Since activating Verizon's HD Voice some calls cannot hear me while others get dropped. Anyone else having trouble with VZ HD Voice?
28cliff said:
Since activating Verizon's HD Voice some calls cannot hear me while others get dropped. Anyone else having trouble with VZ HD Voice?
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Well I can't activate it at all, but that's because I'm prepaid (which makes no sense) Stupid Verizon ?
I had a problem like that as well. The other party could not hear me even when I can hear them just fine. Weird.
In settings - Advance Calling, I unchecked the box. All has been will since. I feel HD Voice is not ready for prime time. HD Voice has given me more problems than a premier company like Verizon is entitled to.
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I am thinking really hard of coming to verizon from tmobile for the thunderbolt or the droid bionic. The thing is, they are expensive as hell to me, and i have no desire to spend 110-125 on a phone bill every month.
SO i figured out some ways to get a cheaper bill:
1) get the cheapest minute plan with no text (39.99) plus the data plan (29.99)
2)Use goog voice for text messages
3)Use skype for unlimited voice calls(9.99)
The only thing is i dont know how the quality of skypes voice calls are when going over 3g. As long as i can make decent calls over 3g and receive them with no problems, then it sounds like a decent plan to save money.
What do you all think?
greengoldmello said:
I am thinking really hard of coming to verizon from tmobile for the thunderbolt or the droid bionic. The thing is, they are expensive as hell to me, and i have no desire to spend 110-125 on a phone bill every month.
SO i figured out some ways to get a cheaper bill:
1) get the cheapest minute plan with no text (39.99) plus the data plan (29.99)
2)Use goog voice for text messages
3)Use skype for unlimited voice calls(9.99)
The only thing is i dont know how the quality of skypes voice calls are when going over 3g. As long as i can make decent calls over 3g and receive them with no problems, then it sounds like a decent plan to save money.
What do you all think?
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umm you will need to find a hacked .apk of skype to make calls over 3G. honestly its not worth the trouble.
ddarvish said:
umm you will need to find a hacked .apk of skype to make calls over 3G. honestly its not worth the trouble.
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+1 The call quality on 3G leaves a lot to be desired...unless it's 4am and you live 1/2 mile from a tower with an unobstructed view...
Umm... I use GV for some of my voice calls, and I have confirmed that it work via numbers not bing shown on my cell bill. Download GV and GV call back. I don't know how it works, but it does.
I don't know if anyone else is having this issue, but it appears I am not receiving some calls and/or receiving text late or not at all. I wondering if setting the Roam setting to "Sprint Only" or "Automatic" makes a difference. This seems to be an off and on issue. Also it is starting to get on my nerves when I get text VMs atleast 3 hours after the call was made to me (keep in mind my phone never rang during those calls).
Anybody have any solutions, besides throwing this cool "buggy ass" phone against the wall?
This is a nice phone but it definitely has some bugs to be worked out. Or is all the problems related to Sprint's F'd up signals? My wife has the EVO3D and has none of these issues... wtf.
WUESTSIDER X!
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I am also having the exact same problem. I have tried playing with all the mobile settings and updating prl without success. This issue is intermitent. Also, I am periodically getting the unable to detect time/timezone message.
I am about to call Sprint, but was hoping to find a solution here. Please let me know what you find out.
wuestsider said:
I don't know if anyone else is having this issue, but it appears I am not receiving some calls and/or receiving text late or not at all. I wondering if setting the Roam setting to "Sprint Only" or "Automatic" makes a difference. This seems to be an off and on issue. Also it is starting to get on my nerves when I get text VMs atleast 3 hours after the call was made to me (keep in mind my phone never rang during those calls).
Anybody have any solutions, besides throwing this cool "buggy ass" phone against the wall?
This is a nice phone but it definitely has some bugs to be worked out. Or is all the problems related to Sprint's F'd up signals? My wife has the EVO3D and has none of these issues... wtf.
