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PLEASE help me to understand this PROBLEM

Ok this is weird and can not figure this one out. I called T-mobile, my son called AT&T and my daughter called Verizon, they are no help at all, any of them. Here is the problem and I come to the REAL pros for answers:
I have a Vibrant on T-Mobile
My son has lateset Iphone on AT&T
My daughter has Lg Choc on Verizon
Here is where it gets nuts
My daughter sends a 25k Video message. My son and I receive the msg but with NO sound. She plays it on her phone sound works fine. If my son and I resend the video back to her it works fineon her phone sound and all.
My daughter uploaded the same video to facebook via the phone and it worked just fine.
What on earth can be wrong? Is it a carrier problem? I am blown away that both T-Mobile and AT&T would have the same problem when receiving video msgs from verizon.
Can anyone help, please

Sounds like a codec issue. There are a lot of issues of MMS between carriers. Get everyone on one provider with a family plan, unfortunately thats the best solution.

I have noticed this too when my mother sends me video messages, not sure what phone she has, but ya, no sound. Worked fine on my g1...
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I would say that it is the audio codec the chocolate uses. It probably isn't a common codec and your phone and the iPhone doesn't have it.

Not sure if anyone mentioned this yet, but it's probably a codec issue.

Thats because Verizon sucks ass. Every time I deal with an MMS issue its always Verizon. Get on one carrier and be done with it.

In a week T-mobile will be offering the free add a line promotion. Move them over for free.

Am I mental to consider using a Tab as a phone?

I know a few people around here are carrying Tabs around on a day-to-day basis and I was wondering what people's opinions were of the practicality of using the Tab as a primary device, to replace a phone as opposed to complementing it.
I'm not looking to carry two devices or to pay for a second data SIM, so without being rude I'm not particularly interested in how well the Tab complements other devices, only in how sensible an idea it is to use the Tab as my main phone.
I mean, I know that if I were to get the Tab, I'd probably need a spare handset to use on the odd occasion when I didn't want to or couldn't take the Tab with me but when I could take the Tab, I wouldn't be looking to carry a second device at the same time.
This all ties in to a thread I started in the 'General' section addressing the general issue of what phone to get.
I think of the options I mentioned in that thread, that I'm drawn most to the Tab because it would best suit my needs/use but the size/practicality is, understandably I feel, a concern.
Anyway, any/all feedback will be greatly appreciated.

You are not mental.
I use it as a phone every day with a BT headset and have no problem whatsoever .
The only occasion I will not use it as a phone is when I go out and I need something that fits in my pocket without sticking out.
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You're not alone. It's reasonable to use a bluetooth headset 1st, speakerphone 2nd and holding up to your ear 3rd. I predict 7" will be the new trend, large enough to make it easier to read but still pocketable in a man's jacket or lady's purse.

You can't hold again your head FYI. the earpiece isn't there on the tab.

clubtech... where did you get your unlocked phone and what did you pay if you don't mind sharing...
I'm looking for the least expensive unlocked quadband phone and so far the lowest price is ~$900 US.
thanks..

I use it is my primary phone and though it.is a bit cumbersome i dont mind it.
I need a good bluetooth headset with caller display though - can anybody recommend one?
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You can hold it to your head, you just need to put it upsidedown as the speakers are on the bottom of the phone, and when you use it that way the microphone will be right next your mouth.
I used it in this way a pair of time, you just need to lower the volume as the tab will automatically go in speaker phone mode when you don't have a paired bluetooth or wired headphone.
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I just wonder how are you using it as a phone!
I live in the U.S.A, California. And my understanding that the Galaxy tab can't be used as a phone! The Galaxy tab is being release here with in 2 weeks!
I'm just wonder if there's a way that I could use it as a phone? Doe's any one here have any suggestions???

US models can't be used as a phone, EU ones can.
It's unclear whether the difference is hardware- or software-related.
So it's maybe possible that a US unti could be modded to make/receive calls or it may be impossible. Alternatively, you could procure an unlocked EU unit but you may have issues regarding network compatibility depending on your provider.

tab
tmobile is starting on the 10th that when we will know if it can make calls or not, ill know by night fall. lol

The short answer is: Yes. You should use it with a wireless/Bluetooth headset.

well, I for one gonna use it as a main phone
don't care how dorky it gonna looks like, especially if you're only in your office, or in your cubicle, or in your house
who cares
Bluetooth can always be there when you go out
thanks to clubtech for sharing his experience too, i finally decided to use this as my main
i got mine today, hopefully can use it soon enough since i'm on a remote area now

Devices with phone capabilities and multitasking will change the world.
Now, I can have Skype, Nimbus, Fring or whatever, running in background and ACTICE.
That means i can also receive calls without while the application is in the background.
From now, my availability on the VOIP equals the availability on the phone and the answering method is the same (Skype on the computer requires headset)
This means i will use VOIP more and more.
The idea of paying a voice call depending of distance is so obsolete !!!
Traditional telephony will decline.
I hope, in 5 years, the traditional telephony will be like analog telephony today
I believe that in few yeas will pay only a data plan, and telephony and TV will be over IP.

bulldebeerman said:
tmobile is starting on the 10th that when we will know if it can make calls or not, ill know by night fall. lol
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If you're talking T-Mobile US, then there's no need to wait.
We already know it won't do calls.

