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Those texts look exactly like what happens when you put Sprint visual voicemail onto an AOSP ROM, though I think the latest CM versions are able to correctly hide those texts (I'm using SlimBean 4.3 right now on my GS3). I'm not really an expert on this, but I believe the Sprint visual voicemail app uses these SMS messages to determine whether you got a voicemail or not, and while stock ROMs know how to handle this, this functionality is not baked into AOSP, so it just comes in as a regular text.

 

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I just ended up calling the number and pressing 1, which I guess disables visual voicemail completely. Haven't seen it since.

I really hope SVLTE is pronounced "svelte"

Nice. I put an order for a black 32 and it still just saying "leaves 2-3 weeks"...... My sims haven't even shipped from Sprint.

 

 

There is a way to go into the Gmail settings and unintegrate them, have to be on a computer to do it a believe. Then reintegrate through the phone app. This may or may not work. Worked for some customers when I worked at Sprint.

 

Side note, TINY DEATH STAR 

Doh. Tried that and when re-adding GV/Sprint integration GV says it could not set my Google Voice number. Maybe I should wait awhile before trying to re-add it.

And hell yeah Tiny Death Star!

Switched from a GS3 to Nexus 5. I also have Sprint integration with Google Voice.

I'm getting these weird SMSs from shortcodes:

I get ones from another shortcode that are even more garbled. Calling that number says something like "Our records indicate you are calling from a SMS voice messaging equipped phone. Press 1 if you recently bought a phone that cannot do this."

Should I press one? I don't want to make some change that's going to break something.

The writer is running with some incorrect info that one Sprint frontline employee told him.  Poor journalism.

 

AJ

Yes,  blame the messenger and not the source of the incorrect information... 

Some serious Stockholm Syndrome going on in here.

I am interested in the t-mobile experience where wifi acts like an airave. Same number, no apps, no setup...it just works.

 

I think its poor form of Google to not make that possible on their device. Vanilla google shouldn't mean "lacks critical features"  (cough sd card cough)

Don't blame Google, blame T-Mobile for not making it available.

Man I don't know anyone has gotten a SIM or even a pre-order out of Sprint. They treat it like gold. Really tempting to ditch this BS forever and go elsewhere.

Yep.

Yes sir.  I am opening up a ticket right now.

 

I don't know why Sprint hasn't received the MEIDs yet.

 

If you try and activate online you get this error:

 

 New device to activate

 

Not the right device? Select an inactive device from your account or enter new device.

Hmmm… this number doesn't match our records, please try again.

If I try to swap my Nexus 5 with my GS3 online it will accept my IMEI (without the 0 at the end). It recognizes it as Model: LG D8201G WH XCVR SGL and asks for the SIM information.

Of course I don't have a SIM so...