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?
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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
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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....
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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I realize that there's been a lot of people wanting an invite for google voice and i haven't really been interested in it. HOWEVER, since installing Fresh 2.0b (love it), I'm interested in google voice. Can someone send me an invite?
EDIT: Just letting everyone know that I've requested an invite from google twice in the past 3 months...heard nothing
i don't have any yet, but i bought mine on ebay for $1.59 and it was legit... as soon as i paid and checked my mail inbox the invite was there... I know i paid for something that should've been free, but $1.59 wasn't going to kill me, and i didn't want to wait for someone to have a spare invite
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I realize that there's been a lot of people wanting an invite for google voice and i haven't really been interested in it. HOWEVER, since installing Fresh 2.0b (love it), I'm interested in google voice. Can someone send me an invite?
EDIT: Just letting everyone know that I've requested an invite from google twice in the past 3 months...heard nothing
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What is your email?
[email protected]
daoliverio said:
I realize that there's been a lot of people wanting an invite for google voice and i haven't really been interested in it. HOWEVER, since installing Fresh 2.0b (love it), I'm interested in google voice. Can someone send me an invite?
EDIT: Just letting everyone know that I've requested an invite from google twice in the past 3 months...heard nothing
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I just went to the market when I was using Damagecontrol and downloaded it and set it up, worked fine, but IMHO does not replace VVM! But then there is no VVM on 2.XX!
If anyone has any left i could use a few..
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Thanks Alot!
you don't need an invite. sign up for one, then go to the market and download the gv app. when it asks you to login, use the same info you requested the invite with, done.
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you don't need an invite. sign up for one, then go to the market and download the gv app. when it asks you to login, use the same info you requested the invite with, done.
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+1 i did this and im using it without ever getting an invite
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+1 i did this and im using it without ever getting an invite
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Holy crap you're right, all this time!
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Holy crap you're right, all this time!
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Ok so I Requested the invite from voice.google.com downloaded the app and then installed Google Voice from the market. When I try to login to it, it gets to "Verifying Phone Your Number" and spits back at me "Your phone number could not be verified please try again" - Any Ideas whats up with that?
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Sorry qouted the wrong post.
Worked well for me...i got the app and put in the email address...worked...then had to dial *73 instead of *28 to get call forwarding...not sure why tho
daoliverio said:
Worked well for me...i got the app and put in the email address...worked...then had to dial *73 instead of *28 to get call forwarding...not sure why tho
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You need to disregard that and dial *28googlevoice# now. It told you to dial that number cause it didnt recognize your phone correctly as Sprint.
Anyone has any spare invites. Tried the method someone posted however as someone else mentioned got the phone could not be verified error.
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You need to disregard that and dial *28googlevoice# now. It told you to dial that number cause it didnt recognize your phone correctly as Sprint.
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A sprint rep told me to dial *73 instead of *28 bc *28 gave me an error
I just wanted to point out that you guys without an invite are not really experiencing google voice. It is a service not an app. It just happens to have an app. So without the service your missing the whole point of what google voice is....
With that said GV would not be a good replacement for VVM without the entire package.
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I just wanted to point out that you guys without an invite are not really experiencing google voice. It is a service not an app. It just happens to have an app. So without the service your missing the whole point of what google voice is....
With that said GV would not be a good replacement for VVM without the entire package.
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I was able to get the Whole Service without an invite. It initially just set up as voicemail, but I logged in online and requested to change it to a google number and it all went fine. Now I have a google number instead of the general # that only works for voicemail.
***CONFIRMED THAT THIS WORKS***
come get ur google voice account, i have used all the features i know how to use including multiple greetings for different groups and getting a personal google voice number that Im able to foward calls from that # to my cell.
just install the app from the marketplace and follow the setup instructions, then go to google.com/voice and sign in with the email you used and setup your google voice number! BAM!
i need one too tried youmail didnt really like it [email protected]
I still get "Your phone number could not be verified" if someone has invites I sure could use a hook up.
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I just wanted to point out that you guys without an invite are not really experiencing google voice. It is a service not an app. It just happens to have an app. So without the service your missing the whole point of what google voice is....
With that said GV would not be a good replacement for VVM without the entire package.
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What is it that makes Sprint VM better than Google Voice voicemail??
They both have an app for your Hero
On both you can click and listen to your voicemail
Oh, Google voice transcribes voice to text for free.
I think using google voice for just voicemail is still better than Sprint VM.
Hey guys, what visual voicemail apps are you using? For some reason I can't find any in the market. I don't know if there's a problem because I've rooted my X10 but it's irritating.
