I'm really sorry, but GV is horrible

I just use it for texting, but for whatever reason it sometimes doesn't refresh or push or whatever it's supposed to do, and I get texts two days later.

 

They just did an update on the app which might fix some of the problems you are experiencing:

Release Notes
version 0.3.4

• Improved reliability of Inbox Synchronization
• SMS forwarding can now be turned on or off from the app
• Several bug fixes
• Support for Android v2.2

I like the last one the most cause this means 2.2 is coming out real soon!

 

I've been using for a few weeks so relatively new user.

No issues - seems to work as it is supposed to.

Transcription can be pretty hokey especially for people who are speaking their own special english.

But no real complaints.

Now I set it up once and didn't make a lot of changes . . . maybe that makes a difference.

 

Why apologize? If it doesn't work for you then don't use it. Personally, I've not experienced any such problems.

 

s1njin: Can you clarify your problem with the phone aspect of GV? I did not quite understand what was going wrong. Perhaps I can help.

 

Been using GV since the early days of GrandCentral (before Google bought it). I've never had significant problems with it. Sometimes call quality or latency is poor, but nothing even close to the issues the original poster has.

The big downside though, is that when you DO have problems, who ya gonna call? Typical Google support, meaning just about non-existent.

 

From some of your descriptions about calls going to phones you have "disabled" or unchecked.

The checkmark on the phone settings menu is for "default" calls... Groups and/or contact settings override that setting.

For instance, I have my Home, Work and Cell phone attached to my GV. I have only my CELL as the "default" (i.e. checked) for incoming calls. That means if no other rules apply, ring my cell.

My contact groups control what phone rings for people I already know.

Any time I've had a weird situation where a phone was ringing that I thought shouldn't turned out to be user-error.

With lots of configuration comes easy to miss items. Once setup its awesome and I love the control it gives me.

It's nice to send certain people straight to voicemail and/or have a special voicemail for people you don't want calling you... "You've reached this message because I have no desire to have a conversation with you, you can leave a message if you want, but be aware that it won't be listened too" for the group "blacklist"

I also dropped my txt plan a few months ago and haven't looked back. Love the free SMS. MMS would be nice since none of the multi service IM clients seem to send pictures like beejive did on my iphone :-(

 

GV can be finicky at times, but has huge upside, so I hope you figure it out. Did the new update help?

 

Just had a phantom call today where GV called my house even though it was unchecked in settings.

Hope this isn't a trend as I have gone whole hog with giving out the new number.

 

Just for the heck of it I called my home phone using GV (on ERIS) and my GV # did NOT show up on my home caller id, but my actual cell phone number.

I was using the newest updated GV, but went back to the 0.2 version. Same results.

How can I fix it?

 

Same here. Been using it to route calls to my home phone, SIP and sometimes my cell without any real issues. Transcription isn't that great, but I can make out what it means 9 times out of 10 without needing to actually listen to the message which is a big plus in my book.