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[Q] Google Voice: Nobody's mentioned it, but I can't be the only one.

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I am a heavy user of Google Voice, which I have on my Nexus One.
I cannot see GVoice on the Market from my Asus Transformer TF101.
When I browse to the Market from my desktop or mobile browser, it shows up of course, but says "this item is not compatible with your device" while referring to my Transformer.
Is this a honeycomb thing, or could it be an Asus thing?
I refuse to believe (unless you tell me that it is so) that Google would make Honeycomb somehow incompatible with the Google Voice app... That seems unimaginable to me.
While I have searched this forum thoroughly (I hope), I have not found any other mention of this issue, which makes me think that perhaps I am part of the problem... am I doing something wrong? Can anyone else confirm that GVoice is not available on the Transformer? Is anyone else as upset by this as I am?
(PS- I know I can browse to the voice webpage but that does not do push notifications. )

It's a google voice thing. It's dependent on telephony services, which the TF doesn't have. Google Voice team says they're working on it though, so expect something by the turn of the century.

Haha, oh how very lame! I do hope that they come out with something soon... I see no actual reasonwwhy Google Voice should not run on a wi-fi only tablet, right?
Thank you for the info!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium

You can have Google Voice on your Transformer. I have it on mine. I also make phone calls from my transformer using wifi and a paid app called "Grove IP" ($3.99). Yes it works well. Here is a link to a version of Google Voice that will work with your Transformer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=537977&d=1299700727

Thank you so much! I've been searching for something like this ever since I got my shiny new Transformer.
Thanks!!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App

Would it kill you to do a little searching?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079068

javroch said:
Would it kill you to do a little searching?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079068
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Would it kill you to do a little reading?
As I already said, I searched high and low, so either the search function on this forum is broken or the search term "google voice" within the asus transformer forum does not show any results.

thisnameissoclever said:
Would it kill you to do a little reading?
As I already said, I searched high and low, so either the search function on this forum is broken or the search term "google voice" within the asus transformer forum does not show any results.
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You couldn't have searched that high or that low, because all you had to do is search for "Google Voice" in the Asus Eee Pad Transformer forum and you'd have seen your answer on page one of the results:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sea...rch=0&searchtype=0&nocache=0&ajax=0&userid=0&
Just saying... Glad you found your answer though

javroch said:
You couldn't have searched that high or that low, because all you had to do is search for "Google Voice" in the Asus Eee Pad Transformer forum and you'd have seen your answer on page one of the results:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sea...rch=0&searchtype=0&nocache=0&ajax=0&userid=0&
Just saying... Glad you found your answer though
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Yeah, I did that, and no results came up. I saw many threads, but none relating to my query. I just checked my history, and the query was formulated properly. Not sure what's going on.

thisnameissoclever said:
Yeah, I did that, and no results came up. I saw many threads, but none relating to my query. I just checked my history, and the query was formulated properly. Not sure what's going on.
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All good, just trying to prevent duplicate threads on the same topic.. Anyways, GrooVe IP does work well, I use it on my phone so all my calls are minute-free. And, the Google Voice APK listed does work, but the main reason I mentioned searching is that on my thread I linked to the original Google Voice APK maker's thread where there are already newer versions than the one posted here. For your convenience, here is the most recent hacked version that should work on the TF: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13545805&postcount=172

Thank you immensely for that; I have the new version now, and it's roxing my sox off.
Thanks!!

grenademasta said:
You can have Google Voice on your Transformer. I have it on mine. I also make phone calls from my transformer using wifi and a paid app called "Grove IP" ($3.99). Yes it works well. Here is a link to a version of Google Voice that will work with your Transformer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=537977&d=1299700727
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No need to use a paid app....
a) Sign up for a free SIP account at sip2sip.info
b) Sign up at ipkall.com to get a free US phone number to direct to your SIP account
c) Install sipdroid from the market and log into your sip2sip account
d) Install Google Voice. Add your ipkall number to your Google voice account.
e) You're done. Now you can make unlimited ingoing and outgoing calls for free.

brunes said:
No need to use a paid app....
a) Sign up for a free SIP account at sip2sip.info
b) Sign up at ipkall.com to get a free US phone number to direct to your SIP account
c) Install sipdroid from the market and log into your sip2sip account
d) Install Google Voice. Add your ipkall number to your Google voice account.
e) You're done. Now you can make unlimited ingoing and outgoing calls for free.
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No need to sign up for 4 different services just to make a phone call either . You prefer entirely free. I prefer a one time fee for ease of use.

I appreciate both options; thanks guys!

