AT&T Voicemail STILL down!?!?!? - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Don't ask me why - but I have been back to using AT&T's default voicemail system which isn't all that impressive but I got tired of Google Voice's horrible voice-to-text translation of my voicemails.
Needlesstosay, I am sure MANY are aware that AT&T has been having some sort of ongoing ticket with their voicemail system. I discovered this when I called their customer care the other day and they blatantly admitted they were aware of it. They attempted to reset my voicemail much to no avail. It still continues to ring 4 times and then still says its dialing but I hear nothing but silence. They told me if I still had the problem today to call them back.
I honestly doubt that calling AT&T back will resolve anything. However, I'm just curious how many others are having the same issue and what the outcome has been for you? Please post your results. Thanks!

sorry i went to google voice voicemail and never looked back ....

Same here!

I use GV but I see the transcriptions as a bonus feature. If it works, thats great. Otherwise, i dont bother with it. You can generally get the idea of what they're saying, even if its not 100% accurate.

Yup, gv ftw.
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Well it seems access has been restored and now I'm back to using Google Voice to avoid this from ever happening again. F AT&T. Thanks for those who posted their input.
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My Zio is making a quiet ringing sound

Ok So my phone has done this a couple of times. Basically what is happening is randomly my phone is making a standard ringing sound of 3 or 4 beeps (or so) a pause then the beeps again. This is completely different from the standard sounds i have set on my phone and when this ringing is happening i am not receiving a call nor am i receiving a text message. so far it just happens randomly and even when i put my phone into sleep mode it still rings requiring me to take the battery out to make it stop.
Has this happened to anyone before? what dose it mean exactly?
hofuldig said:
Ok So my phone has done this a couple of times. Basically what is happening is randomly my phone is making a standard ringing sound of 3 or 4 beeps (or so) a pause then the beeps again. This is completely different from the standard sounds i have set on my phone and when this ringing is happening i am not receiving a call nor am i receiving a text message. so far it just happens randomly and even when i put my phone into sleep mode it still rings requiring me to take the battery out to make it stop.
Has this happened to anyone before? what dose it mean exactly?
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Happened to me until a factory reset. Came back though after reinstalling my apps. You can stop it by making a call. It is a little easier than removing the battery. Still annoying though. I think it could have started after an app was moved to the SD card, so I batch moved everything to the internal storage except for some games. Has not happened for a couple days, but I would not be surprised if it came back. I wish I knew what caused this.
Sprint ZIO or Cricket ZIO?
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Happened with me, too, on the Cricket Zio. Still searching for a solution. Doesn't seem to be a Zio specific problem, though. I read somewhere that it was happening on the Motorola Droid as well.
Mattix724 said:
Sprint ZIO or Cricket ZIO?
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weeel the picture under my name says sprint soooo. lol
The XDA app doesn't show it. Please don't insinuate that anyone here is stupid. I, for one, don't appreciate it, and neither does anyone else. WE are trying to help YOU, and we ask questions for a reason. A clear, simple answer is what you should give when asked a question IF you want our help.
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Quite ringing sound
This happens on the Cricket zio as well. It normally happens when you are in a low signal area for any extended period of time. Normally rebooting or making a phone call will stop it. As to why it is happening I have no idea however I do recall this was a problem on one of the old kyocera slider phone I had in the past.
Is there any point in digging into this? It's beginning to happen to me a lot (as my coverage at home sucks despite living in downtown Charlotte).
Every problem has a solution but I'm wondering if the new OC'ed kernel will eliminate it.
One can only hope.
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mattpedigo said:
despite living in downtown Charlotte.
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Charlotte NC ? I live in Kannapolis.
pomeroythomas said:
The XDA app doesn't show it. Please don't insinuate that anyone here is stupid. I, for one, don't appreciate it, and neither does anyone else. WE are trying to help YOU, and we ask questions for a reason. A clear, simple answer is what you should give when asked a question IF you want our help.
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WOH calm down sir. i don't appreciate how you are treating me right here. i guess you think everyone on this site has used the XDA app. well i have never used it before. therefor i did not know that thos images showing whos carrier is being used weren't shown.
you are a very rude person.
hofuldig said:
WOH calm down sir. i don't appreciate how you are treating me right here. i guess you think everyone on this site has used the XDA app. well i have never used it before. therefor i did not know that thos images showing whos carrier is being used weren't shown.
you are a very rude person.
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Can we stay on task here and stop with the petty squabbling. Nobody cares how anybody reads the forums but being a smart-a$$ about it will ultimately result in this sort of argument.
Fact is, that we're trying to address an issue here. And to that point, my phone is still making the ringing noise, even with the new OpenZIO ROM. How can that be?
My guess is that the ringing noise is tied up somewhere not on the typical hard-drive of the phone. Kinda like a beeping mechanism on a computer motherboard. And since somebody reported that it happened on an older Kyocera phone, that only furthers my theory in this.
Evidently, it seems to be triggered in poor reception.
mattpedigo said:
Evidently, it seems to be triggered in poor reception.
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This much I know is 100% correct. The first time it happened to me and my wife we were traveling to the beach and this happened while we were in "Dead Zones" and now it happens to me on a daily basis on my commute to and from work. I drive through a lot of "Dead Zones".
Fate43 said:
This much I know is 100% correct. The first time it happened to me and my wife we were traveling to the beach and this happened while we were in "Dead Zones" and now it happens to me on a daily basis on my commute to and from work. I drive through a lot of "Dead Zones".
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A lot of dead zones in the Charlotte area? Where are you commuting to and from?
I have also had this issue a couple of times while running rooted 2.2.
I too was in a poor signal zone. An interesting fact is that when I would adjust the volume while it was making the funny sound, it would say that it was adjusting call volume not ringer volume. It was a while ago since it happened last, but I'm also pretty sure the sound comes from the ear speaker and not the louder back speaker, which is why the sound is so soft.
I'm having the same issue!
I'm having a hard time isolating what application could be causing this. It probably doesn't help that I'm EXTREMELY new to this forum.
also having this issue
this happens to me also in a low signal area.. it happens at 5am and again at 9pm. i'm home way before 9pm so i don't know what the signifigance of that may be?
You have all been hax0rd!!! Mwuaaahahahaa!!!
Just kidding.
I have never had this issue before. You could try installing my ROM to see if that fixes the issue?f
**edit: just read upwards -- appears that someone has already tried installing the ROM.
This leads me to believe that it could be a hardware issue.
Perhaps you can take it in for an exchange?
ROM won't fix it. I was having the issue on stock 2.12 as well. It did not start till the update so has to be a bug in the OS.
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Take your phone back to cricket for an exchange (provided you can reproduce the sound to a rep).
Be sure to flash a stock rom to ur phone or they wont touch you.

