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I'm writing a new app that will cost users to pay a very low fee per month. It will allow them to unmask caller id that's private (such as "trapcall") and also give the user the callers name/organization (if registered) along with the state that they're calling from.
I already have the backend tested and working. I've called from private and it gives me the number I'm calling from. If the information is there it also gives me the name and location (state) of the phone.
My confusion lies with the fact that I can't figure out how the "trapcall" app forwards the number to their server. And once I figure that out, I will need to allow my server's call through and not let it get stuck in a loop. With the app, I will then need to change the callerid (name) that shows up for the new call on the user's phone (like "cityid").
Mostly, if someone could tell me how to forward calls with an android app, I can figure the rest out.
I tested the backend by running my asterisk pbx server by connecting as a user with the SIPdroid app. Then on my phone (SGS4G) I set call forwarding (manually) to the number that calls into my asterisk server. When I call my phone it gets forwarded to my server, gets processed, then I see the correct caller id on SIPdroid.
Hence, I already have everything working I just need help with parts of writing the app.
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Haha nevermind I figured it out.... haha... I should be releasing the app soon with a limited number of free accounts. Free accounts will be for XDA users to help me beta test
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Is this only available in US?
Yes and it will be available for any cell phone under most major us carriers. For services not in the us it might be slightly more difficult, but if your not in the us. Let me know your country and local carriers and I'll see what I can do
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I'd be willing to test. Running Liquid Thunderbread AOSP on Verizon with the Thunderbolt.
I would like to test as well, running cm7 on thunderbolt
I'm in, Droid Charge.
I'll beta test rooted vibrant, rooted sgs 4g, rooted mytouch4g, rooted evo4g
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I'll beta test.
I have a rooted Dell Streak 5".
Canada, on Telus.
Just a word of caution to the OP. The last guy that made something that did what cityid did, was threatened with lawsuits from that douchebag company. I know your app does more than it, but just mentioning it. They have some sort of sham patent they claim is related to their product. Assuming you want to battle them out, you can probably get it revoked. It looked like it screamed "prior art."
I would love to test. Rooted 3g slide, yes its an old phone I'm working on that. In Texas.
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Just a word of caution to the OP. The last guy that made something that did what cityid did, was threatened with lawsuits from that douchebag company. I know your app does more than it, but just mentioning it. They have some sort of sham patent they claim is related to their product. Assuming you want to battle them out, you can probably get it revoked. It looked like it screamed "prior art."
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Yeah, actually that's one of the reasons this beta release is taking so long... It's all working (well, mostly). I just need to find an alternative to what CityId does. I'm gonna try to incorporate SMS for details such as location of call and caller id. As far as the number being "UnMasked" that's all figured out
My mom called my phone yesterday, and I went to answer it but it stopped ringing. Then she called again and asked me who the hell just answered my phone, and why they only spoke Spanish.... I thought probably just a crossed line, but then I got a text the next day saying that international calling must be added by the account holder..... As if someone tried to make an international call? ? ? I'm on page plus, so there is no way to investigate... Has my Android been hacked through an app, and my esn stolen?
UPDATE: So, I changed esn's for 2 weeks and things went back to normal. But a few days ago I switched back to the android to test... Sure enough, just now, my cousin called but it stopped ringing. A few minutes later he called back to tell me that I butt-answered the phone. He could BBC world news in the background, talking specifically about mexico. It wasn't me, but someone accidentally answered my call again.
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Hey, so Android hacking seemed to be the correct forum for help...?
Anyway, my mom called my phone yesterday, and I went to answer it but it stopped ringing. Then she called again and asked me who the hell just answered my phone, and why they only spoke Spanish.... I thought probably just a crossed line, but then I got a text the next day saying that international calling must be added by the account holder..... As if someone tried to make an international call? ? ? I'm on page plus, so there is no way to investigate... Has my Android been hacked through an app, and my esn stolen?
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Possibly. Contact your service provider immediately.
What's up guys! I got this pretty cool gig in Japan that I will start in mid-May that's going to last a year at the very least (the American working now with the company said they wanted him to come back for another year, but he had other things here he wanted to pursue.) Anyway, I have quite a few questions and concerns regarding my cell phone service here, as well as my future service in Japan.
