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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FlynDice:
I'm on the T-MO prepaid $30 plan and have had no problems roaming in Anchorage AK when I'm there. In June it would roam on AT&T and in July it switched to GCI. The prepaid map does show coverage in Anchorage but there's no T-MO available there when you look at available networks. My account hasn't been charged and it appears the minutes counted against my 100. I get a small R by my cell signal where you usually get the 3G/H sign for data and data does indeed work, although I'm not sure how fast.

This is a different situation than roaming in Canada though as I got a text message from T-MO once when I had picked up a Canadian signal warning about higher rates roaming in Canada.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Interesting. Now I'm starting to feel cheated! I wonder if perhaps I can roam on AT&T but not any smaller regional carriers? I'll have to pay more attention to the fiance's phone next time I see that No Service indication.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thor79:
Ok...I have everything setup and working properly except SipDroid/pbxes. When I try to make a call using it I get a message saying "Cannot complete the call as dialed. Please try your call again later". Each and every call is registered in the Call Monitor on the pbxes site.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] austriker27:
I had that same problem. Have you setup app specific passwords through gmail? Either way you want to make sure in PBXes that your gmail password is setup in both places. Below is my original post:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thor79:
Yeah I thought that might be the issue when I originally set it up...as I didn't use an app specific password (and yes I have 2 factor setup). So I went and set it up with an app specific password...still no dice. I double checked all passwords in pbxes to make sure they were the same as the GVoice app specific password but still no go.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] austriker27:
Hmm. Not good. Not sure if it helped me (I tried a bunch of stuff) but perhaps try uninstall and reinstalling sipdroid. On the PBX site I also had removed the extension and manually entered it back in. Hope one of these helps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haley_joel_osteen:
Not Receiving Calls

Hoping someone can help me - I am not consistently receiving calls via Sipdroid/PBXes. When away from wi-Fi, every single call is properly forwarded from Google Voice to my T-Mobile number.

Problem:

-When connected to Wi-Fi and in Airplane mode, only about half of the calls made to the phone cause Sipdroid to ring and show an incoming call. The rest of the time the call just rings for 30 seconds and goes to GV voicemail. Seems to happen more often when the phone has been asleep for a few minutes, but the phone still responds to pings even though the calls do not go through.

Setup:

-Stock Galaxy Nexus GSM that is rooted and unlocked, running 4.1.1 JRO03C

-Ported my cell phone number to Google Voice.

-Followed the instructions in Codesplice's original post to install and configure Google Voice and Sipdroid.

-Used a Google application-specific password for Sipdroid/PBXes.

-Also installed Wifi High Performance Widget and AutoAP (didn't want to mess with Tasker).

-In Settings --> Wi-Fi --> Advanced I have "Keep wi-Fi on during sleep" set to "Always" and unchecked "Avoid Poor Connections". Wi-Fi Frequency is set to "auto" since the router is not 5 GHz.

-Gave the phone a static IP and forwarded TCP port 5061 to the phone.

-Asus wireles router (RT-N16) running Tomato 1.28

Attempted solutions:

-Updated application-specific password in Sipdroid and GV.

-Change wireless security on router from WPA2 Personal to WPA Personal.

-Enabling "Use STUN Server" (stun.ekiga.net) in Sipdroid's Advanced Options.

-Checking/unchecking "Improve Audio" in Sipdroid's Advanced Options.

-Disable Wi-Fi High Performance and AutoAP.

-Reboot phone, reboot router, reboot everything.

I'm out of ideas - any help/troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated. If screenshots or additional information is needed, please let me know. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] austriker27:
Has anyone seen the issue with google voice SMS inbox for texts that has multiple threads being created for the same contact??

I havent moved over completely yet (plan on porting my att number tomorrow) and it seems this issue from a year or so ago still is there. Its quite annoying to have like 3 SMS threads for the same person. And its not just the app, but in the browser too. I have searched far and wide but there are no answers or solutions.

