Just wondering if anybody has been able to get visual voicemail working on the Infuse? Can't search too well from this phone app so my apologies if this has been beaten to death before. Would love to get this working on the wife's Infuse.
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att doesn't offer it other than the iPhone but Google offers Google voice which you setup from the gmail site and download the app. and there is also youmail but for youmail you have to pay for transcriptions to make it readable. if money wasn't an object the youmail transcription service is much better than Google voice but Google voice is free. good thing att doesn't surcharge for call forwarding, but the length of the forwarded call is counted towards minutes as far as I understand.
for Google voice you may need to find a dialer code on the gmail site and punch it into the phone. sometimes it wont set its self up.
Try PhoneFusion voicemail +. It is free
I can vouch for Google voice. Its pretty cool to have a widget with your voicemail on your homescreen that you can check every now and then. However the transcription really isnt that great. Most of the time it will give wrong words or "this message cannot be transcribed at this time" message. i would try youmail out. Its free if you dont want the transcription service. so you can still see the calls missed and listen to the messages on-demand. which is just as good as gv. last i checked thought the interface on the free version had ads.
I have used YouMail for a while and I love it. Haven't tried anything else though because YouMail does everything I need very well.
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all the at&t LTE android devices, GSII Skyrocket, HTC Vivid, etc... all now have visual voicemail
For Rogers users, they have announced a visual voicemail service for android. Granted, the initial support is for a two or three phones but the potential is there.
"Rogers customers who have an iPhone have been using Visual Voicemail for a while now. Rather than dialling into your voicemail all the time, the service gives you the ability to listen (via audio file) or read (via text) the voice messages people leave on your device. New details have emerged that indicates Rogers will be expanding the service to BlackBerry and Android devices, plus any handset that supports picture messaging. The app is called “Visual Voicemail Plus” and is scheduled to be available in February – the main feature will give owners the option to save a voicemail message for an unlimited period of time. However, there are some limitations at launch – BlackBerry users who have the Bold 9700 and Torch 9800 will be the only supported devices. As for Android devices, the Sony Ericsson X10 and the Samsung Galaxy Q are the chosen ones."
AEDan1977 said:
all the at&t LTE android devices, GSII Skyrocket, HTC Vivid, etc... all now have visual voicemail
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I was not aware. took them long enough the invest in android. ofcource before only they had the iPhone so everyone else had to invest in android to compete.
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all the at&t LTE android devices, GSII Skyrocket, HTC Vivid, etc... all now have visual voicemail
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My g/f just got the vivid where do i find the settings/access for this? thanks!
tazbo28 said:
My g/f just got the vivid where do i find the settings/access for this? thanks!
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My Infuse on T-Mobile EDGE has visual voicemail.
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google voice is excellent. much better than any other offerings ive seen. ive been using it for about 2 years now. text transcriptions are great and they dont delete your messages after 14 days.
someone on the htc vivid thread had said you can use visual voice mail on any phone by changing the apn or someting.. the instructions there, my phones always had visual til this one.
Too bad Google Voice is not available in Canada.
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As we all know the the Nexus S has VoIP/SIP support and can be turned into a wifi hotspot, does this mean it will also support wifi calling?
What exactly do you think voip/sip are!?
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I've heard about it but I'm not really sure what it does exactly, that I'm here asking.
i'd be sold if this was able to do a uma-like wifi calling.
it'll probably do UMA/t-mobile wi-fi calling once someone ports the app over.
Yes, it will support Wifi calling. I have been running a beta GV with the sip stacks for about a month and works great.
VOIP and UMA are NOT the same thing. One might use Google voice which is VOIP but not UMA. I could care less about Voip but if the Nexus S can't do UMA it is a deal breaker and will just pick up the Mytouch 4G. Already sad that the Nexus isn't 4G and doesn't have external storage but with no UMA support I will just get the Mytouch and wait for gingerbread to make its way to that.
UMA would be nice, but i'm good without it, but i seriously think it'll get ported somehow.
i think what the original poster is getting at, will it be able to use the tmobile wifi calling app.
i have a nexus one with it now so i can make phone calls. i am interested in this as well because i really don't want to pay another provider to make calls on top of what i am currently paying tmobile.
