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Really strange. I suddenly lost the ability to send SMS messages. I can still receive them, and I can still send MMS, pictures...etc., but NOT SMS.
This has happened before once on my Nexus One, I went into messaging, opened settings, and there was an option for "Service Center number" or something similar...I was then able to input the SMSC # "12063130004" and all was well.
However, in Gingerbread on the nexus S, there is no such option under messaging settings
I tried *#*#info#*#* as well, went to the SMSC box which was blank, entered "+12063130004", then clicked update...but I keep getting "Update Error".
I'm not sure if this matters or not, but when I choose "Refresh" to the right of the blank SMSC box, instead of obtaining the correct telephone number, I get "00".
If anyone has encountered this, or has any other possible ideas...I'm all for it. I've tried some basic stuff, cycling battery, restoring from nandroid...even flashing a stock 2.3.1 and unrooting/unlocking the Nexus S, and I am still stuck, totally unable to send an SMS. Please help!
SMS seems good on my end :/ maybe just an issue in your area?
slowz3r said:
SMS seems good on my end :/ maybe just an issue in your area?
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Possibly, thanks for checking. I wish there was a way to manually enter a SMS service number in messaging settings like in previous android versions. I was thinking maybe for some reason my SIM card is too old, and suddenly decided to not be recognized properly. Looks like I'll be going to t-mobile tomorrow,
May wanna give them a call. going into a store they wont be able to help you
I've found that the primary merit to taking my phone to T-Mobile when it's messed up is so the guy behind the counter has to go through the list of things you already tried that the phone support agent is required to tell you to try again instead of having to do it myself. At least I can check out some cool phones and accessories while I wait. >.>
slowz3r said:
May wanna give them a call. going into a store they wont be able to help you
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I spoke to a lovely Tmobile rep. She lead me through troubleshooting, except it was for Froyo, not gingerbread. When I brought this to her attention, and reminded her this was a nexus s, she connected me to samsung , and the call never went through.
Could a 5 year old SIM card magically stop working properly for SMS?
mprziv said:
I spoke to a lovely Tmobile rep. She lead me through troubleshooting, except it was for Froyo, not gingerbread. When I brought this to her attention, and reminded her this was a nexus s, she connected me to samsung , and the call never went through.
Could a 5 year old SIM card magically stop working properly for SMS?
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honestly tell them you have an extremely old SIM and they will give u a free new one...if it deosnt help. then hell you got a free sim
Yeah. Unfortunately, since the Nexus S isn't supported by T-Mobile, giving you a new SIM card is about all they'll probably do, unless you're lucky and get a rep who's actually tech savvy.
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Yeah. Unfortunately, since the Nexus S isn't supported by T-Mobile, giving you a new SIM card is about all they'll probably do, unless you're lucky and get a rep who's actually tech savvy.
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The @Tmobile twitter is way handy and the reps who run that, are actual engineers so send them a tweet
This could be many things... does the Nexus S not have the ability to do the *#*#4636#*#*?
That is the code on every Android phone (save a very few POS) to get into the "engineering" menu. Select "phone" from that menu, then scroll to the bottom and bingo, SMS service center number entry... first hit refresh to see what is shows, if not correct delete, enter in the correct one, then update.
If the phone doesn't have the *#*#4636#*#* menu, not sure... perhaps your SIM doesn't have the SMS service center # saved to it anymore? New SIM would correct that, or putting your sim in an basic phone, then changing the service center # on that phone would put it back on the SIM.
Also, have you tried texting yourself to make sure it isn't a cross carrier issue? I know Verizon, for example, doesn't play very nicely with other carriers (actually all carriers prioritize in network traffic over cross carrier traffic, but Verizon seems to be especially bad in my experiences).
(FYI, I was looking through as I am thinking about getting a Nexus S and saw this thread, and couldn't help but toss in a word or two given I sell cell phones and have to deal with things like this all day).
mprziv said:
Really strange. I suddenly lost the ability to send SMS messages. I can still receive them, and I can still send MMS, pictures...etc., but NOT SMS.
This has happened before once on my Nexus One, I went into messaging, opened settings, and there was an option for "Service Center number" or something similar...I was then able to input the SMSC # "12063130004" and all was well.
