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Put an end to manually forwarding your calls!

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,

Text msg sent to my watch not recieved when....

I love my Gear S3. The handsfree calling has made my life so much easier and Samsung pay is amazing. I have not taken out my wallet for a week.
My setup:
On my Galaxy S7 Edge I have AT&T grandfather plan (unlimited data and 450 minutes & pay per text).
On my Gear S3 LTE watch I have a 1GB data plan and unlimited voice & unlimited text.
My issue:
When my Gear S3 LTE watch is paired with my phone (Bluetooth or Remote connection), if someone sends me a text to my watch phone number, then I will not receive the text nor will I receive phone calls to my watch phone number.
As soon as I disconnect both Bluetooth and/or remote connection, then if someone sends me text to my watch I will receive it or if someone calls me I will receive the phone call.
This is very annoying, since I have given the watch phone number to various friends, but if my watch is connected to my phone, then any calls to my watch phone number go directly to voicemail, until that is I disconnect my phone from my watch.
how can I resolve this? Please help!

Solved!
I can't begin to explain the frustration and time I spent investigating this issue.
I spoke to more than a dozen service reps from Samsung to AT&T on the phone with various AT&T wireless stores, a visit to a AT&T device assistance store. To no avail, I heard all sorts of excuses ranging from the ridiculous to the probable.
In the end I figured it out on my own.
The issue was that when my Gear S3 Frontier LTE was connected to my Galaxy S7 Edge, then my watch would not receive any phone calls or text sent to my watch phone number . This was because the setting in Settings->Connections->Mobile Networks, if you have it set to 'Auto on/off', then the network connectivity will turn off when connected to the cell phone. When the network connectivity is off, at that point it is just a relay for your cell phone and no network connectivity means that someone calls you it goes straight to voicemail, someone text you it goes directly to a queue and your watch never receives it.
Once you set the aforementioned setting to "Always on" now you can receive phone calls and text sent directly to your watch phone number and text sent directly to your cell phone number as well.
Finally, found my answer!
Now when someone calls my cell phone number I can pick it from my watch and when someone calls my watch phone number I can pick it up from my watch. Same goes for text messages.

Tmobile Digits Beta warning!

I signed up for the Tmobile Digits service which is supposed to work somewhat like AT&T's number sync. Basically it assigns the same phone number as your phone to your watch or more than one device. The theory is that when you use your phone in standalone mode the watch acts like your phone for texts and calls. So I signed up. Big mistake and I should have figured. How would I forward stuff from my phone to my own number on the watch.
So I sign up and first thing is that Tmobile does is change my watch number to something different than the phone so basically my watch is useless in standalone mode because the watch thinks it's another phone number that doesn't exist. I can't even make phone calls from the watch in standalone.
I call support and they forward me to a special group that handles the new digits program. I basically tell them to forget about it and change my number back to the old number and nobody at Tmobile can change my number back. My watch now has a phone number that doesn't exist and tmobile can't fix it. They supposedly sent it to it another group which may take a few days to correct the problem. Not only that, the rep told me that they were having issues with gear watches not working with the service because messaging forwarding doesn't work when the watch has the same number.
So I am basically SOL for a few days until they can change my watch back to the old number.

I am also on Digits. I thought the same thing when the Beta software changed my number on the S3. Actually it is way better than the current call forward setup. Your watch now virtually simulates your main phone number to your phone. When you are connected via BT you get all your calls, data, etc... through the phone. Say you forget or leave your phone, your watch is now on the mobile network (if you set your mobile network settings to auto). So if you get a call or text to your mobile phone it will simultaneously ring/arrive on both your phone and your watch. You don't have to remember to turn on call forwarding. You can no longer call your Gear S3 number, it is tied to the virtual number.
It is still in beta so there are some bugs, but so far I have been able to add my Gear S3, Gear S2, and my primary phone to the Digits Service. All 3 devices ring or receive text at the same time when someone calls/texts me.

