Voicemail services have gained active user response and this service has been still in use by many mobile users worldwide. Even the network providers include voicemail services in subsidised rate in their package.
Anyhow, this service has become extinct in INDIA years ago!
I've tried portiing to various network and none of them actually had this service even on their customer service VR menu. One terrible moment is where customer executives and network showroom representatives actaully asks what's the use of such service :silly: Recent boom with smartphones and Mobile internet users across India is going on upsurge every quarter of the year. Indian users frenzy and the proposed intention with Missed calls have already served the purpose for a Voicemail service.
I've been going through this positive brain note, that there is or there will be a standalone Android app where once the call has not been attended or rejected, an onscreen app will play our Voicemail greet and will record what they have to say. So we can access this anytime simply by opening the app or long pressing the 1 button or whatsoever. This is really cool idea where the one who calls will just be charged with their normal call rates as opposed to the Voicemail services that once existed. I'm really opening up this view to all fellow XDA devolopers where my life is ruining up with college and concerned bull ****!
If such App persists, then let me know it! :fingers-crossed:
Cheers!
Sony has this function built into the Xperia phones.
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Sony has this function built into the Xperia phones.
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That's cool, Never heard that within any Z3 users though.
I wish there's any standalone Android App for the purpose! :crying:
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You may not have heard of it, but it is there...
I have taken these screenshots just now...
Can you regret and answer after the build in answer machine started to work?
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Had a promising day today, went into a local T-Mobile shop with a friend who was looking for a phone. Was speaking to one of the staff in there who was concerned over the lack of support for the Vario 2 rom.
After speaking for a while he introduced himself as the local area network manager and would be happy to follow up the mysteries of the Windows Mobile 6 rom for me!
After shock he took my name and number and said I should know by the end of the week! Things are looking promising for an update as T-Mobile are launching their Mobile TV service this month!
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Had a promising day today, went into a local T-Mobile shop with a friend who was looking for a phone. Was speaking to one of the staff in there who was concerned over the lack of support for the Vario 2 rom.
After speaking for a while he introduced himself as the local area network manager and would be happy to follow up the mysteries of the Windows Mobile 6 rom for me!
After shock he took my name and number and said I should know by the end of the week! Things are looking promising for an update as T-Mobile are launching their Mobile TV service this month!
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The T-mobile TV service is already up and running - see new tab on T-Mob W&W home page. They are currently allowing free 24hr passes till the end of this month and you'll find lots on this service elsewhere on this site. Why do you think that a TV service may lead to WM6 upgrades? I hope WM 6 comes as a supported T-Mobile update but when I asked them the other day all they did was deny any knowldge of such an update and send me a link to the page that still contains no updates at all for the Vario II.
Let's keep our fingers crossed!
it seems strange that they'd introduce an update for something that already works perfectly well - however they seem to have made a lot of changes over the last couple of months with new w'n'w plans (doesn't the highest one allow for voip iirc?), seemingly improved 3g service (certainly in my area at least) and what not. imo they have the best mobile internet service going and now is the time for them to catch a lot of customers with mobile tv/flashy phones with the latest os. as a marketing bod that's the angle i'd play, anyway.
I'm writing a new app that will cost users to pay a very low fee per month. It will allow them to unmask caller id that's private (such as "trapcall") and also give the user the callers name/organization (if registered) along with the state that they're calling from.
I already have the backend tested and working. I've called from private and it gives me the number I'm calling from. If the information is there it also gives me the name and location (state) of the phone.
My confusion lies with the fact that I can't figure out how the "trapcall" app forwards the number to their server. And once I figure that out, I will need to allow my server's call through and not let it get stuck in a loop. With the app, I will then need to change the callerid (name) that shows up for the new call on the user's phone (like "cityid").
Mostly, if someone could tell me how to forward calls with an android app, I can figure the rest out.
I tested the backend by running my asterisk pbx server by connecting as a user with the SIPdroid app. Then on my phone (SGS4G) I set call forwarding (manually) to the number that calls into my asterisk server. When I call my phone it gets forwarded to my server, gets processed, then I see the correct caller id on SIPdroid.
Hence, I already have everything working I just need help with parts of writing the app.
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Haha nevermind I figured it out.... haha... I should be releasing the app soon with a limited number of free accounts. Free accounts will be for XDA users to help me beta test
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Is this only available in US?
Yes and it will be available for any cell phone under most major us carriers. For services not in the us it might be slightly more difficult, but if your not in the us. Let me know your country and local carriers and I'll see what I can do
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I'd be willing to test. Running Liquid Thunderbread AOSP on Verizon with the Thunderbolt.
I would like to test as well, running cm7 on thunderbolt
I'm in, Droid Charge.
I'll beta test rooted vibrant, rooted sgs 4g, rooted mytouch4g, rooted evo4g
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I'll beta test.
I have a rooted Dell Streak 5".
Canada, on Telus.
