I have my sprint hero set to forward voicemail to my G Voice number. I have G Voice setup to go straight to voicemail and enabled voicemail forwarding.
What happens is when someone calls my number it rings, I dont answer, then it rings my google voice number which rings my cell again then it goes to voicemail.
So if I dont pick up I have 2 missed calls on my cell phone. Really annoying. I can't seem to find the answer anywhere. Everyone suggests enabling the go straight to voicemail feature on G Voice but I've alread done that. Any ideas? thanks.
I'm having the same issue...
any luck fixing it?
You could have 10 phone numbers in google voice. What it does by default is if you miss a call on your cell it forwards it to all those numbers listed, including your cell again.
In the list of phone numbers there are settings, then you click advanced settings somewhere, and then there's a setting about "If calling this number directly" or something like that, with an option to go straight to voicemail.
Took me forever to figure that out myself.
Edit: Crap, never mind, your problem sounded so similar to what I was pulling my hair out over for a couple hours that I stopped reading the "I've already tried that" part. You didn't do something silly like put the google voice number in your list of numbers, did you?
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Hi all,
I've recently been lucky enough to get an invite to Google Voice, and as such, I'd like to use it as my primary voicemail. I know how to change the Speed Dial setting so I can dial 1 and get to my GV messages, but I'd like to set up call forwarding or something similar so that anyone who calls my 'old' (original) phone number is sent to the GV number when I don't answer.
Please see this article to see what I'm talking about:
http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/...ice-to-add-visual-voicemail-to-your-g1-dream/
I know that WM6 doesn't have an app for GV just yet, and I'm content to receive text messages for now. Is it possible to modify my voicemail functionality in this way? For reference, I'm using Sprint on a Vogue (with VetVito's ROM, but that shouldn't matter here).
Thanks!
Nevermind... on Sprint, this is done through setting up "Forward when busy" and "Forward when no answer" with customer service, and it carries a per-minute fee for each use. No way I'm shelling out 20 cents per minute for voicemail. Oh well...
If you are persistent enough and get to the right tech level, they will do it for you in the system. I basically had a lot of trouble doing the *7XXX thing (can't remember the code anymore) and finally got to a tech who told me that when your calls go to sprints voicemail, it is basically a call forward to a different number, just handled internally. So he changed the number in the internal system to my voicemail service (phone fusion, I'm on the android OS) and viola, call forwarding for busy and no answer calls with no charge!
It will probably take a few calls and some time, but it is possible. I would also suggest searching for and signing an online petition to sprint to discontinue this charge. Apparently they are the only US carriers who charge for this. with google voice coming, it's just not a good thing.
I'm on Verizon and I just have to dial *72+the number I want calls forwarded to and they just go to that number. The only issue is that it causes me to lose the free mobile 2 mobile calls because I get connected to my Google Voice account.
I called five times. Each time the answer was the same (in varying degrees of smarmyness and friendliness): We used to change the voicemail number for people, and we can still do it, but aren't allowed to.
No ifs, ands, or buts.
Every one of them tried to sell me on call forwarding at 20 cents per minute. Each time I explained that if I got only one message per day, at a minute or less, that'd be an extra six bucks on my bill. Personally, it'd be much higher.
So, much as I love my Vogue, the combination of their 'anti-Android' policy and intentional incompatibility with third-party voicemail systems means that I'll be looking for a new provider when my contract is up. Maybe I'll port my number to a shiny new myTouch 3G.
My voicemail settings are set for my carrier under settings...and yet my voicemail seems to be going to google voice every time. This is only after installing the leaked froyo.anyone else having this issue?
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kriskmk said:
My voicemail settings are set for my carrier under settings...and yet my voicemail seems to be going to google voice every time. This is only after installing the leaked froyo.anyone else having this issue?
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I had some crazy stuff happen to my phone with google voice shortly after I got my Incredible. My calls were going to straight to voicemail an nothing I could do would change that. I called verizon, and they had me turn off my phone, and then she activated it on a phone she had there. The phone rang fine for her. When She turned that phone off, and I dialed *228 #1 to reactivate mine it started working again.
