Sean Kovacs

It doesn’t seem to install correctly on my iPhone. It fails to locate the executable every time it tries to install. Any advice? I’d love to check out this app that I wish I would’ve heard about sooner

Sean, good for you for releasing it on Cydia. Glad to see you not just sitting back and taking from Apple. I’m appauled at how they chose to handle this – approving it, then yanking it from the app store. GV Mobile was the first app I bought after activating my new 3GS. Your app is my must have app and probably gets the most use out of anything on my iphone! Keep the updates coming and keep up the good work!

@sean Will the update from 1.2 that you are releasing on cydia still include a workaround to push/fetch for SMS?

Sean, if I already have the paid app will I be able to update it through cydia or will I need to install a different version? I’m already jailbroken.
Thanks for the great app.

Dan

Here is where you complain:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Hell yeah man! I am extremely excited that you’re releasing this for the Jailbroken masses. It’s a damn shame what Apple/at&t did…

Great news. I’ll be sure to donate $3 when it’s released. Any idea what source you’ll be using?

One way to protest to Apple and/or AT&T is through investor relations. They won’t know if you own stock or not, so they usually escalate complaints to someone important enough to make things happen.

Apple Investor Relations
Phone: (408) 974-3123
Fax: (408) 974-2113

Email
investor_relations@apple.com

AT&T: https://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=278

Any body think updating to OS 3.1 is a must have. I like the ease of tethering from iphonehacks.com. Since 3.1 will stop this I would rather not update. Although if the battery gets more efficent I just might. Any thoughts?

With all that’s been happening the past 24 hours, good to see that some things don’t change. People are still requesting push notification.

I feel bad that this happened. Bad for you as a developer, and terrible for us as users. I never thought I’d jailbreak, but maybe I’ll give it a shot.

But seriously, we need push.

Don’t know if I will be able to use it from Canada, I did activate my GV account through a proxy. If I can use it in Canada, you have a donation from me.

supported u back when u were having issues getting it approved. bought and used it when it was finally released. i’ll continue to support the app until i replace my iphone with a touch pro2 in the coming month.

i just cant continue to support apple when they’re being played like a marionette by at&t and stifling innovation. i’ll reactivate my iphone once at&t’s contract expires.

what’s worse is that i’m not even using at&t (i’m on t-mobile) and others like me are still being affected by at&t’s draconian policies that apple is required to enforce and take the blame for.

my only hope is that this is the kindling that causes people to drop support of the iphone, both in development and use, until this issue is resolved. apple cant wait until Verizon migrates to LTE… they need to start talking to T-Mobile in the interim as an iphone on a widespread Verizon LTE network is still 2 years away at best.

I just left some nasty feedback on http://www.apple.com/feedback/. I wish you good luck, I have the app already, and love it, hope you will continue to develop it. good luck.

@sean Is a fetch option available? Or does that require googles API.

Another vote for donation link. Sean will be glad to send a few bucks your way, it’s well deserved.

Question.. Does Apple pulling the plug on this app means SMS push notification will not be possible? Has the Jailbreaking community figure out a way to do Push Notifications outside of Apple system?

Or even add advertisments

All those comments are great in support for GV Mobile, and for Sean. But we need action to solve this crisis.

We all need to call AT&T and Apple customer service to express our discontentment for their decisions.

Cancel our contracts, and use those unlock criPhones with T-Mobile.

Boycott crApple and AT&T products and services.

Complain to the FTC http://www.ftc.gov/ this practice is illigal.

Start a class action lawsuit against crApple and AT&T.

That will surely teach them a lesson for life.

Together we can.

you don’t need push notifications, if you are running it through a jailbroken method, the only reason push notifications exist is because apple doesn’t let apps run in the background, jailbroken apps can do whatever they want.

Jailbreak it is easy:
http://www.reelsmart.com/2009/07/22/jailbreakunlock-iphone-3gs-with-redsn0w-for-os-x-or-windows/

http://www.reelsmart.com/2009/07/22/jailbreakunlock-iphone-3-0-with-redsn0w-for-os-x-or-windows/

it takes 10 minutes and is reversible. If Apple see so many jailbreaks they may realize what a mistake they made!

what is the source code on Cydia to get the app?

GO SEAN!! WHOO FUCKING HOO!

Glad to see you released this on cydia. Contact Saurik, see if you can make it a paid package on cydia! As long as those of us who already paid for it can continue to get updates for free on it, I’m all for you making money!

BTW Which repo is this on?

It is times like this when a carrier and hardware manufacturer take it upon themselves to dictate down to me the application I can and cannot use make me think it is near time to eat the early termination fee and move on from this horrible experience.

One thing going for me is selling my iPhone on ebay should pay for those fees

I installed it no problem, but it just crashes back to the home screen when I try to open it.. am I missing something? I’m on a 3GS jailbroken with redsn0w; legit activation.

Same problem as Dalton Voss–I uninstalled the previous version, installed the one from Cydia, appears to install properly but crashes back to the home screen. I have a 3G jailbroken with redsn0w and 3.0 firmware.

