I use my phone for internet access a lot via USB tethering. When I download something like a big file and someone calls me or texts me my 3G is cut off for a second and not resumed till the call is over. This is annoying because I can be downloading a large file be halfway through and then my phone rings breaking the download and I have to start all over.
Is there anyway to get around this or do something like enable 3G but go into a mode where you can not revive calls or texts?
settings-call settings- put a check in DDTM Mode
Thanks, is there a way to do this only while I am USB tethering? I dont want it to send calls to voicemail when I have my phone in my pocket and gmail is syncing or something like that.
it will only send your calls to VM when you have an active download. so it might do it when gmail updates BUT gmail updates so quickly that the chances of that occuring are minimal unless you receive many many calls and constantly update your gmail in between.
im not sure exactly what the flag is to send the call to voicemail but i'm thinking its along the line of kb/secs so a speed of x/kb over x/secs and anything less will just ring. i've been idle on the computer tethered and received a call
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So as much as I love Google voice alot of times it won't send my messages or I receive them really delayed.... I'd like to be able to receive these texts as regulars texts and just use the gvoice app for VM... Any ideas on what to do here? However I like that now gvoice is integrated with my phone that when I do send regular texts they come from my gvoice number
Strangely I can't seem to find a setting for that at all.
I think the reason you're getting delayed texts is because you're in an area where you have aren't getting a data connection, and when that happens I've found that your messages don't send and you won't receive your messages until way later, unless you manually hit refresh after you internet access again.
Unfortunately I haven't tried this myself because I enjoy using GV for texts, but you could try reinstalling the app. I know that during the first time you start it, there's a setup which asks if you want to integrate it and all these other things. Hopefully it will give you that option again when you reinstall it. Other than that, I don't really see any options that would let you disable texts alone.
I haven't found that setting either. Google voice is awesome and all but I had to remove because of the delayed texts.
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Go on the GV website. In the top-right corner you will see your phone number, click on it. That takes you to the settings page. There you will see a section that says "Forward Calls To" and you will see your number with Sprint/GV integrated next to it. Click edit under your number there and select "Receive text messages on this phone." You might have to stop the GV app from notifying you.
I did this and now I can walk around with data off (AMAZING battery life) and still send/receive texts through the sense messaging app (Sprint network instead of data connection). They still get archived by Google so Sprint must be forwarding them to Google.
I actually have to use the app. At my college campus I have absolutely no service at all. But the campus has a canpus-wide WiFi signal so I use that to send me texts...I really hope sprint can get some service over here
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Hey guys,
I'm with Vodafone (Australia) and lately I've been working in my garage a fair bit where I don't have reception. During this time numerous people have called me, however I don't receive any notifications of missed calls at all. And when I go into phone log it doesn't show any call logs.
Is this a setting on the phone or should I contact Vodafone to get this sorted?
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Good question Jonno. I'm also with Voda & honestly couldn't remember if this feature was working properly or not as I haven't missed a call for ages (people know not to call me at unsociable hours when I have the phone switched off ).
Soooo...I plonked my mobile broadband sim into my Nokia backup phone, turned my SGS2 to flight mode (to mimic not having coverage), called it from the Nokia & let it ring half a doz times then hung up.
Switched the SGS2's radio back on & haven't received a missed call notification (it's been almost 5 minutes). I've searched high & low thru my call settings & can't find anything that would turn such a feature on/off so I'm betting it's a network related thing. I'll update this post if the missed call notification comes thru at any stage tonight.
Yeah I've never got any missed call notifications with the phone. I have people trying to get on to me regarding some recent job applications so it's not very useful if I miss their calls and don't know who to call back!
Might try calling Voda tomorrow to see if they know anything about it...
Jonno...The thick plottens
I was ferreting around in the dialer/call settings & had a look at the call forwarding settings. Basically, forward when busy/unanswered/unreachable is set to that Voda number people who try to call you get when you don't answer & it asks whether you want Voda's "call catcher" to txt the person you're try to call to let them know they missed your call (with the number to call back on).
When I try to disable this feature on any of busy/unanswered/unreachable it tells me the network doesn't allow the feature to be turned off. So it seems Voda thinks their way of people being able to notify you by txt when you miss their call is the best way (only way by the looks of it) for this situation to be handled.
So I'd say people obviously haven't been choosing the option to send you a notification txt (via Voda's call catcher) and have simply been hanging up when they've been unable to reach you.
I guess the only way to get around this is to tell people to use the send notification txt option or to simply send you a txt themselves to say they tried to call & couldn't get you.
Unless you want to have fun calling Voda's uber helpful support ?
I want to basically put the phone into airplane mode, whilst keeping all those services active. Optimally, i would like to see the calls coming in, but have them automatically sent into VM. So it would appear to the user on the other end that the phone is off, or that i have no service currently.
I am on ATT in US
Dillsnik said:
I want to basically put the phone into airplane mode, whilst keeping all those services active. Optimally, i would like to see the calls coming in, but have them automatically sent into VM. So it would appear to the user on the other end that the phone is off, or that i have no service currently.
I am on ATT in US
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In Settings, - Call Settings - Call Forwarding, you should be able to enable Always Forward and just use the same phone number that shows up for the other settings, (busy, no answer, etc), although I'm not sure you would be able to see the calls coming in.
Mr. Number. Very versatile app. I use it to block everyone who isn't in my contacts.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mrnumber.blocker&hl=en
I am really liking this Mr. Number app. i haven't played with the sending calls to VM, but the caller ID feature alone has been great!
Alright, recently as in like 5 minutes ago, I've been getting blank no subject texts from two of my contacts. It is clearly a virus of some sort and am not downloading the file, but the texts aren't stopping and the mms is constantly trying to auto download the file when the texts arrive (fortunately they are failing). I would like information on stopping this from continuing and have notified my family that if this begins happening to them to not download the file.
I've tried scanning for anything already on my phone and disconnecting from my wifi in case that was compromised, but they still keep coming. I even checked the phones of the contacts that were sending me these texts and they show that those texts weren't even registered in their history.
Has anyone run into this issue of calls (sometimes, not every call) going straight to voicemail?
I have had Do Not Disturb mode turned off, the phone was on vibrate alert.
Network connection showed all bars, so full (or at least, good) connectivity.
I've noticed this for about a couple of weeks now. Before as well as after rooting.
My first thoughts are around some software issue with the latest firmware/ROM.
Any suggestions on how to debug/fix this issue? SMS Texts seem to get through just fine, always. Pictures sent via messaging sometimes do not get through.