At the moment, my phone/watch configuration is an iPhone 8 Plus and LG Watch Sport. Wifi and Bluetooth are disabled on my watch and I use AT&T NumberSync to make sure I don't miss any calls or texts. I'm curious as to whether it's possible to enable the texts received on my watch, which has it's own phone number, to also be received on an android tablet. What made this come to mind was the way Apple devices allow texts and calls across any and all Apple devices. I can receive calls and texts on my iPads, on my Macs and my phones, so long as they all are logged into my Apple account. I'm curious if it's possible to complete the cycle to allow my Android devices to see those texts, as well, perhaps by pushing texts from my Android Wear watch through something like, say, PushBullet.
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I have seen a bunch of UMA/Tethering threads that seem to taper off into tethering which more people seem to be into.
However, I barely get any signal in my house and really need UMA or I am going to have to return my sweet new G2 which I don't really want to do. How close are we to getting a UMA hack or the real thing in the form of update.
Thank you in advance.
I agree. I am in the same position. The Wifi calling thread deteriorated into a Tethering thread and what I really need is exactly the same thing. I have to use my BB Bold 9700 with UMA once I get home to my house. I purchased the G2 with the hopes of Wifi Calling coming to it.
I am still believing that it WILL before year end, but obviously the sooner the better as I am getting sick of switching my sim card back and forth constantly.
Is there anyone in the know?
Well, I returned my G2 (within the 14 day initial purchase). Maybe I will buy it again. I just can't deal with the intermittent no service in my house. Even my ATT iPhone had 1 bar in my house which assured the phone would ring and I could text.
If UMA comes to the G2 then I will be a very happy owner of it. Till then, pitty me for my use of a 3G iphone.
hopefully when the mytouchhd..or 4g? comes out the g2 gets the uma as well.. i get some ok signal at home but i want my UMA already.. ive had it for the last couple of years with my BB's
Just to clarify here. The Wifi calling on Android will not hand off to the cell network like it does on the Blackberry phones that support it.
Found a source to confirm!
hxxp://blog.wirelessground.com/t-mobile-wi-fi-calling/
(Note: that was just the first result that came up for a google search of the topic)
For me, the not handing off isn't a problem. I rarely walk out the door with the phone against my ear. I just want to get phone calls in my house.
I have a Blackberry, and so does several of my friends. I've never seen a Blackberry hand off a UMA call to the network or vice versa. It always drops the call when it transitions between UMA and the cell network. So it sounds like it'll work just like a Blackberry.
If you have Gmail open on your computer and your phone does not have a signal it will ring on your computer. Not sure how I did it or if its auto but it will get me by til UMA/WiFi callings comes.
TheMercuryMan said:
If you have Gmail open on your computer and your phone does not have a signal it will ring on your computer. Not sure how I did it or if its auto but it will get me by til UMA/WiFi callings comes.
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That's a feature of Google Voice. If you have setup Google Voice in your phone's voicemail settings, enabled GChat as a phone in your Google Voice settings, and set the Google Voice forwarding options for your mobile phone to ring your other phones before going to voicemail, then calls to your mobile number will ring in GChat.
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That's a feature of Google Voice. If you have setup Google Voice in your phone's voicemail settings, enabled GChat as a phone in your Google Voice settings, and set the Google Voice forwarding options for your mobile phone to ring your other phones before going to voicemail, then calls to your mobile number will ring in GChat.
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Cool thanks I had no idea i was in the other room watching TV and my computer started ringing. Wouldnt be too good if my wife was on the computer and my GF called ( if i had one lol). Any way to get rid of the 14 txt messages, email, and a google voice notification every time i get a voicemail?
I don't have a lot of money. I'm somewhat of a geek. I did not want to pay Verizon close to $90/month for an android cell phone.
I replicate 95% of the functionality of a 3g android phone for < $40/month.
I bought a used Galaxy Tab 7" SCH-i800 for $250.
I bought a used DroidX for $75.
I installed Skype, Google Voice, Google Talk and so on on the DroidX.
I buy the $30/month 2gb data plan for the Galaxy Tab from Verizon.
I buy an online number from Skype for $6/month.
I buy unlimited US/Canada calls from Skype for $3/month.
I got a Google Voice number.
I forward Google Voice calls to my Skype online number.
I have Skype show my Google Voice number as my CID.
I turned off Skype voice mail since it is useless on mobile devices.
I carry the Galaxy Tab everywhere, hotspot enabled.
I carry DroidX everywhere as a client on the Galaxy Tab hotspot.
Benefits
If I'm around when Skype rings on the DroidX, I answer. If not, the call bounces back to Google Voice voicemail, where Gmail notifies me. I can video chat on the galaxy tab. I can remote into my windows machines with it much easier than on the DroidX. This setup has worked very well for me for almost a year now. I love having all the functionality of two 3g Android devices for less than the typical price of one. The kids can be playing on the tablet in the back seat while I or my wife uses the DroidX!
