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texting app using your cell phone number? for Kindle Fire

Is there an app that can text messages using my cell phone number for Amazon Kindle Fire?

If u have sprint and Google voice u can do it.
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Desk sms
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Desk sms doesn't really work that well bc it just gets sent to your email and what not.. I would personally recommend tablet talk. Just make sure both phone and tablet are on the same wifi, run the program and sync. I use it a lot when I'm away from my phone
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Google voice on everything.

Desksms works perfect. It will notify via google voice. This allows you to send and receive texts anywhere you have access to google voice as if it were sent from your phone.
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screwyluie said:
Desksms works perfect. It will notify via google voice. This allows you to send and receive texts anywhere you have access to google voice as if it were sent from your phone.
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I'm using desk SMS and it notifies with Google talk and it works well...

T_VASS said:
Desk sms doesn't really work that well bc it just gets sent to your email and what not.. I would personally recommend tablet talk. Just make sure both phone and tablet are on the same wifi, run the program and sync. I use it a lot when I'm away from my phone
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Desk sms notifies to gtalk as well, look under notification options to change it. Best tablet to text app imo
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Any other alternatives besides Tablet Talk and Desk SMS?

is there something in particular desksms doesn't do for you?
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It costs money.

Not in the Android Market??

mightytext new version might do the job
i've signed up for the mightytext web beta which supposedly works in any browser... current version works only on chrome extension, but their web version is in private beta. maybe u can ask the dev for invite?

It is in the market. And it cost what 5/year I think it was, to cover his server costs... hardly spend for a solid app that adds such versatility to your phone
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Desksms doesn't work. I don't see where to go with it. In fact, I don't think it can do any sms. Also google voice requires you to have the Kindle Fire to be able to hear your voice. That obviously do not work because the Fire doesn't have a mic.

I use it daily. It does work. And its the only solution I've seen for sending a text from another device that will appear to the recipient as though it came from your cell number which is what the original post specified.
You need google talk on your kindle and desksms on your phone. Set desksms to notify in google talk. You will then be able to send and receive texts in google talk. What its doing is forwarding and then sending from the phone. So your phone will need to be on and in service. This works for any device that has access to google talk
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Does anyone have any ideas regarding alternative applications (besides sms/texting) that require a phone number working on the Fire?
Someone said in a different thread that you could have Whatsapp working by doing a Titanium restore, but it received messages on the Fire or the phone at random.

I am using desksms and it works fine. I use mighty text from the market and it works very well on my laptop. Hopefully they develop it further for tablets.
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That's probably where I've gotten confused. I'm using an iphone 3g with no android app for this.

As an apple hater I cant help you, sorry
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Text messages from Verizon on CM10.

I keep receiving these weird text messages from 6250 and in the body of the text it says "VZWNMN:5" or sometimes "VZWMNM:3". What is this?

rickyheferle said:
I keep receiving these weird text messages from 6250 and in the body of the text it says "VZWNMN:5" or sometimes "VZWMNM:3". What is this?
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yeah i got one saying VZWNMN:1

Haven't seen one yet but I'm curious now

Just got another one
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This is what I found regarding it: https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/770375
Seems it's related to Backup Assistant

Yeah I guess if you go on your vzw account and deactivate backup plus they will stop
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called verizon they turned off backup assistant

I keep getting weird texts too about an emergency flash flood alert? Except I live in so cal and I have never seen a flood in my life
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VZW sync
Hi all. This messaging is based on the Backup Assistant Plus that big red has set up with your phone. If you go to vzw.com/sync, you can see your email account being synced on their server and hence messages being sent to your phone. Turn off sync, but don't delete account, otherwise risk deleting the account on your phone.
If you don't see it there, go down the options on your account line at MyVerizon, there is something similar that you get automatically enrolled in "free" but is annoying needless to say.
Alternative is to download other email apps to hand your bidniz.

exoteric said:
I keep getting weird texts too about an emergency flash flood alert? Except I live in so cal and I have never seen a flood in my life
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you can uncheck emergency notifications in your messenger app settings.

Oh that was surprisingly easy.. thanks haha
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[Q] What is everyone using for sms on their WiFi Note 10.1?

