Setting Number of Rings before Voicemail

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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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

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.

Chaning number of rings before voicemail kicks in

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.)

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.

Increasing Number of Rings Before Voicemail Pickup

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

You would need to call ATT and request that they adjust the number of rings.

Setting time (number of rings) before voicemail picks up.

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.

How do you change the number of rings before voicemail is activated on an iPhone 5?

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I don't believe it is possible to change the time between dialing and when it switches to voicemail.

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

Only 3 rings before voicemail.

How do I extend the number of rings before voicemail kicks in - my 8520 only rings 3 times - not enough to find it and answer it. Missing loads of potentially important calls.

As a norm, most all carriers have a default 15 seconds of ringtime until the voicemail picks up.
If you do need additional ring time before voicemail:
The simplest method is to call your carrier and request a longer ring time, up to 30 seconds.
If you have a GSM based phone, some have had success by dialing this number from your phone: **61*XXXXXXXXXXX**30#
Replace XXXXXXXXXXX with the number of your carrier voicemail center (find it by looking at your Phone Dialer > Options > VoiceMail > Access Number. Put your access number in place of the Xs above.
For example, the T-Mobile voice mail access number is 18056377243, and thus the string to dial would be **61*18056377243**30#
Replace the 30 at the end of the string with your desired seconds. For most carriers, 30 seconds is the longest allowed
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How do you change the number of rings before a call goes to voicemail?

How do you change the number of rings before a call goes to voicemail.

You can't; it's set by Verizon at 30 seconds.

How to set the number of rings before voice mail answers?

How to set the number of rings before voice mail answers?

For me its:
1. Open the phone app and dial *#61# on the Keypad. Press the Call button.
2. Locate this text on the screen: "Setting Interrogation Succeeded, Voice Call Forwarding, When Unanswered, Forwards to +" and record the 11-digit number after the + symbol.
3. Touch the Dismiss button. Now enter this code on the Keypad: *61*+ followed by the 11-digit Forwards to number recorded in step 2, followed by *11 and *ringtime#. Ringtime is the number of seconds you want your iPhone to ring before voicemail picks up. Your finished code should look something like this:
*61*+18555513466*11*30#
In the example above the ring time is set to 30 seconds. Press the Call button.
4. You should receive the message: Setting Activation Succeeded. Press Dismiss and next time you receive a call it will ring for the new amount of time before going to voicemail.

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How do you set a certain number of phone call rings before voicemail is activated.

I checked the iPhone User Guide and can't find away to change the amount of rings before going to Voicemail. Somehow your question ended up in the iPad Forum, I'll ask the host to relocate your question to the iPhone Forum and hopefully someone will know for sure.

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8330 Call Forwarding...How do I set the number of rings before calls are forwarded? Right now it instantly forwards my calls but I don't want that. I want to change it so that let's say that if after 5 rings I don't answer the call is forwarded. I've looked everywhere for an answer but have had no luck. Any help would be appreciated. I am with Virgin Mobile if this makes a difference.
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Message Edited by 8WDDdotcom on 08-01-2009 02:44 PM

Well, call forwarding is a feature provided by your carrier -- it is not a function of the device. However it works for your carrier is how it works. Actually, from what I understand about call forwarding, it normally is an all-or-nothing circumstance...calls forward to the number you've asked them to be forwarded to, keeping you in a DND status. Regardless, though, if your carrier tells you how it works on their system, there's nothing that the device can do to override that. Unless there is some kind of 3rd party app that would do it, bypassing (somehow) the carrier network CF feature...but I've never heard of such a thing.
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Determined by your carrier, so contact them.

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