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Google Voice may save a number as a home number, and in that mode it will not allow you to forward messages. In order to change that there's an option in legacy site.
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #340 on: July 13, 2017, 11:12:56 PM »
In the slide out menu on the left, there's an option for the legacy site.
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #341 on: July 16, 2017, 12:02:20 AM »
Trying to set up a new google voice account... I put in a phone number to verify, typed in the code, and for some reason verification did not complete. Now I'm trying again and it won't take that phone number :(.

Any advice?

Try in legacy mode.
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #342 on: July 16, 2017, 08:06:11 AM »
Try in legacy mode.
It did not work, i chose a phone number from the list they offered me and it gave me an error. It didn't even let me put in my phone # to verify.
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #343 on: July 16, 2017, 11:41:58 AM »
Anyway to get rid of the annoying roaming prompt on the new android app?
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #344 on: July 17, 2017, 10:22:51 AM »
It did not work, i chose a phone number from the list they offered me and it gave me an error. It didn't even let me put in my phone # to verify.
The error I get is:
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There was an error with your request. Please try again.
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #345 on: August 27, 2017, 12:13:48 AM »
I'm missing two important features in the new Google Voice android app
1) Mark as unread
2) option to turn off the roaming guard

If you feel the same kindly submit the feedback form
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #346 on: August 27, 2017, 03:01:55 AM »
@etech0e its probably because you used a number that was used already too much times to activate Google voice numbers
no way really to fix this best way is just to open a new account
did find on goodle a way to override it just Google it.

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #347 on: September 26, 2017, 01:35:43 PM »
What's the best method to ALWAYS display GV# when placing outgoing calls on iphone ?
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #348 on: September 26, 2017, 01:52:46 PM »
If you are using Sprint you can have them link your sprint phone number to your google voice number instead. All your outgoing calls would go thru GV and you will recieve incoming calls from both numbers. same applies to text msgs.
You can set this up on your GV account.
I heard Tmobile and verizon have a similar feature but i'm not sure how it works.

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #349 on: September 26, 2017, 01:54:22 PM »
If you are using Sprint you can have them link your sprint phone number to your google voice number instead. All your outgoing calls would go thru GV and you will recieve incoming calls from both numbers. same applies to text msgs.
You can set this up on your GV account.
I heard Tmobile and verizon have a similar feature but i'm not sure how it works.
Thanks does this app work for this?
http://www.gvconnect.com/
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #350 on: September 26, 2017, 03:09:32 PM »
Thanks does this app work for this?
http://www.gvconnect.com/
This looks like a third party app you would have to use to dial out. What i'm using is directly linked to my phone number and is set up on your official GV account settings.

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #351 on: September 26, 2017, 03:21:00 PM »
This looks like a third party app you would have to use to dial out. What i'm using is directly linked to my phone number and is set up on your official GV account settings.
Sprint?
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #352 on: September 26, 2017, 05:02:21 PM »

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #353 on: September 26, 2017, 05:05:50 PM »
Yup
This will not work for T-mobile
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #354 on: September 26, 2017, 05:16:00 PM »

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #355 on: September 26, 2017, 05:17:07 PM »
Have you tried DIGITS from T-mobile?

https://www.t-mobile.com/offers/t-mobile-digits
Can you explain how this will solve my issue ? (sorry to tired to think...)
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #356 on: September 26, 2017, 06:03:26 PM »
Can you explain how this will solve my issue ? (sorry to tired to think...)
I am not sure if it will solve your issue, i'm just pointing you to it to look into.
It is probably way better then the third party app GV connect.

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #357 on: October 19, 2017, 10:50:25 PM »
1. GV not letting me forward messages to linked numbers

2. Can't link my sprint # with GV

Anyone with any DP on these issues? TIA

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #358 on: October 20, 2017, 09:57:29 AM »
1. GV not letting me forward messages to linked numbers

Seems to me that messages can only be forwarded to a smartphone. Is this true?

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« Reply #359 on: October 20, 2017, 10:01:25 AM »
Seems to me that messages can only be forwarded to a smartphone. Is this true?
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