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Voicemails

I'm using a rooted DC v2.0r2 Hero of course but before this I was using v1.0 which didn't support the Sprint Visual Voicemail. Well, this should be fixed now and I thought simply changing my voice mail service in the phone would work but I keep getting sms voice messages when someone leaves a voice mail. When I dial 1 for my voicemail it takes me to the GV which I used with DC v1.0.
Forgive me but I can't find out how to route my voice mails back to sprint, I have searched and googled and all I can find is how to go TO GV but not BACK.
Any solutions or something I've done wrong?

Jon.StatiK said:
I'm using a rooted DC v2.0r2 Hero of course but before this I was using v1.0 which didn't support the Sprint Visual Voicemail. Well, this should be fixed now and I thought simply changing my voice mail service in the phone would work but I keep getting sms voice messages when someone leaves a voice mail. When I dial 1 for my voicemail it takes me to the GV which I used with DC v1.0.
Forgive me but I can't find out how to route my voice mails back to sprint, I have searched and googled and all I can find is how to go TO GV but not BACK.
Any solutions or something I've done wrong?
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Go to settings > Call > Select Voice Mail Service > Select My Carrier > Set your voicemail number toooo I think your cell number or *86 I can't remember which. Someone can fill in that detail. Mine is still setup for GV.

if you where using GV to get VVM on 1.0 then you have to go in and reprovision your VM so that sprint stops forwarding your VM to GV. Just like you had to provision it to go to GV buy dialing *27googlenum, dial *38 and listen for the provisioning tones.

So, do I have to dial *27mynumber or do the *38 and is there anything else after that?
Thanks

Just *38 and listen for a tone. (have to hit the call button obviously)

[Q] Voicemail on Galaxy Tab without Google Voice?

I've rooted and installed MoDaCo on my T-Mobiile Galaxy Tablet, and have carrier unlocked it and am using it on AT&T. However, for the life of me I can't figure out how to get AT&T's voicemail working with the tablet, and those who call me are told my voicemail is not set up.
My Google voice number is already connected to a DIFFERENT mobile voice number, and I'd prefer just to use AT&T's voicemail until my contract is up and I switch to another carrier - however, I can't find information on how to do this and forum searches have only turned up messages saying "Use Google Voice," which doesn't actually help to solve my problem.
Can someone please point me in the right direction to figure this out? I'm reasonably tech-saavy but could really use a starting point.
Thanks!
EDIT: I should add that I'm new to dealing w/ Android and that if this is a stupid question, my apologies - I'm still working my way through how things work on the platform.

I dunno the local AT&T voicemail for where you're at but what happens when you dial your own number from teh tab? It should let you check your voicemail and/or set it up.

quattr0 said:
I dunno the local AT&T voicemail for where you're at but what happens when you dial your own number from teh tab? It should let you check your voicemail and/or set it up.
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I managed to get AT&T to help me get through it. They had to reset my voicemail password (which I had already done) and I had to set the voice mailbox up again from scratch. They also asked for my IMEI number, but didn't flinch when I told them it was a Galaxy Tab - I was prepared to cancel my contract if necessary, which may have been the reason for their help as they'd be losing multiple voice & data accounts otherwise.
Thanks though!

[Q] Using Google Voice as voicemail?

I just bought an S4 yesterday and the first thing I did was root it and install CM10. However, I wanted to check out some of the stock features so I did a nandroid and flashed stock back on (with root that is). One thing that is IMO a dealbreaker with it is it will not allow me to use google voice as my voicemail. In call settings, when you select voice mail settings, it just gives you settings for the built in voicemail. I don't want to use sprints voicemail service at all. I installed GVoice and ran through the setup process like normal and dialed the code it told me but it doesn't work. Is there any way to get GVoice setup as my voicemail on stock? or a touchwiz rom that has the ability?

