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http://www.fusionvoicemailplus.com/
http://www.phonefusion.com/
http://mobilitytoday.com/news/009092/fusion_voicemail_g1
I've got the Fuze and was interested in Visual Voicemail. I've used Youmail and get the sms and email, but I saw this post about visual voicemail on the G1. I looked and they also support windows mobile 5 and 6.
The 2nd link is the company's main page and looks like they offer pay services as well, but the free visual voicemail works as far as I have been able to tell in testing it. It has a separate .cab to install and then change the settings in your fuze for forwarding and the voicemails come up in the program in a list and can be played as mp3.
Only issue I have on this is that they play over the speaker. Plug in headphones and you get privacy, but when I'm on a plane or in an airport I'd rather just hit play and listen on the earpiece on the headset for privacy. If anyone has any suggestions on playing mp3's through media player over the built in headset I'd be interested in the suggestion. Otherwise, this does everything I've seen on the iphone.
You may want to install on your storage card, then your vmails are stored there as well so as to not take up internal storage.
damn doesn't work with rogers in canada, won't accept changes to the no answer call forwarding
cparkhorn said:
http://www.fusionvoicemailplus.com/
http://www.phonefusion.com/
http://mobilitytoday.com/news/009092/fusion_voicemail_g1
I've got the Fuze and was interested in Visual Voicemail. I've used Youmail and get the sms and email, but I saw this post about visual voicemail on the G1. I looked and they also support windows mobile 5 and 6.
The 2nd link is the company's main page and looks like they offer pay services as well, but the free visual voicemail works as far as I have been able to tell in testing it. It has a separate .cab to install and then change the settings in your fuze for forwarding and the voicemails come up in the program in a list and can be played as mp3.
Only issue I have on this is that they play over the speaker. Plug in headphones and you get privacy, but when I'm on a plane or in an airport I'd rather just hit play and listen on the earpiece on the headset for privacy. If anyone has any suggestions on playing mp3's through media player over the built in headset I'd be interested in the suggestion. Otherwise, this does everything I've seen on the iphone.
You may want to install on your storage card, then your vmails are stored there as well so as to not take up internal storage.
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I'm using YouMail right now, how does it compare to that? One feature I like about YouMail is that it will tell me the city, carrier and even the name of the person and/or business that called if available.
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calirr,
on the app the comes up when you get a new vm, it has the date, time and how many seconds the message is, the caller id number and the number it was forwarded from (assuming this is so that you can identify if it was forwarded from cell or office or other?
You don't see the txt that comes in, this is the only information you get, so if carrier and city matter it may not be good for you. I travel and it's great to turn on the phone between flights and my vmails download, then when I'm on my next flight I can listen to them when I want.
So the free services you listed aren't actually visual voicemail, but simply mp3 conversion services?
tried this a while back with sprint. turns out they charge 20 cents a minute for forwarded calls.
With AT&T, it just deducts from your minutes.
plus yall get roll over minutes don't you? How much are you spending per month?
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1. not sure your definition of visual voicemail. If you're thinking transcribe to text, no it does not do this, and I don't want that because I haven't found a service that works well, and having an announcement telling someone calling me to speak clearly doesn't help.
This service puts your voicemail into an mp3, but it doesn't email it, there is a single app that comes up and they are listed in order with information and if you click it you can listen without being connected to the network. If that isn't visual voicemail then I completely didn't understand what the iphone is doing, because it looks like the same to me and that is called visual voicemail. (by the way, I only listed one service that I found, there are different sites with information about the free service and application, they just introduced an Android version as well)
2. I saw in the directions there is some more specific instructions on Sprint. If you forward a certain way there is a .20 charge, but if you follow their directions correctly there isn't this charge.
3. It looks like this service sends a txt msg to get information to the program, so you need txting and if you're limited this may not be good for you.