Step666 said:
If you're talking T-Mobile US, then there's no need to wait.
We already know it won't do calls.
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We don't know if it wont do after some serious flashing

Sounds like something that would take longer than 'til nightfall' to work out.

I hope of you guys can make it work as a phone!
I hope one of you guys can make it work as a phone!
I live in the U.S.A, California. I'm waiting to see if ATT or T-Mobile Galaxy tablet can be used as a phone!
I hope there's a APP that can be added ( like a VOIP app )can be used to work as a phone! I want to purchase the Galaxy tab , but I needed to work as a phone also! I know there's many people that need this also.
I just don't why !!! Samsung didn't allow the tablet to be used as cell phone here in the U.S.A.!

There is, apparently, an unlocked North American model that will arrive early next year which should, I think, allow calls.
The reason why none of the ones being sold by the various US networks will make calls is that the networks do not allow it.
If you want to apportion blame, then the bulk of it should fall upon the networks.

It's hard to see the logic behind that decision. Voice and data plans tend to pull in more revenue than data only plans, I can only imagine that the networks think you need to be forced into carrying both a phone and a tablet, when in reality most would choose that anyway.
Regards,
Dave

well im am using it as a phone every day, although its with a Bluetooth headset, but very happy with that! having no problems at all
recommended!
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Google Voice - Sprint Integration

This guy got invited to Google Voice integration with Sprint preview.
See screenshots
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18815554/google-voice-sprint-preview.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18815554/google-voice-sprint-preview-1.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18815554/google-voice-sprint-preview-2.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18815554/google-voice-sprint-preview-3.png
Still no calls over wifi though.

Exactly what I'm waiting for. Hope they go live soon
i dont need a signature

Hope I get an invite! I've been a GV user since it was grandcentral. The minute I saw this I added in my email.
Good to see they are starting to roll this out to a few.

Hey, this may stray a little off topic but maybe you guys can help answer a few questions for me.
The situation...
I might be relocating to the island of grenada, dominican republic for two years for school. I have google voice on my phone and was wondering if I took my shift with me, can I just put it in airplane made, turn on wifi and receive and make calls with google voice while on campus/around wifi hot spots?
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lilgrass71 said:
Hey, this may stray a little off topic but maybe you guys can help answer a few questions for me.
The situation...
I might be relocating to the island of grenada, dominican republic for two years for school. I have google voice on my phone and was wondering if I took my shift with me, can I just put it in airplane made, turn on wifi and receive and make calls with google voice while on campus/around wifi hot spots?
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No, it's not VOIP. You couldn't make calls. SMS gets sent over data though so you would still be able to text.
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Hey, this may stray a little off topic but maybe you guys can help answer a few questions for me.
The situation...
I might be relocating to the island of grenada, dominican republic for two years for school. I have google voice on my phone and was wondering if I took my shift with me, can I just put it in airplane made, turn on wifi and receive and make calls with google voice while on campus/around wifi hot spots?
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I think Skype would be the way to go.

That's awesome; I really want to get this enabled on my phone. I already use Google Voice for voicemail, but I want my Sprint number as my Google Voice number because it's the number everyone already knows for me.

So is it safe to assume that if you already have a GV number you have to forfeit it in order to port your Sprint number to GV?

bcellis said:
So is it safe to assume that if you already have a GV number you have to forfeit it in order to port your Sprint number to GV?
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bcellis - yes. you have 90 days to decide to switch back.

Has anyone tried contacting Sprint about getting an invite to the service? Maybe it's just a matter of talking to the right person...

That's one of the perks of working for Sprint corporate. The day after the PR about Google Voice and Sprint, a few of my team members and I received the invitation. I have to say we haven't had any issues with it up to this point.

[Q] Recieving call issues?

Hey. Was wondering if anyone had a similar problem, or knew of a possible cause or fix.
Whenever someone on a carrier other then sprint tries calling my epic, they get a "your call did not go through, please try again 025T" error message. I can make calls to those same numbers, but they can't even get through to my voice mail.
Never had a problem like this. Started randomly last night. Contacted Sprint, and they tried the normal updating profile, prl, etc, but no dice.
I'm on Syndicate Frozen 2.2
Kernel Version 2.6.32.9
I'm using an airrave as well, but the issue is happening whether I'm using the airave or not.
Thanks for any suggestions or help guys.

Weird, yesterday my other phone incoming calls would go straight to voicemail. Called sprint and they went through the hands free activation to get it to work. I wonder if they are related.
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Having the exact same problem. Also on Syndicate 1.2 and using an Airrave. Phone would only ring when I had the screen on or had just recently locked it. When the screen was off for a few minutes all calls would be routed to voicemail or just fail completely and I wouldn't even get a missed call notification.

