I was under the impression that Hangouts on Wear 2.0 was a 100% standalone app. It doesn't appear to be the case though. It seems like Hangouts on the watch needs to have a connection with the phone, either over LTE or Wifi, in order to send and receive msgs on Hangouts.
Anyone else noticing this?
Yeah it's quite annoying. Basically we don't have a messaging app while away from our phone.
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I don't think Hangouts has been optimized at all for Wear. You can't scroll with the dial, and you have to install it via "Apps on your phone" rather than the Play Store.
I wish Google would stop abandoning it's products that work. Allo and Duo are terrible.
Messenger Lite sideloaded works great as a stand alone app. You can even make calls from it.
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Messenger Lite sideloaded works great as a stand alone app. You can even make calls from it.
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Do the calls come from the watch's number or the number in your facebook profile?
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Do the calls come from the watch's number or the number in your facebook profile?
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From the your Facebook profile. You can also sideload Hangouts and Hangouts dialer to make WiFi or data calls using your Google voice number. Or sideload the Google voice app and your watch will use your Google voice number for outgoing and incoming calls.
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From the your Facebook profile. You can also sideload Hangouts and Hangouts dialer to make WiFi or data calls using your Google voice number. Or sideload the Google voice app and your watch will use your Google voice number for outgoing and incoming calls.
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is it easy to sideload APKs? I never even thought about it.
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is it easy to sideload APKs? I never even thought about it.
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It is for me, setup adb on your computer. And download all apks apps from apk mirror. On the watch enable developer options and turn on adb debugging, and debug over WiFi.
And on your computer open the command prompt and check adb devices. And run "adb connect (your watch's ip address plus :5555). Once connected to your watch then run adb install (drag and drop the file/apk from the folder you downloaded the file from) hit enter and let it install.
That's just a rough explanation, but it opens a whole new world of stand alone apps for the watch.
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It is for me, setup adb on your computer. And download all apks apps from apk mirror. On the watch enable developer options and turn on adb debugging, and debug over WiFi.
And on your computer open the command prompt and check adb devices. And run "adb connect (your watch's ip address plus :5555). Once connected to your watch then run adb install (drag and drop the file/apk from the folder you downloaded the file from) hit enter and let it install.
That's just a rough explanation, but it opens a whole new world of stand alone apps for the watch.
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do you have the apk for the hangouts dialer for android wear, or am I just installing the phone apk?
thanks!!
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do you have the apk for the hangouts dialer for android wear, or am I just installing the phone apk?
thanks!!
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The phone apk's
chrisrodsa210 said:
It is for me, setup adb on your computer. And download all apks apps from apk mirror. On the watch enable developer options and turn on adb debugging, and debug over WiFi.
And on your computer open the command prompt and check adb devices. And run "adb connect (your watch's ip address plus :5555). Once connected to your watch then run adb install (drag and drop the file/apk from the folder you downloaded the file from) hit enter and let it install.
That's just a rough explanation, but it opens a whole new world of stand alone apps for the watch.
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You obviously know what you are doing, your talents would be welcome to investigate the possibility of unlocking (if possible) more LTE bands for those of us living in Europe, with US bought watches!
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The phone apk's
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okay i have both installed but don't see where I can bring up the hangouts dialer keypad. I went to phone and tried to make a call where it would ask me if i want to use phone or hangouts dialer. I tried hangouts dialer and it just brought me to hangouts chat windows.
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okay i have both installed but don't see where I can bring up the hangouts dialer keypad. I went to phone and tried to make a call where it would ask me if i want to use phone or hangouts dialer. I tried hangouts dialer and it just brought me to hangouts chat windows.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidWea...ng_phone_calls_on_wifi_onlyhavent_tried_data/
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stag74 said:
You obviously know what you are doing, your talents would be welcome to investigate the possibility of unlocking (if possible) more LTE bands for those of us living in Europe, with US bought watches!
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Lol is that sarcasm? I have no idea about unlocking more bands, I'm just a person that comes up with an idea and researches how to do it. I learn by necessity.
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Lol is that sarcasm? I have no idea about unlocking more bands, I'm just a person that comes up with an idea and researches how to do it. I learn by necessity.
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Thanks, so you tested that the hangouts dialer works on cellular data? I wasn't able to get it working on cellular but i was still connected via bluetooth.
