Hey Guys,
I was trying to find out if there is a way that you can set a custom ringtone for all calls that come into your Google Voice number. I know theres an option on the GV website where you can have the call either show the number that is calling or to show your GV number on your phone.
I just want to identify what calls are coming in and why they are contacting me (my GV number is more of a business/job line for when I submit resumes and stuff). Anybody have any ideas or am i missing that option somewhere? Thanks.
have their number pass through. you can set custom ringtones on your phone for that number. or, you can set up a custom voicemail for whomever may be calling, or by group, on google voice. just send them to voicemail.
afaik there isn't a way to set up custom ringtones through google voice, because google voice doesn't have control of your phone.
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I have a question regarding google voice (I know, you wouldn't be able to tell by the title right?)
Anyway, somewhere I saw that when you recieve a call from Google Voice, a little white box comes down letting you know you're getting a call from google voice. I don't see that. In fact, I have two options, either I see it coming in as my google voice number (which doesn't let me see who is calling), or I have the number come in straight (which means I can't tell if it is google voice or regular number).
What I mainly use it for is Google Voice is my business number, while my personal number is well.. my personal number. Anyone have any pointers?
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go to google.com/voice
settings>calls
if you want to know that it's from google voice that the number is calling, set it to caller id (in) > display my google voice number. but, you won't know who it is that's calling, only that they're calling from gv
then after you do the above turn on the caller presentation in the options where you have to press the 1 to answer the call
I guess what I'd like isn't possible as of now. There should be a way for the phone to tell if a call is coming via google voice (since it is coming through the data) and distinguish it as such. I'll keep playing around with it for now I guess.
Navik57 said:
I guess what I'd like isn't possible as of now. There should be a way for the phone to tell if a call is coming via google voice (since it is coming through the data) and distinguish it as such. I'll keep playing around with it for now I guess.
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Google voice doesn't use data for calls, currently.
JCopernicus said:
Google voice doesn't use data for calls, currently.
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this is a fact
what i meant with the caller presentation is it will make the person speak their name and when you pick up the phone you will hear "Call from..."persons name" press 1 to answer the call, " and then it gives you some options such as sending to voice mail and listening in on the call while they leave you a voice mail
ok google voice completely took over my phone. it used to be with my nexus 4 and 5 i would have the app installed and i was able to make calls with either my google voice number or my actual cell number now its just my google number... is there any way around this? i really dont want to get rid of google voice but if there is no workaround i will have to
Go into GV settings, click Making Calls, change it to whatever you want it to be
in the app? i dont see that option just balance, settings, help and send feedback
mindsouljah said:
in the app? i dont see that option just balance, settings, help and send feedback
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Google.com/voice
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those are the only options in gv on the website
Call Screening Click for info
On
Announces caller and lets you listen as caller leaves a message
Ask unknown callers to say their name
Off
Directly connects calls when phones are answered
Caller ID (incoming) Click for info
Display caller's number
Display my Google Voice number
Do Not Disturb Click for info
Enable "Do Not Disturb"
Ends in Hours
Missed Calls
Place missed calls in the inbox
Send missed calls to my email:
Call Options Click for info
Enable Recording (4), Switch (*) and Conferencing options on inbound calls
Global Spam Filtering Click for info
Send calls and text messages from numbers identified as spam by Google directly to the Spam folder
but my issue is i dont want people certain people to have my main phone number gv all of a sudden changing stuff up and removed the option for me to decide to use it or not when i make a call...i didn't have this issue with my nexus 4 or 5
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those are the only options in gv on the website
Call Screening Click for info
On
Announces caller and lets you listen as caller leaves a message
Ask unknown callers to say their name
Off
Directly connects calls when phones are answered
Caller ID (incoming) Click for info
Display caller's number
Display my Google Voice number
Do Not Disturb Click for info
Enable "Do Not Disturb"
Ends in Hours
Missed Calls
Place missed calls in the inbox
Send missed calls to my email:
Call Options Click for info
Enable Recording (4), Switch (*) and Conferencing options on inbound calls
Global Spam Filtering Click for info
Send calls and text messages from numbers identified as spam by Google directly to the Spam folder
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Are you fully integrated? I had problems with GV a few months back. Had to disable completely through the .com and then removed the app. After that I reinstalled the app and did not do full integration. In rereading the other poster's comments I think you were right, it sounds like he was referring to the app not the .com. My bad.
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Try deleting the Apps cache and data and that should start setup again.
yup i probably gotta uninstall and not integrate i think i did that thanks guys
fixed it. it was integrated with sprint pressed ok too fast or something when i first set it up i got it set up the way i like thanks guys
Uninstall voice then reboot. Then reinstall. When configuring (normal setup it does) you will be giving an option to choose when google voice makes calls. I choose "international only" and now my normal cell number is active but hangouts dialer works for gvoice number.
There is also an option in hangouts to ring voice directly to hangouts. Uncheck it if you want.
