I've tried Google Voice and using Youmail right now... only once in awhile does either show the VM msg fairly quickly. I'd say at least 90% of the time there's a huge lag, usually at least 30+ minutes before it shows notification of VM. I had a call today come in at 4pm and didn't recognize the # offhand so let it go to voicemail, I totally forgot about it as it never gave me notification. Then I'm shopping at like 6pm and it goes off telling me there was a VM for the call at 4pm.
I've tried reinstalling, no difference. Really irritating as that is the one thing I loved about my iPhone, it would show up within seconds of someone leaving a voicemail. Why can't Android/Carrier figure out or offer VM for these phones like the iPhone has?
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I've tried Google Voice and using Youmail right now... only once in awhile does either show the VM msg fairly quickly. I'd say at least 90% of the time there's a huge lag, usually at least 30+ minutes before it shows notification of VM. I had a call today come in at 4pm and didn't recognize the # offhand so let it go to voicemail, I totally forgot about it as it never gave me notification. Then I'm shopping at like 6pm and it goes off telling me there was a VM for the call at 4pm.
I've tried reinstalling, no difference. Really irritating as that is the one thing I loved about my iPhone, it would show up within seconds of someone leaving a voicemail. Why can't Android/Carrier figure out or offer VM for these phones like the iPhone has?
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I use Google voice and the notification is always instant. The transcript might be delayed but the voicemail and notification have never been delayed. Something isn't right with your phone/rom/settings I suspect. Do you have background data and sync turned on?
Push notification?
I use PhoneFusion's Visual Voicemail Plus, and the voicemail notification and e-mails always show up within seconds of a message.
I may check out PhoneFusions VVM and see....yesterday Youmail seemed to be fine, msg's came fairly quickly. But generally there's a huge lag. Just sucks there's no program like the VVM setup on AT&T's iPhones (not sure how it is on other carriers).
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I may check out PhoneFusions VVM and see....yesterday Youmail seemed to be fine, msg's came fairly quickly. But generally there's a huge lag. Just sucks there's no program like the VVM setup on AT&T's iPhones (not sure how it is on other carriers).
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There is "AT&T Messages" in the market. vvm, mms and sms in one carrier built app. My wife used it for a while...I'm not a fan, but it's there
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I use hullo mail....I love it, get my VVM instantly!
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Guys, this is really annoying me so any chance of a little help please...
Today I received a notification of new 'Voicemail'.
I didn't know the number (hate it when this happens as there is a charge every time you listen to the message).
As it happens the message wasn't for me but I was still charged to listen to it.
Anyway, if that is not enough what is annoying is the voicemail notification simply will not go away from the top bar.
Every time I reboot the phone it first starts to play out loud the voicemail notification and the only way to terminate it is to pull down the notification bar.
Thing is what's further annoying is no matter what I do I can not remove the voicemail icon and notification from the top bar.
When I click to listen to the voicemail it simply tells me I don't have any outstanding voicemail so I then hang up but the notification will not go away.
I have been to the T-Mobile web site obviously there is nothing there and on the phone I have dialled 150 Option 4, 1, 1 which is meant to stop voicemail (I think).
Help please..... It is driving me crazy.
I also want to know
It drives me crazy
I am with fido and I have a voicemail notification and it does not want to go away
I erased the phone 2-3 times, I left a message in my voicemail and then I deleted
no matter what I do the notification is there.
I tried the same with my nexus one and atrix but I dont have any notification.
It seems to be the phone itself
Just a long shot, but have you got a txt message that relates to having a voice mail, if so try deleting?
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Well, in a weird sort of way I am pleased I am not the only one who is having this issue (apologies prince_72). It shows the problem is not isolated to either my phone or some form of settings.
In answer to morg01 ~ no... as a protection to my profession once I have received and actioned any text messages they are deleted. So it can not be a previous message that is the cause.
If the blessed thing has not disappeared come Monday I will speak with T-Mobile to ask if they have an answer.
However, I think they will most probably point me either to here or here but all these do is terminate voicemail, not handle notification.
I'm hoping it is something as simple as their system that is reactivating the notification despite the fact the last one I received I deleted.
We'll see.
I had this issue along with the com.android.phone crashing issue and they just switched my phone out in the shop. It might be time for a replacement?
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I had this issue along with the com.android.phone crashing issue and they just switched my phone out in the shop. It might be time for a replacement?
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Time for a replacement! That's a bit harsh.
In all other manner the phone works absolutely perfectly.
I have the issue too, I don't have carrier vm set up (i use g voice) but I forgot to set up voice after doing a wipe and got a vm. It asks me for a password that doesn't exist and wont let me delete the notification.
I dont think a replacement is a solution.
This is a software problem and I think the problem has to do with the software
implementation of the voicemail implementation.