I even posted a thread on here, with a screenshot..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Very well known. I'm not sure on the exact metric, but if a thread goes "idle" for a certain amount of time, it is considered closed an it'll create a new thread the next time you initiate a conversation with that person. Its quite annoying if you're interested in saving a ton of texts, but I personally clean up my SMS inbox at least once every day, so I hardly notice this happen.

This is a good example of why I'm worried that Google just doesn't care about Google Voice (and maybe never will?). This really should be an integral service completely baked into Android at it's core. There's no reason why this service needs to be such a "beta" project. Google spent more money on Grand Central (which turned into GV) than they spent on Android... it really blows my mind that the GV experience is so terrible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] austriker27:
Hmm. Interesting. I guess the other option is to archive old texts. But its just nice being able read back in the conversation.

I agree with you, it seem google voice could be such a huge product/service for them. Perhaps it would anger the carriers too much as the carriers might take it as a direct attack at them? Either way lack of updates or at least work on it is very disappointing. I was on the google voice product forums and its crazy how many people have issues with porting numbers without any help or reply from google. So many in fact that I havent ported yet because I am kind of scared it might take forever (one person said it was 15 days and counting). I think I even read that on the iPhone GV has pop ups for texts and the android version does not natively.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Yeah its quite unsettling.

It does, but that's because it's an iOS app. The native notification system for iOS is a popup message.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] austriker27:
Thats true. Good point. Just wish there were more options for google voice, definitely does not feel like a full function google app.

Also I think I might initiate the porting of my carrier number tonight, although I have heard horror stories so I just cant get myself to do it..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krazykeyur:
I switched to Google Voice.. and have been very happy.

Yes the "non-threading" of texts is annoying.. but that's the only down side.

As a side note, I'm testing out simple mobile this month.. seeing how many minutes I use on this.. and then I'll decide at end of month whether to switch back to TMobile $30 plan or stay with Simple Mobile at $40.

I can pay TMobile $40 and get 200 minutes.. and get 4G data. Right now, with Simple Mobile, I am consistently getting around 242kbps download and around 270kbps upload.

I'll have to see when they give me a warning about data usage.. I used around 3.4GB-4GB the previous 2 months while on TMobile.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wdustin1:
Ok so I have seen conflicting answers everywhere I look. When I use the Google voice option to make calls does it use my minutes on my cell plan. Without the use of sipdroid or any others just Google voice alone?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Yes. Google Voice is not a VoIP service; calls made using Google Voice (alone) still use your minutes. If you use a VoIP service in combination with Google Voice, the calls are data calls and do not use your minutes.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haley_joel_osteen:
Anyone have any ideas/suggestions? Since posting this I have tried lowering the Fragmentation Threshold and RTS Threshold to 2304 based on a post in another Galaxy Nexus Thread. I have also checked the "Call Monitor" listings on PBXes website and I don't see any difference in calls that cause the phone to ring vs. not ring. Each call causes two entries:

Top Entry. Destination: 200; Trunk (blank); Context: ext-local; App: Dial; Duration: 00:00:00

Bottom Entry. Destination: myusername@gmail.com; Trunk: Gtalk; Context: from-gtalk; App: Answer; Duration: (00:00:15)

The Top Entry is always 2 seconds after the Bottom Entry.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
I've actually been slowly working on a response to your initial post - it's been a crazy morning so far, so I haven't made much progress.

It sounds like you've checked just about everything I could suggest though - I'm really out of ideas. I haven't noticed many missed calls on this set up. I think the only thing I've got different (aside from Tasker vs AutoAP) is I'm using sipgate's STUN server (stun.sipgate.net).

I will be sure to let you know if I think of anything else to check.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haley_joel_osteen:
Thanks codesplice - I just turned on inbound logging on my router. I'll attempt some calls and see if that sheds any light on the matter. I found this thread which indicates there may be some Wi-Fi issues with JB 4.1.1 JRO03C, which is what I'm running.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34942

EDIT - just found a thread here at XDA that also deals with this issue:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1769908
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Looks like you may be onto something there. I have recently added an additional Tasker profile which disable the Airplane Mode Only profile if the Wifi signal is weak; I have this running each time I turn on the screen, as I didn't want it to use a timer (thus waking the device periodically).