My only issues with GrooveIP is that you have to log out of google talk to receive calls, which disables remote app installs from the market. Also, it is forced to portrait with tiny buttons.

TheCaptain said:
My only issues with GrooveIP is that you have to log out of google talk to receive calls, which disables remote app installs from the market. Also, it is forced to portrait with tiny buttons.
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I did not notice such an issue. I just don't log in to google talk though - and I've been able to remote install apps. the portrait thing is annoying, but usable.

This version of Google Voice that is linked, it's a rather old version and it only refreshes the inbox every 5 minutes at the "quickest". I tried moving the google voice over from my Thunderbolt to my Transformer but it wouldn't install.
Does anyone have the "new" version of GVoice that uses background data to sync the inbox instead of having to wait 5 minutes for it to "catch up"?

Can XOOM 3G make Voice call like a mobile phone

Can any one advise this as its not listen in the 3G Specs..

By default no, but there has been talks about possibly getting it to work and a lot of people have success getting Line2 (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.toktumi.line2&feature=search_result) to work on it but requires you to even find the APK somewhere or download it on another android phone and copy the APK file off it.

I am looking for a core 2 Andriod 3.0 with at least a 7.1 or 10.1 screen...
Have to be able to make call.
Any recommendations..

I don't think you're going to find that anywhere.

Good luck with that, last I checked there were no tablets out there (at least in terms of Android 3.0+) that will allow you to make phone calls with them unless you use Skype (or mod it to allow making phone calls nativity.
I have heard that Samsung Galaxy Tab does allow you to make phone calls but I haven't tested myself and don't know if the newer Tab 10.1 (not sure if it's out yet or not) will support the phone features either since the Tab 10.1 will have 3.0.
I'm sure other members on this forums will step in to correct me if I'm wrong at anything I've said here but this is what I've saw so far.

I had some limited success with nettalk and my Google Talk phone number. Could connect with my home phone but my husband said it was very echo-y. I'm wifi only so it can be done. I'm going to try Line 2.

GrooVe IP works
i downloaded groove IP from the market tonite and it seems to work fine, it uses your Google voice number. No monthly fee like Line 2

mbrought4 said:
i downloaded groove IP from the market tonite and it seems to work fine, it uses your Google voice number. No monthly fee like Line 2
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I got groove IP from market and it works good enough. Thanks for the tip. I haven't been able to figure out how to receive calls with it though. Does it work for you? Anyone have any ideas?
Sent from my Xoom using XDA App

receiving calls
you have to be logged out of Google talk on your xoom. Also, make sure that in your gv settings you have it set to google chat rather than your mobile number. Not sure if that made any sense, but they explain it step by step in the help section.

is that video calling or just voice?

mbrought4 said:
you have to be logged out of Google talk on your xoom. Also, make sure that in your gv settings you have it set to google chat rather than your mobile number. Not sure if that made any sense, but they explain it step by step in the help section.
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That did the trick! Thanks!
This is for voice calls.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

mbrought4 said:
you have to be logged out of Google talk on your xoom. Also, make sure that in your gv settings you have it set to google chat rather than your mobile number. Not sure if that made any sense, but they explain it step by step in the help section.
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How can I get the google chat to show up rather then the mobile number because I do not have that option. The only options I see are my mobile number and add this phone, nothing else. I can make calls with excellent quality on both ends but cannot get any calls on my Xoom because of this. What am I doing wrong?

diablo2224 said:
How can I get the google chat to show up rather then the mobile number because I do not have that option. The only options I see are my mobile number and add this phone, nothing else. I can make calls with excellent quality on both ends but cannot get any calls on my Xoom because of this. What am I doing wrong?
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That's the same problem that I was having. You have to log on to google voice settings using your web browser for the log in to chat settings.
My problem was that I was logged into google talk on my xoom.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

kyoteqwik said:
That's the same problem that I was having. You have to log on to google voice settings using your web browser for the log in to chat settings.
My problem was that I was logged into google talk on my xoom.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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I forgot about that. Well I am there on the web browser version of voice and I am a bit confused as to what I need to do exactly. Am I setting up a new number? I still don't see anything about google chat. I'm not a noob to technology by any means but never tried to set up calling on my Xoom until now because I never had the need for it. I do appreciate the help a lot.

