Hi there guys.
I'm having some trouble with VM notifications on my Sony XZ phone, and I was wondering
if anyone had any help or advice please.
Issue:
I am getting bombarded with numberous VM notifications on my phone.
Whenever I get a VM, I get an Android notification bar telling me that I have a VM
(This is in addition to the spool symbol at the top of the screen).
When I dial into the VM service and listen to the message, (and just leave it there)
I will get 6-10 (Sony/Andriod notifications) per day, telling me that I have a VM.
The only way to stop this is to delete the VM message.
Now Im almost certain that this is caused by the handset and the Android notification
system, rather than my VM service (I'm very familiar with how my VM service works).
I have spent a lot of time looking at the notification settings, and in particular
the notification settings for VM. Nothing will let me stop these constant VM
notifications.
There must be a way of stopping these VM notifications from driving me insane.
Please help me !
TIA for any help or advice.
Useful details =
Handset:Sony XZ (F8331)
OS:Andriod 8.0.0
Launcher:Nova
Network / Carrier:EE (in the UK)
They may be your real VM. If not It looks like your Carrier settings.
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***Cross-posted from microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer cuz I just got no love there ***
Folks,
I am on a prepaid account and I am so sick of my carrier sending me a
notification after each call, each sms or each 3G session! Is there a
way to disable this? This can NOT be done through notifications or by
editing settings under HKCU\ControlPanel\Notifications\
This gets especially annoying when you are rapidly firing off txt
messages in succession because the pop-up effectively hinders your
ability to do this quickly and effectively. An example of this
carrier notification is when you send a command with *646* to T-Mobile
and it comes back with the numbers of minutes you have remaining on
your current plan. That is user-driven, of course, so it is not a
problem. The issue is with carrier-based notifications that are
automatic. I have called my provider to no avail. They claim this
cannot be turned off in their system (TOTALLY not true or all pre-paid
systems in the world would have this problem).
Thanks in advance.
Yup, I can confirm this is the case in India too!. This notification seems to be triggered by USSD service in the OS or whatever. Unfortunately, no success in turning it off.
Man, this is horrible, it is really killing the joy of using my Kaiser. If any of you super dev studs have any idea, please let us know. There just HAS to be a way! Nothing the gurus here can't manage.
How does my phone know I have voicemail waiting?
Does the handset query the provider to check for new voicemail or does the provider send some sort of signal to the handset when I have voicemail waiting?
I currently have a problem with a large number of handsets on a business account with Orange which sometimes do not get notifications of voicemail for a number of days after the message is left.
If anyone can give me some detail on how the voicemail system works it would be much appreciated.
i'm not sure if this applies for you but my carrier (optus) here in australia sends an sms / text message informing me of voicemail. so say i missed a call or my phone was off (and someone tried contacting me), i receive an sms saying "number 0123456789 called but you were not able to answer. a voice mail was left. please call 321 to retrieve it."
cheers
A little guy is creeping through the air and lighting up a symbol in your phone - hahahaha
It's part of WM registry tracking for notifications
HKCU\System\State\Messages\TotalEmail\Unread\Count
HKCU\System\State\Messages\sms\Unread\Count
HKCU\System\State\Messages\mms\Unread\Count
HKCU\System\State\Phone\Missed Call Count
HKCU\System\State\Messages\vmail\Line1\Unread\Count
This info is basically pushed down to your phone by the provider changing a reg bit from 0 to 1. Sometimes, after you listened to your VM this bit is not cleared thus "dangling notifications" function in a lot of cleaners.
Hi all,
I wondered if anyone is using Hullomail and having problems with the alerts? For some reason the app isn't giving me any kind of alert when I receive a new voicemail (visual or sound). I am presuming (as I do not get a lot of voicemail) that over time the memory manager is closing the app and as such do not get the alerts (or possibly the app not restarting automatically after a phone reboot). Would this sound about right?
Is there any fix for it other than to get alerts sent to email (I already do this but would definately be nice to get the alerts to flash up on the phone.