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I have the same problem and I called Sprint and they told me they were having issues everywhere they are doing Network Vision upgrades cuz of towers being taken offline for the changes so you may be getting some of that
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kc8emd said:
I am also having the exact same problem. I have tried playing with all the mobile settings and updating prl without success. This issue is intermitent. Also, I am periodically getting the unable to detect time/timezone message.
I am about to call Sprint, but was hoping to find a solution here. Please let me know what you find out.
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I have researched the issue and it appears this issue is not uncommon. There is already an established post started for this issue, titled; "Anyone else having reception/signal issues?" Right now it appears one the ways to fix this issue is having Sprint re-provisioning your phone. Some have claimed this has helped.
I am planning on doing this myself sometime today.
But it does seem to be a Sprint conectivity issue and/or an issue with the phones antenna.
So I called Sprint and they had me reactivate, but signal still seemed to be a problem as it still roams. They recommended I take it in and get it replaced. So that is what I am going to do as I am just under the 14 day period.
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are you guys still having the same issue or have a work around?
I'm also not getting calls and when I try to make calls, I receive text messages that was sent in the past. I tried to contact customer support but all they've done was have me update profile and restart the phone. This is getting ridiculous specially missing some important calls.
Complain and get a free Airave. Then you'll have perfect call quality and 5 bars everywhere in your house. Done.
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I have been missing lots of calls the lastbfew days, and even wasnable to replicate the issue at my house. If my wife's phone calls mine, it will ring until voicemail on her end,and I get nothing on mine unless I leave a voicemail. I have steady, if not great signal on both (100ish DB).this is only the case for incoming calls, as I can always call out from home with no problems.
I tried that scenario a coupl dozen times, and got through 4 times.
I found two workarounds so far that seem to work consistently. (Both from other threads, can't take credit for finding them, but I did test them extensively. )
1. If I am on another call, I will get the incoming call everytime. I just dial voicemail and have someone call me to test. Without fail, the call center through.
2. Turning GPS and all location services on under settings -location. Strangely enough,all of my dozen test calls have gone through after turning GPS location on. Turning it off brought the usual 20% call success rate back.
Odd to say the least...
PsiPhiDan said:
Complain and get a free Airave. Then you'll have perfect call quality and 5 bars everywhere in your house. Done.
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It isn't a signal issue, the phones just don't ring. I have this issue and have full bars when attempted calls do not come into the EVO LTE. I can make calls out fine, just no received calls. Also to make this a more peculiar issue, I go down the highway a couple miles and it works fine.
I have called Sprint and followed a blog on sprint.com http://sprint.r.delivery.net/r/c/r?2.1.GT.2Z2.1hiUnF.DfhoXq..N.1QNCs.4RAa.bW89MQ__DObeFTE0 where others have the same issue, even in the same town. Sprint has followed up with no issue and ticket closed. It is currently open again..
My girlfriend broke up with me over theses missed text messages
and i missed important calls. I called sprint he had me turn off the phone while they refreshed it. Working ok so far i will say this i unrooted my phone and when i woke up i had 48 text messages from the previous week and eight voice mails from three days ago, i wonder if everyone with this problem was rooted as well.
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I had the same problem with me evo 4g and evo 3d...
I had same problem. Only way to get texts or calls was to call my voice mail. Sprint started a ticket, but since I was within my 14 days I exchanged the phone. Good thing I did cause Sprint closed the ticket on me telling me it was due to system upgrades. But it was not the network at all. As soon as they activated my new phone everything worked perfect. It was the phone the whole time.
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What I would recommend doing is using Google voice as your voicemail provider. Go to the options menu on the website and have it send you an email when you miss a call.
Google voice will always log the call even if your phone does not ring. For somebody like me who uses this phone for work, it definitely helps. You may miss the call but you will at least know that you missed the call and you can call them back.
It has saved me many times!
Hey guys I'm a pretty new member but I want to save on my phone bills by using a flextab from bell on my sg3 and I like Dell voice because you can port your number. Anyone find the voice calls over cellular networks absolutely horrible compared to wifi? I was wondering if there's a fix for this or somehow a way to make my phone think it's on wifi even though it isnt; if that would even help.
Thanks!