I'm wondering the same thing and this is actually the only feature that has me wanting this phone if it does in fact allow wifi calling.
My Nexus one has a broken usb port and i've been forced to swap batteries the last few months while waiting for the first gingerbread phone to arrive. I was already hoping for so much more like 720p display, dual core, new ui, because it barely feels like it's an upgrade over my N1 as is.
When the official specs were announced I almost considered going to the iphone4 or Samsung Focus but I just can't do AT&T, lol.
Pretty sure G-Voice via VOIP would be better than the original wifi-calling app, anyway. I wasn't all that impressed with the wifi-calling app on N1, honestly.
How so? The T-Mobile app is free and uses your minutes from the calling plan. Gvoice requires payment ontop of your calling plan. I don't want to pay twice for the same service.
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VOIP and UMA are NOT the same thing. One might use Google voice which is VOIP but not UMA. I could care less about Voip but if the Nexus S can't do UMA it is a deal breaker and will just pick up the Mytouch 4G. Already sad that the Nexus isn't 4G and doesn't have external storage but with no UMA support I will just get the Mytouch and wait for gingerbread to make its way to that.
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If you want uma you will have to get a blackberry, currently the android devices just have gan.
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Pretty sure G-Voice via VOIP would be better than the original wifi-calling app, anyway. I wasn't all that impressed with the wifi-calling app on N1, honestly.
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Wifi calling sucked on the n1, the only device that was usable was the mt4g
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How so? The T-Mobile app is free and uses your minutes from the calling plan. Gvoice requires payment ontop of your calling plan. I don't want to pay twice for the same service.
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I've been using google voice for a year, and I've never paid a dime for anything. Unless you know something I don't know about some new service fee for g-voice when used in concert with VOIP, you may wanna re-assess g-voice altogether. It's flippin' AWESOME!.....
....AND FREE!!!
In all fairness, though.... call quality on the wifi app was poor for me. Volume was really low. Could be the fact that I was using an N1 hacked version, but I doubt it. If g-voice is only using the data you already paid for, then I don't see how it could cost anymore. Maybe I'm missing something though.
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How so? The T-Mobile app is free and uses your minutes from the calling plan. Gvoice requires payment ontop of your calling plan. I don't want to pay twice for the same service.
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GVoice doesn't require any payments. Calls to USA & Canada are free. Any other country have their rates, however. We still don't know how exactly is the VoIP implemented on the Nexus S, so can't say how it'll work as of now.
greenstuffs said:
If you want uma you will have to get a blackberry, currently the android devices just have gan.
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UMA and GAN are the same thing...in 2005 UMA specs were incorporated into the 3GPP rel. 6 specs and were renamed "Generic Access Network" or GAN.
The current list of phones that are UMA/GAN can be found here at
www .umatoday.com/smartphones.php
Currently the Nexus S is not there but that could just be because it is not out yet. Just have to see if after the release date if they update the list
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GVoice doesn't require any payments. Calls to USA & Canada are free. Any other country have their rates, however. We still don't know how exactly is the VoIP implemented on the Nexus S, so can't say how it'll work as of now.
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If I was able to figure out how to use Google Voice to make calls over wireless LAN with mobile number, that will be a good alternative to wifi calling.
Wifi calling works fine on Vibrant
Blackberry supports wifi to cell handoff, Android handsets don't. Not sure whether Android is technically UMA or not. Either way the key is being able to receive calls over wifi. If you're stuck in the bowels of some massive office building and you have zero signal, being able to receive text messages and calls fluidly would be awesome. Especially if they're able to call or text to your regular number.
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If I was able to figure out how to use Google Voice to make calls over wireless LAN with mobile number, that will be a good alternative to wifi calling.
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GVoice on Android isn't VoIP, it just routes through your GVoice number. You need a SIP account like Gizmo5 etc to set it up. GVoice in GMail on your desktop IS VoIP. Hopefully they bring something like that soon..
