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Help How To Get Rid Of Voicemail Notification?

PsychDoc

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May 30, 2010
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My nephew is finding that even after he's cleared his new voicemails he is still getting the little icon notifying him that he was a v-mail in his notifications bar. There seems to be no way for him to clear this. He's deleted all his v-mails, then had someone call him and leave a message and then deleted that one. Nothing seems to make the icon go away from the notification bar. He brought it to a Verizon store and the tech guys couldn't help him. They suggested a hard reboot might be necessary. He doesn't want to do that for obvious reasons as he'd lose all his apps and email accts, etc.

Anyone have any ideas what's going on or if there's a fix for this?
 
My nephew is finding that even after he's cleared his new voicemails he is still getting the little icon notifying him that he was a v-mail in his notifications bar. There seems to be no way for him to clear this. He's deleted all his v-mails, then had someone call him and leave a message and then deleted that one. Nothing seems to make the icon go away from the notification bar. He brought it to a Verizon store and the tech guys couldn't help him. They suggested a hard reboot might be necessary. He doesn't want to do that for obvious reasons as he'd lose all his apps and email accts, etc.

Anyone have any ideas what's going on or if there's a fix for this?

Honestly I have the same exact issue and I have no idea how to get rid of it. Tried everything except resetting the phone.
 
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I have a suggestion I am not sure if it will help since I am on Sprint but if this is the stock Verizon voice mail have you considered trying google voice mail instead. I stopped using Sprints v-mail on a couple phones long ago and switched to google vm. I have a google voice widget on my home screen and when I get a voice mail the first line of the transcript pops up so I get an idea what the person wants without even touching phone and if you get a lot of voice mails its handy to log on to your account with a computer to view and delete. I am waiting for Sprint to get the Nexus after you guys get all the bugs fixed.
 
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My nephew is finding that even after he's cleared his new voicemails he is still getting the little icon notifying him that he was a v-mail in his notifications bar. There seems to be no way for him to clear this. He's deleted all his v-mails, then had someone call him and leave a message and then deleted that one. Nothing seems to make the icon go away from the notification bar. He brought it to a Verizon store and the tech guys couldn't help him. They suggested a hard reboot might be necessary. He doesn't want to do that for obvious reasons as he'd lose all his apps and email accts, etc.

Anyone have any ideas what's going on or if there's a fix for this?

Ok so after a full day figured out how to fix it. Its a sim card problem changed my sim card called rogers and agent told me he will reset switch or send out an update reset switch to my phone. It fixed the problem

Hope this helps
 
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Update:

The problem was not the phone, it was a problem with Verizon's voice mail. They reset it for him, he changed his password and now all is well. They sent him a test v-mail, the icon showed up on the screen, he listened to it and hit "7" (erase) and the icon went away, as it should have all along. It was never a problem with the phone...the phone previously had just been showing the signal it was getting from Verizon.
 
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HERE IT IS GUYS:

Go to manage applications under settings and open the dialer. Click on clear cache/clear data.

Done.

I have been frustrated with this problem for months. I finally googled the problem and found this forum thread.

Within seconds I was doing what you suggested AND IT WORKED!

I joined this community just so I could Thank You !!!!

I am so happy I could kiss you ! :) <3 :)

thank you soooo much ~~~~Lori
 
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You guys, show some manners when dealing with the voicemail prompt. When she has deleted all your messages and what not, don't just abruptly leave the conversation without notice. Hit "*" to disconnect from her, like a gentlemen. Not only is this the courteous way to conclude a conversation, but in turn, she will also remove the voicemail icon in your statusbar.
 
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HERE IT IS GUYS:

Go to manage applications under settings and open the dialer. Click on clear cache/clear data.

Done.

Did not work for me. Funny that I never use Verizon's stock VM. I use YouMail and have done so since my Blackberry days. This just started yesterday.

Just read Aurora's post and instead of Dialer, I tried Phone and that did work! I have both in my Apps. Thanks, Aurora!
 
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HERE IT IS GUYS:

Go to manage applications under settings and open the dialer. Click on clear cache/clear data.

Done.

Thanks! I was getting this every time my phone was turned off and back on. I was able to temporarily get rid of it by long pressing the notice after pulling down the notification bar and it would give an option to go into the app and force stop it, but having a permanent fix is much nicer.
 
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