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[T-Mobile] $30 Pre-Paid Unlimited Texting/Internet(5gb) & 100min

Re: [T-Mobile] $30 Pre-Paid Unlimited Texting/Internet(5gb) & 10

You are correct that you can't do call forward but you can use GV voice mail in a different way.

1) Make google voice your main number
2) forward all call to tmobile number
3) ask Tmobile to disable your Tmobile voice mail, so it does not pick up

Now voice mails go to GV and you get can get them as text messages.

/edit typo

I agree with @redholm.You can transfer your number from google voice to tmobile number.

reply to redholm

Yes but the google voice application uses up your minutes.

There are other applications groovIP, talkatone etc that will use data connection instead.

You can also get voice mails forward to email and listen to voice mails that way.

reply to freakout9903
How can it use your minutes? It is a data application.

»play.google.com/store/apps/detai···glevoice

Lol did you read the page you linked to?

Last paragraph of the description has this.

"...When using Google Voice for Android, both domestic and international calls are placed through a US-based Google Voice access number, and will use the standard minutes from your cell phone plan."

reply to freakout9903
I asked : Can you use the google voice application too to get the voicemails?

I did not ask about calling any numbers.

The google voice application on my current Sprint GNex phone is used to receive voicemails, it downloads them to the phone when a new voicemail is left.

I have read that the T-Mobile pre-paid plans do not integrate well or at all with this application, I wondered if it had changes or improved recently.

On all provider, except Sprint, calling GV voice mail using google voice app is a call to a regular number and uses your minutes.

I have my voice mail forwarded to email and can use data to get the mail that has the message. I also use talkatone which can get to voice mail not using minutes. Talkatone need a good data connection email does not.

Maybe I am not being very clear, not a native speaker.

Correct you are not calling a number the UI is easy press a button.
No you are not using the data connection google voice app will use your voice connection.
No the voice mail is not downloaded to you device.

I heard that Sprint works differently with google voice but I have never used Sprint.

The reason talkatone and groveIP exist is because google voice app will use your minutes. Assuming you are not on Sprint but this is a T-Mobile thread so Sprint is not in the picture unless otherwise mentioned.

I stand corrected, I was going to remove my SIM and try to get voice mail but you beat me to it with the Nexus 7.

The Nexus 7 was a perfect proof.

reply to freakout9903
Thanks, so has anyone tried doing this with a pre-paid T-Mobile plan?

I can do this no problem with a Sprint plan. I can also listen to the voice mails on my wifi only Nexus7 and online at the google.com/voice website.

reply to freakout9903
Can T-Mobile users of this plan Roam on AT&T Wireless' network for 2G/3G data connectivity to the internet? A friend lives in rural NE PA where the only wired broadband is substandard DSL for $50/mo (for a lousy few hundred kbps and it's capped at 5GB) so this could be a better deal for him if there's some way to tether a phone to an 802.11 router.

There is no data roaming on this plan. There are reports that there is voice roaming but I have not experience it myself.

As to connecting other devices and use the data plan. This is normally called tether and is not allowed in the contract. Many people are reporting doing it but some people have reported getting caught. I think they said data was turned of.

Your friend can get a SIM card and test the signal and speed. Another alternative is Verizon LTE tablet plans. Not cheaper than DLS but probably faster if you have coverage.

reply to freakout9903
An easy way to discover if T-Mobile pre-paid minutes are used - call #999# before and after a call/action.

This will display the T-Mobile pre-paid account balance (minutes and dollars remaining).

reply to freakout9903
What I do is turn on wifi and use Text Plus to listen to my voicemail.
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