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[Q] Recommendation for SMS over wifi

Anyone have a recommendation for sending sms messages over wifi?
TIA.

google voice seems to work well for me

That is what I use also. Google Voice. Kind of fun texting my daughters with this big thing..

+1 gv.. it's all i use on my tab, and my phone.. and my wifes phone..

+1 google voice.
Sent from my VEGAn-TAB-v1.0.0b2 using Tapatalk

How are you guys achieving this? I have GV installed and signed in with my cell number. That's as far as I can figure it out. Please help! I'd love to be able to text from this tablet. Thanks in advance.

search reveals this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858876

aaron19953 said:
search reveals this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858876
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Yeah. I've posted in that thread asking the same question, but got no reply.

jpmi23 said:
Yeah. I've posted in that thread asking the same question, but got no reply.
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well crap, i think i replied in the wrong thread.. doohhh.. hahaha
anywho, go to your contacts, click on their pic you should see a slew of icons, one of which should be a google voice bubble (a bubble with a phone in it) click on it, and then pick which number you'd like to send a text to .. It may ask you which program you'd like to use, but i can't remember..

I can't speak for everyone else, but I had an update for GV in the market and after the update I went thru login process and SMS worked

aaron19953 said:
well crap, i think i replied in the wrong thread.. doohhh.. hahaha
anywho, go to your contacts, click on their pic you should see a slew of icons, one of which should be a google voice bubble (a bubble with a phone in it) click on it, and then pick which number you'd like to send a text to .. It may ask you which program you'd like to use, but i can't remember..
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Bummer. I don't see that icon on any of my contacts. Poop.
I'll try installing it again tonight. I'm going to flash Vegan B3... I think. Running TnT 2.2 now. Maybe it's an issue with that ROM.

Re-install for success
I was having no success with GV and then I went on the app market and install it from there and now I can send SMS messages from my Google Voice account. Running TnT-Lite 2.2.1

I posted this problem as well on the voice thread on general theme.
I installed .3 google voice. I got to the final set up screen where it wants to verify my phone number. When I hit next, it says "We have a problem, your phone number could not be verified. please try again"
When it asked for my user name and password, I put in the email address and pass word that is linked to google account that I set up google voice with (it is not a gmail account, but a yahoo email address) I can access it fine from google.com/voice by putting in those same credentials, but when i go through setup on the tablet and it comes to the part about verifying the phone number, I get the we have a problem screen
What can I do different?
Thanks

insight3fl said:
I posted this problem as well on the voice thread on general theme.
I installed .3 google voice. I got to the final set up screen where it wants to verify my phone number. When I hit next, it says "We have a problem, your phone number could not be verified. please try again"
When it asked for my user name and password, I put in the email address and pass word that is linked to google account that I set up google voice with (it is not a gmail account, but a yahoo email address) I can access it fine from google.com/voice by putting in those same credentials, but when i go through setup on the tablet and it comes to the part about verifying the phone number, I get the we have a problem screen
What can I do different?
Thanks
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Just update Google voice from the market. The new one just works now without having to replace the old with 0.3 and all that.

Sprdtyf350 said:
Just update Google voice from the market. The new one just works now without having to replace the old with 0.3 and all that.
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I originally tried the one from market and it FC each time I tried to run it. I removed it with the remove applications removal tool in settings and installed this otherone. It loads, opens and allows me to put in my email address and password associated with my only google voice account, but it stops on the phone number verification process.
Thanks for your help
EDIT: Just tried again to install from market. This time when it gets to verify phone number, instead of the error popping up, it gives me a FC... the same as when I tried it before.

Try signing up for google voice on a pc or via the web first. Use any phone number that you have access to immediately to verify the number then simply install google voice from the market. It should just work. Skip the part about cell phone voicemail if asked.

Still no luck on my end. I un-installed the update (in settings), then wiped and un-installed via Titanium Backup, then rebooted. After boot I downloaded and installed from the market. Went through the setup process. Rebooted again. Still no option to SMS when I click on a contact picture. Ideas?

anjenaire said:
Anyone have a recommendation for sending sms messages over wifi?
TIA.
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I've been using textPlus. Works pretty good!

