[Q] Is anyone using google voice for voicemail successfully? - HTC Droid DNA

Hey guys,
I'd like to ask you if anyone is using the google voice as it's main voicemail provider? I've installed the google voice app, however I'm unable to switch from the verizon voicemail to google voice. Is this the same thing like the hotspot, i.e. locked to verizon?
I've tried also to change settings manually by going to contacts > settings > voicemail service. The error that I get is
forwarding number change unsuccessful. Please contact your carrier if this problem persist
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Anyone that's not on verizon that's using google voice with no problems?
thank you,

I use it with no problem. You can get your google voice number by logging in to google in a browser and clicking on voice in the more section. You will see your google voice number. Dial *71 and that number to forward your voicemail to that number. *73 will undo that change if you need to go back.
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Do all three of the steps below and it should work.
If you are having trouble configuring Google Voice as your voicemail service on Verizon you can make the switch manually by dialing these three activation codes:
*71[Your Google Voice number]
*90[Your Google Voice number]
*92[Your Google Voice number]

All I did was call Verizon and tell them to cancel my voicemail service and since then Google voicemail has been working great

I had no problems with Google voice mail. It says it failed to configure when I tried to switch it in setting. I clicked to still switch it, and it works just fine.
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[Q] Carrier Voice mail not showing up since using Google voice

Ok for a while now I have had my Eris. Back when I was using Kaos Froyo I decided to use my Google Voice for voice mail. Now whenever I try and switch back to the carrier as my voice mail client, I do not receive any voice mail notifications. I am at a loss of what to do, any suggestions?
waffleb051 said:
Ok for a while now I have had my Eris. Back when I was using Kaos Froyo I decided to use my Google Voice for voice mail. Now whenever I try and switch back to the carrier as my voice mail client, I do not receive any voice mail notifications. I am at a loss of what to do, any suggestions?
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After switching back to your carrier, did you change the Voice Mail # from your Google Voice #, as it prompts me to do on GSB v2.8? Did you try a reboot?
roirraW "edor" ehT said:
After switching back to your carrier, did you change the Voice Mail # from your Google Voice #, as it prompts me to do on GSB v2.8? Did you try a reboot?
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No I didnt I have to try that hold on .....loading......nope no luck right after i either ignore the call or end it it goes straight to my google voice, from there it gets picked up for voice mail.....
Edit: I figured it out. To deactivate Google Voice as your Voicemail provider:
1. Log into google voice
2. Click on settings
3. Under phones click deactivate google voicemail
4. Dial the number that is given on the google voice screen
5. From here change the settings in call settings then you are done.
waffleb051 said:
No I didnt I have to try that hold on .....loading......nope no luck right after i either ignore the call or end it it goes straight to my google voice, from there it gets picked up for voice mail.....
Edit: I figured it out. To deactivate Google Voice as your Voicemail provider:
1. Log into google voice
2. Click on settings
3. Under phones click deactivate google voicemail
4. Dial the number that is given on the google voice screen
5. From here change the settings in call settings then you are done.
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Cool, glad you got it figured!

Google Voice problem ...

I had Google Voice voicemail working on my phone for months, now, suddenly, even though I have Voice set for voicemail, I only get it through Sprint -- but I don't get any notification.
I'm using SteelH's ROM that I modified. Is Voice dependent on any other apps? I took out the visual voicemail app, but I didn't think Voice needed that.
If I call my Sprint number, I get Sprint's voicemail prompts. If I call my Google number I get Google Voice prompts. I used to be able to call my Sprint number and get Google Voice voicemail.
I've cleared data and uninstalled and re-installed. Next is a data wipe and full install of the ROM again if no one has any ideas.
meatgel said:
I had Google Voice voicemail working on my phone for months, now, suddenly, even though I have Voice set for voicemail, I only get it through Sprint -- but I don't get any notification.
I'm using SteelH's ROM that I modified. Is Voice dependent on any other apps? I took out the visual voicemail app, but I didn't think Voice needed that.
If I call my Sprint number, I get Sprint's voicemail prompts. If I call my Google number I get Google Voice prompts. I used to be able to call my Sprint number and get Google Voice voicemail.
I've cleared data and uninstalled and re-installed. Next is a data wipe and full install of the ROM again if no one has any ideas.
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the description you give of the voicemail prompts after calling the numbers seem to indiciate the issue is beyond your evo 3d and more to do with you gv setup.
try calling your sprint number from a different phone. if you get sprint's voicemail prompts, then you need to setup your gv account again. the easiest way to set it up again is to disable sprint integration online in your gv account, wait a lil bit and enable it again.
the disable and enable codes gv gives you with the sprint integration essentially setup the conditional call forwarding for the voicemail.
hope that helps!
+1 on the conditional call forward, I think it is *28 then the google voice number (or your sprint number if integrated). Presto your calls when unanswered will be routed to google voice again.
ifly4vamerica said:
+1 on the conditional call forward, I think it is *28 then the google voice number (or your sprint number if integrated). Presto your calls when unanswered will be routed to google voice again.
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this is correct and dont forget to change your voicemail carrier in settings
I was having the same issue. I was too lazy to look it up so I uninstalled and reinstalled the google voice app. everything is working as expected again.

