Visual Voicemail not working? Try...

[The_Chief]

For several weeks I had a problem with the app not working. I received voicemail notifications, but there was always a problem getting the messages to visual voicemail so I could read them. I cleared cache and data, restarted... nothing helped.

After spending nearly an hour with Verizon tech support, we finally identified the culprit:

VPN!

I turned off VPN and left myself a message using the Darling Bride's phone. Works great! So I have excluded the voicemail app from the VPN. I keep forgetting about that thing!

 

[Milo Williamson]

For several weeks I had a problem with the app not working. I received voicemail notifications, but there was always a problem getting the messages to visual voicemail so I could read them. I cleared cache and data, restarted... nothing helped.

After spending nearly an hour with Verizon tech support, we finally identified the culprit:

VPN!

I turned off VPN and left myself a message using the Darling Bride's phone. Works great! So I have excluded the voicemail app from the VPN. I keep forgetting about that thing!

Mine always pops up but never get the messages either... Hmmm... How can I open it up?

 

[Dannydet]

VPNs are great but there's always issues when they are running. Mainly banking, streaming apps and such...
Glad you worked it out.

 

[mikedt]

For several weeks I had a problem with the app not working. I received voicemail notifications, but there was always a problem getting the messages to visual voicemail so I could read them. I cleared cache and data, restarted... nothing helped.

After spending nearly an hour with Verizon tech support, we finally identified the culprit:

VPN!

I turned off VPN and left myself a message using the Darling Bride's phone. Works great! So I have excluded the voicemail app from the VPN. I keep forgetting about that thing!

I use Express VPN pretty much all the time on my phone, and I've had to exclude a few apps from it though. Specifically some Chinese apps like WeChat, AliPay, TaoBao, Merchant's Bank, Jinan Subway, DiDi, Baidu Maps. If I have WeChat going running through my VPN, my Covid QR code and vaccination status doesn't show.

 

[mikedt]

Mine always pops up but never get the messages either... Hmmm... How can I open it up?

In your VPN app's settings should be an option to exclude certain apps from the VPN's encrypted tunnel, like Visual Voicemail, etc.

 

[The_Chief]

Mine always pops up but never get the messages either... Hmmm... How can I open it up?

There should be an app called Voicemail. If you have visual voicemail, you should be able to read them in that app - as well as listen to them, delete them, etc.

 

[Milo Williamson]

Saids I have no VPN's saved..

 

[Milo Williamson]

There should be an app called Voicemail. If you have visual voicemail, you should be able to read them in that app - as well as listen to them, delete them, etc.

Saids:

"Visual voicemail:
The Device is unbalbe to start the set up process. Please check yourconnection as Visual Voicemail needs a celluar data network to work proerly."
So turn on the data?

That did work. Okay now I have it set up, no inboxes.

 

[The_Chief]

Have someone leave you voicemail

 

[Milo Williamson]

Have someone leave you voicemail

Hahaaa... I do not check it often lol

 

[The_Chief]

You should check it more often! I'm sure you are missing plenty of "free Marriott vacations" and great extended vehicle warranty coverage LOLOLOL

 

[Milo Williamson]

You should check it more often! I'm sure you are missing plenty of "free Marriott vacations" and great extended vehicle warranty coverage LOLOLOL

Or "Sorry sir, we are going to hang up on you."