diablo2224 said:
I forgot about that. Well I am there on the web browser version of voice and I am a bit confused as to what I need to do exactly. Am I setting up a new number? I still don't see anything about google chat. I'm not a noob to technology by any means but never tried to set up calling on my Xoom until now because I never had the need for it. I do appreciate the help a lot.
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Not really sure. When I go to google voice on my browser and then click on the setting tab in upper right corner and then choose voice settings, I can then click on the phones tab, that is where I am able to choose google chat.
Hope that helps, that's about all I got.
I will add that my calls work a lot better for the other party when I use bluetooth.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

kyoteqwik said:
Not really sure. When I go to google voice on my browser and then click on the setting tab in upper right corner and then choose voice settings, I can then click on the phones tab, that is where I am able to choose google chat.
Hope that helps, that's about all I got.
I will add that my calls work a lot better for the other party when I use bluetooth.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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Dang... I just remembered a long time ago I deleted the google chat from my registered phones list because I didn't think I would ever need to use it. So that would mean I would have to add it back, but... yeah. If I try to add another phone it gives me the name to choose and I need to set a number for it, and I have no idea what the number would be for google chat. Thanks for the quick responses though! I'll try and figure out what to do next. And I have 2 nice bluetooth headsets and they do work great!

diablo2224 said:
Dang... I just remembered a long time ago I deleted the google chat from my registered phones list because I didn't think I would ever need to use it. So that would mean I would have to add it back, but... yeah. If I try to add another phone it gives me the name to choose and I need to set a number for it, and I have no idea what the number would be for google chat. Thanks for the quick responses though! I'll try and figure out what to do next. And I have 2 nice bluetooth headsets and they do work great!
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No problem.
I would just try to add a new phone and call it google talk, that seems to be the only settings on mine.
Good luck.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

scsa20 said:
Good luck with that, last I checked there were no tablets out there (at least in terms of Android 3.0+) that will allow you to make phone calls with them unless you use Skype (or mod it to allow making phone calls nativity.
I have heard that Samsung Galaxy Tab does allow you to make phone calls but I haven't tested myself
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The legacy Galaxy Tab does let you use a GSM sim card and allow one to make phone calls as well as access EDGE/3G data...i helped a friend set up his tab a couple of weeks ago and can confirm this....im located in Mumbai, India...and the versions available here do allow the ability to also use it as a phone..
Sent from my Galaxy S using Tapatalk.

i believe its the kernel that is stopping it from possible.
at the momenet, honeycomb is designed to be a tablet OS, hence it didn't include the Phone's feature in the system.
for galaxy tab, (the older one), it running on Gingerbread which a Phone OS, hence it can be easily enable the phone feature.
i believe we need to wait till Ice Cream where it unite Gingerbread and Honeycomb, so that it has the phone's feature in the system and can be enabled easily.

Hey All
Just thought I'd add to this old topic. I have an Australian 3G Xoom, on the American 3.1 update, with my settings pushed back for 3G etc.
Tonight I installed the UAString/SMS mod, so that I could send SMSes (which work perfectly with Handcent, over the Telstra 3G network - just like any mobile phone would do). Then I tried calling my tablet. This also worked perfectly! The call came up, it connected, etc. I answered and this is where we hit trouble. No sound. Either way. So the Xoom doesn't have a microphone/speaker set up for sound during a call. I even tried setting the Xoom on speaker phone, but still nothing.
Any ideas? Not sure if this has been posted about before, and I thought it was pretty exciting, to be making normal calls, and SMSes (there is all this talk about Google Voice, which is useless outside of the US) on the Xoom, and this was very exciting for me.

Talk 4.0.3 Wifi Only (ready to Donate)

Hi,
I loaded the leaked Rom from rootz wiki today and seems everything working fine for me except, GTalk 4.0.3 which doesnt works on my Data plan it asks me to connect to wifi, I updated the gservices.db file with the settings but no luck. Experts please help me as most of the time i am on gtalk voice while driving. appriciate your help and ready to donate for the same. Thanks
Regds,
Rankitt

None of the developer's are able to help me out on this ?

does it give you any error messages? you might have a setting enabled saying "prefer voice only on wi-fi"

Hi Fongz27,
the error i get is "You must be connected to a Wi-Fi to start a Video or Voice Chat" i checked all the settings it doesnt say the option you gave me anywhere.
Thanks a lot for your reply.
REgds,
Rankit

I believe this is a limit in place by Google developers.
Here is my reasoning:
1. If you can use google chat voice feature, you will also be able to use Google Voice over Data, which means you by-pass "minutes allowed" by your mobile carrier (say you have 450 minutes airtime only....).
So if you think about it, and pair Unlimited Data Plan + Google Voice over GTalk = UNLIMITED CALL TIME!
Carriers would not be happy about this and would not carry android OS capable phones. This is the reason why I believe they only allow GTalk voice over WIFI.
=) Hope that makes sense to you.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5pbm5vZHJvaWQuZ3RhbGtlbmFibGVyIl0.

