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[G1 Apps and Games] Chahk:
Unless it's a clear case of price gouging. And you have to be blind not to see it here. Besides, overcharging for basic services that cost nothing to provide is hardly innovation. It's been done by every industry out there.

Unfortunately you are probably right.

In any case, GV gives us SMS for free, and I hope it does drive everyone to use it so that carriers are forced to lower their ridiculous prices.
[G1 Apps and Games] rondey-:
I read about google voice a couple of weeks ago, didnt seem too interested. I then stumbled upon this thread just browsing the forums and realized the potential when paired with myfavs.

I signed up for an invite, received it just two days later (I have had my gmail account since it was invite only as well, dont know if that helps).

Anyway, my invite came about 8pm, google doesnt allow you to set it up with the browser on the g1 (it detects safari?). I got to my laptop got everything setup, ordered my free cards as well.

It was after 9pm (when i have free minutes) when I got around to adding it to myfavs. I tried to add "googlevoice" then "voice" but neither would update. I finally just tried the name as "john" and for some reason it then updated myfavs.

After it being free hours I cant really check to see if it will use my minutes until the morning. This is amazing though, short of tmobile blacklisting google voice numbers from being added to myfavs, I theoretically have an unlimited plan now.

I am on a family plan, I can even add the other phones in my plan and have certain numbers sent to each specific phone. My question with that is if you can have two calls taking place at the same time (I will get around to trying tomorrow).

Only downside I see is not being able to have caller ID on an incoming call but google has that half fixed with being able to listen in on a voicemail.

Good ol XDA comes through again, if it werent for my lurking I dont know if I would have ever stumbled upon this to take advantage of it :)
[G1 Apps and Games] jashsu:
As has been noted a few pages ago, there is a clause in the MyFaves user agreement that you cannot add an umbrella number that accesses more than five hundred other numbers. GV server numbers clearly fall into that category. While it's not deeply enforced now, I wouldn't be surprised if Google was working with T-Mo to create an automatic GV server blacklist. T-Mo is a valuable ally for Google right now and it wouldn't pay to piss it off.
[G1 Apps and Games] Do0zman:
i just got my invite last night started to mess with it a bit but is the official GV app reliable and fast enough for primary sms? i feel that there is a long delay from when msg was snt and when i rcv it thru GV. but almost instant when sending sms through native text app(aka tmo network)
[G1 Apps and Games] mswiss:
hey guys ive had google voice for a little while and use it to get visual voicemail.

quick question, i live in the United States, but will be going up to Canada in a couple days, if i use google voice for texts will I be able to get free sms because i will be texting US numbers?

http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?answer=117527&ctx=sibling

i know that says it doesn't support sending and recieving from international numbers, but my number won't be international correct?

actually now that i think of it im probably just going to get raped on international data usage if i do this won't I? ( I went over to Ireland over my spring break for a week and came back with a nice $760 bill, thankfully tmobile waved it, but i don't want to test that again.)
[G1 Apps and Games] sha.goyjo:
As much as my conspiracy theory brain wants to believe you, I don't think it's going to happen. GV is an android market app, and so is the official google voice app. Google would have to blacklist it's gv numbers to ANY carrier that had an android device and a "free unlimited to x and so people" plan.

Also, t-mobile would have a very hard time EVER enforcing that clause. Any time I would call my father (he works at a big government PCB firm) I access a call system that lets me reach over 500 people. They just have no way to follow it everywhere.

