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so, i registered for google voice in the past and im thinking about actually using it now for the new thunderbolt since i wanted a new number anyway. has anyone used google voice on verizon before? what should i keep in mind when making the decision or not? does it ring a ton of times before going to voicemail like it did on sprint? have there ever been any issues with verizon and google voice or don't they mind if you use it? thanks.
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I've had it for years. No issues on VZW. Just like your normal number. Voicemail is transcribed for you, though it's not very accurate. You can usually figure out what they're trying to say. If not, you can play the message and listen to it.
I've been very happy with Google Voice on my Android phones. The voice-to-text isn't as good as some other systems I've seen, but it works well enough.
Download the app and give it a try. I think when I set my up on the TB, it gave an error complaining about being able to configure VZW. That was a new error I hadn't seen on my Inc. You may need to manually configure the "no-answer" call forwarding to your GV number. The setup should configure your phone to dial your GV number when you hit the 1 button for "Voicemail".
Give it a try!
Google Voice is the greatest thing since sliced bread, especially if you have multiple phones...one number to rule them all!
I'm testing the theory right now, but on T-Mobile people with NOT-unlimited plans were assigning their GV number as one of their Fave 5 (Friends & Family on VZW) and then telling the phone to make and receive all calls via GV, in effect giving them unlimited minutes. Does anyone know for sure if this works on VZW or not? I've set mine up that way (900 minute plan), and my used minutes seem to suggest that it will, but there's no minutes being charged to F&F on my online billing page yet.
The only thing holding me back is the apparent lack of mms. Not that many people send me picture messages, but id like for them to at least get a rejection message saying its not possible on ny device so they know it wasnt received
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Google Voice Setup for Voicemail only
I had a problem setting up voicemail for my verizon number to work with google voice and thought I would share how i corrected it.
I installed GV app and it said my carrier does not support automatic config.
I could view old messages I had but all new incoming calls went to my verizon VM
In order to route calls to GV VM I had to
Dial *71xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
Dial *90xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
Dial *92xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
This successfully routed all incoming calls to my google voice.
To deactivate call being routed you must do this
*73 call
*900 call
*920 call
Hope this helps someone else.
wrb123 said:
The only thing holding me back is the apparent lack of mms. Not that many people send me picture messages, but id like for them to at least get a rejection message saying its not possible on ny device so they know it wasnt received
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Agreed. The crappy texting service that GV provides is the only thing keeping me from using it full time. MMS isn't the only issue.
I'm gonna drop the Verizon text add-on and give it a try. $70/mo for unlimited LTE is amazing!
Anything I should do to make sure im not being charged for texts? Just composing them within the voice app so I think I'm ok, just slightly paranoid.
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craighwk said:
Agreed. The crappy texting service that GV provides is the only thing keeping me from using it full time. MMS isn't the only issue.
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I love the texting service from GV. It's my primary means of communicating with many people. There's so many advantages to it, including, in no particular order:
1) It's free. I turned off my SMS plan with AT&T last summer and have been 100% exclusive GV for texts since. I'm saving $20/month on my AT&T phone bill and selected NO text messages on my new Verizon account and I still have unlimited texts.
2) It works across multiple phones, platforms, devices all at the same time. When you send me a text to my GV number, it shows up on all four of my active cellphones, and on all of my computers and laptops that have GV web page open or the GV plugin (for Chrome). I can respond to them without even pulling my phone out of my pocket if I'm at the computer.
3) My texts are automatically backed up in the Google cloud, no need to worry about losing them or backing them up special on my phone as I swap ROMs or wipe data. And I can access them from any phone or web enabled computer.
4) I get all my messages, no one's ever complained that I didn't respond to something they sent that didn't come through. Seems very reliable to me after 15 on it.
As for MMS service, I think Steve Jobs was correct, albeit too far ahead of his time, when he said on the original iPhone that you didn't need MMS, just use email on a smartphone. It was a bit painful way back then (2007...seems so long ago in cell phone terms) at first, but once I trained all my contacts to just send via email I haven't missed any of the pics they want to share, and I'm not paying anything extra to the phone company for the privilege of getting a lower resolution image that's been scaled down to meet MMS limitations.