There's also a GV number you can dial to activate google voice mail, and to deactivate it you can dial *73
So I guess, I'd try dialing *73 first and if that doesn't fix it, try reprogramming the phone. Lasty try vzw support.
Dmtalon said:
I had some crazy stuff happen to my phone with google voice shortly after I got my Incredible. My calls were going to straight to voicemail an nothing I could do would change that. I called verizon, and they had me turn off my phone, and then she activated it on a phone she had there. The phone rang fine for her. When She turned that phone off, and I dialed *228 #1 to reactivate mine it started working again.
There's also a GV number you can dial to activate google voice mail, and to deactivate it you can dial *73
So I guess, I'd try dialing *73 first and if that doesn't fix it, try reprogramming the phone. Lasty try vzw support.
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I tried *73.. but since that was being dialed thru Verizon.. it wasn't going anywhere..
but I tried reprogramming the phone by dialling *228 and that seems to have fixed the issue.
thank you very much for your help.
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I loved google voicemail, but hated that my phone would ring 6 times before switching over to googles side and the callers would have to wait for 6 more rings to get to my voice mail.
My friends stopped leaving messages and would just hang up.
Was there any remedy for this ?
sprintrjm said:
I loved google voicemail, but hated that my phone would ring 6 times before switching over to googles side and the callers would have to wait for 6 more rings to get to my voice mail.
My friends stopped leaving messages and would just hang up.
Was there any remedy for this ?
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Google is officially supporting it as a voicemail system now, so they actually have an option you can enable in your preferences if that's all you're using it for. Whenever it forwards from Verizon to your GV number it automatically goes to voicemail instead of ringing some more.
Also, it should be noted that voicemail is on Verizon's side. Whenever you use the Google Voice app and call the number it dials for you, you're actually calling a Verizon number. That number programs where to forward calls if you don't pick up.
Dialing just *73 should disable the custom voicemail number.
Edit: Just to be a bit more specific, I meant the preferences online, not the ones in app. https://www.google.com/voice#phones
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Google is officially supporting it as a voicemail system now, so they actually have an option you can enable in your preferences if that's all you're using it for. Whenever it forwards from Verizon to your GV number it automatically goes to voicemail instead of ringing some more.
Also, it should be noted that voicemail is on Verizon's side. Whenever you use the Google Voice app and call the number it dials for you, you're actually calling a Verizon number. That number programs where to forward calls if you don't pick up.
Dialing just *73 should disable the custom voicemail number.
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Thx I'm going back to gvv
Okay guys I have just found something interesting and would like to see what your opinions or if my idea makes sense.
With the new google calling on Gmail.com, I went into my gvoice setting and I saw that I can now forward my calls to gmail.com instead of to my cell phone. I have only checked gmail as the number to forward my calls to, so when I make a call it actually goes through gmail and not my cell phone. thus, its free?
The problem with this is that I can now make free calls out with my gv number but will not be able to receive calls on my cell if someone calls my gv number since its not being forwarded to my cell number.
I hope I am explaining myself clear enough
Pretty sure you just told all incoming calls to go to GMail, and that's it. You didn't change any setting for outgoing calls, you are still using your plan minutes. Because you are still calling an actual phone number.
Just because you change a setting in the Voice options doesn't mean your phone suddenly knows to do voip without any voip program to do it. Your phone is still using normal voice calls.
I think you're right now that I think about it more....my bad...
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Wait, don't quit just yet. What provider are you with? If you have a plan that gives you phone numbers you can call without costing minutes, you can assign your GV number to that. You can then make and receive calls from your GV number without using minutes. I did this for about 6 months with Myfaves until I realized I just didn't make enough phone calls for it to be worth it.
Here is my issue...
I'm on Tmobile's $30/mo prepaid plan. I want to use google voice to ring my nexus as I've been using a GV number for the last year or so. So in other words, I don't want to use my carrier number, I want my GV number to ring the phone. I had succeeded in doing this with my GS3 and Galaxy Nexus before without any issues. When I call my GV number from another phone, it won't ring my nexus, and eventually goes to GV voicemail.
