Google Voice - HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity

I cannot set Google voice as my voicemail provider.
When I try to set it it says "Failed to retrieve and save current forwarding number settings."
Does this have to do with ATT's new visual voicemail crap?
Any way to get around this?

cactusboy19 said:
I cannot set Google voice as my voicemail provider.
When I try to set it it says "Failed to retrieve and save current forwarding number settings."
Does this have to do with ATT's new visual voicemail crap?
Any way to get around this?
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When you get the "Do you still want to make the change" hit yes. It says it errors but it does. If you finish out the set up, then make a call from another phone and it ignore and leave a message you will see it goes to Google Voice.
I just confirmed and this is what my Vivid does.

Navigate www.google.com/voice, go to settings, make sure your phone is listed.
Click on activate google voicemail on this phone and it will give you the number to enter on your phone (e.g. *004*1800XXXXXX#)
After that, download the google voice app, install, open it up and follow the prompts to install.

Big Dawg 23 said:
When you get the "Do you still want to make the change" hit yes. It says it errors but it does. If you finish out the set up, then make a call from another phone and it ignore and leave a message you will see it goes to Google Voice.
I just confirmed and this is what my Vivid does.
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Did that. Then it reverts back to my carrier and says "Forwarding number change unsuccessful. Please contact your...."

dusty2422 said:
Navigate www.google.com/voice, go to settings, make sure your phone is listed.
Click on activate google voicemail on this phone and it will give you the number to enter on your phone (e.g. *004*1800XXXXXX#)
After that, download the google voice app, install, open it up and follow the prompts to install.
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Thanks, but I am long past this point. Been using google voice for years. never had a problem on any of my other phones. Just the vivid...

cactusboy19 said:
Did that. Then it reverts back to my carrier and says "Forwarding number change unsuccessful. Please contact your...."
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It will say its the carrier but it is not its Google Voice. I just confirmed again, mine does it just fine.

Big Dawg 23 said:
It will say its the carrier but it is not its Google Voice. I just confirmed again, mine does it just fine.
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Nope still goes to ATT visual VM.
grrrrrrrrr

cactusboy19 said:
Thanks, but I am long past this point. Been using google voice for years. never had a problem on any of my other phones. Just the vivid...
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I believe a valid workaround is to go to settings - call - call forwarding and set your "forward when unaswered" and "forward when unreachable" to your google voice number.

dusty2422 said:
I believe a valid workaround is to go to settings - call - call forwarding and set your "forward when unaswered" and "forward when unreachable" to your google voice number.
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Thanks. that worked.

I had the same issue make sure your WIFI is on and then try it it should now work. Thanks

I had a similar issue, when I tried to change the "Voicemail Service" setting, it failed and gave me an error. But I just went in and manually changed the forwarding numbers to my Google Voice number and it worked just fine. So while the settings still say "My Carrier", it's actually using Google Voice.

bjg222 said:
I had a similar issue, when I tried to change the "Voicemail Service" setting, it failed and gave me an error. But I just went in and manually changed the forwarding numbers to my Google Voice number and it worked just fine. So while the settings still say "My Carrier", it's actually using Google Voice.
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Me too. I tried to "contact [my] carrier" as it suggested, but they are clueless. I wonder where the issue really is (carrier/framework/google).
EDIT: Wow, ancient thread. Sorry. Thanks for nothing Google results.

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[Q] Recommendation for SMS over wifi

