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Google Voice Question

BigDaddyFromCincinnati said:
How do you text from your phone using Google Voice?
Sorry, just got my # and I'm new to this.
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Just download the Google Voice app from the Marketplace. You can SMS from there. It has all the features in there. Also you can have GV transcribe your voicemails and text them to you so you don't have to bother listening to them.
 
I see with the app I can go in and change the label to SMS and then compose a text I assume. How do I get the To: box to auto complete with my contacts?
 
BigDaddyFromCincinnati said:
I see with the app I can go in and change the label to SMS and then compose a text I assume. How do I get the To: box to auto complete with my contacts?
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Mine does. I just start typing in the first name of the person and it populates a list after the first few characters. I'm presuming it's pulling it off of my Google contacts and not the contacts on my phone (even though they are the same).
 
OfTheDamned said:
Hmmm my google voice only acts as a voicemail box. How are you guys getting anything for sms on there?
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After you download the Google Voice app and open it, press Menu->Compose. That will send SMS messages from your Google Voice number.
 
thetomlin2 said:
Thats strange ... your in the inbox, right? I wonder if its a 1.5/2.1 thing. ekyle, do you have 1.5 still, or did you do the leaked update to 2.1 ... I am still on 1.5
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Yep, I just uninstalled and reinstalled it to make sure I didn't skip something in the setup, but there is nothing there. I have never had it in the past, but I would like to start using the sms option now.
 
Ok, I figured it out. I didn't have a normal Google Voice number or something. I went into my account and changed it and now everything works as you guys describe.
 
thetomlin2 said:
Thats strange ... your in the inbox, right? I wonder if its a 1.5/2.1 thing. ekyle, do you have 1.5 still, or did you do the leaked update to 2.1 ... I am still on 1.5
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I'm still running 1.5. I'm going to wait for the OTA. Sorry about the wait, I didn't check back in here last night.

OfTheDamned said:
Yep, I just uninstalled and reinstalled it to make sure I didn't skip something in the setup, but there is nothing there. I have never had it in the past, but I would like to start using the sms option now.
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You got it. I did the same thing when I first started using Google Voice. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't send SMS through the app. I did some Googling and found that you needed a Google number to do it.

BigDaddyFromCincinnati said:
Got it working !!!!
The numbers are auto filling in.
Thanks everyone for the info !!!!
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Congrats! Enjoy :)
 
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