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Sprint + Google Voice Testing

I know there are multiple threads that mentioned Sprint + Google Voice integration, but this thread is for people who are actually testing it. I got an email today from Google telling me I'm now able to use it. Feel free to discuss what you like or what you don't like about it, or any issues you're having. Here are some screenies from activation:
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You can always undo it all disconnect your voice number and your Sprint number, and you can re-do it as well. I've done this myself.
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So far the issues I've found are these:
- If you install the GV app, you get notified of texts through both your native Messaging app (or whatever you use, if you enable it) AND GV. If I only want to use GV for Voicemail, I can't do that.
- There is no option to choose what to be notified for; I can choose to get Voicemail notifications by text, but then I lose Visual Voicemail, so what's the point?
- MMS works, but is delayed and the person I sent it to got it 5 times.

i have a sprint evo. my phone only recieves text to my google voice app. the text dont come to my native app anymore. i just activated it, so i should wait a little longer and see how things turn out. i dont really have a problem with replacing handcent with my GV app. i just wish the GV app was more customizable, like chat bubbles etc. im gonna miss my handcent features. :-(

chrisw491 said:
i have a sprint evo. my phone only recieves text to my google voice app. the text dont come to my native app anymore. i just activated it, so i should wait a little longer and see how things turn out. i dont really have a problem with replacing handcent with my GV app. i just wish the GV app was more customizable, like chat bubbles etc. im gonna miss my handcent features. :-(
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That doesn't seem right. Let me know if that changes, I was thinking about pulling the trigger today but also don't want to lose native messaging ability.
[Edit: I've seen elsewhere people have said similar things...]
Second edit: I went for it and set it up as it looks like you can always back out within 90 days to keep your existing GV number. I do not have Google Voice app installed on my Evo, therefore all my messages come thru completely as normal. I can also text from the GV website which is awesome, but note whatever I send from that site does not sync to my phone. Of course all replies and messages to me hit both GV site and my phone.
If anyone has any questions about it's implementation, let me know. When I researched this I found a LOT of confusing and misleading information.

chrisw491 said:
i have a sprint evo. my phone only recieves text to my google voice app. the text dont come to my native app anymore. i just activated it, so i should wait a little longer and see how things turn out. i dont really have a problem with replacing handcent with my GV app. i just wish the GV app was more customizable, like chat bubbles etc. im gonna miss my handcent features. :-(
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I'm not sure if this setting is the same on your phone, but this is what I did:
Go to http://voice.google.com
Click Edit for your cell phone
Check "Receive Text Messages On This Phone".
The only problem now is that you'll get them both through the Voice app and through your Messaging app =/ I sent them a few comments using that form they linked to asking to be able to choose what to be notified for.

I read on the SprintUsers forum that MMS doesn't work. That would be really bad, but I can't confirm since I don't have this yet. But the fact that you have the same area code as mine gives me hope that I will get to upgrade my GV account soon.

MMS worked for me. Apparently MMS still goes through Sprint instead of Google. The only issue was the MMS went through like 45 minutes late and the person I sent it to got it 5 times.

Product F(RED) said:
I'm not sure if this setting is the same on your phone, but this is what I did:
Go to http://voice.google.com
Click Edit for your cell phone
Check "Receive Text Messages On This Phone".
The only problem now is that you'll get them both through the Voice app and through your Messaging app =/ I sent them a few comments using that form they linked to asking to be able to choose what to be notified for.
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My solution was just to not have the Google Voice app installed. I really don't need it anymore anyway

hooges said:
My solution was just to not have the Google Voice app installed. I really don't need it anymore anyway
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There's also that. That would solve the double-notifications issue, and you can still be notified of Voicemail either by text or email, but then I lose Visual Voicemail on my phone. Not a big deal, as I almost always have a computer near me(college student).
EDIT: Just realized there's also the mobile Google Voice site you can go to through your phone and download your Voicemail if you really need to skim through it.

Looks like you elected to use your Sprint number as your GV number.
Any idea what would happen if I set up a SkypeIn number say (917-310-1010) and made GV ring it when my Sprint number was called?
In other words do you see the option to disable incoming calls from ringing your Sprint phone directly (e.g. 347 xxx xxxx)?
If not, I guess I'd have to keep both my existing GV and Sprint numbers to be able to forward calls to my GV number to the SkypeIn number.

hooges said:
My solution was just to not have the Google Voice app installed. I really don't need it anymore anyway
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For me it seems to be ok as long as I'm not logged in to the Google Voice app on the phone. You can keep in installed, just don't log in and you'll still get texts delivered to the SMS app not the Google Voice App.
This way you can log in to get voicemails in the Google Voice App when needed and then just log back out when done.

Anybody that uses an Airave testing this? I have been testing for a while now and the only issue I have is that I cannot receive calls through my Airave at home.

I've heard that a lot and it seems to be a common issue. I think it's because calls are supposed to be routed through Google, but with the Airave, you're still connecting to Sprint servers. What you can do is go into your Sprint account and find the "Manage My Airave" link. Then specify all the phones that are allowed to connect to your Airave (by number) and leave yours out, so your phone won't connect and will get calls through Google.