4. The time your caller is leaving a message it looks like it does go against your minutes.
Rogers CDMA?
y2whisper said:
damn doesn't work with rogers in canada, won't accept changes to the no answer call forwarding
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Below in the FAQ is a question on Sprint, which is CDMA. It's saying you have to contact the CDMA carrier to have them change it on the network, and I beleive Rogers is still CDMA as well. May be worth a call to tech support and ask if you want an app like this, for me it's worth it. The 813 number is in Florida, and that's where your calls will be forwarded to, so make sure you can call there cheap.
When you call up Sprint, the first thing to do is ask for Tech Support right away. They are the only ones who can set up the correct forwarding - Customer Service can’t. Ask the Tech Support representative to change the "Call Forward/Busy" and "Call Forward/No Answer" fields (NOT Unconditional Call Forwarding) to the Fusion Voicemail Plus number - 813-200-0200. The Tech Support representative will authorize and activate the feature. There is no additional charge for this service, unlike regular unconditional call forwarding which charges $0.20 per usage.
no rogers is GSM
has anyone had a problem where when you install it never goes through setup. I had to resend the test message to myself and even then I just got that voicemail no others.
First of all. Thank you to all and any who can provide any advice/tips/help. I searched around but never found anything specific to my issue.
Devices that use Voice:
HTC EVO3D
ASUS Transformer TF101
Chrome extension on home laptop and work machine
The way I have it set up is:
my EVO gets SMS the standard way.
My Transformer and Chrome(naturally) receive the texts through voice.
Phone calls are handled by the device.
Voice mail is handled through voice.
I've had my Sprint number integrated with Voice since pretty much day one(dont remember if i signed up for a beta). I added a Iphone 4s on a second line the other day and right around that time, voice stopped functioning for me. My TF, the extension, or /voice no longer receive them. I have also lost what seems like all settings to take a look at anything also.
Only thing I can think of was that I was about a week late paying my bill and received the "pay your damn bill text". I payed it this morning(about 8 hours prior to this thread) and still see no changes. Couldnt think of anything else.
Greetings fellow G-tabbers,
I appreciate everyone's input here and am hoping to be a long-term member of this community.
I would love to keep this tablet but am thinking it's going to have to be returned before my 14 day window with T-Mobile is up.
My questions: Is it possible to set up some kind of workaround to be able to receive CONDITIONALLY FORWARDED calls via the G-Tab/T-Mobile phone number to my other T-Mobile phone (basically, set up conditional call forwarding)? According to T-Mobile they can't because the tablet plan has a code in the system blocking calls.
Or if that's not possible, is there some other way, perhaps spoofing my own cell phone number as my outbound text number instead of using the assigned tablet phone number?
I realize that there are 3rd party apps out there but I'd much rather use the native text messaging application and not a 3rd party app such as Google Voice, Line 2, etc.
Here's the background:
I am a headhunter for a Federal DoD contractor and as such, I review resumes on various job boards (i.e. Monster.com, etc). As a way to connecting with candidates (I know who they are but they do not know me yet), I send them a text message, email and then voicemail. When setting up my Data Plan, I learned T-Mobile scripted within the system "call block" or "voice barred" feature, Tier 3 tech support at Tmo is unable to set up conditional call forwarding.
As a result of this, should a candidate decide to call my text number they'll get a dead number message saying something to the effect that this phone line cannot take incoming calls.
So what happens is that the candidate things I am unreachable or worse yet that the text message was spam (unless they fully read their text and check their email account).
Thanks so much in advance for your help and consideration.
Im assuming you have a GT-P6200 since tmobiles GTab+ doesnt have phone abilities.
Tell them you dont want/need a tablet plan becuase YOU DONT HAVE A TABLET!
tell them it IS a smartphone, have them try to put you on a smartphone plan, thats
how most of ATT guys sneak by.
at least try to find a smartphone SIM with data/voice to see if it works without issues. It should.
last resort: "bribe" a young tmobile rep to spoof an IMEI to put you on smartphone plan.
Thanks Chris! I'll try that! I am using 2 other phones (work + personal), I wonder if I set up call forwarding prior to swapping SIM cards if it'll work.
