[Q] Use Google Voice as Voicemail (AT&T) - Huawei Ascend Mate 2

For other phones, I was able to use Google Voice by following the instruction at GV settings:
**004*1xxxxxxxxxx#
But it seems voice mail still goes to AT&T default voice mail.
I also tried *#61#, and it says calls will be forwarded to my GV number. Still same result
In the phone settings, I changed Voicemail setting to GV number, still same results
I'm wondering if this could be an issue with Huawei software. Do you have same issue?

gadget1999 said:
For other phones, I was able to use Google Voice by following the instruction at GV settings:
**004*1xxxxxxxxxx#
But it seems voice mail still goes to AT&T default voice mail.
I also tried *#61#, and it says calls will be forwarded to my GV number. Still same result
In the phone settings, I changed Voicemail setting to GV number, still same results
I'm wondering if this could be an issue with Huawei software. Do you have same issue?
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Try reinstalling the GV app, and redo the setup voicemail part..

Bobvark said:
Try reinstalling the GV app, and redo the setup voicemail part..
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Thanks for the tip, still not working. The AT&T VM will kick in if no answer....

gadget1999 said:
Thanks for the tip, still not working. The AT&T VM will kick in if no answer....
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go to settings, Call, then under voicemail click service then choose google voice.
click voicemail settings and double check it says settings for google voice.

Bobvark said:
go to settings, Call, then under voicemail click service then choose google voice.
click voicemail settings and double check it says settings for google voice.
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Thanks again
It seems the settings are correct:
* Settings->Call->Call Forwarding: shows my GV# when call cannot get through
* Settings->Call->Voicemail: shows GV Voicemail as the option (clicks that also shows my GV#)
But when call from another phone, the AT&T voicemail will still kick in. Not sure if this is an AT&T issue.

gadget1999 said:
Thanks again
It seems the settings are correct:
* Settings->Call->Call Forwarding: shows my GV# when call cannot get through
* Settings->Call->Voicemail: shows GV Voicemail as the option (clicks that also shows my GV#)
But when call from another phone, the AT&T voicemail will still kick in. Not sure if this is an AT&T issue.
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I think it forwards it at a phone level. So must be something with the settings. Perhaps time to backup and reformat?

I just tried on another phone, it seems same thing happens. So looks it's an issue with AT&T. I'll see if they can help to solve the issue. Thanks for the help.

gadget1999 said:
I just tried on another phone, it seems same thing happens. So looks it's an issue with AT&T. I'll see if they can help to solve the issue. Thanks for the help.
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I have straight talk using AT&T service, and it works fine....

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google voice and google talk