What makes it stranger is that I was able to get it to ring once or twice by calling my GV #, but trying the call again would result in the Nexus not ringing anymore.
I have tried doing the **004*XXXXXXXXXXX# codes a dozen times getting a message like "Call forwarding Connection problem or invalid MMI code."
I've tried deleting the phone from my computer on the GV page and adding it back again. No success there.
I'm short on ideas. Any help would be much appreciated.
Go here and follow the guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2057887
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I'm not interested in using VOIP. I want to use the cellular network because the call quality is better than any VOIP solution. I just want my GV number to be in front of my tmobile number.
If I understand correctly you want people to call your GV number, and GV to forward/ call your device on the device's number?
If so, all you should have to do is log into GV on the computer, put your device's number into the settings, verify you have the phone, and it should be set up.
I have it set up that way with T-Mobile prepaid, and never had any issues. If you are doing those things and it is still not working, please elaborate more.
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I'm having a similar issue, I have a Nexus 4, I'm on the T-Mobile $30 plan, I go to verify my T-Mobile # on GV and after I hit "Connect" it says 'Verifying your phone...' for 30 seconds or so, then says "We could not verify your phone. Please try again.".
I've tried calling from at least a dozen computers, nothing, my phone never rings, no matter how much signal I have or what, it's INFURIATING.
I just got setup on this same tmo plan, and I'm having similar issues with GV. I managed to get GV to forward incoming calls to my tmo phone number, but If I call out, it still uses my tmo number regardless of whether I have GV set to make all calls. The GV voice mail also is screwy. If someone calls my phone and I let it ring and don't pick up, it will go to GV, but if I tell the phone to ignore the call, it goes to tmo voice mail. This 30$ plan is just what I've been looking for but honestly its really aggravating that it all worked flawless on Straightalk with ATT sim. I don't want to have to use GrooveIP or some other app to call constantly through GV, when it worked properly on ATT's network. Tmo, definitely has to work to do in this area.
Here's how I got it to work.
Went to google voice and put in my work deskphone number.
Verified it, then boom, I have a verified number.
Used that to set up a google voice number that's 3 numbers off from my old one (Same area code, first three different, last 4 the same) and paid $4.99 for GrooVe IP, logged into my Google Voice account and now I can make calls to and from my google voice number. Be sure to download an app called Contact Cleanup or something like that, I think GrooVe IP needs you to have your phone numbers in international format to dial. Also, my only real complaint about this is occasionally someone will call my old number because my new one wont ring, but signging out and back into GrooVe IP seems to fix this.
Every few days I try to verify my cell number with no luck, I was reading and the best I can come up with is it's either a fault, or something on purpose, on T-Mobile's end.
And FYI my phone shows up with my GV number on caller ID, and text messages, and all that jazz, I sent out a few dozen text messages using GV online to everyone in my contacts list know to only use my old number for emergencies.
I haven't using a single minute on my T-Mobile plan since I did this like 2 weeks ago, I love it.
Two things to keep in mind.
1) "Forward calls to" phone numbers can only be used in one GV account at a time. Otherwise you could create 100 Gmail/GV accounts and forward them to one line. I had this issue trying to add my home phone to both my GV and my spouse's GV account. Many free SIP DID's have this as a known issue. Google can remove the number, but it's a painful process.
2) The Nexus 4 has a ARP issue on WiFi. Ping your phone LAN IP after you lock the screen to see what I mean. This has caused some issues with some VOIP apps.
ficklecycler said:
Here is my issue...
I'm on Tmobile's $30/mo prepaid plan. I want to use google voice to ring my nexus as I've been using a GV number for the last year or so. So in other words, I don't want to use my carrier number, I want my GV number to ring the phone. I had succeeded in doing this with my GS3 and Galaxy Nexus before without any issues. When I call my GV number from another phone, it won't ring my nexus, and eventually goes to GV voicemail.