As for how SIP/VoIP calling will work on the Nexus S, we'll just have to wait a few more days to find out, with concrete details.
I just bought the inspire 4g today and now my voicemail just gets a busy tone, i think it's because i'm still on my iphone visual voice mail unlimited plan. I also tried to get google voice to work as a work around but that gets a busy tone too. If anyone remotely knows how to fix this without calling att please let me know because i don't want to take the chance of losing my unlimited plan. Thanks for all your help in advance.
You won't lose your unlimited if you call ATT. I called today to be switch to the unlimited 4g and they told me I was grandfathered into the unlimited. So I kept it.
Thanks that makes me feel so much better.
Just call customer care to fix your voicemail. When you switched it removed the iPhone visual voicemail but does not automatically add the standard voicemail feature on the phone. Care can take care of it in a snap. The downside si if you had any messages saved they are now lost.
to get a real visual voicemail like on the iphone download youmail (free) in the android market. It works like a charm
I use Phone Fusion Voicemail+. It is the bomb.
i had this same problem, they said the voicemail never got swiched from iphone's visual voicemail package.
Google Voice. Topic over.
I'm having the same problem. I'm going to call ATT tomorrow and get it fixed.
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Ok, I have a question. My daughter has an iPhone and I was helping her set up her email on it when she got a phone call during the process. I did not answer it, but when they left a message I was very impressed by the way the iPhone displayed the message on the phone. there was actually a list of all of her v-mails and it listed who they were from and what not.
I am sure we do and I just don't know it, but do we have anything like this?
There are a few apps out there, but many will probably recommend using google voice and activating the voicemail transcribe feature.
Isn't that Visual Voicemail? If so AT&T charges extra for it.
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Isn't that Visual Voicemail? If so AT&T charges extra for it.
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Yeah I think your right.
"I wish I had more than 1 Infuse."
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Ok, I have a question. My daughter has an iPhone and I was helping her set up her email on it when she got a phone call during the process. I did not answer it, but when they left a message I was very impressed by the way the iPhone displayed the message on the phone. there was actually a list of all of her v-mails and it listed who they were from and what not.
I am sure we do and I just don't know it, but do we have anything like this?
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That is called Visual Voicemail. AT&T had this set up exclusively for iPhone since iPhone's inception into AT&T, and to make data mandatory. They haven't expanded to other phones, yet.
Google voice can do something like this, and it doesn't set the popup in the middle of the screen, it shows up in the dropdown bar.
I'll post a pic shortly.
What you are looking for?
Google voice is free for voicemail. I use it. AT&T does have a visual voicemail option that you can add to your plan, but why do that when GVoice is free. (Note: I am using CM7, so idk what difference it'll make if you are on a stock ROM)
there is visual voicemail on the newest phones as far as what I've heard. Google voice is free and att doesn't surcharge for forwarded calls. att isn't so bad. for the money you get coverage and little perks like this. try Google voice on sprint see what the phone bill comes out to be with all the forwarded calls.
Thank you all! That is pretty much what I am looking for.
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Dani897 said:
there is visual voicemail on the newest phones as far as what I've heard. Google voice is free and att doesn't surcharge for forwarded calls. att isn't so bad. for the money you get coverage and little perks like this. try Google voice on sprint see what the phone bill comes out to be with all the forwarded calls.
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Funny thing is that we have Sprint Voicemail. It's an app that downloads the voicemails to your phone and uses the data of your phone. but rememember, I have unlimited data so it works perfect. It's included in the unlimited data. plus, forwarding is including in most of the plans. So, if you're on Sprint, there's no need for GVoice.
I want to switch to AT&T for the One X soon and am looking for ways to reduce my bill. I don't want to pay $20/mo for texting so using Google Voice is a good idea for that. I initially wanted to port my number to GV so that I wouldn't have to give people a new number, but after some testing I feel like the voice lag in calls through GV is a little too significant to use it for all my calls, so now I'm considering porting my number to AT&T like normal and using my separate GV number for texts.
I'd like to know what you guys do and how it works out for you.
Thanks.
Just keep in mind that GV texting doesn't support short codes, nor MMS (although Google said it is coming).