Pirateghost said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5pbm5vZHJvaWQuZ3RhbGtlbmFibGVyIl0.
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Ha, I was wondering where you've been lol. And thanks for the link
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

fongz27 said:
I believe this is a limit in place by Google developers.
Here is my reasoning:
1. If you can use google chat voice feature, you will also be able to use Google Voice over Data, which means you by-pass "minutes allowed" by your mobile carrier (say you have 450 minutes airtime only....).
So if you think about it, and pair Unlimited Data Plan + Google Voice over GTalk = UNLIMITED CALL TIME!
Carriers would not be happy about this and would not carry android OS capable phones. This is the reason why I believe they only allow GTalk voice over WIFI.
=) Hope that makes sense to you.
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Unlimited data + groove IP is what you're looking for yo.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium

This should be q&a
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Pirateghost said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5pbm5vZHJvaWQuZ3RhbGtlbmFibGVyIl0.
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Doesnt work with talk 4.0.3

jamesd86 said:
Unlimited data + groove IP is what you're looking for yo.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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I have unlimited Data on my phone but tried all possible things, but not able to do the video and voice chat.

Its working with the older gingerbread version, but i upgraded to the rootzwiki ICS leaked and they provide Talk 4.0.3 and it doesnt work with this version.

its really strange that none of our developer's have answer to this. Appreciate any reply.

rankitt said:
Hi,
I loaded the leaked Rom from rootz wiki today and seems everything working fine for me except, GTalk 4.0.3 which doesnt works on my Data plan it asks me to connect to wifi, I updated the gservices.db file with the settings but no luck. Experts please help me as most of the time i am on gtalk voice while driving. appriciate your help and ready to donate for the same. Thanks
Regds,
Rankitt
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Updating gservices.db did work for me for sure

Can you please provide me your gservices.db file so that i can just replace it as my sqllite editor is crashing constantly.
Thank you

artisticcheese said:
Updating gservices.db did work for me for sure
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Yep, worked for me too just fine without using the play store app. And I'm on CM9 (ICS). Just changed the value from true to false and bada bing bada boom.

Hi Plwalsh80 can you please send me your gservices.db or upload it here, i donno when i edited my gservices.db file and rebooted the phone my talk goes to offline state and doesn't comes up or i dont see any one online including me. i would really appreciate your help on this Thanks
Regds,
Rankit

rankitt said:
Hi Plwalsh80 can you please send me your gservices.db or upload it here, i donno when i edited my gservices.db file and rebooted the phone my talk goes to offline state and doesn't comes up or i dont see any one online including me. i would really appreciate your help on this Thanks
Regds,
Rankit
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Here you go. I had to zip it up since xda won't let me upload a*.db file. So just unzip it, transfer the file (gservices.db) to you phone, and use root explorer to move it to /data/data/com.google.android.gsf/databases/ and set the permissions to rw-rw----. Hope it works for you!

Google Voice 0.3.0 Galaxy S3 ICS 4.0.4

**UPDATE** I MADE IT WORK
Hey, I'm not sure if there is an answer to this...
I just got my GS3 and love it! However, Google Voice 0.3.0 (ya'll know why I love it) crashes on the ICS 4.0.4 platform. I have been using
Voice+ but I just don't like the call back feature. I have also found a smart gv dialer that automatically decides between gv and the cell carrier based upon certain rules but it still takes a while to complete the calling card style dial through.
YES, I WANT MY CAKE AND TO EAT IT TOO!!! or in this case my ice cream sandwich I know with the unlimited plans floating around most people don't care anymore. I have an OLD OLD OLD plan that is grandfathered in with unlimited data so I don't want to give it up.
My question is, does anyone know of a fix for the app crash that worked fine in 2.2. Or has anyone "recompiled" the app to work in ICS?
Thanks for any help...
THE ANSWER!!!
UPDATE:
Yay! I know it doesn't seem like much for some but those of us still using our trusty f&f plans this is big.
I hope this helps someone out there who found that the old GV 0.3.0 app would hang up and crash as soon as you touched next on the new ICS 4.0.4.
If you want to have the old GV 0.3.0 on ICS 4.0.4, follow these steps:
1. Install newest version of GV from play store.
2. Open GV and touch next but do not choose the displayed gmail account touch USE A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT (this is the only way to get this
to work!)
3. Type in your Gmail address and your password (I know it is the same one that was displayed on the previous page... THIS IS THE ONLY
WAY TO GET IT TO WORK!) Touch sign in.
4. Choose how you want GV to dial and whether or not you want to set up the GV Voicemail.
5. Now, download the old GV 0.3.0 apk here: http://www.freewarelovers.com/androi...oice_0.3.0.apk
Thank you www.freewarelovers.com!!
6. Make sure Install from Unknow Sources is selected under the security tab in your settings menu.
7. Open the Google_Voice_0.3.0.apk file (Look in your apps and touch Downloads to get to the downloaded files)
8. You will get a message that you are replacing an application and that all previous user data will be saved. Touch OK.
9. Touch Install.
Now you should have a working GV 0.3.0 apk that will allow you to call through GV utilizing only one access number place this number in your F&F list and make outgoing calls for free!
*Disclaimer - Although this works you may want to review your TOS to see if this violates your carriers terms for Friends and Family numbers.
If this helped you please show my thanks meter some love!

