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google voice problems...

So i downloaded google voice and tried to set up my voicemail, then changed my voicemail number. Whenever i tried to call the number it said the number was invalid...so i deleted google voice but never could get back into my voice mail. Any help is appreciated

you have to call at&t and get your voicemail retreival number. Just tell them somehow it got deleted.
On another note, I have google voice for my voicemail on my capitvate and it works great! I love it!!

[Q] CM7 + Google Voice - SMS through stock app?

So, I just integrated my Google Voice with my phone number (replaced my GV # with my phone number), in order to get voicemail. However, now all of my texts go through Google Voice, and I'd like them to go through the stock messaging app instead. How would I go about setting this up?

sorry this isnt an answer
but this should be posted in the General Section of the forums.

SirRipo said:
So, I just integrated my Google Voice with my phone number (replaced my GV # with my phone number), in order to get voicemail. However, now all of my texts go through Google Voice, and I'd like them to go through the stock messaging app instead. How would I go about setting this up?
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If you have Google voice you have to use their app so it will sync online I'm pretty sure
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I had problem with the 2.3.4 cm7 and Google voice also... I use YouMail now and personally. Its a nifty little app. The smart greeting and built in caller ID are super nice
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no guys, he wants to get his TEXT messages (not voicemail) through the stock app, not the Voice app.
From my experience, I dont think its possible.

SirRipo said:
So, I just integrated my Google Voice with my phone number (replaced my GV # with my phone number), in order to get voicemail. However, now all of my texts go through Google Voice, and I'd like them to go through the stock messaging app instead. How would I go about setting this up?
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The only way I've found of guaranteeing text messages in the native app or an alternate (like Handcent) on the phone Google Voice is to turn off the integration with Sprint. With the integration on, in order to get the text message in the native app (in addition to getting it in GV) seems to require two things: Not only does the phone have to be set to receive text messages (done by changing the mobile phone settings at Google Voice on the Web), but forwarding to that phone has to be turned on as well.
So: When I have my calls forwarded to an alternate phone (like when I'm sitting at home and want to receive calls on my land line), no text messages are received in the native app on my cell phone.
If you look at the Google Voice help forums, there have been countless posts about this. There have been suggestions for fixing; I haven't found one that works yet.
I really hope Google and/or Sprint get this worked out; it is to totally FUBARed now.

SirRipo said:
So, I just integrated my Google Voice with my phone number (replaced my GV # with my phone number), in order to get voicemail. However, now all of my texts go through Google Voice, and I'd like them to go through the stock messaging app instead. How would I go about setting this up?
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Here you go:
1. Go to voice.google.com on your computer.
2. Click your phone number in the top right of the screen
3. Click Edit under your Sprint Integrated Number
4. Check "Receive text messages on this phone (mobile phones only)"
5. Turn off sync in Google Voice and set it to send you emails when you get voicemails. This is to prevent double notification for every text. You can still open the app and listen to voicemails but I usually just decipher from the transcription.
I lived this way for a while, but I've switched to using google voice only.
Hope that helps.

riggsandroid said:
Here you go:
1. Go to voice.google.com on your computer.
2. Click your phone number in the top right of the screen
3. Click Edit under your Sprint Integrated Number
4. Check "Receive text messages on this phone (mobile phones only)"
5. Turn off sync in Google Voice and set it to send you emails when you get voicemails. This is to prevent double notification for every text. You can still open the app and listen to voicemails but I usually just decipher from the transcription.
I lived this way for a while, but I've switched to using google voice only.
Hope that helps.
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In my experience, this works only if your Google number is forwarding to your mobile phone. If you've set it up to forward to another phone (say, a land line while you are at home), you won't get text messages on your mobile.

riggsandroid said:
Here you go:
1. Go to voice.google.com on your computer.
2. Click your phone number in the top right of the screen
3. Click Edit under your Sprint Integrated Number
4. Check "Receive text messages on this phone (mobile phones only)"
5. Turn off sync in Google Voice and set it to send you emails when you get voicemails. This is to prevent double notification for every text. You can still open the app and listen to voicemails but I usually just decipher from the transcription.
I lived this way for a while, but I've switched to using google voice only.
Hope that helps.
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Riggs, once again you come up with a solution I hadn't considered XD. Do you know if the texts are still sent to GV with this solution? I'd hate to have to wade through a dozen text threads before getting to my voicemail if I want to listen to it.

SirRipo said:
Riggs, once again you come up with a solution I hadn't considered XD. Do you know if the texts are still sent to GV with this solution? I'd hate to have to wade through a dozen text threads before getting to my voicemail if I want to listen to it.
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Yes - if you are integrated all texts go through Google voice.
If you aren't happy with wading through all your texts - you can view by label. In the Google Voice app - hit Menu-Labels-Voicemail and it will show you only the voicemails.
As for this method not working with other lines enabled - not sure as I only have my mobile number fwd right now. and am using the google voice app.
hope that helps SirRipo.