Another option may be to try a different kernel which uses a different wifi module.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] karnovaran:
Called this number and it worked flawlessly. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] youngr:
this is exactly what i did, but i came from sprint. great combo nexus and tmoible $30 prepaid plan.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Lythandra:
Just moved over to this plan from a normal T-Mobile account with my Nexus 1.

Seems to work great so I ported my old number over to Google Voice and just ordered the Galaxy Nexus.

Considering all I do is text and use less than 2 GB of data a month this plan should be perfect for me. I haven't used over 100 min a month in the 2.5 years of me on the normal plan with the N1.

Doing the math. $90 a month on the old plan with all fees/taxes vs $30 month now. $386 for GN + $20 GV port = 6.77 months to break even point then I'll be saving $60 a month. Not bad at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
I'm really glad this post could help you folks out. It really baffles me that people are still content to overpay for service in exchange for a cheaper-up-front device - which will be quite obsolete by the time the 2-year contract runs out. Going the prepaid route, you can easily save enough money to buy a Nexus device every year and still come out ahead ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] herzzreh:
The $30 plan doesn't have any mobile to mobile minutes, right?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thor79:
Exactly...doesn't have any od the special circumstance minutes you get for free with post-paid. If you're connected on a call...you're using minutes...unless of course you're on VOIP.

speaking of VOIP...I'm giving up on pbxes...nothing I do will get that working. I'm going to give Groove a try. Only planning on using it on my home and work wifi...as that's where I receive the majority of my calls and I almost never use Public Wifi. So I'm not too worried about my call quality.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] herzzreh:
How much is it if you go over the 100 minutes? I can't find anything on the their site...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thor79:
10 cents per minute.

For me I'd be able to use up 700 minutes total before I even get close to the cost of my old 450 minute plan with Sprint.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Groove definitely is a lot easier to set up, and it has tons of configuration options you can tweak. My work wifi is often hammered by heavy downloads and uploads though; I've found alternate solutions to be more reliable in that case. VoIP certainly does make a lot more sense when used in known-good locations as opposed to over cellular data though. I think you're making a good call.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thor79:
I got Goove setup...and I like the way it works so far...the only problem i've run into is when I was talking with my father he said I was breaking up. Shortly after I got off the call my work wifi dc'd on me...so I'm not sure what happened there.

I tried another call without Basic Echo Cancellation and the call conencted, but I got a dialog saying "Call Failed"....I could hear my dad but he apparently couldn't hear me. The call dc'd shortly after that (may have been my dad hanging up).

I can't stick with something if it's not working...so I'm falling back to T-Mobile until I work the bugs out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haley_joel_osteen:
Potentially dumb question - is there any quick way to toggle SipDroid on/off for use over 3G without going into the settings each time? I'm in the weird position at work where my office gets phenomenal HSPA+ coverage, but I'm a fair distance from the Wi-Fi router. Placed a couple of test calls yesterday using SipDroid over 3G/HSPA+ and it worked great. But at home, I have the reverse situation, great Wi-Fi but not-so-great T-Mobile coverage. Could I use Tasker to do something like this?

(I would just leave SipDroid for 3G on at work but I've noticed it loses its registration and I miss incoming calls after a few minutes.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thor79:
Set the Preferred Call Type to Always Ask (SipDroid->Settings->Call Options->Preferred Call Type->Always Ask) and it'll ask you to choose between your the mobile network or SipDroid for every call.

edit: nevermind...just realized you want to still use sipdroid...you just want it over 3G rather than wifi when at work...not sure how to do that.