Thanks for the directions on setting up GV Voicemail, I had to google the instructions (go figure) and found the same info after a quick search. Tested it today and it's working like a champ.
Sweet Jesus I really dig this phone.
I was told by the verizon customer service rep that call waiting is no longer available if you route GV to be the VM service. Anyone else successfully rig it so they can still maintain call waiting but use GV to intercept voicemails?
I have never had a problem with call waiting. Also when I set it up on my Thunderbolt I got the error message as well but when hit skip and went thru the rest of the steps, I checked to see if it was set in my phone settings and it was had a buddy call to test it and it worked just fine not really sure what happened to make i just work without haveing to complete the step where it makes you make the calls during set up but mine is working just fine.
Oh yeah guess I should mention I only you it for the visual voice mail though.
denonlake said:
I had a problem setting up voicemail for my verizon number to work with google voice and thought I would share how i corrected it.
I installed GV app and it said my carrier does not support automatic config.
I could view old messages I had but all new incoming calls went to my verizon VM
In order to route calls to GV VM I had to
Dial *71xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
Dial *90xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
Dial *92xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
This successfully routed all incoming calls to my google voice.
To deactivate call being routed you must do this
*73 call
*900 call
*920 call
Hope this helps someone else.
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Great info! thanx.
Question, how did you get GV to sync your GV on-line contacts list to your phone?
When I setup my phone it would not recognize my GV login and would tell me I didn't have a google account and to create a new one.
After creating a Gmail account it did recognized my phone and said you can use more than one google account login.
My GV login is working now, but I cant access my GV contacts unless I open a browser and login via the web access.
Any suggestions?
Thanx
figured it out, you have to apply a new account using the web assist option if not using gmail.
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I figured out what was wrong with Google Voice. It doesn't work with the 747 area code because Gizmo numbers used to start with 747. Its the new overlay for the San Fernando Valley. 818 area code is running out of numbers. I snooped around my Verizon account page and I was able to change it to a 818 #.
All is right in the world.
Just switched to Verizon last week (got the Droid Charge) and have been trying to get GV working for my outbound calling. I keep getting an error (bad number when it tries dialing out, and have seen more than one bad number). I googled looking for help with it...found tons of 3 year old posts with vague answers...
Anyone else had this issue? Know how to resolve it? Everything else with GV works fine on my phone, just can't dial out.
Thanks -
denonlake said:
I had a problem setting up voicemail for my verizon number to work with google voice and thought I would share how i corrected it.
I installed GV app and it said my carrier does not support automatic config.
I could view old messages I had but all new incoming calls went to my verizon VM
In order to route calls to GV VM I had to
Dial *71xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
Dial *90xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
Dial *92xxx-xxx-xxxx where xxx is your google voice number and hit call
it will beep a few time then hang up
next
This successfully routed all incoming calls to my google voice.
To deactivate call being routed you must do this
*73 call
*900 call
*920 call
Hope this helps someone else.
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Ok, I tried this and every time I do and call from another phone, there is nothing there for google voicemail. It says "please enter the number you would like to call followed by the # sign". What am I doing wrong? I dialed all 3 *numbers followed by the google voicemail number. I've tried this like 3-4 times. Help!
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Ok, I tried this and every time I do and call from another phone, there is nothing there for google voicemail. It says "please enter the number you would like to call followed by the # sign". What am I doing wrong? I dialed all 3 *numbers followed by the google voicemail number. I've tried this like 3-4 times. Help!
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You need to login in to your google page and activate it, don't remember how but the help section on your google voice page has the steps
Bamf is runnin' my bolt - smoke that vzw!
whenever I go to dial the x71xxx-xxx-xxxx i get a message saying "welcome to verizon wireless your call can not be completed as dialed.
I just got T-Mobile's $30 pre-paid plan with 100 Min Talk + Unlimited texts & Web (5G @ 4G). Perfect plan for me on my HTC Sensation.