Sprint nexus 5 voicemail notification persists

Great NEWS FIXED!!!
Sprint is sending out the KOT49H, not the pulled KOT49E, this fixes Voicemail problems.
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No idea. I've been asking this question all week and no answers from any Sprint users other than "use google voice".
I don't want to use Google Voice. Also, why should we have to deal with the 9016 text if we choose to use old school dial into your voicemail?
FYI, I tried implementing Sprint's Visual Voicemail app and get a connection error.

Anyone? I have this issue as well as not getting vmail for days after they come in.

i will say that i did what everyone else seems to be doing. just integrate your phone number with google voice and all problems solved. you even pick up some nice extras in the process

Google Voice isn't an option. So now what?

angus242 said:
Google Voice isn't an option. So now what?
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i didn't think it was either. can you tell me why it's not?

Ugh. I use GV for my business number.
Now, how does anyone on Sprint's N5 handle voicemail? If the answer is dial your number, type in your PIN and listen, then that's the answer. However, I don't get any notifications that way. Hangouts (default SMS) sends me a text from 9016 with gibberish in it and I do not get the voicemail.

Can you block 9016 somehow?
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angus242 said:
Ugh. I use GV for my business number.
Now, how does anyone on Sprint's N5 handle voicemail? If the answer is dial your number, type in your PIN and listen, then that's the answer. However, I don't get any notifications that way. Hangouts (default SMS) sends me a text from 9016 with gibberish in it and I do not get the voicemail.
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get another GV number and have it use your sprint phone number. forward your emails/texts/etc from your business line to the new number. there is a solution, just figure it out.

I'm not looking for a solution. I'm looking for the answer to how voicemail is handled on a stock Sprint N5. Does Sprint expect everyone to get a Google Voice number to handle their voicemail?

nexus = no bloatware, that includes sprint VVM apps. they expect you to install whatever you want on your phone to handle what you want it to do. if you don't want to install anything, hold down 1 to get messages.

I completely understand that as well. However, my VM notifications are coming from Hangouts as a 9016 message. When I press and hold "1" to go to voicemail, there is no message. I have people leaving me voicemail with no way to retrieve them.
Sprint's method of notifying you of a VM is to send a text to the device. The standard Sprint VVM app handles this. Without this app working, I think there is an issue that hasn't been resolved by Sprint. If they send me the VM notifications "regularly" without the text deal, I'd be fine with that. But that's not what's happening with my phone.
This is why I'm asking how anyone with a Sprint-purchased N5 is handling their stock VM's.

angus242 said:
I completely understand that as well. However, my VM notifications are coming from Hangouts as a 9016 message. When I press and hold "1" to go to voicemail, there is no message. I have people leaving me voicemail with no way to retrieve them.
Sprint's method of notifying you of a VM is to send a text to the device. The standard Sprint VVM app handles this. Without this app working, I think there is an issue that hasn't been resolved by Sprint. If they send me the VM notifications "regularly" without the text deal, I'd be fine with that. But that's not what's happening with my phone.
This is why I'm asking how anyone with a Sprint-purchased N5 is handling their stock VM's.
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I also have an issue with voicemail notifications, but actually they are not showing at all. Receive a call, let it go to voicemail and it doesn't show a notification at all. Can't do Google Voice, because it's not available in Puerto Rico. Didn't receive a SMS as a notification as you stated though.

Every couple of hours I would get the garbled text messages coming in even though I haven't had any voicemail come in for weeks. At least until Sprint or whomever is the one that has to fix this, I am going to use google voice . Not something I want to do but at least just from a few tests it works. Only when pressing 1 in the dialer or dialing my own number does the regular sprint voicemail get dialed. But nothing seems to be getting routed there.

I have the Google Play version of this phone on Sprint and have to tried to install several different Sprint VVM apks all with no luck. I would either get a connection error or a 9016 text saying provision successful, however the app never worked. When someone leaves a voicemail I get the icon in the notification bar to call my voicemail. I never get the 9016 text.
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Just clear data from the phone application... settings>apps>phone>clear data
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new to the forum... just wanted to join quickly and help you out, just go to settings>apps>all>phone>clear data.. worked for me, i was having the same issue.

BTech5000 said:
Just clear data from the phone application... settings>apps>phone>clear data
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I knew about this process a long time ago when I had my old Nexus galaxy edition. It's kind of a temporary solution wouldn't you think? Although you can just go to force quit and it will do the same task. All this does is prevent the voicemail notification from coming up until restart.
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This issue is really annoying. Trying the phone app data wipe method now, hopefully it works.