Mitch2025 said:
I just bought an S4 yesterday and the first thing I did was root it and install CM10. However, I wanted to check out some of the stock features so I did a nandroid and flashed stock back on (with root that is). One thing that is IMO a dealbreaker with it is it will not allow me to use google voice as my voicemail. In call settings, when you select voice mail settings, it just gives you settings for the built in voicemail. I don't want to use sprints voicemail service at all. I installed GVoice and ran through the setup process like normal and dialed the code it told me but it doesn't work. Is there any way to get GVoice setup as my voicemail on stock? or a touchwiz rom that has the ability?
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dial
*28XXX-XXX-XXX
XXX = your ten digit phone number

saj070 said:
dial
*28XXX-XXX-XXX
XXX = your ten digit phone number
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I tried that and it still uses sprints voicemail :/

Mitch2025 said:
I tried that and it still uses sprints voicemail :/
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unistall google voice
re-install google voice in setting if it ask you you want sprint phone number to voice mail i would bypass skip that and complete process
*28 "ggogle VOice number"
after you dial *28 your are adding your google voice number correct not your sprint number ??

Going international and want to check voicemail and sms

I'm using Galaxy S4 with Android 4.4.4. When I go international, I switch sim cards to a local number instead of my US number.
In the past with Sprint, I used to be able to port my Sprint number with Google Voice. This way my normal Sprint number could store all my voicemail and text messages online and they're accessible online. Now they dumped this feature and it's back to normal service.
Is there another service out there that could emulate this functionality, allowing me to have an international number while traveling but still access my US number voicemail and text messages?

Can't change the #1 Speed dial number

Hello all,
I have a Verizon Galaxy S5 on TING on the GSM network. It's rooted with Safe Strap installed.
My one and only problem right now is that I cannot edit the button #1 speed dial from *86 to anything else. It is interfering with my voicemail notifications.
I can add my own number to #2 and speed dial into and access voicemail just fine. I can go into the settings, edit #1 speed dial, change the *86 to whatever,and it says the change has been saved...but it isn't. It remains *86.
Any ideas on how I can edit this sucker? lol I have root, so I could crawl deep into a system file and edit it if need be.
Thanks in advance

I've been trying to figure this out too
i have an unlocked verizon s5 with simple mobile service
if i put in a verizon or tmobile sim card in, im able to edit the voicemail number and it saves, but when i stick my simple mobile sim in the phone it goes back to *86 (which is not simple mobiles vm number), it says it changed and saves but doesnt as the OP described
I tried looking through some files to see if its hard coded somewhere but was unable to find it
any help on this topic would be much appreciated

No one has any ideas or suggestions?
There must be some hack that can be done?

Update
I got my vmail number changed. I'm not sure how but it saved. All I really did was install Google voice then saved that as my voicemail service. I then dialed I think it was *72 for call forwarding then disabled it with *73 I then tried to switch back to my carrier vmail and it just hung on some loading icon. I forced closed opened settings again and my carrier vmail was selected. I tried going back to Google voice and if said failed forwarding. I then tried again. Same error. I then went and tried to change the voicemail number to a contact named voicemail with my number and sure enough it stuck even after a reboot and holding 1 on the dial pad now calls my voicemail instead of *86

I have the same problem. I tried to change it to T-Mobile's 123 to no avail. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

M37R01D said:
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I got my vmail number changed. I'm not sure how but it saved. All I really did was install Google voice then saved that as my voicemail service. I then dialed I think it was *72 for call forwarding then disabled it with *73 I then tried to switch back to my carrier vmail and it just hung on some loading icon. I forced closed opened settings again and my carrier vmail was selected. I tried going back to Google voice and if said failed forwarding. I then tried again. Same error. I then went and tried to change the voicemail number to a contact named voicemail with my number and sure enough it stuck even after a reboot and holding 1 on the dial pad now calls my voicemail instead of *86
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Interesting. Congrats on getting lucky. I'll have to try this and mess around a bit this weekend if I have time.

I have the same issue.... I read somewhere you have to update to 5.1, it's just bug of the system. Maybe I am wrong, but anyway somewhere in files it should keep this *86 number.....
BUT when I put inactive sim-card from T-Mobile, I COULD change the number and COULD saved it, when switch again to Simple Mobile(my carrier), the problem came back... again *86

You will need to change in the Phone menu settings for Voicemail, not the voicemail contact. Go to the Phone screen, select menu and then Settings, go to Voicemail settings and update the Voicemail number to be *86,XXXXX# where XXXXX represents your VM password and Save.