However, in Gingerbread on the nexus S, there is no such option under messaging settings
I tried *#*#info#*#* as well, went to the SMSC box which was blank, entered "+12063130004", then clicked update...but I keep getting "Update Error".
I'm not sure if this matters or not, but when I choose "Refresh" to the right of the blank SMSC box, instead of obtaining the correct telephone number, I get "00".
If anyone has encountered this, or has any other possible ideas...I'm all for it. I've tried some basic stuff, cycling battery, restoring from nandroid...even flashing a stock 2.3.1 and unrooting/unlocking the Nexus S, and I am still stuck, totally unable to send an SMS. Please help!
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I have the exact same issue.Stock phone with Mobilicity. I don't know what their service number is.
Went in to T-mobile store today, got a new sim...everything is working properly now.
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Went in to T-mobile store today, got a new sim...everything is working properly now.
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did you pay for it or was it free?
slowz3r said:
did you pay for it or was it free?
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Since when has anyone ever charged for SIM cards?
zorak950 said:
Since when has anyone ever charged for SIM cards?
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Last i checked its like 30 bucks to replace a SIM from tmo.
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Last i checked its like 30 bucks to replace a SIM from tmo.
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Huh. I've never known T-Mobile to charge to replace a SIM card that needed replacing, whether due to its being outdated or simply worn out. Maybe I just got lucky.
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Huh. I've never known T-Mobile to charge to replace a SIM card that needed replacing, whether due to its being outdated or simply worn out. Maybe I just got lucky.
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last i went was because i needed a replacement sim cuz my phone wouldnt pick up 3g and called a rep and said he put a note on my account so i can run into a store and get a free sim
SMSC Update Error - Solved
I had the same problem - but found a way to solve it without replacing sim.
What you need to do is to insert the sim into an older phone and update message central number from there.
I fixed it using a nokia 3210 - after having tried using an n95 with no success.
While trying to figure out what was wrong i tested with another sim also - and when reading out the SMSC from the *#*#info#*#*-menu i found that the number is stored in some strangely obfuscated way.
Here is how it stores number for two of norways major operators:
Netcom: +4792001000 - shows as 06917429000100
Telenor: +4790002100 - shows as 06917409001200
What the first 4 digits are for, i'm not sure, perhaps a code for '+' but whats interesting is the last 10 digits - they are basically swapped around in pairs of two.
I tried inputting the digits for the other central in this manner, and sure enough - it saved ok!
Hope this help someone
grab another phone and put your SIM card in it
then try to send a SMS
see if that works properly or not.
if that works, then it might be a SNS setting issues
if the SIM card does not send SMS on another phone, then you'll need to swap your SIM card with a new one.
I had the exact same problem just few weeks ago
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Really strange. I suddenly lost the ability to send SMS messages. I can still receive them, and I can still send MMS, pictures...etc., but NOT SMS.
This has happened before once on my Nexus One, I went into messaging, opened settings, and there was an option for "Service Center number" or something similar...I was then able to input the SMSC # "12063130004" and all was well.
However, in Gingerbread on the nexus S, there is no such option under messaging settings
I tried *#*#info#*#* as well, went to the SMSC box which was blank, entered "+12063130004", then clicked update...but I keep getting "Update Error".
I'm not sure if this matters or not, but when I choose "Refresh" to the right of the blank SMSC box, instead of obtaining the correct telephone number, I get "00".
If anyone has encountered this, or has any other possible ideas...I'm all for it. I've tried some basic stuff, cycling battery, restoring from nandroid...even flashing a stock 2.3.1 and unrooting/unlocking the Nexus S, and I am still stuck, totally unable to send an SMS. Please help!
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a one-phone solution from www google com tw/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=078232a74455bbf0&hl=en
Code:
OK, I managed to fix this. I'll post the answer because this was buried deep and is a pain.
Answer is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-926771.html
The relevant text is below. One thing I'd say is that the link is a bit vague on how to do the conversion. You need to put your SMSC number in the page, clear the rest of the info and press convert. You then need to ignore the numbers after 11.
For example, my vodafone +447785016005 goes to 0791447758100650110000910000AA00, which shortens to 079144775810065011. Go to the *#*#4636#*#* menu and put that in SMSC and hit update. Messages now send!!!. Hopefully I can save someone else the grief I've had all day...
