So I've got a quick question.
I downloaded the OZ Instant Messenger from AT&T's website: http://www.wireless.att.com/blackjackIM/, however, I haven't attempted to log in to AIM because I'm worried about potentially causing data charges. I do have unlimited messaging, and I've been told that OZ uses SMS.
I called at&t support (I don't know why I bothered), and he simply quoted the website where it says there's no embedded AIM client and that I could set up IM Forwarding.
So my question is will using OZ messenger cause data charges (if it works)? Has anybody else with a 3125 tried using OZ? Does it use data at any point in the process that would cost me extra? Someone told me it uses data to log in each time.
Any comments would be appreciated.
Offspring said:
So I've got a quick question.
I downloaded the OZ Instant Messenger from AT&T's website: http://www.wireless.att.com/blackjackIM/, however, I haven't attempted to log in to AIM because I'm worried about potentially causing data charges. I do have unlimited messaging, and I've been told that OZ uses SMS.
I called at&t support (I don't know why I bothered), and he simply quoted the website where it says there's no embedded AIM client and that I could set up IM Forwarding.
So my question is will using OZ messenger cause data charges (if it works)? Has anybody else with a 3125 tried using OZ? Does it use data at any point in the process that would cost me extra? Someone told me it uses data to log in each time.
Any comments would be appreciated.
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it will used your data, of cause.
for sure, you may check its sevice items
Is there any app that instead of sending the voicemail to the network it records it on to the phone?
Voicemail for me is not included in my monthly minutes, so I can end up with quite a large percentage of my phone bill being voicemail.
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never heard of such an app. in order to record it on your phone, your phone would have to answer the call and play a recording to the caller, then record the message, still using your minutes.
use google voice for your voicemail. that way you can check it using data. or check it via your computer. either way, you arent wasting minutes on it.
gohamstergo said:
never heard of such an app. in order to record it on your phone, your phone would have to answer the call and play a recording to the caller, then record the message, still using your minutes.
use google voice for your voicemail. that way you can check it using data. or check it via your computer. either way, you arent wasting minutes on it.
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gohamstergo said:
never heard of such an app. in order to record it on your phone, your phone would have to answer the call and play a recording to the caller, then record the message, still using your minutes.
use google voice for your voicemail. that way you can check it using data. or check it via your computer. either way, you arent wasting minutes on it.
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I'm from the UK so i can't get google voice. My problem is that phoning voice mail from my phone doesn't use my minutes, its charged as an extra, which i have to pay a connection fee and then i have to pay per minute.
If say the phone was to automatically pick up the call after X amount of rings and then record and save the voicemail to an mp3 or something then I could just play the voicemail back through the app or a media player without having anything to do with the network, therefore avoiding playing their ridiculous fees.
I don't know about other countries but in the UK we only pay for outgoing calls.
Local Voicemail App
I'd like to break it down into what features it would need.
Can anyone find the time to program an app that has these features?
Features:
1. Answers automatically (after 3 or 4 rings?)
2. Mutes Mic/Speaker
3. Plays Greeting message (I'm sorry no one can answer...)
4. Listens for tones (To leave a message for Tom, press 2, etc.)
5. Plays subsequent messages (You've reached Tom's box...)
6. Records message left as an MP3 (sdcard/Voicemails/Tom/Message01.mp3)
7. Ends call automatically (after listening/recording message for 120s)
8. Allows you to customize by loading greeting MP3s or recording them in the app
9. Filenames based on Contact name (or unknown...?)
10. Different Contacts get different Greeting algorithms (Bill collectors get "I'm sorry. The number..."?)
11. Alerts when new mp3s recorded or SDcard close to full.
12. Playback from chosen record folder.
13. Sort file playback by (From/To/Length)
14. Other features I haven't thought of yet...
I think many people would find this app useful. It has more features than normal voicemail, and shouldn't use up data. (Mine has a 200MB limit).
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I installed Google Voice and didn't read the app carefully. I selected the Sprint integration and now when I answer a call it asks me to press 1 to accept the call. I cleared the data in app manager and re-ran the app the correct way without sprint integration but it still asks me to press 1 when answering a call. Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks!
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Turn off call screening
This isn't specific to the 3D.
