I have a bunch of stuff I'm trying to sell on Craigslist, and I don't want to use my real phone number. What options do I have? A while back I used Google voice but it ended up messing up my real number.
It would be best to keep my number for personal things, friends family etc.. But then have a completely separate number for Craigslist deals.
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Well... You could just leave an email address. Doesn't have to be your real one. Or just download a text app, they give you a number, just know that they sometimes don't let you call without buying minutes, but let you text all you want
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umm
Use your Mommy's #?
Art2Fly said:
I have a bunch of stuff I'm trying to sell on Craigslist, and I don't want to use my real phone number. What options do I have? A while back I used Google voice but it ended up messing up my real number.
It would be best to keep my number for personal things, friends family etc.. But then have a completely separate number for Craigslist deals.
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Yes, I always use an app called Heywire. Its a free wifi texting app. You wont get a local number but its free. I use it whenever I sell on craigslist.
Google voice and groove ip so you can have both numbers at the same time
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There's a few apps that designate non used numbers to use for texting. I'd check that out
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You can use Google voice on your computer right from your Gmail account (if chat is enabled) and you have speakers/mic enabled. No cross setup with phone needed.
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Has anyone else been having problems with their texts never making it to the recipient?
I've been texting a verizon number a lot and every day, a few of my texts will never show up on the other end. I was wondering if anyone has faced this before.
I call tech support they had me do the usual, pull the battery, remote "refresh" but my texts are still getting lost in space.
Had a facebook message that didn't get received until like two years later
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I had this problem. Til I disassociated my Sprint phone # with my Google voice acct. Problem solved.
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So did you have one number that was both Google voice and Sprint? I currently have my Google voice forward stuff to my sprint number but I doubt that would be problematic.
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I linked my Sprint number to Google voice a while back to not use my Sprint minutes or texts. I didn't just forward. Once I undid it, my texts started working again, not one problem.
I originally had a separate GV number.
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This has happened to me as well, I was asked by someone if I got a text because I never responded. But yeah, didn't get a thing
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This happens to me too sometimes. Only thing is abt 2 days later, the texts come flooding in all at once. So Google voice is the culprit? Interesting...
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Same exact thing for me. I logged into Google voice, clicked phones, unchecked my Sprint #, and all is working now.
This has happened to me consistently since I signed up with sprint two years ago.
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I got a call from AT&T this morning. They offering me free iPhone 4s/32GB for free + 7.95 shipping charge to my bill. No other catches. No charge for activation or new line unless I chose to do so after I receive the phone. I was on the phone for 1/2 hour with the rep to make sure that there was no catches to it. Does any body that currently have the Enterprise account get the same call? If this is true ...sound like AT&T is in a hurry to get rid of IPhone. I am currently owned the Note.
Why would you get an iphone when you have the note? Lol
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Umm...I would. Ill take any phone for free, especially an iPhone 4s. Even with the 5 coming out I'm sure a brand new 4s can fetch a few bills
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It's scam. Beware! Mod please close this thread
I did not believe it and call ATT lock my account, change my pass code. An hour later ATT called me back and let me know that someone try to apply 4 additional lines, change my address from California to Georgia. They could not get through cause I have change my pass code and lock down. Whew....too good to be true=scam . Was planning to give that iPhone to my Grandma. There is no way I am giving up my note for iphony. Hahaha
Mod ...please close this useless thread. Thank you.
No don't close it keep it open so people can know about the scams that are going on
Lesson learned: never give out personal info unless you are the one calling the company, so you know it's the right number, or you're standing in the store.
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Lesson learned: never give out personal info unless you are the one calling the company, so you know it's the right number, or you're standing in the store.
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You are corrected. The only way to prevent this is tell the person that call you to provide their name and their employee info so you can call back into ATT line and ask them to connect to that person.
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Additional information from AT&T fraud department for those who want to know:
1. AT&T never call you on promotion offer.
2. Promotion offers from AT&T only in form of emails and mailing.
Anyone call and offering promotion is SCAM.
That's what I got from AT&T fraud department call this morning.
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Additional information from AT&T fraud department for those who want to know:
1. AT&T never call you on promotion offer.
2. Promotion offers from AT&T only in form of emails and mailing.
Anyone call and offering promotion is SCAM.
That's what I got from AT&T fraud department call this morning.
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And don't link through emails. They can be fake also. Open a browser page and Google the site or manually type in the address.
Wow that's messed up, they are pushing the Note I was able to upgrade even though I have 6 months left on contract
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The wife and I have iPhone's and use iMessage, but this week I'm going to try out a Verizon galaxy note 2 for my work phone. What are my options for replacing iMessage. The wife does not have texting on her iPhone plan.
Thanks in advance.
Maybe you'll want to try Kik?
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There's no iMessage compatability for Android. I'd suggest possibly having her use Google Voice (if the app is avaliable for iOS still) for her to text you and vice versa (if you have texting).
whatsapp
LiveProfile - can send photos and videos too and has the read receipts and "typing" indicator
Or Whatsapp - seems to be pretty popular
I use Google voice, but your wife would have to have a number to do so - maybe gchat?