I use Google Voice... and that is my primary number. I don't give my T-Mobile number out to anyone, only the Google Voice number.
With T-Mobile Prepaid, you can't change the voicemail forwarding number... so if I decline a call, it goes into T-Mobile's voicemail instead of my GV mail. If I let the phone ring, and don't decline the call, it goes to GV after 4 rings.
I've been looking for a solution where GV will work under all circumstances, and think I understand one, but want to be sure before I do it...
If I call T-Mobile to disable their voicemail, I should be able to use only my Google Voice mail. Is that right? Will it go to GV if I decline a call?
Any confirmation, or additional advice would be greatly appreciated!
Google Voice
I had T-mobile prepay on a G1 last year. When i found Google Voice, I had wanted to do what you are looking to do. I called T-Mobile and asked them they told me even if i disabled my voice mail the phone would just ring and ring. Never giving the option for Google Voice voice mail to kick in.
Currently I have a regular Sprint account and want to keep both numbers but use the Google Voice voice mail. I had set it up but it told me one of the numbers would have to be deleted if i continued. Basically i want to give random people and bill collectors google voice. Then save my real number for people closer to me.
Thanks for the reply...
I'm not sure that's right though. If I decline the call... it might still continue to ring a couple more times on their end, but GV kicks in after 20 seconds... doesn't it?
You may be right, I'd like to get more confirmation though.
I appreciate it.
I found this out the hard way too. It was very disappointing. I read in a couple forums that people called T-Mobile support and asked for their tier 2 support who could manually override the forwarding numbers. Unfortunately, when I tried it, the support agent said that forwarding wasn't possible under the prepaid plans. I still wonder how it was possible that others reported having success. Will there ever be a fix for us T-Mobile prepaid / Google Voice users?
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I appreciate the responses...
but it still doesn't answer the question...
If I disable T-Mobile voicemail on the phone. Wouldn't Google Voice pick up the call after a certain number of seconds?
Rather than just keep ringing, GV would answer it and play the VM message... wouldn't it?
Works for me, thanks everybody.
Ok, I called CS and had them de-activate my voicemail on my prepaid voice service.
If you call my tmobile # directly, and the device is on, it rings for 30 seconds, then goes into tmobile voicemail system asking for a #. If the device is off, it goes directly into the tmobile voicemail system asking for a #.
If you call my google voice, it rings for 30 seconds whether the device is on or not, then goes into google voicemail.
This works for what I need, and I hope it answers a question or two for others.
Also, the tech support guy said it can take a couple hours to go through, but it worked for me within a minute. The text msg I received however, said something about changing my service to monthy 4G, and I had to go make a payment. He said to ignore that, and it appears he was right, as my account still says monthy prepaid voice on mytmobile.com.
Somehow, I think the tmobile voicemail system doesn't send a pickup signal unless it's going into a mailbox. Or, maybe the Google guys programmed their end to know about this non-answer, and ignores it.
Ok so i am on the same plan and here is what I got so far after having them turn off the VM feature. You can call Tmobile customer care free using *8646.
1)If Tmobile Phone number is called calls will either continue to ring or will get a busy signal once decline/text response is initiated
2) If GV number is called, phone will ring 5 times regardless of decline/text and will go to GV VM.
More short codes can be found here for t-mobile pre paid services.
Hope this helps.
check out this post. it works. ive done it.http://www.talkandroid.com/guides/g1/replace-t-mobile-voicemail-with-google-voice-visual-mail/
How to get Google Voicemail on StraightTalk (with T-Mobile SIM card)
This also works to get Google Voice (GV) voicemail from Straight Talk if you are using their T-Mobile SIM card. For example, using the lovely cyanogenmod7 on my rooted old Motorola MB200, here are the steps I took:
I did not call customer service to get them to turn off my Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemail, since I don't think I'll need to.
In your cell phone (not GV)'s contacts list or address book, add a new contact with your Straight Talk/T-mobile mobile number (NOT your GV number).
While adding this new contact, select the Option to send your incoming calls for this contact straight to voicemail.