Is anyone here able to download any visual voicemail apps? Do I need to apply any sort of market fix or patch? I am in Canada, BTW. Thank you!
What is a visual voice mail?
It's a voicemail app that allows you to instantly access and play your voicemail without dialing the voicemail number and waiting what seems to be forever.
I usually program my voicemail number to include my password but still.. that's the one thing I miss about my iPhone. I'd just click on my voicemail and immediately play it without waiting forever.
Get Google voice. it will do what you want. It will send you SMS or e-mail with transcribed message.
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Get Google voice. it will do what you want. It will send you SMS or e-mail with transcribed message.
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I want something that accesses the voicemail system and actually interacts with it. It's a front-end basically. I live in Canada too so Google Voice isn't an option. Thank you for trying to help though.
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It's a voicemail app that allows you to instantly access and play your voicemail without dialing the voicemail number and waiting what seems to be forever.
I usually program my voicemail number to include my password but still.. that's the one thing I miss about my iPhone. I'd just click on my voicemail and immediately play it without waiting forever.
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Well, in this case it should be something carrier specific i guess.
So, something provided by Rogers, Fido, Bell, etc.
I don't think 3rd party software has access to voicemails but i might be wrong.
How do you include the password or access code to the voicemail number?
I am with Rogers in Ontario, and when I got my x10 and new data plan.....my voice messages automatically come to me via sms. I am not sure how or why.....but they do
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can't you create a contact which contains the "pause" (long press on # I think) and the passcode then create a shortcut on your home screen to it?
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How do you include the password or access code to the voicemail number?
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can't you create a contact which contains the "pause" (long press on # I think) and the passcode then create a shortcut on your home screen to it?
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This is what I was talking about. Still though, it takes a good while before it actually goes through and the voicemail waiting indicator drives me insane!
I found a few apps in the market but can't access them. I'm at work. I'll post the names later and hopefully another user can test it out. It was so awesome on the iPhone!
did you ever figure this out? i miss it from my iphone too
Is there a way to use Google voice solely for voicemail and not for voicemail and text? I had it set up like this on my Epic prior to the Google and Sprint thing but now it can't figure it out. Using Google for text requires a data connection and with the spotty data I've been getting I don't want to use Voice as well as other things about text thru Voice that I don't like.
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Quis89 said:
Is there a way to use Google voice solely for voicemail and not for voicemail and text? I had it set up like this on my Epic prior to the Google and Sprint thing but now it can't figure it out. Using Google for text requires a data connection and with the spotty data I've been getting I don't want to use Voice as well as other things about text thru Voice that I don't like.
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Yes - I just did this today. You have to go online to your Google Voice settings and unlink your Sprint number. Then on the left side, you'll have an option like "Upgrade Google Voice" or something similar. Choose the option to create a new Google Voice number (and not link to mobile phone). It will run you through the steps and give you a new number to use for voicemail only.
I then went into the voicemail settings on the phone and edited the voicemail number to the new one Google gave me.
Sorry for the vague description. I don't remember the exact steps since I did it over 12 hours ago. Hope this helps!
Thanks man!!
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Yes - I just did this today. You have to go online to your Google Voice settings and unlink your Sprint number. Then on the left side, you'll have an option like "Upgrade Google Voice" or something similar. Choose the option to create a new Google Voice number (and not link to mobile phone). It will run you through the steps and give you a new number to use for voicemail only.
I then went into the voicemail settings on the phone and edited the voicemail number to the new one Google gave me.
Sorry for the vague description. I don't remember the exact steps since I did it over 12 hours ago. Hope this helps!
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Thank you. I hated having my texts stored online and thanks to your steps I now can use Handcent SMS again. I tried using someone else's instructions and it didn't work, but now thanks to this I no longer have my Sprint phone # as my Voice #. I do like getting my Voicemail through Google Voice, but texts for me are more private and I don't need them flooding my GV inbox nor do I need them stored online for anyone Google chooses to let see them.
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Yes - I just did this today. You have to go online to your Google Voice settings and unlink your Sprint number. Then on the left side, you'll have an option like "Upgrade Google Voice" or something similar. Choose the option to create a new Google Voice number (and not link to mobile phone). It will run you through the steps and give you a new number to use for voicemail only.
I then went into the voicemail settings on the phone and edited the voicemail number to the new one Google gave me.
Sorry for the vague description. I don't remember the exact steps since I did it over 12 hours ago. Hope this helps!