Here in the US:
I am not one to resist change... hell, I'm moving halfway across the world (Hiroshima) in a couple of months... but if there is one thing I do not like doing it is most definitely getting a new cell phone number! I have a five week (paid) vacation in December, and I would like to come back to my good ol' T-Mobile HD2 for that month and if I am only on the job for a year, I'd like to come back to the same number. But that's not important, and I don't want anyone to focus on that (like I know some will initially), the question is what is the cheapest way I can go about keeping my current number? As I mentioned, I am currently with T-Mobile, so I'm thinking the cheapest and easiest way to go would be to switch to prepaid after my contract expires? Any other suggestions?
Over there in Japan:
This is the more complex situation. I'm still reading up on the wireless phone service in Japan, and it is quite a bit different from the system we have over here in the States, so if someone catches me saying something incorrect, please let me know!
Anyway, I want an Android phone. Keitai are unique and all, but when it comes down to it, I'd like to be able to keep sync my contacts to Google and use SMS (possibly) to communicate with my family and friends here in the US. The next time I'm in contact with the American who works for the company I'll be with, I will ask him what service he and his co-workers use... though I suspect it's SoftBank, because I believe he has an iPhone. If that's the case, the question of my service provider will (reluctantly) be answered as, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, SoftBank users can talk to other SoftBank users free while being charged when talking to people on other providers no matter what time of day? That being said, for those with the experience, how important is it to use the same provider as the majority of the people you talk to? According to subscription numbers, SoftBank greatly trails docomo in number of subscribers, however I have read online that most people I would likely be communicating with will have SoftBank... very confusing.
The next major question is, of course, which Android phone should I purchase? This is a difficult question because if I am only over there for a year, I would like to be able to bring the phone back to the US and use it. I also would prefer buying a phone that has a decent-sized developer community... Obviously the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy S II HD LTE come to mind. The international versions of the phones are able to run on UTMS 2100, which (correct me if I'm wrong) means I should be golden for 3G use with AT&T/T-Mobile AND docomo/SoftBank (I don't really care about LTE at this point of its life.) If all that is correct, then it comes down to which phone to buy... the Galaxy Nexus is sweet and all, but the Galaxy S II HD LTE is better equipped... and I'll be running CyanogenMod 9 on whichever one I buy anyway, so software is not an issue. Decisions...
Last, but certainly the most important question I have (in my opinion), is what will be the cheapest way to communicate with my family and friends in the US while I am away for a year? I haven't done much research into this yet, but what are your opinions... Skype, Google Voice... there are some Internet texting options available on the market that may give me the ability to text back and forth, but some of those apps are proprietary. Does anyone know any apps that will give me the ability to text people who don't use the app or have dumbphones? I have no problem spending a bit of money, but I'd like to find the cheapest way possible to keep in contact with loved ones.
I know this is super long, but I want to be thorough in my research and understanding of the environment I will be moving to within the next couple of months. Thanks for taking the time to read and response!
I think the cheapest way to keep your number would be to buy a dumb phone and get the most minimum plan you can. I would buy a nexus because you can use it on t-mobile when you get back. I am not 100% sure, but i think gosms is free texting that can text anyone, regardless of app use. For people with smartphones, a great voip app is viber.
Get your new number and keep your old one. then quickly blast out the new number via SMS to all your contacts. You can use something like what's app to keep in touch for free. All you need is a 3G phone while you are in Japan.
WhatsApp is great, but it's only really good for sending messages to people that have smartphones and data plans. If someone has a smart phone and data plan, you can easily convince them to install the app, because it's unobtrusive and the messages act like text messages. But it won't help you communicate with everyone.
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I think the cheapest way to keep your number would be to buy a dumb phone and get the most minimum plan you can. I would buy a nexus because you can use it on t-mobile when you get back. I am not 100% sure, but i think gosms is free texting that can text anyone, regardless of app use. For people with smartphones, a great voip app is viber.
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I use GO SMS right now and they have a proprietary messaging feature called GO Chat that only others with the app can use. Viber sounds almost exactly what I'm looking for, except I won't be able to use it with my mom, as she has a dumbphone.
My gripe with the Galaxy Nexus is the lack of a microSD card, another reason why I'm considering buying the Galaxy S II HD LTE, which apparently AT&T will be bringing to us over here as the Skyrocket HD. That would make purchasing one easier and cheaper than buying from overseas.
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Get your new number and keep your old one. then quickly blast out the new number via SMS to all your contacts.
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By new number, do you mean my Japanese phone number?