Call Settings > Voicemail Settings > Write down this number, and then change it to your new GV number.
I also UNchecked the LED voicemail notification box (so I won't even KNOW if my phone tries to tell me about Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemails).
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I also UNchecked the LED voicemail notification box (so I won't even KNOW if my phone tries to tell me about Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemails).
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Where is this? I want to turn off those bloody notifications too.
Turn off voicemail notifications if not Google Voice
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Where is this? I want to turn off those bloody notifications too.
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For me, on cyanogenmod7, I stopped getting T-Mobile/StraightTalk voicemail notifcations by UNchecking the box at: Settings > Call Settings > Other Call Settings "Voicemail notifications".
adellefrank said:
This also works to get Google Voice (GV) voicemail from Straight Talk if you are using their T-Mobile SIM card. For example, using the lovely cyanogenmod7 on my rooted old Motorola MB200, here are the steps I took:
I did not call customer service to get them to turn off my Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemail, since I don't think I'll need to.
In your cell phone (not GV)'s contacts list or address book, add a new contact with your Straight Talk/T-mobile mobile number (NOT your GV number).
While adding this new contact, select the Option to send your incoming calls for this contact straight to voicemail.
Call Settings > Voicemail Settings > Write down this number, and then change it to your new GV number.
I also UNchecked the LED voicemail notification box (so I won't even KNOW if my phone tries to tell me about Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemails).
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It works, but as soon as you cycle power on your phone you loose the settings. At least I did on my Galaxy Nexus
adellefrank said:
This also works to get Google Voice (GV) voicemail from Straight Talk if you are using their T-Mobile SIM card. For example, using the lovely cyanogenmod7 on my rooted old Motorola MB200, here are the steps I took:
I did not call customer service to get them to turn off my Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemail, since I don't think I'll need to.
In your cell phone (not GV)'s contacts list or address book, add a new contact with your Straight Talk/T-mobile mobile number (NOT your GV number).
While adding this new contact, select the Option to send your incoming calls for this contact straight to voicemail.
Call Settings > Voicemail Settings > Write down this number, and then change it to your new GV number.
I also UNchecked the LED voicemail notification box (so I won't even KNOW if my phone tries to tell me about Straight Talk/ T-Mobile voicemails).
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Hmm, doesn't work for me, on ICS, Tmo $30 prepaid, galaxy s2.
Under call settings, voicemail service ... doesn't list a number, nothing to change.
In call, settings, there IS a "call forwarding" option for unanswered calls, with tmo voicemail number in it, but, I can't change this number, keeps saying network error when I try.
Anyone got this to work with ICS?
Thanks!
I'm on T-Mobile's Monthly 4G as well. What worked for me is I went into my phone settings and set the voicemail service to "my carrier" and the voicemail number to my Google Voice number. When I get a voicemail message I receive an SMS notification. Then I just dial my GV number and listen to the voicemail. This works if I decline the call or let it ring through. Seems to be an adequate solution for me.
manlisten said:
I'm on T-Mobile's Monthly 4G as well. What worked for me is I went into my phone settings and set the voicemail service to "my carrier" and the voicemail number to my Google Voice number. When I get a voicemail message I receive an SMS notification. Then I just dial my GV number and listen to the voicemail. This works if I decline the call or let it ring through. Seems to be an adequate solution for me.
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What "voicemail number" where? There doesn't seem to be such an option in ICS, Samsung Galaxy SII, under "call settings -> voicemail".
Thanks!
noneone said:
What "voicemail number" where? There doesn't seem to be such an option in ICS, Samsung Galaxy SII, under "call settings -> voicemail".
Thanks!
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oh wow I am glad I found this thread. I just switched to ST and from darkside to CM9 and now I cannot get GV to work anymore. Also you are correct there is no voicemail number in CM9 only call forward options which fail if you try to change them. Also why is there no call settings from the Settings menu, you can only get there from the Phone app lol. This really sucks because I am liking CM9 but need google voice so may have to go back to the darkside lol.