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Both of you can download Voxer. It's free and works for texts and pics.
Try kakao talk
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Thanks for the info. We will give whatsapp a try tomorrow.
If you have facebook their messaging app is pretty good, and free.
Gtalk?
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If you have facebook their messaging app is pretty good, and free.
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Just do this.
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iMessage is proprietary crap. Install Google Voice on both devices (Android and iOS) and use standard SMS for free within North America. On top of that, install Groove IP and make/take phone calls for free within North America over 4G LTE.
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iMessage is proprietary crap. Install Google Voice on both devices (Android and iOS) and use standard SMS for free within North America. On top of that, install Groove IP and make/take phone calls for free within North America over 4G LTE.
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Little biased.
Use Kakao talk.
Google Talk, and Email for pics and video.
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Google Talk is literally the Android version of iMessage except you can use it from a browser too.
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Except it's best to say iMessage is literally the Apple version of gtalk that can only be used on Apple devices.
But I guess if I'm getting real nitpicky...props to AOL, the first?
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Except it's best to say iMessage is literally the Apple version of gtalk that can only be used on Apple devices.
But I guess if I'm getting real nitpicky...props to AOL, the first?
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True, if you're getting picky
Regardless, its installed on every Android phone and is accessible through GMail and Google+.
actually you can do group messages with the included standard messaging application. Just make sure you disable your imessage on your iphones before using your android phones. If you dont and someone responds back to a text using imessage and it will sit on apples servers waiting for your iphone to come back online. Happened to me. Didnt receive texts from iphone users until i disabled the imessage feature on the iphones.
So my brother just lost his phone. He had not anti theft app installed. Is there a way the phone can be tracked? I've tried plan B on the market but it didn't seem to work. The phone is rooted and unlocked if that helps. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Have him sign into play.Google.com and install a GPS tracking program. If the phone is turned on still, it'll download automatically to the phone then sign in. Cerberus is THE best program for this.
Incorrect password entries result in a picture of the person trying to unlock it being taken and emailed to an address of choice - silently.
You can set off an alarm that is unable to be turned off.
Locate the phone from Cerberus's web page.
Good luck.
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I feel for him. 3wks after I got my launch day Evo, it WS lost/stolen,and I had just switched my insurance over to best buy insurance (which doesn't cover lost/stolen, but asurion did). I tried everything on earth/Google. Even plan B, from the online market, which is designed for that exact purpose, and none of it worked.
Ended up having to replace it
at full cost for 600$.
Good luck.
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Edot : if on a family plan, you can go to sprint.com/family locater and at least get GPS coordinates, which is better than any market apps did for me.
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There's also an app called "Plan B". Worth looking into.
He stated that he already tried 'plan b'.
Have him try Android lost. It's free and has the ability to install and activate after the phone is already gone / lost / stolen, which sounds like your case.
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What about Lookout?
Thanks for the replies guys ill look into what u guys suggested when I get home.
Also what if they deleted the Google account that the phone is linked to the phone ? would I be able to install the apps?
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No
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HTC has built in tracking
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Don't mean to go negative here, but if it is lost its gone till he finds it because by now the battery is dead. If it was stolen or found like others have said, the Google account is probably already changed. The only hope if it still has battery is the Sprint family locator since I believe it uses ESN or phone number to track not Google account.
Im wondering if there is a app or a way to have another number tied to my phone by a app. I want to set up a business but i don't want to use my personal number if i don't have to. Maybe even a number that people can text also. I have paid for groove ip before but its not a dedicated number people can call or text.
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Im wondering if there is a app or a way to have another number tied to my phone by a app. I want to set up a business but i don't want to use my personal number if i don't have to. Maybe even a number that people can text also. I have paid for groove ip before but its not a dedicated number people can call or text.
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Google voice is your answer.
Set it so you can choose between your regular number and your google number when doing an outgoing call.
Texts to the google number go through the google voice app, while your regular number gets it in your normal messaging app.
Any incoming calls will be routed through your normal phone app.
I have never been able to get google voice to work is there a set up instruction page?
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paniro187 said:
Im wondering if there is a app or a way to have another number tied to my phone by a app. I want to set up a business but i don't want to use my personal number if i don't have to. Maybe even a number that people can text also. I have paid for groove ip before but its not a dedicated number people can call or text.
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Also, You could always unlock it (cheap and easy) and buy a prepaid plan sim from another carrier (I see you are ATT like me. T-mobile sims work on our model if unlocked, vs vzw or sprint). Suppose you could skip the unlock and do the same on your existing carrier.
Then of course there are the options your carrier have for a second line.
I don't remember if there was a setup instructions but I set up Google voice on the computer and it was very easy. That's what I did for my business so the phone rings with both numbers
You can also add a regular voip account into the phone app to use data instead of voice for phone calls. I use it all the time with a voip.ms account.
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Too bad Google voice isn't in Canada. .....screwed again
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Too bad Google voice isn't in Canada. .....screwed again
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or the UK