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to update the SMSC in android,
the number first need to be encoded
please use below url to encode the SMSC
http://www.twit88.com/home/utility/sms-pdu-encode-decode
for example, if your SMSC is number is +4531300000,
after encode, it is 0691541303000011
put this in the info page, and it will work.
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I got the nexus s from Rogers Canada so it is the 9020A i believe.
When I send a text message in Korean to my friends who are on Telus network, they get a bunch of ????????? instead of the actual message.
And also when I send them like a picture message then can't see the picture either. When they send me stuff then I receive everything fine.
I have not tried with other networks buts when I send stuff to my friends that are on Rogers network (same as me) then they get everything fine.
I never had this issue with Telus before when I was using the crappy LG GW620R which I also bought from rogers. Is the error happening because the Nexus S is unlocked? Does anyone know how to resolve this issue?
Thank you.
I had a similar issue as well but my suspicion was that my receipients were using CDMA dumbphones so they were unable to recognize Korean text messages.
I forget the exact name of the text message type but 7-bit type supports up to 160 latin language characters per message. And the text message type that korean (and maybe other languages) text message uses supports up to 70 characters per message.
Anyways what I'm trying to say is that my friends with iphone, android and blackberry (with east Asia language pack installed) had no problem receiving korean text messages. But my CDMA dumbphone-using friends couldn't receive properly.
As for the mms issue, it was the same thing but it happened to me when my Messaging application had the "black background" option enabled. My CDMA dumbphones using friends said they got the mms,but see nothing but black background. This was when I "patched" (installed this zip in recovery) to bring the black background option. Now, most custom roms have this option without separate patching, and I don't seem to have this issue anymore but I will have to verify once more.
Anyways that was a lot of mumbo jumbo,but hopefully it can help you find your answers.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App
Thanks for the reply... But my friends from the mentioned provider are using gsm phones just like me. One is on the iphone 4 and the other is on lg new chocolate... as mentioned, on my previous android phone, I never had this issue with them.. This is why I was wondering if it is the Nexus S problem and if there are any solution around it.
EDIT: decided to try it myself and it works well with N7000
Installed dark Rom 3.3 and it work perfect.
Remember ur line needs VVM activated. Currently this only can happen with an iphone of LTE enabled device
Users in ATT n700 has got visual voice mail working with the mod from the user GSLEON3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452330
ATT note user thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509805
I tired it in my note ( imilka - ICS rom ) . It installs fine and when i enter the password it stays connecting.
U need to have visual voicemail activated in your account.
Can someone try in other roms and see if this works.
Below is from his thread
Okay, took some time, but here it is, AT&T Visual Voicemail for AT&T customers using ANY & ALL Roms, custom or other than CWS__001 stock.
Please feel free to use it or link to it here, just make sure you give me a little love (mention) & hit the thanks button.
This is intended for chefs to provide cooked in or as an addition for their AT&T users. It should also work on Captivate, Captivate Glide, Inspire, SGS & SGS2 roms.
READ ME: For Visual Voicemail to work, you need to either have one of the Android 2.3.x officially provisioned for the service or you must have paid for the service.
On some devices, you may need to set up the AT&T PTA APN for this to work.
I do not publish hacks or cracks that violate terms of service or help you avoid paying for services. If you have an LTE Android Device Visual Voicemail sock was added to your account at provisioning & will then work on any of your devices with this file.
Doesn't work.
Install
Hope I don't get flamed, but I can't seem to find any detailed instructions on how to install this file. I downloaded the file and unzipped it on my Macbook Pro, dropped the folder WM_GSLEON3 on my external_sd card. On my Galaxy Note I downloaded ES File Explorer, and if I've done anything right up to this point, I have no idea which files or where I need to put them. What else can you expect from a newbe
Install the apk inside the zip
@Taptalk-GalaxyNote
Hi all, forum newbie here. Just want to be sure I'm clear on using the Visual Voicemail app. I downloaded it to my stock AT&T LTE Note, unzipped & installed fine.
When I launch the app, it asks me to call my VM. I do, then tap [asterisk] twice to hang up the call. I can't post screenshots here yet, but that generates VVM setup screen #1, which reads:
"Account Setup. Welcome to AT&T Visual Voicemail. To complete your Visual Voicemail setup, please call Voicemail."
