TextFree on an iPhone 4S
For those who had mentioned the TextFree app, are any of you using it on an iPhone 4S? If so, are you also finding that when someone calls that number, the phone doesn't ring? For me, it just goes to voice mail after 8 or 10 rings. I was hoping this was a way to have a second number on an iPhone. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: TextFree on an iPhone 4S
Mine rings, but I can't seem to initiate a new text message. Maybe that's why they call it free. (smile) -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 7:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: TextFree on an iPhone 4S For those who had mentioned the TextFree app, are any of you using it on an iPhone 4S? If so, are you also finding that when someone calls that number, the phone doesn't ring? For me, it just goes to voice mail after 8 or 10 rings. I was hoping this was a way to have a second number on an iPhone. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: TextFree on an iPhone 4S
Hi, If you are on the screen with a compose button, just double tap that, then find the text field that has the word to before it and double tap and put in the person's name, etc. Then, find the spot that says Sent from textfree and double tap to get it in edit mode. That is the default signature unless you changed it. Then, the send button is kind of where it is on regular text messages, above the o and p, kind of. Very odd that your phone rings. I could only get it to ring if I turned off the cell data and only had Wi-Fi running, then rebooted the phone. I've sent a note to them, but I won't hold my breath for a reply since, as you point out, it is free, which often means less performance/support. HTH, Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary-Jo Lord Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 5:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: TextFree on an iPhone 4S Mine rings, but I can't seem to initiate a new text message. Maybe that's why they call it free. (smile) -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 7:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: TextFree on an iPhone 4S For those who had mentioned the TextFree app, are any of you using it on an iPhone 4S? If so, are you also finding that when someone calls that number, the phone doesn't ring? For me, it just goes to voice mail after 8 or 10 rings. I was hoping this was a way to have a second number on an iPhone. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TextFree on an iPhone 4S
I can't get this to work right for me either. I'll just stick with Google Voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos Q: What makes men chase women they have no intention of marrying? A: The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving. Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 On 6/1/2012 7:30 PM, Richard Turner wrote: For those who had mentioned the TextFree app, are any of you using it on an iPhone 4S? If so, are you also finding that when someone calls that number, the phone doesn't ring? For me, it just goes to voice mail after 8 or 10 rings. I was hoping this was a way to have a second number on an iPhone. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: TextFree on an iPhone 4S
I had not had any experience with incoming calls. I just tried it with mixed results. I tried it three times in a row calling it from my other phone. The first time it worked, however after I disconnected on the calling phone, the textfree continued to ring for about 30 seconds. It did that each of the three times. If one tries to answer the incoming call while it is still ringing but the caller has hung up, it will go to a connecting message for a few seconds and then drop and go back to the TextFree screen. So that's ok, not exactly perfect, but ok on that. My mixd results were that one of the 3 atempts TextFree did not ring until the rings had completed and sent the calling phone to voicemail. Then TextFree started ringing. Not reliable for incoming calls if you actually wish to answer them. Probably fine for voicemail. Works for outgoing calls and works for texting. I suspect it may, and I say may, have to do with how the app is being alerted to incoming calls and that may be using push notifications in some way and the performance of how quickly those push notifications are received may not work for incoming call necessary responsiveness. Receiving a ttext in 2 minutes is fine. Receiving the notification of the incoming call 2 minutes later doesn't work so well. On 6/1/12, Raul A. Gallegos r...@raulgallegos.com wrote: I can't get this to work right for me either. I'll just stick with Google Voice. -- Raul A. Gallegos Q: What makes men chase women they have no intention of marrying? A: The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving. Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rgallegos74 On 6/1/2012 7:30 PM, Richard Turner wrote: For those who had mentioned the TextFree app, are any of you using it on an iPhone 4S? If so, are you also finding that when someone calls that number, the phone doesn't ring? For me, it just goes to voice mail after 8 or 10 rings. I was hoping this was a way to have a second number on an iPhone. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: TextFree on an iPhone 4S
Thanks! I'll give it another try. For what ever reason, it kept wanting to call the person I was attempting to text. LOL! Actually, that's how I figured out that it would ring, because the person called me back. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 8:13 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: TextFree on an iPhone 4S Hi, If you are on the screen with a compose button, just double tap that, then find the text field that has the word to before it and double tap and put in the person's name, etc. Then, find the spot that says Sent from textfree and double tap to get it in edit mode. That is the default signature unless you changed it. Then, the send button is kind of where it is on regular text messages, above the o and p, kind of. Very odd that your phone rings. I could only get it to ring if I turned off the cell data and only had Wi-Fi running, then rebooted the phone. I've sent a note to them, but I won't hold my breath for a reply since, as you point out, it is free, which often means less performance/support. HTH, Richard -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary-Jo Lord Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 5:07 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: TextFree on an iPhone 4S Mine rings, but I can't seem to initiate a new text message. Maybe that's why they call it free. (smile) -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 7:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: TextFree on an iPhone 4S For those who had mentioned the TextFree app, are any of you using it on an iPhone 4S? If so, are you also finding that when someone calls that number, the phone doesn't ring? For me, it just goes to voice mail after 8 or 10 rings. I was hoping this was a way to have a second number on an iPhone. Richard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