Need call recording

hey guys I have an issue with att telling me I am tethering when I am not. They are taking my unlimited data away. I am collecting evidence against them in the form of recorded phone calls where they are flat out telling me they are above the law. My lawyer is pretty excited lol. Anyway, I need someone to point me to a captivate from with working g call recording. No apps I try to seem to work. Fyi I am aware of the legality which is why I tell att I am recording them for the purpose of using
The call as evidence in court. Thanks for the help. I am tired of their crap and am going g to do something about it. Hopefully I can set some type of precedent lol.
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In the main search box on this page, to the left of "find you device", just search "call recording on captivate" and you will find many choices.
Paragon has it. Its a froyo rom though.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915698
Keep in mind this is illegal on some states.
Thanks gents. I'm working g twelve hours a day seven a week now so I don't have time to search through threads, wanted an updated one so I asked. Froyo is fine I only need it for a day or so. And its not illegal if I I form the other party, and in most states if it is over a line you own you are allowed to record anything you like.
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Pretty much as long as you tell the person you are recording them, its legal. Also, I believe the "line you own thing", otherwise how are all these celebrity phone calls leaked w/o major lawsuits where the action of recording and not defamation or whatever was the base of the lawsuit. Then again, pretty much if you are rich (celebrities, politicians) you can get away with just about everything anyway!
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votum said:
hey guys I have an issue with att telling me I am tethering when I am not. They are taking my unlimited data away. I am collecting evidence against them in the form of recorded phone calls where they are flat out telling me they are above the law. My lawyer is pretty excited lol. Anyway, I need someone to point me to a captivate from with working g call recording. No apps I try to seem to work. Fyi I am aware of the legality which is why I tell att I am recording them for the purpose of using
The call as evidence in court. Thanks for the help. I am tired of their crap and am going g to do something about it. Hopefully I can set some type of precedent lol.
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The best way I found to do this is to use the Firefly ROM. It is a Froyo rom and is no longer supported, but still works flawlessly. There is a call recording zip that you can flash that will add call recording to the ROM natively. Take a look at the following links:
Firefly ROM Page
Firefly ROM Download
Call Recording Zip - take a look at the second post on the page for more mods to the ROM
Remove Call Recording Zip