It's been a pain for about a week - since Sprint and GV launched the integration service.
The integration does more than make you press 1...
It prevents you from using ANY txt app BUT Google Voice, and reduces your 2 numbers to ONLY your google voice number...
OR
If you select to use your Sprint number, YOU MAY LOOSE YOUR GOOGLE VOICE NUMBER AFTER 30 DAYS!
Rather than turning off call screening (unless you want to, but it doesn't sound like your GV# was your primary number before), you should log into GV on your computer, go to Settings -> Phones, and Deactivate your 3D.
Google Voice will still be enabled for Voice mail after you do this, but it won't infiltrate and take over everything.
You can then go back to forwarding your GV# to whatever phones you like - and hopefully keep it if you chose to use your Sprint # on the phone.
Kalash said:
This isn't specific to the 3D.
It's been a pain for about a week - since Sprint and GV launched the integration service.
The integration does more than make you press 1...
It prevents you from using ANY txt app BUT Google Voice, and reduces your 2 numbers to ONLY your google voice number...
OR
If you select to use your Sprint number, YOU MAY LOOSE YOUR GOOGLE VOICE NUMBER AFTER 30 DAYS!
Rather than turning off call screening (unless you want to, but it doesn't sound like your GV# was your primary number before), you should log into GV on your computer, go to Settings -> Phones, and Deactivate your 3D.
Google Voice will still be enabled for Voice mail after you do this, but it won't infiltrate and take over everything.
You can then go back to forwarding your GV# to whatever phones you like - and hopefully keep it if you chose to use your Sprint # on the phone.
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I disagree with what you're saying here. First off you can easily use any text app you want. You just need to make sure you turn on the notify you via text option in Google Voice. Secondly I like having my Sprint number through my Google voice account so that way I can apply my Google Voice rules while still getting my free Mobile to mobile and not having to give anyone else a new number.
Secondly if you want to keep another google voice number, it's only a $20 one time charge.
Thirdly you know how great it is to answer my cell phone number from my computer whenever I have google talk open. Plus I have a Obi110 hooked up to a cordless phone so at home I have VOIP on my Cell phone number. My friends and family have no clue where I'm calling from because it always shows my cell phone number.
Google voice is a blessing if you know how to use it.
It's a headache if you don't though.
Read up on the services features before deciding if you want to use them. I love G-Voice but you need to understand theres one negative aspect of it.
No picture mail/mms services are allowed when you integrate. you'll have to resort to emailing attachments or facebooking or whatever you do to get your content across the waves.
I have not integrated. Right now calls to canada are free with gv but very expensive with sprint. If I integrate one way or another will I end up paying sprints rate or will it be free because of gv?
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Google voice is a blessing if you know how to use it.
It's a headache if you don't though.
Read up on the services features before deciding if you want to use them. I love G-Voice but you need to understand theres one negative aspect of it.
No picture mail/mms services are allowed when you integrate. you'll have to resort to emailing attachments or facebooking or whatever you do to get your content across the waves.
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You have that wrong too. You can still send and receive picture mail mms through your regular messaging/texting app.
Edit: added some reading for people
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ice-sprint-integration-questions-and-answers/
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...e-integration-i-did-it-and-heres-how-it-went/
I have mine setup pretty much like this. Just did it before the article.
sdc177 said:
I have not integrated. Right now calls to canada are free with gv but very expensive with sprint. If I integrate one way or another will I end up paying sprints rate or will it be free because of gv?
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Once you integrate international calling is through Google Voice. I don't know if they mention Canada but I know for a fact they handle all your other international calling.
Best i could find on international from the man handling this himself http://www.google.com/support/forum...0e&hl=en&fid=5122d9657099fe0e000479f1f8d2bae2
dont mean to hi-jack, i meant to create a separate thread but saw this one and instead of creating another thread, i'll just post here since its related to google voice. I went onto the google voice forum and sprint forum but no one can help me.
when trying to set up google voice, i'm getting an error message saying "your phone number could not be verified. please try again"
i tried re-adding my number and it says "this number is already in use as a cell phone on another google voice account" which is probably why i'm getting an error message on my phone saying it cant verifiy my number.