I had to deal with this too
I figured it out.
Yeah, if you use the Google Voice app to switch to GVoice voicemail, it SAYS it works but doesn't.
HOWEVER! If you log in to google Voice and find your phone number in the settings (of your actual phone) then click to unregister it from voicemail, then actually type in what it says to on the phone (this is probably not necessary, but I did it anyway.
THEN click to re-register it and THEN put in the information it tells you to for THAt it will work.
At least, it did on my Nexus 5 that is on TMobile. I can only assume it is exactly the same for Sprint (pretty sure it is, especially since this thread is exactly what I was experiencing).
Hope this helps!

mobrien118 said:
I figured it out.
Yeah, if you use the Google Voice app to switch to GVoice voicemail, it SAYS it works but doesn't.
HOWEVER! If you log in to google Voice and find your phone number in the settings (of your actual phone) then click to unregister it from voicemail, then actually type in what it says to on the phone (this is probably not necessary, but I did it anyway.
THEN click to re-register it and THEN put in the information it tells you to for THAt it will work.
At least, it did on my Nexus 5 that is on TMobile. I can only assume it is exactly the same for Sprint (pretty sure it is, especially since this thread is exactly what I was experiencing).
Hope this helps!
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ya no clue what this guy is trying to say. a clear step by step would be good.

Gear S2 3G connection modes

I have been playing with my watch for the last couple of weeks and I wanted to provide some clarification in case it might be helpful to others. I will provide also details for ATT w/number sync and hopefully others will chime in from other carriers.
Bluetooth w/phone:
This is obviously the standard connection which is ubiquitous for all smartwatches. It appears to me that it is the principle mode for the S2 3G that provides the most functionality. All the heavy lifting is done on the phone which is relayed to the watch via bluetooth. The watch is really just a handy display.
Network (3/4G) w/phone and ATT number sync:
On my watch it shows the mobile connection is over 4G and it is "Connected Remotely" to my Note 5. The Note 5 also shows the "Connected Remotely" status via the Samsung gear app. I have verified that texts and phone calls work both incoming and outgoing.
Issue: No emails notifications?! I was online with samsung chat support and they informed me that email notifications where only avaliable over bluetooth. I am going to email both Samsung and ATT to verify, but this seems like a huge oversight. IMO the three things this should be able to do is calls, texts, and emails.
Solved: I can now get notifications pushed to my watch over 3/4G. I reinstalled the Samsung Gear app. See post below.​Minor Issue: Taking a call on your watch shows up as a missed call on your smartphone. Sending a text from your watch does not sync up on your smartphone. So you will only get partial conversations between your watch and phone.​
Network (3/4G) Standalone:
This basically allows the watch to operate as a Standalone basic cell phone. It can receive and place calls and texts via the phone number it has which is different from your smartphone (ie Note 5 phone number != Gear S2 phone number). This does not rely on your smartphone at all as they are not connected over Bluetooth, 3G and have different numbers all together. I can confirm the functionality works as intended. Watch shows "4G StandAlone ATT" connection.
Network (3/4G) Standalone w/ATT number sync:
The phone number associated with the watch is the same number as your smartphone (ie Note 5 phone number == Gear S2 phone number) and there is no remote connection to your phone over the mobile network. This means your phone could be turned off and you should still recieve texts and calls to your primary smartphone number (ie my Note 5 phone number). I can confirm this functionality as well. Watch shows "4G StandAlone ATT" connection but there is no immediate indication of ATT number sync unless you go into settings on the watch.

Notifications now being pushed over Network from phone!
I ended up "reinstalling" the Samsung Gear app on my phone following the instructions from the Galaxy apps comments for the Samsung gear app. Note it's doesn't really unimstall completely. Then I updated the Samsung Gear from the Galaxy apps. This forced my watch to do a light reset upon connecting. Had to reestablish my ATT numbersync as well. Turned off bluetooth and connect my watch to my phone over 3/4G, made sure I had notifications enabled from the apps I wanted and viola. Now my phone pushes notifications to my watch over the network. I can now leave my phone at my desk during lunch and still get calls, texts, emails, whatsapp and hangouts notification and reply to them from my watch hooray!
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Can you figure out a way to have images included on the watch when you receive an email? If I receive an email that has an image attached, the watch just says "image included" at the bottom of the email.
If so, is this affected by whether you are connected remotely or on BT?

thejdoe said:
Can you figure out a way to have images included on the watch when you receive an email? If I receive an email that has an image attached, the watch just says "image included" at the bottom of the email.
If so, is this affected by whether you are connected remotely or on BT?
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Using the Samsung email app, I can see the email has an attachment which I can then chose to download and see using the menu interface for the email app (ie the three little dots on the right handside) and selecting the paper clip icon. This will show you the name of the attachment which you can then touch and be prompted if you want to download showing you the size of the attachment. I have verified this over BT and see no reason why it won't work over the network since the emails function in the same exact way. I can verify this later if you would like though.

