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Hi all,
I've recently been lucky enough to get an invite to Google Voice, and as such, I'd like to use it as my primary voicemail. I know how to change the Speed Dial setting so I can dial 1 and get to my GV messages, but I'd like to set up call forwarding or something similar so that anyone who calls my 'old' (original) phone number is sent to the GV number when I don't answer.
Please see this article to see what I'm talking about:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/...ice-to-add-visual-voicemail-to-your-g1-dream/
I know that WM6 doesn't have an app for GV just yet, and I'm content to receive text messages for now. Is it possible to modify my voicemail functionality in this way? For reference, I'm using Sprint on a Vogue (with VetVito's ROM, but that shouldn't matter here).
Thanks!
Nevermind... on Sprint, this is done through setting up "Forward when busy" and "Forward when no answer" with customer service, and it carries a per-minute fee for each use. No way I'm shelling out 20 cents per minute for voicemail. Oh well...
If you are persistent enough and get to the right tech level, they will do it for you in the system. I basically had a lot of trouble doing the *7XXX thing (can't remember the code anymore) and finally got to a tech who told me that when your calls go to sprints voicemail, it is basically a call forward to a different number, just handled internally. So he changed the number in the internal system to my voicemail service (phone fusion, I'm on the android OS) and viola, call forwarding for busy and no answer calls with no charge!
It will probably take a few calls and some time, but it is possible. I would also suggest searching for and signing an online petition to sprint to discontinue this charge. Apparently they are the only US carriers who charge for this. with google voice coming, it's just not a good thing.
I'm on Verizon and I just have to dial *72+the number I want calls forwarded to and they just go to that number. The only issue is that it causes me to lose the free mobile 2 mobile calls because I get connected to my Google Voice account.
I called five times. Each time the answer was the same (in varying degrees of smarmyness and friendliness): We used to change the voicemail number for people, and we can still do it, but aren't allowed to.
No ifs, ands, or buts.
Every one of them tried to sell me on call forwarding at 20 cents per minute. Each time I explained that if I got only one message per day, at a minute or less, that'd be an extra six bucks on my bill. Personally, it'd be much higher.
So, much as I love my Vogue, the combination of their 'anti-Android' policy and intentional incompatibility with third-party voicemail systems means that I'll be looking for a new provider when my contract is up. Maybe I'll port my number to a shiny new myTouch 3G.
I just got this phone today. I plan to upgrade it some once I read some more.
I bought it cause it was only 10$ with verizon and i dont have to buy internet
How do I lock the internet though so I dont accidentally start paying outrageous rates... they told me they could do it but it would also block pic messages
i dont think there is a program to actually lock the internet...
There is a program somewhere that will block data access, I'm not sure of the name though. I think you can find it in the big NSFAN Rom FAQ somewhere.
But I am in the same situation as you, and I just paid attention to what programs I used and if the phone tried to dial #777 which was the data line. If it did it randomly, it was usually a picture message. I would let that finish, and then long press end and terminate the data connection. You can tell if there is a data connection by looking for the little sideways arrows above your signal icon.
If you just keep that off when your not sending or receiving MMS, your fine on data.
You can always call Verizon and have them block the data connection on your phone, so there will be no possible way for them to charge you
or just use the data block program, here is one:
http://www.modaco.com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/
In Japan, phones can play a msg and record voicemail in the phone itself, so you don't have to dial some server somewhere to retrieve voicemail and pay carrier costs. Is there anything like that for WM?
emananji desuka?
That's more of a carrier service.....not something u can install.
that's the point. You install software so you don't use a carrier service. It can't be hard, accept a call, stream to a .wav
but too many are happy to pay the carrier fees I guess...
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that's the point. You install software so you don't use a carrier service. It can't be hard, accept a call, stream to a .wav
but too many are happy to pay the carrier fees I guess...
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Because from what i've seen of such services, it's integrated from the carrier itself into whichever handsets it chooses too. You can't do it via 3rd party add ons unless the carrier itself chooses to open their requirements to do so.