Anyone have a recommendation for sending sms messages over wifi?
TIA.
google voice seems to work well for me
That is what I use also. Google Voice. Kind of fun texting my daughters with this big thing..
+1 gv.. it's all i use on my tab, and my phone.. and my wifes phone..
+1 google voice.
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How are you guys achieving this? I have GV installed and signed in with my cell number. That's as far as I can figure it out. Please help! I'd love to be able to text from this tablet. Thanks in advance.
search reveals this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858876
aaron19953 said:
search reveals this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858876
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Yeah. I've posted in that thread asking the same question, but got no reply.
jpmi23 said:
Yeah. I've posted in that thread asking the same question, but got no reply.
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well crap, i think i replied in the wrong thread.. doohhh.. hahaha
anywho, go to your contacts, click on their pic you should see a slew of icons, one of which should be a google voice bubble (a bubble with a phone in it) click on it, and then pick which number you'd like to send a text to .. It may ask you which program you'd like to use, but i can't remember..
I can't speak for everyone else, but I had an update for GV in the market and after the update I went thru login process and SMS worked
aaron19953 said:
well crap, i think i replied in the wrong thread.. doohhh.. hahaha
anywho, go to your contacts, click on their pic you should see a slew of icons, one of which should be a google voice bubble (a bubble with a phone in it) click on it, and then pick which number you'd like to send a text to .. It may ask you which program you'd like to use, but i can't remember..
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Bummer. I don't see that icon on any of my contacts. Poop.
I'll try installing it again tonight. I'm going to flash Vegan B3... I think. Running TnT 2.2 now. Maybe it's an issue with that ROM.
Re-install for success
I was having no success with GV and then I went on the app market and install it from there and now I can send SMS messages from my Google Voice account. Running TnT-Lite 2.2.1
I posted this problem as well on the voice thread on general theme.
I installed .3 google voice. I got to the final set up screen where it wants to verify my phone number. When I hit next, it says "We have a problem, your phone number could not be verified. please try again"
When it asked for my user name and password, I put in the email address and pass word that is linked to google account that I set up google voice with (it is not a gmail account, but a yahoo email address) I can access it fine from google.com/voice by putting in those same credentials, but when i go through setup on the tablet and it comes to the part about verifying the phone number, I get the we have a problem screen
What can I do different?
Thanks
insight3fl said:
I posted this problem as well on the voice thread on general theme.
I installed .3 google voice. I got to the final set up screen where it wants to verify my phone number. When I hit next, it says "We have a problem, your phone number could not be verified. please try again"
When it asked for my user name and password, I put in the email address and pass word that is linked to google account that I set up google voice with (it is not a gmail account, but a yahoo email address) I can access it fine from google.com/voice by putting in those same credentials, but when i go through setup on the tablet and it comes to the part about verifying the phone number, I get the we have a problem screen
What can I do different?
Thanks
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Just update Google voice from the market. The new one just works now without having to replace the old with 0.3 and all that.
Sprdtyf350 said:
Just update Google voice from the market. The new one just works now without having to replace the old with 0.3 and all that.
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I originally tried the one from market and it FC each time I tried to run it. I removed it with the remove applications removal tool in settings and installed this otherone. It loads, opens and allows me to put in my email address and password associated with my only google voice account, but it stops on the phone number verification process.
Thanks for your help
EDIT: Just tried again to install from market. This time when it gets to verify phone number, instead of the error popping up, it gives me a FC... the same as when I tried it before.
Try signing up for google voice on a pc or via the web first. Use any phone number that you have access to immediately to verify the number then simply install google voice from the market. It should just work. Skip the part about cell phone voicemail if asked.
Still no luck on my end. I un-installed the update (in settings), then wiped and un-installed via Titanium Backup, then rebooted. After boot I downloaded and installed from the market. Went through the setup process. Rebooted again. Still no option to SMS when I click on a contact picture. Ideas?
anjenaire said:
Anyone have a recommendation for sending sms messages over wifi?
TIA.
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I've been using textPlus. Works pretty good!
Can you get to the google voice inbox? If so, press menu and select compose. start typing the name and then pick the persons name and cell and send txt that way. If you can't get the inbox then you have some other problem.
Do you have the google voice configured with a mobile number? Maybe that is it.
phinphan said:
Can you get to the google voice inbox? If so, press menu and select compose. start typing the name and then pick the persons name and cell and send txt that way. If you can't get the inbox then you have some other problem.
Do you have the google voice configured with a mobile number? Maybe that is it.
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I'm in the inbox. In menu, all I see is Refresh, Labels, Balance, Search, Settings, and Help.
Also, it is build number: 0.4.2.13, if that matters.
And additionally, I just flashed Vegan b3, if that matters.

