Making a request to all our great pals here on XDA... title says it all.
Basically in the US T-Mobile has a web only plan of $30 a month giving 100 minutes, Unlimited texts and 5GB web. Obviously 100 isn't enough for most people and I would like to use VOIP (OR SIP CALLING) for my texting and calls. However with our phone there is no integration of internet accounts on the stock dialer and I do not want to download a third party app to manage it all.. I've attached a few screenshots from a Nexus 4 for reference.
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Hello I am on T-mobile using TP2..US cellular version.
My plan is the $15 unlimited text and $.10/minute. NO DATA
Previously on my motorola ZN5(as most T-mobile non smartphones I believe) there is an Email/IM App. If you send an email or IM through this app it counts as a sms, no data required.
The IM is especially important to me because I know ones in South America that can only pay to access the internet for 5-15mins every couple of days to chat. With my previous Phone I could stay logged into my windows live account and so when they logged in I could chat with them. All of this being sms based, and no data or wifi necessary.
However on the TP2 it wants to access through Data only. Although there is a code which lets you send a short sms based email, and I believe IM as well...it does not allow you to receive messages or be Logged into the services to actually chat with the person.
I know there has to be a Tmobile app out there, or a 3rd party that enables this but I have searched for days and can only find data based Email/IM apps.
Any help would be great.
Michael
Hi,
I've got a question about to how to set up my google voice (configuration) with my upcoming andriod phone.
I'm an Iphone user moving into andriod (I've snagged an LG nexus 4 and will be using that in the near future).
My current setup (I am out of my 2 year contract) is that I have a monthly minutes and data plan. I do not have a texting plan.
I mostly use my google voice number to text over data/wifi.
The problem with this of course is that this requires giving people two numbers and most people have my old original cell phone number and they'll need to remember which number to text (a remarkably hard task,even in this modern age of technology and mobile internet because people are still content to pay for texting plans)
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I plan to port my cell phone number (because I'm out of contract) into my google voice. I will also open a new line with my carrier (to maintain my cell phone service). I will not giving out the number to my new line to anybody. This allows me to manage all calls (screen, block, etc directly from google voice which I really enjoy) and I will not have to notify my contacts that I've changed my number. I would like to keep my original google voice number as well.
As I see it, I have 2 options.
1) Port my cell phone number into my current google voice account (effectively having 2 numbers in 1 google account - this costs 20 dollars to port and 20 dollars to keep the original GV number - 40 dollars total)
2) Port my number into another google account, leaving me to use 2 google acounts, and use 2 different google voice applications for texting (only 20 dollars for 1 port). This would also force me to set my (new cellular) number (new line which I've opened because my old line will be ported) as a work or home number - because google does not allow you to link your mobile number to two different voice accounts.
This chart was tremendously helpful in helping me figure out that the native andriod texting application is not "fully integrated" with google voice. It more or less functions much like the default Iphone's messaging app (not what I expected).
http://i.stack.imgur.com/zW9Os.png
Therefore my questions are
1) How well does andriod's native phone integrate with google voice?
The first question might answer the rest:
2) Will I be able to use the default phone application to manage all my numbers (dialing, voicemail etc). Or will I possibly need to use multiple applications.
3) Will I be able to use visual voicemail from the default app? )
4) Will I be able to use my phone to place an outgoing call from my google voice number using hands-free (bluetooth, etc)
5) Are there any other better viable alternatives?
Sorry if this is a bit wordy and messy.
Thanks for your help.
Hi everyone. I don't know if everyone has heard the news, but Oppo is coming out with a new phone called the Oppo Find 7 and there is also going to be a new Nexus handset out. I will soon be getting a unlocked phone and I am going to go with the T-Mobile $30 a month plan which includes 100 minutes of Talk, Unlimited Text, and 5GB of 4G DATA. I am going to use Google Voice to call people and I already have a number for it. So I will be using Voice over IP to call people and people will call me through that number. Now I know I explained alot of stuff that I didn't really have to explain but anyways, let me get to the real explanation. You know how, based on your launcher or lockscreen, it shows you how many miss calls or voicemails you have. Well since I will be using Google Voice and be using an app called GrooveIP or maybe Talkatone, will I get those notifications. They are in your notification bar too. I really want those notifications. Even if I use Google Voice, will it give me those notifications?
I have the T-Mobile $30 per month plan which is great except for the 100 minutes. My workaround is the Vonage Mobile app. For free you get 3000 minutes per month for outgoing calls to the US. The best part is it spoofs the caller ID to that of your actual number so when you call people they still know it's you. Also, if it wasn't clear, this uses wifi or cell data. As nice as that is the app has a few missing features I'd love to see and I'm hoping someone here will be able to implement them.
Missing Features
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1. The app doesn't work with 7 digit numbers, rather you have to enter full 10 digit numbers. It'd be great if there was a place to plugin a default area code for 7 digit numbers.
2. The app isn't integrated with the native dialer at all. Other apps I've used let you dial with the native dialer and when you hit call you get presented with a choice to continue as normal or send the call to the app. I'd like that.
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My apologies if this is in the wrong place or incorrectly labeled. Kindly correct it if so.
Also I'll happily donate $10 to whoever makes this happen.
The app for anyone wondering: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vonage.TimeToCall
Hey guys. I run a small business locally and have been using GV exclusively for that for the past 4 years. Recently I have been having issues and realized that they are going to be pulling it offline at some point in the near future. So I want to figure out what I am going to do. Here are the features that I MUST have:
- Calling using carrier's minutes (not VOIP) but to where it will still show up on the receiver's end your business number (GV does this by call forwarding I think, when you call out using GV it calles google and they re-route your phone call to the number you were trying to reach)
- Texting ability (mms would be nice but not a necessity)
- Custom voicemail
I just downloaded Text Free by Pinger from the play store and it seems to work ok, but I think it uses VOIP (not sure?)
I don't mind paying for one if I need to. Do you guys have any recommendations?
TextPlus.
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