I take that back you can change the number but when you try changing the service from carrier to GV you get forwarding number change unsuccessful.
daweeze02 said:
oh wow I am glad I found this thread. I just switched to ST and from darkside to CM9 and now I cannot get GV to work anymore. Also you are correct there is no voicemail number in CM9 only call forward options which fail if you try to change them. Also why is there no call settings from the Settings menu, you can only get there from the Phone app lol. This really sucks because I am liking CM9 but need google voice so may have to go back to the darkside lol.
I take that back you can change the number but when you try changing the service from carrier to GV you get forwarding number change unsuccessful.
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Is darkside gingerbread? I am on stock ICS and have these issues, can't change forward anything in ICS.
noneone said:
Is darkside gingerbread? I am on stock ICS and have these issues, can't change forward anything in ICS.
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No it's ICS. I found out Tmobile prepaid doesn't allow call forwarding so GV doesn't work so that's why there is the work around in this thread except I cannot get it to work.
daweeze02 said:
No it's ICS. I found out Tmobile prepaid doesn't allow call forwarding so GV doesn't work so that's why there is the work around in this thread except I cannot get it to work.
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Just to be clear .... Google Voice works just fine, with a VOIP program (grooveip, talkatone, etc.) you can make calls over the wireless data plan, or use google voice straight on the tmo cell minutes.
The issue ... by default .....
1) calls to your tmo cell number get answered by your tmo voicemail, NOT by google voice mail.
2) Calls to your google voice, if forwarded to your cell number, ALSO get answered by your tmo voicemail.
So google voice works great and fine. There is an issue only if you want to use google VOICEMAIL ......
There are two scenarios .....
1) You ONLY want to use your google voice NUMBER, you never want to use your tomo number (or at least don't want to get voicemails if someone calls your tomo cell number.
The solution here is to simply turn off your tmo voicemail, and all calls to your google number will be answered on google voicemail if you don't pick up, and all calls to your tmo cell number will go to /dev/null (nowhere) if you don't pick up. BUT, if you're not giving anyone your tmo number,you don't care.
2) You want to use your google voicemail for google number calls, and you DO want to use tmo number and to have google voicemail, work for your tmo cell number i.e. you want to have two active numbers each going to google voicemail.
Well you can't. At least that's what we think for ICS ...
Post earlier in this thread shows a technique that might work on gingerbread, but, with ICS, doesn't seem to be anyway to forward the tmo voicemail number to google voice.
Please someone post back if they figure out a way to get this to work.
Thanks!
Guess I should have clarified I was only trying to get it for VM's. GV calls, sip etc all work fine for me.
For those of you who have a 3G version of the Gear S2 and don't want to fuss with manually call forwarding anymore, allow me to recommend an option many seem to have forgotten over the last couple of years: Google Voice
I've been using GV for years as the VM on my phone. Now, I have added the Gear S2 3G as another phone on my GV account. This gives two great benefits:
1. Calls automatically forward from phone-to-watch OR watch-to-phone if I don't answer on the originally called device, eliminating the need to enable and disable call forwarding phone-to-watch manually and giving a two-way solution if I leave the watch at home for a change.
2. Gives one unified voicemail box for both my phone and watch numbers. While only a few important people have my watch number for emergency purposes, I don't want people to have to remember multiple numbers to call or worry they are leaving a VM in the "box I rarely check."
To forward the watch's calls, just follow Google Voice's instructions with the manual call forwarding dial codes for your carrier (T-Mobile USA is **004*1<10digitGVnumber>#, for example) and dial them on your watch AFTER you set the number up in your GV account. And, of course, this is only going to work for those who live in a country GV services (US & Canada, I believe). If you are outside the US & Canada, I'm sorry that I have no similar alternative to offer you.
Hello, I have the Gear S2 and I thought my Nexus 6 Had the HD voice and it wont connect via AT&T's NumberSync without giving me the error
"We are sorry. We cannot set up NumberSync because your device does not have HD Voice or the person who can make account changes has blocked NumberSync.If NumberSync is blocked, ask the account holder to log in to myAT&T to unblock it."
