The only thing I found on the thread was how to close the app after it started. I didn't see anything on the thread about preventing it from starting in the first place. I can live with having to manually close it every time my phone boots, but I would rather not have to.
I did try killing it with tasker but no luck. Perhaps if I rooted my phone.
I used Android Assistant to kill it at startup, pretty easy, so it would only run when I start it.
give it a try
I found a solution. If you log out of Dell voice then exit it will not restart on boot. Considering i will only use it infrequently i think that's what I'll do.
The desk top client appears buggy! I was lying here on the couch nowhere near it and it randomly dialled voicemail! I was startled to hear it play out over the pc speakers. Uninstalled from pc!
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I haven't downloaded DV, but the Market entry says that if you disable notifications you won't get incoming phone calls.
Perhaps disabling notifications will also prevent it from starting up in the background?
There is something about exit in the settings being added, but there are also complaints in the reviews that no such thing exists.
Another thought is you can download 1Kill which lets you make shortcuts specifically designed to kill individual apps. So you can have one icon for DV and then one icon for "Kill DV" beside it on your home screen.
A couple of nights ago, both my friends and myself have problems logging into the Dell Voice via its Android app. So much "Dell Voice keeps you Covered...blah blah blah" as in the subject line. (moral of the story, there is no free lunch, you want to "keep yourself Covered", get a decent VOIP provider to the very least). (Not saying Dell Voice has no value, but I won't use the term "keeps you covered" as like some kind of insurance advertisement).
A couple of nights ago, both my friends and myself have problems logging into the Dell Voice via its Android app. So much "Dell Voice keeps you Covered...blah blah blah" as in the subject line. (moral of the story, there is no free lunch, you want to "keep yourself Covered", get a decent VOIP provider to the very least). (Not saying Dell Voice has no value, but I won't use the term "keeps you covered" as like some kind of insurance advertisement).
Dell Voice was probably going through some maintenance. Although it was down, it's still not bad. Everything isn't guaranteed. Services can go down for various reasons. Even Wind goes down. I have been w/o services in various areas for more than a couple of days at a time. Nothing is perfect. I don't think the OP meant it as any kind of insurance. As will all things, it's caveat emptor.
Dell Voice was probably going through some maintenance. Although it was down, it's still not bad. Everything isn't guaranteed. Services can go down for various reasons. Even Wind goes down. I have been w/o services in various areas for more than a couple of days at a time. Nothing is perfect. I don't think the OP meant it as any kind of insurance. As will all things, it's caveat emptor.
I know the OP's wording could be interpreted one of the 2 ways. But I think it is still bad since it is down. They are a new service, but Fongo is not new, as FreePhoneLine.ca has operated for years, powered by Fongo (pretty much everything same except clients). FreePhoneLine has been fairly solid, according to my friends who use it more than I do.
No, nothing is perfect, and thus I won't phrase it like the title line. It sounds too much like a promotion than a straight fact way. For example: You can at least have Dell Voice in case you are out of WIND Mobile Home coverage. and not "Dell Voice keeps you Covered...." . So I think the problem is more about semantic than what or how bad Dell Voice is / was (and thus I said it does have value).
As for WIND goes down. Well, since we pay for their service, we have the right to complain about it. Dell Voice is free, and I don't think a complaint will get us anything much.
A few of you have talked about using it on wi-fi while roaming, and/or forwarding your cell # to it while roaming. But when you are roaming, US or overseas, all incoming and outgoing calls are considered international calls, no? Don't you need to buy credits to make or take international calls?
A few of you have talked about using it on wi-fi while roaming, and/or forwarding your cell # to it while roaming. But when you are roaming, US or overseas, all incoming and outgoing calls are considered international calls, no? Don't you need to buy credits to make or take international calls?
If you are setting up an "unconditional" forwarding where all calls no matter if your phone is on/off/busy/no answer/etc to your Dell Voice #, then you would NOT be charged because WIND is handing the forwarding to your Dell Voice # without the involvement of the Roaming network.
Any other type of conditional forwarding WOULD result in roaming charges since WIND is sending the call to the roaming network to take care of any forwarding request.
So basically the ideal situation before you leave Canada is to forward all calls to Dell Voice, when you arrive your destination, connect to Wifi (or a local carrier's data network) and receive/place calls over Dell Voice.
Thanks, djino. But I'm still somewhat confused over the incurring of roaming charges by Wind, vs the international calling charges by Fongo. I interpret what you have described would eliminate roaming charges by Wind, but when you are using Dell Voice outside Canada, those would be international calls, no? Only calls made in Canada, and to Canada are completely free, is it not?
Thanks, djino. But I'm still somewhat confused over the incurring of roaming charges by Wind, vs the international calling charges by Fongo. I interpret what you have described would eliminate roaming charges by Wind, but when you are using Dell Voice outside Canada, those would be international calls, no? Only calls made in Canada, and to Canada are completely free, is it not?
Dell Voice is a VOIP product. Like all VOIP services, the location of where you are using it is irrelevant as long you have an internet connection.
Dell Voice allows free calling to most numbers in Canada. Using Dell Voice in Australia, Europe, Africa doesn't change the product which offers free calling to numbers in Canada. If you want to call to a number outside Canada, this is where a cost is involved, but again it doesn't matter where you PHYSICALLY are, only where you are CALLING TO.
It doesn't matter where you are when you make the calls (or where you are when you receive them.) Your Dell Voice call is just data being sent over the Internet to the Dell Voice servers and they don't care where it came from. All they care about is the number you are dialing (because they need to connect from their servers to the phone network at some point to complete the call) so if you're calling a number in Canada that's free to call from Dell Voice, the call is still free no matter where you are.
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I've just started to educate myself on this VOIP stuff, as I haven't had much need for it up till now.
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