Another update for me...tried pbxes again...and it actually worked for an outgoing call (no try again later message)...but again like with GrooveIP...I was told I was breaking up. I basically just deleted my pbxes account and tried setting it up again...verifying any and all passwords that had been entered were the app specific password for my Google Account.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] karnovaran:
Yeah I had always wanted to go the prepaid route but before this $30 plan there just weren't many good options for getting over 2GB of data. With the GNex's ridiculously low price and this excellent plan, it's a no brainer. Selling my RAZR Maxx to cover my ETF and never signing a contract again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
$0.10/minute, and they won't rack it up and bill you later. You must have money on your account to make calls after you use your 100 for the month. If you don't have money loaded, you can only make emergency calls.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Whalingman:
So I've set up Google Voice and have it forwarded to my number.

I haven't set up any VoIP since I don't feel the need for any as of yet. Calling works fine, both receiving and outgoing. The only issue is that I can only send texts through the Google Voice app, but I can not receive them. Can anyone give me an idea as to what might be the issue?

Thanks :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] haley_joel_osteen:
This just happened to me, my number ported to GV exactly 24 hours after I put in the request, but I did not start to receive texts until 72 hours after the port was complete. (Put in for port Thursday at 3:15; number ported Friday at 3:15; started receiving texts on Monday after 3:15.) I could send texts, but could not receive them, very annoying.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Nice work. Thanks for sharing!

Talkatone has more codecs available because it acts as a proxy rather than directly connecting to Google like GrooveIP does. They each have pros and cons. I actually find myself swapping between the two just about every other day.

As for forwarding, I assume you mean for the Google Voice voicemail? The only way to make it work is to turn off T-Mobile's voicemail service... but that will only be beneficial if you are using your GV number as your primary number. Any unanswered calls made directly to your T-Mobile number will just ring forever.

To be honest, I'm not sure if MMS is provided on the prepaid plans. I assume it is... but since I rely upon GV for all my messaging I wouldn't get MMSes anyway. Email is better anyhoo :-D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peoii:
Oh how I wish beyond all wishes that GV was available up here in Canada. I just moved up here about 6 months ago, and while I still use my GV account to call home from my computer, not having a Canadian phone number associated with it is more than irritating when I know I could do stuff like this.

Of course, in my area, trying to find a good data plan is virtually impossible. Check out the Rogers pre-paid plans.

It'd be excellent if it had more than 100mb of data per month. I could even get by with 1GB given the call volume.

Huge thanks for the prepaid widget heads up. That part alone of the guide will definitely help adjusting to the new limited lifestyle. :)

Any other non-US individuals have ideas/thoughts in their area on getting something similar to this guide setup?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luxferro:
This is very similar to the setup I been using forever. But with some better additions, like the tasker beta that I didn't know about. Had been using the Better Airplane mode addon for tasker/local. And I like your profile for preventing airplane mode changes if on a phone call. Thanks for sharing! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bobsbbq:
Ok I have a question? I tried Goove IP and the call quality even on WiFi was pretty bad. So I went back to Talkatone and I can tell the quality is much better. But there are some things I really don't like about talkatone such as, when making a call from stock android dialer you are prompted to select if you want to use Phone or Talkatone, then if you select phone the display dims a little and pauses a second or two and then you are prompted if you want to use Google Voice number to complete the call or without google voice. If you select Google Voice the you are prompted again with a choice of Phone or Talkatone again.

This really gets to be a hassle. Is there anyway you can set it to always use your google number? Or any other steps to cut down on the redundancy?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
I'm with you. I like Talkatone's performance, but GrooveIP's behavior. It's a tough call.

You can eliminate the Voice prompt from within the Settings menu for the Google Voice app. Select the option to use Google Voice for all calls.

For Talkatone, I've just stopped dreaming of any proper integration with the stock dialer. I selected the option to always use Phone to make calls. If I want to place a call via Talkatone I will do it directly. Talkatone will of course automatically handle incoming calls, so there's no issue there.

It's a real shame that there can't be a happier medium between the two apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diablos991:
I finally got my number ported and a new TMobile number and I activated my $30 plan.