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Thanks, so you tested that the hangouts dialer works on cellular data? I wasn't able to get it working on cellular but i was still connected via bluetooth.
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No at the time I only had WiFi, not cellular data
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New update for google voice!! It includes (I think) push notification for text messages!
Yeah it does. Read more here: http://googlevoiceblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/faster-google-voice-experience-on.html
Yep, sure looks that way. I wonder if it's necessary to put Google Voice on ignore list for task killer apps though.
cigar3tte said:
Yep, sure looks that way. I wonder if it's necessary to put Google Voice on ignore list for task killer apps though.
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Yes it is. If you kill the GV process, you won't receive notifications.
Advanced Task Manager has "Apps", "Services", "All Apps", and "System". I think it's OK to kill it from "Apps", but not the other tabs.
I don't seem to get push notifications on my voicemail. I haven't check with texts yet....
hooray!!!!
Rekna said:
I don't seem to get push notifications on my voicemail. I haven't check with texts yet....
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You may have already done this, but it case you haven't, there's a new setting that has to be enabled for the instant notifications to work.
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You may have already done this, but it case you haven't, there's a new setting that has to be enabled for the instant notifications to work.
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where is push in setting i dont see it?
edit: i should actually read something for once :]
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You may have already done this, but it case you haven't, there's a new setting that has to be enabled for the instant notifications to work.
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I did have that enabled. I had to reboot and then the notifications seemed to work better.
I can't sign in with the new app! Ugh
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I can't sign in with the new app! Ugh
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Same here. I had to go to my backup file in oder to use it. Thank Goodness for Back-Ups
Same here. I was, however, able to sign in after selecting "sign in using a different account" and using my same account info.
I love this update because of the sync with inbox. When I first finished installing the update I couldn't send a sms or do the sync so I just rebooted, ran fix_permissions, and that fixed everything!
The google blog post said the inbox syncing would stop the forwarding of a google voice SMS to the phone's regular SMS number. That is NOT the case for me. I'm still getting google voice SMS'es forwarded to my cell's number. This double text receiving is the single greatest aggravation of google voice texting.
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Same here. I was, however, able to sign in after selecting "sign in using a different account" and using my same account info.
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That worked....but the weird thing is I don't have inbox sync as a new option. I still have the refresh option, but it says that it's the new version. I'll try to uninstall and reboot.
edit: Still no new options.
Guys, am I alone in this? The new Voice app is not syncing/pushing texts for me, nor is it not forwarding. It's behaving like the old one.
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The google blog post said the inbox syncing would stop the forwarding of a google voice SMS to the phone's regular SMS number. That is NOT the case for me. I'm still getting google voice SMS'es forwarded to my cell's number. This double text receiving is the single greatest aggravation of google voice texting.
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Why even whine about this? Just go to the website and uncheck forwarding.
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Guys, am I alone in this? The new Voice app is not syncing/pushing texts for me, nor is it not forwarding. It's behaving like the old one.
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I'm in the same boat as you. It's acting like the old one, settings and all.
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Why even whine about this? Just go to the website and uncheck forwarding.
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You don't understand how Voice forwarding works. The "forwarding" setting on the Voice website is for additional forwarding of a text to an email address. Voice by default has always forwarded to the cell phone number associated with the Voice account. That was supposed to end with this update.
The Google blog post says the following:
"...feature called Inbox synchronization, which will notify your Android-powered device of new text messages or voicemails within seconds of receiving new messages..."
and
"Plus, Google Voice will automatically disable SMS forwarding to your mobile phone, so you won’t receive duplicate notifications."
It's odd to me that both these features do not work. Maybe we can figure out something by discussing.
btw, why is this whining? We're discussing an app and its features. We're trying to get this working and comparing notes with others. I don't whine... ever. We're blessed to have such amazing phones and software to begin with.
Just bought Groove IP from the market on my xoom and confirmed I am able to make and receive calls using Google voice real simple set up procedure and it only cost 3.99 to get the app no other charges after here's the link to check it out
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gvoip
Or just type groove IP in the market
I think it'll only work in the US either way great app
PaulG1488 said:
Just bought Groove IP from the market on my xoom and confirmed I am able to make and receive calls using Google voice real simple set up procedure and it only cost 3.99 to get the app no other charges after here's the link to check it out
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gvoip
Or just type groove IP in the market
I think it'll only work in the US either way great app
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Thanks for this, worked like a champ
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It works perfectly on Making calls but I could not recieve calls on my Xoom?
