Any way to get visual voicemail.
One of the few things that I miss after getting streak
Sign up for Google Voice, log on to your GV account and find the link then follow the directions to use GV for voicemail. Download the GV app from the market, ???, profit
edit: and set GV to Do Not Disturb. I think they don't tell you that in the instructions.
theres also hullomail
http://android.modaco.com/content/software-pauls-app-of-the-day/314220/hullomail-visual-voicemail/
I think it uses your normal voice minutes allocation to use it
in the USA Google voice looks to be a much better option..
Google Voice also has the transcription feature (hit or miss depending on if the caller can annunciate words)
There is also PhoneFusion Visual Voicemail
youmail works great too
I am using google voice as voice mail.
Easy set up and it transcribes tooo . Love this feature as i can read when i am busy in a meeting
Thanks for the tip as I setup google voice and it worked well!
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So I've used google voice on my past phones, but for some reason whenever I get a voicemail on the Thunderbolt, it goes to my verizon account voicemail. I have changed it to default to google voice in the setting under call, I have set up my google voice like before. I'm not sure what else to do. I've uninstalled, changed the settings and everything like a million times too. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks.
Verizon handles voicemail a bit differently. With GV you were able to set up voicemail automatically on some carriers, but for Verizon, you have to do an extra step.
Dial *71<Your Google Voice Number> and press Call. You'll hear a series of beeps and now phonecalls that go to voicemail will go to GV now.
Okay. I'll try that. Now when I switch ROMs and wipe my phone do I have to do that every time then?
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Now it says please enter the number you wish to dial followed by the # sign whenever someone calls me...so I don't think it worked lol.
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nevermind.
I'm having the same issue. Did you find a solution?
Call vzw there's a few other numbers you can dial I think but I can't remember them
I used *71(GV number), *90(GV number), and *92(GV number) and everything works fine. There was another thread on this a few days ago.
Ya that's them
*71 and *90 are redundant. *71 is no answer/busy forwarding (both conditions), *90 is BUSY only forwarding, so if you're using *71, *90 isn't necessary.
*92 not sure what that's supposed to do, it's not quickly found on VZW's website.
Additionally, apparently call forwarding (conditional) behavior is not the same in every VZW market. Go figure.
What about visual voicemail? It works with the Google voice app, but it does not show up under the "messaging" visual voice, even though I set it in settings to goole voice and not carier. Any ideas?
andydumi said:
What about visual voicemail? It works with the Google voice app, but it does not show up under the "messaging" visual voice, even though I set it in settings to goole voice and not carier. Any ideas?
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The stock Visual Voicemail app will NOT work with messages on Google Voice. They are two separate applications that cannot be linked.
Just check your messages in GVoice. Yes, this means you can't use the home screen messaging widget for voicemail, but such is life when using Google Voice.
Remember, using Google Voice takes away revenue from the carrier, since you aren't paying for their voicemail service. So they have no incentive to provide native support for it. You're pretty much on your own when you switch to GVoice.
Lipmonger said:
The stock Visual Voicemail app will NOT work with messages on Google Voice. They are two separate applications that cannot be linked.
Just check your messages in GVoice. Yes, this means you can't use the home screen messaging widget for voicemail, but such is life when using Google Voice.
Remember, using Google Voice takes away revenue from the carrier, since you aren't paying for their voicemail service. So they have no incentive to provide native support for it. You're pretty much on your own when you switch to GVoice.
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Cool. God to know. Its not a big deal to use the Voice widget, I was just curious if I was maybe missing a setting. So its a limitation imposed by Verizon and not HTC if I read your comments correctly? Which means with a proper rom in the future I should be able to use the feature?
Your Gv voicemails are on a completely different system. I don't think it will be possible to use the built in vvm app for that ever.
Then why would they put it as an option under the Settings/Call/Voicemail options? I am not saying I don't believe you, it just seems odd to include it as an option for provider, then not use it in the app.
Oh I guess you can then. Surprise to me.
Oh wait you're talking about the phone settings. That's nothing to do with the vvm app. Thats just telling your phone what number to dial when you hold 1.
The gv app adds that option when you install it.
1. My Sprint number is tied directly to Google Voice via the built-in integration.
2. I have the EVO 3D.
Is there any reason why I would want to use/install the Google Voice application when I already get everything directly through it anyhow?
I'm pretty sure that in order to receive texts, you have to have the app installed.
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I'm pretty sure that in order to receive texts, you have to have the app installed.
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Not if you leave it set to text your phone as well.
To the op only reason I have the app is to get voicemail
Thanks for the responses. I get and send text messages via the phone and it all shows up in Google Voice (the web portal). Voicemail is transcribed for me and then emailed directly - and I can still check it from my phone by holding 1. So it sounds like I don't need to install the app. Thanks for confirming
What about for international calls?
1) If someone calls me internationally, can I pick up with Google Voice wifi and not have to pay as much?
2) If I call a international number, is it cheaper if I initiate the call through the web UI?
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Not if you leave it set to text your phone as well.
To the op only reason I have the app is to get voicemail
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Where do i do that? Online or through app?
Online through voice settings I believe.
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Voicemail. I hate the stock voicemail interface.
Yup........voicemail. You pretty much get Visual Voicemail with it. How else are you supposed to retrieve your voicemails? Dialing your own number? This is 2011.
I decided not to install the app cause the MMS issue. All my texts/mms work fine but I dont receive visual voice mails. I still wont install the app cos its a pain in the ass to open the app for everything.