[Q] Not receiving some texts at random

Basically, I receive texts, and can send them fine. But from experiences, I don't get some replies. So I sent a text to a girl I know who replies, and she didn't. So I text asking if she replied, and she said she had. I do sometimes not get the text for a while, and then the next reply I get the previous.
I have heard many reasons as to why and fixes, but none have worked. Some to do with simply being rooted, others a non UK baseband, or a miss match with build prop. No real solutions have come up, only these possible causes.
I am in the UK, on Orange, have 3 or 4 bars (although that has nothing to do with signal strength) and on CM9.
Any help appreciated, hope someone replies unlike some other topics on here, and my texts!
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Ant help?
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Still no luck, tried some suggetions from elsewhere.
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habylab said:
Basically, I receive texts, and can send them fine. But from experiences, I don't get some replies. So I sent a text to a girl I know who replies, and she didn't. So I text asking if she replied, and she said she had. I do sometimes not get the text for a while, and then the next reply I get the previous.
I have heard many reasons as to why and fixes, but none have worked. Some to do with simply being rooted, others a non UK baseband, or a miss match with build prop. No real solutions have come up, only these possible causes.
I am in the UK, on Orange, have 3 or 4 bars (although that has nothing to do with signal strength) and on CM9.
Any help appreciated, hope someone replies unlike some other topics on here, and my texts!
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Wow - this is EXACTLY the same problem I have.
I discovered it in September last year. Had trouble even explaining to my network (Meteor in Ireland) that this was happening and to be honest they just didn't believe me. I gave them a list of examples that they checked out and they said that every single one had gone through successfully.
In the interests of research I've been using an old Nokia phone for the last 3 weeks. Twice I asked friends to text me and let me know if I didn't reply. Not one single text was missed. So, it indeed looks like a problem with the Galaxy.
I'm running a rooted SGS with Darkys Rom so I'm going to spend some time today doing a hard reset and stuff but that's just a shot in the dark.
HAS ANYBODY FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE??
I'm not sure if that's the same! Mine is with receiving texts! I will send one, not receive a reply, so ask if they did reply nd they reply saying they did!
I have heard its being routed that is the problem...
I've also had a thought that it might be the fact my number has changed Sim cards for so many years now, that might be the problem!
Also, my SMS center is reset. Set via gosms now!
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habylab said:
I'm not sure if that's the same! Mine is with receiving texts! I will send one, not receive a reply, so ask if they did reply nd they reply saying they did!
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No, it's exactly the same. Absolutely 100% exactly the same.
(The point I made about my replying to texts was to do with my "test": I asked my friends to send me texts and I told them I'd reply to every single one immediately; if I didn't reply to a text it meant that the other person would know that I probably didn't get it. A very effective test actually.)

