Voicemail Configuration and Call Forwarding

[Guest gronda_gronda]

Hello all,

New to the SF and Android but finding this forum a fantastic resource, thanks.

This is a quick one and I have searched the forum with no luck locating an answer.

Where within the Android OS can you configure the number of rings or the length of time a call is waiting before they are forwarded to the voicemail service of your carrier?

I'm on O2 BTW and know this is not a carrier based setting but has always been set on the actual phone with previous models I have used (none of them android).

My phone rings on and on and does not forward to the voicemail for any of my callers. If I switch the phone off then the voicemail kicks in as expected.

Thanks in advance,

Simon.

[Guest ken218]

Hello all,

New to the SF and Android but finding this forum a fantastic resource, thanks.

This is a quick one and I have searched the forum with no luck locating an answer.

Where within the Android OS can you configure the number of rings or the length of time a call is waiting before they are forwarded to the voicemail service of your carrier?

I'm on O2 BTW and know this is not a carrier based setting but has always been set on the actual phone with previous models I have used (none of them android).

My phone rings on and on and does not forward to the voicemail for any of my callers. If I switch the phone off then the voicemail kicks in as expected.

Thanks in advance,

Simon.

Settings > Call settings > GSM/WCDMA call settings > Call forwarding

[Guest ken218]

for how long the phone rings before it is diverted to voice mail,

the paragraph below is copied from the o2 forum (http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=444), describes how to set it

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Yes, just like any other handset you can change the length of time the iPhone rings before diverting to voicemail by entering **61*901*NN# SEND (NN is the number of seconds in increments of 5 and a maximum of 30 seconds)."

This code is incorrect. It should be "**61*901*11*NN# SEND"

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Although this is said to be for O2, it should work for android phones as well. Because it is a network command (network specific) instead of phone command (phone specific)

[Guest gronda_gronda]

Settings > Call settings > GSM/WCDMA call settings > Call forwarding

Thanks ken218, I had located those settings but they do not seem to allow me to change the length of time the phone rings before sending the caller to voicemail. I know with my previous phone I could select 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds before the forwarding would kick in.

Regards, Simon.

[Guest gronda_gronda]

Thanks ken218, I had located those settings but they do not seem to allow me to change the length of time the phone rings before sending the caller to voicemail. I know with my previous phone I could select 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds before the forwarding would kick in.

Regards, Simon.

Eck! Apologies, I replied without refreshing and didn't see the new post submitted by you ken218.

Reminder to self: <F5>...

:)

[Guest gronda_gronda]

for how long the phone rings before it is diverted to voice mail,

the paragraph below is copied from the o2 forum (http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=444), describes how to set it

"

Yes, just like any other handset you can change the length of time the iPhone rings before diverting to voicemail by entering **61*901*NN# SEND (NN is the number of seconds in increments of 5 and a maximum of 30 seconds)."

This code is incorrect. It should be "**61*901*11*NN# SEND"

"

Although this is said to be for O2, it should work for android phones as well. Because it is a network command (network specific) instead of phone command (phone specific)

Nice find ken218, I had always thought that it was phone driven not a network command. I'll have a play with the suggested info on the O2 forum. Thats something else new learn't today, cheers.

Many thanks, Simon.

[Guest gronda_gronda]

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<SNIP> It should be "**61*901*11*NN# SEND"

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Although this is said to be for O2, it should work for android phones as well. Because it is a network command (network specific) instead of phone command (phone specific)

ken218, you are a gentleman Sir, I doff my cap to you. :)

Works a treat, changed the ring period to 15 seconds using the command you quoted.

Simon.