Ok, figured I would get this out there for AT&T users in the US. You can download the AT&T visual voice app from the market no problem. Getting things set up with AT&T may be alittle more tricky. I was coming from an iphone and everything needed to be changed in the account but because the Z is an UNLOCKED/UNKNOWN device on AT&T's end, the visual voicemail package is not available. All that was available was the standard VM. I had the AT&T rep look up my previous devices and they were able to tell the system that I have another device. Now the device needs to be a 3g/4g LTE device that offers visual VM. This allowed them to ad the visual VM and as soon as they did, the app started working and allowed the app to retrieve the info from AT&T's network and thus allowing the AT&T visual VM to work. I now have my VVM back and what's great is the AT&T VVM allows you to send the VM thru email, MMS, etc etc... good stuff... Hope this helps fellow AT&T peeps out there with the Z.
Can you post the apk that you download? I can't even download if it's not an offical AT&T phone.
Always use Google Voice app for visual voicemail then you never have to worry about dealing with AT&T again on this issue. You can check your voicemail from anywhere anytime and from any machine.
randy_c said:
Can you post the apk that you download? I can't even download if it's not an offical AT&T phone.
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Really? I did a search on the android market for "visual voicemail" and it was the 1st choice. I was surprised because in the past, even with official AT&T phones, this would not always come up and if I tried to search the android market from the phone's browser, it would load it in the market and say "not compatable device" but this time it came right up and allowed me to install from the market. If you don't find it in there, google AT&T visual voicemail and you will find the APK. It may be an older one so I'm not sure if it will work.
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Before I returned it a couple months ago I had an application on the captivate that would allow me to install apps from the Market AT&T had blocked. Now, I believe what it would do is clone a certain value on the phone and make google's market think I was a T-Mobile user trying to connect. (Or any of the other carriers I could choose from)
Does anyone use this or can recall what it is called? I seem to have forgotten and can't find it through my searching.
Or, can anyone give me a better to way to install applications. I like this method because it makes for easy updating.
Thanks!
It is called Market Access. It is not something you can get on the Android Market. I got mine in previous ROM's that would have it included. This was before they would script market access into the ROM on its own.
http://amip.tools-for.net/wiki/android/marketaccess
Thanks guys! I'm using cognition 2.1.5. Do you know if its scripted in?
I'm getting an error message even with cognition when trying to install AT&T blocked apps.
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will this work with froyo
Yes, works with Froyo. However, it seems that you can't have opened the Market first before enabling Market Access- if Market had been opened, the phone needs to be rebooted and then T-Mobile has to be emulated first. Then it worked fine.
I started with a Verizon Tab because of the price. But I have switched to an AT&T model because I don't need data all the time, just occasionally and you can't start and stop the data with Verizon like you can with AT&T. So, I have a new TAB and while I knew that the various carriers put their own bloatware on, I didn't realize that the widgets weren't standard. There is a news and weather widget that I really liked that downloaded from user selectable categories. Could someone tell me what that widget is so that I can located it in the Market?
Thanks.
Update. I downloaded the Verizon user manual and it is the Google News and Weather App. I don't seem to find it in the market, but I am looking.
ourtech said:
I started with a Verizon Tab because of the price. But I have switched to an AT&T model because I don't need data all the time, just occasionally and you can't start and stop the data with Verizon like you can with AT&T. So, I have a new TAB and while I knew that the various carriers put their own bloatware on, I didn't realize that the widgets weren't standard. There is a news and weather widget that I really liked that downloaded from user selectable categories. Could someone tell me what that widget is so that I can located it in the Market?
Thanks.
Update. I downloaded the Verizon user manual and it is the Google News and Weather App. I don't seem to find it in the market, but I am looking.
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Just search for GenieWidget.apk or if you have skype I can send it to you.
The subject says it all. I have been wondering for some time now why it is that the official Sprint branded apps (NASCAR, TV, FOOTBALL, ID PACK, etc) do not recognize us as Sprint customers when we are running custom ROMs. Does anyone know?
its all in the framework and i know sprint tv would work on my old mytouch before i got the hero.
I don't think it is a framework issue. It is not that they won't install. The apps will install fine. There is an authentication issue. For most when you launch the app you get a message stating you must be a Sprint customer in order to use this app. Another reason I don't think it is a framework issue is that this apps are installed on all Sprint phones with each android phone running a different framework. I could be wrong though.
It would be great if I could get Sprint apps to run on my phone.
I'm running CM7 on my Hero, and can run Sprint Nav, and Nascar as well as Sprint VVM, without issue.
I will say however, that I tried a program that allowed me to change the carrier ID tag on main stern to anything I wanted, and Nascar app stopped working, starting it was only for Sprint Customers!
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I guess most people buy unlocked phones to avoid bloatware, and I'm fine giving up most forcibly installed time wasters, but I am desperately missing Visual Voicemail notifications on my "carrier-free" phone, so would accept the bloat to have that feature. I just don't know if installing a VZW ROM would solve that problem. Is that even possible?
Here is the guide for switching. I'd suggest trying it out and if it doesn't work then just switch back. https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/how-to/snap-guide-flashing-standard-fw-carrier-t3625817
Thanks!
Just thought I throw this in...there are so many other options to Verizon Visual Voice Mail. Just 2 that I've tried and really like. YouMail and Visual Voicemail Plus. Both are less per month than VVM and have way more features. I'd give that a try. Oh an both are on the Google Play Store. Hope this helps.
Hey guys! I know it's gonna sound like a real noob question but here goes:
Why does T-Mobile not allow us to use the stock visual voicemail app for our phones?
I have an unlocked S21 ULTRA. I was also test driving a Pixel 6 Pro recently and I was able to use the stock Google phone integrated visual voicemail app.
The moment I switched back to my S21 ULTRA the little dialog box advised it needed to update sim data and poof - there went the Samsung stock visual voicemail apk. Just gone, disabled, deleted or hidden. Is there a setting to allow for that? Or are we pretty much stuck using their **** software?