I just picked up this device for tmobile. i havent rooted or unlocked bootloader (may decidee not to). I have t-mobile visual voicemail (free version). but it is pretty laggy. On my last phone (moto g) the voicemail was right in the google phone app. in the phone app, at the bottom, there was tabs for 'favorites' 'recents' 'contacts' and 'voicemail'. This was much smoother.
Is there a way to get this on the 8t? I tried the way of going into Phone settins and activating voicemail there, but its not an option.
I know I could just long press #1 on dialpad, but thats pretty annoying. I do like having an app that shows a list of all my voicemails. but this tmobile version kinda sucks.
I came from a 6T with visual voicemail in the stock phone app. For some reason, on the 8T, the phone app only gives me the option of visual voicemail on SIM #2, not my TMO SIM. As a band aid, I'm suing the TMO Digits app to get visual voicemail for SIM #1.
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I recenty (Friday) picked up my Inspire. I sold my iphone 4(YEAH) and paid the out of contract price for the inspire.
Seems now i have to re-establish my voice mail inbox.
I have already flashed it to CM7. I called ATT and they said hold down the nubmer 1 key, and it will take you to your VM and you can setup form there.
on CM7 that won't work. I went to the phone preferences and checked the box for 1 to take you to VM and no dice.
I can't manually set it up by calling my number as the box isn't setup to begin with. From my phone it goes to fast busy, and from a different phone it rings and rings.
thanks,
Dialing 1 does nothing more then calls your own phone number. To setup 1, setup speed dialing to your own number for 1.
Never had an iPhone so not sure but I have read something about visual voicemail needing to be changed to standard vm when moving from an iPhone.
Settings calls. Voicemail number. Enter it there and 1 will work in cm7
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gunnyman said:
Settings calls. Voicemail number. Enter it there and 1 will work in cm7
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Yep, that didn't work I tried that first. Gonna try getting ATT on the phone.
Thanks!
You can also set up YouMail or Google Voice as a visual voicemail client.
I did the exact same thing! (thanks craigslist)
You have to have ATT reset your entire voicemail inbox... which they shouldve done. iPhone overrides ATT's default voicemail plan and replaces it with its visual voicemail. So after I had ATT straighten that out, they gave me the generic voicemail box number that should've worked. Well, it didnt - go figure. However, simply putting my cell phone's number in the voicemail number settings instead did the trick. Holding one works, and I get all voicemails pushed through.
I have a Chevron unlocked Samsung Focus on AT&T network.
Recently I updated the OS to 8107 using cab files. After that I enabled Internet Sharing, also using cab file. Everything work well, no problem!
I noticed in my phone call History there is a Voicemail tab. I don't remember seeing this "voicemail" tab in the past. I know it's a visual voicemail feature because when I chose to sync voicemail it say "Can't connect to visual voicemail." Anyone has this feature working on their Samsung Focus (especially AT&T)? Any idea how to easily remove this feature because it's not working and my phone no longer shows notification that I have new voicemail?
Thanks!
you should be able to turn it off.
Goto Setting>applications>phone
From there you should have a slidered to turn VVM on/off
Thanks for your quick response, 2GStyle!
Unfortunately there is no sidered/toggle to turn on/off VVM there.
The settings I see are:
My Phone number: ###
Voicemail number: ###
Traditional voicemail: only option is "Call"
Show my caller ID to: xxx
Call forwarding toggle
International assist toggle
SIM security toggle
I forgot to mention my Samsung Focus uses an iPhone 3GS's SIM; didn't like the iPhone so I bought the Focus and reuse the iPhone's SIM. I'll try to call AT&T to see if they can turn VVM on and off and see what happen.
I am running build 7720 official update from AT&T on my Samsung Focus and there is a "voicemail" button in the call history, but it doesn't do anything besides call my normal voicemail.
As far as I know, in the US, T-Mobile is the only one supporting visual voicemail on Windows Phones.
Since I haven't been able to get my Google Voice set up with this device for some reason, I decided to set up visual voicemail through AT&T's "Messages" app. I had called 611 to figure out why GV wasn't working and the rep pointed me to this app. So far, it seems to work fine EXCEPT it also grabs my text messages and missed calls.
I'd rather not have two notification for every missed call (yes, it pops something in the notification bar for missed calls, as does the standard phone app). At this point, I don't even care which one is going to track them, I just want to turn one of their notifications off! Has anyone figured out a way to do that? Or, alternately, is there another way to access my AT&T visual voicemail without their messages app?
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Since I haven't been able to get my Google Voice set up with this device for some reason, I decided to set up visual voicemail through AT&T's "Messages" app. I had called 611 to figure out why GV wasn't working and the rep pointed me to this app. So far, it seems to work fine EXCEPT it also grabs my text messages and missed calls.
I'd rather not have two notification for every missed call (yes, it pops something in the notification bar for missed calls, as does the standard phone app). At this point, I don't even care which one is going to track them, I just want to turn one of their notifications off! Has anyone figured out a way to do that? Or, alternately, is there another way to access my AT&T visual voicemail without their messages app?
