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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2021, 12:11:58 AM »
I think it only works with Verizon
Any way to get it to work even though I’m on NET10?

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2021, 12:12:32 AM »
yes although dont love it
Same here, the app is very buggy. I wish they would work on it. Also can’t make or receive phone calls at all.

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2021, 12:12:55 AM »
Any way to get it to work even though I’m on NET10?
I don’t think so, but not 100% sure.

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2021, 12:13:12 AM »
I think it only works with Verizon
NET10

correct you need to be a Verizon customer

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2021, 12:15:17 AM »
Same here, the app is very buggy. I wish they would work on it. Also can’t make or receive phone calls at all.

have had some luck sometimes with phone calls but i don't use it all... main convenience for me is texting on qwerty vs T9

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #25 on: September 19, 2021, 12:17:23 AM »
have had some luck sometimes with phone calls but i don't use it all... main convenience for me is texting on qwerty vs T9
Yep, same here I have a Flip phone for calls and when I go to shul, but can’t text on that phone so only use the app to reply to text. Most messages are on WA by me anyway.

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #26 on: September 19, 2021, 12:38:30 AM »
Yep, same here I have a Flip phone for calls and when I go to shul, but can’t text on that phone so only use the app to reply to text. Most messages are on WA by me anyway.

+1

hope to work on that too

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2022, 11:00:24 AM »
I actually found a solution for this. This works for me with the Kyocera DURAXV. I downloaded the Verizon message plus app on my iPhone and activated the app with my flip phone number. There is a option on the Verizon message app to receive calls and make calls with the app number. Once activated  Now when ever i receive a call on my flip phone it rings my iPhone as well.   I get messages on the iPhone as well. In addition its pretty easy to call out of the iPhone with this flip phone number as it integrates into the native Apple dialer. The only downside is that when you send messages from the iPhone it doesn’t come up on the flip phone and vice versa as well. Otherwise this is a decent solution if you would like to leave your iPhone at work and have a life at home. On android though I don’t know if this will work.
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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #28 on: December 05, 2022, 06:27:06 PM »
I actually found a solution for this. This works for me with the Kyocera DURAXV. I downloaded the Verizon message plus app on my iPhone and activated the app with my flip phone number. There is a option on the Verizon message app to receive calls and make calls with the app number. Once activated  Now when ever i receive a call on my flip phone it rings my iPhone as well.   I get messages on the iPhone as well. In addition its pretty easy to call out of the iPhone with this flip phone number as it integrates into the native Apple dialer. The only downside is that when you send messages from the iPhone it doesn’t come up on the flip phone and vice versa as well. Otherwise this is a decent solution if you would like to leave your iPhone at work and have a life at home. On android though I don’t know if this will work.
" The only downside is that when you send messages from the iPhone it doesn’t come up on the flip phone and vice versa as well. "

IME both with a Cadence and with a Duramax, the iPhone has all the messages including what was sent from the flip phone. However the flip-phone does not pull up the outgoing messages sent by the iPhone.

Also regarding calling, you only need to have Data in order to set up the Calling Feature in the Message Plus app. However once activated you don't need the iPhone to have active service and it will work over wifi.

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #29 on: December 05, 2022, 08:24:04 PM »
Tmobile DIGITS would allow for a sim card in a flip phone and a data sim in a iphone with the app installed to sync calls and texts

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #30 on: December 05, 2022, 11:37:18 PM »
" The only downside is that when you send messages from the iPhone it doesn’t come up on the flip phone and vice versa as well. "

IME both with a Cadence and with a Duramax, the iPhone has all the messages including what was sent from the flip phone. However the flip-phone does not pull up the outgoing messages sent by the iPhone.

Also regarding calling, you only need to have Data in order to set up the Calling Feature in the Message Plus app. However once activated you don't need the iPhone to have active service and it will work over wifi.
I tried a few times to activate the calling in the message plus app and I always get an error. Not sure how to activate calling.

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #31 on: December 06, 2022, 11:20:35 AM »
Happened to me also. Go to a different location that allows it pick an address automatically for the 911 part. I tried it at a restaurant and it worked there 😀

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #32 on: December 06, 2022, 07:44:30 PM »
Happened to me also. Go to a different location that allows it pick an address automatically for the 911 part. I tried it at a restaurant and it worked there 😀
Care to explain?!

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #33 on: December 12, 2022, 05:24:04 PM »
At what point in the process are you having this issue?

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #34 on: December 12, 2022, 05:37:23 PM »
I tried a few times to activate the calling in the message plus app and I always get an error. Not sure how to activate calling.
Does your DEVICE or SERVICE have any restriction against Wi-Fi calling? I believe for instance, Tracfone may restrict this. Also IMO you the smartphone needs to have service in order to activate this, Wi-Fi isn't enough. Once its activated then it will work with Wi-Fi only (no need to have any sim inserted etc.)

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #35 on: December 12, 2022, 07:32:52 PM »
At what point in the process are you having this issue?
When I hit the setting and hit the “check calling eligibility” and then hit “enable” it’s give me an error “ provisioning failed “

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #36 on: December 12, 2022, 07:36:55 PM »
I don’t even have a dial pad in the app, what am I doing wrong?!

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #37 on: December 13, 2022, 11:10:59 PM »
Keep trying, had the same issue by me

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #38 on: December 13, 2022, 11:41:40 PM »
Keep trying, had the same issue by me
Do I need to be on Wi-Fi when enabling calling?

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Re: Flip phone at home and iphone at work
« Reply #39 on: December 14, 2022, 12:02:28 AM »
Do I need to be on Wi-Fi when enabling calling?

You need a browser or webeview to update the 911 address. No reason to keep trying. Maybe call them and give them your 911 address, not sure if it can be done over telephone.