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I can not figure this out. When I go to change it I get the error/warning, hit yes, and then another error and am not allowed to change provider to google voice. Some said to change the voicemail number. I changed it to the google voice access number and did no good. Does anyone else have this working?
nstong said:
I can not figure this out. When I go to change it I get the error/warning, hit yes, and then another error and am not allowed to change provider to google voice. Some said to change the voicemail number. I changed it to the google voice access number and did no good. Does anyone else have this working?
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Go to your google voice settings page on google.com/voice. Under your mobile phone should be an option to activate google voicemail for that device. Click it and follow the manual instructions it provides. If it's already activated, deactivate it first then activate it again.
Is the right carrier listed in your google voice account? If you're porting to ATT you have to wait for it to show ATT before gvoice will activate correctly.
Its a bug. Just set it all up as asked and it will go to Voice as ur voicemail.
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is google voice working for you guys?

wondering if someone could please check as I am not getting texts and when someone calls me it goes to voicemail and I don't get the message.
Are you using Google Voice separate from your actual Sprint number or did you have your Sprint number made into your Google Voice number (though using the sprint integration, not actually porting your number to GV)?
If it's the latter, here's what happened to me. I had been using Google Voice & Sprint integration on my EVO 4G. Immediately after activating my SG3 last night everything was still working, but when I got up this morning I logged into the Google Voice web interface and realized something had been borked. I didn't have a phone number associated with my Voice account at all, and calling my cell number from my office phone sent me to Sprint voicemail rather than GV voicemail.
There was also no Phones tab under GV settings (and Settings was missing a good number of the tabs that are usually there) since sometime after the activation process it disabled the GV integration and my GV account no longer had a number at all.
No worries, I just clicked the "Get A Google Voice Number" (or however it was worded) in the left column on the web interface and went through the process again. I said I had an existing number, and it asked me to type it in to get my options. It recognized it as a Sprint number and asked how I wanted to integrate it. After that everything set up like it was before and I didn't even have to re-record my GV voicemail message since it was still there.
Hope this helps.
Thanks so much for your response! I did not integrate the numbers. Every thing looks perfect on the website. I can even make calls with Google voice. Its just when people call me it goes right to voice mail and i cant get the message if they leave a voice mail. So frustrating! Anyone else.
I did the integration method... but when I got to the screen after the choice of using a google voice number or the sprint number, the button was disabled. I rebooted my phone and everything worked fine. I get phone calls on my sprint phone from my google number, my phone also displays on their caller ID as my google number. Hell, I can even get MMS now to my google number (forwarded to my phone's messages) that I didnt think I could before.
something to check
i just had a similar problem. i was screwing with groove-ip and i stopped receiving calls.
go to google voice on your pc
go to settings
it should show you the "phones" tab, if not, get there
make sure you don't have any other phones checked for "forward calls"
i had "google chat" checked and it screwed me up
hope this helps
stu5797 said:
Thanks so much for your response! I did not integrate the numbers. Every thing looks perfect on the website. I can even make calls with Google voice. Its just when people call me it goes right to voice mail and i cant get the message if they leave a voice mail. So frustrating! Anyone else.
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try disabling voicemail via the google.com/voice site. and then re-enable it. i haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it seems like it worked (the forwarding option in call settings on the gs3 is grayed out now).
mercado79 said:
try disabling voicemail via the google.com/voice site. and then re-enable it. i haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it seems like it worked (the forwarding option in call settings on the gs3 is grayed out now).
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Just wanted to conform that this does work...in case their was any doubt.
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MMS on google voice
Is there anyway to get mms on google voice or at least have them forwarded to email
sockaplaya22 said:
Is there anyway to get mms on google voice or at least have them forwarded to email
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As far as I'm concerned no, only sprint customers, at least my friends did coning but it didn't work for me
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What is the point of gv anyway? I used it for a few days and never seemed to get much use out of it
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It works great night at you just need to manually set it up in forwarding section or go to Google voice website under settings to get the number string to put in.
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don't forget to activate the phone through Voice.Google.com