chrisabton said:
Hey, I'm not sure if there is an answer to this...
I just got my GS3 and love it! However, Google Voice 0.3.0 (ya'll know why I love it) crashes on the ICS 4.0.4 platform. I have been using
Voice+ but I just don't like the call back feature. I have also found a smart gv dialer that automatically decides between gv and the cell carrier based upon certain rules but it still takes a while to complete the calling card style dial through.
YES, I WANT MY CAKE AND TO EAT IT TOO!!! or in this case my ice cream sandwich I know with the unlimited plans floating around most people don't care anymore. I have an OLD OLD OLD plan that is grandfathered in with unlimited data so I don't want to give it up.
My question is, does anyone know of a fix for the app crash that worked fine in 2.2. Or has anyone "recompiled" the app to work in ICS?
Thanks for any help...
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Gv works fine for me. Are you still stock or on a custom rom? Fresh gv download from play?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

GV works for me as well, I only use it for voicemails but I haven't had any odd issues. Btw, why are you on an older version? The app hasn't been updated since March but it's on build 0.4.2.54. I definitely suggest using the above users' suggestions.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

The reason for gv 0.3.0 is because this is the last version that does not use direct access numbers. It only uses one number for direct dialing out. Which means I can assign the one number to my f&f list.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

chrisabton said:
Hey, I'm not sure if there is an answer to this...
I just got my GS3 and love it! However, Google Voice 0.3.0 (ya'll know why I love it) crashes on the ICS 4.0.4 platform. I have been using
Voice+ but I just don't like the call back feature. I have also found a smart gv dialer that automatically decides between gv and the cell carrier based upon certain rules but it still takes a while to complete the calling card style dial through.
YES, I WANT MY CAKE AND TO EAT IT TOO!!! or in this case my ice cream sandwich I know with the unlimited plans floating around most people don't care anymore. I have an OLD OLD OLD plan that is grandfathered in with unlimited data so I don't want to give it up.
My question is, does anyone know of a fix for the app crash that worked fine in 2.2. Or has anyone "recompiled" the app to work in ICS?
Thanks for any help...
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yes, i asked this some time ago. but your reasoning for liking version 0.3.0 is moot. theres ways to get it working like you want on the latest version.

Yay, I figured it out!
Check my very first post in this thread for the answer!
I decided that was the best place to move the info to keep it from being buried.

Thank you!
tillithz said:
yes, i asked this some time ago. but your reasoning for liking version 0.3.0 is moot. theres ways to get it working like you want on the latest version.
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I know it is fairly moot, I said almost the same thing in my original post. However, some of us don't like change. Also, I only have 500 minutes for my wife and I to share (makes our plan really cheap) but we do have F&F numbers. Generally the callback dialers don't put the outgoing number in the history and it takes 5 seconds or so to connect to the outgoing call (also fairly moot for the use of free calling).

chrisabton said:
I know it is fairly moot, I said almost the same thing in my original post. However, some of us don't like change. Also, I only have 500 minutes for my wife and I to share (makes our plan really cheap) but we do have F&F numbers. Generally the callback dialers don't put the outgoing number in the history and it takes 5 seconds or so to connect to the outgoing call (also fairly moot for the use of free calling).
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Oh im sorry I think you misunderstood what I meant. The way you describe above didnt work for me, I still got force closed when launching GV after installing the older version. You can search here and see the thread regarding that.
What I meant was, there is a simple way to use the new version of google voice that allows for dialing one number only so that your friends and family list can have that one number in it still. I like the look of the new version personally, I would like a black themed one though so I may look for that later.
A side note, the new plans include unlimited voice anyways so it only really matters if you arent on one of the new plans.