It appears to be easy, but unless you know how to reverse engineer the method the carrier uses, good luck. Besides, who's to know when the carrier will just change a simple spec to disable it once they catch on? It's an endless race.
it's not a spec, it's the phone accepting a call - it's capable of doing that. you already have a setting to auto accept after X rings.
then it's saving to a file, there are sound recorder programs in WM already. If it can play the sound via the speaker, it can save the file.
there is nothing to do with the carrier itself. the carrier sees your phone accepting a call, that's it.
You can use phone fusion plus.
http://phonefusion.com/
I used it for a while but T-mobile USA has one built in now so I've switched back. It's not exactly what your describing but it's close. It bypasses the carriers voice mail and stores the file on their server. The only thing you need to pay for is a text message and data to download. If you want to bypass thoes charges I can't help.
I would like this function too, not so much for my current phone, more for my Diamond where I have a pay as you go card with no credit. I simply use it for receiving calls in the house as my Virgin phone doesn't get a very good signal but I often get voicemail messages that I can't listen to.
Obviously if the phone is switched off or out of signal the call will be redirected to the carrier voicemail but if the phone is able to receive the call I would have thought it would be able to accept the call, play a message that I record on my device to the caller and then record what they say until the call disconnects. Maybe we're starting to get into the realms of the In Call Recorder that seems to be problematic.
Terrific idea.
Never thought of it.
I'd suggest you google for it.
Found something like iSecretary for instance, haven't tried it though.
You do realize that you should keep your standard provider voicemail in case your phone is out of reach?
Goodluck and let us know if you've found something useful.
Here is my issue...
I'm on Tmobile's $30/mo prepaid plan. I want to use google voice to ring my nexus as I've been using a GV number for the last year or so. So in other words, I don't want to use my carrier number, I want my GV number to ring the phone. I had succeeded in doing this with my GS3 and Galaxy Nexus before without any issues. When I call my GV number from another phone, it won't ring my nexus, and eventually goes to GV voicemail.
What makes it stranger is that I was able to get it to ring once or twice by calling my GV #, but trying the call again would result in the Nexus not ringing anymore.
I have tried doing the **004*XXXXXXXXXXX# codes a dozen times getting a message like "Call forwarding Connection problem or invalid MMI code."
I've tried deleting the phone from my computer on the GV page and adding it back again. No success there.
I'm short on ideas. Any help would be much appreciated.
Go here and follow the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2057887
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I'm not interested in using VOIP. I want to use the cellular network because the call quality is better than any VOIP solution. I just want my GV number to be in front of my tmobile number.
If I understand correctly you want people to call your GV number, and GV to forward/ call your device on the device's number?
If so, all you should have to do is log into GV on the computer, put your device's number into the settings, verify you have the phone, and it should be set up.
I have it set up that way with T-Mobile prepaid, and never had any issues. If you are doing those things and it is still not working, please elaborate more.
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I'm having a similar issue, I have a Nexus 4, I'm on the T-Mobile $30 plan, I go to verify my T-Mobile # on GV and after I hit "Connect" it says 'Verifying your phone...' for 30 seconds or so, then says "We could not verify your phone. Please try again.".
I've tried calling from at least a dozen computers, nothing, my phone never rings, no matter how much signal I have or what, it's INFURIATING.
I just got setup on this same tmo plan, and I'm having similar issues with GV. I managed to get GV to forward incoming calls to my tmo phone number, but If I call out, it still uses my tmo number regardless of whether I have GV set to make all calls. The GV voice mail also is screwy. If someone calls my phone and I let it ring and don't pick up, it will go to GV, but if I tell the phone to ignore the call, it goes to tmo voice mail. This 30$ plan is just what I've been looking for but honestly its really aggravating that it all worked flawless on Straightalk with ATT sim. I don't want to have to use GrooveIP or some other app to call constantly through GV, when it worked properly on ATT's network. Tmo, definitely has to work to do in this area.
Here's how I got it to work.
Went to google voice and put in my work deskphone number.
Verified it, then boom, I have a verified number.
Used that to set up a google voice number that's 3 numbers off from my old one (Same area code, first three different, last 4 the same) and paid $4.99 for GrooVe IP, logged into my Google Voice account and now I can make calls to and from my google voice number. Be sure to download an app called Contact Cleanup or something like that, I think GrooVe IP needs you to have your phone numbers in international format to dial. Also, my only real complaint about this is occasionally someone will call my old number because my new one wont ring, but signging out and back into GrooVe IP seems to fix this.