I tap the Call Voicemail button. That doesn't call my voicemail (in the usual sense), but generates VVM setup screen #2, which reads:
"Account Setup, Please wait. Setting up your account."
That churns for a minute or so, then I get setup screen #3:
"An account verifications has not been received yet.
"Verify your network connectivity.
"Call your Voicemail again, and make sure that you enter the voicemail successfully.
"Contact support to verify that your Visual Voicemail service is activated."
So, if I understand the threads about this service:
- The Visual Voicemail app is ATT's UI for a service which they have to initiate on a user's account. Correct? I.e., it's a toggle/whatever at their end?
- VVM is available to stock ATT LTE Note users? Or must I root to have access to the service?
When I called 611 about this process, the ATT rep said VVM is available only through their AT&T Messages app. (I didn't tell him about threads on this forum which warn users away from that app; I haven't installed it.) "You do all the setup at your end," he said.
So, for those of you who have set up the Visual Voicemail app:
Did you have to go through an ATT rep to initialize the service at their end?
Any advice on what to tell future reps to make it clear what I need to start up VVM using the Visual Voicemail app?
(Dealing with these people has so far not given me great confidence in their autonomy or critical-thinking skills.)
TIA for any wisdom. I'm an Android newbie, but totally digging the Note, & 2.3.6.
As far as I know, nobody has this working on a N7000 Note.
That would explain my failure. Thanks.
les_garten said:
As far as I know, nobody has this working on a N7000 Note.
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I have it working on my n7000.
It works well with darky 3.3 rom
Steps :
Install the apk inside the .zip file
open the app
Call the voice mail
enter pin
hang up by pressing *
go back to app
enter the pin
Voila it works
Most imp
Your line must have VVm activated
Currently VVM works only with lines that have iphone or an LTE enabled device.
My phone line is iphone but i use that on my note.
If u have an iphone then call them up and ask them to activate the VVM.
Thanks, drgopoos. I'll call ATT & try with a different rep. (The first told me I could only use ATT's Messages app, which everyone here seems to abhor.)
So I need a LTE plan or just give them an ATT Note IMEI then add feature? Are they going to force me into LTE data plan?
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So I need a LTE plan or just give them an ATT Note IMEI then add feature? Are they going to force me into LTE data plan?
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If u have an att note on LTE plan , just ask them to activate the VVM and u will get it.
U dont need to have an LTE plan.
drgopoos said:
If u have an att note on LTE plan , just ask them to activate the VVM and u will get it.
U dont need to have an LTE plan.
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I have a N7000 but my account IMEI is a Motorola Atrix 4G. I'm asking if I switch my IMEI to an ATT Note then call and request VVM feature will they require the LTE data plan?
Try ur luk.
U might be better off going to an att store
drgopoos said:
I have it working on my n7000.
It works well with darky 3.3 rom
Steps :
Install the apk inside the .zip file
open the app
Call the voice mail
enter pin
hang up by pressing *
go back to app
enter the pin
Voila it works
Most imp
Your line must have VVm activated
Currently VVM works only with lines that have iphone or an LTE enabled device.
My phone line is iphone but i use that on my note.
If u have an iphone then call them up and ask them to activate the VVM.
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Not sure where I'm going wrong then.
I just bought a ATT Note and activated it.
I then sold that phone on Ebay and used that SIM in my N7000.
I installed VVM and set my PIN thru the normal Voicemail.
Then I tried to login with VVM and the PIN won't work??
It just sits there and doesn't finish login.
Any ideas?
Happened with me when i was on asop rom.
Did u try darky ?
Using right apn?
OK, well, I got VVM to work because I got an ATT phone rep with a brain. He knew nothing of the new app, but dug into hnis database & figured out how to turn on ("provision") VVM on my account—apparently a feat of some ledgerdemain.
After hi flipped his toggle in side the Death Star, the VVM app responded: created a scrollable list of all my existing VMs (the rep warned me they'd be destroyed by the process, but they weren't). The app preserved my outgoing message & I tested the app by having my wife call me.
So the hitch in this process—as is ever the case with huge corporations who don't care if you ever use their products, only if you pay for them—was the human factor.
