My iPhone 5 keeps ringing...

[Eckscaliber]

Here is my situation/issue. When someone calls my phone it will continue to ring until the caller decides to hang up. I do not have my voicemail set up, nor will I because I don't want people leaving me messages, and I don't think that's the issue. I used my 4S for almost a year without ever having my voicemail set up and the phone would ring about 5 times, go to voicemail, then play the automated message stating that "the person you are trying to call does not have their voicemail set up". I was assuming this would be the same scenario for my iPhone 5, but it is not.
Is there a fix for this? I'm thinking it is ringing for eternity because of iOS 6's new answering features. Apple must really want these to be utilized.

 

[iHawaii]

Here is my situation/issue. When someone calls my phone it will continue to ring until the caller decides to hang up. I do not have my voicemail set up, nor will I because I don't want people leaving me messages, and I don't think that's the issue. I used my 4S for almost a year without ever having my voicemail set up and the phone would ring about 5 times, go to voicemail, then play the automated message stating that "the person you are trying to call does not have their voicemail set up". I was assuming this would be the same scenario for my iPhone 5, but it is not.
Is there a fix for this? I'm thinking it is ringing for eternity because of iOS 6's new answering features. Apple must really want these to be utilized.

When you get a call, hit the sleep button once to mute the ringer, twice to send directly to your non-existent VM.

Although it's not automated, it will work until you figure something else out. Heck, there may even be a way to set up your VM, then deactivate it... but that's above my pay grade.

 

[Eckscaliber]

Thank you for the info.

 

[PerPlekz]

When you get a call, hit the sleep button once to mute the ringer, twice to send directly to your non-existent VM.

Although it's not automated, it will work until you figure something else out. Heck, there may even be a way to set up your VM, then deactivate it... but that's above my pay grade.

or just hit decline on the phone.

 

[PNutts]

OP: Would the new Do Not Disturb settings help get what you want?

 

[mrskullfreak]

You could just answer it......

 

[meistervu]

You could also record a greeting saying...

to the effect that the voice mail is not set up.

 

[Eckscaliber]

I was thinking about utilizing the DND feature. I haven't played with it at all.