hai,
I wasnt sure where to post this but its just crossed my mind and wanted to see if it was possible. soooo i just got a Google Voice account and was woundering if i got verizon cell service and was to put my google number as one of my 5 in friends and family would all my inbound calls from Voice be free? I know it might be a long shot but just wanted to make sure. thanks.
Is there any way to get visual voicemail On a Thunderbolt running das bamf 2.0-5?
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yes there is a working version, it uses the official vzw visual voicemail app and not integrated like in froyo but i cant seem to find the apk again for it. i got it somewhere in one of the massive bamfGB and bamfGBremix forums a while back
If you have the apk on the phone can you upload?
Look in your system files?
THUNDERBOLT
thetwiztidfreak said:
yes there is a working version, it uses the official vzw visual voicemail app and not integrated like in froyo but i cant seem to find the apk again for it. i got it somewhere in one of the massive bamfGB and bamfGBremix forums a while back
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I second that. Please post or pm me.
**It is posted on the original Das BAMF ginger thread.
I use Youmail. It's a free vvm on Amazon's app store. I like it better because you can set up custom ringers for people and stuff.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vzw.vvm.androidclient
THUNDERBOLT
can someone please explain why you want to PAY to use vvm when there are so many free services out there? namely google voice? i just cant understand why people want to throw their money away....
gohamstergo said:
can someone please explain why you want to PAY to use vvm when there are so many free services out there? namely google voice? i just cant understand why people want to throw their money away....
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I haven't used Google Voice. It has a VISUAL voicemail component?
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can someone please explain why you want to PAY to use vvm when there are so many free services out there? namely google voice? i just cant understand why people want to throw their money away....
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one reason i like to use the vzw app is i know if i say forget my phone or my battery is dead i can still call and check my voicemail from any phone i want. Not sure but i wouldnt think google voice would have that capability, if my understanding is correct when it normally sends the call to voicemail it instead sends the caller to your google voice instead so it would not be on the vzw server for checking from other phones.
double post sorry
Robertjm said:
I haven't used Google Voice. It has a VISUAL voicemail component?
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yup absolutely. you get a visual list of voicemails within the google voice app, just like vvm. press play and you get your message. it also transcribes the message for you so you can READ your voicemail
thetwiztidfreak said:
one reason i like to use the vzw app is i know if i say forget my phone or my battery is dead i can still call and check my voicemail from any phone i want. Not sure but i wouldnt think google voice would have that capability, if my understanding is correct when it normally sends the call to voicemail it instead sends the caller to your google voice instead so it would not be on the vzw server for checking from other phones
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you CAN check from other phones. thats another great thing google voice does for FREE. all you do is call your google voice number from any phone, enter your pin, and there are your messages stop paying verizon pleeeeease. can do everything for free. any more questions?
Don't forget you can check your VM online as well. Comes in handy in a pinch.
well either way i like VVM and here is a working gingerbread apk
http://www.mediafire.com/?sk9bq9cgc0id8km
This thread is very interesting since users of an android phone do not know how insanely good Google voice is. The amount of customizing options is just pure insanity. Can have certain greetings for certain numbers, special one only for your wife. Can setup groups, work greeting, friends greeting, etc.
You can even break in to the call and listen live while someone leaves you a voicemail, and the break in and answer as they were recording.
You can record your calls.
Unknown numbers can be screened so they have to state their name before your phone rings then you hear their name when you answer the call.
Its pure insanity, and someone would rather use the Verizon version? Teehee's...
vvm doesnt always work,it would record but give an error
sent from a screamin' bamfed out tbolt
google voice, which is FREE, beats out ANY pay service. i guess enjoy wasting your money you people who are stuck in your ways X_X. i wish i had enough extra money a month to set on fire... us that post good things about gvoice are just trying to help you all save cash, but if you want to spend for no reason, then by all means, spend.
Why isn't there a hack for VVM? and why does vzw charge for it? I'd like to like my Google exposure and not use G. Voice. Is there a native option?
limit your exposure?...are you on facebook? youre more exposed already.
