While I haven't used Verizon's visual voicemail, I do use Google Voice as a substitute (I hear it essentially gives the same functionality). However, Google Voice is free.

The reason I popped into this thread in the first place is that I have a related problem with listening to Google Voice voicemail. Aside from reading the transcribed message, my choices are to listen to the voicemail over the speaker, or through the earpiece. Listening via the speaker presents a privacy issue, as well as the issue of being inconsiderate to those around me. Listening via the earpiece often results in unwanted things happening while the phone is pressed against my cheek, since the proximity sensor doesn't disable the screen (or maybe just Google Voice doesn't tell it to). Maybe this is just an issue on the Droid?

My point is that if you do get this figured out, you may not like listening via the earpiece anyway.

BTW, a drawback of voicemail in Google Voice is that unless you have notification sent to you via email or SMS, you don't get immediately notified - Google Voice will poll for it at a frequency you select.

 

Hi there,

Yeah, I too used Google Voice for better online voicemail service. I suggest try porting to Google voice and you do not need to pay a fee.

 

bump...anyone figure a way to get visual voicemail to play on handset earpiece and not speaker? thanks.

 

Is it confirmed that you can not listen to Verizon Visual Voicemails in the handset earpiece? Only Speakerphone? Thanks.

 

jeffyo is suggesting that staff look at the post

http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?p=172077#post172077

They have given the following reason:

 

Yep. Should be fixed with the December 11 update. It is in the leaked documents at least.

 

BTW

If you want the audio in the ear piece you can still call your voicemail and listen that way. It is a bug that the speakerphone is all that works for VVM, but that will be fixed soon.

 

You could switch to Google Voice for voicemail and listen to voicemail in the Google Voice app.

 

So are u guys saying that you are using GV visual voicemail or Verizon visual voicemail?

If GV, how do I make it work with my droid? I dont wanna pay 3 bucks a month for something I have for free