Google voice...

Ahhhhhh! Someone please help me. My Google voice isn't acting right. I've used Google voice a lot for my voicemail only. That's what I always did, I never ran into issues. Now all my text messages, incoming calls are coming through Google voice. I don't understand. I just want to use it for my voice mail. Like usual. I even went on the Google voice settings web page. I can't figure out how to disable my text messages from coming through gvoice. Can anyone help me? Thanks

I could only see this happening if people were calling and texting your Google Voice number (you can find this in GV settings on your phone) instead of your actual phone number (the one given to you by your carrier). Google voice, I believe, is unable to intercept text messages not routed to your GV number.

tcheck8 said:
I could only see this happening if people were calling and texting your Google Voice number (you can find this in GV settings on your phone) instead of your actual phone number (the one given to you by your carrier). Google voice, I believe, is unable to intercept text messages not routed to your GV number.
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they were calling and texting my google voice number. Aren't you supposed to set your google voice number to your actual phone number?

Google Voice won't work on my Mate 7

Whenever I dial calls out it, it says call failed
Any idea on how to fix this I found something in the CNET review that says the same thing so it is clearly an issue but is there any fix? Can I install a different dialer?
Thanks

Blue Viuda said:
Whenever I dial calls out it, it says call failed
Any idea on how to fix this I found something in the CNET review that says the same thing so it is clearly an issue but is there any fix? Can I install a different dialer?
Thanks
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I just try I can make a call
Do you know you can make a call from hangout? Google voice and hangout they combined.
Go app store download name hangout dialer

paullu said:
I just try I can make a call
Do you know you can make a call from hangout? Google voice and hangout they combined.
Go app store download name hangout dialer
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I have hangout but the quality isn't that great :/ I just want to use the stock dialer but it never works. The call sends out after saying it failed but it dials from the phones number not my google voice number.

Wondering if you figured it out. I have the same issue. It dials once from my Google number then goes to the phone's number in all subsequent calls.

Google Voice shows random number instead of dialed number in call log

Is anybody here using Google Voice on their Flex 2? I have this issue where outgoing calls made through Google Voice are recorded in the stock phone app's call log as some random number, not the number I just dialed. I did a little a little research, and Google Voice apparently routes all outgoing voice calls through a "gateway" or "access" number. That must be the random number that's showing in my call log. But this was never a problem on all the Android phones I've owned (and I've had many) and all the different ROMs I've flashed over the years. For example, Google Voice shows the actual numbers I dialed on my previous LG G2, Samsung Galaxy S4, LG G Pro, Nexus 4, etc.
If anyone can confirm this is also happening on their LG Flex 2, then I'll know it's not just me.

Mine showed the corrected # on both side. I'm on H950 5.1.1. Maybe you can update your google voice app.

That's the way it works on iPhones. I've never seen the Google Voice "hidden routing" number show up in the native call log on any android phone I've used. (That hidden routing number in Google Voice parlance is sometimes referenced as the "grandcentral" number which was the company that Google Voice bought when it started). If you notice, your "grandcentral" number actually shows up in the background (you can of see it in small numbers in your Google Voice app for a half second) when dialing a call from your Google Voice App.
Is it happening for calls you're making from even your Contacts, or just unknown numbers that you dial manually? (Not that I'd have anything to add or offer, but I"m just curious). Are you running stock, or are you modded in any way? (Again, I'm just curious).
I actually prefer the way Apple does it so you can see the number in your call log. It's handy to have. It's a static number that doesn't change for your Google contact. You can save it and dial it directly from any phone -- even without data or making a landline call -- and the call shows up on the other end that you're calling from your Google Voice number.

epofhouston said:
Mine showed the corrected # on both side. I'm on H950 5.1.1. Maybe you can update your google voice app.
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I'm already on the newest version of the Google Voice app. I'm on a LS996 running 5.1.1, but I'm firmware version ZV6. I believe the newest 5.1.1 stock firmware is ZV9. I wonder if upgrading to ZV9 will fix the problem What 5.1.1 firmware version are you on?