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You can set-up google voice here is how to do it.
Go on to google.com/voice and go into settings.
Click activate your phone, and follow the instructions (it will tell you to type in a code on the Dialer).
Then, install the google voice app, and run through the set-up, you will fail on the configuring voicemail steps but thats okay.
Call 611 (ATT Technical support) and have them manually change your voice-mail number to your google voice number.
Done. Enjoy google voice as voicemail. The app will work as intended.
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You can set-up google voice here is how to do it.
Go on to google.com/voice and go into settings.
Click activate your phone, and follow the instructions (it will tell you to type in a code on the Dialer).
Then, install the google voice app, and run through the set-up, you will fail on the configuring voicemail steps but thats okay.
Call 611 (ATT Technical support) and have them manually change your voice-mail number to your google voice number.
Done. Enjoy google voice as voicemail. The app will work as intended.
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I have Google voice only to be voicemail; I don't currently use it for any calls. It looks like my Voice call-in number is a generic voicemail call-in number (although tbh I haven't tried calling that number to see what happens). Is that the number that I'd give AT&T?
Yes you give them your Google Voice number (you had to set one up when you got google voice)
If you go to https://www.google.com/voice#phones
You should see listed your google voice number, and your phone that you need to activate.
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Yes you give them your Google Voice number (you had to set one up when you got google voice)
If you go to https://www.google.com/voice#phones
You should see listed your google voice number, and your phone that you need to activate.
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I tried this, and now cannot receive any calls. I think that the number that's shown there is a generic voicemail only mail. Going to try setting up a google voice number and do it again.
Edit to add: OK, I set myself up with a brand spanking new google voice number, had to monkey around on my phone a bit in "call" settings in the settings menu to fix my call forwarding. I repeated the steps, but didn't have to call AT&T again and everything is working goodly now.
I had sprint before I got my One X. Google Voice was set up just fine on that phone, but I want to have it on my One X now.
When I go to www.google.com/voice#phones I see my phone number but the carrier is listed as Sprint. Should I just change it to AT&T? Then run through the app setup? Not sure what to do here...
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I'd rather not have two notification for every missed call (yes, it pops something in the notification bar for missed calls, as does the standard phone app). At this point, I don't even care which one is going to track them, I just want to turn one of their notifications off! Has anyone figured out a way to do that? Or, alternately, is there another way to access my AT&T visual voicemail without their messages app?
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Has anybody found an answer for this?
Did you guys see this topic?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452330
It's the Visual Voicemail app that other android LTE phones use (Vivid, Skyrocket).
Caveat: Since you added att messages, you will need to uninstall it first, and then call AT&T and ask them to revert you to basic voicemail. When you call your voicemail, you notice the voice prompts have changed from before, yes? That switched you to a different VM system incompatible with the old VVM app.
When I called, they switched me to LTE without VVM - i was able to just change from my online account back to regular LTE (with vvm) and install the app and voicemail was all setup and I was ready to go. I'm not sure if asking them to switch you to "old" vvm would work, their system might only show that you have VVM already.
This aforementioned app does voicemails only.
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.
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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.
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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!
I'm a Sprint user, and despite the fact that I had signed up for the premium Sprint Visual Voicemail on my prior device, I no longer have it on my unlocked Pixel 2. I was somewhat bummed that I now have to go back to dialing into my VM, which is something I haven't needed to do in a long time. In fact, it feels like I'm taking a few backward steps in this process (There isn't even a VM tab on the dialer app anymore; and oddly enough when I signed into my VM last night, Sprint acted as if I was a new customer which included them having erased my previous greetings and corresponding password.)
So far, the best I've been able to do is setup my cell phone number to forward to my Google Voice number whenever I fail to answer, which in turn leaves a visual VM in my GV app, and which also pushes a notification for it as well as sends me a SMS notification of such. I already had my GV number forwarding to my cell phone number for ringing/answering purposes, but I was able to always separate my visual VMs between the two services so I never mistook which number they were being left at (Which in turn determined whether I dialed back with the Sprint number or the GV number).
Have any of you found any other solutions to this issue, or do you know of any future Google or Sprint solutions possibly in the works? What I'm doing may work for now, but it sort of feels like a self-applied workaround patch as opposed to a streamlined process.
Thanks.
I use HulloMail. It is an app which can be downloaded from the Play Store. Once installed and set up, unanswered calls go to to HulloMail's servers and you get alerted so you can open the app and see a list of your voicemail messages. It can also send you an email with the message attached. There is a free tier with adverts but it is very cheap to get rid of the adverts. I've been using it for years and it is 100% reliable and effective. I have the widget on my homescreen. Check and see if it would work with your service supplier.
Does Verizon not have a separate Visual Voicemail app you can download from the play store? I am on ATT and that's how I use my VVM on my Pixel 2, I downloaded ATT's VVM app and just signed in with my voicemail pin.