Your thoughts?
Yes i think the call forwarding should stickt
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Yes i think the call forwarding should stickt
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Great!
I just realized that my mini Sims won't work. Have to buy an adaptor to try/test out.
Quick question... Only because I am new to Tmo and sim cards (just fired Sprint) . What is involved with spoofing an IMEI?
Thank you again for your help!
P.S. how do you use your tab? Do you have it rooted?
V/r.
I think other people here use smartphone sims with unlimited data on tmobile. Its do-able. Next time, a good rule is to always avoid telling your carrier how you will use your device because you know they think they know what is best.
Anyways spoofing an IMEI, means.. they need a smartphone IMEI in their "system", so a friendly helpful tmobile rep who doesnt care much about getting in trouble or knows his way around takes an IMEI from a never used phone like a demo model, you run an application that reports your IMEI the demo, etc. Its actually probably more involved than this. And Ive heard it may well be illegal, Class C felony. What you might want to ask them is if there is a way to just enter your device as a smartphone and not a tablet, but it is probably generated by IMEI.
PROTIP: if you do have 6200, it's good idea to make 2 backups of your /efs folder (if rooted).
MrJinx said:
Greetings fellow G-tabbers,
I realize that there are 3rd party apps out there but I'd much rather use the native text messaging application and not a 3rd party app such as Google Voice, Line 2, etc.
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Google Voice is not a 3rd party app, it will completely and natively integrate with your Android stock dialer. If you were on an iOS device it would be terribly clumsy, but not on Android.
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Google Voice is not a 3rd party app, it will completely and natively integrate with your Android stock dialer. If you were on an iOS device it would be terribly clumsy, but not on Android.
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There is no stock android dialer in Honeycomb as it was meant only for tablets and not phones. I thought I saw a thread somewhere in here of people using Google Voice with a third party app to make calls. I think you could also use the Goolge Voice number for texting as there were threads on how to do this in my phones forum when Google Voice first came out. I think Skype will also assign you a static phone number to use if you pay for the service. I would also search the other tabs forums to see if anyone in those has a mod for it to work as a phone off a sim card from a carrier. Personally I would trade it in for the Galaxy Note if I wanted to use it as a phone and tablet.
or check out GrooveIP in play store one of the more popular VOIP/SIP applications, has option for 3G, cant guarantee quality will be the same as regular voice, but Im sure its one of the top 3 out there.
After doing some Googleing and reading up on some GTab 10.1 threads it appears that Honeycomb 3.2 on a GSM tablet should be able to make calls if the carrier supports it. Which TMO doesn't. You could try getting a pre-paid sim card and dropping it in to see if it will work, maybe something like Virgin Mobile. There maybe something in the OS from TMO that may block other sims so not sure how that would work.
After thinking about it the tablet is more than likely locked to TMo and it has to be moded to use anohter carrier, like boost mobile. For phones its a complicated hack getting it on another network. I still think your better off getting the Galaxy Note but then you would have to pay for a second phone line and data plan to use both the tablet and your phone at the same time and then conditionally forward your calls as you suggested.
Hi,
I'm not interested in using my tab to make calls; only to send texts via the native in-built messaging app. I don't want to use other Android apps, just the stock messaging. I am able to do this to great success on Sprint. Sprint is able to go into the backend system and apply conditional call forwarding. Not the case with Tmo.
My main purpose is to NOT miss calls from people who may decide to call via reply to text as that's what appears as my callback number when it's not.
Thanks so much to everyone for your input.
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Hi,
I'm not interested in using my tab to make calls; only to send texts via the native in-built messaging app. I don't want to use other Android apps, just the stock messaging. I am able to do this to great success on Sprint. Sprint is able to go into the backend system and apply conditional call forwarding. Not the case with Tmo.
My main purpose is to NOT miss calls from people who may decide to call via reply to text as that's what appears as my callback number when it's not.
Thanks so much to everyone for your input.