Any suggestions
Just when we thought we finally had a tablet that wasn't actually a glorified smartphone.
Q80 said:
It works perfectly on Making calls but I could not recieve calls on my Xoom?
Any suggestions
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Yes 2 things you can do
1) go to voice.google.com (desktop version) and change your phone settings to forward your calls to Google chat
2)make sure you are signed out of Google talk in your xoom
Either or both fixes mentioned above should allow you to receive calls with your gV number
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Yes 2 things you can do
1) go to voice.google.com (desktop version) and change your phone settings to forward your calls to Google chat
2)make sure you are signed out of Google talk in your xoom
Either or both fixes mentioned above should allow you to receive calls with your gV number
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Question. I am trying to receive calls from my Xoom via this app and I do not have the Google chat option available to me to forward to. The only thing I have is my mobile number, no other number/option. I remember I deleted Google chat from my phone list awhile back and cannot get it back on. How can I go about getting it back in my options so that I can forward my calls to it? I'm lost.
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Question. I am trying to receive calls from my Xoom via this app and I do not have the Google chat option available to me to forward to. The only thing I have is my mobile number, no other number/option. I remember I deleted Google chat from my phone list awhile back and cannot get it back on. How can I go about getting it back in my options so that I can forward my calls to it? I'm lost.
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Log into gmail via web browser and besure you are on the site in desktop mode once in on the left look for either the chat option or the name you use for Google tale click on it and you see an option titled call phone once you see it dial out to any number after you hang up you will be able to select Google talk again
If you need anymore help check out this site
http://www.google.com/support/chat/bin/answer.py?answer=187936
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Log into gmail via web browser and besure you are on the site in desktop mode once in on the left look for either the chat option or the name you use for Google tale click on it and you see an option titled call phone once you see it dial out to any number after you hang up you will be able to select Google talk again
If you need anymore help check out this site
http://www.google.com/support/chat/bin/answer.py?answer=187936
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Just what I needed! Thanks very much!
I forgot that a simple call would bring it back. Cool!
DesktopSMS forwards all your incoming SMS on your *Android Phone* to your Gmail to GTalk.
You can then reply to the chat request or email, and the response will be sent back from your phone as a text message. This is very similar to Google Voice, except you won't need a new number or anything annoying like that!
http://app.net/desktopsms
Installation:
1) Install DesktopSMS on your ANDROID PHONE. (Not onto your XOOM)
2) Login to Desktop SMS on your ANDROID ****PHONE****.
3) Install a Chat client like Google Talk (which may already be on your XOOM) onto your XOOM or desktop PC.
4) Receive a text. Watch as your text gets converted to an email and google chat message
5) Respond!
So, once again, this app is only installed on your phone. Then just install your favorite IM client on your desktop and tablet, and the rest will work magically!
You do not need to install this on both your phone and tablet like other apps. You do not need to be on the same network like other apps. This all works by magic (my servers).
Let me know what you think. This is in a free beta right now, so be prepared for some bugs! I'd love to hear your feedback.
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well, I don't have a smart phone so thats a problem.
I, like many others, have ditched their smartphomes and activated their xooms. I now only have a dummy phone. I didn't see a need in paying for two data plans because I ws rarey using my phone. Now I use it to talk and text.... even though I wish it was only to talk.
I am waiting for the day that I can SMS on my Xoom using my current phone number. Guess I'll jabe to keep waiting. lol
Works awesome...just had a conversation with myself, through gtalk. Hahaha havnt tried it with my xoom yet. But im pretty sure it will work just fine. Very good job
It looks great but I cannot seem to get it to work yet, Mr. Koush. I have it signed it with push notifications successfully on my gmail account on my OG Droid. I can do the test message from within the app and it pops up on my phone like always, but other than that it does nothing on my Xoom, or on anything else for that matter. It seems almost like the push notifications are not even being sent out.
EDIT: I found out what the problem was. I had the default messaging app totally disabled, as I am using Handcent SMS as a complete replacement to the default one. I would like to use Handcent SMS instead of the default one. I know its beta and I cannot wait for updates!
diablo2224 said:
I found out what the problem was. I had the default messaging app totally disabled, as I am using Handcent SMS as a complete replacement to the default one.