I just gave Apple a piece of my mind on the iPhone feedback page.

same problem as Chris and Dalton Voss…i can install it fine, but it keeps crashing after I put in my credentials to log in on first launch. each subsequent launch is still the “first” launch.

iPhone 3G with 3.0 jailbroken with QuickPwn

I have same problem as Abe, Chris and Dalton Voss…i can install it fine, but it keeps crashing after I put in my credentials to log in on first launch. each subsequent launch is still the “first” launch.

iPhone 3G with 3.0 jailbroken with QuickPwn

Same problem here – iPhone 3GS jailbroken with purp1e… crash after attempting to login.

winterboard/sbsettings/backgrounder/3g unrestricter installed

Same problem as everyone else. Still using a jailbroken 2G running 3.0.

@JD
Just refresh it, it is waiting to be downloaded!

At the very least, I think you should redo the app without the dialer and SMS and resubmit it to the app store. There’s still a lot of features there that are useful.

The update fixed the problem. Thanks Sean!

Sean, I love how you’ve played this. And by the way, this app installs perfectly and this full version is a lot better than the free one I had before. Thanks again!

Left an outraged comment.

BTW, since you’re working on jailbroken phones now, are you going to work out an update for tighter integration with the OS? Like optionally replace the default SMS with GV SMS? That would rock

is there ANY way to get this app (happy to pay for it) without jailbreaking the phone? I find I need to do a complete reinstall every couple of months so don’t really want to go down the route of jailbreaking.

I have the GV Free, was going to upgrade this w/e but never got round to it…

on another note – what is the best way to let Apple know how pissed off we are? Calling the call center will certainly annoy people, but it’s too passive aggressive for me.

Thanks Sean for the app. I used the free version (from the app store) before I removed it and installed the Cydia version. This one is the full version and it has lots more options. However it doesn’t remember my credentials so I have to re-enter every time.

I was so mad at Apple and AT&T i jailbroke my phone just to get this app. I almost canceled my iphone and at&t account and take my business to Sprint and a blackberry… Thank You Sean for your hard work!

I just complained to Apple, little it will do. Seriously tempted to go buy a G1 and say to heck with Apple & AT&T. It is the principle of what else will they pull next?

I just left a complaint for Apple, and I never complain. It’s bad enough they’re not allowing 3G for my Slingplayer and Skype, restricting those apps to wi-fi. They’re not actually able to block Google Voice though. All they’re doing is making it a little less convenient to use the service by blocking Apps like this. But given I can call my friend in China for $0.02/minute with Google Voice, vs the rates AT&T charges, I’d go with a little less convenience. Actually, the first workaround I had was a credit card app, until I found GV Mobile. Great app! Glad I installed it before Apple pulled it. Almost enough to make me want to Jailbreak & Unlock my iPhone, which I’ve been resisting.

for those who brought this through the app store, will we get it free in the future if you decide to charge through cydia?

I left apple this feedback:
“It is another black mark for the Apple/AT&T arrangement that such a customer-unfriendly and seemingly random and punitive decision – pulling Google Voice apps, especially GV Mobile – from the App store was made. If the features were such “duplications,” why are we all moaning about it? In fact, the iPhone does NOT allow me to place a call that causes my Google Voice number to display on the phone of the person I’m calling (and therefore be used as a call back number). What a blow to my love affair with my iPhone. I had barely gotten over the diminished cell service after switching to AT&T from Verizon, when you really pulled the rug out from underneath me with this latest move.”

Many, many thanks Sean. I really salute you for doing this. I am now a proud 2G 3.0 user, running your jailbroken GV Mobile App.

One minor issue – I had two missed calls after 12PM Eastern time today. For some reason they show up in the “History” log on the App as both being after 12AM tonight….so they appear at the top of the queue. They appear normally on the GV web UI. All other calls – that took place before and after those – appear normally in the GV Mobile log.

Anyway, you are our new hero! Please know how much we appreciate this, and how much it puts Apple in their place.

Do I need a special repo for this? It’s not showing up in m Cydia.

Hey Sean,

Man that sucks, I was so mad when I read what happened to GV Mobile, I have the free version on my iPhone and went to buy the full version last night, when I could not find it I looked online and found what happened. Still pissed at Apple!!

I don’t want to Jailbreak my iPhone but I still really want the full version, any chance you will release the code so those of us that want it with out the Jailbreak can just install it out selves, I’m already signed up as a developer so I know how to do this? I’m absolutely willing to pay for it, as if it were still in the app store (like it should be).

Best of luck with this!!!
Michael

Apple’s being a bit anti-competitive over this huh? Make sure you add a button for donating on Cydia. I’m sure tons of people would be willing to throw a few bucks your way for doing this for us! Forget the App store, Cydia is the future of the iPhone anyway. Good job man

I sent a complaint to Apple. Here’s what I wrote:

I’d like to report a bug in your application approval process. I remember during one of the iPhone presentations Apple was looking forward to helping developers come up with the next big application. The application that will change how people use their phones.

Well, somehow GV Mobile was removed from the AppStore. So, I figured it was a bug in the business process somewhere and I wanted to report it.

Woohoo! Way to go Sean. I’m glad I got in when I was able to buy a copy and contribute to further development. I look forward to future updates in the cydia side of my phone.

one big HIGH FIVE for you for releasing this on cydia. good work my friend!