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Can you change how many times the phone rings before it goes to answer phone?

Kcharters
Explorer

Hi, I have a Samsung Galaxy S9+. I consistently miss calls because it diverts to voicemail after 20 seconds (the default). I have read many other posts on this forum that tell me to enter the following MMI code to change the setting from 20 to 30 seconds - **61*+447953222222*11*30#. However, when I do this it responds with 'Registration successful' but when I check with *#61# it remains at 20 seconds. I have called tech support but they say they can't change it it is fixed at 20 seconds. They suggested changing my ringtone to one of longer duration but that does not work. This is not acceptable to me so, if I can't find a way to change this, I will be switching to a different network when my current contract ends. Does anyone have a solution to this? I was previously with Vodaphone and changing the time before going to voicemail was very easy, so this appears to be a setting that EE no longer allow you to change!

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Interesting, thanks for that deepas.  I will try that in due course.  I go on holiday  next week, so I will wait until after I return...😎

Charchar1962
Visitor

Turn off voicemail ... text  VM OFF to 150

 

How unhelpful!

DSP1
Contributor
Contributor

I had this exact same problem on a Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite but solved it. I got the same answer from Tech support with them stating that it can't be changed from 20 seconds. What I did was put my Sim in an older phone (Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo) and sent the code **61*+447953222222*11*30# from that phone. I then checked to see if it had worked using the code *#61*11# and that confirmed the time before going to answer phone was now 30 seconds. I then put the Sim back in my S10 Lite, checked the time using *#61*11# and also by ringing it from another phone and timing it; definitely 30 seconds now. Just for interest, I also tried the Sim in a Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ and I could alter the delay time on that phone as well. If you don't have either of those models try it in another older phone; I'm fairly sure it will work in quite a few. I phoned Tech Support back and told them how I did it, so hopefully they'll suggest my solution to others with the issue rather than giving incorrect answers. Who knows, they may even investigate why it doesn't work in some later phones and solve the problem for good, but don't hold your breath.

davecumbria
Investigator
Investigator

It works!

You are a STAR!

Thank you so much.

I used an LG G3.  Sim size is different (larger in LG) so I positioned my EE sim as if it was a larger sim card in the LG slot, and it worked great. I now have 30 second ring before answer phone kicks in.

That's great, glad it worked. It was good you put the phone model that worked as that could help others choose a model that works.

A suggestion for other readers, if the Sim size needed is larger, use the surrounds of a free sim card to temporarily increase the size to fit.

Regards DSP1