Can I Get More Ring Time?

[warburg]

I have an iphne 3gs (32 mg). When a call comes in the phone rings for about 20 seconds. Before I get it out of my pocket and work the slide to answer, there often is a hang up. There doesn't seem to be anything in Settings to increase the number of rings. Is there any other way I can do this?

 

[synagence]

You can usually alter the time before voicemail with a long series of numbers ... google for your network and you'll find it (not sure if its the same globally)

For O2 in the UK i belive its: **61*901*11*NN# then CALL
NN is the time (up to 30s max)

 

[DotCom2]

I have an iphne 3gs (32 mg). When a call comes in the phone rings for about 20 seconds. Before I get it out of my pocket and work the slide to answer, there often is a hang up. There doesn't seem to be anything in Settings to increase the number of rings. Is there any other way I can do this?

Are you with AT&T?
If so, you can just call them and they will extend the ring time.
That's what I did on all three of our phones. They can do it OTA but 30 sec's is the longest they can do if I remember correctly.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

I have an iphne 3gs (32 mg). When a call comes in the phone rings for about 20 seconds. Before I get it out of my pocket and work the slide to answer, there often is a hang up. There doesn't seem to be anything in Settings to increase the number of rings. Is there any other way I can do this?

It is closer to 22 sec for a more exact length. I figured that out when I was making a ring tone for one my older phones threw multiple test. The 22 sec is ATT length. 22 sec also seems to be about 5-6 rings for the caller.

Also the 22sec is also how your phone will ring even if it takes 3 rings from the caller end to connect to your phone. But remember it takes a ring or 2 on the caller side before your phone is located and connected to threw the cell network. That length of time seems to be pretty typical across multiple networks.

 

[moviebrain]

For wireline phones ring cycles go in multiples of 6 seconds, 2s ring, 4s silence.

Because of that holdover most carriers will set the ringcycle to 18, 24, or 30 seconds. That's 3, 4, or 5 "rings", but custom ringtones have really put an end to the hard-coded time requirement.

It's also the reason iTunes sets the length of a ringtone purchase to between 15 and 30 seconds.

 

[warburg]

Are you with AT&T?
If so, you can just call them and they will extend the ring time.
That's what I did on all three of our phones. They can do it OTA but 30 sec's is the longest they can do if I remember correctly.

Yes, I bought the phone from AT@T, so I'll call them. Thanks all for your responses.

 

[Cobrakev]

For wireline phones ring cycles go in multiples of 6 seconds, 2s ring, 4s silence.

Is this why the song cuts out for a quick sec before it plays again? I am trying to get the ring to to play for the whole 30 sec, but it cuts in and out during the time limit.