Since you can't buy this watch on Google's site, or VZW's site, has anyone tried to buy one from AT&T and try to active it on VZW. Are they truly unlocked or does AT&T lock them to their carrier?
I won an att one from work and it did NOT work with my Verizon account. It has incorrect radios or something...it works through bluetooth for general notifications and such, but if you want it stand alone off the sim, then no, it won't work on Verizon's network...luckily we switched to att for better coverage in our area, so I am able to use the whole 'numbersync' thing, which is pretty sweet.
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I won an att one from work and it did NOT work with my Verizon account. It has incorrect radios or something...it works through bluetooth for general notifications and such, but if you want it stand alone off the sim, then no, it won't work on Verizon's network...luckily we switched to att for better coverage in our area, so I am able to use the whole 'numbersync' thing, which is pretty sweet.
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Actually they will work on Verizon, it just takes some doing. I have a Verizon tablet that has an activated Verizon SIM in it. I popped it in, and with some configuring, it works fine.
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Actually they will work on Verizon, it just takes some doing. I have a Verizon tablet that has an activated Verizon SIM in it. I poped it in, and with some configuring, it works fine.
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I attempted that same thing, and it wouldn't work at all, it would find the sim, and it would show it was a verizon sim, yes, but I couldnt take or make calls or texts with the verizon sim, I went round and round and round at Verizon and ATT and no dice. Tablets don't have call functionality so its a different sim is what I was told, I tried the same with my s2 sim. Glad you got it to work, I tried everything, but had no luck.
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I attempted that same thing, and it wouldn't work at all, it would find the sim, and it would show it was a verizon sim, yes, but I couldnt take or make calls or texts with the verizon sim, I went round and round and round at Verizon and ATT and no dice. Tablets don't have call functionality so its a different sim is what I was told, I tried the same with my s2 sim. Glad you got it to work, I tried everything, but had no luck.
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Install the Verizon message+ app that will link the watch up to you phone number on your phone, so you can use the same number.
AT&T does the same thing with something called number sync
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Install the Verizon message+ app that will link the watch up to you phone number on your phone, so you can use the same number.
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ahhhh I see what your doing Im on ATT now so I am using the whole numbersync stuff so I'm good now...good idea though!
jason.T said:
ahhhh I see what your doing Im on ATT now so I am using the whole numbersync stuff so I'm good now...good idea though!
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Regardless of where you buy the watch, I don't believe they have cellular radios in them, so they can't send and receive texts, and make calls like a phone. They must use LTE for that. Also you wouldn't want to have to use a separate number for calls on your watch.
That's the whole point of the sim? ATT has number sync where you get a new number/line but you can sync your current line to it...I can turn my phone off, leave it at home, and still get calls and texts on my watch. It does in fact have radios and LTE.
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That's the whole point of the sim? ATT has number sync where you get a new number/line but you can sync your current line to it...I can turn my phone off, leave it at home, and still get calls and texts on my watch. It does in fact have radios and LTE.[/QUOTE
The point of the SIM is to get the watch on the network. They basically work just like a tablet with LTE
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jason.T said:
That's the whole point of the sim? ATT has number sync where you get a new number/line but you can sync your current line to it...I can turn my phone off, leave it at home, and still get calls and texts on my watch. It does in fact have radios and LTE.[/QUOTE
The point of the SIM is to get the watch on the network. They basically work just like a tablet with LTE
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I can answer and make calls on my watch but not my Tab S2. There is definitely a difference.
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I can answer and make calls on my watch but not my Tab S2. There is definitely a difference.
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Well, I can send/receive calls, and send/receive texts on my tablet when my phone is powered off. It's called HD voice. Its a software feature, and works over LTE, and it ties to your cell phone number, not over plain cellular radio like phones use. The watches work the exact same way.
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I had a similar problem. After I installed the same that I got from Verizon that use the ESN from a connect 24 then they will it still would not work and I had data. With the SIM in the watch and Verizon messaging installed on my phone factory reset it and the call setup.app came up and allowed me to enable HD voice and use Verizon messaging for texts. It now Functions autonomously I have data calls and texts without being near my phone I bought the watch from the Google Store and it is the AT&T variant
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jmartin72 said:
Install the Verizon message+ app that will link the watch up to you phone number on your phone, so you can use the same number.
AT&T does the same thing with something called number sync
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How did you get Verizon Message + on the watch, when I go to the Play Store it is grayed out?
MHatter469 said:
How did you get Verizon Message + on the watch, when I go to the Play Store it is grayed out?
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If you install it in your phone, it should become an option to install on the watch.
Confirmed working on Verizon. I bought the blue watch from Google, picked up a Sim from Verizon, they did have to use an LTE phone that we used to have on the account to activate the sim. This Sim had a number I never had before.
Once I put in watch, I reset "factory" the watch and in a few seconds I got a message from Verizon saying your new LG watch was synced to your phone number.
I have now made send/receive calls, and send/receive texts. It's pretty cool!