If there is no fix is there another visual voicemail available in the UK with a more reliable notification system. I need to know when I am receiving voicemail without having to log-in to the system to check.
Cheers,
Michael
I use it, i just have the alerts sent to email since that plus the missed call alert normally tells me what I need to know.
I would like to see a HulloMail Counter widget though, like the email/messaging ones with the numbers overlaid on the top. That would be useful.
Have you tried emailing HulloMail support? I messed up my account and had a really good experience - they got straight back to me to tell me they were looking into it (proper human reply), and then again when it was sorted, late on Christmas Eve!
I am almost positive a better solution would be Google Voice. Transposed VM to email or use the Google Voice App. Much better integration and zero problems.
Hi Guys,
Firstly i apologise if this has been asked before, but i did search and the only results i returned were no way detailed enough.
Ok so the only Android Device i currently have is a Nexus 7. Its very good. i really like android. For my mobile phone i currently use an iphone 4S. im due an upgrade soon and iv decide that im gonna go android ios has just had it for me. it takes too long between jailbreaks and really the only benefit of getting the latest iphone is they hold there value pretty well.
So i was looking towards the S4 or something similar. However before i do this there are certain requirements i need to ensure will follow me to the new device. This is on Ios an app called "iblacklist"
as the name suggests its a call / text blacklisting app. I have seen call blacklisting apps on android but as i am unable to test i cant be certain they have the exact same features as im use to. these would be.
1.Ability to create a blacklist
2.Chose to block calls or texts / MMS or all 3
3.The ability to have discreet notification to show a call block has been actioned like a slight vibrate. (I dont want a whacking notification across my screen saying call blocked etc)
4.I want to be able to chose the result of the blocked call e.g. the caller will be presented with (voicemail / keeps ringing / cuts straight off)
5.Ability to block any number not in my phonebook
6.Ability to block any unknown or withheld numbers
If anyone uses a similar app on android id appreciate your input.
Sorry if this seems lazy i just dont want to take the dive into android unless this app is 100% available and at the moment i have no way of testing all the so called call blocker apps offered in the playstore or anywhere else for that matter.
try to use Extreme Call Blocker
Hi all,
I have an issue where my voicemail icon remains in the notification bar, even though I do not have an actual voicemail. I've gone through the ring around with sprint and have tried:
- Clearing Data in the Phone app - this resolves the issue until a reboot
- Sprint saw a message in my VM inbox which they cleared. Immediately the notification went away. After a reboot, it came back
- Sprint re-provisioned my VM. Immediately the notification went away. After a reboot, it came back
- I requested my VM mailbox to be deleted. Immediately the notification went away. After a reboot, it came back
I'm at a loss... has anyone encountered this? Sprint claims this is a known issue with the S8.
I have an unlocked version on Sprint. At this point, I do not have a Sprint Voicemail box, and am using integrated Google Voice.
Thanks!
-SkywayEx1403
I have the same problem on an unlocked S8 with Sprint. I have reprovisioned the phone, but it has no visual vm app, so I am using youmail, which is pretty cool and free.
It doesn't come back unless I reboot or refresh the network.
The one solution I have not tried is leaving myself a vm, or not taking a call, and then clearing that vm, which purportedly worked with older phones and android versions. My S5 would often restore a vm notification after a reboot.
I can confirm that once you get a vm, and delete it through the vm phone routine, the notification goes away, permanently. At least for me it did.
If this works for somebody, i used it in Mexico with Telcel as carrier and a Galaxy S8. I had canceled the option of voice messages with the carrier, but i ALWAYS had the icon showing as if i had a voice message, dealed with that for months just closing it from settings/apps/Phone, then after months with that bugging me. I decided to contact the carrier, they said they couldn't do anything cause i cancelled the service, then i asked.. ok then please activate it again which they did, i registered my name, welcome message as if i was gonna use it... and then the icon dissapeared!!.. i immediatly contacted them to cancel the service again and voilá! the icon finally has gone.
This was finally a permanent solution, hope this can he helpful,
After the Oreo update, force stopping the phone app no longer clears the VM notification. Annoying as hell.