Bladder61 said:
I am also on Digits. I thought the same thing when the Beta software changed my number on the S3. Actually it is way better than the current call forward setup. Your watch now virtually simulates your main phone number to your phone. When you are connected via BT you get all your calls, data, etc... through the phone. Say you forget or leave your phone, your watch is now on the mobile network (if you set your mobile network settings to auto). So if you get a call or text to your mobile phone it will simultaneously ring/arrive on both your phone and your watch. You don't have to remember to turn on call forwarding. You can no longer call your Gear S3 number, it is tied to the virtual number.
It is still in beta so there are some bugs, but so far I have been able to add my Gear S3, Gear S2, and my primary phone to the Digits Service. All 3 devices ring or receive text at the same time when someone calls/texts me.
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They're correct^^^
I had the exact same freak out and called into the department last week and they were so confused lol. Saw my sim numbers swapped on my account and the inability to dial out and had to explain everything to them, with them offering a potential fix upon more research.
I do agree with the above in terms of a better method of call forwarding when working with a non Samsung smartphone. I'm using an LG V20 and prior to Digits I would have to enable call forwarding if I knew I was planning to be away from my phone, not allowing me to forget my phone and remain connected.
However when using a Samsung smartphone, you have an auto call forwarding option in the Gear Manager app. I had my Note 5/S7E/Note 7 paired up to my Gear S2 Classic 3G and it would auto call forward upon being disconnected via Bluetooth, basically doing what Digits does without the virtual number.
Somehow my ability to dial out self resolved so now I'm digging this setup

Torridred04 said:
They're correct^^^
I had the exact same freak out and called into the department last week and they were so confused lol. Saw my sim numbers swapped on my account and the inability to dial out and had to explain everything to them, with them offering a potential fix upon more research.
I do agree with the above in terms of a better method of call forwarding when working with a non Samsung smartphone. I'm using an LG V20 and prior to Digits I would have to enable call forwarding if I knew I was planning to be away from my phone, not allowing me to forget my phone and remain connected.
However when using a Samsung smartphone, you have an auto call forwarding option in the Gear Manager app. I had my Note 5/S7E/Note 7 paired up to my Gear S2 Classic 3G and it would auto call forward upon being disconnected via Bluetooth, basically doing what Digits does without the virtual number.
Somehow my ability to dial out self resolved so now I'm digging this setup
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You may not be digging it when the beta expires and you have to start paying for it. Sometime in the Spring...

kronium said:
You may not be digging it when the beta expires and you have to start paying for it. Sometime in the Spring...
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This is the first week of beta testing. Issues are to be expected. Those (like me) who have no appetite for dealing with this shouldn't volunteer.
T-Mobile will figure it out. Sharing a number across devices will become a necessary linchpin as we become increasingly more connected.
T-Mobile won't charge much for Digits. AT&T and Verizon don't charge for their (admittedly less capable) service. And Google Voice, which Digits is modeled after, is also free.

kronium said:
You may not be digging it when the beta expires and you have to start paying for it. Sometime in the Spring...
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Personally I'm not too worried. They state the service shouldn't cost much once it arrives, though I do feel they should issue the finished product free to beta testers for a limited time for our services.
If I go back to Samsung which is most likely, that will eliminate my need for it. If I don't, well the discount on my bill makes it dirt cheap that I'm not losing sleep over it. Perks of working at T-Mobile haha

Well all I know is that they changed my watch number to to some different number that doesn't exist on my account and nobody can correct it or change it back to the old way. I'm going on 3 days now and nobody can resolve the issue. I asked that they just take me off the beta and they can't even do that.
I understand that it's a beta and you live with the growing pains of bugs but PLEASE! They can't even take me off the program and restore my service back to normal! That means this is more of an Alpha than Beta stage! You don't release a Beta when you can't even get the basic functionality right!
Not to mention I am being sent numerous text messages that I added a new line to my account and when I call tmobile is clueless as to why I am getting those messages which I am sure it is due to digits.
Tmobile has nice customer service reps and great prices but when it comes to company communication and overall customer service experience they are clueless. I have never experienced a company more clueless and disorganized! I went through the Note fiasco with them and when I first started they shipped me like 10 iPads when I only ordered 1.
Sorry but Tmobile is a joke. I only stick with them because of convenience.