Moral: get the right rep on the phone & you can configure your phone for ease of use … if you're lucky.
Thanks to those who helped me on this thread.
I am using an iPhone Data Plan, maybe I ll give it a try
JSandel said:
OK, well, I got VVM to work because I got an ATT phone rep with a brain. He knew nothing of the new app, but dug into hnis database & figured out how to turn on ("provision") VVM on my account—apparently a feat of some ledgerdemain.
After hi flipped his toggle in side the Death Star, the VVM app responded: created a scrollable list of all my existing VMs (the rep warned me they'd be destroyed by the process, but they weren't). The app preserved my outgoing message & I tested the app by having my wife call me.
So the hitch in this process—as is ever the case with huge corporations who don't care if you ever use their products, only if you pay for them—was the human factor.
Moral: get the right rep on the phone & you can configure your phone for ease of use … if you're lucky.
Thanks to those who helped me on this thread.
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Cool story but tell us what plan you are on? IPhone? Lte? Regular? All you did was add VVM without changing your plan at all?
JSandel said:
OK, well, I got VVM to work because I got an ATT phone rep with a brain. He knew nothing of the new app, but dug into hnis database & figured out how to turn on ("provision") VVM on my account—apparently a feat of some ledgerdemain.
After hi flipped his toggle in side the Death Star, the VVM app responded: created a scrollable list of all my existing VMs (the rep warned me they'd be destroyed by the process, but they weren't). The app preserved my outgoing message & I tested the app by having my wife call me.
So the hitch in this process—as is ever the case with huge corporations who don't care if you ever use their products, only if you pay for them—was the human factor.
Moral: get the right rep on the phone & you can configure your phone for ease of use … if you're lucky.
Thanks to those who helped me on this thread.
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Did he inquire about which phone you had? Or how you were using VVM on your phone?
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I got this working today.
But another problem cropped up.
I keep getting "Green Plus sign" notifications on the status bar when using the pta apn. It is some type of advertisement that wants me to click on it and open a website. If I switch to wap.cingular apn, it does not het the notification bar, but I don't think VMM works either.
Any ideas about that Green Plus sign and how to stop that?
Hi,
I bought a T-Mobile HTC 8X in the US, unlocked it and brought it back with me to Israel. Now, when Israeli contacts call me, their numbers appear as (for example) 050 555 5555. When they text me, the number shows up as +97250 555 5555. For some reason the phone isn't able to tell that those two are the same number. I couldn't find anything while looking through the settings. I tried playing around with regions and all and came up with nothing. My old AT&T Focus had no issues and my dad's British 8S is working fine as well.
If I remember correctly, In WP7 deivces there's a registry setting which allows to control how many digits from the right identify the number as unique. However, I couldn't find a registry editor for the 8X (is there any?) so that information won't help me right now.
So now, my caller ID function sucks and the only way to actually ID contacts is to save 2 numbers for each one... really frustrating.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!
Eyal
HTC support emailed back
And after sending them my IMEI they said that unfortunately there's nothing they can do and T-Mobile phones show that symptom in places like Israel and Europe.
So, it's either selling it on ebay or waiting for a registry editor or flashing it with a new ROM somehow. Option #1 seems like the most realistic one at the moment. This really sux.
Eyal
eyal453 said:
Hi,
I bought a T-Mobile HTC 8X in the US, unlocked it and brought it back with me to Israel. Now, when Israeli contacts call me, their numbers appear as (for example) 050 555 5555. When they text me, the number shows up as +97250 555 5555. For some reason the phone isn't able to tell that those two are the same number. I couldn't find anything while looking through the settings. I tried playing around with regions and all and came up with nothing. My old AT&T Focus had no issues and my dad's British 8S is working fine as well.
If I remember correctly, In WP7 deivces there's a registry setting which allows to control how many digits from the right identify the number as unique. However, I couldn't find a registry editor for the 8X (is there any?) so that information won't help me right now.
So now, my caller ID function sucks and the only way to actually ID contacts is to save 2 numbers for each one... really frustrating.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks!