Can you get to the google voice inbox? If so, press menu and select compose. start typing the name and then pick the persons name and cell and send txt that way. If you can't get the inbox then you have some other problem.
Do you have the google voice configured with a mobile number? Maybe that is it.

phinphan said:
Can you get to the google voice inbox? If so, press menu and select compose. start typing the name and then pick the persons name and cell and send txt that way. If you can't get the inbox then you have some other problem.
Do you have the google voice configured with a mobile number? Maybe that is it.
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I'm in the inbox. In menu, all I see is Refresh, Labels, Balance, Search, Settings, and Help.
Also, it is build number: 0.4.2.13, if that matters.
And additionally, I just flashed Vegan b3, if that matters.

ClockworkMod DesktopSMS: Sending and receiving texts from your XOOM (and desktop)

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.

Wrote you a PM

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!

CT453213 said:
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?

dalepl said:
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?

bwcorvus said:
You can do this already if you have sprint
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Of course, I have BIG RED. :/

[Q] Anyone Got Unread Email Count Working?

Just got the Droid Turbo a few days ago. Still trying to get used to the phone coming from CM11 on a Verizon Galaxy S3. The phone is great, but I'm starting to miss all the customizations CM11 allows...
Has anyone gotten the unread email count working with either APEX or NOVA launcher?
I tried both (paid versions, of course), but neither works with the Turbo's email client.. :crying:

I just sent Teslacoil (of Nova Launcher) an email today about this very issue, so I'll let you know what they come back with.
I too came from a GS3 running CM11. Definitely a worthwhile upgrade overall, but yeah I do miss a few things. I'm hoping Lollipop will fix a few of them (Toggles for flashlight/screen-rotate, for example).

I'm not sure if this is the case with the Turbo's software, because it seems that the Circle widget for this phone works on any launcher., which was not the case for previous Droid devices. But in the past, it was impossible to get notification counts for Email working on 3rd party launchers because Moto's email client and notification count app doesn't like to play nice with anything other than Moto's launcher. My solution to this was to start using a 3rd party email client (I use K9).

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I'm not sure if this is the case with the Turbo's software, because it seems that the Circle widget for this phone works on any launcher., which was not the case for previous Droid devices. But in the past, it was impossible to get notification counts for Email working on 3rd party launchers because Moto's email client and notification count app doesn't like to play nice with anything other than Moto's launcher. My solution to this was to start using a 3rd party email client (I use K9).
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Yeah, K9 would be my last resort.
Or I guess I could try the Lillipop Gmail client too, but my main emails are Exchange and Hotmail...
I also sent the guys at APEX launcher an email regarding unread email count support for the Droid Turbo, but so far no response from them If Nova can get it 1st, I'm switching!
Well.. I'll give K9 a try...
Thanks!

neozen21 said:
Yeah, K9 would be my last resort.
Or I guess I could try the Lillipop Gmail client too, but my main emails are Exchange and Hotmail...
I also sent the guys at APEX launcher an email regarding unread email count support for the Droid Turbo, but so far no response from them If Nova can get it 1st, I'm switching!
Well.. I'll give K9 a try...
Thanks!
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Otherwise the latest update to Gmail allows you to add custom accounts NOT from Google, and Gmail's badge notifications work fine for me on the stock launcher.
Just open the Gmail app, open the drawer menu on the left, click on the small arrow next to the account name and hit add account. Should be pretty self explanatory from there.

I have the same bug/issue Nova Launcher with TeslaUnread counter.
the email counter adds up but never down....if I clear and turn back on, it gets it right ONCE, then as soon as email rolls in, the counter sticks
tried k9 could not get it to work with my exchange
any other ideas ?

toofast007 said:
I have the same bug/issue Nova Launcher with TeslaUnread counter.
the email counter adds up but never down....if I clear and turn back on, it gets it right ONCE, then as soon as email rolls in, the counter sticks
tried k9 could not get it to work with my exchange
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I've been in contact with Tesla and they've trying to get it to work. They've asked me to do some testing for them and asked for logs. The last beta they sent me is almost working, except that the count would remain at 1 when there's no unread emails.
Hopefull, aafter the holidays, we can finally get it right.
Tesla has been very responsive. I tried emailing Apex but got absolutely no response.
I'm switching to Nova Launcher on all of my devices if Tesla can get the unread email count working!

