Help with LTE galaxy tab active 2 phone text etc - Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm new here joined hoping to get clued in,
I have a new to me tab active 2 and it suits my needs and I like it but I am a bit confused over a lot of different information I run into,
In my case I'm using a tello sim for service which is good for my area and the sim came with a phone number I assumed from online reading i could make calls and use the tab for text but it would seem I can not tello said my device doesn't support voLTE so I hope some of you gurus can tell me what I can and can't do with this tab call and text wise perhaps suggests apps,
I do not make many actual calls so in most cases I can use Facebook messenger call feature if it's a friend but what about that once in a while I need to call a restaurant or car parts store etc I'm I simply out of luck making such calls on this device?
And so does that also rule out text messages, for example if i wanted to use that tello number so a craigslist buyer seller could hit me is that out of the question too on this device?
Many thanks,
Bats

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Cell phone call over internet.

Yeah, I've searched. I've used Google to search the site, and the site's native search.
Still can't find it.
I'm looking at leasing a place for at least a year that has land-line access, and cable high speed internet, but no cell service whatsoever. Not even with a Wilson Cell phone range extender.
I've been using my cell for 4 years now, and I want to be able to make and receive calls from my cell, on my cell phone number over the cable high speed internet. Is this possible?
I'd rather free... but a small fee might be acceptable. For work, and personal , in SoCal, most of the calls I make are out of area code. I'm worried about cost/minute if I can't get my cell with its free long distance to work at <potential> home.
Links, thoughts, etc?
Thanks.
Skype perhaps?
Anyway if you're looking at making calls from home just use your pc and voipdiscount - it's free for making calls to US landlines and mobile phones.
cell phone over internet
from what I know,
you could try the german betamax services. They have lots of services under other names : like nonoh.net, voipdiscount.com. THey usually offer great prices, much less than skype, the quality is ranging from good enough to (mostly) very good.
As to using it from your cellphone directly, can be done.
Usually you set a connection between 2 cellphones from the web page, easily done. you can alwasy connect to this page from your cellp. and establish the connection.
there is also some new thing - you call a normal tel. number and then you give the other numeber you wanted to call. Look it up -
nonoh.net
voipdiscount.com
I need to be able to receive calls on my cell phone, at my cell phone number, and need to be able to send calls and have them show up with my number on caller ID at the other end.
It doesn't look like either of those services provide that.
something like this?
http://www.t-mobile.com/promotions/hotspotathomelearnmore.aspx
over2land said:
I need to be able to receive calls on my cell phone, at my cell phone number, and need to be able to send calls and have them show up with my number on caller ID at the other end.
It doesn't look like either of those services provide that.
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Actually, the Betamax VOIP services (like VOIPStunt.com) DO at least some of those things. If you use the phone-to-phone method, you can make a call to someone and it will show your phone number as the caller ID.
I use lowratevoip, havent used it for about 3 weeks, but they are pretty cheap and good when it comes to calling countries in Asia.
I use the [email protected] from Tmobile and its a lifesaver for me.
My gf is a stay at home mom and was able to rack up decent bills/minute usage in the past, all gone since I have hotspot @home
too bad you need a specific phone for it, would be great if they started to support windows mobile.
XtreMe_G said:
something like this?
http://www.t-mobile.com/promotions/hotspotathomelearnmore.aspx
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force connect to another network?

Situation: The place I go skydiving at is really rural. My service goes in and out, but is more out than in. Is there any way possible to force a connection to the AT&T network that's out there? When I try, I get the message "Your SIM card does not allow this" or whatever it says. I don't wanna drop my T Mobile service, as I've had them since '02 and they've been great to me. But I'm at wit's end with this no service thing every weekend when I jump =/
Thanks in advance
~Lania
lol.... no not unless you can somehow get ATT to allow T-Mo sims.... and hell has a better chance of freezing over..... only option i can think of is grab an ATT ppd sim.... either do the hack to install 2 sims (requires pretty severe physical modification to the phone) or simply remove your T-mo Sim and insert your ATT sim....
you ARE using google voice arent you? in that case you can have all incoming calls ring both numbers, seeing as you should only have one registered on a network at a time....
welcome to the only reason i ever even think of dropping my T-Mo service.... and ive had them since before they were called T-Mobile... (powertel, i think.....)
No, I don't use Google voice. Don't you have to have an invite for that?
Anyway, it's not that big a deal I guess...My service has been gettin a lil better the more I go out there. Last weekend if I put my butt up against the hanger door, I got signal lol My contract is up next August. Prob switch to Verizon then unless T Mobile gets somethin done with the quickness about their service coverage.
you can have an invite sent to you by someone who has it, or you can request an invite off the google voice page it's self, it just takes about a week to get the invite if you request thru GV site... id HIGHLY reccomend getting one, all kinds of cool stuff can be done, including (but not limited too) Cheap international rates (.02 per min to landlines almost anywhere), totally unlimited calling over SIP (this ones pretty tricky to setup), visual and transcribed voice mails, caller screening, call routing (inbound).
if WiFi is available where your having signal issues then a SIP solution through GV, a SIP provider, SIPSorcery, and PBXes.org could give you access to phone calls (inbound and outbound, to/from you GV number)
its a rough setup (took me several tries, a couple days, and a couple shots to finally get right, and im nowhere near a novice) but if thats what would solve your problem grab a copy of SIPDroid (off the google code page, not the market), a GV invite, a PBXes account, a SIPSorcery account (all of the preceding are free services). A SIP provider will also be nessicary (some are free and some arent, i use SIPGate, which is free the way i use it/ have it set up).
look around on google for some tutorials (id link to one, but none were complete, or were old, i had to piece the info together from several tutorials, the SIPDroid page, PBXes help pages, and some common sense)
I'll look into it
worst case it'll allow you to still use your G1 for calls on Wifi over SIP after you change service providers (and phones) if you dont grab another android (or even if you do for that matter, with the proper setup ofcourse)...