That being said, I'm going to enjoy my free minutes as long as I can. Who knows, we may all be surprised.
[G1 Apps and Games] cigar3tte:
That has to do with the interval your phone checks for sms as well.
[G1 Apps and Games] rondey-:
Has anyone had a problem with sms? I sent about 5 to test things out, all showed up as sent through the google voice online interface, only 3 were actually received by people. I had 3 or 4 sent back to me and none of them show up anywhere.
[G1 Apps and Games] cigar3tte:
Receiving has long delays for me, but sending has never been a problem for me.
[G1 Apps and Games] uberingram:
It's cute when people think that company partnerships don't run blood deep. If and when this is abused all TMobile has to do is call Google up for a list of GV numbers and black list them from MyFaves. It would behoove Google to adhere to the request. Although separate these 2 companies make lots of money by not pissing each other off. Do you remember why MultiTouch never officially made it to Google builds of Android? Apple has people on Google's board and they asked nicely for it not to be there. It pays to keep your partners happy. Same principle.
[G1 Apps and Games] jordanjay29:
Nope, other way around. Google's CEO was on Apple's board. But he just resigned from it, citing conflict of interest. I can guess with Android, Google Chrome, the future Chrome OS and the recent rejection of Google Latitude and Google Voice apps from the App Store, it no longer makes sense for Google to be so involved with a competitor.
[G1 Apps and Games] wootroot:
got my google card from iprint today, they look good
[G1 Apps and Games] ocbizlaw:
GV the cost of this call is . . . .

I had the same problem until I realized that some of my local contacts in my contacts list were local and did not include the area code which isn't necessary in standard dialing. Once I added the area code to my local numbers the problem went away.
[G1 Apps and Games] axion68:
There is an app in the market that will go through your contacts and format your numbers to the 11 digit format. Works well with gv, just make sure you export your contacts via gmail from a computer before running
[G1 Apps and Games] ottohe:
Any way to get google voice invitation easier and faster?

Many thanks indeed...
[G1 Apps and Games] Binary100100:
Only by waiting more patiently. :D

Seriously though... I doubt it. Maybe you can look on ebay or something. You never know.
[G1 Apps and Games] jashsu:
There are reports people have been getting their invites in as little as a week after signing up. One guy on the GV thread in this subforum apparently got an invite by just calling the support line (+14157422130) and asking for one. YMMV.

Edit: By the way this is a forum discussing Dream apps, not GV. For questions that are not related to Dream, you might want to find a more appropriate forum (like say the GV support forum)
[G1 Apps and Games] jacknmary:
My friends got theirs after 2 days...
[G1 Apps and Games] ferrer:
I got mine after two months or so, but quickly became frustrated because I live in Germany and it's not available in Europe...
[G1 Apps and Games] uberingram:
Last I checked there were a **** ton of invites being sold on Ebay for $1.
[G1 Apps and Games] axion68:
Sign up and wait. I got mine in about a week. I dont think you can buy invites anymore because they are tied to your email account when they give them out, thus you would need the email account as well
[G1 Apps and Games] palosjr:
i got mine in 6 days... just request invite and be patient
[G1 Apps and Games] buzzdennis:
http://gizmodo.com/5330017/active-m...ting-priority-24-hour-google-voice-activation
[G1 Apps and Games] cloverdale:
I did it last month, and it took only 3 days.
[G1 Apps and Games] jaboswell:
I signed up 2 months ago and got an invite within 7 days...I was so excited I drove home just to accept my invite....I love my VULGAR phone number....and they have 999 numbers!
[G1 Apps and Games] Imperial.mack:
ebay...got mine same day...
[G1 Apps and Games] gurnted:
lmfao That's great. I got a PROFANE #

As far as the invites go it seem pretty random. I am almost certain they are not doing them in the order received as they suggested. My mother put in a request last week and got one already, whereas I did one for a friend 2 months ago, and still no word. Don't know if it will help but the googleVoice twitter account has a number you can call to leave a funny message and get one if it's good enough.
[G1 Apps and Games] b.mann:
Only takes a few days. I requested from many email addresses so now I have 2 extra ones that I can't use...:(
[G1 Apps and Games] bonez9:
lucky you i have 4 i have no idea what ima do with. plus my reg number so 5 numbers... 1 phone... haha
[G1 Apps and Games] Binary100100:
Uhhh... you can't have multiple GV numbers tied into one phone. It doesn't work that way. If you try it'll just say "This number is already in use with another Google Voice account" or something like that. I've tried. :)
[G1 Apps and Games] bonez9:
Actually we found a way around that and have two numbers already set up. Set one as mobile and the other as home.
[G1 Apps and Games] wesbalmer:
I got mine the next morning after sending the request. I wonder if it has anything to do with how 'active' you are with google beta's. I've had this gmail account since the dawn of gmail.
[G1 Apps and Games] bonez9:
doubt it only because i had gmail when it was invite only and still for my firsto ne it took almost a month and a half but now my other 3 i got within 1-2 weeks of putting in thr request.
[G1 Apps and Games] xtony12:
i put one thu 2 weeks ago n still waiting
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Yup just wish google voice was available :(
[G1 Apps and Games] MightyPez:
After using it the Google Voice app is very seamless. But here is something to noodle.