Hmm not working for me. What is the name of the app you are using for email on your phone? I'm using the default "Email" app. I don't see a "samsung email" in the play store. Using your above setup, I tested it both while connected to BT and again while only sing the mobile network remote connection. Neither worked. Both of them show me the "1 attachment image included" note at the bottom of the email, but the menu (3 dots) does not give me an option to download and/or view.

thejdoe said:
Hmm not working for me. What is the name of the app you are using for email on your phone? I'm using the default "Email" app. I don't see a "samsung email" in the play store. Using your above setup, I tested it both while connected to BT and again while only sing the mobile network remote connection. Neither worked. Both of them show me the "1 attachment image included" note at the bottom of the email, but the menu (3 dots) does not give me an option to download and/or view.
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I am using the default email app (white envelope with red @ symbol in the center). So you don't see the following:

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I am using the default email app (white envelope with red @ symbol in the center). So you don't see the following:
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I'm using the same email app, but no I don't see your options. When I click the three dots menu, I only have the Reply, Open on Phone and Delete options. I don't have the Paper Clip or the Star button. I have also tried on BT cannot get it to show that option. I am on Verizon, maybe the software is different??

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I'm using the same email app, but no I don't see your options. When I click the three dots menu, I only have the Reply, Open on Phone and Delete options. I don't have the Paper Clip or the Star button. I have also tried on BT cannot get it to show that option. I am on Verizon, maybe the software is different??
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From what I have read here Verizon is in the process of updating to software version AOL3 on their S2 3G.
Here is a thought try I installing Andriod Wear app on your phone. You can open the app aftweards just to make sure it installed but you dont need to try and connect bc you dont have an andriod watch so it will fail. Restart both devices after you install Andriod Wear on your phone.
I was unable to reply to hangouts before I installed Andriod Wear on my phone. Apparently it also provides other functions and maybe it will help with the email app. Let me know.

Does not help. Neither on BT or 3G do I get the option to view attachment. Oh well, I'm guessing it has to do with the software version. Verizon better get send out the update soon. I am on R730VVRU1AOJ6. I guess I have a couple weeks left to return the watch, so I'll wait and see if they send out a software update... especially if it helps battery optimization.
As far as hangouts, I was able to reply to hangouts, gmail, etc out of the box. I didn't need to tweak anything, it just worked.

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Does not help. Neither on BT or 3G do I get the option to view attachment. Oh well, I'm guessing it has to do with the software version. Verizon better get send out the update soon. I am on R730VVRU1AOJ6. I guess I have a couple weeks left to return the watch, so I'll wait and see if they send out a software update... especially if it helps battery optimization.
As far as hangouts, I was able to reply to hangouts, gmail, etc out of the box. I didn't need to tweak anything, it just worked.
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Hmm. The final suggestion I have is to uninstall the Samsung gear app on your phone using the instructions above. This resolved some issues on my watch and might help yours. It will do a "light reset" on your watch after it connects (I had to reinstall apps, watch faces etc but it didn't wasn't a major hassle, 20 mins after the software reset). Whether it's worth doing before the Verizon software push is another question. Let me know if you need help with uninstalling the Samsung gear app.

javy_tech said:
Hmm. The final suggestion I have is to uninstall the Samsung gear app on your phone using the instructions above. This resolved some issues on my watch and might help yours. It will do a "light reset" on your watch after it connects (I had to reinstall apps, watch faces etc but it didn't wasn't a major hassle, 20 mins after the software reset). Whether it's worth doing before the Verizon software push is another question. Let me know if you need help with uninstalling the Samsung gear app.
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I will wait for an update to do that. I actually did that already a couple days ago for other reasons, so it obviously didn't help with the attachments.
Thanks for your suggestions.

thejdoe said:
I will wait for an update to do that. I actually did that already a couple days ago for other reasons, so it obviously didn't help with the attachments.
Thanks for your suggestions.
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No problem. Make sure you check those intstructions out from the Galaxy app if you do decided to uninstall the Samsung Gear app, as it wasn't straightforward and you had to uninstall some side apps in the process and then reinstall from the Galaxy app store.
Anyhow you know the watch is capable of doing it so its just a matter of updates/configuration. Best of luck.

"Remotely Connected" 3G to WiFi
Interestingly enough, my S2 Gear 3G stayed "Remotely Connected" to my phone when my watch was connected over 4G and my phone was in airplane mode and only on WiFi. I was able to receive and reply to hangout messages and my watch showed it was remotely connected to my phone! Will update it on the first post later.

Have you ever had the issue when your connected to bluetooth and when someone call you it goes directly to " the person you are trying to reach is not accepting calls at this time" but when you do standalone mode calls come through? Cause thats what happening to me and its annoying.

Voicemail disable Sprint voicemail to use Google Voice

Is there a way to disable Sprint Voicemail to be able to use Google Voice. I attempted to activate Google Voice on the new Sprint Note 7 and the response was that it wasn't supported. Thanks in advance!! Greg Halley
Thanks to participants in this discussion: One point, as noted in discussion by quasidodo, wifi calling and google voice are not compatible.

if you rooted you can use Titanium backup to freeze or uninstall voice mail apk. and if not rooted you can used Package Disabler to disable voice mail.
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ghalley said:
Is there a way to disable Sprint Voicemail to be able to use Google Voice. I attempted to activate Google Voice on the new Sprint Note 7 and the response was that it wasn't supported. Thanks in advance!! Greg Halley
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do you use Wifi calling? then you can't use google voice at least that's the case for me and others