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I had that same "issue" so thanks for posting the solution. User error as usual
Is there a way to make the contact name show up or will we need to add these email addresses to our contacts? Thanks and awesome job!
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I had that same "issue" so thanks for posting the solution. User error as usual
Is there a way to make the contact name show up or will we need to add these email addresses to our contacts? Thanks and awesome job!
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It looks like after you receive your first text from that person after you accepted the "chat invite" on your Gtalk account it syncs up with your current contact list automatically. It shows the phone number on the left side of the screen under your gmail account, but in the chat window it shows that contacts name in parenthesis.
This ofcourse is for if you are using the Xoom with Gtalk, such as myself. I haven't tried anything else yet.
Could it be that the contacts NAME will be in the gtalk LIST instead of phonenumber ?
OK, being a bit thick here.
I'm using GoSMS Pro, but as far as I know, the default messaging app is still active, just without any notifications... does this make a difference?
Not currently receiving any notifications in email or g-talk... :/
Mr.Clark said:
OK, being a bit thick here.
I'm using GoSMS Pro, but as far as I know, the default messaging app is still active, just without any notifications... does this make a difference?
Not currently receiving any notifications in email or g-talk... :/
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Are u signed in in the app? The first time the app froze, i had to go back into it and sign in.
Just tested it with my xoom and it works great.
Looking for a little help, I have the app installed on my HTC desire HD, and it will forward the text to my gmail and talk, but when I reply nothing happens. Am i missing something, I've triedreplying through talk and gmail, and nothing from both.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Peace
Dan
ghoticov said:
I am waiting for the day that I can SMS on my Xoom using my current phone number. Guess I'll jabe to keep waiting. lol
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You can do this already if you have sprint
dowenprs said:
Looking for a little help, I have the app installed on my HTC desire HD, and it will forward the text to my gmail and talk, but when I reply nothing happens. Am i missing something, I've triedreplying through talk and gmail, and nothing from both.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Peace
Dan
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*edit* update took care of it, never mind.
@Koush
I am having an issue getting the app to try it out. When I tell the system to send me a link, it does, but it sends me a link for the link request page again. It does not send me a link to the actual app.
EDIT: Nevermind. I figured it out. Shouldn't browse until I had my coffee.
Is GTalk the only SMS application that will work on the tablet if the tablet is WiFi only?
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Is GTalk the only SMS application that will work on the tablet if the tablet is WiFi only?
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Havnt tried google voice...but its wifi only...gtalk is probably the only one
mulletcutter said:
Are u signed in in the app? The first time the app froze, i had to go back into it and sign in.
Just tested it with my xoom and it works great.
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Definitely signed in...
Koush:
Is it possible that your push servers are blocked in China?
I can correctly Login with Google Account, but get an error on 'registering with push server....' (takes long and eventually times out)
Error message: "Login failed. Please check your password. If the error persists, please send a log to the developer"
here is a log... maybe it helps analyze why i can't connect with the push servers...
Ok, it's just updated, and when I go to send a test SMS, it brings up
The application GoSMS was found installed. If you do not recieve a text message, please verify that it has not disabled SMS notifications in the application's settings.
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So that's cool, then I send the test. GoSMS then pops up the text, as it always does.
However, it still doesn't appear to be sending me an email.
When it says "please verify that it has not disabled SMS notifications in the application's settings", does it mean the default Messaging app?
I've tested by disabling the taskbar notification for GoSMS and re-enabling it for the default Messaging app, but even then, there is no sound nor visual cue that an SMS has arrived... is this why it's not working? Has GoSMS broken my default messaging app?
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You can do this already if you have sprint
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Of course, I have BIG RED. :/
Hello it seems Google Voice is not compatible with the Bionic. Is there a manual work around? I remember reading a while back a way to do this with the thunderbolt. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
cdejesus1119 said:
Hello it seems Google Voice is not compatible with the Bionic. Is there a manual work around? I remember reading a while back a way to do this with the thunderbolt. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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How is it not working? What is happening when you try to use it?
Sent from my Incredible 2
kingsway8605 said:
How is it not working? What is happening when you try to use it?
Sent from my Incredible 2
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It says: unfortunately your carrier is not supported for automatic voicemail configuration. To use google voice as your voicemail provider, please visit the google voice help center more more information.
