How do I get google voice mail back on my Note 4?

[CherylDiane]

I had Google Voice Mail as my default Voicemail on my Galaxy Note 4.  At some point, about a month ago, it stopped working and now my messages come through the Verizon VM, which charges for visual.  I liked my free Google VM and have had it for years.. lots of messages including a message from  my grandmother who passed recently.  How do I get Google Voice back as my default VM, without deleting any of my message history?  I loved that Google VM would send me an email with the message so when I'm at work, I dont have to "illegally" use my cell phone to see who called and what they said (especially at no charge).  Thanks in advance!

[Snn5]

You should be able to go to your Google Account then to Google Voice and set up forwarding again from that screen, and also direct VMs to your email. 

[rckt82 · Accepted solution]

I had the same issue when things moved over to Lollipop and VZs visual voicemail took over. I had to do a manual activate it

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