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tillithz said:
Oh im sorry I think you misunderstood what I meant. The way you describe above didnt work for me, I still got force closed when launching GV after installing the older version. You can search here and see the thread regarding that.
What I meant was, there is a simple way to use the new version of google voice that allows for dialing one number only so that your friends and family list can have that one number in it still. I like the look of the new version personally, I would like a black themed one though so I may look for that later.
A side note, the new plans include unlimited voice anyways so it only really matters if you arent on one of the new plans.
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First, what is your problem? Did you not read my posts or just like to come and insert your conjecture wherever you can? I stated I have a CHEAP plan with only 500 minutes. I pay $89/mo for two smartphones with unlimited data, TRY TO BEAT THAT PRICE!
Second, if you merely select the gmail account linked to your phone on the first set-up screen then it wont work. You must use the "use a different account option." Then yes, you manually type in the same gmail address that is more than likely the gmail address you use to link your android phone to google. This is the way that the old google voice app stores your user data and will allow the old gv app to work. Plus, there is no way to make the new gv app stop dialing direct access numbers.
Feel free to offer the way you "know" it can only dial one access number and I would be more than happy to try the new gv app.
UPDATE: Furthermore I have looked at all of your posts concerning this issue and you have not offered a single solution towards the problem nor explained work arounds you tried or how they failed or worked.

chrisabton said:
First, what is your problem? Did you not read my posts or just like to come and insert your conjecture wherever you can? I stated I have a CHEAP plan with only 500 minutes. I pay $89/mo for two smartphones with unlimited data, TRY TO BEAT THAT PRICE!
Second, if you merely select the gmail account linked to your phone on the first set-up screen then it wont work. You must use the "use a different account option." Then yes, you manually type in the same gmail address that is more than likely the gmail address you use to link your android phone to google. This is the way that the old google voice app stores your user data and will allow the old gv app to work. Plus, there is no way to make the new gv app stop dialing direct access numbers.
Feel free to offer the way you "know" it can only dial one access number and I would be more than happy to try the new gv app.
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you are being way to hostile. I AM IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU, I have 1400 minutes with a family plan. I am however fortunately on unlimited data. So I dont know what you mean by "insert your conjecture". I will beat it because I pay $150 for 5 lines and have unlimited data on at least 2 of the lines. So I understand the value of friends and family lists.
The "Second , if you merely select... " way doesnt work in all/most cases. I have discussed this in another thread that I had locked because there was no interest in this. The way I came up with works consistently.
I wasnt being confrontational to you, I even apologized that you misunderstood what I was saying. I will say it again too, sorry if what I was saying came across differently then what I said. I have tried your way on multiple phones repeatedly and kept getting force close. That is how I figured this other way that actually works on the new version of the app.

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tillithz said:
you are being way to hostile. I AM IN THE SAME BOAT AS YOU, I have 1400 minutes with a family plan. I am however fortunately on unlimited data. So I dont know what you mean by "insert your conjecture". I will beat it because I pay $150 for 5 lines and have unlimited data on at least 2 of the lines. So I understand the value of friends and family lists.
The "Second , if you merely select... " way doesnt work in all/most cases. I have discussed this in another thread that I had locked because there was no interest in this. The way I came up with works consistently.
I wasnt being confrontational to you, I even apologized that you misunderstood what I was saying. I will say it again too, sorry if what I was saying came across differently then what I said. I have tried your way on multiple phones repeatedly and kept getting force close. That is how I figured this other way that actually works on the new version of the app.
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Still you offer no solution... prove that you know how!
Or are you still "gauging demand?"

chrisabton said:
Still you offer no solution... prove that you know how!
Or are you still "gauging demand?"
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no thanks, for someone being so hostile why would anyone want to share with you. you could of searched and easily seen the post I made a month ago about this and that it works but instead you rack up 7 posts boasting something new and being a jerk, as if no one else has ever thought of this. Theres other users that have pm'd me and I've helped them get this working properly on the new app version.
Right on for getting it to work because thats the goal really. But when you see that it doesnt work on all google voice accounts, you might want to rethink your responses.
p.s. good job searching after posting. No I am not gauging demand, I've helped people in pm because of WHY google voice calls a different out number each time normally.

Unsubscribing from the rapidly declining flame war...

