Great news! Now I just have to wait for the ios7 Jailbreak, and hope it doesn't break this tweak. On May 22, 2013, at 3:36 PM, "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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 Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