I also tried clicking on Change/Port in voice settings and going to "Use your Sprint mobile number with Google Voice" and i got an error. i think my account just needs to be reset or something?
I have a question, here is the scenario:
I have Google Voice(GV) and Sprint numbers.
I also have 3 unlimited numbers in my sprint phone.
I added my GV number to one of those three so all the calls I recieve from GV are free.
I can also use the call back function on GV to make calls for free since my sprint phone sees this as an incoming call from GV.
My question is:
If I integrate keeping my Sprint number as the primary, meaning all the calls I make from GV will show the Sprint phone number. What will I see in the caller ID when I make a call from GV's website?
Thanks.
jolugo said:
I have a question, here is the scenario:
I have Google Voice(GV) and Sprint numbers.
I also have 3 unlimited numbers in my sprint phone.
I added my GV number to one of those three so all the calls I recieve from GV are free.
I can also use the call back function on GV to make calls for free since my sprint phone sees this as an incoming call from GV.
My question is:
If I integrate keeping my Sprint number as the primary, meaning all the calls I make from GV will show the Sprint phone number. What will I see in the caller ID when I make a call from GV's website?
Thanks.
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Your Sprint phone will show up in that case. For your situation it doesn't sound like you'd want to integrate. It would save you minutes if you do a lot of your talking at home and can setup a obi100 or obi110 box to make outbound and inbound calls on your gv account.
Edit: My bad it shows up as anonymous if you initiate the call from your google voice page. Then again at home I'm using the obi110 I have with a cordless phone or my google talk dialing out as my cell phone number.
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darkflame said:
Google voice is a blessing if you know how to use it.
It's a headache if you don't though.
Read up on the services features before deciding if you want to use them. I love G-Voice but you need to understand theres one negative aspect of it.
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Go to the Voice settings on a non-mobile browser and mess around with things that make sense to change. I did that and now I have normal texting back and I am back to using GV just for voicemail like I like to do.
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yes, you can use any messaging app. i use handcent. under google voice app settings after integrating, you go to
>sync and notications.
check "Text Messages"
uncheck "Inbox notifcations"
now you can use just your stock app, or any other app. if you use a different app, make sure you turn off the notification bar in the stock apps settings.
you will still receive a message in your google voice app if you open it. it will remain there, even if you delete the message in one of the other apps. good for keeping records of texts that you dont want to keep stored locally on the phone. i generally go in to google voice on the computer and delete what i dont want.
is it an extra step, sure. but look at this method, as an automatic backup system for your texts.
mrjkwik said:
yes, you can use any messaging app. i use handcent. under google voice app settings after integrating, you go to
>sync and notications.
check "Text Messages"
uncheck "Inbox notifcations"
now you can use just your stock app, or any other app. if you use a different app, make sure you turn off the notification bar in the stock apps settings.
you will still receive a message in your google voice app if you open it. it will remain there, even if you delete the message in one of the other apps. good for keeping records of texts that you dont want to keep stored locally on the phone. i generally go in to google voice on the computer and delete what i dont want.
is it an extra step, sure. but look at this method, as an automatic backup system for your texts.
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I purchased "Backup to Gmail" about a month ago and love it. (cpedia Mobil in the Market)
It automatically backs up all my sms, call log, and mms to my main google account... restores in one click. And it removes the extra step of deleting things twice. Still no MMS restore, but it backs them up for you.
I couldn't get the integration to work the way I wanted it to; basically like it wasn't integrated - my GV# rings what lines I tell it to - and my cell phone works like a cell phone, unless I specifically want to use GV for a call.
I have specific uses for both numbers - and need the flexibility in caller ID selection when dialing out - as well as for messaging.
The integration thing just wasn't working for me.
I definitely think it depends on how people have been using their phones previously. The integration is great if you've been juggling two numbers and wishing for just one you can tweak with GV's tools, AND keep MMS.
If you've been using the GV# to separate contacts (completely improper usage, admittedly - seeing as how you could simply create contact groups and handle them that way), the integration is a nightmare.
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yes, you can use any messaging app. i use handcent. under google voice app settings after integrating, you go to
>sync and notications.
check "Text Messages"
uncheck "Inbox notifcations"
now you can use just your stock app, or any other app. if you use a different app, make sure you turn off the notification bar in the stock apps settings.