By the way I'm in Canada so Google voice isn't an option for me
EricS123 said:
Hey guys I'm a pretty new member but I want to save on my phone bills by using a flextab from bell on my sg3 and I like Dell voice because you can port your number. Anyone find the voice calls over cellular networks absolutely horrible compared to wifi? I was wondering if there's a fix for this or somehow a way to make my phone think it's on wifi even though it isnt; if that would even help.
Thanks!
By the way I'm in Canada so Google voice isn't an option for me
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What version are you using currently? They seem to have released a new version that says it has better call quality. I have an SIII on Rogers and the quality is pretty good with the new update. It uses about 32kbps up and 32 kbps down so any decent 3G connection should be able to handle the calls. What is bad about the voice?
Also, since you are using Bell you have no EDGE fall back option, which it doesn't work very well on. Where I live, all I get reliably is EDGE so I have to rely on my WiFi for calling. When I'm in the city though I have had some long conversations without too much issue.
bobsaget78 said:
What version are you using currently? They seem to have released a new version that says it has better call quality. I have an SIII on Rogers and the quality is pretty good with the new update. It uses about 32kbps up and 32 kbps down so any decent 3G connection should be able to handle the calls. What is bad about the voice?
Also, since you are using Bell you have no EDGE fall back option, which it doesn't work very well on. Where I live, all I get reliably is EDGE so I have to rely on my WiFi for calling. When I'm in the city though I have had some long conversations without too much issue.
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Thanks I did the know that! Maybe I should try getting the Rogers flex plan but I heard that it won't work on cellphones.
Curious what you guys feel the best VOIP method/app is for free calls to other phones is. I don't want to include solutions that require both parties to have the same app installed, so only VOIP that allows you to call phone numbers.
All I personally know about is GrooveIP and Talkatone.
I'd like whatever gives the best overall call quality over 3G, and when on WiFi, hopefully sounding like a perfect call.
I appreciate any input. Thanks all!
Any input at all, guys? VOIP can be very handy at times, even with unlimited talk. I have a friend in the NY area who cannot get signal due to towers being down, but his wifi a home works fine. He used Talkatone with some success, but I'm wondering what out there is better.
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Any input at all, guys? VOIP can be very handy at times, even with unlimited talk. I have a friend in the NY area who cannot get signal due to towers being down, but his wifi a home works fine. He used Talkatone with some success, but I'm wondering what out there is better.
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I use Google Voice (GV) for most of my VOIP communcations, and even have my home phone linked to GV via an Obihai OBI100 adapter, which costs about $40 one time on Amazon. So far, calls to the US and Canada have been free, but that gets updated by Google on annual basis. I don't think anyone knows for sure yet that those calls will continue to be free in 2013, but here's an Obihai forum thread discussing that and the concensus seems to be that they will. I can't understand why people pay $25-$40 per month for a VOIP service like Vonage when they can get the same thing for a $40 one time cost, but I guess ignorance is bliss.
On my phone I use Groove IP (paid) when I want to make phone calls over Wi-Fi, mostly with my backup phone which is not currently activated, and it works very well as a front-end to GV. I use Skype too, but unless it's a Skype-to-Skype call I've found the GV connections to be higher audio quality.
Here's a pretty good article on VOIP alternatives for Android devices.
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Yes. Keep all my old android phones around as wifi only house phones with 2 apps. Google Voice and Groove IP
Could you guys help me out please? Is there an app that can make and receive phone calls and make calls over wifi? not with Google Voice, but with the Verizon number itself. For Android and iOS if you guys happen to know. Thank you!
Vonage??
Groove ip-Google voice
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vonage doesn't use verizon's phone number i think...and don't want to use google voice
i'm looking for something that can be used in a place where there is poor reception but has wifi...i think Tmobile has a feature like that but verizon doesn't offer it cause they are dumb...but they are the only ones that have coverage in my area sadly..
Nothing that I know of I'm afraid. Are you having signal issues or worried about minutes? Verizon has a network extender for home use that basically does wifi calls but I'm not sure why you're asking.
typeriz said:
Vonage??