If I put my Fido sim card to my Nexus one or Motorola Atrix I dont get the voicemail notification.
Also just to reply to morg01 I do get text messages along with the voicemail notification at the status bard but I delete the text messages I receive.
The problem is how to remove the voicemail notification.
I have a feeling that the Baseband implementation is wrong.
I got the phone from Europe and I dont think it supports the special features from Fido.
Just to mention that I dont have Name Display as well.
I would have to wait for the Canadian version to appear and to flash the modem
but until I wait that I will be really happy to remove that stupid ugly notification
I've been using Google Voice for the last 6 months. It's not always perfect, but you can read a transcript of your mail. And it's free and reversable.
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Finally I fixed the notification problem
My carrier (FIDO) has two voicemail systems. One is for Iphone with the visual voicemail and the second is the reset of phones.
I used to have the second. It seems Galaxy S II does not really work ok with the more standard. The CSR switched me over to the visual voicemail and now everything works ok.
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Finally I fixed the notification problem
My carrier (FIDO) has two voicemail systems. One is for Iphone with the visual voicemail and the second is the reset of phones.
I used to have the second. It seems Galaxy S II does not really work ok with the more standard. The CSR switched me over to the visual voicemail and now everything works ok.
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Nice one.... That proves it's a carrier issue.
I'm hoping to get to the bottom of my problem tomorrow.
Reprimand me if this has been addressed already and my stupid ass couldn't find it.
I live in an area with no 3G coverage at all. EDGE will suffice for simple things such as sms/mms, phone calls (obviously), and web browsing with Opera Mini.
At my house, we have wifi and my phone is always connected to it and signal strength is always excellent. Since I live in the woods, I get no more than 2 or 3 bars of cell service at any given time, if I'm lucky. One or two is the norm.
Can I make calls over Wifi? Or sent text/picture messages? Perhaps I simply don't understand how it works, but a large percentage of the time when I try to reply to a text, it fails and I have to send it repeatedly. Or if someone sends me a picture of some sort. Takes forever to download, if it works at all. Making a phone call is an exercise in futility. Perhaps it has to be done a certain way.
I'm running the latest version of ShoStock2 at the moment, but these problems happen with AOKP, CM9, and Phone Bricker, amongst others.
I'm sure there's apps that allow you to do that. First Google result shows Talkatone. Idk if there's other similar ones/better ones, but you can start there.
As for text, I'm sure there's an app for that too
I used textfree on my iPod. Can't recall if I couldn't send or receive pics though.
For calls, to my understanding, naturally. No. I'd say get something like Skype where you can do VoIP and do all your calls from there on WiFi, as for texts and MMS you really shouldn't have any problems. as far as I'm concerned, texts should be fine, and mms should download via wifi if you are connected. But if it continues to be a problem you could always get Textfree or Whatsapp and get your friends in on that. Its platform wide (literally) and is supported on every device i can think of.
Hit thanks if I've helped you.
Hope you figure out this issue!
You could use text free for texts you just couldn't use your own number or Google voice of course for text and calls. But you can't route your actual cell phone calls and texts over wifi. T-Mobile has that capability but not us on at&t.
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Google voice + groove IP
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Google voice + groove IP
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+1 Groove IP
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For calls, to my understanding, naturally. No. I'd say get something like Skype where you can do VoIP and do all your calls from there on WiFi, as for texts and MMS you really shouldn't have any problems. as far as I'm concerned, texts should be fine, and mms should download via wifi if you are connected. But if it continues to be a problem you could always get Textfree or Whatsapp and get your friends in on that. Its platform wide (literally) and is supported on every device i can think of.
Hit thanks if I've helped you.
Hope you figure out this issue!
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Actually there is a new app called Sidecar that lets you call any number over WiFi for free.
I have tried it, and its pretty good.
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Actually there is a new app called Sidecar that lets you call any number over WiFi for free.
I have tried it, and its pretty good.
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Also bobsled.
Voice calls? YES
SMS? YES
MMS? NO
I thought that Google voice was supposed to start supporting MMS, but not sure when. I have been waiting for a while. I use Groove ip as well.
Whats difference between SMS and MMS? A friend and I are 7 days late and our phones are off.
I had viber but got rid of it cause i wasn't using it. (maybe redownload?)
Also my google voice doesn't let me make calls or send messages? (it says I can do international calls - but I turned it off cause it said I needed money in a "google account" sigh...)
I can still use wifi at my house, but thats about it.
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Whats difference between SMS and MMS? A friend and I are 7 days late and our phones are off.
I had viber but got rid of it cause i wasn't using it. (maybe redownload?)
Also my google voice doesn't let me make calls or send messages? (it says I can do international calls - but I turned it off cause it said I needed money in a "google account" sigh...)
I can still use wifi at my house, but thats about it.