I'm coming from the sensation.. and so far, the Amaze has been great. The speeds are great and the build quality is second to none..
The only issues that are actually bugging me enough to mention have to do with two google apps. First, w/ google voice.. has anyone been able to successfully configure it to work as the default voice mail service? I can't seem to get it to switch over from the default phone voice mail service... any ideas?
Also, with google talk, I can't get the video chats to work. When I connect with a contact, it does the ringing thing and then goes to a black screen and people say they cannot see me. Again, any help?
Thanks in advance.
I don't use talk, but voice works fine for me. The auto setup won't work, but your call forwarding should already be set up as that is network specific on T-Mobile.
Could you specify what exactly google voice is not doing? "Not working" is pretty broad.
I am having the same problem. Seems to work for a while and then goes back to tmobiles VM. I recently manually forwarded the calls so I'll do some testing hopefully it will stick. I called tmobile andbthey said it was forwarded to my gv voicemail but calls were still sometimes going to tmobiles
Spovik said:
I don't use talk, but voice works fine for me. The auto setup won't work, but your call forwarding should already be set up as that is network specific on T-Mobile.
Could you specify what exactly google voice is not doing? "Not working" is pretty broad.
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True. So to be more specific, under the call settings, when I try to switch the "voicemail service" setting from "my carrier" to "google voice," I get an error message that says...
"Failed to retrieve and save current
forwarding number settings.
Do you want to switch to the new
provider anyway?"
Then when I select yes, it then says...
"Forwarding number change
unsuccessful.
Please contact your carrier if this
problem persists."
Has anyone else experienced this? This is the first device among g1, mytouch4g, mytouch4g slide, and sensation that was done this.
Thanks.
darkpaniel said:
True. So to be more specific, under the call settings, when I try to switch the "voicemail service" setting from "my carrier" to "google voice," I get an error message that says...
"Failed to retrieve and save current
forwarding number settings.
Do you want to switch to the new
provider anyway?"
Then when I select yes, it then says...
"Forwarding number change
unsuccessful.
Please contact your carrier if this
problem persists."
Has anyone else experienced this? This is the first device among g1, mytouch4g, mytouch4g slide, and sensation that was done this.
Thanks.
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Me too. But my settings were maintained from my previous device.
Perhaps try going to a different device, go back to carrier settings, go back to Amaze then try changing your settings and see if that works. I've been meaning to give it a try but haven't had the time.
Binary100100 said:
But my settings were maintained from my previous device.
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Hey, thanks for your help.. but what exactly do you mean your settings were maintained??
darkpaniel said:
Hey, thanks for your help.. but what exactly do you mean your settings were maintained??
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I had it all set up with my last Android device.
I upgraded to Amaze.
I couldn't use the voicemail provider because I had errors but my voicemail was still setup with GV.
Basically the only thing that the 'switch voice mail provider' does is change the call forwarding on your device. The error you're getting, I got as well, but my call forwarding settings were set up before I switched to my amaze. You have a few options.
The first is to go into your Google voice account on the web, and go into settings and then click Voice settings. you'll see your devices and next to them there's a link to activate. It will give you the codes to dial manually based on your carrier to set up call forwarding.
And as a last resort, if you have T-Mobile you can always call customer care and they can change your conditional call forwarding settings so that when the call meets a condition (no answer, out of area, busy) that it will forward to VM. I'd assume other carriers have similar abilities, but none that I can speak with any experience.
Thanks for all the help, everyone. I think I got it figured out.
Now how about the Google talk video chat issues.. anyone else having issues with it?
Google Talk video chat not working for me either. Pretty annoying after paying a lot of money for this phone.
I had to sign out of Google voice on my old device first. Then setup Google voice on the amaze, and this got rid of the error for me.
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same issue
Signing out of voice on my old device won't work becase it was stolen. Are there any other work arounds?
Same here gchat is not working for me. Its sucks
Google video chat is like face time for tmobile it won't allow you to see anything unless your over WiFi
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Google Voice issues