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do you use Wifi calling? then you can't use google voice at least that's the case for me and others
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Thanks for feedback kgbedge and quasidodo. The suggestion for disabling Sprint WIFI Voicemail worked like a charm. I am not using Wifi Calling and I used the activation codes from the Google Voice setup webpage and received a verbal reply that the code being input wasn't valid. On checking phone eligibility for Google Voice from the Google webpage, I received the following: Unfortunately, Google Voice cannot be enabled on this Sprint phone. Please contact Sprint for more details as to why this cannot be enabled.

ghalley said:
Thanks for feedback kgbedge and quasidodo. The suggestion for disabling Sprint WIFI Voicemail worked like a charm. I am not using Wifi Calling and I used the activation codes from the Google Voice setup webpage and received a verbal reply that the code being input wasn't valid. On checking phone eligibility for Google Voice from the Google webpage, I received the following: Unfortunately, Google Voice cannot be enabled on this Sprint phone. Please contact Sprint for more details as to why this cannot be enabled.
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Did you activate wifi calling at all at one point? I remember when I was activating it, it said it will disable google voice. So I have to go back to the wifi calling page and delete or disable the emergency calling thing to totally disable wifi calling. then I got google voice back.

Worked like a charm
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Did you activate wifi calling at all at one point? I remember when I was activating it, it said it will disable google voice. So I have to go back to the wifi calling page and delete or disable the emergency calling thing to totally disable wifi calling. then I got google voice back.
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You hit the problem on the nail head. Disabling a previously activated Wifi Calling solved the problem. Thank you for your assistance!!! Greg Halley

Glad to help. I actually had the exact same problem too, hopefully they fix that, doesn't make sense why it shouldn't work together.
ghalley said:
You hit the problem on the nail head. Disabling a previously activated Wifi Calling solved the problem. Thank you for your assistance!!! Greg Halley
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I had this issue and was able to resolve it after speaking to the advanced network department. For those experiencing a problem trying to activate Google voice you can use *73xxxxxxxxxx where the xs are your Google voice number. Then dial *28xxxxxxxxxx to enable Google voice. This is of course after you have enabled and activated Google voice from the settings page through a desktop browser.
I hope this helps!

Does this work with wifi calling?
Bachatu said:
I had this issue and was able to resolve it after speaking to the advanced network department. For those experiencing a problem trying to activate Google voice you can use *73xxxxxxxxxx where the xs are your Google voice number. Then dial *28xxxxxxxxxx to enable Google voice. This is of course after you have enabled and activated Google voice from the settings page through a desktop browser.
I hope this helps!
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I use google voice voicemail and wifi calling without issues and I have never, ever fooled with any of the voicemail settings in the phone. I go to phone > settings > more settings > forwarding and then input my google voice number for all 3 forwarding numbers and thats it. I don't touch anything else and it works perfectly.

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I use google voice voicemail and wifi calling without issues and I have never, ever fooled with any of the voicemail settings in the phone. I go to phone > settings > more settings > forwarding and then input my google voice number for all 3 forwarding numbers and thats it. I don't touch anything else and it works perfectly.
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Do you have sprint phone? Latest update? When I go to more settings, I don't have the forwarding option.
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Do you have sprint phone? Latest update? When I go to more settings, I don't have the forwarding option.
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Can you Screenshot phone, then settings, then more settings?

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Can you Screenshot phone, then settings, then more settings?
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Unbelievable. Never seen any carrier disable call forwarding. Ive had every service recently. Except sprint lol I would be annoyed with this, I use call forwarding quite a bit.

I had the same issue with my Note 7, I couldn't integrate Google Voice. De-activated Wifi Calling and it worked like a charm.....thanks everyone for this post! I never would have imagined that Wifi calling would block using Google Voice. =)

Integrating Google Voice voicemail into Google phone app

I used to be able to choose Google voice within my phone app instead of "your carrier", and I could access my voicemail through the phone. This is no longer working. I'm running 7.1.2, on a fresh install with all newly installed apps. Any ideas?
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I was wondering if anyone else would ever notice. It's been this way ever since they updated to Google Voice to v5.x, and has been the same on any of the devices I've used. A workaround I use every time which works is to:
1. Uninstall the newer Google Voice (temporarily). Prior to uninstalling, I wipe the app's Cache and Data too as a precaution, so I can't report on the results of following these steps without doing that.
2. Go to the APKMirror website and download the latest Google Voice v4.x APK, something like v4.7.10.
3. With Unknown Sources checked in the Security Settings on your phone, install and fully setup the old Google Voice version, including setting your Phone app to use Google Voice for voicemails.
4. Once it's all setup, you can update Google Voice to your heart's content. Note that if you go into the Phone Voicemail settings you'll see that it still doesn't give you an option to select Google Voice, but you'll also notice that it appears as if the only setting it now shows (Carrier) is not selected either, so the setting is retained even though you can't select it with the newer Google Voice installed.
5. Re-disable "Unknown Sources" if you wish.
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I've made calls to and from my wife's phone with this same workaround set up on both of our phones and it has never failed, yet. Hopefully Google doesn't do something to make at least this stop working, and how in the world is there not more complaints about this behavior?

roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I was wondering if anyone else would ever notice. It's been this way ever since they updated to Google Voice to v5.x, and has been the same on any of the devices I've used. A workaround I use every time which works is to:
1. Uninstall the newer Google Voice (temporarily). Prior to uninstalling, I wipe the app's Cache and Data too as a precaution, so I can't report on the results of following these steps without doing that.
2. Go to the APKMirror website and download the latest Google Voice v4.x APK, something like v4.7.10.
3. With Unknown Sources checked in the Security Settings on your phone, install and fully setup the old Google Voice version, including setting your Phone app to use Google Voice for voicemails.
4. Once it's all setup, you can update Google Voice to your heart's content. Note that if you go into the Phone Voicemail settings you'll see that it still doesn't give you an option to select Google Voice, but you'll also notice that it appears as if the only setting it now shows (Carrier) is not selected either, so the setting is retained even though you can't select it with the newer Google Voice installed.
5. Re-disable "Unknown Sources" if you wish.
I've made calls to and from my wife's phone with this same workaround set up on both of our phones and it has never failed, yet. Hopefully Google doesn't do something to make at least this stop working, and how in the world is there not more complaints about this behavior?
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Thanks! Appreciate the detailed instructions. I'll give this a shot.
Love the avi, btw. That's one of my favorite films of all time, especially the international cut
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That worked!

shinesthru said:
Thanks! Appreciate the detailed instructions. I'll give this a shot.
Love the avi, btw. That's one of my favorite films of all time, especially the international cut
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You're welcome! Yes, it was refreshing that an actual longer cut was even better than what I had already seen and loved. Thank you!
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That worked!
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Awesome, glad it worked for someone else.

roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I was wondering if anyone else would ever notice. It's been this way ever since they updated to Google Voice to v5.x, and has been the same on any of the devices I've used. A workaround I use every time which works is to:
1. Uninstall the newer Google Voice (temporarily). Prior to uninstalling, I wipe the app's Cache and Data too as a precaution, so I can't report on the results of following these steps without doing that.
2. Go to the APKMirror website and download the latest Google Voice v4.x APK, something like v4.7.10.
3. With Unknown Sources checked in the Security Settings on your phone, install and fully setup the old Google Voice version, including setting your Phone app to use Google Voice for voicemails.
4. Once it's all setup, you can update Google Voice to your heart's content. Note that if you go into the Phone Voicemail settings you'll see that it still doesn't give you an option to select Google Voice, but you'll also notice that it appears as if the only setting it now shows (Carrier) is not selected either, so the setting is retained even though you can't select it with the newer Google Voice installed.
5. Re-disable "Unknown Sources" if you wish.
I've made calls to and from my wife's phone with this same workaround set up on both of our phones and it has never failed, yet. Hopefully Google doesn't do something to make at least this stop working, and how in the world is there not more complaints about this behavior?
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I haven't done any of this, but my incoming calls get transfered to Google Voice, and it works just like it should even though it's set to "Carrier" in the phone app.

jmartin72 said:
I haven't done any of this, but my incoming calls get transfered to Google Voice, and it works just like it should even though it's set to "Carrier" in the phone app.
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I don't know if it makes a difference if people are calling your Google Voice # or your actual carrier number. i.e. Maybe if they are calling your Google Voice number in the first place, it would send them to GV voicemail, versus those who call the actual carrier #. Have you tested both yourself, if you have a way?
Also I don't know if it makes any difference if you've set up the carrier voicemail. I haven't set up a carrier voicemail since my first cell phone, which was only in 2008. I've switched carriers three times since then and I no longer even set up the carrier voicemail. No idea why that would affect it, just putting it out there.
On both my wife's and my HTC 10, and on my Google Pixel through multiple re-flashing stock and various ROMs, by default people get sent to my carrier voicemail that's not set up, so they can't leave a voicemail. I've tested both directions from our phones. Same thing if I directly install and set up Google Voice v5.x without going through the above steps.
Maybe it mysteriously works for some others as well, just as it does for you, which would explain why this issue hasn't been broadcast loudly.
Questions for you to fill in some blanks: Do you keep mobile data on all the time? Do you have Google Voice set to handle all your outgoing calls as well? I assume you're still on Verizon and have you set up your carrier voicemail?