What makes it stranger is that I was able to get it to ring once or twice by calling my GV #, but trying the call again would result in the Nexus not ringing anymore.
I have tried doing the **004*XXXXXXXXXXX# codes a dozen times getting a message like "Call forwarding Connection problem or invalid MMI code."
I've tried deleting the phone from my computer on the GV page and adding it back again. No success there.
I'm short on ideas. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Are you using the same gmail on your phone as the account you originally created the GV number on?
I was having this problem and I transferred the # to my new gmail, problem solved.
I updated my VZW S5 to the latest and greatest 4.4.4 and have activated the VoLTE options.
Prior to this, I had set up *71 forwarding to my GV number, and it had worked for years.
Today, I found out that when my VZW number is called, and I don't answer, the call goes into a ringing "loop". It seems that VZW is not forwarding to the GV number.
I've tried cancelling forwarding and reactivating using *71, *72, *90, and *92, but the result is the same.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Anyone find a solution?
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I updated my VZW S5 to the latest and greatest 4.4.4 and have activated the VoLTE options.
Prior to this, I had set up *71 forwarding to my GV number, and it had worked for years.
Today, I found out that when my VZW number is called, and I don't answer, the call goes into a ringing "loop". It seems that VZW is not forwarding to the GV number.
I've tried cancelling forwarding and reactivating using *71, *72, *90, and *92, but the result is the same.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Anyone find a solution?
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I am not in the office at the moment, but I think we got a sticky about what does not work with AC1.0 and this was one. Disable GV for now and I'll figure it out for you. *73 disables. *71(your gv)
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I updated my VZW S5 to the latest and greatest 4.4.4 and have activated the VoLTE options.
Prior to this, I had set up *71 forwarding to my GV number, and it had worked for years.
Today, I found out that when my VZW number is called, and I don't answer, the call goes into a ringing "loop". It seems that VZW is not forwarding to the GV number.
I've tried cancelling forwarding and reactivating using *71, *72, *90, and *92, but the result is the same.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Anyone find a solution?
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Did you ever get it? Sorry for the long wait I had to go out of town
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Did you ever get it? Sorry for the long wait I had to go out of town
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I have forwarding disabled, can you confirm that VZW is now blocking forwarding to GV numbers?
Tried again today. *71 and 10 digit GV number. Seems like it takes, but when I call my mobile it just rings, pauses, then starts ringing again, it never actually forwards to GV.
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Tried again today. *71 and 10 digit GV number. Seems like it takes, but when I call my mobile it just rings, pauses, then starts ringing again, it never actually forwards to GV.
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I answered you here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55632337
superrelaxx said:
I answered you here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55632337
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I am having the exact same problem, and I tried this. Doesn't work for me.
superrelaxx said:
I answered you here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55632337
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I am having the exact same problem, and I tried this. Doesn't work for me.
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I've tried this and it has not solved my problem. The number that shows up for me is the same as my Voice number.
superrelaxx, do you have a full-function GV account with its own Google-issued number, on which people can call you, or do you have a GV "Lite" account, that is only used for voicemail?
Working with Verizon Wireless, and they claim there is a problem during the forwarding. I'm likely oversimplifying, but it seems that VZW sends the call to AT&T Landline, who then sends it to Google's landline operator (I forget who they said this was), then it goes to Voice. For my number, there is a problem at the transition from AT&T Landline to Google's operator. So basically, it is a network issue that is occurring on a disinterested carriers network, and so nothing is happening fast.
On a side note, I tried to get creative since others still have working VZW to Voice forwarding, and I got a new number, and paid to keep the old number, too, in the hopes that a new number would work... No joy, I'm out $30 and now have a second number that behaves the same way as the first.
After discussions here and on the Google Product Forums, I disabled VZW Advanced Calling. Now conditional call forwarding works.
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After discussions here and on the Google Product Forums, I disabled VZW Advanced Calling. Now conditional call forwarding works.
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Yeah I guess that's the only fix for this. Makes no sense to me why voLTE would mess with call forwarding options.