Database Info

Google voice...

Ahhhhhh! Someone please help me. My Google voice isn't acting right. I've used Google voice a lot for my voicemail only. That's what I always did, I never ran into issues. Now all my text messages, incoming calls are coming through Google voice. I don't understand. I just want to use it for my voice mail. Like usual. I even went on the Google voice settings web page. I can't figure out how to disable my text messages from coming through gvoice. Can anyone help me? Thanks

I could only see this happening if people were calling and texting your Google Voice number (you can find this in GV settings on your phone) instead of your actual phone number (the one given to you by your carrier). Google voice, I believe, is unable to intercept text messages not routed to your GV number.

tcheck8 said:
I could only see this happening if people were calling and texting your Google Voice number (you can find this in GV settings on your phone) instead of your actual phone number (the one given to you by your carrier). Google voice, I believe, is unable to intercept text messages not routed to your GV number.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
they were calling and texting my google voice number. Aren't you supposed to set your google voice number to your actual phone number?

Calling app

What's the truly free calling app. Bills to high.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using XDA

I'd try Groove (a free or paid app). Uses voip, so you need data. The free version uses WiFi, while the paid version can use 3G. Also, you need a Google voice number for this to work.

I use a sip account thru pbxes.org linked to a us number thru ipkall.com along with sipdroid, voice+ and google voice. Totaly free incomimg and outgoing us calls thru your google voice number. I know it sounds complicated, and kind of is but its worth it in the end.
Once setup when you dial a number voice plus catches the call and asks whether to use regular phone or a "callback" from google voice. So you select callback which sends the info thru the net to google voice who then calls your free sip number. You answer and are automaticly connected to the number you dialed for free. Then on the google voice settings page you have your gv number forwarded to your free sip number and all incoming calls are free.
On a side note stock roms and probably most custom roms do not allow sip over 3g by default. You must edit the framework-res.apk file to allow it.

T-mobile Wifi Calling Work around..

This is my work around for t-mobile calling for non-t-mobile branded phones or t-mobile phones with customized ROMs/ iphone 5 and earlier iphone versions.
Things you need:
1. Andriod phones with customized ROMs/ non-T-Mobile branded Android phones / iphone 5 and earlier iphone versions.
2. T-Mobile service/ working T-mobile SIM card of the phone above.
3. Gmail account with activated Google Voice number.
4. Google Hangouts App
5. Google Hangouts Dialer App (only for Android, IOS has the dialer already merged to the Hangout app by default)
6. Off course WIFI connection.
7. a compurer
Okay let's start.
1. Download the Google Hangout and Google Hangout dialer on your android/ only google Hangout App to IOS.
2. Log in your google Voice/Gmail account in the Hangout App.
3. Go to Hangout setting, press on your email add, go to google voice (within the setting) and and enable/check "Incoming phone calls".
4. Now you have to activate CF NRC (Call Forwarding if Not Reachable) for your T-Mobile number. This will forward your incoming calls when you are not reachable only. We will be forwarding your incoming call to your Google Voice number. (Callforwarding will consume your minutes if you do not have unlimited voice minutes). From your phone, go to the native phone dialer (not the Hangout Dialer) and dial **62*YOURGOOGLEVOICENUMBER# then send.
-- note- to deactivate CF NRC if you change your mind go to native dialer and dial ##62# then send
5. Now go to a computer and log in to your Google Voice account, go to setting and uncheck "calls forward to" your T-mobile phone number. If you do not do this, your incoming call will go into an unending loop of voicemail forwarding and your incoming voice call will not ring to your Hangout/Google voice number.
6. Now you can receive you incoming voice call via hangout. Unfortunately, you will use your free outgoing voice calls via hangout only if you do not have a T-Mobile signal.
Tip:
When I do not have a good T-Mobile signal and have a WIFI connection, I put my phone to Airplane Mode and turn on WIFI connection after so that you battery will not die quick. You can still receive your phone call and make VOIP outgoing calls via your WIFI connection.
The moment you have T-Mobile signal, you should receive your incoming call normally since you will be "reachable" so you do not have disable the CF NRC.
Unfortunately this does not work on your text messages so I use my google voice Hangout text message which is also unlimited.
Enjoy.

Nicely done. I previously configured Google hangouts with the dialer but never thought of actually doing the Call Forwarding NRC on the T-Mo line. Clever.
Are you experiencing high CPU usage (like not able to even bring up the home screen in under 10 secs) when on a Google Hangouts dialer voice call? I've notice that on mine, and I've noticed considerable battery drain. I'm thinking this is just one of the trade offs, but wanted to see if others were experiencing this too.

Nicely done indeed! IMO T-Mobiles WIFI calling feature is a very useful feature. That is one reason I am reluctant to switch to a custom ROM. I'll have to check out your workaround and see if I like it. Another tool in the toolbox.

I've been looking for something like this, great work!!!

So basically, you are forwarding your T-mo calls to your GV account to receive your T-mo calls via wifi.
What about outgoing calls? When making calls over wifi, do you make calls via GV or T-mo? When you call someone over wifi, does it show your GV number or your T-mo number?

Your outgoing call will be by google hangout dialer app using your Google voice number (voip).

You will be using your Google voice number for outgoing on wifi. Not T-Mobile.

Nice. i will add this to my list. Thanks

vonage mobile app
Download the Vonage Mobile App, its free. Sign up then verify with the pin code texted to you. This will allow outgoing calls to show your T-Mobile (or any other carriers) outgoing number on caller ID.

Google Voice as main number glitch

So I've been using Google voice as my main number. This allows me to switch SIM cards and keep my number, which is useful since I travel back and forth a lot. I can always just dial a number and it calls (Intl or not) and when I'm outside the US I can be contacted at my regular number. All I have to do is install the Google Voice app to route calls and use Hangouts for SMS (or calls if using Chrome on a desktop).
That said, I think I found a problem with Google Now integration. Calls are not a problem: "OK Google call John" works fine, it dials John's number via Google Voice. Texting however defaults to sending via the SIMs number, even if I select "always reply via Google Voice" in the Hangouts app. Since I don't ever really use the SIMs number, this has resulted in quite a few people texting me back "who is this?" after I text them using Google Now.
I know a solution is to just not use Google Now to text, but it's quite useful with a handsfree while driving and such.

[App Request] App to manage: Google Voice vs Calling Card vs Main Number

How to go about finding an app, which can manage Google Voice, Calling Card & Main Number?
Whenever I make a call, I need:
All my contacts, to go through Google Voice
All unknown numbers to go though Main Cell Number
All international numbers to go through Calling Card
I also want default setting on Google Voice to be "Do not use to make any calls". This is required because without this, conference calls don't initiate properly.
Thanks,
Juwin