I'm having a great experience with the beta program so far, it's way better than the Samsung Auto forwarding. Because when I'm out and about and I make calls from the watch when the phone is at home it shows my actual phone number and not the watch phone number, and everything important is forwarded to my watch as well.
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In the beta digits program also I have my gear s3 and gear s tied to my original number. I have to wait for the gear s tho cause they are sending me a sim card I don't know why I can't use the one I already have in it.

Digits works well for me
I am really enjoying my digits experience. I frequently leave my phone at home or in the car on the charger. Before digits my calls would not always be forwarded from my s6 edge to my gear s2 causing me to miss calls at times. That defeated the purpose of me paying for the watch number. I also hated that in the event I left my phone at home and forwarding was not working people could not reach me on my watch had I not given them that number. I have no trouble placing calls from the watch in standalone mode. My only annoyance with the program is when I do go outside of Bluetooth range all my texts are synced to my watch, which I just do not need. I wish there was an option to turn this off or on since I do not need it but some people might. I will definitely keep digits provided it does not cost me much more than the watch line I pay for currently.

sorry I am late to the party, and this might be a dumb question (but the T-mobile special tech people can't seem to answer it)...
Do I cancel the Gear S2's service and then use its SIM to sign up for the beta? Or do I have to keep the service active? Cause that's what I did - kept the service, signed up for the beta with the SIM number, but nothing's happened and the watch still has its own number. Does it take a while to change over?
Thanks.

hawk1500 said:
sorry I am late to the party, and this might be a dumb question (but the T-mobile special tech people can't seem to answer it)...
Do I cancel the Gear S2's service and then use its SIM to sign up for the beta? Or do I have to keep the service active? Cause that's what I did - kept the service, signed up for the beta with the SIM number, but nothing's happened and the watch still has its own number. Does it take a while to change over?
Thanks.
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T-Mobile will send you a welcome to digits email and instructions on how to set up on your phone. It took 24 hours for me to get the email. You can also call t-mobile and ask to speak to the digits beta team and they will patch you through and the beta team can pull up your request and speed up the process.

Hope this is still relevant
hawk1500 said:
sorry I am late to the party, and this might be a dumb question (but the T-mobile special tech people can't seem to answer it)...
Do I cancel the Gear S2's service and then use its SIM to sign up for the beta? Or do I have to keep the service active? Cause that's what I did - kept the service, signed up for the beta with the SIM number, but nothing's happened and the watch still has its own number. Does it take a while to change over?
Thanks.
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So I was paying for watch plan when I signed up for digits beta. Tmobile was more than happy for me to keep paying. However I was having issues with digits not working and still missing calls. Finally I got someone on the phone that knew that I didn't need the watch line I only needed the digits line. Has worked great since they stopped the watch line and linked my digits with my phone. The digits line incluse so many my of data which is why the separate watch plan is unneeded.

T Mobile US and Digits

I've seen from other threads that there is (and probably won't ever be) VOLTE or WiFi Calling support on T Mobile with this device. Is anyone using T Mobile's "Digits" on this phone, and is it a functional replacement for WiFi-Calling? I am occasionally in areas with no T-Mobile service at all, so being able to call and text over WiFi is a must.

Yes, in my experience, it is. I bought the phone last week and was disappointed to not have IMS features like WFC, but I have found DIGITS to be very helpful. I used it to text on my flight to San Fran on Sunday, and have used it some this week at the office where I've been that doesn't have great T-Mobs signal due to interference. You just have to make sure that you set it to send everything over data.
The only gotcha with texting in it is that texts you send through DIGITS will not sync into your messaging app (Signal for me) when you reconnect to the cellular network but messages you receive will so it will look like a one-way conversation.
Another cool thing is that if you have the app on your PC, Mac or tablet you can transfer calls between the devices.

I finally picked up an XZP so I thought I'd follow up on this. The Digits app can indeed be used for texting and calling over WiFi, and can be activated for the device's native phone number and external numbers. It's not as convenient as built-in WiFi Calling, but it's usable. T Mobile seems serious about updating and improving the Digits app, so it should only get better...

Heinous said:
I finally picked up an XZP so I thought I'd follow up on this. The Digits app can indeed be used for texting and calling over WiFi, and can be activated for the device's native phone number and external numbers. It's not as convenient as built-in WiFi Calling, but it's usable. T Mobile seems serious about updating and improving the Digits app, so it should only get better...
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Does the DIGITS app enable VoLTE on the U.S. XZP while on T-Mobile??? Or int'l XZP??
So T-Mobile makes the DIGITS app? Please elaborate.