I'd switch to google voice full time if it had two features that it's currently missing. 1. Obviously mms. 2. Threaded group SMS (which I found out the One X doesnt support either)! I really miss group SMS coming from the iPhone as that's how I communicated with a bunch of my friends and colleagues.
Telling people to just email me is definitely worth the $20 savings...
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Google plus messenger?
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Google plus messenger?
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Not even sure what this means.
I am in the same boat and I had tried to use Google Voice. Does not work simply because the lack of a dedicated SMS agent.
I use text plus. Didn't want to pay 20 dollars
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Not even sure what this means.
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Google+ messenger. The stand alone messaging client for Google+.
I've been debating getting a new number through Google Voice and switching to that. Cutting the unlimited texting from my plan would sure be nice. I don't make more than 10-20 minutes in calls most months, so the latency issue is not major for me. I suspect it's related to the inherent latency on the 3G/HSPA network. I think this is one of the areas where LTE is supposed to be a major improvement over HSPA+. Has anybody tried GV over 3G and wifi/LTE. If so, was it any better?
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I am in the same boat and I had tried to use Google Voice. Does not work simply because the lack of a dedicated SMS agent.
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Can you explain what you mean by an "SMS agent"?
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Google+ messenger. The stand alone messaging client for Google+.
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Yea but isn't that like using Facebook messenger or whatsapp? It's not an SMS replacement unless everyone you text actually has it installed.
Pretty much. I'm not really sure how that works out as a replacement for a texting brand. Maybe they will elaborate.
I use Google Voice and save my money, not work the 20 bucks for MMS and short code. I fill in the blanks of those with twitter/facebook etc etc.
I have unlimited via a family unlimited plan.
EDIT: Can you use GV without a SIM? Like I have an account set up but I can't send SMS or Make calls on the One X at all. Am I doing something wrong or does it just not work that way?
I chose the unlimited text because that gives you unlimited mobile to mobile calls, any carrier.. That allowed me to drop down from unlimited minutes to 450 minutes with rollover. I'll never talk 450 minutes to a landline during peak i dont think. I dont know anybody with a landline, all mobile. That dropped the Minutes from $69 to $39. I', going to give it a try...We'll see
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I chose the unlimited text because that gives you unlimited mobile to mobile calls, any carrier.. That allowed me to drop down from unlimited minutes to 450 minutes with rollover. I'll never talk 450 minutes to a landline during peak i dont think. I dont know anybody with a landline, all mobile. That dropped the Minutes from $69 to $39. I', going to give it a try...We'll see
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Yeah, I'm used to having unlimited mobile to mobile on Sprint, but I think I can get by without it and still only 450 minutes. A lot of calls happen on nights and weekends, and then I can take advantage of the rollover (not sure how long those minutes last before expiring).
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I have unlimited via a family unlimited plan.
EDIT: Can you use GV without a SIM? Like I have an account set up but I can't send SMS or Make calls on the One X at all. Am I doing something wrong or does it just not work that way?
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You should be able to SMS through GV by just being on WiFi I think, but you won't be able to make calls without the SIM since it goes over the cell network and uses minutes like normal. However, if you use something like GrooVe IP, you should be able to make calls with just WiFi.
Unlimited text family plan for $20 FTW!
I've be looking at my options since Verizon announced a price increase for the people who still have unlimited data plans. I was seriously considering getting the Moto X Pure, and moving over to Straight Talk. The hold up is that I've seen conflicting reports about being able to use your GV for voicemail on ST system. The most recent information says that they do not support Conditional Call Forwarding (CCF) on any network they use, Verizon or ATT I have seen where people have said they have been able to use it for their voicemail with GV installed also on the phone, and that seems to have the most success on the ATT network. Unfortunately, those posts are older, like 2013/2014, so things may have changed. I have seen, and their website says it will work, that you can use Youmail if you have an ATT sim on ST.
I'm wondering if anyone who has Straight Talk is using Google Voice for their voicemail, and how they got it to work. Also it's important to know what network you are using, a ATT sim or a Verizon sim.
Thank you.