GrooVe IP - Google Voice VoIP

[HeidiLynn]

Most likely what's happening is your phone is putting the WiFi into a power saving mode when the screen turns off. If you want to keep that behavior but still make calls you can go into the GrooVe IP troubleshooting settings and check "Keep Screen Alive"

Alternatively you can change your phones battery/power profile so WiFi never sleeps.

Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. Both of those settings are already set to "Keep Screen Alive" and Wi-Fi Sleep Policy is already set to "Never". I was reading in another thread to disable automatic sync, but made a couple of calls this morning and it doesn't seem to have done the trick either. It's truly frustrating that I cannot get this to work.

Do you or anyone else have any recommendations?

Thanks again!
~Heidi

 

[JayMSY]

Any way to disable the automatic bluetooth with the current version? So far this app is a LOVE/HATE relationship for me on my DroidX. Almost to the point I might go back to GVMyNumber.

As I have stated before the phone audio plays through my car stereo via the MP3 input and not through the regular bluetooth like the phone itself.

The way the PHONE default dailer acts is if the Radio is on and a call is placed it mutes all audio and places the phone audio ON. Even if I am listening to Pandora with my phone connected via Bluetooth.

The way GrooveIP works on my Droid X is all audio is routed through the car stereo MP3 option meaning if I call comes in I have to switch the car stereo input from Radio/Sat/Whatever to MP3.

And here's the really "FUN" part...If I disable "bluetooth" on the GrooveIP app the audio does not go back to routing through the phone speaker. The ONLY way the GrooveIP audio is routed through the Droid X phone speaker at the top of "Motorola" is IF BLUETOOTH IS COMPLETELY DISABLED on the phone!!!! THAT is unacceptable because it means I can't listen to streaming radio, or any audio with my phone and use your app!

I'm really about to my wits end with this. This is the only reason why I have not "rated" the app on the market...make it work for me like it SHOULD and I'll give it plenty of stars!

 

[snrb_labs]

Any way to disable the automatic bluetooth with the current version? So far this app is a LOVE/HATE relationship for me on my DroidX. Almost to the point I might go back to GVMyNumber.

As I have stated before the phone audio plays through my car stereo via the MP3 input and not through the regular bluetooth like the phone itself.

The way the PHONE default dailer acts is if the Radio is on and a call is placed it mutes all audio and places the phone audio ON. Even if I am listening to Pandora with my phone connected via Bluetooth.

The way GrooveIP works on my Droid X is all audio is routed through the car stereo MP3 option meaning if I call comes in I have to switch the car stereo input from Radio/Sat/Whatever to MP3.

And here's the really "FUN" part...If I disable "bluetooth" on the GrooveIP app the audio does not go back to routing through the phone speaker. The ONLY way the GrooveIP audio is routed through the Droid X phone speaker at the top of "Motorola" is IF BLUETOOTH IS COMPLETELY DISABLED on the phone!!!! THAT is unacceptable because it means I can't listen to streaming radio, or any audio with my phone and use your app!

I'm really about to my wits end with this. This is the only reason why I have not "rated" the app on the market...make it work for me like it SHOULD and I'll give it plenty of stars!

About the only thing I can do is add a checkbox to disable bluetooth completely for GrooVe IP. The bluetooth in andriod isn't really all that complicated, it amounts to calling a method to start bluetooth streaming when the bluetooth button on the app is pressed. As far as I've found there's no way for us to influence where it plays. When you de-select bluetooth we call the method to stop streaming through bluetooth. Don't know why it doesn't work properly on the DX with your car. But as I said before, I'll add a checkbox to completely disable bluetooth in the app into the miscellaneous settings.

Just added the toggle, if you want the new apk shoot me an email at snrb.labs@gmail.com

 

[JayMSY]

Thanks. I'll hit ya up tomorrow as I am walking out the door for the evening. It's really an awesome app, just extremely frustrating for me in how it works with the Kia Soul radio and its bluetooth operation.

Not sure if this helps but when I have the phone bluetooth sync'd with the Kia radio all phone call audio is routed as I stated above and the audio for podcasts/streaming radio/whatever is done through the MP3 selection on the radar. I'm just at a loss as to why the GrooveIP app can't use the regular...it may be because it can't and is forced to use the mp3 audio input. That would explain a few things.

I do think that the checkbox to disable bluetooth completely for the GrooVe IP app would be a way to go for me and people who might have this issue.

 

[snrb_labs]

‎1.1.8 is up on the android market
- Fix a reconnect issue
- Add a setting to disable Bluetooth in GrooVe IP
- Default Bluetooth to on if a device is sync'd

 

[rubydreamer]

I'm curious, is there any news on improvements in how this works on the Samsung Galaxy Tab line?

