straight talk (tmobile) + google voice

[evperry]

Does anyone here use straight talk (tmobile) and google voice? If so, does it work properly when dialing out?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. Im interested in straight talk (tmobile) not the at&t version.

 

[wx27]

I have an N4 on ST-TM plus google voice. When I dial out, CID shows my GV # to the call recipient, nothing special needed when calling.

 

[evperry]

I have an N4 on ST-TM plus google voice. When I dial out, CID shows my GV # to the call recipient, nothing special needed when calling.

Did you turn off straight talk voicemail?

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[evperry]

I have an N4 on ST-TM plus google voice. When I dial out, CID shows my GV # to the call recipient, nothing special needed when calling.

Do you use Google voice for voicemail?

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[wx27]

I have not yet turned off ST voicemail so only those people calling my GV # will get my GV vmail right now.
My ST # is one I ported from Verizon and the majority of my contacts have that one. A few have my GV #.
I should just deactivate ST voicemail and inform everyone to use my GV# only.

 

[evperry]

I have not yet turned off ST voicemail so only those people calling my GV # will get my GV vmail right now.
My ST # is one I ported from Verizon and the majority of my contacts have that one. A few have my GV #.
I should just deactivate ST voicemail and inform everyone to use my GV# only.

Is straight talk 45 + tax or 45 all in?

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[wx27]

Is straight talk 45 + tax or 45 all in?

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45+tax, unless you find places online that sell them and give you codes through email. I've read that having a "shipping address" for these sites to be in certain states avoids getting taxed. I'm on my first month of ST so I can't speak more to that yet.

 

[evperry]

45+tax, unless you find places online that sell them and give you codes through email. I've read that having a "shipping address" for these sites to be in certain states avoids getting taxed. I'm on my first month of ST so I can't speak more to that yet.

When people call your Google voice does it pick up properly and if so how many rings? Does your straight talk voicemail interfere with it?

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[wx27]

When people call your Google voice does it pick up properly and if so how many rings? Does your straight talk voicemail interfere with it?

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I can't speak to how many rings as I've only done tests with one person so far. I've only had one time where the ST voicemail picked up first.

 

[evperry]

I can't speak to how many rings as I've only done tests with one person so far. I've only had one time where the ST voicemail picked up first.

Do you plan to try and cut off straight talk voicemail?

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[wx27]

Do you plan to try and cut off straight talk voicemail?

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I probably should. Optimally I do that and broadcast my GV number to all my contacts. Do you plan to go this route?

 

[evperry]

I probably should. Optimally I do that and broadcast my GV number to all my contacts. Do you plan to go this route?

Yes, the problem is that people have issues with turning off the voicemail with straight talk. I don't give out my sim number to anyone.

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[wx27]

I've just put in a call to ST to attempt to cancel vmail, though got the typical we'll call you back in a half hour. I'll keep you posted on how that goes...

 

[evperry]

I've just put in a call to ST to attempt to cancel vmail, though got the typical we'll call you back in a half hour. I'll keep you posted on how that goes...

Excellent. Please me know.

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[wx27]

Cancel vmail = call them and had it get reset and just not call my vmail again to do any setup.

As for call timing, friend calls my GV #, says it rang 5 times plus a short pause and then hit google vmail. Total about 30 seconds they said. On my side, I clocked my ringtone duration at 27 seconds.
Hope this helps.

BTW, if you ever need to call ST customer service from the ST sim-ed phone, you will have to do it direct without google voice. I placed the call and got an alert from GV that the call couldn't go through and it gave me the option to route the call direct, which worked fine.

 

[evperry]

Cancel vmail = call them and had it get reset and just not call my vmail again to do any setup.

As for call timing, friend calls my GV #, says it rang 5 times plus a short pause and then hit google vmail. Total about 30 seconds they said. On my side, I clocked my ringtone duration at 27 seconds.
Hope this helps.

BTW, if you ever need to call ST customer service from the ST sim-ed phone, you will have to do it direct without google voice. I placed the call and got an alert from GV that the call couldn't go through and it gave me the option to route the call direct, which worked fine.

How difficult was it for you to get that voicemail off?

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[wx27]

Simple call to ST. There's always a wait, so I opted for them to ring me back after the 30+ min wait they quoted. About 40 minutes later, I got the callback and connected with a CSR, who was able to reset my voicemail fairly quickly after I confirmed one of my security questions on the account.
Hopefully you'll be as lucky. Actually, if you switch to ST-TM, don't call into your ST vmail to do any setup and call your GV # from another phone to check the behavior of unanswered calls. It might work fine to start.

 

[evperry]

Simple call to ST. There's always a wait, so I opted for them to ring me back after the 30+ min wait they quoted. About 40 minutes later, I got the callback and connected with a CSR, who was able to reset my voicemail fairly quickly after I confirmed one of my security questions on the account.
Hopefully you'll be as lucky. Actually, if you switch to ST-TM, don't call into your ST vmail to do any setup and call your GV # from another phone to check the behavior of unanswered calls. It might work fine to start.

OK fantastic to know. Very helpful. Thanks.

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[jdbii]

Great post. Very helpful. Thanks you all.

I had a GV question if any could kindly answer. When you make outgoing calls on your ST phone, how do you do it so the person your calling sees your GV #? Is there some way to do it automatically so you don't have call GV first?

Thanks in advance.

 

[wx27]

Great post. Very helpful. Thanks you all.

I had a GV question if any could kindly answer. When you make outgoing calls on your ST phone, how do you do it so the person your calling sees your GV #? Is there some way to do it automatically so you don't have call GV first?

Thanks in advance.

Install the GV app on the phone.
Then in the app settings, for "Making calls" you can select "Use Google Voice to make all calls" or "Ask every time I make a call" if you want the option to go through the SIM #.
Finally, if you want to send text messages to another Google Voice user and want the caller ID to reflect your GV #, go to voice.google.com in a browser, settings, Calls, Caller ID (outgoing), Display my GV #.