[jschwartz19]

Hi there! I have the Samsung Note 2 for about a month and have noticed that when I receive a new voicemail, the notification icon does not appear. I get a missed call notification, and I also receive text notifications, but the voicemail does not seem to work. I have to assume I have one after a missed call and call the voicemail to check it. Any idea on how to get the icon to start appearing? Thanks!

[rankar7]

are you using at&t visual voicemail for your note 2 voicemail? if so, maybe sure you tap the menu button (located to the left of the home button on the bottom of the phone), then settings, then make sure notifications is checked.

note, however, that this only displays notifications in the notification bar. it does not activate a notification badge/number on the voicemail icon. if you are new to android and coming from another operating system like iOS (like me a few weeks ago), then you'll notice that things like notification badges are not global and its application is inconsistent. it depends on the app itself and which notification apps you have installed (like TeslaUnread, GO Notification, for example).

[jschwartz19]

Thanks so much for your response! I am using Verizon, and do not use any special visual voicemail programs. Just plain old voicemail I tried looking under all of the settings, and there doesn't seem to be many for the actual voicemail utility.

[AZBrowncoat]

if you are new to android and coming from another operating system like iOS (like me a few weeks ago), then you'll notice that things like notification badges are not global and its application is inconsistent. it depends on the app itself and which notification apps you have installed (like TeslaUnread, GO Notification, for example).

Yup...one of the things as a former iOS user that I'm trying to find a work around for. Really miss notification badges for my email accounts.

[tirith]

Glad I'm not on vzw... my "voicemail" app works great and has notifications... try looking for a voicemail app on the play store or try Google voice...

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

[Jude526]

Thanks so much for your response! I am using Verizon, and do not use any special visual voicemail programs. Just plain old voicemail I tried looking under all of the settings, and there doesn't seem to be many for the actual voicemail utility.

Nay need resetting and verizon can do that for you. I recommend the visual voice mail. I know I am paying to have it but I like it a lot.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note2

[Lanhoj]

Yup...one of the things as a former iOS user that I'm trying to find a work around for. Really miss notification badges for my email accounts.

Android can do GLOBAL Badge Notifications too.
Here's how--> [HOW-TO] Guide to Global Badge Notifications

[tirith]

That comes natively with SOME apps already

~swyped from my galaxy note 2 on the now network

[rankar7]

Android can do GLOBAL Badge Notifications too.
Here's how--> [HOW-TO] Guide to Global Badge Notifications

that's the OP's point. there's always a workaround for something.

thanks for posting this though. i didn't know about some of the other notification apps.

[jschwartz19]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I will figure something out, just seems silly that you need an app for something as simple as your phone telling you there is a voicemail!

[rankar7]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I will figure something out, just seems silly that you need an app for something as simple as your phone telling you there is a voicemail!

yup.

you need a:

keyboard app like swiftkey to drop the right word into place when typing
visual voicemail viewer app because it's not integrated into the phone app
video player app like mx player pro to view videos from your friends with iPhones
facebook picture downloader app to save pics off of Facebook
backup/restore app to backup your phone (and might have to possibly root your phone)

all of the above is native in iOS; you get the idea. but don't fret. you'll soon discover that for all android's idiosyncrasies there's some cool stuff. like last night, my daughter sent me a word doc that she wanted me to review and edit. i pulled it up in email, ran polaris, and bam! I edited it on the fly and sent it right back. all done on a very comfortable screen (no squinting, no pinching gesture, etc.).

[AZBrowncoat]

Android can do GLOBAL Badge Notifications too.
Here's how--> [HOW-TO] Guide to Global Badge Notifications

Thanks for the link...will check it out!

[anon300056]

It may be hidden icon, this can happen for some unknown reason when you do a system update to icons.

SOLUTION: (at least for the Samsung galaxy S3, i assume Note is similar.)

After entering into the application folder (APPS) tap the menu button (on the galaxy s3 it is the touch button on the far bottom, to the left.)

You will see a menu list which starts with PLAY STORE. Here is why you have problems. there is a last folder named SHOW HIDDEN APPLICATIONS which is not visible until you scroll down one last line. open that it and you will see all icons including your missing one. if you find it, highlight the check box next to it. THEN PRESS DONE AT THE TOP RIGHT (NOT THE BACK BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT = FAILURE.) Your icon will now appear in the APPS folder and hold and move to your Active pages by holding and dragging.

good luck.

[mrwallydroidx]

we have two Samsung Galaxy Note 2 phones on Verizon. One of the phones had that same problem and the other worked fine. Later the phone that worked fine no longer worked and the one that did not work started to work. We went to Verizon and they could not figure out anything that was wrong.
Now I have both phones working and I am Not sure what solved the problem but here is what I did. I found another individual that said if you dialed 1218 and then dial 1219 it would turn on and off the notifications for ringtone and text notifications. When I dialed those numbers I got the message from Verizon that was not a good number. I also reset the settings for the mobile network that it was connected to. First I changed the setting from Global to CDMA and the device was searching for the network whitch it did not find; then I see it back to Global. I also took the battery out and reinserted it and after that the notifications we're back on my screen.