Hello everyone.I'm wondering what everybody is using for SMS/MMS on their WiFi Notes? I would appreciate feedback as to what you are using and what features you like about it.Thanks

I would guess they use their phones?

I use mighty text. Works well. I switch between that and Google voice. Mighty text works best unless you are on Google voice then it's a toss up. No mms through Google voice but it syncs everything better than mighty text.
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CalInTheZone said:
I would guess they use their phones?
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If you are guessing that, you have no idea what I am talking about. There are several apps that connect phone to tablet for this or use your phone number to sms thru email on the tab.Move on to your next extremely helpful post somewhere else.

I'm using tablet talk. I like it a lot it's really good but it's not free.
It syncs all your messages to your tablet. It uses WiFi and Bluetooth for it to work.
You can receive calls.

Perfect Combo!
technut said:
Hello everyone.I'm wondering what everybody is using for SMS/MMS on their WiFi Notes? I would appreciate feedback as to what you are using and what features you like about it.Thanks
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Google voice to handle my Voice Mail and text messages. GrooVe IP to run my phone calls.
Works like a charm.

technut said:
If you are guessing that, you have no idea what I am talking about. There are several apps that connect phone to tablet for this or use your phone number to sms thru email on the tab.Move on to your next extremely helpful post somewhere else.
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Well since in many countries it's illegal to spoof sender number I would say that any app that can do that is potentially a way to get your criminal record tainted. And know of at least two providers that do not deliver from spoofed sender numbers.
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CalInTheZone said:
Well since in many countries it's illegal to spoof sender number I would say that any app that can do that is potentially a way to get your criminal record tainted. And know of at least two providers that do not deliver from spoofed sender numbers.
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Haha nice try to cover your own ridiculousness. It's not a spoof number, Google voice and mighty text use your own number? Are you going to say it's illegal to send texts through those services on a Web browser as well?
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GETCASHMONEY said:
Haha nice try to cover your own ridiculousness. It's not a spoof number, Google voice and mighty text use your own number? Are you going to say it's illegal to send texts through those services on a Web browser as well?
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That is your providers SMSC you use and that is not at spoof. But if I send a message via my SMSC with your number as a sender that it's spoofing and illegal here. I can do that since I have my own SMSC and my contract clearly states that that it's grounds for termination and most likely a report to the authorities.
Swyped on my Note 10.1 3G

I use textfree. Can't send mms with it but can receive. Just wish the number they give had my area code.

I'm using Tablet Talk and it is brilliant. I was using Mighty Text, and was wary of whether TT would be worth the £1.79, and it totally was. I'm glad I took rhe plunge.
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I use mySMS, Works great...It auto saves my messages to the cloud. :good:

pre4speed said:
I use textfree. Can't send mms with it but can receive. Just wish the number they give had my area code.
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I take this back. Textfree is what I use on my kindle. I use heywire on my 10.1.

Tablet talk works great. I never have to take my phone out of my pocket, even for phone calls when I have my bluetooth in, I can dial right from my tablet. Well worth the money imo.
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So are there any apps that can send mms? I would like to be able to do that if possible
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Google voice with lycamobile?

Is it possible to get google voice working with any other services besides the ones they have listed? I want to set it up with my lycamobile number. So is there a way to do this or is it not allowed unless they officially support it? I Google searched and all I could find was how to transfer your Google voice number but nothing about getting it working with other companies. Thanks
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So is this possible or does Google voice only work on officially supported networks?
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abdel12345 said:
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It works on my N5.