But now I am not receiving text messages anymore. Anybody have any guesses why? I can send but I dont receive
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JaiaV:
How long have you been ported in?

Do you mean T-Mobile SMS or non-TMO SMS?

It takes up to 72 hours for the porting process to complete and for non-TMO SMS to be guaranteed for delivery. If you mean T-Mobile SMS, then you should contact customer support. If you mean non-TMO SMS, make sure you wait 72 hours after the porting process is complete. If the issue continues after that, contact customer support and they will file a ticket to have your routing corrected with T-Mobile's intercarrier SMS partner.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] diablos991:
Here is what I had:

1 Tmobile phone on contract

2 cancelled Tmobile contract

3 ported Tmobile number to google voice

4 Activated new pre-paid account with Tmobile ($30 plan) (earlier today)

5 Not receiving texts from any phone number. Even texting myself doesn't work.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eksasol:
About Talkatone Android version, I downloaded it and paid $7.99 for the ad free feature. You pay through Google Play Store, but it is a one time purchase, it is not an "ad free version" of the app that you can redownload.

I did a factory reset, the app have an option called "reclaim subscription" to regain the purchased features, however it did not work for me, even though I was using the the same phone, sim, rom, logged into the same gmail account. I emailed support about it but they just tell me to use "reclaim subscription".

I don't know if anyone else has this issue. I would say just save the money and deal with the ads, which actually isn't intrusive at all. That cost more than the full version of GrooVe IP. Could have bought myself a philly cheesesteak instead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cab7230:
I bought a Gnex from the play store. I want to use it on either straightalk 45 or T-Mobile prepaid monthly 4g $30. What I want to know is, do I have to buy a prepaid phone from either T-Mobile or Walmart to use T-Mobile's prepaid plan for the 100 minutes, unlimited text, and 5GB of data for $30? What is the exact process for getting the Gnex to work on T-Mobile? Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luxferro:
No purchase of the phone necessary. Buy the sim card activation kit from T-Mobile online for like $2. When u get it read the instructions, activate online. It's that simple.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luxferro:
@codesplice do you use anything to change Google voice forwarding setup when switching from grooveip to normal?

I use the Google voice settings plugin with tasker so when its set to use grooveip Google voice incoming calls are forwarded to gtalk and when not using grooveip it towards to the cells number.

Edit: I just went back to your first post. I see your forwarding to both at the same time. Does this cause any problems if let's say your using cell (not grooveip) and you have bad reception... does gtalk mess with a possible voicemail being left if grooveip isn't connected since your in cell mode then?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
In my similar setup, groove IP has to be enabled to work on 3g/4g so when out of wifi groove ip signs out. So no conflict with calls. The gtalk on your phone will not get forwarded to that app
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
Yeah, I wasn't really impressed with Talkatone's support either. I paid for the annual premium subscription to try out the "dynamic forwarding " feature... Don't waste your money. Dynamic forwarding was supposed to toggle the GV forwarding settings based on whether or not you were connected to Talkatone. Except that if you aren't connected to Talkatone, the instruction to change the forwarding settings could not be sent. I contacted support and they basically told me I was stupid, that "if you lose your Internet connection, the connection is lost." Seems the few seconds it takes to resume a wireless data connection after disconnecting from Wifi is too much. The Locale Google Voice Settings plugin for Tasker works much better, and is significantly cheaper. Oh, and their support is actually helpful rather than just rude.

I used to use that same plugin which worked well probably 90% of the time. After figuring out how to toggle Airplane Mode I just use that to manage which phone "rings".

I've had no issues with leaving both forwarding options enabled. When GrooveIP is active on wifi, Airplane Mode disables my cellular radio. When I'm connected to the cell network, Grooveip is disconnected. At any time, only one phone rings.

A missed call is a missed call - whether I miss it on the cell network or gtalk - so they will always go to voicemail regardless.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] codesplice:
What he said. It really is that easy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrianDigital:
By buying a Sim card putting it into your phone and then buying a plan