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expired Posted by oceanlake | Staff • Oct 29, 2023
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Like if you actually have to use it for phone service, and you are on prepaid cell data instead of wifi, it will only ring for like half of your phone calls, and that's after your caller has sat through 2-4 rings. So if you're caller hangs up after 4 rings, you only have 0-2 rings to pick up. Or the call will come in but not vibrate or ring and there's no indepedent volume level in the app; support will say it uses the android phone volume level but that's already set to the max and it's clearly not using that setting and that's all support will do for you, simply gaslight you about the bug.
Some callers, google voice thinks it's being smart by filtering out spammer calls; although it's not a spammer, it's friends and family calling from real phone numbers trying to reach you and their call never even connects. Even when you follow all the answers/advice and think you've turned off the call screening, no there's some sort of call screening level you don't have permission to control. For a couple people, I have to give them the throwaway real cell number and then update them if it ever really changes.
Google thinks everyone is constantly fiddling/changing up the apps on their phone. As a user I feel THE phone app should be a set it and forget it kind of thing; no google feels you should stay up-to-date on the latest google voice news/changes. Over the years, they have tried repeatedly to break new ground in the chat/conversation/meeting space. So the app you use to use was Google Hangouts, then they tried to push everyone to use Allo/Duo while keeping Hangouts around as functionality on it just sort of rotted for a couple years. Then they scrapped everything and made everyone switch to Voice and its still buggy AF. You'll also find that sometimes when the app automatically updates, the installation will get confused and revert to default configuration settings, so if you weren't aware that the app updated, you might not realize its not configured the way you thought it was configured. If you have it set to not automatically update, it'll constantly remind you that there's a newer version available. Honestly, I suspect, they don't really test Voice as a phone service; that's the only way all this stuff goes untested. Google was the tech company that pioneered releasing all of their stuff as Beta software, clearly their phone app embodies that mentality.
Everyone complains about the subpar support that Mint or Redpocket provides, try getting support from Google...
A few other things, if you have no access to data atm, you can't pull up any past text messages or contacts, it's not locally stored.
Notice that none of your responses have been solutions or suggestions to any of the issues I've noted, just ad hominem responses as if I killed your dog or something. This same attitude of response from Google is exactly why these problems have persisted or keep re-occuring after appearing to be "fixed". Obviously it's user error that I'm not clearing my cache every month /s.
And for the record, I haven't been on postpaid in 2 decades. How would I know these are still issues if I wasn't on prepaid? And if you read carefully, you would know that I mentioned having to give out the actual cell number to some people, so obviously I also use the native phone dialer and txt app. The bigger question is why are there even issues with according to your words, "Solutions galore"? Native phone dialers don't even have solutions because they don't even have issues to begin with. Literally every single phone comes with a dialer that manages to ring when calls come in, 100%, every time, without issue but an app from a trillion dollar company needs "Solutions galore".
Multiple SIM issues, dropped service, Text and MMS periodically doesn't work, spotty service when my T-Mobile was fine before. You get what you pay for in cell service if you ask me. I pay $345 or something like that for an entire year for unlimited everything. Its cheap, it sucks, I have no choice.
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I haven't made the switch yet due to that fear. Mint data sucks so bad and trying to talk to someone in CS is impossible.
(b3g3)
And the only cost is $20 to port my current number to Google Voice, and thereafter no monthly cost for Google Voice, right?
When I bought a couple of numbers at NumberBarn a while ago, I saw they have a "call forwarding" service. I think that only works for incoming calls (not texts) and not for outgoing calls, and it is $6/month. So Google Voice sounds like a better choice for me.
Do you have any other recommendation worth looking into for my situation?
My situation: my current phone number (originally my old landline number, have had it for 40+ years) is currently used on a 4G phone with a mobile provider and that plan is expiring soon. I also have an Xfinity Mobile By-the-Gig account that I use sparingly with a Pixel phone. That Pixel phone is locked by Xfinity Mobile so I cannot port my current phone number from the other mobile provider to it. And I cannot bring the 4G phone to Xfinity Mobile because they don't accept that phone. So I was thinking porting the current number to Google Voice and set up Google Voice forwarding to the Pixel phone. When the Pixel phone is eventually unlocked I could then port the number from Google Voice to Xfinity Mobile (or leave it with Google Voice if I am happy).
(b3g3)
And the only cost is $20 to port my current number to Google Voice, and thereafter no monthly cost for Google Voice, right?
When I bought a couple of numbers at NumberBarn a while ago, I saw they have a "call forwarding" service. I think that only works for incoming calls (not texts) and not for outgoing calls, and it is $6/month. So Google Voice sounds like a better choice for me.
(b3g3)
Hoping it happens around the holidays.
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Do you have any other recommendation worth looking into for my situation?
My situation: my current phone number (originally my old landline number, have had it for 40+ years) is currently used on a 4G phone with a mobile provider and that plan is expiring soon. I also have an Xfinity Mobile By-the-Gig account that I use sparingly with a Pixel phone. That Pixel phone is locked by Xfinity Mobile so I cannot port my current phone number from the other mobile provider to it. And I cannot bring the 4G phone to Xfinity Mobile because they don't accept that phone. So I was thinking porting the current number to Google Voice and set up Google Voice forwarding to the Pixel phone. When the Pixel phone is eventually unlocked I could then port the number from Google Voice to Xfinity Mobile (or leave it with Google Voice if I am happy).
I'm a software developer myself and I know not all software changes get tested to the same rigor for all edge case/use case scenarios across all permutations of network congestion and hardware/software platforms. I think somewhere in their software process, they don't have enough tests for when networks have higher latencies or when phones are 1 or 2 android versions behind. Clearly their software is written with the assumption that you always have a network connection, given that it doesn't store your text messages and contacts locally. God forbid anyone need to pull up someone's address or want to show someone a photo that was texted when they don't have a data connection; I swear if Google actually knew what happens to their software when it loses data, these would be bugs and not features. On the bright side, Google goes out of their way to rigorously test and ensure Android and their apps work the best on Pixels. Pixels always get the latest Android version so your user experience may be better than mine.
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