[Q] Google Voice on Bionic

Hello it seems Google Voice is not compatible with the Bionic. Is there a manual work around? I remember reading a while back a way to do this with the thunderbolt. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
cdejesus1119 said:
Hello it seems Google Voice is not compatible with the Bionic. Is there a manual work around? I remember reading a while back a way to do this with the thunderbolt. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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How is it not working? What is happening when you try to use it?
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kingsway8605 said:
How is it not working? What is happening when you try to use it?
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It says: unfortunately your carrier is not supported for automatic voicemail configuration. To use google voice as your voicemail provider, please visit the google voice help center more more information.
I got that error message too, but the voice mail does in fact work ok.
The problem I am having is that my google voice number is not showing as the calling number, even though it is set to be. I have tried changing the settings to ask each time, and it does not ask. It is still not working after rebooting too.
cdejesus1119 said:
It says: unfortunately your carrier is not supported for automatic voicemail configuration. To use google voice as your voicemail provider, please visit the google voice help center more more information.
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Just go to the google voice site on a computer and enter your phone number manually in the google voice settings on the website. It is a very self explanatory process once there. After that, go into your wireless network settings on your bionic and change the Voicemail settings from "my carrier" to "google voice." Not sure where this is on motoblur, but just look around and you should find it. If you get an error message or it freezes, do a reboot, go into the settings again and verify google voice is selected in the Voicemail settings. You should be okay after this.
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Thanks for your help gotta it!
So caller id still shows my actual phone number and not my google voice number even when it is configured to do so. Any one else have this problem?
That error came at the point (for me) where it should automatically insert *71###-###-#### (*71 + your google number) in to the dialer to forward missed calls. So I did it manually and GVoice has worked fine for me. I did get one FC, but not sure if it was because of debloat or actual GVoice app. Other than that I have made calls, recieved Vmails and texts through GVoice just fine.
travis23832 said:
So caller id still shows my actual phone number and not my google voice number even when it is configured to do so. Any one else have this problem?
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uninstall the app and try rerunning the setup, making sure you select use google voice for calls or ask when I make a call.
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seems be working now, thanks

[Q] Google Voice

Has anyone been able to get Google Voice to work on their phones? I have the 64gb Dev Edition and for some reason it keeps failing during setup. Any ideas?
I got it to work eventually (T-Mobile edition HTC One) but it took some effort; first, I would try deleting your forwarding phone number from Google Voice's website, uninstalling the app/clearing data, and then adding the number back on the web page. Then check the box to enable call forwarding/voicemail service and it will give you the number to dial on your phone; do that, and it should set up the voicemail successfully (it will still say "Carrier" under your call settings, changing it to the Google Voice option never works for me). Then I would reinstall the app and set it up again. Hope that helps; it's kind of a pain but it worked for me. Although I would add that for whatever reason it stopped working and I had to repeat this process later on. So it's kind of hit and miss, at least on T-Mobile.
right now gV is going through changes. since google actually wants to hack gV away and intergrate the functions into google hangout. so those using the gV tunneling method to be on 30$ prepaid 4g plans might be SOL for a bit. while google works this **** out. not sure though might have to get one of these guys to confirm.
darkjuan said:
Has anyone been able to get Google Voice to work on their phones? I have the 64gb Dev Edition and for some reason it keeps failing during setup. Any ideas?
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Are you trying to set it up to be your voice mail provider? If so, I've successfully set my phone up, but I wasn't able to do it through using the in app method. I had to manually set it up so it send calls to Google Voice.
If you go to settings > Call > Call forwarding > Then set the options to:
Always forward: Disabled
Forward when busy: My Google Voice #
Forward when unanswered: My Google Voice #
Forward when unreachable: My Google Voice #
Also, you might notice there is an option to change your Voicemail service after selecting Call from the setting menu. I left this alone... My phone has that option currently set to My carrier.
In the end, these settings forward any calls that come in to your Google Voice number just like it would if you were able to get through the set up using the in-app feature.
bassantics said:
Are you trying to set it up to be your voice mail provider? If so, I've successfully set my phone up, but I wasn't able to do it through using the in app method. I had to manually set it up so it send calls to Google Voice.
If you go to settings > Call > Call forwarding > Then set the options to:
Always forward: Disabled
Forward when busy: My Google Voice #
Forward when unanswered: My Google Voice #
Forward when unreachable: My Google Voice #
Also, you might notice there is an option to change your Voicemail service after selecting Call from the setting menu. I left this alone... My phone has that option currently set to My carrier.
In the end, these settings forward any calls that come in to your Google Voice number just like it would if you were able to get through the set up using the in-app feature.
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Fixed *kind of* using this method.
I tried the method in the 2nd post but it still didn't work so all I ended up doing was changing my "Carrier Voice Mail" number to my Google Voice number.
Settings/Call/Voicemail Settings/Changed number to Google voice number.
And now it works fine!
Thanks for all the help guys.
darkjuan said:
Fixed *kind of* using this method.
I tried the method in the 2nd post but it still didn't work so all I ended up doing was changing my "Carrier Voice Mail" number to my Google Voice number.
Settings/Call/Voicemail Settings/Changed number to Google voice number.
And now it works fine!
Thanks for all the help guys.
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Glad you got it working!