2 Nexus 4 Issues That Need to Be Addressed

After using the Nexus 4 for 24 hours, I have found I have two gripes with this phone. The first is there is no audible alert if you receive a text message while on a call. In other words, if someone sends you a text message while you are on a call, you will not be made aware of it until you turn on the screen and look at it. The other gripe I have is the call waiting beep is almost completely inaudible, and the second beep sometimes doesn't even occur. In other words, if you are on a phone call, and a second call comes in, you most likely will not know about it and thus will not be know to answer the call. Today I have missed several phone calls because I was on the phone and a call waiting beep could not be heard. As an experiment, I got on a call and then called my phone from a third phone just to hear the volume of the call waiting beep...it is so low it may as well not be there. To make matters worse, after the first beep, the second beep takes so long to occur, your voicemail may likely pick it up either right before or right after the second beep occurs.
Software, not nexus 4 issue. I'm sure there's an app or will be implemented into ROM to solve your problem.
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lnfound said:
Software, not nexus 4 issue. I'm sure there's an app or will be implemented into ROM to solve your problem.
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The software comes stock on the Nexus 4 thus it is a Nexus 4 issue. Not being alerted to a second call isn't something that can be easily excused with, "there's an app or will be implemented into a ROM". A person shouldn't need to install apps or hack their phone just so they can know when a second call is coming in...after all it's a smartPHONE..
Sms issue can be solved with a 3rd party Sms app the call beep not so big of an issue to me so that's all I can say.
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What's a phone call?
Hey I'd love to agree with you but I just need clarification on one thing. What is this phone call you speak of?
Nocturnal86 said:
Sms issue can be solved with a 3rd party Sms app the call beep not so big of an issue to me so that's all I can say.
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Maybe not being alerted of calls isn't a big deal to you, but there are some of us that get important calls throughout the day, and not being alerted to them is not acceptable. Call me old-fashioned but I expect a phone to actually be able to handle phone duties, and alerting me to a second call is one of those duties. That's a pretty basic expectation, and a glaring flaw that needs to be corrected.
chlehqls said:
What's a phone call?
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Forever alone
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Clearly you like the phone so how is complaining here gonna help, I wonder. I'm assuming there are no options available in call settings or sound that can remedy this issue. If not you have to get a third-party option whether you like it or not
I'm guessing you've set the phone to vibrate for incoming messages?
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Shouldn't it be the same pretty much like the gnex 4.2 update? Why wouldn't those things work?? What happened from the recent release to now?
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asasione said:
Clearly you like the phone so how is complaining here gonna help, I wonder. I'm assuming there are no options available in call settings or sound that can remedy this issue. If not you have to get a third-party option whether you like it or not
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It's clear I like the phone? I haven't stated how I feel about the phone besides the two issues I have with it. Also, for your information, complaining is how issues get resolved because it brings it more attention. Some of us aren't content with resting on our laurels and accepting the subpar. Furthermore, 3rd party software should not be required just to get simple basic functionality. Instead of excusing shortcomings, you should be demanding a complete device. Also, to be clear, I want to like the phone and want to see it succeed. I have a vested interest in it (which I won't get into publicly), so it actually benefits me for it to be a good phone and do well. That said, if it's falling short somewhere then it needs to be corrected and not just covered up.
kurigowa said:
I'm guessing you've set the phone to vibrate for incoming messages?
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It's set to have both an audible alert and vibrate on incoming messages. The problem is, during a phone call, neither of these things happens. There literally is no alert during a phone call other than the icon on the screen. In other words, if you don't happen to be looking at your screen, you will never know you have a text message if you are on a phone call.
At least u got the phone
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Have you looked through phone app - menu - settings?
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Wow. First world problems.
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mysterioustko said:
It's clear I like the phone? I haven't stated how I feel about the phone besides the two issues I have with it. Also, for your information, complaining is how issues get resolved because it brings it more attention. Some of us aren't content with resting on our laurels and accepting the subpar. Furthermore, 3rd party software should not be required just to get simple basic functionality. Instead of excusing shortcomings, you should be demanding a complete device. Also, to be clear, I want to like the phone and want to see it succeed. I have a vested interest in it (which I won't get into publicly), so it actually benefits me for it to be a good phone and do well. That said, if it's falling short somewhere then it needs to be corrected and not just covered up.
It's set to have both an audible alert and vibrate on incoming messages. The problem is, during a phone call, neither of these things happens. There literally is no alert during a phone call other than the icon on the screen. In other words, if you don't happen to be looking at your screen, you will never know you have a text message if you are on a phone call.
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If getting the issue fixed is why you whine, whine on the Google forums. I am sure every single other xda members here won't boycott Google tomorrow because of this post
lnfound said:
Have you looked through phone app - menu - settings?
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Yep, but it matter not. In the end, the result is the same. It appears to be a glaring oversight (the call waiting beep).
Uhm, I can has phone?
I'm sure if this is a common problem on devices, Google will probably update it and fix the problem. You can always contact Google and let them know as well.
mysterioustko said:
It's clear I like the phone? I haven't stated how I feel about the phone besides the two issues I have with it. Also, for your information, complaining is how issues get resolved because it brings it more attention. Some of us aren't content with resting on our laurels and accepting the subpar. Furthermore, 3rd party software should not be required just to get simple basic functionality. Instead of excusing shortcomings, you should be demanding a complete device. Also, to be clear, I want to like the phone and want to see it succeed. I have a vested interest in it (which I won't get into publicly), so it actually benefits me for it to be a good phone and do well. That said, if it's falling short somewhere then it needs to be corrected and not just covered up.
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It's still new. There will always be early issues. Perfection will come later
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mrhaddan said:
Uhm, I can has phone?
I'm sure if this is a common problem on devices, Google will probably update it and fix the problem. You can always contact Google and let them know as well.
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First of all, it's not a Nexus 4 issue, it's a 4.2 issue.
Second of all, I doubt Google would remove a feature they have had since...idk 2.2(the first version of Android I had). Try a restore, or mess with the settings...or maybe you're holding it wrong.

Kit kat

So I got my update yesterday and like a dummy I went ahead and accepted the release.
From what I can tell so far the dial was updated to act more like a T9 dialer and it has some other sort/organize features. Exchange looks a lot like gmail app now short of mail being arranged in conversations. I'm sure you can do that but I dont. I see several new Google service apps (bloat) that I dont and probably won't use. I'm using nova launcher so I can't really report on ho the new OS works.
The biggest undesirable change I've found is that I'm having a lot of difficulty connecting to 4G. This update was suppose to address some known issues there but I only see that its made it worse. Heck, I'm almost standing next to a 4G blowtorch and have a weak 3G signal. I hope this gets fixed soon. I really dont want to root to flash a radio patch.
I have a developers edition with unlocked boot loader....anyone else having these issues?
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Factory reset and try that. I have not had one problem and my data is faster and mor consistent.
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bigmook said:
Factory reset and try that. I have not had one problem and my data is faster and mor consistent.
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i contacted verizon and they weren't much help.all i know is that there are no reported outages in my area. i'll have to call them back when i have another phone to call from.
i did contact motorola and they told me to try and do a partition wipe but that hasn't helped...would a complete factory reset do anything different than a partition wipe?

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