I am VERY happy with my xda Atom Life, but I am having a serious problem not getting voicemail alerts. I've read prior posts about this, and have given up expecting to find a way to get the standard "message tape" icon from T-Mobile. Feeling clever, I decided a great work-around was to go with YouMail - have my voicemails directed to the Youmail service where they in turn immediately send a standard text message alerting me that I have a voicemail. Well - wouldn't you know it - for some strange reason I don't get the voicemail text message alerts either! I DO get general text messages (friends, etc); in fact, EVERYTHING works great, but it's as if the Gods above are intent that I will never again be alerted to my voicemails by any method (T-Mobile basic VoiceMail or YouMail). Is there ANY work-around? Is there a common denominator here that I'm missing (other than I'm not getting voicemail alerts from two different services who use two different alerting protocols?) I'm completely stumped and have invested hours into this problem already.
Thanks for any guidance/ideas/clues,
Lee
Xda (O2) Atom Life (current "White" limited model offered by Expansys)
IMEI 355343013031641
ExtROM EX0604
Radio AL1-KLNC-2.3.4OCT-07060
ROM WWE_RC2170507B2
Could it be that my MMS settings are set to Vodafone (Australia)? I'm in the USA. My modem configuration is correct and I breeze through the internet (via Edge) plus get emails no problem. Is it possible that YouMail sends its text messages MMS instead of SMS?
Lee
(sigh)
Oh well - I continue to miss my voicemails and have to keep calling in to see if any are waiting. I'm beginning to not like my xda anymore...
I have the same problem and it is driving me nuts!
I have tried all of the above. The only other option is a program called isecretary . The only realtime voice machine avail for ppc but the program is buggy and also cost minutes as it answers all calls and lets you hear the other end leave the message so you can screen the calls you want to answer and which ones you want to not answer...
My work-around
Finally got YouMail to work - the folks at YM tech support were very helpful, and it turned out all I needed was a reset of the YouMail account. So far it has been working perfectly for a week. Great voicemail service - and it's free! Sends me a text message immediately upon receipt of a voice message telling me who called. All it costs me is the text message - and with a text message package add-on, it's only $5 more a month.
I dont get cell service at one of my friend's houses that i go to a lot. Is there anyway to have texts get forwarded to my email if they are not delivered because i dont have cell service? he has wifi so i would be able to check my email to see if i missed an important message or something. Is it possible to do something like this with phone calls?
I just moved to the S3 from an iphone and most of the ppl i talk to, friends and family, have iphones so i used to be able get imessages which come through on internet and not cell signal but cant now that i have an S3.
bump. anyone? anyway to have undelivered texts forwarded to email?
Google voice. You can skip the forwarding part too.
I couldn't pay my Sprint bill for one and a half to two days after my monthly bill was due, finally got service turned back on today. I've never had this happen before and was just curious, do I still receive text messages that were sent while my service was down?
While it's not uncommon for me to not receive a text messages in a one or two day time period, I did send myself a text message through Google Voice before it was turned back on just to test this, and I never received that text or any other text that was possibly sent to me while it was down.
So any text I possibly got while my service was down is just gone? Is there no way to retrieve these?
Thanks in advance.
I'd ask Sprint, but I think they are gone.
I'm having trouble with my phone's messaging. I can send texts fine, but I can't send any group messages or MMS messages. I've tried unrooting, updating to the newest OTA update, using a third party texting app, and replacing the SIM card. Nothing works. I can't send or receive group messages or attachments. I tried Go SMS Pro, and when I tried to send group messages, it failed, then sent the message individually to each person. When I tried sending a picture, it said the service was not activated on the network.
This got me thinking it might be something with our texting plan, but everyone else in my family can send and receive group messages and attachments without problems. So it's a problem with my phone only. Does anyone have suggestions?
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I'm having trouble with my phone's messaging. I can send texts fine, but I can't send any group messages or MMS messages. I've tried unrooting, updating to the newest OTA update, using a third party texting app, and replacing the SIM card. Nothing works. I can't send or receive group messages or attachments. I tried Go SMS Pro, and when I tried to send group messages, it failed, then sent the message individually to each person. When I tried sending a picture, it said the service was not activated on the network.
This got me thinking it might be something with our texting plan, but everyone else in my family can send and receive group messages and attachments without problems. So it's a problem with my phone only. Does anyone have suggestions?
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might try going into your setting and unchecking fastboot .. read somewhere that worked for others ... good luck
Nope, that didn't work, either before or after a reboot. Any other suggestions?
Had a similar issue. I don't know if its because I'm still locked and unrooted but I recieved an error code when I would try to send messages. I actually had to get o the phone with Big Red and they had reconnect me to another network connection of some sorts. Weird.
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Sorry, what do you mean you had to "get o the phone with Big Red"? You had to carry it back to Verizon?
M0rtiferrimus said:
Sorry, what do you mean you had to "get o the phone with Big Red"? You had to carry it back to Verizon?
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He missed a 'n', he got on the phone with big red. Aka he called Verizon.
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This has been solved. I switched my number in January, and the service had been disabled then. I was able to get into a live chat with a vzw customer support guy, and he was helpful enough not only to fix MMS, but also group messaging on my phone. It took a couple of hours after trying in vain to put a password in over the phone, but contacting Verizon is the only way to fix this. If you have rooted your phone (as I had previously), and you still have that ugly "tampered" or "relocked" message at the top of the bootloader, Verizon's live chat system is probably your best bet. Even if you haven't rooted your phone, live chat may be faster. You can skip the "reboot, reset, ask other employees for help" routine you'll probably go through if you go to a physical location.
I think I have the same problem too..
When I'm sending a group message .. one of or two of the messages wont send
In the last few days I have noticed that I cannot receive security verification texts from different companies. It happened on trying to login to my social security account where they send a verification code by text to the phone number on the account as a part of their 2 step identification process . It happened again yesterday with my phone carrier Cricket that sends text notices to all phones on the account. I needed to reset my password and was on the phone with rep from Cricket wireless and she send the text while I was on the phone with her. It just would not come through. This has been only recently as I was getting texts from Cricket on payment notice and such. I did check my messaging and found the texts with and error saying cannot download. I tried to download but it keeps saying "failed to download". I get all regular texts from friends and family including MMS. It seems only from companies sending notices to my phone. Anyone have any ideas? I have the US version BLA-A09 on 8.0.0.125(C567). I recently updated to .125 and I am wondering if that could be something that caused this.
Thanks in advance for any help or ideas.
Barry