[How To] Google Voice for voicemail on Sprint

[Jerry Hildenbrand]

By request of a man of the cloth, here's how to set up Google Voice to handle voice mail on Sprint Android phones.

Open the Google Voice app, and follow the setup and you'll eventually get to this page:

Hit "Skip" and finish the setup.

Next, on your computer, go to google.com/voice, and open the settings for voice (upper right hand of page).

You're looking for what's circled in red below.

Clicking on that link opens this dialog:

You're carrier will say Sprint, and you'll have a series of numbers where mine is blurred out. Follow the instructions on the dialog, and that's it! No calling Sprint anymore.

 

[ragnarokx]

You should sticky this gbhil.

 

[beezy]

Once again another great write up.

 

[SquawkTalkWireless]

Why not just open the app and select configure voicemail. When it says that your carriers voicemail is not supported just chose use Google Voice for voicemail. What's the difference?

 

[rizorith]

Good simple directions. I setup google voice a while back but don't use it. Honestly, I don't see what advantages it has for those of us who only use 1 phone. When I used it I could get the visual voicemail which was nice, but the phone used to take forever to answer messages (like 8 rings) - to the point that sometimes people would just hang up.

Am I missing something?

 

[emg75189]

i just did *28+my google number

 

[mikells43]

i have it on my d2, its pretty awsome, and the fact that u can block calls on gv is even awsomer, over all i like it better than vzw's visual vm. it blows it out of the water i think and fwding it is no big deal.

 

[Trun]

Tried this before. Unless something has changed, it didn't work.

 

[dmlee]

It says that my current network (sprint) is not supported at this time. I just reinstalled voice and tried again. Not sure what you've got, but it doesn't work for me.

 

[Trun]

It says that my current network (sprint) is not supported at this time. I just reinstalled voice and tried again. Not sure what you've got, but it doesn't work for me.

This is exactly what mine says.

 

[ESWL Guy]

I just did mine through the computer, got it working fine.

Sprint EVO

 

[Trun]

yeah not getting a confirmation message when dialing the number in. It beeps the dial tone three times when I press call, then Ends the call. When people try to call my number, and it goes to voicemail, it says "This number is not in service"

using an Evo on Sprint.

 

[Trun]

From Google Voice support site:

Please note that if you're a Sprint user, Sprint is rolling out this feature to its users gradually and you may need to check with them to see if this feature is currently available on your phone.

 

[Trun]

From Google Voice support site:

Please note that if you're a Sprint user, Sprint is rolling out this feature to its users gradually and you may need to check with them to see if this feature is currently available on your phone.

I just called sprint about this and the tech told me first that the evo is not a google based phone, unlike the Moment, or the Hero which are apparently Google based phones. Then he checked, with presumably someone who knew wtf they were talking about, and told me that it wasnt something they could support because its a google service.

 

[Trun]

Oh, I was also told that Android was just a market where you could buy apps, by the same Sprint Employee.

 

[dmlee]

Oh, I was also told that Android was just a market where you could buy apps, by the same Sprint Employee.

HAHAHAHA. I honestly don't think android fragmentation is a problem for the average android user, when they are already dealing with that as a source of 'information'.

 

[c1971ace]

All you have to do is dail *28and your google voice number,then all your calls will go to googlevoice mail. To go back to the default Sprint voicemail all you have to do is dail either *33 or *38 (i forget which one it is). Ive done it this way and it works.

 

[Trun]

All you have to do is dail *28and your google voice number,then all your calls will go to googlevoice mail. To go back to the default Sprint voicemail all you have to do is dail either *33 or *38 (i forget which one it is). Ive done it this way and it works.

It doesn't work. Tried it many times.

 

[c1971ace]

That's funny cause I've done this many times and it has worked every time. Im not rooted or anything either. After you type the number are you hitting call?

 

[Trun]

That's funny cause I've done this many times and it has worked every time. Im not rooted or anything either. After you type the number are you hitting call?

Yes. It beeps the dial tone three times, like it's flashing lines, and then hangs up the call. No message, error or otherwise.