I am a user of Call on GV, but the functionality I am missing is to touch a phone link (say, in the browser, or "dial" on a google local search) and have the option to call using VOIP, like I can in GV+ (which uses Google Chat rather than cell minutes.) Any ideas about solutions? THANK YOU!
On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:36:19 PM UTC-7, Raul Gallegos 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. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting 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.