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Whats difference between SMS and MMS? A friend and I are 7 days late and our phones are off.
I had viber but got rid of it cause i wasn't using it. (maybe redownload?)
Also my google voice doesn't let me make calls or send messages? (it says I can do international calls - but I turned it off cause it said I needed money in a "google account" sigh...)
I can still use wifi at my house, but thats about it.
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You can use Google voice to make call plus text I use it all the time just create and account or sign in with your Google account it even gives you your own number which is used to call or text
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I got Youmail for my voicemail since I don't want to pay $4 a month for Verizon's service. I just got a call from my fiancé and when I went to play it back I heard nothing. I made sure the volume was up and even maxed it out and still heard absolutely nothing out of the earpiece. I set it to play out of the speaker and even at max volume it was barely audible. I've tried emailing Youmail a couple times and have yet to receive a response so I'm turning to you guys. Has anyone had this problem? Is there another recommended voicemail app? I tried Google Voice but it just gives me an error saying my carrier is unsupported or something.
Not being able to listen to voicemails kinda makes the phone part of this thing useless.
Help please!
Try Phone fusion Visual voice mail plus Ive been using it since the days of windows mobile and resistive touch screens and has served me through 3 phones including my current Note 2
Play link
It's free it lets you back up by forwarding to your email and lets you receive faxes.
used to have to dial something to activate it but now the app takes care of that for you.
Good luck
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Oh you can also set up custom greetings for different people and block numbers its really powerful
it also will notify you of missed calls even if they dont leave a message and auto look up names for numbers in a phone book directory if they aren't in your address book sometimes it even flat out says telemarketer it's awesome.
Phone Fusion seems to work very well for me. Although I can't say I use the transcription part of it.
You can also try Better YouMail. It's in the Store.
Thanks guys. Tried Phone Fusion and it works perfectly. Bye bye Youmail.
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I got Youmail for my voicemail since I don't want to pay $4 a month for Verizon's service. I just got a call from my fiancé and when I went to play it back I heard nothing. I made sure the volume was up and even maxed it out and still heard absolutely nothing out of the earpiece. I set it to play out of the speaker and even at max volume it was barely audible. I've tried emailing Youmail a couple times and have yet to receive a response so I'm turning to you guys. Has anyone had this problem? Is there another recommended voicemail app? I tried Google Voice but it just gives me an error saying my carrier is unsupported or something.
Not being able to listen to voicemails kinda makes the phone part of this thing useless.
Help please!
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You can forward it to Google Talk and get the transcribed mail too for free
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I only use GV for voicemail. I liek being able to instantly play whatever message i prefer without being prompted like the carriers voicemail. GV is taking forever to load voicemails after they have been left by a caller. The voicemail will show up in the list, but cannot be player for sometimes over an hour. Anyone else experiencing this issue with GV?
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I only use GV for voicemail. I liek being able to instantly play whatever message i prefer without being prompted like the carriers voicemail. GV is taking forever to load voicemails after they have been left by a caller. The voicemail will show up in the list, but cannot be player for sometimes over an hour. Anyone else experiencing this issue with GV?
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No issues here like that. I do get a few seconds delay or I have to hit play twice to get it to work. Are you able to access them immediately via the Voice website?
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No issues here like that. I do get a few seconds delay or I have to hit play twice to get it to work. Are you able to access them immediately via the Voice website?
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Have not tried the web, mostly bc i'm not near a pc to try. I am on Rage rom, but it's only been an issue for a couple of months now and I've been on rage for a lot longer than that. Tried uninstalling, but still the same issue. Thinking about just going back to verizons stock vm. it's not convenient, but at least i can access the vm quickly.
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I only use GV for voicemail. I liek being able to instantly play whatever message i prefer without being prompted like the carriers voicemail. GV is taking forever to load voicemails after they have been left by a caller. The voicemail will show up in the list, but cannot be player for sometimes over an hour. Anyone else experiencing this issue with GV?
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No issues like this on the stock ROM either, same as mjones73 reported, takes about 5 seconds and occasionally have to press play twice.
I'm having an ongoing problem communicating via text with more than one recipient at one time. I am running Stock (rooted Oreo), have tried numerous texting apps (Message, Pulse, Signal, etc) If I copy two people, it sometimes takes forever to send out the text. And quite often when one of the recipients replies back, I do not see it or it arrives much much later, or they squirt onto my phone all at once. Am on T-Mo and use wifi calling. Any ideas? I use my phone for work, so solid communication is required with my tech out in the field.
I have used Messages (Google's replacement for the stock messaging app) and Hangouts for multiple-person texting for years with no issues. I didn't see you mentioned these, so I wanted to mention it. I'm on stock rooted VS996 on TotalWireless.