Enough you two! If he does not want to post his solution then he is just trolling
And we don't feed the trolls. Confronting him only continues the senseless posting and helps no one.
I will close this thread if it does not get back to constructive, helpful posts
Thank you for your cooperation
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You are right
kennyglass123 said:
Enough you two! If he does not want to post his solution then he is just trolling
And we don't feed the trolls. Confronting him only continues the senseless posting and helps no one.
I will close this thread if it does not get back to constructive, helpful posts
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I actually came to this conclusion as I started to reply the last time and have simply ignored him. My apologies. I am new to forum posting and had no idea what was really out there. I was just surprised and allowed my competitive spirit to get the better of me. I just have a hard time understanding why people make uneducated statements off of half reading a post. There will be no more exchanges between me and him.

kennyglass123 said:
Enough you two! If he does not want to post his solution then he is just trolling
And we don't feed the trolls. Confronting him only continues the senseless posting and helps no one.
I will close this thread if it does not get back to constructive, helpful posts
Thank you for your cooperation
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Sorry kennyglass, not trolling at all. In fact, I took a second to think about the google voice app functionality and this thread. There is a reason Google changed the app from the old version to new version and why it dials random multiple numbers. So, posting in public how to circumvent that might not be the best idea, especially if we want it to continue to function with one number dialing.
You can look that there is no less then 3 threads related to this subject that I posted over the past couple months.
1. How to check compatibility with older version of google voice app to ICS and the SGS3
2. How google voice apps functions and why one gv account dials a single number while others dial multiple numbers (when setup the same with the same versions of apps)
3. How to get it working and the interest of others wanting to know how to do it with the newest version of the app.
You just have to search before starting a new thread.
This isnt where I just saw a random thread in General and said lets mess with the guy, NO, in fact this has been a couple months in the making where I tested, asked questions, tested more, then figured out how to do it. As I said before, it might not be the best idea to post how to do it on the newest version of the app where it works on every gv account (not just some). I have helped many others already on how to do it privately as I am not sure I want google to discover this and stop it. Surely you know that google did this at the pressure of the Cellular providers?
The kind, not so negative people that want help have figured out that they can simply pm me and I'll help. Also, I wasnt flaming, trolling, nor was I even negative. I complimented the OP for figuring out a way that works for him. I even apologized TWICE for any misunderstanding, but I didnt feel to much like sharing publicly after being told what is your problem or to prove it... would you?
maybe people shouldnt read 'tone' on the internet, reading doesnt always translate to tone well..........
and to note the half read posts comment, it is hard to reply to a post that is edited over and over, hence the ORIGINAL quote, to inform the reader what was being commented on.

Thanks for the PM tillithz. The process was simple and easy and it works.

Since, I came up with a way that works 100% of the time without using an OLD version and I am happily helping others get it working as well, I will link to the ORIGINAL thread so that I dont ruffle any feathers here. You can either use the OP'ers method with the old version of the app or visit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31936430#post31936430 for a current method. enjoy!

Trying to use a different google account, and then using my same name and password didn't work. It said that user already existed. So I was forced to sign in using my main google account. Went through the rest of the steps and everything appears to work, I was able to install GV 0.3 and open it up. Although it doesn't appear to actually function. It won't download my new messages, for instance. Any help?

I was able to make this trick work by installing google voice version 0.4.2.54 along with google voice version 0.3.0. Thanks for the great trick! Its very usefulx for those of us on a legacy plan.

TrueCaller uploads our phonebook?

I recently installed truecaller. I was satisfied with it but then a question raised in my mind: from where does the app collect the caller IDs. I installed the app on one of my friend's mobile & tried to search the numbers of my relatives which are present on my phonebook. I was surprised to see that he is getting my relative's nick names (As I saved their numbers on my phonebook) as search result. After searching on google I am preety sure that this app uploads the users caller ID as well as his phonebook to its server. Am I right?
sources: http://articles.economictimes.india...2337276_1_popular-app-phone-numbers-user-base
http://www.gshrey.in/blog/?p=510

@arpanbag1996 sure it does. But it doesnt shows this to unknown people so no need to worry about.
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thahim said:
@arpanbag1996 sure it does. But it doesnt shows this to unknown people so no need to worry about.
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Unknown people means? It shows it to all the people searching for the number.

