Google Voice via OBI, mobile phone interaction
dhobi:
My setup: GV via OBI as my "landline". My mobile is added to GV too but the forwarding box is not checked, only the chat box is checked so I can receive incoming calls to my OBI.
I would like to be able to forward my GV calls to my mobile when I travel, that's why I added my mobile number to GV, so I can disable the chat forward and enable mobile forward when I need to. However, I have a problem with this setup: I am not able to "call home" from my mobile, in other words call my GV number from my mobile. GV detects my mobile number and thinks I want to check my GV voicemail instead of ringing my OBI device (the forward to mobile box is not checked in GV). Is this possible to fix or just the way GV works?
If it's not possible to fix it, here are a couple of solutions I can think off, if you could comment on the pros cons of each one:
1) Have another GV number, let's call it GV2. Remove my mobile from GV and add it to GV2 and always forward GV2 to my mobile. Then set GV to forward to GV2 only when I need to, in effect going to my mobile. This is adding another level of indirection. I realize that if I'm not careful with the forwarding I can end up in a loop.
2) Have OBI forward all incoming calls to my mobile when I need to. I haven't figured out how to do so yet, but I've seen some star codes mentioned. The question here is if it's even possible to receive an incoming call via GV SP1 and then forward it to my mobile right away on the same GV SPa as I don't have another SP to forward via (I use SP2 for a dedicated VOIP provider for int'l calls only that is allowed to call only certain numbers, it can't call my mobile).
Has anyone else solved this problem?
Stewart:
GV Settings, Phones tab, click Edit for your mobile, click Show advanced settings, under "Direct access to voicemail ..." select no, click Save.
dhobi:
Quote from: Stewart on March 01, 2012, 10:20:21 am
GV Settings, Phones tab, click Edit for your mobile, click Show advanced settings, under "Direct access to voicemail ..." select no, click Save.
I tried that but it still didn't work. My OBI device didn't ring, though I heard rings in the mobile until I ended up in the GV voicemail. The OBI device rings correctly if I call my GV from a phone that's not listed in the GV account.
Stewart:
Possibly, your OBi is routing such calls differently. What, if anything, gets logged in the OBi's Call History when you call your GV number from your mobile?
dhobi:
Quote from: Stewart on March 01, 2012, 10:27:32 am
Possibly, your OBi is routing such calls differently. What, if anything, gets logged in the OBi's Call History when you call your GV number from your mobile?
Ah interesting. It shows the incoming call is routed to "AA1" I'm guessing because I added my mobile to the "Trusted Callers" on ObiTalk. But why isn't the OBI picking up in this case and I eventually hear the GV voicemail message? I guess I don't understand how I can use AA.
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