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I'm trying to create a how-to. Am I correct that you:
- Did not use Google Voice before you got this phone.
- Set up Google Voice directly through the phone app.
- Were able to disintegrate Google Voice from your Sprint number, and request a new Google Voice number after the fact?
Also, did it say something like "You only have 30 days to revert your Sprint number?"
Hi,
Does anyone know if a Sprint Visual Voicemail App exists for the Nexus 5? I know I can use Google Voice, but I just don't like it. I have tried one 3rd party application, YouMail, but I didn't like that one either, it seemed to "heavy".
T-Mobile has a NICE visual voicemail system, I really like theirs.
I was thinking Sprint would have their own dedicated one, but that Sprint chat support has no idea what I am talking about and keep giving me weird directions to just setup regular voicemail, not visual voicemail.
Thanks in advance,
Greg
No. I bothered Sprint Support on twitter and they gave me a no.
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No. I bothered Sprint Support on twitter and they gave me a no.
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Damn... Was looking forward to it...
Well does anyone suggest a 3rd party app that seems light, good, and free?
Google voice
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Google voice
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Yeah, as I said in my first post, I don't really like Google Voice. I guess I'll just have to try out each app in the play store one by one until I find out what I like.
Thanks for your suggestions though, it is much appreciated!
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Yeah, as I said in my first post, I don't really like Google Voice. I guess I'll just have to try out each app in the play store one by one until I find out what I like.
Thanks for your suggestions though, it is much appreciated!
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Most of the ones in the play store, like Visual Voicemail, requires you to set up call forwarding for missed calls to their VOIP services. I felt uncomfortable with companies I never heard of having access to all my voicemails, contact info, etc.
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Most of the ones in the play store, like Visual Voicemail, requires you to set up call forwarding for missed calls to their VOIP services. I felt uncomfortable with companies I never heard of having access to all my voicemails, contact info, etc.
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Ahh. Thanks for the insight on this one. I didn't even think about that.
Yeah, thats not cool at all...
Damn, hopefully Sprint can come up with something, I hate dialing and listening to the slow ass computer lady before hearing a message!
Somehow I doubt Sprint will work on anything since they already support free Google Voice integration using your native Sprint number. So, unofficially, Google Voice is your Sprint Visual Voicemail. With the GV app, voice mail even integrates in to your call log.
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HenryDCase said:
Somehow I doubt Sprint will work on anything since they already support free Google Voice integration using your native Sprint number. So, unofficially, Google Voice is your Sprint Visual Voicemail. With the GV app, voice mail even integrates in to your call log.
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This. Its kind of nice because you can listen to and scrub through voicemails, within the call app. however, I was a fan of my iphone's visual voicemail, which was nice because you just went into it and it listed all the voicemail you got. but the integration with google voice make it pretty spiffy, just not in the same aspect as having visual voicemail in its own spot.
OP, is there anything specific you don't like about google voice? if you log into your google voice account online, you can change settings and such. you can set it up to practically not even see google voice anymore, once the sprint integration with the phone app works for you.
Use YouMail. Been using it on Sprint since gnex
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This. Its kind of nice because you can listen to and scrub through voicemails, within the call app. however, I was a fan of my iphone's visual voicemail, which was nice because you just went into it and it listed all the voicemail you got. but the integration with google voice make it pretty spiffy, just not in the same aspect as having visual voicemail in its own spot.
OP, is there anything specific you don't like about google voice? if you log into your google voice account online, you can change settings and such. you can set it up to practically not even see google voice anymore, once the sprint integration with the phone app works for you.
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Actually, if you open the GV app and select "Voicemail" from the top left drop down, Voicemail had it's own folder. The convince of also having full access to my voice mail and text messages on my phone, Nexus 7, and laptop, including bring able to send text messages from those devices makes GV worth it to me.
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This. Its kind of nice because you can listen to and scrub through voicemails, within the call app. however, I was a fan of my iphone's visual voicemail, which was nice because you just went into it and it listed all the voicemail you got. but the integration with google voice make it pretty spiffy, just not in the same aspect as having visual voicemail in its own spot.
OP, is there anything specific you don't like about google voice? if you log into your google voice account online, you can change settings and such. you can set it up to practically not even see google voice anymore, once the sprint integration with the phone app works for you.
