[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wicozani:
Thanks to everyone!

Wow! I just finished reading every post in this thread, which I started yesterday. It just about reads like a book, and it has automatically assumed a top-5 position in my most valued Android forum posts of all time! THANKS TO YOU, CODESPLICE, and to ALL who've contributed!

I just received my GNex from the Play Store last week, and I have setup a Google Voice number. I have the $30 T-Mobile Monthly 4G plan, and I can and do roam for voice here in western South Dakota (no T-Mobile presence here at all; I roam for voice on both AT&T and Iowa Wireless [who knew?]). I originally used my TMO $30/mo. SIM card in my Nokia N900, during which I showed 3.5g roaming locally and I could connect directly to T-Mobile broadband through the N900's internet connections dialogue ( which I assume came through AT&T, but showed on that phone as T-Mobile). I simply transferred the SIM over to my GNex last week when I activated the new phone. With the GNex, however, while roaming I just see an "R" above my signal bar, and I can't see any option to connect to T-Mobile broadband like I did on the N900. I can pop the SIM back in my Nokia and again easily connect to T-Mobile broadband. (The N900 is/was an awesome phone, it must be said!)

I am in the last month of many years with a Verizon contract, and a number that everybody knows and has used for years. I plan to have my Verizon # ported to Google Voice, but I wonder for how long this may last if I cancel my Verizon account one month from now? I assume that the porting is not in perpetuity, or is it?

I've downloaded Sipdroid from the Play Store several times, and cannot seem to set it up right. When I open it the first time it goes to its very simple brown call screen, with entries for phone number and address. I enter Settings and see the different setup features, but nowhere is there a button to "Link Your New PBX Account to your Google Voice" description or action. After I fill in some information in Sipdroid settings and back out of that I get a notification that I'm "registering with PBXes.org". This registration goes on forever, and has failed (timeout) many times. On one occasion it did seem to create and PBX account that I then signed into through the PBX website. However, I was only through half the posts and did not catch any of the information about trunks, extensions or passwords. I think I'm at the point where I'm going to try to set everything up again.

A few more observations.

I've had 4 voicemail messages left for me with my GV number, and each has been transcribed and delivered to me both within GV messaging and normal Android messaging (and appearing in Go SMS Pro). Interestingly, however, each transcribed voicemail bears my GV # in the header as the originating sender, with the caller's cell # in blue in the body of the message with an active link to press and call. I guess this is what the Google Voicemail SMS Integration app is supposed to correct?

I never lacked for connection using this SIM in my Nokia N900, but it looks like it will be more of a challenge with my GNex here in western South Dakota. We do have AT&T locally, however, which is a viable option for me if push comes to shove. Thanks again to you, codesplice, and to all other contributors for this great thread! Jeff