Hi all. As you may or may not know, I'm a Google Voice fan. One of the
primary reasons why I jailbreak is to fully integrate Google Voice with
my iPhone. This means total integration in making and receiving phone
calls as well as texts. I was able to do this fine with jailbroken iOS
4.X and 5.X using 2 tweaks called Phone GV Extension and SMS GV
Extension. These allow you to tap on a number anywhere and call like
normal, but the call originates from your Google number instead of your
real cell number. The sms tweak is the same for making and receiving
texts using the regular messages app, meaning that it will come to and
from your Google number. All of this was lost in the jailbreak of iOS6
because the developer didn't update those tweaks to work with iOS6.
However a couple of weeks ago, a new developer who took over those
tweaks released a new tweak called Call on GV. This is the calling
portion of the Google voice tweak allowing you to seamlessly make and
receive Google voice calls on your phone using the phone app or tapping
on a number from anywhere. Today I discovered that he released the SMS
on GV tweak, which adds the functionality to sms texting as well. So,
this makes my Google Voice experience complete once more on my phone.
Please note that without jailbreaking you can still use a Google Voice
number with your iPhone, but you will need to do it through an app such
as the official and free Google Voice app, or from the highly
recommended app called GV Connect. Because it's not a total integration,
you have to make phone calls from that app's dialer, and you have to do
all your texting from within the app. So, it's not a total loss. However
if you are inside another app which wants to send out a text message to
share information, it will send it from your real cell number instead of
your Google number. This is why jailbreaking is necessary.
I hope this helps some of you out there, and please note that this
message doesn't mean you should jailbreak. Remember it's not for
everyone. It's not illegal, but it does void your warranty. All that
being said, my phone is out of warranty, and so I'm fine.
--
Raul A. Gallegos
Immature: A word boring people use to describe fun people. - Sheldon Cooper
Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47
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