Visual Voicemail
 

Does anyone know of a cab or file that will allow for visual voicemail for the vogue? I think the instinct has it so I didnt know if there was a way to make it work. Sorry still a noob.

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Visual voicemail is a service exclusive to the instinct. Dashwire has a visual voicemail system you can set up off the site though.

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Does dash wire connect to the web so frequently as to kill battery life?

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well i guess that answers my question. i wish sprint would offer the programs like this to its customers.

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We recommend users have an unlimited data plan which allows them to fully optimize the dashwire experience through auto-sync. Battery drain is minimal. But users can also choose to manually sync whenever they want which would minimize the battery drainage even further.

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I am running the first 'official' 6.1 rom w/gps and rev a. i have dashwire 2.0 at first i had it set on manual for fear of battery drain. until one day i decided just to see how long my phone would last. so i set dashwire to auto and set out on my day. I got back home about 13 hours later and even with dashwire up running and connected the whole time, plus i used my phone as normal. i would say maybe 300txts, casual web browsing, and a quick tether i still had 20% battery life left. imo, that's incredible. i now let dashwire run all the time. :)

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Thanks, I am gonna give it a spin.

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I've been using YouMail (www.youmail.com), and really like it. To use the visual voicemail aspect, you do need to use the web, but I have it bookmarked (and linked with an icon using Ultimate Launcher), and it takes you right to your own page with your messages, which can then be heard as a .wav file.

Other things I like:

- If you want, you can have it send you a text message or email for missed calls, voicemails, or both
- If you want, you can allow it to try to voice-to-text a transcription in the text message to you. Not super accurate when they talk fast (like most of my friends), but you can usually get the idea of what they're saying.
- You can set personalized messages for ANY contact - freaked my wife out when her message said to hurry home for some good sex tonight - she thought everyone was getting it... funny.
- After your message, you don't have Verizon give 20 seconds worth of instructions on how to leave a voicemail. Are there really those that don't know how? (YouMail basically hijacks your voicemail so it all goes through them)
- By the same token, if you want to call to get your messages instead of using the visual voicemail, it goes right to them very quickly, with no entering passwords - it knows you're calling. (You can call from another phone and use a password if you need to)
- It's easy to set up, and easy to disable if you don't like it.

The only con I've come upon is that the text that is sent is from a 5 digit number - Verizon now seems to think that this could be a text from a spammer or a premium service trying to trick you into paying for something. If you have "Premium messaging" blocked (which I do), you just get a message that a premium message came in. Strangely, this worked when I first set it up, but doesn't now. I sent a message to YouMail support a few days ago - no response.

I think I'm going to set up a dummy GMail account, and use push email to get notified. I don't use the push email for my regular email - I check it when I feel like it.

Anyway, worth giving it a shot - it's free.

How are people liking that Dashwire - looks cool, but don't know how much I'd really use it...

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I looked into youmail. It seems cool, but not a good idea for those on the Sprint network.

I guess Sprint charges $.20 per call that is forwarded to the youmail service.

Must be nice for the VZ people though.

I am still using grandcentral.com which has visual web based voicemail and a ton of other cool features. They give you a different number though,. but that has been great for me keeping my GC number through several carrier changes without doing any porting.

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On my touch its unnoticeable.

"worth giving a shot, it's free"