The independent app GV for Google Voice seems to dial the Google Voice number you are given. If I add that number to my 5 Favorites, does that mean I can essentially make all my calls for free?
[G1 Apps and Games] jawash22:
works great...thanks for the heads up. The other app,GV, wasn't working with Hero.
[G1 Apps and Games] lbcoder:
Can anybody confirm this? Could it be one of those roundabout fake-voip services that just proxies THROUGH GV? The simplest confirmation that anybody without any technical abilities could conduct would be if someone with a GV account can make a call over wifi with their SIM yanked.
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
Yeah I have GV and my GV account set as a 5faves and I don't get charged for the calls to any number, as long as I have the incoming calls display my GV number and not the called ID number. The official app will not do that and it charges my minutes. Lets just say the official app was on my phone for about 1 minute.
[G1 Apps and Games] jashsu:
I wonder how long T-Mo will let that go on when Google Voice goes mainstream. :p
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
the best they could do is have google remove it from the app store like the wifi tethering app. Or t-moble blocks every gv number out there, or google blocks all calls to the google voice system. But I think it would be a hard thing to do.
[G1 Apps and Games] jawash22:
Couldn't you still use the official app for free outgoing calls though if it is under myfaves Asking because I'm on Hero and for some reason the non-official app won't dial out.
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
I had the same issue, but there is a setting in GV that give you the dial out option. I believe it is call back, or direct call. It works well with call back. I just installed a new theme update on my phone, and its giving me issues. Give me a few and I will confirm.
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
yeah in settings go to "gv settings" under calling method select "call back". That works for me.
[G1 Apps and Games] jawash22:
The error I was getting was MMI code error using direct call and call back. I think it's specific problem with the JACHero build. Also, the Official app will let you show your Google number if you set it up from the Google Voice website settings.
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
oh ok, I stoped useing JACHero because it was just to slow for me, I am on jf1.51.

If you want to test the offical one with 5faves, the way I did it I would make a call the check out #646# to see if it used any minutes.
[G1 Apps and Games] uberingram:
It's nice to see Google supporting their services with apps but with my limited minute count Evan's GV app is FAR superior.
[G1 Apps and Games] jawash22:
Sounds good! Also, you can call your google voicemail and hit "2" which is the option to make a call and it should be free.:cool:
[G1 Apps and Games] Crackbone:
I'd have to disagree with this, hugely.

I applaud Evan's efforts, but with the VoIP out, and far superior UI, the official is the one to beat.
[G1 Apps and Games] davidbred:
Evan's app works with Google app accounts, the official one doesn't. As I'm using a Google apps account with Google Voice I guess I'll be sticking to the non official version, the one that works.
[G1 Apps and Games] uberingram:
Wait, what?!

(I agree that Google's UI is way better)
[G1 Apps and Games] brandenk:
:eek: O :eek: M :eek: G :eek:

Google wins! I'm not sure what they won, but I know from this day forward I will never use my cell phone the same way again.
[G1 Apps and Games] Crackbone:
The outbound calling uses the data connection, not voice dialing into GV.

Yep, you heard that right. :)
[G1 Apps and Games] herito:
Is anyone else having the same problems with the official Google Voice App of it not showing your contact's picture in the SMS/Voicemail screen?

I've tried refreshing uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail.

Thanks for your inputs.
[G1 Apps and Games] coolbho3000:
AT&T gave me an invalid MMI code yesterday with GV (and "call out"), with this application outgoing calls work flawlessly.
[G1 Apps and Games] Diceman4:
I agree. Once I got my invite to GV I had to scrap JACHero, but now we're back in business baby!

*PLUS Using Google Voice for SMS completely eliminates the disappearing SMS problem :D
[G1 Apps and Games] uberingram:
Holy. ****.