I have been thinking of diferent ways to have it work like the NumberSync and it sounds like your way does. I have a phone number associated with the watch on AT&T now what do I do next? I did find THIS YouTube video which uses the Samsung Gear app which worked and was easy but im curious whats the difference?
Thanks,
So before I got my S3 today, everytime someone calls and I ignore it , it goes straight to the google voice voicemail and not T-mobile's voicemail service. Now that I connected my S3 and I have auto call forwarding, when I don't answer the call on both my phone and then on my S3, it goes to T-mobile voicemail. My ideal scenario would be to go from Phone --> S3 --> Google Voice. I've tried to play around with the call forwarding numbers but can't seem to find the right combo. I've tried to change the voicemail number on the S3 but it's grayed out so I can't. Anybody know how to get this to work?
Add the gear number to google voice and then click the activate voicemail link. It will give you the dialing instructions to set up the forward to VM.
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Add the gear number to google voice and then click the activate voicemail link. It will give you the dialing instructions to set up the forward to VM.
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I've already done this. I can get google voice to answer if I'm just calling my phone's number or if I'm calling my S3 number. The problem happens when I connect these two together so that I can have my calls that come in from my phone to also show up on my S3. In order to do that, I have to turn on Auto Call forwarding in the Gear S3 app on the phone which in turn also turns it on on the S3. That's when everything messes up. That's when I can't get it to go to Google Voice anymore.
Samsung gear s3 is a tizen os that is created by Samsung its not Android. Google provide support for android, ios not tizen may be in the future we can get google voice officially but its hard to get because Samsung have s voice.
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I've already done this. I can get google voice to answer if I'm just calling my phone's number or if I'm calling my S3 number. The problem happens when I connect these two together so that I can have my calls that come in from my phone to also show up on my S3. In order to do that, I have to turn on Auto Call forwarding in the Gear S3 app on the phone which in turn also turns it on on the S3. That's when everything messes up. That's when I can't get it to go to Google Voice anymore.
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So let me make sure I understand. Calls to you GV# ring to your cellphone and S3 simultaneously via call forwarding. But you also give out your cellphone #, and you want calls to that # to ring to the S3 also. But doing that bypasses the GV system, so it goes to carrier voicemail. This same problem would exist even if the secondary device were another smartphone.
I don't know how what you're trying to do can be accomplished except perhaps through NumberSync, which I'm not familiar with. As you probably know, this problem is nonexistent if you go "all in" with GV and don't give out any other number.
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So let me make sure I understand. Calls to you GV# ring to your cellphone and S3 simultaneously via call forwarding. But you also give out your cellphone #, and you want calls to that # to ring to the S3 also. But doing that bypasses the GV system, so it goes to carrier voicemail. This same problem would exist even if the secondary device were another smartphone.
I don't know how what you're trying to do can be accomplished except perhaps through NumberSync, which I'm not familiar with. As you probably know, this problem is nonexistent if you go "all in" with GV and don't give out any other number.
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I am in the same boat, I just want the my phone to forward calls to the watch when i am in remote connection (which it already does) but if i dont answer I want my the voicemail left on GV and not my watches number. I think that part can be accomplished the problem is when the watch reconnects to the phone and call forward is turned off on the phone it sets the defualt call forward back to tmobile voicemail and not my GV number. How can we stop this from happening?
If you are using GV there is no need to use call forwarding on the phone/carrier. From a GV perspective, all devices are independent. Incoming calls to your GV number are forwarded to your watch number and your cellphone number (as specified on the GV settings website). Both devices will ring simultaneous, and if you don't answer on either device, it goes to GV voicemail (as specified by the **004*phone number# code).
GV functions the same regardless of how the watch is connected to a smartphone. Remote connection vs standalone effects the pass thru of notifications, and has no impact on GV.
If you have your phone and gear activated on Google Voice, there is an option in GV that will do just what I think you're wanting.
After activating both devices on Google Voice go into Google Voice settings>Edit (your phone)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Ring my other phones before going to voicemail" and save.
Now go to Edit (Gear S3)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Go straight to voicemail" and save.