As mentioned, I have used Messages, Pulse, Signal , they all seem to suffer from this same issue. If I go in settings, and disable combine group texts, the individual ones get to recipients, but then that defeats the purpose of using multiple texts. The two people I most often text with use Apple phones, unsure if that is a factor. very frustrating when trying to work from home & run service department. I thought Google closed Hangouts?
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I thought Google closed Hangouts?
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Not yet. I use it every day, as does my wife.
Ahh, crapple... that's likely the problem. Crapple loves to do non-standard crap, and that may be issue you're facing. Their incompetence makes SMS group texting impossible (because they suck at using standards).
That said, apparently you may be able to force MMS on your Android, to work around their idiocy: https://joyofandroid.com/group-messaging-android/
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Ahh, crapple... that's likely the problem. Crapple loves to do non-standard crap, and that may be issue you're facing. Their incompetence makes SMS group texting impossible (because they suck at using standards).
That said, apparently you may be able to force MMS on your Android, to work around their idiocy: https://joyofandroid.com/group-messaging-android/
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Indeed Crapple. Checked out the link, but it seems that I already have these settings in place. (Messages and Pulse are the two I switch between) Trying Textra now. Thank you for posting this
Do your MMS work? I haven't had a video gif work in Messages in a year!
I can text gifs. I support our two service techs out in the field, and we text each other all day. So I text them both some info, or a question to answer or whatever. It may take up to a minute for the app to show my text has been sent. Then I don't hear anything back from either guy. So I retext hey did you see my earlier text? Then they will reply, yes, and I answered you. But I do not have any response. Then later on, suddenly it get several texts squirt thru all at once, minutes or hours later. They both have iPhones. Here at home, wifi calling is the only way for me to use my phone as we have horrible signal at the house.
Yes, MMS works for me in Messages just fine. I also get them on my work phone (Moto Z3) from iPhone users, too. No issues whatsoever...
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Yes, MMS works for me in Messages just fine. I also get them on my work phone (Moto Z3) from iPhone users, too. No issues whatsoever...
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I wonder what the heck is wrong with my service? Anyone on Verizon with the US99820h not getting MMS to animate? Mine literally just come in as blurry pictures and tapping it does nothing.
@christoophat: Do you have Battery Saver or Data Saver enabled? If so, turn them off.
But if you have poor cell signal at home (I am familiar with that predicament) then SMS (including MMS) will always be spotty.
You can get a Google Voice number and use that instead: It all goes through data (WiFi or Mobile data) for calls as well as messages. I'd do that in your case.
You'll have to give your coworkers the Google Voice number instead of your current mobile number. Behind the scenes you can (optionally) route incoming and/or outgoing calls through your mobile number instead of using data. But certainly at home just let it use data.
In the old days, you'd use the Hangouts app to do Google Voice messaging and calls. I still do. But today you're probably better off using the Google Voice app, which has everything built in.
Edit: I should have mentioned that you can also port your current number to Google Voice if you don't want to give your coworkers a different number. But that will terminate your current mobile carrier account. And it can sometimes take a day or two to go through.
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@christoophat: Do you have Battery Saver or Data Saver enabled? If so, turn them off.
But if you have poor cell signal at home (I am familiar with that predicament) then SMS (including MMS) will always be spotty.
You can get a Google Voice number and use that instead: It all goes through data (WiFi or Mobile data) for calls as well as messages. I'd do that in your case.
You'll have to give your coworkers the Google Voice number instead of your current mobile number. Behind the scenes you can (optionally) route incoming and/or outgoing calls through your mobile number instead of using data. But certainly at home just let it use data.
In the old days, you'd use the Hangouts app to do Google Voice messaging and calls. I still do. But today you're probably better off using the Google Voice app, which has everything built in.
Edit: I should have mentioned that you can also port your current number to Google Voice if you don't want to give your coworkers a different number. But that will terminate your current mobile carrier account. And it can sometimes take a day or two to go through.
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Battery saver is always off. I set up a Google Voice number to try out with my techs to see if that does any better. Many thanks for your response. I am lucky to get one bar here at home (null zone)
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Battery saver is always off. I set up a Google Voice number to try out with my techs to see if that does any better. Many thanks for your response. I am lucky to get one bar here at home (null zone)
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A great benefit of Google Voice is that you can make/receive calls and send/receive messages on any number of devices, including right inside Gmail on your computer. I write most messages this way because I prefer a real keyboard and selecting/editing with a mouse. I also do a fair number of calls this way. My PC has a wired connection which means lower latency than WiFi.
We also have Ring Central phone app, but it's used mostly for client only communication, so I can keep personal phone number separate. But you can't do multiple texts to anyone outside Groups (people who also have RC on their phones), so that is limiting.
Hah, I didn't realize the Google Voice is a separate app now that I will use to text. Will try this out & see if it does a better job. Thanks again