There have been many questions about setting up Google Voice properly since Sprint and Google attempted to merge the Google Voice settings for phone numbers/voicemail. Even if you have already merged your numbers, you can separate them and use them as different lines when calling people. Follow these instructions.
NOTE: For those that have already merged your number (whether by accident or you just want to change it back now) need to complete these two steps before proceeding.
1: Uninstall Google Voice from phone.
2: Login to www.google.com/voice and click "disable" here:
Click here:
Then disable here (mine says enable, yours will say disable if you have it "synced"):
NOTE: If you link does not say "disable" then skip this step and continue to instructions.
EVERYONE SHOULD BE AT THE SAME POINT BEFORE GOING FURTHER.
-No Google Voice on phone.
-Disable link clicked on www.google.com/voice OR never activated before
Now, on to setting it up!
Download and install to phone:
Open up Google Voice and DO NOT TAP ANYTHING! (This is a very important step)
You will see this:
Scroll down until you see this "hidden" skip button and tap it:
Sign in with gmail account:
Tap "Next":
Select this so that you have the option when making calls (this can be changed later):
Tap "Next":
Click number to dial (just to be certain) and then tap "Configure" to continue:
Note: Dialing the number does not result in a voice call to anyone. It just dials a system to update.
Select "Google Voice":
If you get this notice, just select "OK" and then hit the physical back button to get back to Google Voice setup:
Click "Finish":
NOW, you must do one more thing to make Google Voice work!
Go to www.google.com/voice
Click here:
The click here to activate your new Google voicemail to send notifications to your phone!:
NOTE: If you get any additional popups here just click ok/done to dismiss them.
Now, you can add the widget to your home screen and have someone call you to give it a try. For the first time, give it a few minutes to update before thinking it doesn't work. Enjoy!
NOTE: For those that have already merged your number (whether by accident or you just want to change it back now) need to complete these two steps before proceeding.
1: Uninstall Google Voice from phone.
2: Login to www.google.com/voice and click "disable" here:
Click here:
Then disable here (mine says enable, yours will say disable if you have it "synced"):
NOTE: If you link does not say "disable" then skip this step and continue to instructions.
EVERYONE SHOULD BE AT THE SAME POINT BEFORE GOING FURTHER.
-No Google Voice on phone.
-Disable link clicked on www.google.com/voice OR never activated before
Now, on to setting it up!
Download and install to phone:
Open up Google Voice and DO NOT TAP ANYTHING! (This is a very important step)
You will see this:
Scroll down until you see this "hidden" skip button and tap it:
Sign in with gmail account:
Tap "Next":
Select this so that you have the option when making calls (this can be changed later):
Tap "Next":
Click number to dial (just to be certain) and then tap "Configure" to continue:
Note: Dialing the number does not result in a voice call to anyone. It just dials a system to update.
Select "Google Voice":
If you get this notice, just select "OK" and then hit the physical back button to get back to Google Voice setup:
Click "Finish":
NOW, you must do one more thing to make Google Voice work!
Go to www.google.com/voice
Click here:
The click here to activate your new Google voicemail to send notifications to your phone!:
NOTE: If you get any additional popups here just click ok/done to dismiss them.
Now, you can add the widget to your home screen and have someone call you to give it a try. For the first time, give it a few minutes to update before thinking it doesn't work. Enjoy!