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Visual Voicemail (VVM) not working on your EVO?

(SOLVED) Read On… So I realized this past week that I was not getting my Visual Voicemail at all but instead I was getting a TEXT telling me to call my voice mail. Owning and paying for an EVO you expect things to work. I do not get that many messages so you can see why it took me a while to figure out there was a problem. I started to think that this was happening because of the Android Gingerbread update to my EVO. So the first thing that I do is I start checking the Internet for posts and articles indicating the same issue. So many were found but they all said the same thing. Go into your VVM on your phone. Press MENU… Compose Where it lists To: activate@vvm.sprint.com then record. Hit Stop and then Send. Then I wait for the messages to flood in… both of...

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HTC EVO Update June 6th

( from Engadget ) Well, this was inevitable. After Sprint’s website snafu outing its Android 2.3 intentions for the EVO 4G, we’ve received evidence that points to June 6th as its release date. Better yet, if you’re willing to manually check for its availability, you might even find a happy surprise this Friday. In addition to Gingerbread, users will find SMS and Gmail fixes, along with a tweak to the phone’s power management software. Hopefully you’ve got WiMAX, because this update is coming over-the-air. Should everything go according to plan, users will have less than a week to say goodbye to Froyo. It’s a trusty companion for sure, but that spicy aroma is quite enticing. Hit the break for some corroborating clues.