roirraW "edor" ehT said:
I don't know if it makes a difference if people are calling your Google Voice # or your actual carrier number. i.e. Maybe if they are calling your Google Voice number in the first place, it would send them to GV voicemail, versus those who call the actual carrier #. Have you tested both yourself, if you have a way?
Also I don't know if it makes any difference if you've set up the carrier voicemail. I haven't set up a carrier voicemail since my first cell phone, which was only in 2008. I've switched carriers three times since then and I no longer even set up the carrier voicemail. No idea why that would affect it, just putting it out there.
On both my wife's and my HTC 10, and on my Google Pixel through multiple re-flashing stock and various ROMs, by default people get sent to my carrier voicemail that's not set up, so they can't leave a voicemail. I've tested both directions from our phones. Same thing if I directly install and set up Google Voice v5.x without going through the above steps.
Maybe it mysteriously works for some others as well, just as it does for you, which would explain why this issue hasn't been broadcast loudly.
Questions for you to fill in some blanks: Do you keep mobile data on all the time? Do you have Google Voice set to handle all your outgoing calls as well? I assume you're still on Verizon and have you set up your carrier voicemail?
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I don't have people call my Google Voice number. I use my cell phone number on Verizon. The only thing I use Google Voice for is the visual voice mail. I don't use Verizons voice mail, and have never set it up. Yes mobile data is on all the time.

jmartin72 said:
I don't have people call my Google Voice number. I use my cell phone number on Verizon. The only thing I use Google Voice for is the visual voice mail. I don't use Verizons voice mail, and have never set it up. Yes mobile data is on all the time.
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Thanks for the info! I encourage everyone to call/text my Google Voice #, and I keep mobile data/wifi and all other radios off when not in use. Of course occasionally someone might call my real cell # and I'd have to re-test all scenarios for incoming calls again to determine if the people not able to leave a voicemail occurs under all circumstances for me, or only under the most common circumstance in how I use my phone.
Off topic, it's too bad Sprint is the only carrier that has the option to fully integrate with a user's Google Voice #. That was one of the carriers I had switched to at one point, and that was a nice feature. It made it so that even on outgoing calls without mobile data/wifi and/or using GV to make calls, it showed my GV # for my caller ID.

Hey guys-- thanks for the above info- I found this thread because my Pixel (unlocked and rooted) has started acting all wonky and the phone isn't even working properly at all (it seems). I've been a long term user of GV and that's the number I typically give out for my cell. I did notice some good and some not so good changes with this new version of GV overall, but didn't notice exactly when the phone app went to 5.x - I'm currently running (if you can call it that!) GV 5.014xx and it's not playing nice with my phone app at all.
Accordingly, I'd like to try this work around, but I have a few questions:
- how do you wipe cache & data upon uninstalling an app like GV? I can't even find GV in my phone's Settings>Apps listing...?
-how do I find the apk mirror website?
-can you give me more instructions on how to "including setting your Phone app to use Google Voice for voicemails." ? I'm not familiar with how to get to my phone app's settings to do this...? Also, along this line- you mention that you will see the Phone Voicemail settings still doesn't give you an option to select GV... but I don't even really know where the phone voicemail settings are located?
I bought my Pixel from Google direct, but I run it on VZW.
Thanks for any assistance / further instructions you can provide me here- I greatly appreciate it because I've just backed my phone up (using Titanium Bkup) to prepare it for being re-flashed to the latest & greatest build.
Thanks!

pstgh said:
Hey guys-- thanks for the above info- I found this thread because my Pixel (unlocked and rooted) has started acting all wonky and the phone isn't even working properly at all (it seems). I've been a long term user of GV and that's the number I typically give out for my cell. I did notice some good and some not so good changes with this new version of GV overall, but didn't notice exactly when the phone app went to 5.x - I'm currently running (if you can call it that!) GV 5.014xx and it's not playing nice with my phone app at all.
Accordingly, I'd like to try this work around, but I have a few questions:
- how do you wipe cache & data upon uninstalling an app like GV? I can't even find GV in my phone's Settings>Apps listing...?
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Hi! Go to the Android settings / Apps / select the Google Voice app from the list, choose Storage, then click the buttons to Wipe Cache and Data. FYI, I think when you click Wipe Data it automatically wipes Cache and becomes grayed out, but I try to wipe them in the opposite order just to be paranoid.
This is from memory but this should be really close.
-how do I find the apk mirror website?
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https://www.google.com/search?q=apkmirror+google+voice&oq=apkmirror+google+voice&aqs=chrome..69i57.9048j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
-can you give me more instructions on how to "including setting your Phone app to use Google Voice for voicemails." ? I'm not familiar with how to get to my phone app's settings to do this...? Also, along this line- you mention that you will see the Phone Voicemail settings still doesn't give you an option to select GV... but I don't even really know where the phone voicemail settings are located?
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Launch the phone app, click the three-dot menu button in the upper-right corner, choose Settings, choose Calls, choose Voicemail, the rest should be self-explanatory.
I bought my Pixel from Google direct, but I run it on VZW.
Thanks for any assistance / further instructions you can provide me here- I greatly appreciate it because I've just backed my phone up (using Titanium Bkup) to prepare it for being re-flashed to the latest & greatest build.
Thanks!
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You're welcome! Yep, just don't bother restoring your backup of Google Voice - start from scratch with the old Google Voice v4.7, and if you back up system settings including for Phone, don't restore that either. For what it's worth, when GV v5.x first came out several months ago, I was on Verizon, but I'm on AT&T now. The same workaround was necessary for my wife and I on both carriers.

