Change number of rings to voicemail

I want to change the number of rings or seconds til my phone goes to voicemail. I don't have enough time to get to my phone before it's goes to voicemail. I have called Verizon and they say they can't change it, I have to do it through the phone.

This is not an iPhone setting its a setting on the carrier. There are codes you can dial on your phone to change the setting yourself, but they differ by carrier and they should have told you this
For Verizon I believe you:
Turn your phone on and press 58#
If you hear a dial tone that beeps three times, enter the number 8 for 8 rings, 6 for 6 rings, etc.
If you hear a regular dial tone, it wants a code...enter the number 46 for 8 rings...Sorry, not too sure of the codes for 6 or 4 rings.
Hope this helps - otherwise call Verizon and they remind them how their service works

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Changing the number of rings to voicemail?

Is there any way to change the number of rings before voicemail picks up? Have looked through everything and can't find anything. I would like to lengthen the number of rings so I don't miss as many calls.

The way you change it is specific to your provider. Here are the instructions to change it on AT&T.
On your phone, dial *#61# and click Send.
Some information should be displayed: number that the calls are being forwarded to and the delay before the forwarding engages.
Write down the number (including +1)
Dial **61*+1xxxyyyzzzz*11*30# and hit Send. +1xxxyyyzzzz is the number you wrote down previously, 30 is the delay in seconds. The delay can be set in 5 second increments, 30 is maximum
Dial *#61# to verify that the new settings are active.
Not sure about the other providers. If I find the instructions, I'll post them.
Message Edited by taftwatson on 11-13-2008 06:45 PM

Reduce number of rings before Voicemail

I would like to reduce the number of rings before my voicemail comes on on my Blackberry Z10. It is forwarded from my desk phone and that means that customers are waiting an excessive amount of time before my voicemail kicks in on my BB. I called my carrier (Rogers) and they said they were unable to do this. I'm not sure if their tech support was correct in this, as I've seen on other forums that this is the process by which you change the length of the ring tones.
Is there a way to reduce the number of rings before voicemail on my Blackberry Z10 in my settings?
Thanks

*61 *NNN NNN NNNN *11 *X#
Where X is ranges from 5 to 30 seconds before a call get forwarded to the voice mailbox
And NNN NNN NNNN is the VoiceMail number provided by the Carrier
You can locate the Carrier Voicemail Number in
Phone Settings/Call Forwarding/Forward If Buzy

An extra charge for changing the number of rings before voicemail picks up??

After trying all the tips I could find about changing the number of rings it takes before the voice mail picks up (the 58#, trying access setup on the vm, changing it online, etc…), I finally called the customer support line. I was put on hold for a few minutes (not a problem) only to have the customer service person return to say that he cannot change it because I would have to pay for the "upgraded" voice mail that is not included in my plan (the plan I just signed up for last month). I find it absolutely absurd that moving the number of rings for vm from 4 to 6 justifies an added cost. If anyone knows the magic on how to do this for a line that is in the Dallas Ft Worth area, I would be very appreciative. As for the extra charge to adjust your own voice mail, you can draw your own conclusion on how fair that is...
And I don't buy that it is not as simple as it appears... if you can program the thing to pickup on three rings then you should be able to adjust the forwarding and vm to pick up on 6. i have never had this problem with any other carrier.

I called tech support, not customer service, and had my rings moved back a few so my answering machine would pick up first. Voicemail is for back up in case I don't answer call waiting.
It was free.

Number of rings before voicemail

My phone only rings four times before voicemail kicks in. How do I change this to give me more te to answer?

This is a setting on the carrier end, not the phone. The easiest way is to call your carrier and ask them to make the change. There are codes you can dial on your phone to change the setting yourself, but they differ by carrier and with no location in your profile, we don't know which carrier you have. But call them. It's not a number of rings, actually, but a time - the max is usually 30-40 seconds.

Changing number of rings - 2310??

I have a Nokia 2310 and have read the manual but I can't find out how to change the number of rings. Currently, it doesn't ring long enough for me to get it out of my bag and answer the call before it goes to voicemail. Is it even possible to change the number of rings??
Message Edited by plumpud on 10-Nov-2008 09:45 AM
Solved!
Go to Solution.

The timeout before diverting to voicemail is a network function that can, in most cases, be controlled by the phone.
Go into your call settings and look for "call divert". More specifically, "call divert if no answer". Set it to divert to voicemail (this will be in the menu), and then you will be given a choice of timeouts from 5 to 30 seconds in increments of 5 seconds.
If, after trying this, the timeout is unchanged, then it means that your network doesn't support this.
If you can't find the relevant menus then you can do this manually. First find out what the present settings are by dialling *#61#. Make a note of the number.
Now set the timeout to, for example, 30 seconds by dialling this:
**61*number*30#
...where number is the number you noted above.
If you get back a message to the effect of "not supported" after either of the GSM commands above, then your network doesn't support changing the timeout duration.
The above GSM codes feature on this page.
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How do I change the length of time or number of rings on the iphone 3g before it goes into voice mail?

Set by your carrier, so contact them.

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I can't figure out how to let it ring longer before going to voicemail on my 3G iPhone. Any thoughts? Thanks.

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I need more time to get to my phone. The number of rings should be user settable.

It is. You're not actually setting the number of rings, but the length of time before voicemail picks up. You can do this in one of two ways:
1. Call AT&T and ask them to increase it.
or
2. Follow the instructions in the following post:
http://forums.cingular.com/cng/board/message?board.id=palm&message.id=4087
(I realize this is from the Cingular Palm support forum, but it doesn't matter. The process is the same for any GSM phone.)

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Can we set how long the phone rings? My girl takes long enough rooting around in her bag to where she usually misses the call.

I don't think you can control this. In fact, I don't remember being able to control this on any cell phone I've had... although I may be mistaken there.
Also, "number of rings" on a cell phone is weird anyway... the service provider (ATT etc) sometimes issues ringing sounds to the person dialing while they locate and connect to your cell phone. I've OFTEN had people tell me they let my phone ring a dozen times before it went to voicemail.. meanwhile it never rang once on my cellphone.
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I don't believe it is possible to change the time between dialing and when it switches to voicemail.

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I've been told that the only way to change the number of telephone rings before an incoming call goes to voice mail can ONLY be done by Verizon. Is this true or can I do it myself? And if so how?

As far as I know it can't be done at all...it's set by Verizon at 30 seconds.

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Voice mail is intercepting calls sometimes after only three rings. I want to set to 30 seconds. How do I do that?

It is already set by the system at 30 seconds and unless something has changed recently, it can't be changed. Using a different ringtone sometimes helps.

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It seems one cannot.
James

Found it.....this is not my great stuff, but from another user. I did try it and it works great!
You can do 1 of two things..
1-Call At&t to make your ringer longer
2-Or you can try it yourself... (Found on another forum)
The following codes should allow you to control the delay from 5 to 30 seconds on any GSM phone:
this was not working so I removed it.....let me find a better one that works.
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How do I reduce the number of rings on the iPhone from 5 to 2?

How do I reduce the number of rings on the iPhone from 5 to 2 rings?
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Contact your carrier, as the number of rings before voicemail is controlled by them. Some carriers have a way to adjust this using GSM codes. You can look on your carrier's site for instructions.

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