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Is there a google voice app that allows you to make calls through your data connection?
Search GV in the Market.
the official google voice app still makes calls using your provider's minute count, it just lets you show your GV caller ID to the person on the other end.
you can use skype via the fring app. rev
Fring sucks. I use PortSIP. It's pretty lightweight (unlike Fring).
You need an SIP provider too. Google Voice is not an SIP provider. Gizmo can be directly incorporated with Google Voice but it's closed to new users right now. The best free incoming SIP provider I found was SIPGate. sipgate.com/one. They charge for outgoing calls, but it's free for incoming calls. You can use the Google Voice Call Back feature to get free VOIP through SIPGate just like with Gizmo.
has anyone done it ?
how does voice work? does it use data?
i used it all the time on my G1 when i had it. but it sends from your google voice number, not your t-mobile, so make sure that people have that number or they will be getting your texts from a number they may not recognize.
Hi guys,
A friend of mine seems to have a problem with Google Voice - he's American but living in Spain, and he used to use Google Voice to call home.
Well, since he updated to Gingerbread the Google Voice app doesn't show app on his app drawer. He's tried setting the phone's language to American English, apparently to no avail. If he opens the Market and then navigates to the GV app, everything's greyed out and he can't open it from there; there's also no "uninstall" button.
Is there anything he can do to open the app?
Thanks in advance for your help.
He might want to try again with an american SIM card.
Android 2.3.3 Google Voice/Sipdroid Installation for OUTSIDE USA
When I did the manual update of Gingerbread 2.3.3 in Spain, I lost the Google Voice app functionality, as it was not included in the App drawer and all buttons were greyed out, including the Open button on the Android Market. I could not uninstall google voice nor do anything with it.
So here's how I got Sipdroid working on Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 outside the USA!!!!
Sipdroid only requires that Google Voice be installed on the phone to
setup the PBXes account. After Sipdroid is setup, Google Voice is not
needed, and can be uninstalled.
Below are the instructions for those of us outside the USA using Gingerbread 2.3.3 that want to use Sipdroid/Pbxes to make free wifi/3G calling to/from Google Voice. (You will need to already have a google voice number)
1. Download Sipdroid and install from the Android Market.
2. Download the APK file to your phone and install it. This will setup Google Voice and is just needed for the Sipdroid/PBXes setup.
3. Open Google Voice and just Sign In with your Gmail account. You don't need to continue further with the installation, just hit the Home button and then...
4. Open Sipdroid---A small button at the bottom of the application will ask you to setup a PBXes account and you'll just enter your info. Voila, now you can make/receive free USA/Canada phone calls.
Now, google voice will continue to be an app you can use on your phone, however when you reboot the phone, the app will disappear. The good thing is that Sipdroid doesn't now need the Google Voice app to function. (If you do want to use Google Voice in any other way, you can just reinstall it, and it will work until you reboot your phone)
Hope this helps!
Now I can sleep well after solving this..........
David
Google Employee Looking into Google Voice not working outside USA
Just read over on a Google Support forum:
A google employee is looking into this Google Voice issue on 2.3.3
Hopefully they'll get out a fix for those that need to use GV app shortly.
David
Until Google gets a fix out the door, one alternative would be to use the Mobile Web version of Google Voice. The only downside is that Android users only get the basic text-based version of Google Voice for Mobile Web. Only webOS users get the really nice graphical mobile web-based version. So unfair!
Google Voice is not available outside us until now
I don't live in USA and I activated Google voice. Using Skype online number. Helps if u want to call someone who is in the states or even USPS cell phone package tracking etc. Now, the VoIP international rates are also attractive to call home.
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I ordered a Nexus 6 directly from Google and have been using it on AT&T while I waited for Project Fi approval. I originally requested my invite to Project Fi on August 8 and was approved last night - September 29. I need a few things cleared up related to my Google Voice number as apparently I will 'lose this' if / when I switch to Project Fi.
Here is my current setup / questions. I use Google Voice in this capacity:
- On my cell phone, I make and receive all of my calls within the USA by using my cell number which was provided by AT&T. The 'only' thing I use Google Voice on my phone is for the free long distance calling to Canada. This means when I dial a long distance number to Canada using my cell phone number, it looks like the call is automatically routed through Google's phone exchanges because I have Google Voice configured on my phone (I believe the caller ID on the far end shows my cell phone number - not my Google Voice number).
- I also use my Google Voice for phone service in my home. To explain, I have purchased a OBi110 (from Obihai) and have provisioned this using my Google Voice number - this way I have 'home service'. I basically only use this service to dial into work conference calls, provide this number to my utility companies, my family can use this to make and receive calls when they visit, etc. I also have my Google Voice number set up to simultaneously ring my cell number.
So if I switch to Project Fi, does this mean I can still keep my Google Voice number in my home on OBi110? If I lose the ability to use the Google Voice features on my cell phone (free long distance), but can keep my Google Voice number in my home, that will not be a problem and I will make the switch.
Thanks in advance!
I think the obihai will probably stop working. Long distance rates should be the same as with voice. Check their rates page.
Looks like I have found my answer.... https://support.google.com/fi/answer...802-2991095511.
I will probably create a new Google / Gmail account, move my existing Google Voice number to the new account, and then sign up for Project Fi.
Has anyone been able to get Google Fi and Voice to work?
I have:
Number A (current AT&T cell, forwards to Google Voice/Number B if not answered, willing to port to Google Fi)
Number B (Google Voice: rings BOTH Number A and my SIP phone)
I am happy to use Number A for Google Fi BUT
1. I want Number A to forward to Number B if I don't answer
2. I want Number B to ring BOTH Number A and my SIP phone (Obihai) if called directly
That's a very simple use case. WTF does Google mess this up?
I use my Google Voice number for everything. Currently I have to make and receive calls via Hangouts and Hangouts Dialer.
Does anybody know of a way to integrate the Google Voice number into the primary phone? I would rather use the built-in Dialer, similar to Project Fi.
MrBrady said:
I use my Google Voice number for everything. Currently I have to make and receive calls via Hangouts and Hangouts Dialer.
Does anybody know of a way to integrate the Google Voice number into the primary phone? I would rather use the built-in Dialer, similar to Project Fi.
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call your provider, have them change your number to your google voice number? you cant use it other ways. it doesnt provide data, nor have a provider, so youd never be able to use it. if you have data, then you can use it. data doesnt come from the amazing data man.
simms22 said:
call your provider, have them change your number to your google voice number? you cant use it other ways. it doesnt provide data, nor have a provider, so youd never be able to use it. if you have data, then you can use it. data doesnt come from the amazing data man.
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I'm not saying to replace the primary number on my sim card. That's what I use for unlimited data. I just wish there were a way to select which number to use when using the stock dialer - tell it to dial with my GV number instead of sim number. Google Hangouts lets you do that.
My son does that. Install the Google voice app and set it up such that you use google voice for all calls. It's really quite easy to set up. None of us know remember his carrier number. Only his Google voice number
khanam said:
My son does that. Install the Google voice app and set it up such that you use google voice for all calls. It's really quite easy to set up. None of us know remember his carrier number. Only his Google voice number
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I totally forgot about the GV app. Yes, this will work. The ONLY downside is the GV app still uses my VZW plan minutes where Hangouts Dialer doesn't (its strictly data). So I have to balance the two since I'm capped to 700 minutes per month, which I rarely use.