Might be a dumb question but how can I get the text to not go through voice and go to the stock messaging app so I don't have to open up voice to read my text I'm on mikg 2.3 and have an EVO
Your mom uses XDA
johnny tsunami said:
Might be a dumb question but how can I get the text to not go through voice and go to the stock messaging app so I don't have to open up voice to read my text I'm on mikg 2.3 and have an EVO
Your mom uses XDA
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Your text will always go through Google voice once integrated, but there is a setting in the app and web page that lets them come in as regular texts as well. Mms always goes straight to the phone even if you integrate and install the app.
I prefer Google Voice for visual voicemail mostly because GV gives you free text transcription.
What I do is just have the option for text notification so my texts still go through the stock message program and I pretty much ignore GV for anything else. Now whenever I miss/ignore a call and I get a voicemail, I get a text from myself letting me know I have a voicemail and I can then open the app. A bit of that text also contains some of the transcribed voice message left and who it was from. This also helps save battery/data (unlimited plans yes I know) since I don't have to leave GV logged in all the time etc.
My only complaint is that I would like the text notifying me of the voice message to look as though it came from the person that called me instead of myself.
use it to answer you sms through google voice web page,
ie google.com/voice or the google voice extension. also phone calls too
I did not see a reason to use the Google Voice app for my integrated number. My texts and mms go though the native app, I get a text with the transcribed voicemail or I press and hold 1 to listen to them.
However I setup the Google Voice App with my other Google Voice number. So I can send and receive texts and listen to voicemails for a secondary number.
Also with the return of Sipdroid I setup the same Google Voice Number that is in the Google Voice App, now I have 2 fully functional lines.
For those that love the Google voicemail but hate the merged text messaging, you need to login to Google voice, unnassociate your phone and install the "lite" version.
Do not chose the Integrate with Sprint option.
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Disable inbox notification in GV app and enable text notification. Everything is logged in GV but text come through your regular app. I still have to checkout voice mail. I believe if voice mail notification is set to text to your phone, everything will be notified though regular messaging app and you can open GV app to get your voice mails.
Yup, like donnie said. I can delete texts off my phone, but they're also backed up on Google voice.
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Just confirming, if you enable text notification and disable inbox notification in GV application, you get everything through text message. You will have to open GV application to listen voice mail but for text default application will be used. Everything is still logged into google voice.
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I have had Google Visual VoiceMail forever on my T-Mobile account, works great and would recommend it to everyone. I also have a Thunderbolt with Verizon and have been using their stock voicemail service. Can I add my Verizon Thunderbolt to my Google VoiceMail? I am not sure about having two different carriers sharing the same Google VoiceMail number?? I have not tried yet, don't want to screw up my settings and be pissed off at myself for a week. It is great being able to get my voicemail messages from my laptop. Any help would be appreciated.
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Vinny
Yes
The short answer, yes. The long answer, yes.
You have Google voice on your phone (I'll assume you just said yes). Go through the setup process (Your phone needs to have the same gmail account as your T-Mobile Google Voice account set up on the TB). When it comes to the part where it tells you it is going to setup the settings for your phone, it will kick out saying something like "some carriers don't allow automatic set up". It will also give you a link to the GV help Center. Follow it on your phone and do what it says. Then, hit next/ok all the way through to the end of setup. Go to Settings/Call/Voicemail Service. If it says Google voice, you're done. If not, choose it.
Under Voicemail settings, it will give your voicemail # (rather than #86) and your gmail acct #.
Done.
All google voice does is set up a forwarding rule with your carrier to send any missed calls to Google's voicemail number instead of your normal one. You can actually do this by hand by entering a combination of digits, but the app streamlines it for you. Google voice doesnt know where the calls are calling from. Then of course the app on your phone just checks in with the Google Voice server the same way it does with the Gmail server, so all functionality is the same. You could install the GV app on 100 phones and they would all have access to your voicemail.
So how is everyone doing visual voicemail? Is there an app in market?? google voice? I had stock on blackberry and its on iphone, don't see anything here jumping out at me...
google voice, youmail
^ this
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+1 Google voice
It has so many features that att voicemail can't do. It will transcribe your message so you can read it, it can automatically send that transcription to you via text or email. You can choose the order of playback of your messages, and you can rewind or fast forward them.
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+2 for google voice. The transcription isn't perfect, but any errors are usually really easy to figure out.
I've had a google voice number since it wasn't even google voice (grandcentral), I've played with it off and on over the years but never used it. They've added a few features!
Installed the app on the my android for the first time yesterday and yea i'll +3 that for the visual voicemail.
Thanks everyone!
love my google voice once you get it set up.. just sit back and enjoy
+1 for Google voice, I tried Youmail and it seemed like there was always a delay in notification.
i used to have Youmail back in my BB days. But +10000 for google voice. Its much better, IMO.
I use the Phonefusion app. It's free and also does transcription. Seems to work fine, although the app is ugly as sin. I have Google Voice as well, but I don't use it as my main voice mail.
The AT&T Messages app will do VVM with your native mail and give you some other Google voice type functions. I don't like the delay for google voice vmail to pick up if you don't reject the call.
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Does anyone were to get the apk for visual voicemail, I have Saurom rom.
Search the market. Im pretty sure its there
It wont show up on the market for the note.
This is the link to the thread in this form for it and it does work IF ATT has you set correctly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452330
Visual Voicemail
I was trying to use visual voicemail on my GS2 Skyrocket and then again on the G-Note. In both cases, it was a b#$% to set up and it did not work reliably. Had to go to the At&t store a couple of time and have them reset a bunch of stuff.
I ended up using my Google voice number for voice mail. You can set it up to forward to that number. You get way better performance and feature, i.e. you can listen to your VM on a computer too. It can also email or text you a transcript of the voicemail, etc.
The only weird thing is that when someone calls it seems to call you twice, but it's just re-directing to Google Voice the second time.