Hi, I'm from the UK and since the V20 was not distributed here, I bought mine overseas. The V20 I received was a Verizon model.
I can use my UK sim on it, but the phone always reminds me every time I boot up that the "Sim card is not from Verizon". I can't use the voicemail built in the stock phone app (the app freezes), so I have to use a third party app called "hullomail" in order to get this function back.
Most annoyingly, every now and then, I'll get this notification that says "New Voicemail Dial *86", and of course I can't dial the number because I'm in the UK. This notification stays on the lock screen and notifications section and cannot be cleared. I remedied the problem by downloading an app called Voicemail Remover which takes me to the phone storage settings to clear phone storage data, and that does remove the notification temporarily. However it always comes back by the next day.
My question is, is there any way to disable all Verizon-related notifications and services? I tried disabling all Verizon apps in settings > app manager, but that doesn't seem to work.
I would like to no longer receive the "Sim Card is not from Verizon" notification, be able to use the stock Voicemail app again, and get rid of that recurring "New Voicemail Dial *86" notification that cannot be cleared normally.
Btw I'm slightly new to android so you might have to Eli5
Thanks in advance
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Anyone having trouble with a voice mail icon that won't clear from the notifications bar. Its driving me nuts trying to get rid of it. I don't even use t-mobile voice mail
ya i just connected to it and let it do it's thing. it went away after that. i use google voice so i don't use tmobile either.
so dial the voicemail number connect and let it set up. that's all it will go away.
Call yourself and leave a voice mail and delete and it'll go away.
I also have this problem. My G2 is setup with Google Voice as the voicemail. I have called myself multiple times to leave a voicemail and then called the voicemail and deleted the message, but the icon remains. There is no option to clear this icon in the notification bar. I have also done some reboots, including removing the battery since HTC doesnt do a full power down with its fastboot feature.
Has anyone found a way to remove the icon other than calling and leaving yourself a message? Is anyone else still suffering from this annoyance?
Wow, 2 minutes after posting I found my solution. Here it is for others:
1. Go to call settings and change the voice mail service to carrier
2. Hold the 1 key to dial voicemail (this should go send you to the T-mobile system). Delete any messages if neccessary
3. Icon should disappear during this call
4. Change back to google voice for voicemail.
5. Continue using your awesome G2 while others use older, crappier phones.
I use youmail but when I set my phone up for the first time, it gave me the same problem too but youmail changed the carrier default number so I had to manually add it back before I could get the notification to go away.
Found this out after 2 factory resets
Gotta make sure your carrier voicemail number is tmobile's 1805637::::::: number (you can google it)
Then you can forward back to gvoice or whatever it is you use.
Again, MAKE SURE YOU DEFAULT CARRIER NUMBER IS FOR TMOBILES!!
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its annoying.
i didnt change anything. just diaed 123 and listen to t-mobiles vm settings. hang up and its gone.
ya this was driving me crazy all day! under settings/call/voicemail service just change it to "my carrier" then call yourself leave a msg. then delete it and then you can go back to settings and set it back to google voice so you can have transcribed voicemails!
JMcMoto said:
Wow, 2 minutes after posting I found my solution. Here it is for others:
1. Go to call settings and change the voice mail service to carrier
2. Hold the 1 key to dial voicemail (this should go send you to the T-mobile system). Delete any messages if neccessary
3. Icon should disappear during this call
4. Change back to google voice for voicemail.
5. Continue using your awesome G2 while others use older, crappier phones.
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Yes, I had to figure this out the hard way myself. Change from google voice to standard voicemail... delete messages... change back.
I tried every suggestion in this thread but I still have the voicemail icon. Does anyone have any additional suggestions?
When I try to change my voicemail settings from GV to my carrier and leave myself a message, the notification comes from GV even though I already changed it to carrier settings. The problem persists after a reboot as well.
Got another phone? Pop in sim. Call voicemail. Or delete Google voice. Then call voicemail.
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voicemail icon
once you go in and set up your t-mobile voicemail, the icon goes away, then you can change back to google voice if you like that better.
I really like the TMo Visual Voicemail and have tried to install. Every time it falils. Anyone know when this will be a working app.
Don't install from the market. It will fail because Visual Voicemail is already built in to the MT4G.
Go to the dialer, and on the bottom bar, there's a voicemail section. If you already have visual voicemail as a service, then you've got it.
nmw407 said:
Don't install from the market. It will fail because Visual Voicemail is already built in to the MT4G.
Go to the dialer, and on the bottom bar, there's a voicemail section. If you already have visual voicemail as a service, then you've got it.
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Yes you are correct. But mine does not work...
Mine doesn't work either.
