voice account, and have only shared my Google Voice number with people.
I can setup my phone to dial out using my Google Voice account. I will also need to replace the default text messaging app with Google Voice. See next answer
Any outgoing calls/texts from my phone will show up on other people's phones as 111-111-1111 Yes; You can setup the phone via GV App to dial out using your GV number. Texts Sent from GV App will use GV number, texts sent from any Android SMS program will use TMo number
All calls to 111-111-1111 will automatically be routed to 222-222-2222. Yes, if you set it up that way in your GV account settings online
Voicemail scenario 1: Post-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system by default? No, calls to GV will reach GV voicemail
If I deactivate voicemail on 222-222-2222, will calls to 111-111-1111 eventually reach the Google Voice voicemail, or does it just ring forever? Calls to Tmo number will reroute to GV voicemail if you set it up that way through the GV App/Phone App
Is there an option to automatically forward voicemails to Google Voice (a la Sprint)? As far as I know, no. You must change the voicemail number on your phone to redirect to GV voicemail
Voicemail scenario 2: Pre-Paid plan
If someone calls 111-111-1111 and I don't answer my phone, do they get sent to 222-222-2222's voicemail system? No, same as above
What happens if you disable voicemail on 222-222-2222? Rings forever? Yes because you cannot use call forwarding on pre-paid plans, so you cannot redirect to GV
I take it from your previous post that this is where you run into issues with the Google Voice Voicemail, correct?
Thanks!
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Contact name doesn't show up when they call - using Straight Talk AT&T on Verizon N3
Hello,
I am having some problems with my contacts after switching to a verizon note3 from an AT&T note 2. I had no issues on my prior phones (t-mobile HTC One, AT&T s3, etc) and all of my phones get their contacts imported automatically from my google account.
For some reason, when my friend calls, their number shows up as "+xxx-xxx-xxxx" with the plus sign in the front. Unless I go in and change all of my contacts to have that + sign in the front, my contact's name doesn't show up.
I also had trouble calling them back by pressing the missed call because of the plus sign (I get a voice message saying something like "the international call you are attempting to place is not possible". This has been fixed by an app called "prefixer" which can take out the + sign everytime I make any calls.
Other than changing all of my contact phone numbers, is there any way I can make my default contact app ignore the +?
International Prefix
I have the exact same issue. With a Verizon SIM it works just fine, but with a GSM SIM the calling number appears (incorrectly) like +212-555-1212 (rather than simply 212-555-1212, or even, correctly, +1212-555-1212)
Can this be fixed in the ROM or kernel, or better yet, by the user?
Thanks
HI I needed help because I have an att galaxy note 3 and when I set the voicemail number under voicemail settings it does not dial that number instead it says your call cannot be completed as dialed using NC2 ATT ROM need help with this problem great thanks.
Just dial your own number to access voicemail, or download the "AT&T Visual Voicemail" app from Play Store and use that. If neither of those work, then you may need to call AT&T to have a rep reset the voicemail account settings.