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can someone please explain why you want to PAY to use vvm when there are so many free services out there? namely google voice? i just cant understand why people want to throw their money away....
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Do you know of a good tutorial for using GVoice to replace Verizon's voicemail, without eating your VZW "anytime" minutes?
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Do you know of a good tutorial for using GVoice to replace Verizon's voicemail, without eating your VZW "anytime" minutes?
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absolutely. you dont have to use any minutes to check your voicemail if you dont want to. you use the Google Voice app. it uses data.
edit: actually, i think i originally misunderstood. i think it will still use minutes when the call is forwarded to google. but if the person only leaves a short message, should only use 1 minute. but thats only for someone leaving a voicemail. sending txts and checking your voicemail is done with data.
first, of course, you need to sign up for a google voice account. i forget if its invite-only still or not..just check google.com/voice. after you have an account, see this faq for instructions on setting google voicemail as the default for your phone.
edit2: also see the post after mine. has some good instructions.
Hi, I'm looking for an app that would allow me to use my secondary Google Voice number .. I hope this question is in the right place.
I searched Google and found only few posts where something like this was asked and no real answers there.
I am currently using GVoice with Sprint integration so the android Google voice app is being used by my sprint number and that takes the option of even signing out of the app away. What I need is a second app to let me sign in with my other Google Voice account and able to text and maybe make calls as well? but mostly I need it for the SMS.
I believe I can use grooveIP to make and receive VoIP calls with Gvoice.. but GrooveIP doesn't have SMS.
I know there are other options for SMS such as Pinger, TextMe, TextPlus and many more and I did try those three but none of them as good as Google voice and one reason is they don't give permanent number they will delete it if not used for 30 days and that's a problem for me.. also they don't save history but only for few days or weeks where with Gvoice my history is there however long I want to keep it.
I hope I made what I'm looking for clear
I have Sprint Evo 3D with stock rooted rom..
Thank you all in advance ..
Mr. Q
Hi Everybody,
I've done my due diligence and have researched.. and unfortunately have found that MMS receiving through Google Voice is just not possible at this time. I've searched around and have a few questions. They stem from the fact I'm now on the T-Mobile 100 minute 5GB 4G $30 Prepaid plan..
1. I doubt it, but does anyone have a work around for this? I'd really like to use my Google Voice number for EVERYTHING - it's really annoying to contact everyone saying I got a new number and such.
2. The new Google Hangouts Dialer.. I see that it supports 'free' calls. Thus far I've made a few using my Google Voice number. Currently, it is only possible to place calls through this service through your Google Voice number and not through your ACTUAL carrier-provided number, correct?
Thanks guys.
Chris
I'm hoping someone has a way to help me untie my balls from this Google **** up.
I pay for an international texting plan from T-Mobile.
I used to be able to send international text messages via hangouts until lollipop.
Firstly, I'm sick of hangouts constantly asking if i want to send the text via my Google voice number or my carrier. I've tried to default this to no avail. Even when i select my carrier number, I'm informed i am not allowed to send international text? WTF?
So I called the geniuses at Google. Can you believe that after all the work they did to centralized hangouts as the default app (which I like - it's helpful to have both text and voicemail from each contact in one place), no specific support team exists?? Instead they have a general help number, and they don't know much more than anyone doing a Google search. In fact he had to search for his suggestion to open the Google voice app and "opt out" of hangouts for SMS, which I did. This makes hangouts a paperweight, and now the default SMS app is Google voice, an ugly archaic looking thing that clearly they are in the process of phasing out. Anyways, i checked my settings in Google voice and the default number was my carrier number, so tried sending an international text (the UK, definitely a supported country in my plan), and was once again informed that i could not send international text messages?? WTF?
Google is a global company, they should know that people move around the world and need to send text messages. This never used to be a problem, why the international **** block all of a sudden?
Appreciate any suggestions or workarounds, but this will be my last Google phone if they expect me to jump thru hoops to use services that I'm paying for and which are hardly cutting edge!
Thanks.
Do you put 1 before the number?