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have you set up your voicemail yet...i had this problem too, and it was driving me f'n crazy...til i listened to my voicemail the first and set up it...after that, i had my visual voicemail going
Did you go to the Settings under Visual Voicemail and enable it?
I had to call tmo customer service, since for some reason my visual voicemail wasn't checked as a service.
Go to t-mo website and make sure you have visual voicemail as a service listed under your account first.
You need to activate it on your phone. If that doesn't work. Make sure the market version is not installed, go to settings/applications/all, scroll down to find the visual voicemail app, select it then select delete data. That should clear things up but you'll probably need to activate it again in your phone dialer.
What happens? does it give you an error or no vmx listed in there?
Also you may want to try google voice, its free and it has some options that T-mobile VVM does not have.
Mine always tells me my phone is associated with another account. I bought it from the 800 number brand new.
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Don't install from the market. It will fail because Visual Voicemail is already built in to the MT4G.
Go to the dialer, and on the bottom bar, there's a voicemail section. If you already have visual voicemail as a service, then you've got it.
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You have to call TMOBILE and have it activated... it would not WORK on my mt4g either until I called them and had it activated on my phone.... I didnt keep it long though I went BACK to google voice, which in my opinion is clearly superior...
I was having the same problem you are describing, visual voicemail saying it was assoicated with another account. After 20 min with T-Mobile tech support their solution was to send me another MT4G. I have a bad feeling thats not going to fix it though.
jjlean said:
Mine always tells me my phone is associated with another account. I bought it from the 800 number brand new.
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Received my "new" phone today. Visual voicemail is still broken, leading me to believe it is something on T-Mobiles end. Hoping someone else chimes in with the same problem and maybe a fix.
samsonpwnz said:
I was having the same problem you are describing, visual voicemail saying it was assoicated with another account. After 20 min with T-Mobile tech support their solution was to send me another MT4G. I have a bad feeling thats not going to fix it though.
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ditto - similar/same issue here since basically day one ... seems like when i cycle to Edge/2g network off of 3G/HSPA (i force it to Edge only when I'm at home to save battery since I have fast WiFi) - the visual voicemail more/less stops functioning ... a couple things that fix it (temporarily until the next time I go to Edge and/or restart) is to 1) press the menu button while in visual voicemail and go into settings and uncheck enable visual voicemail and then check it again ... after this is done - I often have to hit the menu button again and press 'sync' ... as long as you have a data connection this works much of the time. def seems to work better on 3G/HSPA than 2G/edge ... if that fails I .. 2) just restart the device ... after I do this - this is when I often see the 'this voicemail was associated with another account' or some crap message when I first click on visual voicemail .. but after re-enabling and syncing again - I'm always good to go..
a serious pain in the @$$ but luckily I've trained most everyone in my life on a diet of mostly email and text so voicemails to me are kind of becoming obsolete ... or I'd probably be more pissed..
IMHO, you should ditch the lousy VVM built in and give YouMail a try. It's free and has so many options. Like the ability to choose a different message based on who is calling, block certain callers etc...
Plus, YouMail has a great free app in the Market.
Mine wouldn't notify me when i had a new voicemail. I just use google voice now and no issues.
Same problem here, I keep getting the message "associated with other account". I already have VM activated, and already set it up on my phone. It's fairly random, as my VM will work normally for x number of days. Then all of a sudden I get that message.
VVM issues
I got my phone when it first came out and could not get vvm to work; I called tech support and they said at first it was on their end. A month went by and I called back and they said things were ok on their end, I had added VVM to my account, and then they (2 different people) tried to get me to download from the market even tho the app is built into the mt4g.
I had enabled vvm when I first got the phone and never worked. So this time, I went into settings (open dialer, choose vvm tab, hit menu button) and disabled it, which then did not allow me to get back into settings. So, from home screen, hit menu, settings, manage applications and found visual voicemail and I believe hit button to clear cache and then rebooted my phone. I went back to vvm under dialer, checked the settings and it has worked ever since....hope this may help someone.
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I got my phone when it first came out and could not get vvm to work; I called tech support and they said at first it was on their end. A month went by and I called back and they said things were ok on their end, I had added VVM to my account, and then they (2 different people) tried to get me to download from the market even tho the app is built into the mt4g.
I had enabled vvm when I first got the phone and never worked. So this time, I went into settings (open dialer, choose vvm tab, hit menu button) and disabled it, which then did not allow me to get back into settings. So, from home screen, hit menu, settings, manage applications and found visual voicemail and I believe hit button to clear cache and then rebooted my phone. I went back to vvm under dialer, checked the settings and it has worked ever since....hope this may help someone.
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are you sure it was clear cache? because my cache shows 0.00B and as such can't clear anything (button is greyed out) ... are you sure it's not clear DATA?
i've heard of people having problems clearing the data on certain programs and having to hard/factory reset which i would REALLY hate to do at this point just to 'try' something out ..... ?