Thanks again... but as I mentioned earlier and possibly part of why I'm having so much trouble... when I click on the phone's Settings and Apps, GV is not listed !? I know that it's installed because I can click on the GV app icon on my home page and I can go into settings etc and see how I currently have it setup... I guess I could long click on it and drag it up to 'uninstall' at the top of the screen, but that's not going to allow me to wipe the cache/data....

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Thanks again... but as I mentioned earlier and possibly part of why I'm having so much trouble... when I click on the phone's Settings and Apps, GV is not listed !? I know that it's installed because I can click on the GV app icon on my home page and I can go into settings etc and see how I currently have it setup... I guess I could long click on it and drag it up to 'uninstall' at the top of the screen, but that's not going to allow me to wipe the cache/data....
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You're welcome. Are you looking for Google Voice or just Voice, as it's listed in the app drawer?
Shows up for me:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If it doesn't for you, not sure what to suggest.
Also, you can drag it up and choose "App Info" instead of Uninstall, or is that a function of my using Nova Launcher?
Off topic again, it irks me that Google and others publish apps that are called one thing in the Play Store, but called something else in the app drawer. It also irks me that Google isn't consistent with this naming of their apps.

OK- yep- I was looking for it under 'G' not 'V'. humph!
Oh well, I've deleted the 5.xx GV, wiped data (cache was already grayed out), downloaded and installed the 4.7x version and set it up to handle all calls.
I got a warning message upon selecting voicemail integration saying that my carrier (VZW) doesn't play nice with it, but I selected Google Voice anyway. Then, going into the phone app settings Calls->Voicemail it is indicating GV as the voicemail system, so that's great.
Made a test call and the phone app is still acting wonky- it will actually place the call, but it won't hang up- it's getting hung right upon trying to end the call. Still thinking that I'm going to need to reset the phone in a more major way than what I've done so far....
Separately though, two other questions:
1) Seeing the old app interface makes me wonder- the new version of GV is capable of handling MMS messages, which is really great to have (obviously), so I'm wondering if this 4.7x version does too?
2) For future reference, how do I stop 'auto app updates' on this phone? That has caused me a lot of heart ache over the years!
Thanks

pstgh said:
OK- yep- I was looking for it under 'G' not 'V'. humph!
Oh well, I've deleted the 5.xx GV, wiped data (cache was already grayed out), downloaded and installed the 4.7x version and set it up to handle all calls.
I got a warning message upon selecting voicemail integration saying that my carrier (VZW) doesn't play nice with it, but I selected Google Voice anyway. Then, going into the phone app settings Calls->Voicemail it is indicating GV as the voicemail system, so that's great.
Made a test call and the phone app is still acting wonky- it will actually place the call, but it won't hang up- it's getting hung right upon trying to end the call. Still thinking that I'm going to need to reset the phone in a more major way than what I've done so far....
Separately though, two other questions:
1) Seeing the old app interface makes me wonder- the new version of GV is capable of handling MMS messages, which is really great to have (obviously), so I'm wondering if this 4.7x version does too?
2) For future reference, how do I stop 'auto app updates' on this phone? That has caused me a lot of heart ache over the years!
Thanks
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Yeah, I always got that notification when I was on Verizon about not playing nice with GV. 98% of the time it worked anyway. Sounds like you need to restore to 100% stock and start fresh.
I doubt if the old version of the app handles MMS. It used to be that you would get an email with MMS whenever anyone sent one to your GV #. Since you can freely update to GV 5.x and it'll keep the voicemail setting after setting up 4.7, there's no reason to stick to 4.7 IMHO.
Go into the Play Store's settings and turn off auto-update apps.
Let's try to keep the this thread on topic, though.

Thanks. Yes- I upgraded GV and subsequently noticed that, in my phone's app's settings, Calls-->Voicemail has "my carrier" as the only option, *but* it is not selected... hopefully that means that it is still set to use GV ?
Thanks again- good to know that this method is out there. Hopefully Google will continue improving GV and it can integrate perfectly with all phones in the future...

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Thanks. Yes- I upgraded GV and subsequently noticed that, in my phone's app's settings, Calls-->Voicemail has "my carrier" as the only option, *but* it is not selected... hopefully that means that it is still set to use GV ?
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Correct, exactly as I mentioned in the steps.
Thanks again- good to know that this method is out there. Hopefully Google will continue improving GV and it can integrate perfectly with all phones in the future...
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You're welcome! Yes, I hope the elimination of the option isn't a sign that they're going to remove the capability.

Well this show voicemails in the voicemail tab in phone app? I've just used the call fwd busy/don't answer to get to gvoice, but it would be nice to see voicemails in the phone app as well...

GideonMouth said:
Well this show voicemails in the voicemail tab in phone app? I've just used the call fwd busy/don't answer to get to gvoice, but it would be nice to see voicemails in the phone app as well...
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I've never used that feature so I know nothing about it.

I'm not sure that the ''voicemail integration' in the old GV does anything more than just setting up the call forward feature. Just find the call forward busy and call forward no answer codes for your carrier and forward your mobile # to your gvoice #
I could be wrong the old way may do more, but that is all I have done to use gvoice for voicemail...