I'm confused. Google voice works with all carriers
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Pirateghost said:
I'm confused. Google voice works with all carriers
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When I tried setting up google voice and texting and calling on my computer it said choose your carrier from a drop down list. The list only had certain big ones. Lycamobile wasn't on there but it supposedly runs on tmobiles network so do I just choose tmobil?
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I never had to select a carrier but I set mine up a few years ago. Maybe things have changed. If your provider runs on T-Mobile network I would choose it
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Pirateghost said:
I never had to select a carrier but I set mine up a few years ago. Maybe things have changed. If your provider runs on T-Mobile network I would choose it
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OK I'll try again and see. Last time I tried was a about 2 weeks ago so I don't remember exactly what the process was.
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It didn't work. It says mmi something then error or something like that when I put in the activation code. It says prepaid T-Mobile plans not supported and my plan is prepaid so that might be the issue.
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I don't understand what activation you are having to do. When I set mine up, I simply put in the number I wanted to verify from, what number would be used to forward to and that was it
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Pirateghost said:
I don't understand what activation you are having to do. When I set mine up, I simply put in the number I wanted to verify from, what number would be used to forward to and that was it
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They must've changed it then. Or maybe it detected yours was already supported. I wanted to set up the voice mail feature but it said. Your carrier may not be supported. Set up from PC or something along those lines and have me a link.
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Abdel, I appear to be in the same situation as you. I am able to receive calls/texts using my Google Voice number, but I wasn't able to make calls using the number because Lycamobile isn't on the drop-down list on Google's "activate Google Voice on this phone" page. BUT then I just changed the setting in GV to "Making calls: Use Google Voice to make all calls" and it works perfectly, showing my GV number on phones I call and ringing my phone when people call my GV number. It even seems voicemails are handled by GV and not Lyca.

Michael833 said:
Abdel, I appear to be in the same situation as you. I am able to receive calls/texts using my Google Voice number, but I wasn't able to make calls using the number because Lycamobile isn't on the drop-down list on Google's "activate Google Voice on this phone" page. BUT then I just changed the setting in GV to "Making calls: Use Google Voice to make all calls" and it works perfectly, showing my GV number on phones I call and ringing my phone when people call my GV number. It even seems voicemails are handled by GV and not Lyca.
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Awesome thanks. I'll try that. So after setting it to make all calls you don't need to do anything from the computer? And does it let you text people with it too?
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abdel12345 said:
Awesome thanks. I'll try that. So after setting it to make all calls you don't need to do anything from the computer? And does it let you text people with it too?
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Correct, nothing else onthe computer. I'm using the GV app for all my text messages, not the normal Android texting app (soon to become Hangouts, methinks).
If this is working for you, hit the thanks button. I don't know much compared to some people here, so I'll take any boost to my thanks meter I can get.

Michael833 said:
Correct, nothing else onthe computer. I'm using the GV app for all my text messages, not the normal Android texting app (soon to become Hangouts, methinks).
If this is working for you, hit the thanks button. I don't know much compared to some people here, so I'll take any boost to my thanks meter I can get.
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I haven't tested if it works yet but I'll press thanks anyway for trying to help
I don't see the option for make all calls with Google voice. There's two about international calls and then one saying don't make any calls with Google voice. The international one says ask to make international cars and the other says make international call with g voice
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abdel12345 said:
I haven't tested if it works yet but I'll press thanks anyway for trying to help
I don't see the option for make all calls with Google voice. There's two about international calls and then one saying don't make any calls with Google voice. The international one says ask to make international cars and the other says make international call with g voice
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Wow that option isn't available for me lol. The other three are though and the last one on mine says the same thing but for international calls
Do you use lycamobile too?
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So I was able to get Google voice working by using groove IP lite. It uses my Google voice number. It doesn't even need the voice app installed. In just going to have that set as a sort of personal home phone. What sucks Is in may apparently Google won't allow those apps anymorw
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Nfc question

I always get an error when paying with google wallet in stores. But today I turned on s beam and boom. Working perfect. I have to turn on s beam to pay with wallet? Nfc turned on is not enough?
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I don't think that paying in store rely on s beam or nfc.

vndnguyen said:
I don't think that paying in store rely on s beam or nfc.
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It does on nfc. That's how the phone and the easy pay pad communicate.
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Yes but nfc is not the only way to pay, isn't it.

vndnguyen said:
Yes but nfc is not the only way to pay, isn't it.
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In not sure lol. I just know it's needed for the communication. What I do know is that the secure element is no longer needed after 4.4. Maybe someone more tech savvy can chime in.
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Oh and a stable data connection is also needed
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cooljeremy84 said:
I always get an error when paying with google wallet in stores. But today I turned on s beam and boom. Working perfect. I have to turn on s beam to pay with wallet? Nfc turned on is not enough?
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i always turn on nfc and s-beam. why takes chances and embarrass yourself if it doesnt work at cashier.

S beam is for transfer between samsung phones. S = Samsung. Has nothing to do with tap and pay. S beam uses nfc them transfer the file through wifi, has nothing to do with tap n pay.
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