Has anyone else tried to set up google voice for the default voicemail only to receive an error message. It seems att has blocked the changing of voicemail services.
KingofKingsB said:
Has anyone else tried to set up google voice for the default voicemail only to receive an error message. It seems att has blocked the changing of voicemail services.
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Same here. I couldn't get it to work as well.
I had the same problem, but uninstalling Google voice and installing it again let it go through.
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I didnt know if I got a bad phone with a bad flast or how many other people are having problems. It seems that the preorders were a bad batch for the most part. Some arrived DOA, battery covers broke, bricked on arrival. Glad to know I'm not the only one with this issue.ANYONE having problems with quadrand FC'ing all the time?
I had a similar issue, but I was able to get around it.
Try going into Google Voice on the web and hit the "activate voicemail" link. It'll give you a number/code to dial in the dialer on your phone. After I did that, GV on the phone was able to set up voicemail correctly, iirc.
Nicarsu said:
I had a similar issue, but I was able to get around it.
Try going into Google Voice on the web and hit the "activate voicemail" link. It'll give you a number/code to dial in the dialer on your phone. After I did that, GV on the phone was able to set up voicemail correctly, iirc.
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Yup. Had to do the same thing. Worked like a charm though.
Nicarsu said:
I had a similar issue, but I was able to get around it.
Try going into Google Voice on the web and hit the "activate voicemail" link. It'll give you a number/code to dial in the dialer on your phone. After I did that, GV on the phone was able to set up voicemail correctly, iirc.
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Thanks that worked.
Still doesn't work for me. Tried uninstalling and re-installing GV and also using the deactivate/activate link on the GV website and I'm still getting the error. This is frustrating.
Just go in and manually change it yourself in the phone settings, under the forwarding options. There are 4 options, leave the first one disabled (forward all calls). For the other 3, change them all to your Google voice number (for ex., 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx) and you will be good.
Anybody has any idea why auto-configuration in GV does not work?
hamdori said:
Anybody has any idea why auto-configuration in GV does not work?
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I'm almost positive it is AT&T wanting you to use their (nonexistant) Visual Voicemail app. My Skyrocket did the same exact thing. International GSII on ICS even worked fine.
I had the same issue. Make sure it says ATT in carrier when you log into google voice. If it doesn't redetect it. Mine still showed Sprint for 48 hours before it detected I was actually on ATT.
Also entered the codes as mentioned on this site:
http://kalsey.com/2010/10/using_google_voice_as_your_voicemail_on_att/
The important part to save you a click through:
"Second, open up your phone’s dialer and dial the following, replacing 1234567890 with your new Google Voice phone number…
*61*1234567890# (then hit send)
*62*1234567890# (then hit send)
*67*1234567890# (then hit send)
You should see a message appear on your phone after each time you press send. This will set up your AT&T account to take all calls when the phone is busy, when you decline a call, or when your phone is turned off or out of range and forward the call to your Google Voice number."
After doing the above I was able to change Carrier in settings to Google Voice without any problem.
Nicarsu said:
I had a similar issue, but I was able to get around it.
Try going into Google Voice on the web and hit the "activate voicemail" link. It'll give you a number/code to dial in the dialer on your phone. After I did that, GV on the phone was able to set up voicemail correctly, iirc.
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You guys are simply amazing. Had this problem which I suspect is because of the SIM change. I had no problems switching from my Captivate to Atrix.

is google voice working for you guys?