Are you sure about this? I didn't see it on their blog this morning.
[G1 Apps and Games] coolbho3000:
My EDGE icon disappears when making GV calls. So it's not using the data connection for me.
[G1 Apps and Games] uberingram:
3G will stay during a call but that's normal. I just want to be certain it's actually using data for outbound. I'm looking all over the net but I can't confirm it.
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
no, because when I tested it this morning it took time off of my minutes.
[G1 Apps and Games] nokry56:
How long is it taking everyone to get notified of their new texts with the official app?

did it show as the actual # you called or a different number?
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
it showed a number with a area code of 347 not the 800 number I called.
[G1 Apps and Games] uberingram:
That's what I thought. Damn. :mad:
[G1 Apps and Games] nokry56:
Same here, it is showing that for all outgoing. We can add that number to Fave 5 and continue to receive free calls I think
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
Maybe, but I would think that t-mobile will block that number from 5faves. GV app uses your own number and not the 347 number.
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Hm...that's something we should look at :D
[G1 Apps and Games] trevordbs:
im still waiting a Google Voice invite. youd think they'd give to to the people that have had gmail since its conception....arggg

are they doing invites like gmail used to have back in 04? and what not?
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
from what I have read they are just going down the list giving everyone who signed up for a invite one. first come first server type of thing.
[G1 Apps and Games] ekeefe41:
I have a GV acc, and a G1, but i do not have "MyFav"

So let me get this straight, in/out calls that are in MyFav's do not use minutes??

If so i may be adding MyFaves to my T-Mobil acc asap...
[G1 Apps and Games] nokry56:
we'll see I suppose.

Is the 347 number you have 347-234-5001 or something different?
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
correct

that's the same number, I assume that is the GV central hub number.
[G1 Apps and Games] nokry56:
yep, exactly: http://www.t-mobile.com/templates/AnchorLinkPopup.aspx?PAsset=Pln_Pop_PlnMinutes#myFaves
[G1 Apps and Games] dyussen:
So, several people said official app does not use minutes for outbound, and then several people said it does. Which is it?

I am also using GV but do not have My5, so if that were the case it would be a good enough reason for me to switch. Has anyone else tested Google Inc Google Voice and confirmed no actual minutes usage for those calls?
[G1 Apps and Games] TimSykes:
I will tell you how to test it yourself. before a call dial #646# see what your minutes are. make a 30 sec call, and hang up. Then dial #646# and see how many minutes you have left.

Thats how I found out it uses minutes, that and it dials a phone number. 347-234-5001 Check your call log.
[G1 Apps and Games] agee:
FYI: i just changed my GV number and had to reinstall the app to have my updated number show up.
[G1 Apps and Games] chief2842:
How do I dial out using my google voice number?

Edit

Nevermind found the app in the market.
[G1 Apps and Games] jasonsplace:
Unfortunately I can't get either to work. I too am using Google Voice with my Apps account. I tried using GV. It pops up at whatever I set my interval for checking messages as and tells me that I have messages but they never show up in the list. I've tried removing it and reinstalling it and I still have the same problem. I've tried it with and without messages in my account. It's always the same result. It notifies me of messages but the list of messages is blank. I was excited for the official app until it told me that I couldn't use my Google Voice account because it was associated with my Apps account. This is ridiculous.
[G1 Apps and Games] nolageek:
I just use GV for voicemail (I only use about 200 of my 800 minutes and I have unlimited txt) and the official app is MUCH faster for checking VM than Evan's app. I have no use for using the number routing, etc... Great app if just for that.
[G1 Apps and Games] kockroach:
So I just got my invite for Google Voice. I installed the official app, and I am getting charged for both incoming and outgoing calls, even though the calls are routed through my GV number. What a joke!
[G1 Apps and Games] kockroach:
Should outbound calls performed through this app show the GV phone number on the caller ID on the other end, or should it show the phone's actual phone number?

Basically, does this app allow you to receive and place calls through your GV number such that you don't get charged for both? Calls placed/received through the official Google Voice app get billed for me...didn't think this was supposed to be the case.
[G1 Apps and Games] jashsu:
As has been noted above, the connection between your phone and GV servers is still via PSTN/cellular. So you will not be saving any money making calls through GV if you primarily use your cellphone. However, when you make a call from a landline, GV lets you call any US number for free.