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Guys i am trying to get google voice to work on my verizon droid turbo but confused at a few things. I want to be able to have my voice mail go to google voice and not the verizon voicemail, but it wont let me. any ideas
Why is the access number and the call forwarding number different? another thing is after all said and done I called my voicemail with another phone to my phone that is set up on and it goes to the verizon voicemail instead with forwarding on.
the_rooter said:
Guys i am trying to get google voice to work on my verizon droid turbo but confused at a few things. I want to be able to have my voice mail go to google voice and not the verizon voicemail, but it wont let me. any ideas
Why is the access number and the call forwarding number different? another thing is after all said and done I called my voicemail with another phone to my phone that is set up on and it goes to the verizon voicemail instead with forwarding on.
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With Verizon, you have to manually set the call forwarding to your Google Voice. There are 3 different instances when you want to have your calls forwarded.
See this thread for more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/fix-google-voice-forwarding-advanced-t2980980
When setting up Google Voice app on the phone, it will probably tell you that the app couldn't set up voicemail properly. That is ok, because you are doing it manually.
However, with the latest Hangouts/SMS changes, I'm not even sure you need the google voice app, if you set your google voice messages to use Hangouts.
anyone know how to disable/remove the voicemail app and replace it with google voice?
My experience is you cannot disable the Sprint voicemail.
So, I just installed Google Voice and use that instead. I see that the Sprint Voicemail is still running, but all my calls go to Google Voice. So it's a bit of a waste of memory by forcing me to run the Sprint Voicemail instead of just disabling, but I don't see any way around that until our phones get root.
Anyone else know how to force an app to be disabled? Only some default apps seem to let you disable, and Sprint Voicemail doesn't seem to be one of them.
Do you only need instructions to forward vm to google voice /hangouts?
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My experience is you cannot disable the Sprint voicemail.
So, I just installed Google Voice and use that instead. I see that the Sprint Voicemail is still running, but all my calls go to Google Voice. So it's a bit of a waste of memory by forcing me to run the Sprint Voicemail instead of just disabling, but I don't see any way around that until our phones get root.
Anyone else know how to force an app to be disabled? Only some default apps seem to let you disable, and Sprint Voicemail doesn't seem to be one of them.
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Debloater will let you disable system files.
Yes I'm can't seem to figure out how to use Google voice for my voicemail
Load voice and hangouts. If voice is already loaded, clear the cache and data.
Launch voice, select the proper username for voice. Select no incoming or outgoing calls. You will then get a gray config box. If it doesn't launch your dialer, finish the install then open the dialer. Enter *28 and your google voice number (ie *285555555555) and press send. You will hear two quick dial tones. This forwards calls that are not picked up and routes to voice. From a desktop go to voice.goole.com. Press the sprocket. Select the option to forward all messages to email (not text).
Back on phone, disable all notifications in voice (as Google Voice redirects data to hangouts). If you don't disable, you will get dual notifications. Run hangouts, set your notifications. Disable calls from hangouts to ring the phone, unless you want that.
Once everything is groovy, hide icon for Sprint voicemail if you are not rooted.
I had no issues at all just enabling google voice as always. No Sprint voicemail at all.
If you use google voice and don't want it fully integrated with your sprint number then be careful. Just skip any integration stuff when you first run it. Then it will give you a phone number to call to forward your voicemail to google voice.
While some might like the full integration I prefer to be able to switch between using my cell number or my google voice number on the fly.
this device's Skinned OS has issues with Google Voice.....
it states "call not sent" when trying to connect using Google Voice app, and routes call through normal number
must use Hangouts for GV calling no integration with phone app,
gorgeous phone, that kills it
hopefully we can get CyanogenMod 13/14 for this thing.. :/
Yeah the lack of google voice support is a real pain with this device. As a dedicated voice user I've spent a lot of time searching and hacking around with it trying to get the best functionality I could. Here's the best solutions I've come up with
Voicemail
I have managed to get conditional call forwarding to work to push my calls to my google voicemail using mmi codes, the settings in the dialer app were useless for this. The following mmi code is what did it for me, it seemed that changing the ring delay was important too which is the last number in the code.
Open the dialer and type in the following code replacing the xyz with your google voice number. The phone should tell you it's running an mmi code, that it was successful and that the ring time was changed as well.
**004*+1xxxyyyzzzz*11*25# (replace the xyz with your google voice number)
Making Calls
So far there is no true solution for this but this is the best workaround I've come up with so far. Other than using the hangouts dialer app which uses data for calls (not ideal unless you're on wifi)
1. Go into settings > accessibility and turn on the toggle for power button ends call
2. Make sure google voice is set to ask on every call. google voice settings > Making calls > Ask every time I make a call
3. make a call as normal from the dialer but as soon as the call starts hit the power button to end the call
4. the gv menu will still be up asking you whether you want to use google voice or your carrier number
5. select google voice and the dialer will complete the call with your gv number
It's not the most convenient solution but it works until (hopefully) something better comes along
hey guys, not sure if this is helpful but I flashed the stock modded GV apk (you can find it here on XDA, won't let me post links). After that, using the GV interface if you go thru history and click on the phone # through there, it will work as intended and make calls using the GV #. I guess you'll just have to use the GV app as your contacts and dial thru there.