neozen21 said:
I've been in contact with Tesla and they've trying to get it to work. They've asked me to do some testing for them and asked for logs. The last beta they sent me is almost working, except that the count would remain at 1 when there's no unread emails.
Hopefull, aafter the holidays, we can finally get it right.
Tesla has been very responsive. I tried emailing Apex but got absolutely no response.
I'm switching to Nova Launcher on all of my devices if Tesla can get the unread email count working!
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Great, if there is anything I can do as well, let me know. I think I am actually running a beta as well and still having the issue, although it is the public beta vs what you have.
Good luck!

neozen21 said:
I've been in contact with Tesla and they've trying to get it to work. They've asked me to do some testing for them and asked for logs. The last beta they sent me is almost working, except that the count would remain at 1 when there's no unread emails.
Hopefull, aafter the holidays, we can finally get it right.
Tesla has been very responsive. I tried emailing Apex but got absolutely no response.
I'm switching to Nova Launcher on all of my devices if Tesla can get the unread email count working!
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Just a quick update, we have progress...but not perfect yet.
The counter counts up and down now, but it still gets stuck at ONE (1) NO MATTER what.
if I disconnect and reconnect it starts at 0, but then once we get to one it never goes back to 0

toofast007 said:
Just a quick update, we have progress...but not perfect yet.
The counter counts up and down now, but it still gets stuck at ONE (1) NO MATTER what.
if I disconnect and reconnect it starts at 0, but then once we get to one it never goes back to 0
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Are you on 3.3beta2 as well?
I got that version from them on 12/12/14 and I emailed them back about this issue almost right away.
Unfortunately, I haven't heard anything back since then...
Maybe they went on a break during the Holidays and hopefully they'll resume working soon...
I just keep an unread email in my inbox so that I'll always know when I get a new email ...

neozen21 said:
I've been in contact with Tesla and they've trying to get it to work. They've asked me to do some testing for them and asked for logs. The last beta they sent me is almost working, except that the count would remain at 1 when there's no unread emails.
Hopefull, aafter the holidays, we can finally get it right.
Tesla has been very responsive. I tried emailing Apex but got absolutely no response.
I'm switching to Nova Launcher on all of my devices if Tesla can get the unread email count working!
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neozen21 said:
Are you on 3.3beta2 as well?
I got that version from them on 12/12/14 and I emailed them back about this issue almost right away.
Unfortunately, I haven't heard anything back since then...
Maybe they went on a break during the Holidays and hopefully they'll resume working soon...
I just keep an unread email in my inbox so that I'll always know when I get a new email ...
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Yea sure...
As a side note, in doing some research I found these guys MIGHT have abandoned the app ? any truth to this ? or is it the Nova guys who left and Tesla is unrelated.
Finally, how do you email Tesla, I've tried to find out but never get a response or any confirmation....

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Yea sure...
As a side note, in doing some research I found these guys MIGHT have abandoned the app ? any truth to this ? or is it the Nova guys who left and Tesla is unrelated.
Finally, how do you email Tesla, I've tried to find out but never get a response or any confirmation....
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Errr... TeslaCoil Software is the company that developed Nova Launcher and also the TeslaUnread for Nova ..
Nova Launcher is their main product, so I don't think they'll abandon it..
I just emailed them at [email protected] and they responded!

Moto G 2015- Email Address Added As Contacts

Hi, some inconvenients with lollipop
Hello, i was a jellybean user for 2 years, i recently got a moto g 2015 lollipop and have some issues, related to the lollipop so i assume this is the right place even if it is for motog 2014.
theres 3 issues i can't figure out,
1) I have to add a goggle account to the android for it to work with everything right? i mean, the PlayStore app and ****.
For that, i have always used a hotmail address ive had for years which is linked to youtube, facebook etc..
But this lollipop, decided to add a single contact entry for each and all of the emails ive emailed with that account.
Its effin annoying. So i deleted all the contacts I didn't want there, and went to settings-accounts and disabled its SYNC
on that hotmail address. I did that yesterday, and today all the email address contacts were added again today. Wtf
I don't want to create a new clean email account just for the android because I do want my youtube subscriptions alerts.
So what to do?
2) On my previous android device, the jellybean, If i want to delete a whole bunch of contacts. I could check a box next to each of a contact, and select a whole lot, then just hit a DELETE button. In lollipop, the only way is to manually go by one by one of the contacts. select contact, select its details, hit delete. thats a 3click process for ONE contact. I mean. wtf are these guys thinking? Is there a workaround for this?
3) Last but not least. Say i got a missing call on the call registry. And i want to send a message either SMS or whatsapp to that number. In jellybean I could hit the send message button and it would ask me if I wanted to SMS or Whatsapp. AND VOILA. write the message to the number and send it.
In lollipop, theres no message button to numbers that aren't in your contact list. WTF .. I have to add that number to contacts. And then, a send text message button appears next to the name but it only works for SMS, no whatsapp. If i want to whatsapp that number, i'd need open whatsapp and search that newly added entry thru 200 contacts.
i mean seriously. what the **** are these developers thinking.
Sorry for rant. Hope someone has some solutions
Thanks in advance.