wondering if someone could please check as I am not getting texts and when someone calls me it goes to voicemail and I don't get the message.
Are you using Google Voice separate from your actual Sprint number or did you have your Sprint number made into your Google Voice number (though using the sprint integration, not actually porting your number to GV)?
If it's the latter, here's what happened to me. I had been using Google Voice & Sprint integration on my EVO 4G. Immediately after activating my SG3 last night everything was still working, but when I got up this morning I logged into the Google Voice web interface and realized something had been borked. I didn't have a phone number associated with my Voice account at all, and calling my cell number from my office phone sent me to Sprint voicemail rather than GV voicemail.
There was also no Phones tab under GV settings (and Settings was missing a good number of the tabs that are usually there) since sometime after the activation process it disabled the GV integration and my GV account no longer had a number at all.
No worries, I just clicked the "Get A Google Voice Number" (or however it was worded) in the left column on the web interface and went through the process again. I said I had an existing number, and it asked me to type it in to get my options. It recognized it as a Sprint number and asked how I wanted to integrate it. After that everything set up like it was before and I didn't even have to re-record my GV voicemail message since it was still there.
Hope this helps.
Thanks so much for your response! I did not integrate the numbers. Every thing looks perfect on the website. I can even make calls with Google voice. Its just when people call me it goes right to voice mail and i cant get the message if they leave a voice mail. So frustrating! Anyone else.
I did the integration method... but when I got to the screen after the choice of using a google voice number or the sprint number, the button was disabled. I rebooted my phone and everything worked fine. I get phone calls on my sprint phone from my google number, my phone also displays on their caller ID as my google number. Hell, I can even get MMS now to my google number (forwarded to my phone's messages) that I didnt think I could before.
something to check
i just had a similar problem. i was screwing with groove-ip and i stopped receiving calls.
go to google voice on your pc
go to settings
it should show you the "phones" tab, if not, get there
make sure you don't have any other phones checked for "forward calls"
i had "google chat" checked and it screwed me up
hope this helps
stu5797 said:
Thanks so much for your response! I did not integrate the numbers. Every thing looks perfect on the website. I can even make calls with Google voice. Its just when people call me it goes right to voice mail and i cant get the message if they leave a voice mail. So frustrating! Anyone else.
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try disabling voicemail via the google.com/voice site. and then re-enable it. i haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it seems like it worked (the forwarding option in call settings on the gs3 is grayed out now).
mercado79 said:
try disabling voicemail via the google.com/voice site. and then re-enable it. i haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it seems like it worked (the forwarding option in call settings on the gs3 is grayed out now).
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Just wanted to conform that this does work...in case their was any doubt.
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MMS on google voice
Is there anyway to get mms on google voice or at least have them forwarded to email
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Is there anyway to get mms on google voice or at least have them forwarded to email
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As far as I'm concerned no, only sprint customers, at least my friends did coning but it didn't work for me
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What is the point of gv anyway? I used it for a few days and never seemed to get much use out of it
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It works great night at you just need to manually set it up in forwarding section or go to Google voice website under settings to get the number string to put in.
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don't forget to activate the phone through Voice.Google.com