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Confirmed working on Verizon. I bought the blue watch from Google, picked up a Sim from Verizon, they did have to use an LTE phone that we used to have on the account to activate the sim. This Sim had a number I never had before.
Once I put in watch, I reset "factory" the watch and in a few seconds I got a message from Verizon saying your new LG watch was synced to your phone number.
I have now made send/receive calls, and send/receive texts. It's pretty cool!
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Do you have to use message+ and only make datacalls? Or can you make actual cellular calls?
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Do you have to use message+ and only make datacalls? Or can you make actual cellular calls?
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Once you use the message + app to link your watch sim (phone number) to your phone account (phone number) you can make cell calls, no issue. ..here is what I did to prove it.
linked with messenger + app, received the SMS to my phone and watch saying the number was linked, this SMS comes from Verizon, it's a no brainer that you have now set this up!
shut phone completely off.
on watch, turned off wifi, turned off Bluetooth.
opened watch phone app, dialed work number, connected, perfectly!
LTE Cell calls work just fine.
I came back to add this, that I do not have a way to test the actual connection, is it VOIP or Cell? But I can tell you this, I have spoke even to my boss for many minutes on just the watch out in the field, and we never had any problem hearing, or any bad noise on the line. It's fabulous!
fyi seems like a lot of you guys are really negative, but whatever, I have proved it works.
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Once you use the message + app to link your watch sim (phone number) to your phone account (phone number) you can make cell calls, no issue. ..here is what I did to prove it.
linked with messenger + app, received the SMS to my phone and watch saying the number was linked, this SMS comes from Verizon, it's a no brainer that you have now set this up!
shut phone completely off.
on watch, turned off wifi, turned off Bluetooth.
opened watch phone app, dialed work number, connected, perfectly!
LTE Cell calls work just fine.
fyi seems like a lot of you guys are really negative, but whatever, I have proved it works.
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Sweetness. I'm going to try this now. Will report back.
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rusty.gh said:
Once you use the message + app to link your watch sim (phone number) to your phone account (phone number) you can make cell calls, no issue. ..here is what I did to prove it.
linked with messenger + app, received the SMS to my phone and watch saying the number was linked, this SMS comes from Verizon, it's a no brainer that you have now set this up!
shut phone completely off.
on watch, turned off wifi, turned off Bluetooth.
opened watch phone app, dialed work number, connected, perfectly!
LTE Cell calls work just fine.
fyi seems like a lot of you guys are really negative, but whatever, I have proved it works.
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How much are they charging you extra per month?
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Sweetness. I'm going to try this now. Will report back.
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How much are they charging you extra per month?
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It works!!! My watch now makes and received calls and texts from my vzw #.
Thanks you all!
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Sweetness. I'm going to try this now. Will report back.
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How much are they charging you extra per month?
It works!!! My watch now makes and received calls and texts from my vzw #.
Thanks you all!
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$5 each watch, pfft, yeah I got another one on my line also, I'm addicted!
Sweet! congratz!
jmartin72 said:
Install the Verizon message+ app that will link the watch up to you phone number on your phone, so you can use the same number.
AT&T does the same thing with something called number sync
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I know this is old, but trying to figure out how you were able to install Verizon Message+. Once I installed on my phone it appears to have installed on the watch. However, it doesn't show up in my apps folder nor does it show up under settings->apps->system apps. I see it when I go into the play store, it shows as up to date, but doesn't give you the option to open it from there. Any help is much appreciated!!
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Hi guys I have done some searching but havent been able to find anything so I apologize if this is out there already. I also apologize if this is in the wrong area.
I got a different phone and I want to use my Hero for music, videos etc. I am looking for a ROM that would allow me to disable the baseband radio so I can conserve battery life as I no longer need to make calls. Any suggestions?
Thanks
The best you'll get is either using TB to freeze the phone app, or put in airplane mode.
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If you download any Cm6,Cm7 or aosp rom could do this. Open up the phone dialer and dial
*#*#4636#*#*
A menu will open up. From that menu choose phone settings. Then scroll down to the bottom of the menu and you will see "Turn off radio".
Hope this helps.
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If you download any Cm6,Cm7 or aosp rom could do this. Open up the phone dialer and dial
*#*#4636#*#*
A menu will open up. From that menu choose phone settings. Then scroll down to the bottom of the menu and you will see "Turn off radio".
Hope this helps.
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I did this and it worked fine. My question is, I am going to Europe tomorrow and I only want to use my phone for wifi. Its on Sprint so i don't think I will get service in London anyways. Will this do the trick for me?
actually thatll work on alll roms
texas83 said:
I did this and it worked fine. My question is, I am going to Europe tomorrow and I only want to use my phone for wifi. Its on Sprint so i don't think I will get service in London anyways. Will this do the trick for me?
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Yup it should work fine for you. Even if you have the radio off wifi will still work. And have a good trip. Always wanted to go to london heard it a beautiful place.
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You can enable airplane mode and use wifi as well.
