HTC M8 Developer Edition & GPE -- No Visual Voicemail

[Brody1]

I just purchased and activated the M8 developer edition and quickly found out that visual voicemail is not supported. I contacted AT&T and they confirmed it is not supported with the developer or GPE versions. Anyone have this working? What are the alternatives? Google voice seems like it is hit or miss.

 

[KOLIO]

WELCOME TO ANDROID FORUMS Brody1: arty:

The quickest & easiest way to get AT&T's visual voice mail is likely to return the handset to HTC (if possible) & get AT&T's variant,which should be out next week.

However,if you want to wait & risk losing the window of opportunity for a possible refund from HTC,someone may be able to pull the .apk from an AT&T variant (& side load the application) & make it work.

I'm not certain if that's even possible,hopefully someone else can chime in w/a bit more know-how & a possible solution that works well enough for you.

 

[KOLIO]

Just a FWIW,I tried something similar with a GPE MOTO G & T-MOBILE's WI-FI Calling.

I found an .apk download for it,side-loaded it & yes it loaded up,but,it didn't work,only force-closing on start-up/boot.

Even if someone can pull the .apk from an AT&T variant of the same hardware,I'm guessing the firmware/software is deeply imbedded & even if it can work,it'll probably take quite a bit of doing.

Also,I just went to AT&T's site to look for the HTC ONE M8 & add visual voicemail to the cart & it wouldn't allow it.Says this phone isn't compatible w/visual voice mail.

Might wanna make a couple calls/visit AT&T to verify.

Edit: Took another look @AT&T's site,visual voicemail is available on the HTC ONE M8.

Please keep us posted on your progress/results w/the Developer's EDITION & visual voicemail.

 

[Brody1]

Thanks for your reply. It turns out that HTC built in visual voice mail into Sense on the ATT version. Kinda frustrating. I really want the developer edition.

 

[KOLIO]

Similar situation w/T-MOBILE & WI-FI Calling.

You get a cleaner phone,whether it be the Developer Edition or GPE,but,you lose the carrier touches,good & bad.

Ditto w/the NEXUS devices.

 

[grokr989]

Similar situation w/T-MOBILE & WI-FI Calling.

You get a cleaner phone,whether it be the Developer Edition or GPE,but,you lose the carrier touches,good & bad.

Ditto w/the NEXUS devices.

Would this issue be the same on the unlocked version? I just got mine in the mail and was going to go port my number from Verizon but if VVM doesn't work I'm just going to return it.