Rooted Verizon GS5 Lollipop - visual voicemail

[bkenobi69]

I just rooted my Verizon GS5 onto Lollipop (earlier thread). I froze everything I didn't want running including updates prior to activating the phone on the network. In the past, Verizon seems to push the VVM update almost immediately, but it can't happen with everything frozen. My concern is, if I enable update, won't Verizon push the Marshmallow update too? I just want the voicemail app but I can't find it anywhere. Is my best bet defrosting the update stuff long enough to get VVM and then freeze it? Or, is there an APK somewhere?

tl;dr where can I get the Verizon visual voicemail apk? If not available, will defrosting the update stuff force a Lollipop->Marshmallow update that i DON'T want?

 

[Ibuprophen]

I just rooted my Verizon GS5 onto Lollipop (earlier thread). I froze everything I didn't want running including updates prior to activating the phone on the network. In the past, Verizon seems to push the VVM update almost immediately, but it can't happen with everything frozen. My concern is, if I enable update, won't Verizon push the Marshmallow update too? I just want the voicemail app but I can't find it anywhere. Is my best bet defrosting the update stuff long enough to get VVM and then freeze it? Or, is there an APK somewhere? tl;dr where can I get the Verizon visual voicemail apk? If not available, will defrosting the update stuff force a Lollipop->Marshmallow update that i DON'T want?

your best bet is to post this question within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073

Good Luck!


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[bkenobi69]

I posted to that thread. Hopefully someone will see it either here or there.

 

[bkenobi69]

I turned software updates back on to see if that would convince Verizon to update VVM. Nothing happened, so I checked for updates. It offered me the MM update but didn't offer anything else (I politely declined).

In the past, Verizon just pushed the update and automatically turned on the Advanced VVM which they charged for (downgrade to basic for no charge) and I didn't have a choice. Now I'm not even getting an option. My wife is on a Verizon GS5 MM and she has Basic VVM so I know it's not been eliminated.

 

[bkenobi69]

This issue has been resolved. I called Verizon and after waiting 20 minutes on hold, I was able to get them to resend the Premium VVM offer which automatically upgraded my VM app to VVM. I declined Premium and now have Basic VVM.