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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 #60 on: November 28, 2013, 11:37:47 PM »
it asked for EITHER recovery email. Phone or NAME
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It ask for either recover email or recover phone number + user name. 

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #61 on: November 28, 2013, 11:39:40 PM »
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It ask for either recover email or recover phone number + user name.
Name on account...not u/n.

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #62 on: November 28, 2013, 11:40:34 PM »
If that does not work I have another idea...can you access the gv vm?

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #63 on: November 28, 2013, 11:41:14 PM »
If that does not work I have another idea...can you access the gv vm?
Correct.  That's what I meant. 

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #64 on: November 28, 2013, 11:41:57 PM »
If that does not work I have another idea...can you access the gv vm?
No.  See this post :

No!
That is one of the reasons why I need  to access the inked email address.

ETA:  I know my pin,  but after entering the pin,  I get a message that I'm not calling from one of the forwarding numbers and therfore can't access the account. 



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Re: google voice help
« Reply #65 on: November 28, 2013, 11:44:50 PM »
New changes GV made a few weeks ago.  You don't know (or have) a forwarding number?

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #66 on: November 28, 2013, 11:52:39 PM »
New changes GV made a few weeks ago.  You don't know (or have) a forwarding number?
I think I did set one up. 

I tried every number that I think it possibly could have been,  but I still get the same message  :-\

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #67 on: November 29, 2013, 12:03:52 AM »
Maybe look through your browsers saved password lust or something

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #68 on: November 29, 2013, 12:05:43 AM »
Maybe look through your browsers saved password lust or something
Not ssure how to do that,  but I did look through the auto fill presets to see if I could find any clues,  but couldnt find anything. 

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #69 on: November 29, 2013, 12:17:03 AM »
Not ssure how to do that,  but I did look through the auto fill presets to see if I could find any clues,  but couldnt find anything.
idk how but I've seen here somewhere that there is a way to get a list

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #70 on: November 29, 2013, 12:19:00 AM »
idk how but I've seen here somewhere that there is a way to get a list
I probably opened the email incognito as not to interfere with my other emails.

Anyways,  I don't know the username,  so password wouldn'thelp me. 

 


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Re: google voice help
« Reply #71 on: November 29, 2013, 10:55:28 AM »
I probably opened the email incognito as not to interfere with my other emails.

Anyways,  I don't know the username,  so password wouldn'thelp me.
Did you port in the number and use a CC? Maybe you can trace it that way...

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #72 on: November 29, 2013, 11:00:02 AM »
Did you port in the number and use a CC? Maybe you can trace it that way...
Yes I did.  How would I trace it?

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #73 on: November 29, 2013, 12:12:12 PM »
Yes I did.  How would I trace it?
I would imagine that google has a phone number to discuss billing, call them, give them your cc number and billing date, and see if they can pull up your account.

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #74 on: November 29, 2013, 12:19:09 PM »
I would imagine that google has a phone number to discuss billing, call them, give them your cc number and billing date, and see if they can pull up your account.
Thanx..  I will research  that option. 
From what I've researched so far,  it seems that doesn't really communicate by phone. 

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #75 on: November 29, 2013, 01:53:10 PM »
google.com/voice
settings
click "voicemail and text"
uncheck the box that says: Text Forwarding:  Forward text messages to my email:
thanx it finally worked but on a desktop and I signed in to my regular email account then went to GV and went straight to the account. really odd that I couldn't sign in by GV directly cause it didn't recognize my email....
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Re: google voice help
« Reply #76 on: February 23, 2014, 08:56:05 PM »
Anyone know if there is a feature that I can forward my Google voice number to my cell and then shut it when I am not in the mood of phone calls?

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #77 on: February 23, 2014, 08:59:59 PM »
Anyone know if there is a feature that I can forward my Google voice number to my cell and then shut it when I am not in the mood of phone calls?
You can do that from the gv website, but there is also an app if you have a smart phone.

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #78 on: February 23, 2014, 09:03:12 PM »
You can do that from the gv website, but there is also an app if you have a smart phone.
Can you explain how to do it form the website as  cant seem to find it anywhere? Thanks

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Re: google voice help
« Reply #79 on: February 23, 2014, 09:16:15 PM »
I am not in front of a computer, but something like this...go to google.com/voice, click in settings, click on the tab that says phone, or forwarding.  From there you can add a phone.