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Is this if you're using your sprint number... or your GV number?
I had mine setup to use my GV number, and the only app that registered new messages was GV. No other program received the messages at all.
Maybe this was my problem with getting the integration thing to work.
i was integrated to use my sprint number.
you should be able to log in online to gv and stop the integration you have. then set up the app on the phone again skipping the integration step. then it should work seperately like you'd like at least for calls/voicemail.
Its so odd though. i recently switched from an htc hero200 (sprint) running CM7 and there was no integration. once i switched to the evo, all of a sudden this integration? i have no complaints with GV settings except one... i hate not being able to make calls from 2 numbers. is this simply something with the stock sprint ROM? once the evo 3d is rooted and a rom is ready to be installed, will this integration thing go away?
Disable Google Voice Integration
sign into goggle voice online go to setting and disable google voice to sprint
I just wish it would go back to the way it was originally. How can they begin to think that this integration is better than how it was before?
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I badly need an app which will not save any call logs of certain numbers. I've looked onto many. But most of them doesn't work & if some of them work, they also keep sms in that app's particular way. However, I don't need that. I need an app that will simply won't store (or keep privet so that it won't show up on Android's default log) any call logs of that particular number! So far, I've found NQ Mobile Manager works perfectly for me but that also keeps the sms's in privet space & there is no option to exclude sms.
Summary: I don't want my mom seeing I talked with my gf
Any app reccomendations? Thanks!
When I send or receive an image via SMS, someone sends a screenshot of my message and the picture I sent/received to my friend. Same when I send/receive an email and/or attachment. They were able to do so with my FB messages as well. I have even downloaded a texting app, created a completely new and random number, and sent/received a message and image, and almost immediately my friend was sent a screenshot with the number, message and image. It isn't them just sending a screenshot, they send their own messages along with it like "i'm watching you" or "there is no limit on the information I can get".
I've scoured the internet and posted several posts asking how this is possible and have been told what I already knew, which was that it wasn't possible unless the person had access to my phone at least once, to install some sort of monitoring app or something. As far as I'm aware, no one has had access to my phone physically. I've reset all of my passwords for all email, social media, etc. and even enabled 2-factor authentication. It still continued. I did a factory wipe. It still continued. So i'm at a total loss at this point. I'm thinking my next step would be a firmware and/or software flash but would that do it? What would the flash remove that the wipe couldn't? And is it best to do both, or just one or the other? Any help would be much appreciated as I am losing my mind and I can't seem to find any answers!
Does this person work for my carrier? Are they some master hacker? SIM hack? I have no clue...
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When I send or receive an image via SMS, someone sends a screenshot of my message and the picture I sent/received to my friend. Same when I send/receive an email and/or attachment. They were able to do so with my FB messages as well. I have even downloaded a texting app, created a completely new and random number, and sent/received a message and image, and almost immediately my friend was sent a screenshot with the number, message and image. It isn't them just sending a screenshot, they send their own messages along with it like "i'm watching you" or "there is no limit on the information I can get".
I've scoured the internet and posted several posts asking how this is possible and have been told what I already knew, which was that it wasn't possible unless the person had access to my phone at least once, to install some sort of monitoring app or something. As far as I'm aware, no one has had access to my phone physically. I've reset all of my passwords for all email, social media, etc. and even enabled 2-factor authentication. It still continued. I did a factory wipe. It still continued. So i'm at a total loss at this point. I'm thinking my next step would be a firmware and/or software flash but would that do it? What would the flash remove that the wipe couldn't? And is it best to do both, or just one or the other? Any help would be much appreciated as I am losing my mind and I can't seem to find any answers!
Does this person work for my carrier? Are they some master hacker? SIM hack? I have no clue...
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Malware can be injected with something as simple as an e-mail attachment or SMS but these are not easy to come by. Or someone gets close to you and uses your Bluetooth connection to plant malware. Another option would be someone duplicated your SIM but that is like NSA levels of tech. The easiest way is to factory wipe and not turn on Bluetooth or the wifi. If that does not work flash a custom ROM. And i would file a police report these kinds of people tend to be edgy and might resort to worse if they can not keep grabbing your attention.