Same here. While in airave range, incoming calls go straight to voicemail.
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Funny story. I got a job offer thursday.. phone didnt ring. I got the voicemail friday NIGHT after business hours. I cancelled my contract and went to verizon. I raged but now I don't have to worry about this crap again.
<3iphone4
inb4 flaming ios
p.s. you could try using roam control and forcing verizon towers. I blame sprint being terrible

Also Airave here! Did anyone call Airave people? After the hands free activation it worked fine but if it happens again today I will call them. They love to update software and f%$k up people's phones.

kennyglass123 said:
Also Airave here! Did anyone call Airave people? After the hands free activation it worked fine but if it happens again today I will call them. They love to update software and f%$k up people's phones.
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I called on Friday, but they didn't help much past restart your Airave and your phone, then call us back if you're still having issues.
I'll be calling in again today once I get home.
Btw, I know it's definitely an airave issue in my case, because calls come in just fine when the airave is powered off.

They updated the Airave software on Friday and screwed everyone's service up. Everyone call and yell to get full upgrade status or ETF waived and put on month to month. This is unacceptable and Sprint should be liable. I lost a $2000 AC job! Anyone want to start a class action suit since this is Sprint caused?
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[Q] Where to find Sprint compatible V20 SIM?

I bought a V20 used on Swappa that didn't come with a SIM, didn't realize how much trouble that would prove to be. Sprint is not like the other carriers where the service follows the SIM. The SIM card you have has to be associated with certain ranges of IMEIs otherwise it won't work, apparently.
I went to 2 different Sprint stores last night. At the first store they tried every nano sim that they had on hand but none of them worked on Sprint's network in the V20. The 2nd store said they didn't have one in stock but I could try calling the national sales support line, well, the sales support line will not talk to you unless you work at a Sprint store. The 2nd store also said that I needed an ICCID ending in 0849.
This is for a Sprint specific V20.
Anyone have any ideas?

Are you a sprint customer? Try customer service or tech support. You can chat on the sprint website. Ask them to send you a new sim card

Yea I did the chat thing and they are overnighting it to me, at their expense.
I far prefer chat to actually calling, I usually get the right people and its usually resolved.

brons2 said:
Yea I did the chat thing and they are overnighting it to me, at their expense.
I far prefer chat to actually calling, I usually get the right people and its usually resolved.
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Great glad it's all working out just an FYI they overnighted me a Sim 2 weeks ago it took them eight days to get it to me wasn't quite overnight hope your experience is different

They shipped it on Friday and per UPS web site, it's on the truck for delivery today. I hope to see it this evening when I get home.
So sick of iOS! It was a mistake for me to get an iPhone for my personal use. I have a work phone also and it's a 7 plus. iOS is fine for my work phone but for someone who uses pretty much all of Google's services and likes to root and ROM, it's a real bummer to have an iPhone as your personal. One of the biggest drawbacks is that you can't do both the Google Voice outbound calling and WiFi calling at the same time. You have to choose one or the other. When I turned on WiFi calling, Sprint disabled my Google Voice integration. Enough of that already. People keep asking me why I am calling them on this weird number, because I've been using my Google Voice number for years for all my outbound cell calls.
Bottom line I'm just too invested in the Google ecosystem to use an iPhone. They have most of the Google apps but it's just not as good. I told my wife if she wanted to FaceTime me, just use my work number. Problem solved.
Side note - by loading the security updates, I read here that the V20 can't be rooted now? That would be kind of a bummer but the V20 stock ROM is probably the least buggy that I've seen, so hopefully I'm content to use it as is.

brons2 said:
They shipped it on Friday and per UPS web site, it's on the truck for delivery today. I hope to see it this evening when I get home.
So sick of iOS! It was a mistake for me to get an iPhone for my personal use. I have a work phone also and it's a 7 plus. iOS is fine for my work phone but for someone who uses pretty much all of Google's services and likes to root and ROM, it's a real bummer to have an iPhone as your personal. One of the biggest drawbacks is that you can't do both the Google Voice outbound calling and WiFi calling at the same time. You have to choose one or the other. When I turned on WiFi calling, Sprint disabled my Google Voice integration. Enough of that already. People keep asking me why I am calling them on this weird number, because I've been using my Google Voice number for years for all my outbound cell calls.
Bottom line I'm just too invested in the Google ecosystem to use an iPhone. They have most of the Google apps but it's just not as good. I told my wife if she wanted to FaceTime me, just use my work number. Problem solved.
Side note - by loading the security updates, I read here that the V20 can't be rooted now? That would be kind of a bummer but the V20 stock ROM is probably the least buggy that I've seen, so hopefully I'm content to use it as is.
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Have you already upgraded security? Do you know your arb# currently or what Zv# your on? You can root if your zv7 or under. Developer mode had a switch to disable automatic updating if your looking for that feature