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Sorry to say, but TMO won't support this. They have silly notion that you should buy a separate phone from them if you want to make calls.
still not sure what device you have. this may be worth a shot, although I understand tmobile says its not possible, etc.
http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/T-Mobile_Conditional_Call_Forwarding
what is wrong with other messaging apps?, there are usually many on the market which have many more options than stock. just asking.
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Sorry to say, but TMO won't support this. They have silly notion that you should buy a separate phone from them if you want to make calls.
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Hi,
Don't want/need to make calls. I only need for texting, however, if one of my candidate prospects (I am unknown to them at this point) attempts to call me via the link on their phone because of my text from the tablet, it'll ring to a dead number, the tablet number.
I ONLY want the calls to be conditionally call forwarded to my other Tmo cell phone which already has unlimited phone minutes.
chrisrotolo said:
still not sure what device you have. this may be worth a shot, although I understand tmobile says its not possible, etc.
http://wiki.howardforums.com/index.php/T-Mobile_Conditional_Call_Forwarding
what is wrong with other messaging apps?, there are usually many on the market which have many more options than stock. just asking.
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Hi Chris,
The reason I don't want to use other apps is if/when we move to ICS some of those apps may not be compatible for some time until they upgrade. I was burned using a VOIP app (Line 2) which worked very well and suited my needs on my older Gingerbread Tab (HTC EVO View) and when I upgraded to HoneyComb I learned that Line2 won't and never will support HC and I now know that the EVO View tab will not be upgraded to ICS.
I don't want to go there anymore, it severely impacts my ability to get my work done. I'd much rather use the native messaging app. Also because it doesn't use any data to use the native app, if I use an app from the Play Market, I'm likely going to have to use up my data plan and then I am prone to crashing, etc. Unless I am missing something are there any other alternatives?
V/r.
Two options:
(1) Sign up for GoogleVoice and port your number to that. This is very easy and will give you full control over where that phone call routes.
(2) Go get a straighttalk SIM ($15) and service ($45, for unlimited) and tell TMO they've lost your business.
Or, do both.
Voicemail services have gained active user response and this service has been still in use by many mobile users worldwide. Even the network providers include voicemail services in subsidised rate in their package.
Anyhow, this service has become extinct in INDIA years ago!
I've tried portiing to various network and none of them actually had this service even on their customer service VR menu. One terrible moment is where customer executives and network showroom representatives actaully asks what's the use of such service :silly: Recent boom with smartphones and Mobile internet users across India is going on upsurge every quarter of the year. Indian users frenzy and the proposed intention with Missed calls have already served the purpose for a Voicemail service.
I've been going through this positive brain note, that there is or there will be a standalone Android app where once the call has not been attended or rejected, an onscreen app will play our Voicemail greet and will record what they have to say. So we can access this anytime simply by opening the app or long pressing the 1 button or whatsoever. This is really cool idea where the one who calls will just be charged with their normal call rates as opposed to the Voicemail services that once existed. I'm really opening up this view to all fellow XDA devolopers where my life is ruining up with college and concerned bull ****!
If such App persists, then let me know it! :fingers-crossed:
Cheers!
I signed up for the Tmobile Digits service which is supposed to work somewhat like AT&T's number sync. Basically it assigns the same phone number as your phone to your watch or more than one device. The theory is that when you use your phone in standalone mode the watch acts like your phone for texts and calls. So I signed up. Big mistake and I should have figured. How would I forward stuff from my phone to my own number on the watch.
So I sign up and first thing is that Tmobile does is change my watch number to something different than the phone so basically my watch is useless in standalone mode because the watch thinks it's another phone number that doesn't exist. I can't even make phone calls from the watch in standalone.
I call support and they forward me to a special group that handles the new digits program. I basically tell them to forget about it and change my number back to the old number and nobody at Tmobile can change my number back. My watch now has a phone number that doesn't exist and tmobile can't fix it. They supposedly sent it to it another group which may take a few days to correct the problem. Not only that, the rep told me that they were having issues with gear watches not working with the service because messaging forwarding doesn't work when the watch has the same number.