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I am in London. It's raining like hell and humid, don't be too envious. I have the radio turned off on the phone and only wifi enabled. My Sprint phone number has been integrated and is now my Google Voice number, so all my texts/voicemails go to GV app. My question is, if I send and receive texts via wifi on GV app, will sprint still charge me for international text messages? The radio and mobile data are definitely off. Thanks.
I have a very stripped down ROM that I might get around to posting tomorrow. Might put the phone apk back in, but have radio off by default.
If you have the radiooptions binary, you can disable the radio using it. It should be in /system/bin/radiooptions
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I am in London. It's raining like hell and humid, don't be too envious. I have the radio turned off on the phone and only wifi enabled. My Sprint phone number has been integrated and is now my Google Voice number, so all my texts/voicemails go to GV app. My question is, if I send and receive texts via wifi on GV app, will sprint still charge me for international text messages? The radio and mobile data are definitely off. Thanks.
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I don't think so being your on wifi and all things connected to sprint are shut down. But if you want to be safe just read upon Google voice and pricing for text and call's internationally. Also give sprint a call to be on the safe side. I can't answer that for a100% but I'm like 99.9% sure if the radio is off you should be good. By the way if you don't mind if you see anything worth a snap shot take a few. And if you also don't mind sharing them in a pm that would be pretty smooth. I wouldn't mind having a few pics of london. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the trip.
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Can receive and send texts for free using GV!
16:35:54 : Daisy Y: At this time Google Voice text messaging doesn't support sending and receiving text messages from international numbers, with the exception of Canadian numbers. You can only send and receive text messages to phone numbers in the U.S and Canada.
16:38:00 : nayeem01: ok
16:38:05 : nayeem01: i have a further question
16:38:13 : Daisy Y: Sure.
16:38:56 : nayeem01: i know i can only send texts to US and Canada phone numbers. but I am in Europe at the current time. my phone is off. but i am using google voice on my computer to send text messages. is there a charge for that?
16:39:14 : nayeem01: my google voice number and sprint number are merged.
16:41:04 : Daisy Y: Yes, you will be charged for text @ $0.20 for the text.
16:41:38 : nayeem01: Why is that I am not even using my sprint phone? I am texting from my computer.
16:43:14 : Daisy Y: Let me confirm again.
16:43:19 : Daisy Y: Please give me a moment.
16:45:33 : nayeem01: Ok. My phone is OFF and does not even get service in London so its physically impossible for me to send/receive messages here. But, I can use the Google Voice site to send/receive messages to my normal Sprint number because they are merged. Just want to confirm there's no charge when I am texting from Google's Voice website even though its my Sprint Phone number.
16:46:59 : Daisy Y: Nayeem, you are correct. You will not be charge for the send text via Internet through your computer.
16:47:40 : nayeem01: even though it is using my sprint phone number?
16:47:49 : Daisy Y: Yes.
16:48:16 : nayeem01: Ok. Can you please notate this on my account so if I have any charges next month, I can tell them to read the notes.
16:48:39 : Daisy Y: Yes, I have put the note on your account.
laie1472 said:
I don't think so being your on wifi and all things connected to sprint are shut down. But if you want to be safe just read upon Google voice and pricing for text and call's internationally. Also give sprint a call to be on the safe side. I can't answer that for a100% but I'm like 99.9% sure if the radio is off you should be good. By the way if you don't mind if you see anything worth a snap shot take a few. And if you also don't mind sharing them in a pm that would be pretty smooth. I wouldn't mind having a few pics of london. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the trip.
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hey man just PM'd you. catch me on facebook there's an album there!
moriturii said:
Hi guys I have done some searching but havent been able to find anything so I apologize if this is out there already. I also apologize if this is in the wrong area.
I got a different phone and I want to use my Hero for music, videos etc. I am looking for a ROM that would allow me to disable the baseband radio so I can conserve battery life as I no longer need to make calls. Any suggestions?
Thanks
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If you have.a Sense Rom? I believe you can press *#*#4636#*#* through your phones Dialer. From there you'll be brought to a Menu where you could choose Phone Info
and Try to Turn Off the phones Radio! Try that....
Good Luck!
now, what about going as far as actually removing phone functionality from the rom altogether? what apks and files need to be removed?
Anyone made a ROM without radio?
Getting my new phone tomorrow, and want to make my phone completetly without radio, to use as a mediaplayer for use in my car.
KingChaos said:
Anyone made a ROM without radio?
Getting my new phone tomorrow, and want to make my phone completetly without radio, to use as a mediaplayer for use in my car.
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There is no ROM without radio. Radio is not a part of the ROM, but a part of the software below that level. I could make a completely stripped down ROM that only has what you want in it if you want. You just have to disable your radio yourself.
Sent from my HTC Hero making C.R.E.A.M.
Does anyone know if this will also disable the ability to dial 911?
fxdfireman said:
Does anyone know if this will also disable the ability to dial 911?
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Yes, if you disable radio all calls and data (not wifi) won't work as it's not connected to any cell towers.