I got that error message too, but the voice mail does in fact work ok.
The problem I am having is that my google voice number is not showing as the calling number, even though it is set to be. I have tried changing the settings to ask each time, and it does not ask. It is still not working after rebooting too.
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It says: unfortunately your carrier is not supported for automatic voicemail configuration. To use google voice as your voicemail provider, please visit the google voice help center more more information.
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Just go to the google voice site on a computer and enter your phone number manually in the google voice settings on the website. It is a very self explanatory process once there. After that, go into your wireless network settings on your bionic and change the Voicemail settings from "my carrier" to "google voice." Not sure where this is on motoblur, but just look around and you should find it. If you get an error message or it freezes, do a reboot, go into the settings again and verify google voice is selected in the Voicemail settings. You should be okay after this.
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Thanks for your help gotta it!
So caller id still shows my actual phone number and not my google voice number even when it is configured to do so. Any one else have this problem?
That error came at the point (for me) where it should automatically insert *71###-###-#### (*71 + your google number) in to the dialer to forward missed calls. So I did it manually and GVoice has worked fine for me. I did get one FC, but not sure if it was because of debloat or actual GVoice app. Other than that I have made calls, recieved Vmails and texts through GVoice just fine.
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So caller id still shows my actual phone number and not my google voice number even when it is configured to do so. Any one else have this problem?
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uninstall the app and try rerunning the setup, making sure you select use google voice for calls or ask when I make a call.
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seems be working now, thanks
My phone is sending calls to my voicemail as it should, but I'm not getting a notification. I suspect it's because the phone's name and picture doesn't show up in my list of phones and seen as a "non-verizon device.
Should the notifications show up once VZW releases the phone, or will it forever be "unrecognized"?
gmermel said:
My phone is sending calls to my voicemail as it should, but I'm not getting a notification. I suspect it's because the phone's name and picture doesn't show up in my list of phones and seen as a "non-verizon device.
Should the notifications show up once VZW releases the phone, or will it forever be "unrecognized"?
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You need to log on to verizonwireless.com and change your voice mail option from "visual voicemail" to "basic voicemail"
PhilDX said:
You need to log on to verizonwireless.com and change your voice mail option from "visual voicemail" to "basic voicemail"
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I don't have visual voicemail......
gmermel said:
I don't have visual voicemail......
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Are you sure? I didn't know I had it either until I saw someone else post that fix here and i logged into my account to check.
PhilDX said:
Are you sure? I didn't know I had it either until I saw someone else post that fix here and i logged into my account to check.
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Apparently it is included in my More Everything plan. Now, if I could only figure out how to use it, or unsubscribe....
VZW FAQ's talk about an actual VVM app. I don't have it, and cannot locate in the Play Store. Without that app, I can't figure out how to access VVM to try it. Maybe I'd like it.
Not having the app means I also cannot access VVM settings to unsubscribe. Fascinating Catch 22.........
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Apparently it is included in my More Everything plan. Now, if I could only figure out how to use it, or unsubscribe....
VZW FAQ's talk about an actual VVM app. I don't have it, and cannot locate in the Play Store. Without that app, I can't figure out how to access VVM to try it. Maybe I'd like it.
Not having the app means I also cannot access VVM settings to unsubscribe. Fascinating Catch 22.........
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I logged in to my account on verizonwireless.com and was able to change my plan from visual to basic. i needed to use an actual computer to do it since I couldn't find the option when browsing from mobile ...
PhilDX said:
I logged in to my account on verizonwireless.com and was able to change my plan from visual to basic. i needed to use an actual computer to do it since I couldn't find the option when browsing from mobile ...
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Actually, as I was looking around, I found an app called "youmail".
Just installed it, and I'm going to give it a go. I works like VVM, but first it "intercepts" calls going over to VM @ my VZW server, and then puts them in the youmail inbox. It puts an alert up in the notification barWhat I find intriguing is that it can send an email alert, which allows me to hear the VM from within the email, and I can access my account and my messages from the web. It can also send TXT alerts, but hey, that means I have my phone in hand, so what's the point of that?
Better lucky than good. I'll entertain myself with this app for a bit. Then, I'll see if I want to go back to the VZW service
I've been on YouMail since I got my N6 in December. So far, so good.
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