What this does for me is: when my Gear S3 is bluetooth disconnected from my phone, any unanswered call that comes to my phone will be forwarded to my Gear S3. If the call makes it to my Gear S3, and I don't answer the call it will go to my Google Voice voicemail.
If this is what you're wanting then I hope this helps... cheers
Oatswesow said:
If you have your phone and gear activated on Google Voice, there is an option in GV that will do just what I think you're wanting.
After activating both devices on Google Voice go into Google Voice settings>Edit (your phone)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Ring my other phones before going to voicemail" and save.
Now go to Edit (Gear S3)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Go straight to voicemail" and save.
What this does for me is: when my Gear S3 is bluetooth disconnected from my phone, any call that comes to my phone will be forwarded to my Gear S3. If the call makes it to my Gear S3, and I don't answer the call it will go to my Google Voice voicemail.
If this is what you're wanting then I hope this helps... cheers
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I am having the same problem as everyone else. Before I do this, does it only work if someone calls your GV #? I don't give out that number to anyone, I just use it for the voicemail feature because it texts and emails it to me.
So what I am looking for is when someone calls my cell phone, it rings on both (even if connected by bluetooth) . If it is a number I don't know I don't answer and if they leave a message I want it to go to my GV voicemail, not my S3 voicemail.
I should also mention I did the **004* option and when I looked at the voicemail number, it was still the old one. I did test this and it did still go to the S3 voicemail.
My husband got this for me for Christmas and I am not as happy with it as I was with my S2 Neo.
Yes, all unanswered calls that come to my cell# (not my GV#) will be forwarded to my GS3. If I don't take the call on my GS3, then the call will go straight to my GV voicemail.
Oatswesow said:
Yes, all unanswered calls that come to my cell# (not my GV#) will be forwarded to my GS3. If I don't take the call on my GS3, then the call will go straight to my GV voicemail.
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One last question, do I need to this is for both numbers or just for the S3?
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dsireme said:
One last question, do I need to this is for both numbers or just for the S3?
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Never mind, reread what you wrote. Going to try it now.
dsireme said:
One last question, do I need to this is for both numbers or just for the S3?
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Never mind, reread what you wrote. Going to try it now.
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Good Luck... It should work for you too...
Didn't work for me.
dsireme said:
I am having the same problem as everyone else. Before I do this, does it only work if someone calls your GV #? I don't give out that number to anyone, I just use it for the voicemail feature because it texts and emails it to me.
So what I am looking for is when someone calls my cell phone, it rings on both (even if connected by bluetooth) . If it is a number I don't know I don't answer and if they leave a message I want it to go to my GV voicemail, not my S3 voicemail.
I should also mention I did the **004* option and when I looked at the voicemail number, it was still the old one. I did test this and it did still go to the S3 voicemail.
My husband got this for me for Christmas and I am not as happy with it as I was with my S2 Neo.
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If you have your phone and gear activated on Google Voice, there is an option in GV that will do just what I think you're wanting.
After activating both devices on Google Voice go into Google Voice settings>Edit (your phone)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Ring my other phones before going to voicemail" and save.
Now go to Edit (Gear S3)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Go straight to voicemail" and save.
What this does for me is: when my Gear S3 is bluetooth disconnected from my phone, any unanswered call that comes to my phone will be forwarded to my Gear S3. If the call makes it to my Gear S3, and I don't answer the call it will go to my Google Voice voicemail.
If this is what you're wanting then I hope this helps... cheers
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I hate to say that this did not work for me. But we did find something that did. On my phone, we put the GV # in the call forwarding busy, unanswered and unreachable. That seem to do it.
Note: I do have my have my forwarding on for my S3. Maybe that's why the GV option didn't work for me.
Either way, thank you for helping. :good:
If you want both devices to ring simultaneously, whether bluetooth connected or both in stand alone modes, then you have to use your GM # as your primary number. I didn't do this because that means I would have to change all of my primary #'s for everyone who has my phone number. Both devices have to have "forward unanswered calls" set to forward to Google Voice.
I don't know of a way to have both devices ring simultaneously without using you GV # as your primary number.