So I am basically SOL for a few days until they can change my watch back to the old number.
I am also on Digits. I thought the same thing when the Beta software changed my number on the S3. Actually it is way better than the current call forward setup. Your watch now virtually simulates your main phone number to your phone. When you are connected via BT you get all your calls, data, etc... through the phone. Say you forget or leave your phone, your watch is now on the mobile network (if you set your mobile network settings to auto). So if you get a call or text to your mobile phone it will simultaneously ring/arrive on both your phone and your watch. You don't have to remember to turn on call forwarding. You can no longer call your Gear S3 number, it is tied to the virtual number.
It is still in beta so there are some bugs, but so far I have been able to add my Gear S3, Gear S2, and my primary phone to the Digits Service. All 3 devices ring or receive text at the same time when someone calls/texts me.
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I am also on Digits. I thought the same thing when the Beta software changed my number on the S3. Actually it is way better than the current call forward setup. Your watch now virtually simulates your main phone number to your phone. When you are connected via BT you get all your calls, data, etc... through the phone. Say you forget or leave your phone, your watch is now on the mobile network (if you set your mobile network settings to auto). So if you get a call or text to your mobile phone it will simultaneously ring/arrive on both your phone and your watch. You don't have to remember to turn on call forwarding. You can no longer call your Gear S3 number, it is tied to the virtual number.
It is still in beta so there are some bugs, but so far I have been able to add my Gear S3, Gear S2, and my primary phone to the Digits Service. All 3 devices ring or receive text at the same time when someone calls/texts me.
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They're correct^^^
I had the exact same freak out and called into the department last week and they were so confused lol. Saw my sim numbers swapped on my account and the inability to dial out and had to explain everything to them, with them offering a potential fix upon more research.
I do agree with the above in terms of a better method of call forwarding when working with a non Samsung smartphone. I'm using an LG V20 and prior to Digits I would have to enable call forwarding if I knew I was planning to be away from my phone, not allowing me to forget my phone and remain connected.
However when using a Samsung smartphone, you have an auto call forwarding option in the Gear Manager app. I had my Note 5/S7E/Note 7 paired up to my Gear S2 Classic 3G and it would auto call forward upon being disconnected via Bluetooth, basically doing what Digits does without the virtual number.
Somehow my ability to dial out self resolved so now I'm digging this setup
Torridred04 said:
They're correct^^^
I had the exact same freak out and called into the department last week and they were so confused lol. Saw my sim numbers swapped on my account and the inability to dial out and had to explain everything to them, with them offering a potential fix upon more research.
I do agree with the above in terms of a better method of call forwarding when working with a non Samsung smartphone. I'm using an LG V20 and prior to Digits I would have to enable call forwarding if I knew I was planning to be away from my phone, not allowing me to forget my phone and remain connected.
However when using a Samsung smartphone, you have an auto call forwarding option in the Gear Manager app. I had my Note 5/S7E/Note 7 paired up to my Gear S2 Classic 3G and it would auto call forward upon being disconnected via Bluetooth, basically doing what Digits does without the virtual number.
Somehow my ability to dial out self resolved so now I'm digging this setup
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You may not be digging it when the beta expires and you have to start paying for it. Sometime in the Spring...
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You may not be digging it when the beta expires and you have to start paying for it. Sometime in the Spring...
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This is the first week of beta testing. Issues are to be expected. Those (like me) who have no appetite for dealing with this shouldn't volunteer.
T-Mobile will figure it out. Sharing a number across devices will become a necessary linchpin as we become increasingly more connected.
T-Mobile won't charge much for Digits. AT&T and Verizon don't charge for their (admittedly less capable) service. And Google Voice, which Digits is modeled after, is also free.
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You may not be digging it when the beta expires and you have to start paying for it. Sometime in the Spring...
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Personally I'm not too worried. They state the service shouldn't cost much once it arrives, though I do feel they should issue the finished product free to beta testers for a limited time for our services.