Awsome thanks i let my grand daughter play with it and dont want any suprises.
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This is a known GV issue across devices, I know people have had this problem on the S3, so no it's not your rom.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)
This is not only an issue with gv, this happens from android to android or from android to iPhone regardless of having or using gv. I tested with other android phones, I phones, and multiple SMS apps, anything after the @ is dropped for some reason
I set up G Voice integration, and now when i get a call and my laptop is logged into Gmail, the call rings on the computer first, and only at the end does it ring on the phone. Is there any way to disable this, and have it just ring on the phone only... Or is this a by-product of having my Sprint number as my G Voice #? I unchecked forward to Google Chat in my G Voice settings on the laptop...
Also, what happens if i do answer via Google Chat on the laptop? Haven't tried that yet lol
yogi2010 said:
I set up G Voice integration, and now when i get a call and my laptop is logged into Gmail, the call rings on the computer first, and only at the end does it ring on the phone. Is there any way to disable this, and have it just ring on the phone only... Or is this a by-product of having my Sprint number as my G Voice #? I unchecked forward to Google Chat in my G Voice settings on the laptop...
Also, what happens if i do answer via Google Chat on the laptop? Haven't tried that yet lol
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If you do answer through Google Chat it will not ring on your phone and it will use your speakers and your mic to answer the call. You will literally answer the call on your laptop.
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If you do answer through Google Chat it will not ring on your phone and it will use your speakers and your mic to answer the call. You will literally answer the call on your laptop.
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Interesting, i might have to try that next time. I guess there is no way i could get charged for that?
Also, if i close my Gmail window when i leave the house, it will ring on my phone like normal? I have the box checked to forward calls to my Sprint phone..
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Interesting, i might have to try that next time. I guess there is no way i could get charged for that?
Also, if i close my Gmail window when i leave the house, it will ring on my phone like normal? I have the box checked to forward calls to my Sprint phone..
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Correct. It can be a little startling at times, but for the most part the Google Voice/Sprint integration works pretty well. I believe Cyanogenmod is working on a system-level Google Voice integration for receipt/sending via the stock messaging app, but if you can't wait, there's also a good AOSP-styled app called Messaging + Google Voice on the Play Store. I haven't tried it for a while (there was an annoying duplication bug where you'd receive messages twice in the app-- once over carrier, once over Google Voice, but they told me it'd be fixed soon).
Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the integration so far. I'm fine with texting the way it is, i think, because with the integration i already text thru the stock messaging app? And i like receiving texts to that number on my other phones thru the Google Voice app.... I prefer to know where the text came from lol.
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I set up G Voice integration, and now when i get a call and my laptop is logged into Gmail, the call rings on the computer first, and only at the end does it ring on the phone. Is there any way to disable this, and have it just ring on the phone only... Or is this a by-product of having my Sprint number as my G Voice #? I unchecked forward to Google Chat in my G Voice settings on the laptop...
Also, what happens if i do answer via Google Chat on the laptop? Haven't tried that yet lol
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The reason this happens is that Google Voice rings all associated devices, but the ones that are on a faster connection ring first. The computer's network connection is loads faster than Sprint's cell connection. Note that Springs 3/4G is not involved in this comparison.
rougegoat said:
The reason this happens is that Google Voice rings all associated devices, but the ones that are on a faster connection ring first. The computer's network connection is loads faster than Sprint's cell connection. Note that Springs 3/4G is not involved in this comparison.
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does this mean that calls are still coming in to the phone thru the cellular phone network, and not data? because that would be one concern for me, as i would think that a cellular phone network would be more reliable than a cellular data network. i could be wrong tho.
and how about with regards to texting... are they still coming over the phone network and not data?
thanks for the info guys! you probably know more than is shared on the Google Voice site itself.
yogi2010 said:
does this mean that calls are still coming in to the phone thru the cellular phone network, and not data? because that would be one concern for me, as i would think that a cellular phone network would be more reliable than a cellular data network. i could be wrong tho.
and how about with regards to texting... are they still coming over the phone network and not data?
thanks for the info guys! you probably know more than is shared on the Google Voice site itself.
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Yes. Phone calls still go to the cellular network, but it is a much slower send than what the internet gets. Same goes for texting from your phone.
You're phone acts as usual, but your computer has a faster connection so it'll get those things first.
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Yes. Phone calls still go to the cellular network, but it is a much slower send than what the internet gets. Same goes for texting from your phone.
You're phone acts as usual, but your computer has a faster connection so it'll get those things first.
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ah ok, and do you notice that it takes an extra few seconds to send a call from the phone, after enabling integration, or is it my imagination? maybe it has to get routed somehow?
As the title says, I'm not receiving any texts or calls from my Nexus 6.
Today my friends told me that they called me over 10+ times and I checked my logs on my phone, and there were no traces of calls. I had full bars today, all the way to LTE, and only gotten a few late texts.