It will show the details to the one who enters the numbers. Thats what tc is for.
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thahim said:
It will show the details to the one who enters the numbers. Thats what tc is for.
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It means that if anyone searches with the numbers of my relatives their names will be shown. Isn't it a great privacy concern?

arpanbag1996 said:
It means that if anyone searches with the numbers of my relatives their names will be shown. Isn't it a great privacy concern?
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Just think, who will search with the number? The one who already has the number will only search it to see who it belongs to yeah:? This is what truecaller works for, when someone calls you and you don't know their name, truecaller will show it to you.

thahim said:
Just think, who will search with the number? The one who already has the number will only search it to see who it belongs to yeah:? This is what truecaller works for, when someone calls you and you don't know their name, truecaller will show it to you.
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But sometimes, it is better to be anonymous.

arpanbag1996 said:
But sometimes, it is better to be anonymous.
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You are not actually getting the concept of TC, bro this app is meant for this purpose.
Call receiving party has all rights to know who is calling them. or can search the number later to know who was it.

arpanbag1996 said:
I recently installed truecaller. I was satisfied with it but then a question raised in my mind: from where does the app collect the caller IDs. I installed the app on one of my friend's mobile & tried to search the numbers of my relatives which are present on my phonebook. I was surprised to see that he is getting my relative's nick names (As I saved their numbers on my phonebook) as search result. After searching on google I am preety sure that this app uploads the users caller ID as well as his phonebook to its server. Am I right?
sources: http://articles.economictimes.india...2337276_1_popular-app-phone-numbers-user-base
http://www.gshrey.in/blog/?p=510
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If you are calling someone or someone is calling you them its just a matter of picking the call. Then both of you will know each other's name. So true caller is just giving you that information few seconds earlier. And if its that big of privacy concern then uninstall it. Check truecaller settings. You can disable phone book upload from there. And its not that big of privacy issue. If you want to know other's details then be ready to give up yours. It works both ways. You can't just have everyone's info and not give yours.

thahim said:
You are not actually getting the concept of TC, bro this app is meant for this purpose.
Call receiving party has all rights to know who is calling them. or can search the number later to know who was it.
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Then tell me why service providers don't tell us who called me? Even if I give them the number they says "Sir, I can't tell you the caller's name due to security reasons"

Kapiljhajhria said:
If you are calling someone or someone is calling you them its just a matter of picking the call. Then both of you will know each other's name. So true caller is just giving you that information few seconds earlier. And if its that big of privacy concern then uninstall it. Check truecaller settings. You can disable phone book upload from there. And its not that big of privacy issue. If you want to know other's details then be ready to give up yours. It works both ways. You can't just have everyone's info and not give yours.
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I'm ready to give my details. But I don't want to give details of my phonebook contacts.

arpanbag1996 said:
I'm ready to give my details. But I don't want to give details of my phonebook contacts.
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root your phone
install xposed and xprivacy
don't give permission of contacts to true caller
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ggs2 said:
root your phone
install xposed and xprivacy
don't give permission of contacts to true caller
Sent from my Xperia Z1 using xda app-developers app
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That seems a good solution. I'm using CM11 & I have built in privacy guard.

arpanbag1996 said:
Then tell me why service providers don't tell us who called me? Even if I give them the number they says "Sir, I can't tell you the caller's name due to security reasons"
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That number must not be in their data base.

ggs2 said:
root your phone
install xposed and xprivacy
don't give permission of contacts to true caller
Sent from my Xperia Z1 using xda app-developers app
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built-in privacy guard is good in general. However, it just cuts off so some app crashes plus it is not as fine grained as xprivacy. But if it does your purpose, its good enoguh

thahim said:
That number must not be in their data base.
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No. They have those numbers in their database. they just don't want to tell us.

arpanbag1996 said:
I'm ready to give my details. But I don't want to give details of my phonebook contacts.
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use privacy app to block contacts access or uninstall the app. but thats how this app works.
let me again explain you why its not such a big deal.
suppose you have my number in your phonebook. truecaller picks up my details from your phonebook. now it useless to htem at thye moment.
but when i will call someone who has truecaller (i am calling him/her that means chances are they already know my name and if they don't then they will know after they answer the call and i introduce myself. ) they will be able to see my name before they answer the call.
but if they stop using your, mine and everyone's phonebook then it will be useless app. it will have no purpose or use.

Kapiljhajhria said:
use privacy app to block contacts access or uninstall the app. but thats how this app works.
let me again explain you why its not such a big deal.
suppose you have my number in your phonebook. truecaller picks up my details from your phonebook. now it useless to htem at thye moment.
but when i will call someone who has truecaller (i am calling him/her that means chances are they already know my name and if they don't then they will know after they answer the call and i introduce myself. ) they will be able to see my name before they answer the call.
but if they stop using your, mine and everyone's phonebook then it will be useless app. it will have no purpose or use.
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I understand bro. But sometimes, it is necessary to keep my number secret...

thahim said:
Just think, who will search with the number? The one who already has the number will only search it to see who it belongs to yeah:? This is what truecaller works for, when someone calls you and you don't know their name, truecaller will show it to you.
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Except if this database is leaked

dserodio said:
Except if this database is leaked
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:silly: