[Q] Is there a way to get the verizon visual voicemail vvm.apk to work with CM6?

[htc_woe_is_me]

I have the files to install the app itself, but when I try it says that it's already installed and asks me to uninstall it. Is there something that I need to do in order to make this work? I really hate google voice and other alternatives to the stock app. This is literally the only thing that I don't really like about cyanogenmod, and it's probably not worth using a different rom just because of this, so if anyone knows a fix please let me know, thanks!

 

[htc_woe_is_me]

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[element533]

Same issue: no VZW VVM on CM 6.1 RC2 / Incredible

I agree, I would really like to have the stock visual voicemail app on my CM installation. Does anybody have any ideas about how to get this to work?

I tried copying the VVM.apk from the original system image and installing it, but I get a DEXOPT error, and I don't really know what that means. Is there anyway to recompile/repackage the APK to make it work on the CM ROM?

I'm familiar with basic Android software development and tools, I just need help finding what direction to go in.

 

[cmlusco]

Use file manager and go to "/system"
Mount the folder R/W(Read/Write
open build.prop in Text Editor
look for "ro.horizontalVvvm = True" and chenge it to False
look for "ro.horizontalBUA = True" and change it to False
save your edit, and back out to thr "/system" folder. Once again switch the directory back to R/O, exit your apps and reboot.

You shoulkd now be able to install your Vvm.apk without it telling you to uninstall it because one is already installed.

Note I am using Virtuous rom however it should work for most roms I would imagine.

If you do not have a Vvm.apk here is one from the Droid X but it works great on my incredible. Looks almost like the stock incredible version.

mc-pdfd-live.dyndns.org/droid/VIRTUOUS_ROM_3.2.0_ADDONS/Motorola_Virtual_Voicemail/virtual-voicemail.zip

Hope this helped.

 

[BYUsinger84]

I can't edit the file. It errors when I try to save.

 

[cmlusco]

Here are a couple of simple questions for BYUsinger84 to help me figure it out.

Is your phone rooted ? If not this will not work.

If thats not the problem are you making sure to mount the "/system" folder R/W(Read/Write) before modifying the "build.prop" file, and then back to R/O(Read/Only) once editing is done and saved.

You say it errors when you try to save. Sounds like you probably didnt mount the "/system" folder to be R/W not allowing the modified file to be written to the phone.

If you did do all of that corrrectly and it still dosen't work, try to write down or get a screen capture of the exact error as it is written on your screen.

Hope this helps.

 

[sd_N]

Yes. this fix works on the Incredibly ReEngineered rom as well. Thanks for the ups.

 

[slipkid16]

THANKS!

I lost the visual voicemail app when I flash the OMGB V7 rom

 

[phydo]

Why not use Google voice? Sets up the same thing.

Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA Premium App

 

[jMoney2448]

Google voice is free and awsome wouldent live without it

Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

 

[fxb141]

Use file manager and go to "/system"
Mount the folder R/W(Read/Write
open build.prop in Text Editor
look for "ro.horizontalVvvm = True" and chenge it to False
look for "ro.horizontalBUA = True" and change it to False
save your edit, and back out to thr "/system" folder. Once again switch the directory back to R/O, exit your apps and reboot.

You shoulkd now be able to install your Vvm.apk without it telling you to uninstall it because one is already installed.

Note I am using Virtuous rom however it should work for most roms I would imagine.

If you do not have a Vvm.apk here is one from the Droid X but it works great on my incredible. Looks almost like the stock incredible version.

URL=removed by me cuz im a noob and external links are banned for us as noobs

Hope this helped.

FYI i know this is an older post, but maybe, like me, someone will search for how to make vvm work - this is for my tbolt, but looks like it works on andriods in general, just gotta have hookup to big red.

Im running synergy rc2 and these switches are already true. i used root explorer to browse to the system/build.prop file and viewed it (didnt have to edit, but if i did, root explorer already opens r/w defalut and if you select and hold, the menu that comes up has the 'edit in text editor' selection available)

the titanium backup of vvm.apk wouldnt install, but when i downloaded the one above (THANKS FOR IT), i installed it and my messages started coming in. i installed it right from the SD card - not sure if that will bite me in the butt later, but oh well.

for those who ask why vvm - i am new to android and never set up gvoice account before jumping into the root game. oops on my part, but its kinda nice cuz it makes me dig in and look at the way things work. to retreive my vms, both past (like my 4year old son calling and telling me that when we went through texas, thats where t-rexes lived long ago) and present/new. now that it is working again, NOW i can migrate to gvoice and drop the 2.99 fees!

i suspect there are others in a similar boat...