Later on the night, I started to receive texts that were almost an hour late. Is this a unique problem with my phone? or is it a common problem with the Nexus 6?
Also, I am not rooted.
Edit: I am on T-Mobile
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As the title says, I'm not receiving any texts or calls from my Nexus 6.
Today my friends told me that they called me over 10+ times and I checked my logs on my phone, and there were no traces of calls. I had full bars today, all the way to LTE, and only gotten a few late texts.
Later on the night, I started to receive texts that were almost an hour late. Is this a unique problem with my phone? or is it a common problem with the Nexus 6?
Also, I am not rooted.
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Similar issue. Verizon wireless user. Just went to 5.0.1 (official push from Google). Suddenly can't send texts. I can receive them. I can send and make calls.
YanksWinAgain said:
Similar issue. Verizon wireless user. Just went to 5.0.1 (official push from Google). Suddenly can't send texts. I can receive them. I can send and make calls.
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check your apn
simms22 said:
check your apn
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Seems to me my APN is correct.
"fast.t-mobile.com"
dkim3 said:
Seems to me my APN is correct.
"fast.t-mobile.com"
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well, thats a tmobile apn, not a verizon apn. youll need a verizon apn to connect to verizon.
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dkim3 said:
Seems to me my APN is correct.
"fast.t-mobile.com"
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oh, sorry, i thought you were the one i quoted on verizon.. are you on tmobile?
simms22 said:
well, thats a tmobile apn, not a verizon apn. youll need a verizon apn to connect to verizon.
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Well, my apologies. I guess you were referring to the previous commenter.
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Well, my apologies. I guess you were referring to the previous commenter.
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i was. but are you on tmobile?
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i was. but are you on tmobile?
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Yeah, I forgot to add that onto my OP.
reading your original post again, it sounds as if tmobile was/is having an issue in your area. are you in the city or country side?
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reading your original post again, it sounds as if tmobile was/is having an issue in your area. are you in the city or country side?
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I'm in the suburbs outside of Atlanta.
dkim3 said:
I'm in the suburbs outside of Atlanta.
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if you are using fast.tmobile on tmobile, then its the right apn. have you tried putting it into airplane mode or rebooting? slso, if you dial *#*#4636#*#*, and press the first option, you can check to make sure its on lte/gsm.
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if you are using fast.tmobile on tmobile, then its the right apn. have you tried putting it into airplane mode or rebooting? slso, if you dial *#*#4636#*#*, and press the first option, you can check to make sure its on lte/gsm.
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Yeah, I noticed earlier on in the day that it was acting weird. So I did turn on airplane mode and then turned it off. Afterwards it was still acting weird so I did a hard reboot. However, problem was still occurring later on into the night.
I mean, as of now its not doing it anymore, but I have a feeling it might do it again later on; so I'd like to know if I should contact t-mobile support or someone to try and fix this in the future.
Also, I dialed *#*#4636#*#* and the Nexus 6 is on the lte
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Yeah, I noticed earlier on in the day that it was acting weird. So I did turn on airplane mode and then turned it off. Afterwards it was still acting weird so I did a hard reboot. However, problem was still occurring later on into the night.
I mean, as of now its not doing it anymore, but I have a feeling it might do it again later on; so I'd like to know if I should contact t-mobile support or someone to try and fix this in the future.
Also, I dialed *#*#4636#*#* and the Nexus 6 is on the lte
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This is pretty weird. So, I normally use Google Voice for all of my texts and calls which has worked great up until the past few days. There are no problems with texting, but I've got some issues with calls.
My girlfriend has been pretty annoyed lately because she says I'm not answering my phone, but I haven't gotten any calls, or missed calls. My voicemails still show up and get transcribed however. When I use another phone to call my google voice number It just rings and rings, and then goes to voicemail.
I've done the standard checking of number forwarding etc, and I've made sure that in hangouts its set to ring hangouts when my google voice number is dialed.
So, I figured I would try to call my regular Verizon phone number, and this is what happens:
No ring
"Your call cannot be completed as dialed please hang up and try your call again... etc." "Announcement five switch two dash four five" followed by three beeps and the call ends.
This leads me to believe that it might not be a google voice issue, but could be either a verizon issue or a droid turbo issue.
What do you guys think?
DanielWEWO said:
This is pretty weird. So, I normally use Google Voice for all of my texts and calls which has worked great up until the past few days. There are no problems with texting, but I've got some issues with calls.
My girlfriend has been pretty annoyed lately because she says I'm not answering my phone, but I haven't gotten any calls, or missed calls. My voicemails still show up and get transcribed however. When I use another phone to call my google voice number It just rings and rings, and then goes to voicemail.
I've done the standard checking of number forwarding etc, and I've made sure that in hangouts its set to ring hangouts when my google voice number is dialed.
So, I figured I would try to call my regular Verizon phone number, and this is what happens:
No ring
"Your call cannot be completed as dialed please hang up and try your call again... etc." "Announcement five switch two dash four five" followed by three beeps and the call ends.