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mercado79 said:
try disabling voicemail via the google.com/voice site. and then re-enable it. i haven't had a chance to try it yet, but it seems like it worked (the forwarding option in call settings on the gs3 is grayed out now).
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This worked! I was constantly getting a "Forwarding number change failed" on my AT&T SIII when selecting Google Voice for my voicemail service, but I just followed the steps under Settings > Phones > Deactivate Google voicemail on this phone and then Activate Google voicemail on this phone - once you do that, the forwarded numbers under Call Forwarding on the phone list my Google Voice number like they should
Here's my only issue with this though.... if you could change the Voicemail service from My Carrier to Google Voice like normal, the next setting below it gives you options for Voicemail settings for Google Voice - that lists the number to dial, which is obviously your GV number and not the carrier specified one.... On the dialer, if you press the Voicemail icon without having GV enabled as the correct service, it dials the carrier specified one instead! I'm sure that when a voicemail comes in and pops up on the notification bar, I'm just going to click on that and read / listen to it there, but not having the option of dialing it straight away from the dialer is a little half-assed....
I found this for a solution on an S2 for AT&T, might give that a try and see if they can figure it out for me
KryptosXLayer2 said:
This worked! I was constantly getting a "Forwarding number change failed" on my AT&T SIII when selecting Google Voice for my voicemail service, but I just followed the steps under Settings > Phones > Deactivate Google voicemail on this phone and then Activate Google voicemail on this phone - once you do that, the forwarded numbers under Call Forwarding on the phone list my Google Voice number like they should
Here's my only issue with this though.... if you could change the Voicemail service from My Carrier to Google Voice like normal, the next setting below it gives you options for Voicemail settings for Google Voice - that lists the number to dial, which is obviously your GV number and not the carrier specified one.... On the dialer, if you press the Voicemail icon without having GV enabled as the correct service, it dials the carrier specified one instead! I'm sure that when a voicemail comes in and pops up on the notification bar, I'm just going to click on that and read / listen to it there, but not having the option of dialing it straight away from the dialer is a little half-assed....
I found this for a solution on an S2 for AT&T, might give that a try and see if they can figure it out for me
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On Stock Android, you could also set Google Voice to list voicemail within the call log and listen from there. Haven't tried it yet on the GS3.
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S3
mercado79 said:
On Stock Android, you could also set Google Voice to list voicemail within the call log and listen from there. Haven't tried it yet on the GS3.
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You're right, I can change the number listed manually, but it still says "My Carrier" and not "Google Voice" on the voicemail service even though the number listed is now my GV number.... I got with tech support at AT&T and they called Samsung to assist with this, but I don't know why they did, it's an issue with AT&T and most likely Visual Voicemail preventing me from being able to change the voicemail service from "My Carrier" to "Google Voice" and Samsung couldn't do anything to fix it
I was only able to switch my VoiceMail provider from AT&T to GoogleVoice by using the dialcode listed @ voice.google.com (*004*<insertyourGVnumberhere>#), and it works, even though the Dialer settings still shows "My carrier" instead of "Google Voice" as the provider, and attempting to change it in the dialer still says "Forwarding number change failed".
Anyway, my problem now is that I can't for the life of me figure out where to change the timeout before it forwards to VoiceMail. I test-called from another phone and it rings for at least 60 seconds(!) before forwarding to GoogleVoice, instead of the 15 or so it used to be.
Where do you change this, or can you