Thanks for this tip. YouMail is awesome!
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IMHO, you should ditch the lousy VVM built in and give YouMail a try. It's free and has so many options. Like the ability to choose a different message based on who is calling, block certain callers etc...
Plus, YouMail has a great free app in the Market.
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The voice mail notification is there but I have no voice mails. I have looked everywhere and cant find how to get rid of it. Can anyone help?
Guess I am alone on this I have deleted Google Voice, called my old voice mail number and made sure that there was nothing there, factory reset and wiped it. I have no clue how to clear this notification. This along with the left side of my touch screen being unresponsive might just have to take it back.
It's down to the carrier to clear it, not you.
Leave yourself a vm, then delete it... Bingo!
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snoboard26 said:
The voice mail notification is there but I have no voice mails. I have looked everywhere and cant find how to get rid of it. Can anyone help?
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I had the same problem. Soon as I got my phone, the voicemail icon appeared.
If you're using Google Voice, this is how I fixed it:
Change voicemail from Google Voice to My Carrier.
Settings > Call Settings > Voicemail Service
Stop Voicemail Forwarding:
Go to google.com/voice > Settings > Deactivate Google voicemail on this phone
(If you're with T-Mobile, it's: ##004#)
Then call your number and listen to your non-existing voicemail. Once you hung up, the notification should be gone.
You can change the setting back to normal (voicemail carrier and voicemail Forwarding).
To re-activate voicemail forwarding (for T-Mobile):
*004*1----------#
Replace dashes with your 10-digit Google Voice number.
Hope that helps.
rhca50 said:
Leave yourself a vm, then delete it... Bingo!
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This is what I did when I got mine. I had the same problem.
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I had this issues when I got my Nexus S, I had AT&T, Google Voice, then ported my number to T-Mobile. I had a Voicemail from 805 number (T-Mobile), took a while to properly port over. I tried all kinds of things, then after my AT&T SIM finally disabled, I turned off GV, called my own, left a voicemail, checked the voicemail and it fixed itself. Now back to GV for voicemails.
Thank you for all the suggestions I didnt get to read this till after I got home from work. I ended up taking my phone back and got a replacement. As soon as I popped my sim in the voicemail notification popped up. Same problem as before so I drove home. I called T-Mobile and switched to the new sim card that came with the phone. Called my voice mail hung up the notification is gone. So somehow my sim card was causing the error.
Seem to be missing under 'Settings > Call settings > Blacklist' on Bell Atrix. Can I get to the option by rooting the phone?
I'm trying to block annoying text message alerts for new voicemail that are sent from network (Bell says can't turn off from their side and now I get two alerts every time I receive a VM).
Thanks!
Try Mr. Number from the Market. It's free, and blocks both calls and texts.
Thanks will check it out.
Maybe a stupid question but would using an app to do this consume more resources than if the OS handled it?
Probably a slight bit, but regardless of where this process runs, whether it be system or user app, it'll still take resources.
I've only seen built-in blacklisting in CM roms, never in any stock device roms.
Anyone else use Google Voice as your voicemail service provider on the ZE551KL / Z00TD with firmware 1.16.40.763? And if so, do you also get the "Unfortunately the process com.android.phone has stopped" error message when changing the Service from "Your carrier" to "Google Voice"?
Best as I can figure, it's a bug in the system firmware, not an issue with GV. Under Call settings > Voicemail > Setup, you can change your VM number to GV and as long as you never change the Service option, GV works just fine (but you won't get notifications of new voicemail).
Also, I think this is somehow related to another issue I posted about (in the wrong sub-forum, though, and a mod never moved it) where messages (SMS or MMS) wouldn't come through unless I sent one first. Folks would send me messages and I'd never see them. They were never delivered and they didn't come in late. If I sent out a message, though, messages would come in just fine (doesn't matter who I sent it to, either). After a certain amount of time (not sure how much, but definitely overnight) or a phone reboot it's back to missing messages. None of this happens as long as I don't change the voicemail Service to GV.
I suppose the messages issue could be my carrier, though they worked with me several times to test the SMS/MMS issue and they see them as delivered on their end. I don't think the GV issue is my carrier. I have Cricket (AT&T MVNO) in the US. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone else who uses GV, see if you're having the same issue.
Okay, another symptom: I have to use the default ASUS text messaging apps or messages don't come through.
I have tried both Google Messenger and Textra. After setting as the default, I rebooted and had test messages sent to me. Nothing. Setting the ASUS app back to default and rebooting has messages coming through immediately (but I stil never received the ones that were sent before).
The default ASUS app reports the user's name and then "SIM 1", so I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the dual SIMs. Anyone using a different default SMS app?