This leads me to believe that it might not be a google voice issue, but could be either a verizon issue or a droid turbo issue.
What do you guys think?
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You've brought up two issues. Something is wrong with your underlying Verizon number, something is wrong with Google Voice. Uncheck all options in Google Voice, then re-check mark the ones you want. Just to make sure.
1) if your Verizon number has been cancelled or is inactive for some reason, then Google Voice will not forward to that phone number. Do you have mobile data when you are out and about on the Verizon network?
2) However, if you have Google Hangouts checked as one of the forwarding locations, then when you are on Wi-Fi at least your phone should still ring or indicate a Google Voice call is incoming, if Hangouts was active? (At home, I hear notifications on my PC at home a few seconds before my cell phone starts ringing, because my Google Talk app on the PC starts beeping.)
3) Try a test. Try forwarding your Google number to some OTHER phone . A landline, a friend's phone. Then, call your Google voice number and see what happens.
I did step 1, no dice.
I have mobile data, it works great. I can also place calls via google voice and my regular cellular network.
I will try forwarding to my girlfriends phone when I get home.
My computer is also hooked up, and rings if it is signed in. I think this is an issue with Verizon. I'm going to call them today.
Edit: Forwarded google voice to my girlfriends phone and it worked fine. Definitely a Verizon problem. I'm on support with them right now.
My old man has this problem now and then too.
I've had issues as well with not getting calls n then I'll receive a notification for VM...not sure what's up, happens from time to time...if someone could shed some light it'd be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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I use the regular phone btw...
perceptualdoor said:
I've had issues as well with not getting calls n then I'll receive a notification for VM...not sure what's up, happens from time to time...if someone could shed some light it'd be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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I use the regular phone btw...
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Not sure about the OP who uses hangouts, but the missed incoming calls using the regular dialer is a known software issue. The solution is to turn on Advanced Calling.
riplayne said:
Not sure about the OP who uses hangouts, but the missed incoming calls using the regular dialer is a known software issue. The solution is to turn on Advanced Calling.
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Ya I've had it turned off pretty much since it was released cause it made calls have a lot of static and poor quality, because nobody I know has HD calling...
perceptualdoor said:
Ya I've had it turned off pretty much since it was released cause it made calls have a lot of static and poor quality, because nobody I know has HD calling...
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Yeah, it seems to be the only fix until lollipop (hopefully) solves the issue.
I work for Verizon and it's one of the top known issues for this phone.
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Yeah, it seems to be the only fix until lollipop (hopefully) solves the issue.
I work for Verizon and it's one of the top known issues for this phone.
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Ya hopefully a software update resolves this...I'm planning on switching to the N6 though, was kinda what I wanted, but it wasn't available at the time. And after testing it out it's perfect for me since I enjoy using custom Roms n being on a completely vanilla device. I was surprised how well I could still do everything one-handed. I experience a lot of texting issues with the turbo too...I don't receive some texts and ppl don't receive some texts I send...and often they send out of order...
When there is going to be a thread for Urbane 2nd gen? It is out for almost a week now. I can not believe that nobody got it?
That's a good question. I am also waiting for it.
Came here to ask the same question. Lots of other people have it on android central forms. Please create a thread!!
I agree. I have one and keep checking back here
Your experience with the Urbane 2 LTE
Hi there, I'm also waiting on a forum. But, in the meantime, I'm thinking seriously about buying an Urbane 2 LTE, but have several concerns and thought perhaps you guys might be able to answer them. And all of my questions relate to when it is NOT connected to my smartphone.
1. Will it send and receive calls even when connected to wifi (I don't mean through wifi as I know that isn't possible)? I read in one review that this was a problem.
2. Can I receive my Exchange email through the watch?
3. Are you able to connect to a secured wifi network (i.e., insert a password) without being connected to your phone? Again, this concern came up in a recent review.
4. Can the watch accept Google Voice text messages?
5. How is the call quality talking (for the person you call) and listening (is the speaker loud enough under normal conditions)?
6. Can you easily connect the watch to a bluetooth headset?
7. How is OK Google working? One reviewer said it failed a bunch.
8. How well does it maintain a steady data connection with a link to a phone? Another reviewer concern.
9.
FYI, verizon launch was canceled and all pre-orders orders will be canceled. Big red strikes again.
Same here. I got mine from AT&T on Tuesday. Love it so far.
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drjim said:
Hi there, I'm also waiting on a forum. But, in the meantime, I'm thinking seriously about buying an Urbane 2 LTE, but have several concerns and thought perhaps you guys might be able to answer them. And all of my questions relate to when it is NOT connected to my smartphone.
1. Will it send and receive calls even when connected to wifi (I don't mean through wifi as I know that isn't possible)? I read in one review that this was a problem.
2. Can I receive my Exchange email through the watch?
3. Are you able to connect to a secured wifi network (i.e., insert a password) without being connected to your phone? Again, this concern came up in a recent review.