Every few days I try to verify my cell number with no luck, I was reading and the best I can come up with is it's either a fault, or something on purpose, on T-Mobile's end.
And FYI my phone shows up with my GV number on caller ID, and text messages, and all that jazz, I sent out a few dozen text messages using GV online to everyone in my contacts list know to only use my old number for emergencies.
I haven't using a single minute on my T-Mobile plan since I did this like 2 weeks ago, I love it.
Two things to keep in mind.
1) "Forward calls to" phone numbers can only be used in one GV account at a time. Otherwise you could create 100 Gmail/GV accounts and forward them to one line. I had this issue trying to add my home phone to both my GV and my spouse's GV account. Many free SIP DID's have this as a known issue. Google can remove the number, but it's a painful process.
2) The Nexus 4 has a ARP issue on WiFi. Ping your phone LAN IP after you lock the screen to see what I mean. This has caused some issues with some VOIP apps.
ficklecycler said:
Here is my issue...
I'm on Tmobile's $30/mo prepaid plan. I want to use google voice to ring my nexus as I've been using a GV number for the last year or so. So in other words, I don't want to use my carrier number, I want my GV number to ring the phone. I had succeeded in doing this with my GS3 and Galaxy Nexus before without any issues. When I call my GV number from another phone, it won't ring my nexus, and eventually goes to GV voicemail.
What makes it stranger is that I was able to get it to ring once or twice by calling my GV #, but trying the call again would result in the Nexus not ringing anymore.
I have tried doing the **004*XXXXXXXXXXX# codes a dozen times getting a message like "Call forwarding Connection problem or invalid MMI code."
I've tried deleting the phone from my computer on the GV page and adding it back again. No success there.
I'm short on ideas. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Are you using the same gmail on your phone as the account you originally created the GV number on?
I was having this problem and I transferred the # to my new gmail, problem solved.
Hi there,
I run a very small business and I'm occasionally on-site at my customers office most of the time. So whenever i'm out, i divert my office number to my Nexus 6P.
So the issue is that it's quite difficult for me to distinguish between a personal call or if it's a diverted call from my office to my Nexus 6P. Previously on Nokia or certain Samsung phones, there was an 'indicator icon' showing that it was a diverted/forwarded call. This helped me tremendously.
It's definitely a phone feature and *not* a carrier issue. Have downloaded 3 apps (2 free and 1 paid) from the Play store, but they all do not seem to work. Am on "Pure Nexus" ROM.
Any ideas how to get this resolved without carrying a separate phone ? Or perhaps i should contact the developer of "Pure Nexus" to get this resolved ?
Thank you and keep up the good work.
So the calls get forwarded and still show the number for the original caller? Every time I've used call forwarding it shows the number that they called which forwarded to me, not theirs.
Example, I call your cell directly from 555-1234 and you see that as the incoming number. If I called your office and it was forwarded to your cell, you see your own office number because that line is forwarding the call.
I guess it must depend on the phone system that is forwarding the call and how it actually works?
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So the calls get forwarded and still show the number for the original caller? Every time I've used call forwarding it shows the number that they called which forwarded to me, not theirs.
Example, I call your cell directly from 555-1234 and you see that as the incoming number. If I called your office and it was forwarded to your cell, you see your own office number because that line is forwarding the call.
I guess it must depend on the phone system that is forwarding the call and how it actually works?
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Hi Fury, yes the calls get forwarded and the original callers number appears perfectly.
I believe it doesn't depend on the phone system because i've used 3 old nokia's before and stock Galaxy S2 and Note 2 and a call forwarded 'icon' appears... this enables me to know which calls that come in is actually a diverted call from my office.
If i'm not mistaken, they have also built it in MIUI ROMS... so it's not the landline handset or telco provider, it's definitely in the OS of the phone.
Perhaps i should just write to the developer of Pure Nexus to add this little request
Thanks for the reply Fury.
Maybe you should try Forwarded Call Notification latest version:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=joe.forward