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How long can a ringtone be before voice mail picks up?

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John Musbach

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Nov 8, 2007
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I asked iToner support but got:
Hello John,
Good question...unfortunately I have no idea. And the iPhone does not have the ability to change the number of rings (or seconds) before VM picks up.
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:confused: Thanks! :)
 
Also depends on network lag. I believe it's more dependent on the amount of rings the person on the other end is hearing, rather than the length of time that your ringtone is actually being played for.
 
Here is a novel concept, call your cell phone from another phone.
I know I know shocking and ground braking...

Time how long it is before VM kicks in, do this a few times to make sure you have a good number. Do it at different hours, I too have seen network load cause people to get kicked to VM faster then normal (or so it seemed).

Then realize that just because you have a 40 second ring tone doesn't mean they wait 40 seconds to get kicked to VM and same thing if you only have a 5 second ring tone.
 
I was testing this yesterday actually. I got beteween 18 and 22 seconds of actual ring before it went to voicemail.
 
I'll dig around to see if I kept the info, but long ago I found on HoFo a code to enter that changes the ring time before VM on AT&T. It was a network thing, like the *min# stuff.

eta:this


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.
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Type121 said:
I'll dig around to see if I kept the info, but long ago I found on HoFo a code to enter that changes the ring time before VM on AT&T. It was a network thing, like the *min# stuff.

eta:this
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I just tried the steps and can confirmed it work. i called my phone prior to those steps and it rang 20 seconds.. i changed it to 30 and called it back and it rang 30 seconds..

thanks!!
 
I haven't fared so well. When I call #61#, it gives me the following

Error performing request
No Network Service

Setting Deactivation Failed
Voice Call Forwarding
When Unanswered

Setting Deactivation Failed
Data Call Forwarding
When Unanswered

Setting Deactivation Failed
Fax Call Forwarding
When Unanswered

Setting Deactivation Failed
SMS Call Forwarding
When Unanswered

Setting Deactivation Failed
Sync Data Circuit Call
Forwarding
When Unanswered

Setting Deactivation Failed
Async Data Circuit Call
Forwarding
When Unanswered

Setting Deactivation Failed
Package Access Call Forwarding
When Unanswered

Setting Deactivation Failed
Pad Access Call Forwarding
When Unanswered

Any ideas what this means? I can successfully make/receive calls, text messages, emails and other data from my location, so I'm a bit confused.
 
bmms8 said:
wow great tip. Thank you. Do you have any more tips?
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A few weeks back I posted a topic to call forward the phone on busy.

Activate:*67*[dest]#
Cancel&Retain:#67#
Reestablish:*67#
Cancel&Forget:##67#
Status: *#67#

If your screen is locked and there's an incoming call, you can quickly click the power on/off button twice to forward the call to VM or another line.

More GSM codes here. http://www.geckobeach.com/cellular/secrets/gsmcodes.php May not work with your carrier but these are pretty standard codes.
 
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