Groove ip-Google voice
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I use this but it's Google voice.
chadderbox said:
Nothing that I know of I'm afraid. Are you having signal issues or worried about minutes? Verizon has a network extender for home use that basically does wifi calls but I'm not sure why you're asking.
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yea spending $300 for signal is really just crappy...but thank you all! hope verizon is smart enough to add the feature soon...it'd save them data and voice usage even though they made it unlimited already...thank you all again
There's no option to do it on the DNA but if you get a One S or any T-mobile phone you can. (not really sure what you're trying to accomplish or I'd have better information for you. sorry)
Get the magic jack app. Works great
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xraytid said:
There's no option to do it on the DNA but if you get a One S or any T-mobile phone you can. (not really sure what you're trying to accomplish or I'd have better information for you. sorry)
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Sorry..I tryed to explain in the third post, but I need it because there is poor reception at my work place. i can only get signal at one or two places. However, i have cable internet so i wanted to just use wifi to make calls but that is sadly not possible without giving out a new number and stuff to people...
Best bet is to use groove-ip setup with Google voice. This will allow you to receive the calls and text while at work. You could always while at work forward all your calls to Google voice. that way no one ever know you have a different number. I assume that those you want to text while at work are close to you so giving them a at work number shouldn't be a big deal breaker.
Also no other carrier has WiFi calling because T-Mobile had a very bad service when they first brought it out... If you look at some of their newer phones they are not including it on them as well. I bet it will be completely stopped once their 4g is rolled out about 50% complete. They would lose to much money. Right now it is a perk most are sticking with them for.
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craigbailey1986 said:
Best bet is to use groove-ip setup with Google voice. This will allow you to receive the calls and text while at work. You could always while at work forward all your calls to Google voice. that way no one ever know you have a different number. I assume that those you want to text while at work are close to you so giving them a at work number shouldn't be a big deal breaker.
Also no other carrier has WiFi calling because T-Mobile had a very bad service when they first brought it out... If you look at some of their newer phones they are not including it on them as well. I bet it will be completely stopped once their 4g is rolled out about 50% complete. They would lose to much money. Right now it is a perk most are sticking with them for.
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What do you mean by forwarding my phone calls to Google voice? that seems like an interesting solution but i didn't know you could do that...?
atishpatel2012 said:
What do you mean by forwarding my phone calls to Google voice? that seems like an interesting solution but i didn't know you could do that...?
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You could forward calls inside of the phone or call Verizon or use a call forwarding app from the market.
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atishpatel2012 said:
Could you guys help me out please? Is there an app that can make and receive phone calls and make calls over wifi? not with Google Voice, but with the Verizon number itself. For Android and iOS if you guys happen to know. Thank you!
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Set up a pbxes account. Download csip from the store. Set up google voice but select do not make calls. Login to pbxes with csip and now you have a compltetly free new line on your phone that you can use on wifi like a normal phone
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T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calling
craigbailey1986 said:
Best bet is to use groove-ip setup with Google voice. This will allow you to receive the calls and text while at work. You could always while at work forward all your calls to Google voice. that way no one ever know you have a different number. I assume that those you want to text while at work are close to you so giving them a at work number shouldn't be a big deal breaker.
Also no other carrier has WiFi calling because T-Mobile had a very bad service when they first brought it out... If you look at some of their newer phones they are not including it on them as well. I bet it will be completely stopped once their 4g is rolled out about 50% complete. They would lose to much money. Right now it is a perk most are sticking with them for.
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T-Mobile has 28 different phones that have wi-fi calling. And there newer phones have it still. I think that It just makes sense that all of the carriers would put wi-fi calling on there phones. Since more and more phones are using more data over the networks..
Or you could call Verizon. Complain that you have really crappy signal in your area, to the point where you can't make phone calls and hope that they give you a network extender.
Groove IP and google voice work great.
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Or you could call Verizon. Complain that you have really crappy signal in your area, to the point where you can't make phone calls and hope that they give you a network extender.
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I did this and all they said was here is a link, you may want to invest in this. So they will just tell you buy the network exstender.
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