Eyal
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Actually, if I remember correctly from my previous experience with unlocked phones, most true Caller-ID (where the phone can identify who is calling even if they AREN'T in your Contacts list) requires XML code embedded in the phone (somewhere, don't ask me where) by the provider. Some providers use the same frameworks, so it's possible to get it working from network to network, but in most cases no.
I've never seen a situation tho, where it couldn't pick up the name from the Contacts list, based on the number coming in. I seem to remember you can turn on a feature called "International Dialing Help" that might bring them both together. OR put the entire phone number in your contacts. (As it is displayed when it comes in on Text).
drtolson said:
Actually, if I remember correctly from my previous experience with unlocked phones, most true Caller-ID (where the phone can identify who is calling even if they AREN'T in your Contacts list) requires XML code embedded in the phone (somewhere, don't ask me where) by the provider. Some providers use the same frameworks, so it's possible to get it working from network to network, but in most cases no.
I've never seen a situation tho, where it couldn't pick up the name from the Contacts list, based on the number coming in. I seem to remember you can turn on a feature called "International Dialing Help" that might bring them both together. OR put the entire phone number in your contacts. (As it is displayed when it comes in on Text).
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I tried saving the entire number, but because local Israeli numbers get an extra "0" the phone is not able to ID them. Local call comes in as 050-5555555. SMS, like an intl. call, comes in as +97250-5555555. The "International Dialing Help" really helps when you're dialing. I thought it would fix the caller-id issue but it doesn't.
I spoke with HTC and with WP8 support on twitter. It's a known issue for T-mo phones and according to WP8 support, it has been forwarded to the appropriate team which probably means it'll be fixed in months to come. Until then, the only option is to get the phone flashed by one of the Israeli carriers with the Israeli version of the OS.
I used to use Virgin Mobile with a Galaxy S5. It came with a handy visual voicemail app. Figured that since Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint network that Sprint would offer something similar.
Can't find any such app. Looked in the Sprint pre-installed folder and just alphabetically for either Sprint, visual or voicemail. Nothing.
Is my S8+ unique or did it get lost or overridden when using the Google set up a new device based on another device operation? I did notice a few old or inappropriate apps getting installed because they were on my other device.
Sprint does have a visual voicemail app that should come installed with your phone. On my Galaxy S8, it's a bright yellow icon that says Voicemail.
bsoplinger said:
I used to use Virgin Mobile with a Galaxy S5. It came with a handy visual voicemail app. Figured that since Virgin Mobile uses the Sprint network that Sprint would offer something similar.
Can't find any such app. Looked in the Sprint pre-installed folder and just alphabetically for either Sprint, visual or voicemail. Nothing.
Is my S8+ unique or did it get lost or overridden when using the Google set up a new device based on another device operation? I did notice a few old or inappropriate apps getting installed because they were on my other device.
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Here you go latest version
I used Bk uninstall to disable all the Sprint bloat and Installed Youmail. There is no other app for visual voicemail like it. You can set up individual Answer Messages fot each contact, you block callers, my favorite feature is to have the system tell unwanted callers that my number is disconnected, Or have Spockd Voice tske a message. And best of all is free. I even have it at my home line and the Messages left there go to my email.
My unlocked S8 came with no vvm app. Installing the apk linked above doesn't work (thanks for posting, though), as it appears that it does not integrate with the system. I also have the persistent VM icon after reboot.
2xHorn said:
My unlocked S8 came with no vvm app. Installing the apk linked above doesn't work (thanks for posting, though), as it appears that it does not integrate with the system. I also have the persistent VM icon after reboot.
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I have the same issue with my unlocked S8, did you ever find a work around? I tried youmail but didnt like that it wasn't generic and used my contact names during the message.
Me and my husband just got unlocked Note 8's. We actually had YouMail before and it wouldn't work for either one of us and I chatted with the YouMail support person and they gave me different numbers to try and mind started working. But my husband still won't work and says something about ocn carrier error and he even tried the same numbers that work for me and they won't work for him on his phone it's weird.
We have Sprint and I have something in my notifications that will not go away that says 4 new voicemails dial *86 his doesn't have that. I just leave it cause I don't want to reset my phone but I'm thinking something backed up from my 7 Edge to make that appear in my notifications and won't go away. But I don't know why the numbers you mail gave me worked on my phone and not his.
What's another good free VM app? Thanks!