I'm sorry I could't help
Oatswesow said:
If you have your phone and gear activated on Google Voice, there is an option in GV that will do just what I think you're wanting.
After activating both devices on Google Voice go into Google Voice settings>Edit (your phone)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Ring my other phones before going to voicemail" and save.
Now go to Edit (Gear S3)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Go straight to voicemail" and save.
What this does for me is: when my Gear S3 is bluetooth disconnected from my phone, any unanswered call that comes to my phone will be forwarded to my Gear S3. If the call makes it to my Gear S3, and I don't answer the call it will go to my Google Voice voicemail.
If this is what you're wanting then I hope this helps... cheers
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This works perfectly! Now i don't have to deal with multiple voicemail's to check and my phone isn't constantly resetting the GV settings when the damn auto call forwad feature is turned off and on
Oatswesow said:
If you have your phone and gear activated on Google Voice, there is an option in GV that will do just what I think you're wanting.
After activating both devices on Google Voice go into Google Voice settings>Edit (your phone)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Ring my other phones before going to voicemail" and save.
Now go to Edit (Gear S3)>Show advanced settings>then under Forwarding Options click "Go straight to voicemail" and save.
What this does for me is: when my Gear S3 is bluetooth disconnected from my phone, any unanswered call that comes to my phone will be forwarded to my Gear S3. If the call makes it to my Gear S3, and I don't answer the call it will go to my Google Voice voicemail.
If this is what you're wanting then I hope this helps... cheers
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To go off of this.. Make sure you go into the gear app on your phone and turn off auto call forwarding inside the gear app. Now this works for me connected watch to phone and when I'm away from my phone.
I wanted to do this because the call forwarding sucked as I would always get messages saying calls are not being forwarded via the stock gear settings.
I can't get visual voicemail to work on my phone. Talked to tech support and after an hour of trying to help me, they said this device is not supported by AT&T.
I tried setting up Google voice on this phone, but the phone won't let it forward calls. I just get an error.
Any help greatly appreciated.
What was tried for vvm?
Is it enabled in the dialer settings?
Not clear what the problem with GV is.
Try dialing *004*xxx-xxx-xxxx# (substituting your GV# for 'xxx-xxx-xxxx') to get calls forwarding to GV when your phone is busy or unanswered
When I use the *004*xxx-xxx-xxxx# I get "call forwarding connection problem or invalid MMI code. (1)"
When I try call forwarding through the phone app settings, I get "network or sim card error"
Reading online a new sim card won't fix this. I have reset network settings and rebooted. I've call ATT text support, but they have no answers and tell me this is an unsupported device.
So I can't get att visual voicemail to setup and because I can't use call forwarding, I can't use Google voice for their visual voicemail.
Any suggestions?
https://www.ringsavvy.com/blog/how-to-set-up-conditional-call-forwarding-att-mobile/
*004*xxxxxxxxxx*11#
That's the GSM code,works on AT&T and TMO, or at least did on my 3G phones.
Also seen **004*1xxxxxxxxxx# mentioned.
(Note 2 *s and the 1 before number
ST Dog said:
https://www.ringsavvy.com/blog/how-to-set-up-conditional-call-forwarding-att-mobile/
*004*xxxxxxxxxx*11#
That's the GSM code,works on AT&T and TMO, or at least did on my 3G phones.
Also seen **004*1xxxxxxxxxx# mentioned.
(Note 2 *s and the 1 before number
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I tried both and get the same errors as before. You don't realize how much you miss a feature until it's gone. Standard voicemail sucks. Anyone else have a suggestion?
Maybe try 002 instead if 004?
(Though that forwards all calls. Could then deactivate with #21#)
Or the individual conditions using *67, 61, and 62.
https://www.geckobeach.com/cellular/secrets/gsmcodes.php
They worked with TF AT&T when I last had GSM, in 2015.
Also saw some posts suggesting that AT&T won't allow changes to Cinditional Call Forwarding from the phone now and to call to have them set/change it.
With the March security update, AT&T visual voicemail now works.