I got the phone on Friday morning, and today found out from someone that my voicemail recording is no longer working. I thought well it must have been deleted when I upgraded, so I went to the voicemail button and NOTHING HAPPENS, the phone just kind of hangs up. WFT is going on? I've reset the phone and nothing has changed....
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3G iPhone - Can't Access Visual Voicemail!?
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You have to reset up your voicemail from scratch.
In the phone, press and hold the 1 button and follow the prompts.
Why AT&T requires this is beyond me...
In the phone, press and hold the 1 button and follow the prompts.
Why AT&T requires this is beyond me...
You have to reset up your voicemail from scratch.
In the phone, press and hold the 1 button and follow the prompts.
Why AT&T requires this is beyond me...
That doesn't work for me. The 1 turns blue for a second and then goes back to normal. Any other ideas?
Nope that's not it. It just says that's it's not set up and then disconnects. Any other ideas?
Ok, I solved my problem. The symptoms were: Voicemail button unresponsive. Dialing 1 unresponsive. Dialing my own number just said "voicemail not setup. Goodbye" and then disconnected without allowing setup options.
I called 611 for ATT help, then followed the cues to reset my voicemail password. It sends you a text message with the new password. Voila, the voicemail button magically works now. Hope this saves someone else the frustration.
Ok, I solved my problem. The symptoms were: Voicemail button unresponsive. Dialing 1 unresponsive. Dialing my own number just said "voicemail not setup. Goodbye" and then disconnected without allowing setup options.
I called 611 for ATT help, then followed the cues to reset my voicemail password. It sends you a text message with the new password. Voila, the voicemail button magically works now. Hope this saves someone else the frustration.
Exact same problem, thanks.
Thanks so much for posting this! I had the same problem today. AT&T was clueless. I did the 611 thing, reset the password, & was able to get visual voice mail set up.
HDJulie said:
In 8 years with Verizon I never had a need to call their customer service. Is switching to AT&T really going to be this bad?
I was with Cingular for 5 years from 1998 - 2003 & only switched to Sprint because of a 20% discount through work. After only a year, I switched back to Cingular because my husband needed a cell phone that worked in rural Alabama & Cingular was the only one with coverage there. I've been with them ever since. Other than a very rough time moving service from New Orleans to Little Rock after hurricane Katrina where they royally screwed up the bill for 3 months, I have never had a problem with them. I give them a pass on the voice mail issue since it is new to the iPhone 3G.
Yes, the whole your whole voicemail box resets when you upgrade. I forgot to do it for a few days and was wondering why people were calling but not leaving messages. Although I have not had a problem with it:
When I clicked Voicemail on the phone, it started a call and I got the AT&T automatic recording thing, and I put in my password and all that jazz, then when I clicked it again after listening to the whole help thing it said I had the wrong password and that it couldn't access visual voicemail. But then it came up with the prompt to enter the new password and everything has been working since!! (This was just last night.)
When I clicked Voicemail on the phone, it started a call and I got the AT&T automatic recording thing, and I put in my password and all that jazz, then when I clicked it again after listening to the whole help thing it said I had the wrong password and that it couldn't access visual voicemail. But then it came up with the prompt to enter the new password and everything has been working since!! (This was just last night.)
If phone reset doesn't work for you...
I tried to reset using the automated phone system, but I got an error.
Instead, I logged onto my account online and then went to Device>Reset voicemail pin.
I got the text message and then was able to touch "voicemail" on the phone and set it up. I just got it working today.
I tried to reset using the automated phone system, but I got an error.
Instead, I logged onto my account online and then went to Device>Reset voicemail pin.
I got the text message and then was able to touch "voicemail" on the phone and set it up. I just got it working today.
I called AT&T about this today. I got my 3G iPhone today and VV wasn't working (would just dial the #). I set it up fine, and had 1 unheard message, but i still got no badge on the phone icon indicating a voice mail was waiting and touching the voicemail button would just dial the number for voicemail instead of bring up the list.
They said they are having issues with the server that is running VV -- it's an internet based connection and he said it should be resolved within 24 hours.
This was an actual tech, not a representative (i went through two of them before i got connected to the tech who seemed to know what he was talking about). The phone call took an hour.
Edit: Mine just started working randomly about 5 minutes ago. Guess the tech was right.
They said they are having issues with the server that is running VV -- it's an internet based connection and he said it should be resolved within 24 hours.
This was an actual tech, not a representative (i went through two of them before i got connected to the tech who seemed to know what he was talking about). The phone call took an hour.
Edit: Mine just started working randomly about 5 minutes ago. Guess the tech was right.
I can't dial out!!
My problem is that I am not able to dial out! The moment i touch the keypad, it is taking me to the home screen!!
Anyone experienced this?
Neil
My problem is that I am not able to dial out! The moment i touch the keypad, it is taking me to the home screen!!
Anyone experienced this?
Neil
Well for the 2 months I had Verizon I called them more than 5 times a week, so I guess the answer to your question is: It varies.
Restoring Visual Voice Mail
The solution that fixed my visual voice mail access issue was to go to Settings -> General -> Neworks -> Cellular Data Network and set the APN for Visual Voicemail to acds.voicemail .
There's more info on restoring and enabling visual voice main here: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...that-not-working-after-iphone-tethering-hack/
The solution that fixed my visual voice mail access issue was to go to Settings -> General -> Neworks -> Cellular Data Network and set the APN for Visual Voicemail to acds.voicemail .
There's more info on restoring and enabling visual voice main here: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/...that-not-working-after-iphone-tethering-hack/
I figured it out
I spent 20 minutes on the phone with ATT&T and finally figured out why I couldn't receive voicemails on my phone and why I couldn't change my greeting. I had to remove my profile. Here's how:
https://wiki.geneseo.edu:8443/display/cit/iPod+Touch+and+iPhone+Removing+a+Profile
Hope that helps.
I spent 20 minutes on the phone with ATT&T and finally figured out why I couldn't receive voicemails on my phone and why I couldn't change my greeting. I had to remove my profile. Here's how:
https://wiki.geneseo.edu:8443/display/cit/iPod+Touch+and+iPhone+Removing+a+Profile
Hope that helps.
I had similar problem and it's now fixed
When someone left a voicemail, I could dial 1 and check it that way, but the new message icon didn't show up on phone.
I had installed a tethering application and apparently that was what was causing the problem.
I deleted the application (never used it as I couldn't get it to work) by going to Settings --> General --> Profile --> and deleting the only thing there which was identified as having to do with ATT. I deleted it and then my VV worked fine!
ATT customer support had no idea what the issue was but Tech support knew exactly.
When someone left a voicemail, I could dial 1 and check it that way, but the new message icon didn't show up on phone.
I had installed a tethering application and apparently that was what was causing the problem.
I deleted the application (never used it as I couldn't get it to work) by going to Settings --> General --> Profile --> and deleting the only thing there which was identified as having to do with ATT. I deleted it and then my VV worked fine!
ATT customer support had no idea what the issue was but Tech support knew exactly.