Verizon Voicemail Trick

[Guest surgex]

Thought I would post this here as this has _always_ drived me nuts about Verizon's voicemail -- there is no setting to auto-authenticate you, you have to enter your pin every time.

Change your voicemail number to this:

*86p1234#

p means pause, the 1234 is your pin, and # is required for after you enter your pin.

Enjoy ;)

[Guest werever]

great idea buddy

[Guest levytv]

didnt work on my i920.

[Guest surgex]

didnt work on my i920.

Hm...I am running a custom rom but I clearly remember this working fine with the stock rom as well.

I changed the voicemail number in Settings -> Phone -> Voice Mail

[Guest levytv]

Hm...I am running a custom rom but I clearly remember this working fine with the stock rom as well.

I changed the voicemail number in Settings -> Phone -> Voice Mail

yep - thats what i did. i even tried more than one pause and it didnt work - still got the verizon lady asking me for my password.

[Guest surgex]

Check your contact list and speed dial numbers.

If there is a "Voicemail" entry there (I know for a fact there should be for speed dial number 1) -- change them as well.

[Guest klmall]

For those of you having issues, try using a comma instead of a p for your pause. Mine has worked flawlessly across numerous phones and flashes. ;)

[Guest levytv]

by editing a second entry in the contact list this now works. thanks a bunch.

[Guest surgex]

by editing a second entry in the contact list this now works. thanks a bunch.

Yay! Glad you got it working.

[Guest abuttio]

Yay! Glad you got it working.

If this doesn't work, try a comma instead of a P, also add 2 commas if it doesn't work again.

[Guest JPinSL]

Thought I would post this here as this has _always_ drived me nuts about Verizon's voicemail -- there is no setting to auto-authenticate you, you have to enter your pin every time.

Change your voicemail number to this:

*86p1234#

p means pause, the 1234 is your pin, and # is required for after you enter your pin.

Enjoy :huh:

I have mine set to *86pp1234#p11 so I don't have to "press one one" to hear new messages.

They double ppause ensures it works when roaming, which introduces a delay.

[Guest surgex]

I have mine set to *86pp1234#p11 so I don't have to "press one one" to hear new messages.

They double ppause ensures it works when roaming, which introduces a delay.

Even better idea, thanks!

[Guest JPinSL]

Even better idea, thanks!

An even better, better idea is to google "Verizon Voicemail Backdoor Number" and find the local access number.

Replace the "*86" with that number. Then, add the number a "Friends and Family" member at vzw.com.

Now, voicemail doesn't use any minutes on your plan!

[Guest batch519]

Thanks!!

[Guest the sandman]

this is really cool. i did this on my LG Dare a few years ago and forgot about it.. is there any way to get it to work when you press the SPB Mobile Shell VM button?

[Guest Snow02]

Dial up voicemail? We're off that. Try fusion visual voicemail. It's free and works great.

[Guest nvrmind]

Or signup for Google Voice... I think it's open invite now. I've been using it for a long time and I love getting transcribed voicemails in my email.

[Guest surgex]

Dial up voicemail? We're off that. Try fusion visual voicemail. It's free and works great.

Fusion visual voicemail?

Never heard of it.

And yeah google voice owns -- sadly there's no windows mobile classic app or integration of any kind (sigh).

As far as the gv transcriptions; imho they're useless...they always get it wrong, and like terribly wrong...lol, its funny to read them sometimes.

You know what *really* pisses me off though?

Before verizon actually got a visual voicemail service they said it would be free...but then when it actually came out, they changed their minds...so retarded.

Edited November 6, 2010 by surgex

[Guest Snow02]

Fusion visual voicemail?

Never heard of it.

Google it, get it. Or download from the marketplace.

[Guest nvrmind]

And yeah google voice owns -- sadly there's no windows mobile classic app or integration of any kind (sigh).

As far as the gv transcriptions; imho they're useless...they always get it wrong, and like terribly wrong...lol, its funny to read them sometimes.

no app, but it sends it to your email... which you should get on your phone... Set no answer/busy forward to your gv number, integration a plenty, and there's a play message link in you email so you can listen to it, if necessary.

Oh, and while it rarely gets the transcription exactly right, it usually comes close enough for me to figure out if I want to return the call or not.

Used Fusion Voicemail for a while. Can't really remember what I didn't like about it, but something made me decide to get rid of it, I think the app was a little buggy when I used it, but I'm pretty sure that was on my i910.

[Guest Snow02]

no app, but it sends it to your email... which you should get on your phone... Set no answer/busy forward to your gv number, integration a plenty, and there's a play message link in you email so you can listen to it, if necessary.

Oh, and while it rarely gets the transcription exactly right, it usually comes close enough for me to figure out if I want to return the call or not.

Used Fusion Voicemail for a while. Can't really remember what I didn't like about it, but something made me decide to get rid of it, I think the app was a little buggy when I used it, but I'm pretty sure that was on my i910.

I don't know. Works perfect. I've been using it for the past six months or so.