RockStar2005 said:
Does the DIGITS app enable VoLTE on the U.S. XZP while on T-Mobile??? Or int'l XZP??
So T-Mobile makes the DIGITS app? Please elaborate.
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Digits is an app by T-Mobile that allows you to use multiple "virtual" lines on one device, or multiple devices with the same number. It can use the device's data (WiFi or LTE) to make calls and send messages. Not exactly the same as native VOLTE and no it doesn't enable VOLTE, but it is technically voice over LTE via a dedicated app. You have to be a Digits subscriber, also.

Heinous said:
Digits is an app by T-Mobile that allows you to use multiple "virtual" lines on one device, or multiple devices with the same number. It can use the device's data (WiFi or LTE) to make calls and send messages. Not exactly the same as native VOLTE and no it doesn't enable VOLTE, but it is technically voice over LTE via a dedicated app. You have to be a Digits subscriber, also.
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Oh ok. Cool.
Well the issue is, with T-Mo, you CANNOT have access to the newer Band 12/700 MHz spectrum w/o a VoLTE-certified with T-Mo phone b/c their network will block access to it, which means weaker reception. When my area (Chicago) didn't have it, I didn't care, but since last summer, we finally got it, so I don't wanna go back to being without it again. It's just such a hassle when it doesn't need to be. Sony is on crack if they think they can sell and make a profit on their smartphones w/o carrier involvement. Even the sales chart I saw showed that when they stopped selling through carriers in 2015 their sales PLUMMETED in the U.S. They need to wise up already. They're making a lot of great changes this year from what I'm seeing, but they still have a ways to go. We'll see how things go at MWC next Monday, but of course they prob won't announce if phones will have T-Mo VoLTE or not. Prob have to research it. Idiots. lol
Thanks again!!

Question Watch 5 Pro LTE Text Messages

Hi
Have a Watch 5 Pro LTE model activated with an eSIM, paired to a Samsung S21 Ultra.
Can receive calls and have data connection via the eSIM with the phone off/out of range/Bluetooth off.
Cannot send or receive text messages independently.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Hi, I read somewhere that texts can be sent using the Google messenger app. Does your phone and watch have the same number? If not, does the watch ring when the phone receives a call and is out of BT range?

Have you checked with your provider? Because you should be able to. I will find out tomorrow, once mine arrives.

Watch rings when out of range / phone off etc. Has it's own data independent of bluetooth or WiFi.
Odd development since posting. Have managed to get Watch to send text on it's own but it uses it's own number despite the phone part having the same number as phone. Completely different number.
Completely convoluted process to make it work. If bluetooth is switch on on the watch it doesn't appear to try to connect via WiFi unless you go into the set up and connect to a network. Only way I can get it to send text independently is to totally switch off bluetooth and WiFi on the watch.
Returning the watch and hoping next one behaves better.

MobileBritain said:
Hi
Have a Watch 5 Pro LTE model activated with an eSIM, paired to a Samsung S21 Ultra.
Can receive calls and have data connection via the eSIM with the phone off/out of range/Bluetooth off.
Cannot send or receive text messages independently.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Hi.
Check the settings in the account of your mobile provider. vodafone, telekom, o2, whatever.
You can select which eSIM can receive and send SMS-Messages.
I am using three eSIMs and I can only select one eSIM/SIM in total to receive/send SMS with my german provider o2/telefonica.
I guess it's the same with your provider settings.
cheers

Hi Pundy
I only have one eSIM which is meant to be paired with the physical SIM used in the phone. The call and text allowance comes out of the physical SIM account but it has it's own data allowance. My provider doesn't appear to be sophisticated enough to allow the configuration you suggest.
Cheers

I just got the Watch 5 LTE and haven't set it up with an eSIM yet, but I wondered if calls and text work like they work on my Samsung Tablet, the data connection or WiFi let's the phone forward calls and texts with the "Calls and texts on other devices" program. Then it would switch to the eSIM number if the phone was turned off or offline?