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mercado79 said:
try disabling voicemail via the google.com/voice site. and then re-enable it. i haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it seems like it worked (the forwarding option in call settings on the gs3 is grayed out now).
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This worked! I was constantly getting a "Forwarding number change failed" on my AT&T SIII when selecting Google Voice for my voicemail service, but I just followed the steps under Settings > Phones > Deactivate Google voicemail on this phone and then Activate Google voicemail on this phone - once you do that, the forwarded numbers under Call Forwarding on the phone list my Google Voice number like they should
Here's my only issue with this though.... if you could change the Voicemail service from My Carrier to Google Voice like normal, the next setting below it gives you options for Voicemail settings for Google Voice - that lists the number to dial, which is obviously your GV number and not the carrier specified one.... On the dialer, if you press the Voicemail icon without having GV enabled as the correct service, it dials the carrier specified one instead! I'm sure that when a voicemail comes in and pops up on the notification bar, I'm just going to click on that and read / listen to it there, but not having the option of dialing it straight away from the dialer is a little half-assed....
I found this for a solution on an S2 for AT&T, might give that a try and see if they can figure it out for me
KryptosXLayer2 said:
This worked! I was constantly getting a "Forwarding number change failed" on my AT&T SIII when selecting Google Voice for my voicemail service, but I just followed the steps under Settings > Phones > Deactivate Google voicemail on this phone and then Activate Google voicemail on this phone - once you do that, the forwarded numbers under Call Forwarding on the phone list my Google Voice number like they should
Here's my only issue with this though.... if you could change the Voicemail service from My Carrier to Google Voice like normal, the next setting below it gives you options for Voicemail settings for Google Voice - that lists the number to dial, which is obviously your GV number and not the carrier specified one.... On the dialer, if you press the Voicemail icon without having GV enabled as the correct service, it dials the carrier specified one instead! I'm sure that when a voicemail comes in and pops up on the notification bar, I'm just going to click on that and read / listen to it there, but not having the option of dialing it straight away from the dialer is a little half-assed....
I found this for a solution on an S2 for AT&T, might give that a try and see if they can figure it out for me
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On Stock Android, you could also set Google Voice to list voicemail within the call log and listen from there. Haven't tried it yet on the GS3.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S3
mercado79 said:
On Stock Android, you could also set Google Voice to list voicemail within the call log and listen from there. Haven't tried it yet on the GS3.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S3
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You're right, I can change the number listed manually, but it still says "My Carrier" and not "Google Voice" on the voicemail service even though the number listed is now my GV number.... I got with tech support at AT&T and they called Samsung to assist with this, but I don't know why they did, it's an issue with AT&T and most likely Visual Voicemail preventing me from being able to change the voicemail service from "My Carrier" to "Google Voice" and Samsung couldn't do anything to fix it
I was only able to switch my VoiceMail provider from AT&T to GoogleVoice by using the dialcode listed @ voice.google.com (*004*<insertyourGVnumberhere>#), and it works, even though the Dialer settings still shows "My carrier" instead of "Google Voice" as the provider, and attempting to change it in the dialer still says "Forwarding number change failed".
Anyway, my problem now is that I can't for the life of me figure out where to change the timeout before it forwards to VoiceMail. I test-called from another phone and it rings for at least 60 seconds(!) before forwarding to GoogleVoice, instead of the 15 or so it used to be.
Where do you change this, or can you

[Q] Can't Switch Voicemail to Google Voice

Wheni trying to change my voicemail from "my carrier" to "google voice", it says something like it was unable to forward, do I want to forward anyway and I say yes but it just doesn't go through.
I deactivated google voicemail by logging in online and deactivating and deactivating but that didn't work. Please help. Thanks.
Same problem.
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I had to call T-Mobile to activate Call Forwarding, which I had on previous phones, in outer to set Google Voice up properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335063
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If you are on the $30 prepaid T-Mo plan, it does not include call forwarding. Call T-Mo and tell them to disable your voicemail.
Just set up GV on the phone and ignore the error. It will use GV for voicemail, no forwarding required.
I'm on regular postpaid.
I had the same problem, I went to Google Voice on my computer removed all other phones and added the HTC One with a code they gave me. The problem with the app for the One is it won't setup forwarding for you so you have to go to call settings and set all calls to forward to your Google Voice number.

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