Just a word of caution to the OP. The last guy that made something that did what cityid did, was threatened with lawsuits from that douchebag company. I know your app does more than it, but just mentioning it. They have some sort of sham patent they claim is related to their product. Assuming you want to battle them out, you can probably get it revoked. It looked like it screamed "prior art."
I would love to test. Rooted 3g slide, yes its an old phone I'm working on that. In Texas.
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Just a word of caution to the OP. The last guy that made something that did what cityid did, was threatened with lawsuits from that douchebag company. I know your app does more than it, but just mentioning it. They have some sort of sham patent they claim is related to their product. Assuming you want to battle them out, you can probably get it revoked. It looked like it screamed "prior art."
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Yeah, actually that's one of the reasons this beta release is taking so long... It's all working (well, mostly). I just need to find an alternative to what CityId does. I'm gonna try to incorporate SMS for details such as location of call and caller id. As far as the number being "UnMasked" that's all figured out
What's up guys! I got this pretty cool gig in Japan that I will start in mid-May that's going to last a year at the very least (the American working now with the company said they wanted him to come back for another year, but he had other things here he wanted to pursue.) Anyway, I have quite a few questions and concerns regarding my cell phone service here, as well as my future service in Japan.
Here in the US:
I am not one to resist change... hell, I'm moving halfway across the world (Hiroshima) in a couple of months... but if there is one thing I do not like doing it is most definitely getting a new cell phone number! I have a five week (paid) vacation in December, and I would like to come back to my good ol' T-Mobile HD2 for that month and if I am only on the job for a year, I'd like to come back to the same number. But that's not important, and I don't want anyone to focus on that (like I know some will initially), the question is what is the cheapest way I can go about keeping my current number? As I mentioned, I am currently with T-Mobile, so I'm thinking the cheapest and easiest way to go would be to switch to prepaid after my contract expires? Any other suggestions?
Over there in Japan:
This is the more complex situation. I'm still reading up on the wireless phone service in Japan, and it is quite a bit different from the system we have over here in the States, so if someone catches me saying something incorrect, please let me know!
Anyway, I want an Android phone. Keitai are unique and all, but when it comes down to it, I'd like to be able to keep sync my contacts to Google and use SMS (possibly) to communicate with my family and friends here in the US. The next time I'm in contact with the American who works for the company I'll be with, I will ask him what service he and his co-workers use... though I suspect it's SoftBank, because I believe he has an iPhone. If that's the case, the question of my service provider will (reluctantly) be answered as, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, SoftBank users can talk to other SoftBank users free while being charged when talking to people on other providers no matter what time of day? That being said, for those with the experience, how important is it to use the same provider as the majority of the people you talk to? According to subscription numbers, SoftBank greatly trails docomo in number of subscribers, however I have read online that most people I would likely be communicating with will have SoftBank... very confusing.
The next major question is, of course, which Android phone should I purchase? This is a difficult question because if I am only over there for a year, I would like to be able to bring the phone back to the US and use it. I also would prefer buying a phone that has a decent-sized developer community... Obviously the Galaxy Nexus and the Galaxy S II HD LTE come to mind. The international versions of the phones are able to run on UTMS 2100, which (correct me if I'm wrong) means I should be golden for 3G use with AT&T/T-Mobile AND docomo/SoftBank (I don't really care about LTE at this point of its life.) If all that is correct, then it comes down to which phone to buy... the Galaxy Nexus is sweet and all, but the Galaxy S II HD LTE is better equipped... and I'll be running CyanogenMod 9 on whichever one I buy anyway, so software is not an issue. Decisions...
Last, but certainly the most important question I have (in my opinion), is what will be the cheapest way to communicate with my family and friends in the US while I am away for a year? I haven't done much research into this yet, but what are your opinions... Skype, Google Voice... there are some Internet texting options available on the market that may give me the ability to text back and forth, but some of those apps are proprietary. Does anyone know any apps that will give me the ability to text people who don't use the app or have dumbphones? I have no problem spending a bit of money, but I'd like to find the cheapest way possible to keep in contact with loved ones.
I know this is super long, but I want to be thorough in my research and understanding of the environment I will be moving to within the next couple of months. Thanks for taking the time to read and response!
I think the cheapest way to keep your number would be to buy a dumb phone and get the most minimum plan you can. I would buy a nexus because you can use it on t-mobile when you get back. I am not 100% sure, but i think gosms is free texting that can text anyone, regardless of app use. For people with smartphones, a great voip app is viber.
Get your new number and keep your old one. then quickly blast out the new number via SMS to all your contacts. You can use something like what's app to keep in touch for free. All you need is a 3G phone while you are in Japan.
WhatsApp is great, but it's only really good for sending messages to people that have smartphones and data plans. If someone has a smart phone and data plan, you can easily convince them to install the app, because it's unobtrusive and the messages act like text messages. But it won't help you communicate with everyone.
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I think the cheapest way to keep your number would be to buy a dumb phone and get the most minimum plan you can. I would buy a nexus because you can use it on t-mobile when you get back. I am not 100% sure, but i think gosms is free texting that can text anyone, regardless of app use. For people with smartphones, a great voip app is viber.