4. Can the watch accept Google Voice text messages?
5. How is the call quality talking (for the person you call) and listening (is the speaker loud enough under normal conditions)?
6. Can you easily connect the watch to a bluetooth headset?
7. How is OK Google working? One reviewer said it failed a bunch.
8. How well does it maintain a steady data connection with a link to a phone? Another reviewer concern.
9.
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My experiences so far on the AT&T Urbane LTE and a T-Mobile Galaxy Note 5:
1. Yes, as far as I can tell as it has its own SIM card, so it has a full cellular radio in it and has its own phone # assigned to it.
2. I don't think it has a full email client on it that I have found anyway. I am also an exchange user trying to find how to get notifications.
3. Yes, you can join WiFi networks that use a passkey/password, but nothing certificate based. Mine pulled the ones my phone knew of.
4. Kind-of. I took the Phone # assigned to the watch and added it to Google Voice as another phone. The notifications I get on a GV Text Message show the random numbers that GV uses as a portal, not the actual # of the person sending me a text message. I don't think there is a google voice app for android wear. At least not one I have found.
5. I think the call quality from the watch itself is quite good. Plenty loud enough and definitely clear. I wouldn't use it often, but in a pinch I wouldn't hesitate to use it either.
6. I have not tried this yet, but I will and let you know.
7. OK Google has not failed me yet. It is responsive and works just like it would on a Nexus Phone as far as I can tell.
8. As far as I can tell, the connection (bluetooth) between my Note 5 and the Urbane is quite robust. I went down the hall to the restroom in my office and left my phone on my desk. I had a phone call on my Note 5 while I was away from my desk and it "rang" on my watch just fine.
As an afterthought, it is probably worth noting that as I am not a current AT&T customer, I bought the watch outright with no contract for $299 so I wasn't locked into a data plan more than month-to-month. As such, I am currently paying a ridiculous $30 a month for a measly 300MB of data for the watch by itself and I am still trying to determine exactly how, when, where, and why it uses data on its own 3G/LTE radio.
I don't plan to separate the watch and my phone often, and I can't see the need to make a voice call on the watch without using my phone, so I am not sure I am going to keep the data plan from AT&T until I learn more about how it works. I have one of those "free" 200MB per month SIM cards from T-Mobile, and I can tell you the watch does NOT appear to be SIM-locked, much to my surprise.
More experimentation to follow. I'd love to hear what others have learned in using theirs thus far.
-Rob
Great insights!
robroy90 said:
Same here. I got mine from AT&T on Tuesday. Love it so far.
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My experiences so far on the AT&T Urbane LTE and a T-Mobile Galaxy Note 5:
1. Yes, as far as I can tell as it has its own SIM card, so it has a full cellular radio in it and has its own phone # assigned to it.
2. I don't think it has a full email client on it that I have found anyway. I am also an exchange user trying to find how to get notifications.
3. Yes, you can join WiFi networks that use a passkey/password, but nothing certificate based. Mine pulled the ones my phone knew of.
4. Kind-of. I took the Phone # assigned to the watch and added it to Google Voice as another phone. The notifications I get on a GV Text Message show the random numbers that GV uses as a portal, not the actual # of the person sending me a text message. I don't think there is a google voice app for android wear. At least not one I have found.
5. I think the call quality from the watch itself is quite good. Plenty loud enough and definitely clear. I wouldn't use it often, but in a pinch I wouldn't hesitate to use it either.
6. I have not tried this yet, but I will and let you know.
7. OK Google has not failed me yet. It is responsive and works just like it would on a Nexus Phone as far as I can tell.
8. As far as I can tell, the connection (bluetooth) between my Note 5 and the Urbane is quite robust. I went down the hall to the restroom in my office and left my phone on my desk. I had a phone call on my Note 5 while I was away from my desk and it "rang" on my watch just fine.
As an afterthought, it is probably worth noting that as I am not a current AT&T customer, I bought the watch outright with no contract for $299 so I wasn't locked into a data plan more than month-to-month. As such, I am currently paying a ridiculous $30 a month for a measly 300MB of data for the watch by itself and I am still trying to determine exactly how, when, where, and why it uses data on its own 3G/LTE radio.
I don't plan to separate the watch and my phone often, and I can't see the need to make a voice call on the watch without using my phone, so I am not sure I am going to keep the data plan from AT&T until I learn more about how it works. I have one of those "free" 200MB per month SIM cards from T-Mobile, and I can tell you the watch does NOT appear to be SIM-locked, much to my surprise.
More experimentation to follow. I'd love to hear what others have learned in using theirs thus far.
-Rob
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Really helpful, Rob! I can't wait till xda gets a forum for this smarthwatch.
I had a typo for #8. I'm interested in the quality and consistency of the data connection when NOT connected to your phone.
A few follow-up questions.
1. So it sounds like you receive GV text messages even with a funky sender #. But can you also send texts through GV? I seem recall reading that Hangouts (into which GV is now integrated) has a smartwatch app. But I find Hangouts cumbersome because you have to go through several screens to just get to text messages.