Limitations:
The Galaxy Tab fits in many pockets, though not all, but I must carry it with me everywhere since the DroidX is connected to that hotspot all the time. I have not found a way for people to send me pictures from their cell phone's MMS, but email works just as well. I haven't found a way to go into an email and click a phone number to immediately dial it. I am content with the trade-offs.
I have yet to reach the 2gb limit on my data plan. I think the most I ever used was 1.5gb a few months ago.
Sometimes I worry that I will never live up to the potential of my Android devices.
Cheers!
Hey guys;
I'm here for a general question that I can't seem to find a solution phone. A little background:
I have two phones. One phone for work, one phone for personal. Personal is Galaxy S5 and work is Galaxy S4 Active.
I have two bluetooth devices a Martian Smart Watch, and an LG stereo headset.
The headset connects with two phones, but instead of both being default, there's a default and a backup, so if I charge, go out of range, turn off, anything, it becomes a pain in the ass to try to reconnect both. The watch is a smart watch, only connects to one device. So I'm looking into options to make two devices into one.
I've come across a few options. However, I've come to find issues with each.
Use a dual sim adapter-however I haven't come across an Active Dual Sim adapter. So I can not receive calls from both at any time, just the one that's active.
Buy a different model dual sim phone, but I haven't found a good reliable place to do this.
Try a "mirroring" method? I haven't found an actual solution for this, but it's a hypothis that something like this has to exist. Maybe an app on both phones, leave my work phone at home on the charger 24/7, and carry my personal. Any calls coming in from my work get sent through the app on my personal, and can make calls through the app on my personal that will show up from my work number.
Call forwarding on one device-but then there's no way to dial out or text from that devices phone number.
I've heard some rumors about google voice and porting a number over to it. Then using the google voice app to text or call. Anyone got information regarding this?
I dunno, I'm at a loss. Anyone found any good solutions for this?
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I haven't come across an Active Dual Sim adapter. So I can not receive calls from both at any time, just the one that's active.
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You want a phone that has two SIMs simultaneously active. So do a lot of a lot of other people. But the phone manufacturer's must not perceive a large market for the demand as I haven't seen anyone bring a commercial product like that to market. There are dual SIM phones, but either one SIM is inactive i.e. you choose to boot into one SIM or the other. Or one SIM is GSM and one is CDMA, apparently for mixed-technology markets in China.
It isn't impossible. I know of a very small number of people running custom firmware that multiplexes access to the SIM, effectively checking if there are calls for each SIM in rapid succession. In effect that monitors incoming calls for both SIMs. But again, I haven't noticed any commercial models that do that. You should do a search and see if you can find a manufacturer with a true dual SIM phone.
In practical terms though, you could simply have your second number forward to your single SIM phone. The only obvious impediment to that is if your carrier plan has excessive call forwarding charges. Google voice is often helpful in this to avoid miscellaneous forwarding or airtime fees or for greater call management flexibility. You may not need a second cellular number at all if you can use a GV number for line two and then forward incoming GV calls to your mobile.
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Hi everyone,
First I need to state that what I'm using is the new Fitbit charge band. It's a fitness band, not a smartwatch. I understand this but this fitness band does have an OLED screen that shows CALL NOTIFICATIONS, among other fitness data like steps, time, etc. What it doesn't do is show TEXT NOTIFICATIONS OR EMAILS.
This is going to be an odd question but I figure xda forum is just the place to ask. I need to figure out how to have texts on my phone show up as calls as well as text form notifications for my fitbit charge sports band. I've thought of everything such as forwarding to google voice and then forwarding back to my cellphone as a text to landline to receive my texts that way. But it seems the only way to get a text to landline is to literally have a landline telephone. Is there an app that could do this? Any help please!! I know this is confusing but I'm not the only person out there who would love this functionality.
Smartwatches just aren't low profile enough in my opinion and that is why I'm trying to jimmy rig this thing to work how I'd like.
Thanks for the help!!
Now that Verizon has discontinued integrated calling support for Wear24, I am not able to send/receive phone calls directly on my watch anymore. I used to be able to send/receive phone calls using my Phones number via their "integrated calling" platform. Was a pretty decent concept for people who didn't want an iPhone/Apple Watch combination.
I have a Wear24 with Wear 2.0, but I think that's besides the point. Generally speaking, are there any options out there that will allow you to send/receive phone calls from a WearOS device using your phones number? Is it simple, and I'm missing the big picture?
It would be nuts how Google hasn't done some type of integration themselves. Even a Pixel device with a WearOS combination seems like a mild effort.
Even if I don't hook up a WearOS smart watch to cellular. Even if I'm connected to Bluetooth or something, there's still no solution to make and receive phone calls on the watch?
With an iPhone / Apple Watch, everything seems to integrate so seamlessly making and receiving calls on a watch. and cellular's not even needed!
Thoughts? Ideas?