I have the exact same problem. I'm not sure what that problem is, but it's definitely an issue because sometimes some of these texts can be pretty important.
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SMS GV Extension - Anyone having issues receiving text?
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I have the exact same problem. I'm not sure what that problem is, but it's definitely an issue because sometimes some of these texts can be pretty important.
I think if you dont open the official google voice app for a long time , push notifications stops working
Opening the google voice app fixes this
Just remember to open the official google voice app once in a while
Opening the google voice app fixes this
Just remember to open the official google voice app once in a while
I also had this same issue with text messages sometimes not coming through. I think the google voice app notifications are more flaky than the e-mail notifications. Thus, consider having SMS GV Extension watch for the e-mails instead of the notifications.
When someone replies and I try to reply through push notification, the send button is faded out and I have go to app and reply how do I fix this
For anyone with this issue: How is your signal strength? Do you use wifi? This does happen to me occasionally but I can't pinpoint it either. I don't think it ever happened when I used to set GV to forward sms to my TextNow app for the 6+ months I used that. I'm guessing it's Google's push server? Because, GV is getting the sms but we are just not getting the notifications which the extension only intercepts.
I've had the same issues. A quick reinstall of google voice app and I'm back in business. Think the push notification quits working (google voice problem, not SMS GV)
I have the same problem. I try to remember to open up the Google Voice app every morning to avoid the push notifications dying out.
If you reboot or respring the iphone
You wont get push messages from google
U need to remember to open the google voice app
I found this to be the case too. But I'll try to reinstall the app like the previous poster recommended.
I'm trying and trying to get this to work. I have it set up correctly for sending - my texts are going through. But when I recieve texts, they are showing as coming from several (504) 30X-XXXX numbers, and not from my contact. Then the message comes through as "John Doe - <message here>" (obviously with my contacts name instead of John Doe)
What gives?
I have the official app installed, ON checked through receiving settings.
What gives?
I have the official app installed, ON checked through receiving settings.
After enjoying this for about 6 months, I finally realized that as awesome as this tweak is, the Google Voice App was an unreliable piece of junk. I missed my texts sometimes, and some of them were important, and it just wasn't working for me. So I decided to get the $10 messaging plan that AT&T was offering. I'm not entirely happy that I'm paying $10 a month to text, but at least it's reliable.
Been using the GV extensions now for many months, never had any trouble. No missing texts, everything works very well. My only wish is that Apple would integrate GV the way Android does but we know that just isn't gonna happen.
Been using the mail forwarding notification method instead of the gv mobile app for the last 3 weeks. Haven't missed a single text. I would definitely give it a try if you are have troubles.
How do i set that up ?
When i select to have mail send me push notifications bitesms doesn't work , notified pro receives tge message not bitesms
http://smsgvextension.appspot.com/support/support.html
Couple useful additions: go to the FAQ to see how to automatically mark the emails as read. I also have it set to automatically move to a folder I labeled gv SMS. Mail forwarding is definitely more reliable than push notifications from google. I used it for 6+ months to use gv SMS in textnow and didn't have any trouble until I switched to gv sms extension. So far so good.
I gave up trying to get it to work. I followed every instruction out there to the line. Nothing ever worked.
thanks i got it all set up
i did a few test
removed all apps from the background, did a respring then send myself a text & it worked
another test
removed all apps from background, now this time reboot ,then send myself a text and got the message ok
email is the way to go people for push notifications
doing the same test using the official google app notification system does not work if you reboot or respring you wont get push messages unless you reopen the app
I tried both. Push first, then email. I deleted settings, redid settings, uninstalled, reinstalled. I simply gave up. At this point, it's not worth the time or the headache.
i recommend everybody to dump the google app and use email for push
cause being jailbroken you respring and reboot the phone a lot most of the time , like when installing something from cydia, and you have to remember to reopen the Google app
with push email you dont need to do anything , it just works
cause being jailbroken you respring and reboot the phone a lot most of the time , like when installing something from cydia, and you have to remember to reopen the Google app
with push email you dont need to do anything , it just works
See, that's the thing. Email DIDN'T work for me, no matter how many times I set it up, redid settings, etc. Nothing worked.