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Yeah, I mean, I tried it. It just seemed to me, like Google was taking over my phone, IE the voicemail message, saying this Google subscriber canot come to the phone right now, I know I can customize that, but it made it seem like Google was taking the whole account of my phone and it just didnt sit well with me... Call me paranoid I guess :/
I liked the TMobile Visual Voicemail, its simplicity was nice, you just clicked on the voicemail, listened, done. Easy peasy
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OP, is there anything specific you don't like about google voice? if you log into your google voice account online, you can change settings and such. you can set it up to practically not even see google voice anymore, once the sprint integration with the phone app works for you.
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I personally dislike Google Voice for 3 reasons:
1) It's just flat out UGLY. The UI of the app is just not pleasant to look at and is in serious need of being updated to reflect Google's current design standards.
2) I don't like that it shows all my texts within the app. It makes no sense to me that they would even add texting functionality into a voicemail app. It's just totally unnecessary. I realize that I can disable SMS notifications in GV, but it's functionality that I don't want or need.
3) Why would I want to change my voicemail settings online and not within the app itself? It's completely inconvenient that I had to use a computer to remove the "press 1 to answer the g*dd*mn call" option that I found myself saddled with after activating GV for the first time. Ditto for the fact that I don't need an SMS message AND an email in addition to the GV notification when I get a voicemail, and the only option to change my notification settings is online. Why can't I just change all the settings right within the app?
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I personally dislike Google Voice for 3 reasons:
1) It's just flat out UGLY. The UI of the app is just not pleasant to look at and is in serious need of being updated to reflect Google's current design standards.
2) I don't like that it shows all my texts within the app. It makes no sense to me that they would even add texting functionality into a voicemail app. It's just totally unnecessary. I realize that I can disable SMS notifications in GV, but it's functionality that I don't want or need.
3) Why would I want to change my voicemail settings online and not within the app itself? It's completely inconvenient that I had to use a computer to remove the "press 1 to answer the g*dd*mn call" option that I found myself saddled with after activating GV for the first time. Ditto for the fact that I don't need an SMS message AND an email in addition to the GV notification when I get a voicemail, and the only option to change my notification settings is online. Why can't I just change all the settings right within the app?
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Why use a computer at all? Chrome, request desktop site, login to voice.google.com and change settings right on your phone.
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Why use a computer at all? Chrome, request desktop site, login to voice.google.com and change settings right on your phone.
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I'll give you that. I'd still much rather be able to change all the settings right within the app.
I know OP asked about Sprint VVM and is aware of GV, but my experience with GV and the Nexus 5 has been very good. Sprint has a good arrangement with Google but i only use GV for VVM. If you skip the first prompt, tell it never to dial with GV, and then tell it to act as your VVM and confirm, it very much blends into the phone.
I get a notification with info and the option to play from the notification drop down. The VM plays via the dialer (stock dialer used to call/answer). You can delete it/call back etc via the dialer. I almost never find myself in the GV app at all, and when i do its the VM folder and looks basically like any other vmail. My sprint VM message plays for the caller too.
At first i was very angry i couldnt get the sprint VVM app, but after about a day or 2 i was actually liking the integration into the dialer. Now i think id be bothered now by the Sprint VVM app.
As others pointed out my VM's follow me to other devices or just about any browser as well. Additionally its very easy to download your messages for backup (altho i think you can download them via the sprint VVM too).
If i have the time later maybe ill post creen shots of the step by step setup to get things the way i have it.
Sprint Visual Voicemail - flashable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577373
Anybody tested that yet ^^
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CRIME INC. said:
Anybody tested that yet ^^
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Crime -- I just noticed you posted this... Have you tried this yet?
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Anybody tested that yet ^^
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I just tried it, I may be doing something wrong, but it is not working for me... Hoping OP of that thread can assist me.
Has anyone found a way to get Sprint's visual Voicemail working on cm11+? Because I tried it from other posts, and It doesn't connect.. or want to get any of my voicemails.
I use Google Voice... I don't recall anyone getting Sprint's VVM app to work - although there were a few that tried, sounds like you found that thread.
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I use Google Voice... I don't recall anyone getting Sprint's VVM app to work - although there were a few that tried, sounds like you found that thread.
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I had wanted to use google voice.. does it work the same way that Sprint Visual Voicemail does? Like in being able to play my voicemails from my sprint account, not my google voice account
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I had wanted to use google voice.. does it work the same way that Sprint Visual Voicemail does? Like in being able to play my voicemails from my sprint account, not my google voice account
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I've never used Sprint's Visual Voicemail, so I have no idea. I am not able to compare.
With Sprint however, you can easily enable/disable full Google Voice integration - so you can easily go back if you don't like it. This is different from other carriers, where you would have to port your number (or get a new number) to Google Voice to get the full benefits of the platform.