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o2 payg visual voicemail question

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JamesR1

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If visual voicemail isn't available for o2's new payg option, how will voicemail work?

specificaly how will I know I have voicemail? normaly I see an icon on the phone(windows mobile) that notifies me I have voicemail, will I see any sort of notification if visual voicemail doesn't work?

anyone with a v1 o2 payg iphone care to comment on how it works?

Thanks
 
it works in the same way your current voicemail works, with a keypad on screen the whole time

and you get a little red popup on the phone to show you you have a new voicemail

fyi, there was n payg v1 iphone
 
thanks for the quick reply! :)

i thought that v1 iphone could now be used with a o2 payg sim legaly?

anyway, are you sure that the "red dot" your refering to will still function if visual voicemail isn't available? isn't the red dot (on the mail icon?) part of "visual" voicemail only?
 
JamesR1 said:
isn't the red dot (on the mail icon?) part of "visual" voicemail only?
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The red dot is part of the standard voicemail system that visual voicemail falls back to when it's not available. I've had similar notifications on older phones before the iPhone launched. And the red dot doesn't appear on the mail icon (that wouldn't make any sense).
 
JamesR1 said:
thanks for the quick reply! :)

i thought that v1 iphone could now be used with a o2 payg sim legaly?

anyway, are you sure that the "red dot" your refering to will still function if visual voicemail isn't available? isn't the red dot (on the mail icon?) part of "visual" voicemail only?
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Yes it is, The voicemail will simply work by text messaging you to say there is a voicemail waiting and you can call 901 or access it through the voicemail button on the iPhone which will call up voicemail automatically....

ShadoW
 
JamesR1 said:
thanks for the quick reply! :)

i thought that v1 iphone could now be used with a o2 payg sim legaly?

anyway, are you sure that the "red dot" your refering to will still function if visual voicemail isn't available? isn't the red dot (on the mail icon?) part of "visual" voicemail only?
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oh yeah it can now be used legally, i forgot
i just used the v1 iphone unlocked but still on o2 (a different contract)

and yeah, the red dot doesn't appear, you get a text instead - sorry

pressing voicemail is like pressing and holding one on some phones, or dialing 901
 
so there is no visual indication at all that you have voicemail ?? :eek:

are we sure? if so that pretty appalling!

getting a text to tell me i have a voicemail is a pretty naff solution. i'd be expecting better of the iphone
 
JamesR1 said:
so there is no visual indication at all that you have voicemail ?? :eek:

are we sure? if so that pretty appalling!

getting a text to tell me i have a voicemail is a pretty naff solution. i'd be expecting better of the iphone
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While I can't say how PAYG voicemail will work, I can tell you that I am an ATT subscriber in the US, and am in the UK on O2. When I get a voicemail, there is a red dot (no numbers) on the phone icon, and a message in the phone app saying "Visual Voicemail is not available", but it has a button to press for normal voicemail. I pressed it, and it connected me directly, without me having to tell it I was international or anything.
 
Without Visual Voicemail you will get a red dot appear on the "Phone" icon. Touching that displays the "Favourites, Recents, Contact, Keypad, Voicemail" toolbar. There will also be a red dot appear on the "Voicemail" icon when you have new messages.

Touching the Voicemail icon will effectively dial 901 for you, and display the keypad to allow you to delete messages etc.

The phone will also display a message about waiting voicemail on the unlock screen.

I know this because O2 initially forgot to enable Visual Voicemail on my iPhone, so I had to use the standard 901 service for a while.
 
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