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Set up a google voice account. That's a simple way to be texting anyone you know. Just make sure they have that number. As far as keeping your stateside number, I believe Tmob has a service where you can have your line lay dormant for some period of time. I don't know how long for or what the cost is or anything like that. I think I remember that being an option when I had them.
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Set up a google voice account. That's a simple way to be texting anyone you know. Just make sure they have that number. As far as keeping your stateside number, I believe Tmob has a service where you can have your line lay dormant for some period of time. I don't know how long for or what the cost is or anything like that. I think I remember that being an option when I had them.
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I've done a ton of reading on Google Voice today and I may have come up with a solution, though I don't know if it will work, as I've never used Google Voice before.
It's my understanding that when a number is ported to Google Voice, it ends the service with whoever the provider is, and I do not have to renew service with another cell phone provider in order to keep my number (correct me on this if I'm wrong.) Ironically, my contract with T-Mobile ends a couple days before I am supposed to fly over to Japan.
So when my contract is up, all I simply need to do is port my current number over to Google Voice and I will have the ability to send and receive texts to and from (and here's an important question) anyone... or... only those who have data plans? Someone with a dumbphone or without Google Voice will be able to text me, right?
As for making and receiving calls, I'm look at GrooVe IP as a way to accomplish this while being able to keeping my current cell phone number. Does anyone have any experience with that app?
You can text anyone with texting on their plan from GVoice. A buddy of mine has a feature phone and he receives them just fine.
I can't get my msl using any current suggested method and I can't call sprint besides they suck I need to get my msl and this phone is locked down to the extreme. 4.3 jelly bean sucks because of it someone plz guide Me or make something so I can retieve the msl. I rooted the phone but without a good kernal this phone has alot of secuity shame on samsung I have the galaxy note 3 for sprint help! I need to access the data and edit. Please don't help if your going to mention to call sprint for it that's such a cop out lazyvmethod that sprint wants I'll praise the developer who helps as a god
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I can't get my msl using any current suggested method and I can't call sprint besides they suck I need to get my msl and this phone is locked down to the extreme. 4.3 jelly bean sucks because of it someone plz guide Me or make something so I can retieve the msl. I rooted the phone but without a good kernal this phone has alot of secuity shame on samsung I have the galaxy note 3 for sprint help! I need to access the data and edit. Please don't help if your going to mention to call sprint for it that's such a cop out lazyvmethod that sprint wants I'll praise the developer who helps as a god
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Just call Sprint tech support and tell them you are a developer and need the msl for your device. They will give it to you no questions asked. At this point there is no app that will get you the msl for the Note 3. Unless your device does not actually belong to you there is no reason you can't call Sprint. Takes all of two minutes
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Just call Sprint tech support and tell them you are a developer and need the msl for your device. They will give it to you no questions asked. At this point there is no app that will get you the msl forour device does not actually belong to you there is no reason you can't call Sprint. Takes all of two minutes
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cop out reply yes its my device I bought it for $620 dollars i do appreciate the reply but if everyone says the same answer you given whats the point of d3velopers making alternatives than contacting sprint calling or chatting otherwise there's so development on this subject other than contacting sprint or downgrading versions it seems as if samsung and cell phone companies are at the advantage at this point than a couple years back
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Just call Sprint tech support and tell them you are a developer and need the msl for your device. They will give it to you no questions asked. At this point there is no app that will get you the msl for the Note 3. Unless your device does not actually belong to you there is no reason you can't call Sprint. Takes all of two minutes
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I answered the cut and paste question you posted in the general sub forum. Posting across multiple sub forums won't give you any better answers
Read the Forum Rules before posting or creating new threads. Keep in mind the device is still new, the security placed on the device is still new to developers, and there are no apps that will do what you're asking at this time. Your best bet is to call your provider, as instructed by other members of the community. Patience is key, given enough time development will do what you're asking. In the meantime, this thread is closed.
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Im having issues receiving MMS from certain people, im coming from galaxy note 3 an i wasn't having any issues on it now some time when someone sends me a MMS its a small box an it doesn't show anything but if i click an save attachment it will show me the picture. I'm using the stock messaging app and i'm completely stock phone. anyone else having this type of issues?
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Im having issues receiving MMS from certain people, im coming from galaxy note 3 an i wasn't having any issues on it now some time when someone sends me a MMS its a small box an it doesn't show anything but if i click an save attachment it will show me the picture. I'm using the stock messaging app and i'm completely stock phone. anyone else having this type of issues?