Google Voice on T-Mobile HTC One

Anybody else using Google Voice on the HTC One? No matter what options I choose, when I call people my new T-Mobile number shows up instead of the Google Voice one. It ignores the "Use Google Voice to make all calls" option.. Any Ideas?
ebaychuck said:
Anybody else using Google Voice on the HTC One? No matter what options I choose, when I call people my new T-Mobile number shows up instead of the Google Voice one. It ignores the "Use Google Voice to make all calls" option.. Any Ideas?
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I don't know if it's related to your problem but every time I try and switch to Google voice I get the error
"Failed to retrieve and save current forwarding number settings. Do you want to switch to the new provider anyway?"
I hit yes and then I get the error
"Forwarding numbers change unsuccessful. Please contact your carrier if this problem persists."
Have you gone to the website, blown out your number there, then setup the phone again?
Du22ty said:
I don't know if it's related to your problem but every time I try and switch to Google voice I get the error
"Failed to retrieve and save current forwarding number settings. Do you want to switch to the new provider anyway?"
I hit yes and then I get the error
"Forwarding numbers change unsuccessful. Please contact your carrier if this problem persists."
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Yes. There is that error too.. To get around that you can manually set up the Voicemail number by using *004*[phone number]#. I believe you have to turn WI-Fi off for it to work.
I think you can also call T-Mobile and give them your voicemail number to set up.
ebaychuck said:
Anybody else using Google Voice on the HTC One? No matter what options I choose, when I call people my new T-Mobile number shows up instead of the Google Voice one. It ignores the "Use Google Voice to make all calls" option.. Any Ideas?
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When I call out my Google number shows up fine.
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jlczl said:
When I call out my Google number shows up fine.
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Do you call out from the built-in dialer or from Google Voice. Mine shows when I call from Google Voice but not from the integrated dialer.
ebaychuck said:
Do you call out from the built-in dialer or from Google Voice. Mine shows when I call from Google Voice but not from the integrated dialer.
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From the built in dialer.
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Just a note that when I dial without an area code it doesn't show my Google number, it'll show my TMo number. It's been like that with previous phones too though.
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From the built in dialer.
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Just a note that when I dial without an area code it doesn't show my Google number, it'll show my TMo number. It's been like that with previous phones too though.
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Wow.. I think that was the issue. My old phone must have been adding my area code. I guess I'll have to add area codes to some contacts or find the option to do it for me.
Thanks for your help.
ebaychuck said:
Yes. There is that error too.. To get around that you can manually set up the Voicemail number by using *004*[phone number]#. I believe you have to turn WI-Fi off for it to work.
I think you can also call T-Mobile and give them your voicemail number to set up.
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I also did this, and it works insofar as missed calls ARE now forwarded to Google Voice. However, my phone still uses "My carrier" as the Voicemail service in Settings and, unfortunately, I don't get any notifications from Google Voice for new VMs.
Not sure if there's any relation, but I can't even set up my T-Mobile Visual Voicemail. It just times out, and tech support said "known error, try back in a few days".
dinamael said:
I also did this, and it works insofar as missed calls ARE now forwarded to Google Voice. However, my phone still uses "My carrier" as the Voicemail service in Settings and, unfortunately, I don't get any notifications from Google Voice for new VMs.
Not sure if there's any relation, but I can't even set up my T-Mobile Visual Voicemail. It just times out, and tech support said "known error, try back in a few days".
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Mine says the same thing in the Voicemail settings but as far as I know it works fully. I have gotten voicemail notifications from the Google Voice app.
ebaychuck said:
Mine says the same thing in the Voicemail settings but as far as I know it works fully. I have gotten voicemail notifications from the Google Voice app.
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I'm having the same issue in call settings. I cannot switch from "my carrier" to "google voice" without an error. Google voicemail works properly but I don't get a real notification. I have it setup now so ill just get a text message.
EDIT: got it! I just uninstalled and started all back over again.
This has been going on for awhile now... I have the same issue on my S3. The MMI code doesn't even work, it errors out. T-Mobile has manually set it and it still doesn't work. The only time that Google Voice picks up instead of my T-Mobile voicemail is if they call my Google number AND I don't send it to voicemail but let it ring out (otherwise it goes to T-Mobile voicemail). Frustrating as hell.
I was able to fix it by setting all the numbers in the Call Forwarding settings to my Google Voice number. It still says "My carrier" in the call settings, but missed calls forward to my GV voicemail and I get a notification.
Stargazer418 said:
I was able to fix it by setting all the numbers in the Call Forwarding settings to my Google Voice number. It still says "My carrier" in the call settings, but missed calls forward to my GV voicemail and I get a notification.
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Thank you for that, I never thought to try that. It worked great!
Have you tried going on GV, disabling past phones, and activating the new one? There is an option where you will enter a code (do it without wifi calling on) which is like **044*GOOGLEVOICENUMBER#
It will send a code to fix the forwarding. Did that and had no issues, it's under the settings option if you log on to GV..
ive been having the same trouble
Pre-paid T-Mobile customers can't use GV for voicemail because there is no call forwarding.
[QUOcancelTE=Benjimang;40823987]ive been having the same trouble[/QUOTE]
This is what worked for me. This informing following info was found in a Tmobile forum. The 1st step likely isn't necessary but was done during my stumbling to a solution.
1. **004*1(Google voice number) #
Again that part may not be necessary.
2. **61*1( Google voice number) #
This command forward calls if no reply
3. **62*1( Google voice number) #
This command forwards calls if not reachable
4. **67*1(Google voice number) #
This command forwards calls when busy.
Note: to check status of forwarding use the following commands .
*#61#
*#62#
*#67#
To cancel forwarding use the following commands .
##61#
##62#
##67#
The following command changes forwarding delay.
Also,it is untested by me so I'm not certain if the forwarding number should be changed to the Google voice number or left as is try at your own risk.
**61*18056377249**seconds#
(For example, 5, 10, 15, etc.)
I found on the T-mobile forums that the way to fix this is manually set the call forwarding settings to your google voice number. That has worked for me and so for no issues. Pretty sure dialing the ** numbers is what the Call forwarding menu does in the background.
Seems to me like google voice doesn't work with wifi calling.
It's weird, seems like when I'm on wifi and someone calls me, it goes into a loop.
It'll ring on my phone, caller will get call forwarded but it seems to forward back to my phone so it rings back again.
Has anyone gotten google voice working with wifi calling?