I'm sure Google could pull off a VOIP connection from mobile to GV servers, but that would very very likely risk the ire of its carrier partners.
[G1 Apps and Games] WD27:
yea, wish i had an invite for GV, wanna check out some stuff.. anyone got a spare?? :D

i've heard that you can txt for free from GV to anyone, is that in the world or only in the states??

and yea, would be very nice if GV could provide VOIP with their service, but i don't really see that coming anytime soon, maybe after they get everything launched and off the ground for a bit...
[G1 Apps and Games] jashsu:
Pretty sure those old GrandCentral invites no longer work.

States only.

http://www.google.com/support/voice/bin/answer.py?answer=117527&ctx=sibling

It'll be a real cold day in hell before mobile carriers will allow full voip on their data networks. Full voip isn't even allowed on Android Market.
[G1 Apps and Games] coolbho3000:
Then you're missing the point of Google Voice. I'm sure many people would have liked your invitation.
[G1 Apps and Games] innerspace:
finally...

I've been biting my tongue on this for weeks now, dropping subtle innuendos here and there. finally out, thank god, didn't know how long i'd be able to keep quiet. A little bird that works at a certain company told me this was happening awhile back, gonna give it a shot now.

EDIT - not so sure about this app, its trying to use an email account that is in no way associated with my G1. Where'd it get that account from, browser cache? Interface looks real nice in screenshots and all, I'd just like to see it on my phone but app immediately displays error with options for "help" and "cancel"... real nice.

Now, about the minutes... in Evan's app GV you can set up two call types, dial out or call back. If you choose call back, the app dials your GV number, GV calls the contact you want and then your GV number calls you back. So, if you add your own GV number to the MyFaves account, you should "theoretically" be able to make free calls to any number forever. At least that's how it is working for me.

As far as the official app goes, I've posted my problem on their help forums, we'll see how far that gets me.
[G1 Apps and Games] innerspace:
Setup

Set GV to use callback in settings. add your GV number to your MyFaves. All calls should dial out to your GV account via the GV app, then GV will route the call from your contact to your phone via your GV number. All calls should then be to and from a number in your MyFaves.

For the record, we should stop talking about this app now before they catch on.
[G1 Apps and Games] USNCorpsman:
So I finally got my invite =D just had a couple quick questions as to how the app actually does it's thing. I set GV to be default for all of my calls, now is that making it so that my phone calls the google voice number and is then routed to whichever other phone number? So I can set my GV number on myfaves and send/receive calls for free? Also I wanted to know how to use my GV number for SMS and the like?
[G1 Apps and Games] jashsu:
People have been talking about (and using) this method for almost as long as it's been possible to perform. Whether or not some early adopter types on a phone hacking board talk about it or not is probably of no concern to Google or T-Mobile.
[G1 Apps and Games] Diceman4:
I got my invitation in less than a week, is it taking other people a long time to get them?
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
yup applied in May. Still didn't get it
[G1 Apps and Games] MrADeveci:
This, like with the other 'google' apps don't cater for us with GAFYD ........... common Google, it's not too hard to ask for is it ??
[G1 Apps and Games] kockroach:
I had gotten invites for both of my gmail accounts yesterday. Had signed up quite a while back.
[G1 Apps and Games] kockroach:
I wasn't commenting on Google Voice, I was commenting on the app, which this thread is about. I have my Google Voice number set up as one of myFaves, yet the phone number for outgoing calls is that "347" number, while any incoming calls were only showing the actual number (not my GV number). The other app isn't doing this.
[G1 Apps and Games] coolbho3000:
Can you set one of your faves to be your GV number and then for Caller ID setting in the Google Voice online UI set to "Display my Google number?"
[G1 Apps and Games] pistol4413:
need invite

I dwn loaded this yesterday from the market now all I need is an invite. Can anyone help me with that?
[G1 Apps and Games] pistol4413:
invite me please

If any one would like to invite me my gmail is stgmtl@gmail.com. if u need some other means to do so email me and let me know. Thanx in advance!