2. Without Exchange, what are you doing about email? I emailed an called Nine that appears to do what we want, but haven't heard back. Will report when I do.
I'm going to test out a U2 (that's a much better shortened name!) this morning and will report back if I learn anything.
Many thanks!
I just downloaded and installed the Nine email client. It seems to work great, but I can't figure out how or where to enable Wear notifications.
robroy90 said:
I just downloaded and installed the Nine email client. It seems to work great, but I can't figure out how or where to enable Wear notifications.
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I haven't explored it much yet. Did you install Nine on your watch as well? Perhaps go to their customer support and email them?
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I haven't explored it much yet. Did you install Nine on your watch as well? Perhaps go to their customer support and email them?
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I didn't see an option to install it on the watch. I sent a query to them.
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I didn't see an option to install it on the watch. I sent a query to them.
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Here a few possibilities:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.bluemail.mail
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.outlook
None of them indicate specifically about standalone smartwatches, but they say they are for Android Wear.
Also, do you have a gmail account? I believe there is a way to have Exchange email forwarded to gmail and have emails from gmail to show your Exchange email address.
Oh, is there a keyboard for inputting texts and emails?
BTW, did you see this app? Looks really practical: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.npi.wearminilauncher
It looks like something happened. Watch are out of stock on AT&T web site, Verizon cancelled pre orders and no information on LG web site about watch.
I Will have to wait much longer than i expected for availability in europe.
@robroy90 hey dude when you make your wirst go up.. does it push the crown everytime.. would be cool if we could put the watch on the other hand and the screen will rotate accordingly
LG Watch Urbane 2 has been canceled indefinitely
http://www.techradar.com/news/wearables/lg-urbane-2-has-been-canceled-indefinitely-1309332
while I have an love mine, I am still going to wait for a more detailed reason other then Unspecified Hardware Issue. I had it for a week tomorrow and the only issue I have is LTE connection is spotty at best, it seems to be stuck mostly on HSPA
One negative effect is see from this is software updates. When I had the LG G watch, I remember that being rooted. So if this "issue" is nothing to major, maybe someone with the experience will be able to root this beast so we can essentially still have updates, just not from LG specifically
Wow. I wonder why they were shelved? I was going to upgrade to this from a G Watch.
Maybe we can find them on a fire clearance sale?
chachin said:
@robroy90 hey dude when you make your wirst go up.. does it push the crown everytime.. would be cool if we could put the watch on the other hand and the screen will rotate accordingly
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I have no issues with gestures engaging the crown button. I am not sure I follow the second part of your comment.
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Wow, glad I grabbed mine so aggressively when I did. I am not going to blindly just return mine (unless my wrist catches on fire... lol). I would like a detailed explanation on what this "serious hardware issue is". As far as it maybe being an issue where it drops to HSPA in an otherwise strong LTE service area, I could not care less. I don't think my watch needs the blazing fast speeds of LTE anyway. Someone posted about how cool it would be for it to be a hotspot?!? What, for 10 minutes before the battery dies... LOL. I am happy, and unless mine starts acting really wonky, I am definitely keeping it.
Well regardless of possible reasons, I'll be keeping mine. Yeah its only been a few days with the watch, but it has been a few days of heavy usage bliss. This is the first smart watch, that I have ever used, that does everything well, (well at least the things that are important for me to have in a smartwatch). So a later patch not coming for my device, (can't speak for others owners), won't be so bad for me, since everything I want to work....works great already, and if I return it, what other option is out there? All the other watches I tried don't work as good as this one for the things I want to work.....and this one has the best battery life to boot. Besides, I don't know why everyone thinks a software update won't come. Google controls android wear, an I don't think their going to not update their software.
If they scrap this one and release a new one a year from now, I'll check out that option when that bridge is crossed, but in the mean time, i'm keeping this bad boy.
Oh and if anyone has every used watchmaker before (lets you design your own watch faces), It appears to be working great for me. Just a heads up.
I was lucky enough to buy one of these from AT&T without a contract a couple of days before they were pulled. So far the watch is great. Battery life is good, calls are clear, and the screen is big and bright. However, there is one major flaw: You can't pair a Bluetooth headset to the watch and use it for voice calls. I tried a few different Bluetooth headsets, and they can only be used for audio playback. The only way to send and receive voice calls is using the integrated speaker and microphone on the watch. Another minor annoyance is you must have the phone with you to connect to a new WiFi network. If you try to connect to a new WiFi network using the settings on the watch, it asks you to enter the password on the phone.
The inability to use a Bluetooth headset for calls is pretty big weakness compared to other smart watches, but probably not severe enough to pull the watches from the shelves. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the device is unlocked, and it is so easy to switch carriers without a contract. Also, AT&T was offering this device at the same cost of an LTE tablet ($10/month), but the watch has a SIM that supports both voice and data which usually costs 3-4 times as much. I tried using the watch SIM in an Android smartphone, and it seemed to work fine.