I'm using a Verizon one, mostly for the realistic Data Plan options, and would absolutely LOVE to hook up with this if it works right.

I was previously looking at Line2, since it had texting as well, but if this works well, the one time $4 vs $10 a month will win out. (It also looks like I could get basic texting, for $5 a month, legit from Verizon)

Hope to hear about progress on tablet functionality...

Another thought, a basic website which lists the known devices that work, and provides FAQ like help to get the ones that are "sticky" to work right. And of course the devices that have been reported to NOT work with GrooVe IP.

 

[snrb_labs]

I'm curious, is there any news on improvements in how this works on the Samsung Galaxy Tab line?

I'm using a Verizon one, mostly for the realistic Data Plan options, and would absolutely LOVE to hook up with this if it works right.

I was previously looking at Line2, since it had texting as well, but if this works well, the one time $4 vs $10 a month will win out. (It also looks like I could get basic texting, for $5 a month, legit from Verizon)

Hope to hear about progress on tablet functionality...

Another thought, a basic website which lists the known devices that work, and provides FAQ like help to get the ones that are "sticky" to work right. And of course the devices that have been reported to NOT work with GrooVe IP.

I haven't heard of any problems with the Verizon Galaxy tab. The only Galaxy tab anyone has reported problems with is the GT-P1010 WiFi only device, believe it's not sold by the carriers. Actually had feedback saying it works well on the other Galaxy tab devices.

We have hired someone to redo our webpage. But the big issue with listing configs for individual devices is we really don't have access to all of them. We've been thinking of creating an area where individual users could report what settings they use on their device.

 

[Mean Dean]

Hey there... just got my first Android phone, an LG Optimus V (Virgin Mobile), and put GrooVe IP on it. I love the way the program works, but when I speak to my dad (who is on Verizon), an odd thing happens. After the conversation is over, he receives a voicemail containing the conversation we just had! This was cute the first time, but it's starting to get annoying Any solutions?

 

[bocksmj]

Hello! I just purchased this App and its working great for me so far... i have 1 question though! I use GV also, and have it set up to ask me each time i call whether to use GV# or my personal #. So, here's what happens... not sure if its a GV error or Groove? I go to contacts, click on name to call someone. Pop up box asks if i want to call with Google Voice or without Google Voice. Then it asks me if i want to use GrooVe IP or Mobile Network. Then it asks me if i want to call with Google Voice or without Google Voice again. It doesn't matter which option i pick the first time, because it asks me again and that's the one that it picks up. Have you experienced this yet? Thanks in advance!!

Matt

 

[snrb_labs]

Hello! I just purchased this App and its working great for me so far... i have 1 question though! I use GV also, and have it set up to ask me each time i call whether to use GV# or my personal #. So, here's what happens... not sure if its a GV error or Groove? I go to contacts, click on name to call someone. Pop up box asks if i want to call with Google Voice or without Google Voice. Then it asks me if i want to use GrooVe IP or Mobile Network. Then it asks me if i want to call with Google Voice or without Google Voice again. It doesn't matter which option i pick the first time, because it asks me again and that's the one that it picks up. Have you experienced this yet? Thanks in advance!!

Matt

The issue is you have multiple "phone" apps. What happens is when you make a call from the native dialer android sends it to each app that's registered as able to make calls. The first app notified displays it's pop-up asking native network or the app. If you choose native network, android then sends it to the next app, and so on. Not sure why it asks you twice though.

 

[danielbritt]

The issue is you have multiple "phone" apps. What happens is when you make a call from the native dialer android sends it to each app that's registered as able to make calls. The first app notified displays it's pop-up asking native network or the app. If you choose native network, android then sends it to the next app, and so on. Not sure why it asks you twice though.

Do you have the Google Voice app installed on your Android? There could be a conflict if both are running and/or on the phone.

 

[gluggle314]

I am making a trip to Europe in September. I planned on bringing my wifi tablet and using Groove IP to make calls over wifi back to the United States. Would there be any fees associated with this?

 

[kimberlyinmn]

I am making a trip to Europe in September. I planned on bringing my wifi tablet and using Groove IP to make calls over wifi back to the United States. Would there be any fees associated with this?

I think that there are fees, but pretty low ones. Here's a link to videos that answer questions about Google Voice. They have one for international calling.

Google Voice - Features

 

[kimberlyinmn]

I think that there are fees, but pretty low ones. Here's a link to videos that answer questions about Google Voice. They have one for international calling.

Google Voice - Features

Hmmmm... although maybe not. You'll be calling from your U.S. number while in Europe to a U.S. number. (I'm thinking and typing.) I'll let one of the "professionals" answer this one.