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I use GO SMS right now and they have a proprietary messaging feature called GO Chat that only others with the app can use. Viber sounds almost exactly what I'm looking for, except I won't be able to use it with my mom, as she has a dumbphone.
My gripe with the Galaxy Nexus is the lack of a microSD card, another reason why I'm considering buying the Galaxy S II HD LTE, which apparently AT&T will be bringing to us over here as the Skyrocket HD. That would make purchasing one easier and cheaper than buying from overseas.
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By new number, do you mean my Japanese phone number?
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Set up a google voice account. That's a simple way to be texting anyone you know. Just make sure they have that number. As far as keeping your stateside number, I believe Tmob has a service where you can have your line lay dormant for some period of time. I don't know how long for or what the cost is or anything like that. I think I remember that being an option when I had them.
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Set up a google voice account. That's a simple way to be texting anyone you know. Just make sure they have that number. As far as keeping your stateside number, I believe Tmob has a service where you can have your line lay dormant for some period of time. I don't know how long for or what the cost is or anything like that. I think I remember that being an option when I had them.
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I've done a ton of reading on Google Voice today and I may have come up with a solution, though I don't know if it will work, as I've never used Google Voice before.
It's my understanding that when a number is ported to Google Voice, it ends the service with whoever the provider is, and I do not have to renew service with another cell phone provider in order to keep my number (correct me on this if I'm wrong.) Ironically, my contract with T-Mobile ends a couple days before I am supposed to fly over to Japan.
So when my contract is up, all I simply need to do is port my current number over to Google Voice and I will have the ability to send and receive texts to and from (and here's an important question) anyone... or... only those who have data plans? Someone with a dumbphone or without Google Voice will be able to text me, right?
As for making and receiving calls, I'm look at GrooVe IP as a way to accomplish this while being able to keeping my current cell phone number. Does anyone have any experience with that app?
You can text anyone with texting on their plan from GVoice. A buddy of mine has a feature phone and he receives them just fine.
WHY NATIVE VIDEO CALL FEATURE IS NOT AVAILABLE IN SUCH A HIGH END COSTLY PHONE?
If Google is not interested then why can't Sony provide it?
Samsung already has it...why sony thinks it is a premium brand when It cant provide such a feature...
I had nokia 5800 and was thinking of buying Nokia Pureview 808...but chose Xperia S...
What a mistake I made !!!
I wish I could exchange my phone and buy nokia 808...
Because no one is using native video calls.
Because it's a network dependant service. I would imagine the Samsung service you refer to is only between Samsung devices, using a similar service as say Google Talk, this service is not network dependant.
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i would imagine there isnt enough demand for it from the general public, there are apps like skype that most people use,
Just wanted to share my ****ty experience with Sony support so thought of making a thread where all can share there's.
Apologize if its made by someone somewhere
So here's mine
1 month back send mail to Sony support when there was problem with signal drop and camera blue spot and I am still receiving mails for them saying to visit service center. Receive 3 mails from them saying same. They really suck. Though the problem was solved here on xda.
And if visit service center the technician sucks at knowledge and way of taking
Btw. Talking about Indian support
Where are you from :-/ !!
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After calling Sony several times, I finally spoke to a person that understood what I meant by unlock bootloader(Yes, most of them had no idea what I was talking about, I even used simple terms such as developer unlock phone officially from Sony website etc)
The person said that they will fix the yellow tint since its a hardware issue. What is NOT covered after unlock bootloader is phone internals such as CPU or motherboard damage. They said they have put me in queue to send my phone in for repairs.
It's been almost 2 months and I am still waiting for my turn to repair my phone.
I called them up 2months ago they said I couldn't send it in now as there was no stock of the screen.and the shipment would be arriving next week. A week later I called and they said still no stock, next shipment in 2 weeks. Well, it's already 2 months and I'm not sure if I will ever get a chance to even repair the tint.
Honestly, poor customer service. Phone technical support staff don't know what is bootloader and they can't get their schedule right on when is the freaking shipment coming in.
My original sxs had a hardware fault where while updating to ics via pcc the update stalled at around 25%. I never had access to the phone again, despite being able to successfully flash back to stock gb, bootloop. This was within a few hrs of receiving the phone.
I was initially advised by my carrier to call Sony support and doing so I was immediately put on to a guy who understood what I was on about, thankfully....however the local service centre wasn't actually Sony rather a decorated mobile phone repair company. Several phone calls later and I discovered that my phone wasn't officially supported on their website when filing my details to see them, or send the phone in. More phone calls later I was advised to just come in-store for the fix. By this stage I was exhausted with worry, frustration and disappointment...
Ended up calling my carrier and claiming a Early Life Failure. They sent me a satchel, I called courier, deemed irreparable, got new phone sent... All took about 3 weeks.
So I worry about Sony's support but I'm hoping this will improve over time. From Melbourne, Australia.
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In my experience HTC support has full knowledge. Even if it is Bootloader even if it is unlocking. Whatever. You name it and they are ducking there to help.
But htc sucks in UI and Sony rocks
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