[EDIT - I just tried this just now, and it did not work this time, please leave comments to let myself and others know if it is working for you.]
EDIT - have tried several times since it did not work, and it has worked for me, so this *should* still be working
Has someone called your Google Voice number with a blocked number?
Do you want to find out what number they called you from?
Here is a simple trick that you can use to trap the ANI of the caller.
- Let your Google Voice mail pick the call up
- Log into www.google.com/voice
- Locate the blocked callers voice mail.
- Click the MORE button.
- Click the EMAIL button
- E-mail the message to any non g-mail email address (the non-gmail thing is from the post out on the interwebs that I found this information, not sure if it is required or not)
Now when you check the email with the message the phone number of the caller will appear.
Original message with blocked caller ID |
Forwarded message with caller ID unblocked |
Hah, nice one! I've just tested and confirmed this with my own Google Voice number, it works just as described.
ReplyDeleteit didnt work for me though
ReplyDeleteThey have to leave a phone mail, right?
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know they must leave a voice mail...it might work with the 4 option where you record an incoming call I will test that when I get a chance and post the results
ReplyDeleteCan't get it to work using thunderbird or three diff webmails
ReplyDelete2015 does not work any more
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