 

[kimberlyinmn]

I found this in the Google Voice Help:
Google Voice while travel around the world - Google Voice Help

 

[snrb_labs]

I am making a trip to Europe in September. I planned on bringing my wifi tablet and using Groove IP to make calls over wifi back to the United States. Would there be any fees associated with this?

Hi,

Calls made through the app to numbers in the US or Canada are free. We do have many people in Europe using the app successfully. But depending on where you are you could run into firewall problems or Google Voice doing IP filtering.

 

[wch_one]

I've installed GrooVe IP and it's working pretty well, except for a couple of issues. From what I've read earlier in this thread, these issues might have something to do with the fact that I've also installed the official Google Voice app.

The first issue is that, when I make outgoing calls via the regular phone dialer app, it asks the following:
(1) Call with Google Voice or without Google Voice? [select Google Voice]
(2) Call with GrooVe IP or Mobile Network? [select Mobile Network]
(3) Call with Google Voice or without Google Voice? [select Google Voice]
Then it finally makes the call.

I have Google Voice configured to ask me whether to call with Google Voice or without -- and then it asks me twice, once before the GrooVe IP prompt, and once after. This is annoying but not necessarily a show stopper. I realize that others have had this same issue.


The second issue is a bigger problem. When I get incoming calls, my phone rings with two ringers simultaneously: one of them is GrooVe IP, and the other seems to be the phone's regular ringer (or is there a special Google Voice app ringer?). Because they're both ringing at once, I can't really choose which one to answer -- both apps seem to be competing to be the prompt that shows on screen, but I can't control which one. This makes GrooVe IP useless for incoming calls for me.

My workaround was to go to the Google Voice configuration webpage and disable incoming calls to my Google Chat account, which is what GrooVe IP uses. Now my incoming calls can't be answered with GrooVe IP. This is really a less-than-optimal solution because (1) I can't receive calls to my computer at all, and (2) I still would like to be able to take incoming calls, at least when I'm on wifi.


I had a couple emails with the developer about these issues, and this where things are now. Is anyone else out there using the official Google Voice app in conjunction with GrooVe IP, and if so, do you have the same problems?

 

[alc2077]

Hi, I have you app installed on both my sammy galaxy tab & evo and both work great! question;

I am planning on making a switch to Virgin Mobile when the MOT triumph launches on the 19th & plan to use the groove ip app as my primary dialer, my only concern is will the data speeds of VM be fast enough to handle my calls clearly since this is a voip call? is there a minimum data speed needed in other for the groove ip app to handle calls clearly on a 3G network? Thanks in advance

 

[rotnerl]

I've installed GrooVe IP and it's working pretty well, except for a couple of issues. From what I've read earlier in this thread, these issues might have something to do with the fact that I've also installed the official Google Voice app.

The first issue is that, when I make outgoing calls via the regular phone dialer app, it asks the following:
(1) Call with Google Voice or without Google Voice?
(2) Call with GrooVe IP or Mobile Network?
(3) Call with Google Voice or without Google Voice?

I have Google Voice configured to ask me whether to call with Google Voice or without -- and then it asks me twice, once before the GrooVe IP prompt, and once after. This is annoying but not necessarily a show stopper. I realize that others have had this same issue.


The second issue is a bigger problem. When I get incoming calls, my phone rings with two ringers simultaneously: one of them is GrooVe IP, and the other seems to be the phone's regular ringer (or is there a special Google Voice app ringer?). Because they're both ringing at once, I can't really choose which one to answer -- both apps seem to be competing to be the prompt that shows on screen, but I can't control which one. This makes GrooVe IP useless for incoming calls for me.

My workaround was to go to the Google Voice configuration webpage and disable incoming calls to my Google Chat account, which is what GrooVe IP uses. Now my incoming calls can't be answered with GrooVe IP. This is really a less-than-optimal solution because (1) I can't receive calls to my computer at all, and (2) I still would like to be able to take incoming calls, at least when I'm on wifi.


I had a couple emails with the developer about these issues, and this where things are now. Is anyone else out there using the official Google Voice app in conjunction with GrooVe IP, and if so, do you have the same problems?

I have the exact same issue. Can anyone help?

 

[snrb_labs]

Hi, I have you app installed on both my sammy galaxy tab & evo and both work great! question;

I am planning on making a switch to Virgin Mobile when the MOT triumph launches on the 19th & plan to use the groove ip app as my primary dialer, my only concern is will the data speeds of VM be fast enough to handle my calls clearly since this is a voip call? is there a minimum data speed needed in other for the groove ip app to handle calls clearly on a 3G network? Thanks in advance

You'll need at least 90 kbps upload and download speed to get decent voice.