[Q] google voice for voicemail

i used google voice strictly for voicemail on my sgs2 just fine, but when i try to set it up on my stock htc one it wont let me, and says it fails to get the carrier number or something.. does anyone here have it running successfully?
Mine does the same, but it worked fine on my GS2. But despite the error message, I am still getting Google voicemails in my GV app successfully. I'm thinking that maybe the error message just means that the GV voicemail won't integrate with the phone's visual voicemail
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adam8281 said:
Mine does the same, but it worked fine on my GS2. But despite the error message, I am still getting Google voicemails in my GV app successfully. I'm thinking that maybe the error message just means that the GV voicemail won't integrate with the phone's visual voicemail
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ya im not getting any new voicemails from ppl who are trying to leave them.. im not sure how i can make this work.. is this an htc issue or an att issue?
madLyfe said:
ya im not getting any new voicemails from ppl who are trying to leave them.. im not sure how i can make this work.. is this an htc issue or an att issue?
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Log into GV from the web and go to settings ... on your cell number click on the "deactivate voicemail" or something of that sort link first...follow the instructions. it will give you an MMI code. I think it's **004# or something of that sort. Then click on the "Activate Voicemail" link that appears after. It will give you another MMI code...i think it's *004*YOURGVNUMBERHERE# or something of that sort (it gives you the instructions). This will manually override the voicemail forwarding number and enable gv as your voicemail. It has worked for me since I got my Skyrocket and I've been using this method since for every phone i've had including my S3 and the HTC One now. Try it out maybe itll work for you guys too.
madLyfe said:
ya im not getting any new voicemails from ppl who are trying to leave them.. im not sure how i can make this work.. is this an htc issue or an att issue?
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Have you logged into GV on your PC yet, and then clicked on "settings," and then the "phones" tab, and then "activate google voicemail" next to that number? If so, you may need to deactivate, and then reactive (Google will tell you to dial a number starting with *400 from your handset). I did this, and it got the GV voicemails to start showing up in the GV app on my HTC One
djsikhbeatsz said:
Log into GV from the web and go to settings ... on your cell number click on the "deactivate voicemail" or something of that sort link first...follow the instructions. it will give you an MMI code. I think it's **004# or something of that sort. Then click on the "Activate Voicemail" link that appears after. It will give you another MMI code...i think it's *004*YOURGVNUMBERHERE# or something of that sort (it gives you the instructions). This will manually override the voicemail forwarding number and enable gv as your voicemail. It has worked for me since I got my Skyrocket and I've been using this method since for every phone i've had including my S3 and the HTC One now. Try it out maybe itll work for you guys too.
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adam8281 said:
Have you logged into GV on your PC yet, and then clicked on "settings," and then the "phones" tab, and then "activate google voicemail" next to that number? If so, you may need to deactivate, and then reactive (Google will tell you to dial a number starting with *400 from your handset). I did this, and it got the GV voicemails to start showing up in the GV app on my HTC One
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ya i did both of those things but didnt deactivate my last phone first.. i will go try that now.. i did try what i found in this thread(still sketchy) and it worked: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652433
i will try what you guys just did and report back..
thanks!
also, was i supposed to deactivate gv on my previous phone or on my current htc one?
madLyfe said:
ya i did both of those things but didnt deactivate my last phone first.. i will go try that now.. i did try what i found in this thread(still sketchy) and it worked: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652433
i will try what you guys just did and report back..
thanks!
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after deactivation(on the htc one and not my old sgs2) and activation(on my current htc one) it still is giving me errors when setting up gv...
madLyfe said:
after deactivation(on the htc one and not my old sgs2) and activation(on my current htc one) it still is giving me errors when setting up gv...
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Do these two phones have the same SIM card/phone number? If all you did was switching the SIM card over to the new phone, then you don't need to do anything.
Also, if you did the deactivation and activation on the web, you don't need to set it up again on GV app on the phone.
Newcron said:
Do these two phones have the same SIM card/phone number? If all you did was switching the SIM card over to the new phone, then you don't need to do anything.
Also, if you did the deactivation and activation on the web, you don't need to set it up again on GV app on the phone.
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Well it's the same num but diff Sims because of sizes.. my old sgs2 still has the old SIM in it but it doesn't work as service was transferred to the new smaller sim...
madLyfe said:
Well it's the same num but diff Sims because of sizes.. my old sgs2 still has the old SIM in it but it doesn't work as service was transferred to the new smaller sim...
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The SIM card switch shouldn't matter. The GV voicemail setup works by setting up conditional forwarding with your carrier for your phone number, i.e. "carrier, if <your actual phone number> doesn't get picked up by x ring, then forward the call to <your google voice number's voice mailbox>". Therefore, if the conditional forwarding worked with your actual phone number before, it should still work in a different phone.
Having said that, since you already did a deactivation and activation on the web, you shouldn't have to do anything else from the GV app on the phone. I actually never was able to set the forwarding from the GV app and always did it on the web.
Newcron said:
The SIM card switch shouldn't matter. The GV voicemail setup works by setting up conditional forwarding with your carrier for your phone number, i.e. "carrier, if <your actual phone number> doesn't get picked up by x ring, then forward the call to <your google voice number's voice mailbox>". Therefore, if the conditional forwarding worked with your actual phone number before, it should still work in a different phone.
Having said that, since you already did a deactivation and activation on the web, you shouldn't have to do anything else from the GV app on the phone. I actually never was able to set the forwarding from the GV app and always did it on the web.
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Ya I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do now..
i just uninstalled the app from my other phone(sgs2 that i dont use anymore) and then did the deactivate and reactivate again and then GV seemed to install fine this time.. odd stuffs..
If all else fails leave it set to 'My carrier' and manually change the conditional forwarding and voice mail access numbers to your GV number.

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