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I have no problem. everything is ok.
That's what happens when I receive a mms but if I click it an save attachments I can see the picture in my gallery
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Instead of starting a new thread I'll try here. I'm having problems of not receiving just sms messages from time to time. At least two friends now have text me and said they didn't get replies from me when they text me. That being cause I never got them. Anyone else have this? Any ideas? I'm not rooted or unlocked or anything yet.
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Instead of starting a new thread I'll try here. I'm having problems of not receiving just sms messages from time to time. At least two friends now have text me and said they didn't get replies from me when they text me. That being cause I never got them. Anyone else have this? Any ideas? I'm not rooted or unlocked or anything yet.
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Did you have an iphone before this, or have you put your sim card in an iphone? I know that there is a problem where imessage can kick in and cause problems. Also ask your friends if they have iphones and if they do, then have them go into message settings and make sure they have the toggle "use sms when imessage not available" clicked.
I have a spare iphone 4s and I put the sim from my old galaxy s3 in it and it caused a world of hurt on my texts. I had to go in and turn off imessage on the iphone even though I had removed the sim and never put it back. Hope this helps.
One of them has a iphone the other doesn't. AT&T had me turn off my imessage when I got this phone. It just started out if the blue. Pretty much just the last two days. Didn't know if it was because I don't ever delete any old messages or well anything. Lol. Very frustrating though. Lol.
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I am having the same issue receiving txts from iPhone users and this happened on the m7 as well but got the m8 and then i was fine for a bit until it started again. At times it works and other times it doesn't.
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For those having trouble, let me post my experience so that it may help someone. I'm a corporate client, my law firm has about twelve phones under the account. Since this is a family firm, we steal each others upgrades all the time, usually someone is breaking their phone and not due an upgrade, so they take someone else's. So when I upgraded, even though I was eligible, my uncle had nabbed my upgrade back in october. So I, in turn, grabbed my cousin's upgrade. The problem here is that I am the only android user. Somehow att screwed up our account when I upgraded and suddenly I couldn't get texts from the people in my office on iphones. Eventually our I.T. guy called att and straightened it out. I say all that to say that if you haven't modded your apn, sms app, or anything else and are having issues, it is most likely on att.
Have you gone into settings within messages and then mms settings and checked auto-retrieve and set max message size to 1000k?
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Have you gone into settings within messages and then mms settings and checked auto-retrieve and set max message size to 1000k?
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I'm having same issue as OP. Will receive small blank box messages. Clicking on it opens a blank slideshow instead of a picture. Saving the attachment just saves a blank image. From the same sender, sometimes pictures go through, other times they arrive blank. This is from an android user. I didn't have this issue on my previous phone.
MMS set to auto retrieve and 1000K limit.
Having the same issue as well, ever since the M7. It mainly happens from a couple people who both use iPhones.
Hate jumping on the bandwagon, but I'm having this issue too, and mostly from iPhone users, but not all iPhone users. It's really strange. Sometimes saving the image works, other times it doesn't.
I had it too... I called HTC... They walked me through the expected steps and after a few tries, airplane mode, turned off Wi-Fi, removed and reinstalled Sim card... Restarted phone... Finally worked now... I can get the pics from my husband's iPhone now
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Looks like this might be part if not all of the problem. Apple to fix iMessage bug that causes ex-iPhone users to lose their texts http://www.engadget.com/2014/05/22/apple-imessage-bugs via Engadget Android
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I bet it's mostly an iphone issue. Freaking apple. They're trying to keep people from switching to android ha ha
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I am having the same issue as the OP but the person sending is not an iPhone user, rather another person on a HTC m8. Only difference from me is he is on Sprint and I'm Att. I can send to him with no issues, he can't send to me unless he crops the shots. Also, he has never had an iPhone. He also can send to others with no problems. I'm the only person he knows with the M8.
Ive had this happen with people on verizon,cricket(sprint third party)....not sure why it happens,maybe when switching across networks something screws up, when an mms pic comes through like that and there is indeed a picture, you can click on the little box and will be given an option to save the picture and it will save to your downloads folder.It is only random but only happens from people on cdma carrier networks sending to me,which leads me to believe its partly a network issue as well as a phone issue possibly.
Any fix for this yet?
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