Hmmmm I completely understand all the issues and they're all kind of related to the Contacts app on STOCK Lollipop ( stock in caps because its just a truth that skinned versions of Android actually do a better job in their respective dialer and contacts apps or at least that's my experience) and what I've personally done to alleviate some of my contacts issues is to use Contacts+ from the play store. It merges all of your contacts with similar traits etc instead of having 5 different contacts for emails that should be grouped to their respective contact. It also has good organization features. I personally have it set to only show contacts with phone numbers. You can play around with the app and see if you like it. Its also a messaging app and a dialer so an all in one app but I prefer to use it as a contacts app only since I have better alternatives for the others. Check it out. Maybe it'll help and this is not a promo Lol its just that I've personally dealt with this and heard of contacts + and here we are.
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iamcray said:
Hmmmm I completely understand all the issues and they're all kind of related to the Contacts app on STOCK Lollipop ( stock in caps because its just a truth that skinned versions of Android actually do a better job in their respective dialer and contacts apps or at least that's my experience) and what I've personally done to alleviate some of my contacts issues is to use Contacts+ from the play store. It merges all of your contacts with similar traits etc instead of having 5 different contacts for emails that should be grouped to their respective contact. It also has good organization features. I personally have it set to only show contacts with phone numbers. You can play around with the app and see if you like it. Its also a messaging app and a dialer so an all in one app but I prefer to use it as a contacts app only since I have better alternatives for the others. Check it out. Maybe it'll help and this is not a promo Lol its just that I've personally dealt with this and heard of contacts + and here we are.
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yes i wondered right after writing this thread there would be an app and i tried that one.
its good, not the best, but definetly better. ill definetly keep it as my primary dial and contact app . thanks for reply.

Question Phone app to show business names

Hi all,
I was wondering if there's any option to enable to show names of businesses for incoming or outgoing calls. I know this option is there on Google phone apk and also on OnePlus'. Anyway of getting this on S21U?

amirage said:
Hi all,
I was wondering if there's any option to enable to show names of businesses for incoming or outgoing calls. I know this option is there on Google phone apk and also on OnePlus'. Anyway of getting this on S21U?
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It is on oneplus because oneplus use google dialer.

It does for me too in the UK. They have to be registered business with Google.

lywyn said:
It does for me too in the UK. They have to be registered business with Google.
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Does it mean that Samsung dialer also shows the business names?

joloxx9joloxx9 said:
It is on oneplus because oneplus use google dialer.
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I think oneplus has a modded version of the dialer. It's not exactly the Google dialer.

Guys, does samsung dialer shows business names that are registered on Google?

You should be able to obtain a modded Google dialer.. can't see why it wouldn't work..
I'm using an AOSP based ROM with the dialer and it's fine.
Are there any AOSP or pixel experience ROM's?
Both should have it

My Samsung dialler picks up business names, whether its as good as Google dialer I'm not sure.

I'm in the US.
Who's your carrier?

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Does it mean that Samsung dialer also shows the business names?
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Yes the default phone app does, in fact I dialled the number of a local gardening centre today and it showed the business name and I know they are registered as a business on google.

lywyn said:
Yes the default phone app does, in fact I dialled the number of a local gardening centre today and it showed the business name and I know they are registered as a business on google.
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My US 10+ does it with some businesses with Google play Services disabled.
If they're in your contacts they will show as such, obviously.
I really don't want Gookill tracking and indexing my activities. Fk the $hit... shut them down.