If I go back to Samsung which is most likely, that will eliminate my need for it. If I don't, well the discount on my bill makes it dirt cheap that I'm not losing sleep over it. Perks of working at T-Mobile haha
Well all I know is that they changed my watch number to to some different number that doesn't exist on my account and nobody can correct it or change it back to the old way. I'm going on 3 days now and nobody can resolve the issue. I asked that they just take me off the beta and they can't even do that.
I understand that it's a beta and you live with the growing pains of bugs but PLEASE! They can't even take me off the program and restore my service back to normal! That means this is more of an Alpha than Beta stage! You don't release a Beta when you can't even get the basic functionality right!
Not to mention I am being sent numerous text messages that I added a new line to my account and when I call tmobile is clueless as to why I am getting those messages which I am sure it is due to digits.
Tmobile has nice customer service reps and great prices but when it comes to company communication and overall customer service experience they are clueless. I have never experienced a company more clueless and disorganized! I went through the Note fiasco with them and when I first started they shipped me like 10 iPads when I only ordered 1.
Sorry but Tmobile is a joke. I only stick with them because of convenience.
I'm having a great experience with the beta program so far, it's way better than the Samsung Auto forwarding. Because when I'm out and about and I make calls from the watch when the phone is at home it shows my actual phone number and not the watch phone number, and everything important is forwarded to my watch as well.
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In the beta digits program also I have my gear s3 and gear s tied to my original number. I have to wait for the gear s tho cause they are sending me a sim card I don't know why I can't use the one I already have in it.
Digits works well for me
I am really enjoying my digits experience. I frequently leave my phone at home or in the car on the charger. Before digits my calls would not always be forwarded from my s6 edge to my gear s2 causing me to miss calls at times. That defeated the purpose of me paying for the watch number. I also hated that in the event I left my phone at home and forwarding was not working people could not reach me on my watch had I not given them that number. I have no trouble placing calls from the watch in standalone mode. My only annoyance with the program is when I do go outside of Bluetooth range all my texts are synced to my watch, which I just do not need. I wish there was an option to turn this off or on since I do not need it but some people might. I will definitely keep digits provided it does not cost me much more than the watch line I pay for currently.
sorry I am late to the party, and this might be a dumb question (but the T-mobile special tech people can't seem to answer it)...
Do I cancel the Gear S2's service and then use its SIM to sign up for the beta? Or do I have to keep the service active? Cause that's what I did - kept the service, signed up for the beta with the SIM number, but nothing's happened and the watch still has its own number. Does it take a while to change over?
Thanks.
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sorry I am late to the party, and this might be a dumb question (but the T-mobile special tech people can't seem to answer it)...
Do I cancel the Gear S2's service and then use its SIM to sign up for the beta? Or do I have to keep the service active? Cause that's what I did - kept the service, signed up for the beta with the SIM number, but nothing's happened and the watch still has its own number. Does it take a while to change over?
Thanks.
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T-Mobile will send you a welcome to digits email and instructions on how to set up on your phone. It took 24 hours for me to get the email. You can also call t-mobile and ask to speak to the digits beta team and they will patch you through and the beta team can pull up your request and speed up the process.
Hope this is still relevant
hawk1500 said:
sorry I am late to the party, and this might be a dumb question (but the T-mobile special tech people can't seem to answer it)...
Do I cancel the Gear S2's service and then use its SIM to sign up for the beta? Or do I have to keep the service active? Cause that's what I did - kept the service, signed up for the beta with the SIM number, but nothing's happened and the watch still has its own number. Does it take a while to change over?
Thanks.
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So I was paying for watch plan when I signed up for digits beta. Tmobile was more than happy for me to keep paying. However I was having issues with digits not working and still missing calls. Finally I got someone on the phone that knew that I didn't need the watch line I only needed the digits line. Has worked great since they stopped the watch line and linked my digits with my phone. The digits line incluse so many my of data which is why the separate watch plan is unneeded.