[Q] Unable to access Voicemail

After installing Hyperdrive Note 3 on my phone, everything has worked except for 1 issue. I am unable to check my voicemail. After I downloaded the AT&T voicemail App, it asks me to call my voicemail, which I get this recorded message "Hi Scott, Scott is unavailable to come to the phone right now, please leave a message after the beep." This is on my own mobile phone. Even if I just call my voicemail, I get the same message. I have no idea what to do.
Did you install Google voice?
Open settings-device-call, and scroll down to voicemail. Make sure it says "my carrier" and not Google voice. Also check the number stored there.
440bro said:
Did you install Google voice?
Open settings-device-call, and scroll down to voicemail. Make sure it says "my carrier" and not Google voice. Also check the number stored there.
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Yeah, I managed to fix it, so thanks.

Google Voice Issues

Hey Guys,
Has anyone managed to get Google Voice to work on the S5? On every other phone that I've had, and it's been a lot in the last year, I always just install the app, run through configuration and it's fine. On the S5, I simply can't get it to work.
I only use Google Voice for my voicemails. I don't make or receive calls with my Google Voice number. Every time I run through the setup it gives me an error and then says if I want to change providers or something like that. If I hit yes, it fails. If I hit no, my Google Voice voicemail doesn't work.
Any ideas? I went to the Google Voice website and deleted my phone and added it again with no success. What is going wrong?
Thanks!
WizeGuyDezignz said:
Hey Guys,
Has anyone managed to get Google Voice to work on the S5? On every other phone that I've had, and it's been a lot in the last year, I always just install the app, run through configuration and it's fine. On the S5, I simply can't get it to work.
I only use Google Voice for my voicemails. I don't make or receive calls with my Google Voice number. Every time I run through the setup it gives me an error and then says if I want to change providers or something like that. If I hit yes, it fails. If I hit no, my Google Voice voicemail doesn't work.
Any ideas? I went to the Google Voice website and deleted my phone and added it again with no success. What is going wrong?
Thanks!
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you probably need to re-forward VM to GV. My S5 kept giving me an error when I tired to do it via the app, so I manually forwarded to my GV# via..
*004*xxx-xxx-xxxx# (where xxx-xxx-xxxx is your Google Voice phone number) then Press Call
PS: I'm not certain if you need to, but I set up my AT&T voicemail before I forwarded to GV,
I guess I got lucky -- I ran through the GV setup via the app and it worked perfectly the first time. I kept having issues when trying to set it up on my mothers S4...had to eventually reboot her phone and change it manually in settings. For my S5, it worked fine the first run through.
I also set up AT&T visual voicemail before GV. I did this just to double-check if my old voicemails were still there.
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you probably need to re-forward VM to GV. My S5 kept giving me an error when I tired to do it via the app, so I manually forwarded to my GV# via..
*004*xxx-xxx-xxxx# (where xxx-xxx-xxxx is your Google Voice phone number) then Press Call
PS: I'm not certain if you need to, but I set up my AT&T voicemail before I forwarded to GV,
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That worked like a charm, thank you!
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