Any way to make phone texts come to Tab also w/out forwarding? TMo US Tab

Ok, so this has bothered me since I got my Tab, and I'd like it to not anymore lol...
I have a TMo Tab, and it really bothers me that it has it's own number. In theory it's fine, but the fact that I now have a completely different number to get texts on is inconvenient. Some people text me on the number they have had for years, and some on the number for the Tab (my wife randomly uses both). What I would like is to use my normal phone number (the one I've had for years) for all my texts, the problem is that the phone sucks and I'd MUCH rather receive and reply to those texts on my TAB.
Is there any way to make it so texts sent to my phone also come to my Tab, and that the replies on the Tab come back to the person from my phone's number?
Thanks
You might forward your old phone number to you tabs and then switch sims. Then calls will come to the phone and texts to the tab, and texts sent from the tab will have the right sender. Only problen is that your calling number from the phone will the tabs number. But anyway no matter what number your friends will call, it will ring your phone.
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If you swap sims as stated above, the phone number will follow the sim.
That is an alternative for you.
Personally, Just flash your tab and make the modem work for voice, then put your other phone sim in the tab and enjoy great texting,, and good calls thru a Bluetooth device. Works for me.
Check out Sync SMS on the market. Uses dropbox to sync texts. Send via your phone from the tab. I have it on my tab and incredible, been pretty solid.
Cheers
Rob
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Thanks everyone, I'll look into all of those options...

[Q] Verizon 4G LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1 - using your mobile number to make calls?

Hey guys, bare with me here, I've searched all over the forums and have been chasing a golden goose on Google for the passed 10 hours (not including the handful of research over the passed week). I have a 2 year agreement with Verizon Wireless when I got my Galaxy Nexus. 1 month later I tried using it as a GPS on my motorcycle, and the mount I got for it didn't work.... thus it flew off as soon as I got onto the highway and was destroyed. Didn't have insurance, I have no idea why I didn't opt for that. Needless to say there's no way in hell I'm going to pay $650 for another. So I ended up getting a used 4G LTE Galaxy Tab I was hoping to replace my Netbook (for remoting into my home PC) as well as the Nexus. I know Google Voice allows you to make calls, but you have to adopt their number. Or, if you want to use your own number, it has to *call* your number first to which you need to answer from your own cell phone every time you make an outbound call. Receiving calls, however, would be as simple as forwarding all my calls to the Google Voice number I've been researching sipdroid but either I'm just going numb from all the reading I've been doing recently or it doesn't clearly explain if it can use your existing mobile cell number. I tried configuring it in what was probably a pretty rough fashion, created a sip account, etc... but where I input my mobile number isn't clear. Sipdroid probably isn't even what I'm looking for. Anyway, I have a 10 year old Verizon flip phone that I'm stuck carrying around every time I have to make calls and text with, along with my 4G Tab. If you folks could help me figure out how to get this put on the tab, is would be greatly appreciated.
First, this is a forum for Galaxy Tab 7" original.
Second, don't post a "Q" in general section.
Thirdly, SIP account credential does not need to correspond to a phone number. At the provider end it does but your "registration" or auth id does not usually match the DID number.
(sorry I don't know about Google Voice, but I use SIPDroid to connect to my SIP provider)
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Verizon note 8 on AT&T Calling error!

Hey everyone,
I have a bit of a weird issue here. I have a note 8 from Verizon which everyone knows comes unlocked. I am using it on AT&T and everything works well except for one thing. For some reason when I receive phone calls from people, it shows on the screen with a + sign in front of the phone number. So if someone calls me that is in my contact book, it will not show their name since there is no + sign in my contact book. So also now in my call history if I try to call that number back it sounds like it is trying to make an international call. I have no idea what is happening. Data, texts and calls work but instead of getting a call from 9999999999 I get +9999999999.
Please help me out here, I love the phone!!
Zachary
I've read about this issue before. Googling 'incoming calls show +' gives you some leads.
In short it seems to be related to Dialling Assistance settings (note spell error, is as in settings...). I couldn't find those via the regular settings (used to be accessible via settings in Phone app), but I could via the app 'Shortcut Master (Light)' ...
Search for 'dialing' and then launch:
'com.android.phone.operator.usa.AssistedDialingActivity'. My settings (N950U1) are as per SS...
Try playing with these settings.

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