I'm on 11x.

jgolf said:
That's the way it works on iPhones. I've never seen the Google Voice "hidden routing" number show up in the native call log on any android phone I've used. (That hidden routing number in Google Voice parlance is sometimes referenced as the "grandcentral" number which was the company that Google Voice bought when it started). If you notice, your "grandcentral" number actually shows up in the background (you can of see it in small numbers in your Google Voice app for a half second) when dialing a call from your Google Voice App.
Is it happening for calls you're making from even your Contacts, or just unknown numbers that you dial manually? (Not that I'd have anything to add or offer, but I"m just curious). Are you running stock, or are you modded in any way? (Again, I'm just curious).
I actually prefer the way Apple does it so you can see the number in your call log. It's handy to have. It's a static number that doesn't change for your Google contact. You can save it and dial it directly from any phone -- even without data or making a landline call -- and the call shows up on the other end that you're calling from your Google Voice number.
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I see the Google routing phone number in my call log for all the outgoing calls I make. It doesn't matter if I dial someone from my Contacts or I manually dial the number. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "dialing a call from your Google Voice App". I'm dialing by tapping on names in my Contacts app, or by tapping out numbers in the stock Phone app. I only open the Google Voice app to look at text messages or listen to recorded voicemail messages.
I'm using a Sprint LS996 and running the stock 5.1.1 firmware version ZV6. No mods. If Google Voice is working on your Flex 2 and showing the real outgoing numbers in your call log, may I ask if you're running a Sprint LS996 or an AT&T H950? Maybe it's just an issue in the stock LS996 ROM. Like I said, I never had this issue in any of the other Android phones I've owned.
I'm not sure why you say it's preferable that Apple shows the Google routing number instead of the actual number dialed. Why would you want to see phone numbers you don't recognize in your call history log? Why would you want or need to save that routing number and dial it directly? If you already have that person's real phone number, what is the advantage of having another strange number for that same person?

Oh yeah, I messed up on the part of "dialing from my GV App." Sorry about that. I was confused about where I see that grandcentral number when I make a phone call. I thought I only saw it if I initiated a call from the GV app, and even when I do that it just goes to the native dialer and I see it every time.
This is what I meant: On my phone, when I make a call, whether from contacts are just using the regular dialer, the top line shows my contact and/or the number I'm calling; the second line reads "call forwarding is enabled" the third line in blue reads "CALLING VIA GOOGLE VOICE" (that line is capped on my phone) and then the grandcentral number.
I'm using the AT&T H950. Did you by chance disable call forwarding? I remember when I had sprint it didn't play nice with Google Voice. Integrating voice mail (I can't remember exactly what the problem) but it was something like call forwarding didn't work very well with Sprint (and its MVNO's) and Google Voice.
As to your last question why I prefer seeing the grandcentral number in the call log is for personal and nostalgic reasons, and I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it because the whole thing is pretty much moot and pointless now, but I might as well briefly explain. In the early days of Google Voice, which wasn't that long ago, smartphones and cheap data weren't ubiquitous and a lot of us were using dumb phones. It wasn't easy using dumb phones with Google Voice, especially texting, because that unknown number or the grandcentral number was confusing as heck to both you and the person you were texting. If you could find out what number Google Voice was routing to your contact (without using the GV app like on a dumb phone) then it made texting easier.
Now someone is probably going to jump in, or they are thinking, it was easy to text with Google Voice on a dumb phone, because there were easy workarounds like just starting the text from your computer. True, but if you wanted to initiate the text, and you didn't have access to a computer or data, it was convenient to have that grandcentral number saved in your contacts. It was always kind of hard finding that grandcentral number. Even on Android phones you have to take a screenshot, so I kind of liked having that number in the call log and being able to see it. In a way, that's really the number your calling anyway, at least that's the way I look at it.
Anyway, it doesn't really matter now since we use smartphones and have near universal cell and cheap data plans.
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wtang said:
It doesn't matter if I dial someone from my Contacts or I manually dial the number.
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I should just explain why I asked that question too. I was just curious to know if there was any differentiation between unknown manually dialed numbers and saved contact numbers. I wouldn't have been able to offer any insight if in fact there was a difference between the two. I was simply curious. In my experience the Google Voice App, and routing calls through Google Voice on a mobile device, always works better for numbers you've called before with that device. I think the info gets cached in the phone's Google Voice app once used.

if your going to use google voice you should use hangouts it's a much better experience You can make and receive calls, send and receive text messages,MMS and listen to your voicemails even if you don't have a active phone service all just using WIFI download the hangout dialer from the playstore If you want to use the stock dialer app on your device but have your Google Voice number appear on caller ID, keep the original Google Voice app and select the use Google Voice to make all calls in the settings Additionally, you set the Hangouts Dialer app as your default dialer, which will display your Google Voice number on Caller ID.

Google is removing texts feature from Hangouts soon

I've been using hangouts since being integrated with Google Voice that's just a rumor going around since november that they would drop SMS features but I doubt it I'm in the latest version 7.0 i still send and receive text messages just fine

Just an update for everyone. I flashed back to unrooted stock ZV6, then I applied the ZV7, ZV8, and ZV9 OTA updates. Now that I'm on ZV9, which is the latest stock Sprint ROM, I decided to test Google Voice again. Well, the call history log in the stock phone dialer still shows the Google Voice routing number, not the actual number I dialed. I guess something is different (better) in the AT&T firmware that fixes this Google Voice issue because folks here using the AT&T H950 don't have the issue.