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Number of rings, time to answer

Help again please.
How do I set the ring time, or number of rings before answering on my xda mini s. I have looked in phone settings but can't see anything that relates to how long it should ring for before I answer or it diverts to answering machine.
If its in my pocket, I have trouble getting it out before its diverted to answer machine. Is there a setting that I'm missing somewhere as I would like to double the short ringtime to a more reasonable length.
I also read somewhere about a newer rom than the o2 release rom. Anyone know where this is and what it does.
Thanks in advance.

This can be found under Setting-> Phone-> Services-> Call Forwarding
The maximum you can set it to is 30 seconds, but I'd like it to be longer as I seem to be missing calls!
I've noticed that the phone icon in the task bar comes on for about 5 seconds before it rings, has anyone else noticed this?

O2 reply
I contacted o2 about this as it eluded me for so long. They said:
Go to phone screen, type **61*901*11*, followed by the time in seconds and finish with # and click the green talk key.
I could get to 30 seconds and no more despite o2 saying I could set up to 60 seconds. What a lot of messing about. I agree (as does a friend) that it would be nice to get a longer delay as the preset time is too short and the maximum of 30 could be better. I suppose 30 seconds is something to do with the network.
Ah well. Nothing is perfect even when its close. Maybe in time.

Program to an sound alarm after x minutes on every call?

Hi guys
Is there a program out there that will sound an audible alert (or vibration) once a current call reaches a set number of minutes?
My current phone plan allows me 10 free minutes per call to a nominated number (with no flagfall!) so in order to make maximum use of this, whenever I call my nominated number, I have to hang up before the 10 minutes are up and then call again.
Is there anything that will keep track of how long the current call has gone for and do a notification once it reaches a set number of seconds/minutes? That way, I will never go over the 10 minutes and enjoy free calls =)
Thanks in adv!

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thanks rustoss! thats EXACTLY what i needed

settings=>personal=>sounds&notifications=>notifications=>event:missed call =>play sound
isnt it work? do you really need any additional programs?

shoonari said:
settings=>personal=>sounds&notifications=>notifications=>event:missed call =>play sound
isnt it work? do you really need any additional programs?
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Read the original post again :wink:

T-Mobile goes to answerphone too quickly?

I have a T-Mobile MDA Vario II on T-Mobile, and it seems to go to answerphone (when someone calls me) before I can get it out of the case and answer it.
I tested it from my landline phone and it starts ringing (on the Vario and in the earpiece of the landline phone) after 13 seconds, and goes to answerphone after 30 seconds. This only gives me 17 seconds to answer whereas my old SE P900 on Orange gave me around 45 seconds.
Is there any mod I can do to my Vario to fix this? or should I call T-Mobile and see if they can change something at their end?
Thanks,
Mark

I've just tested my Vario II with an Orange PAYG sim card and it again starts ringing at around 13 seconds, but the answer phone didn't kick in until 48 seconds.
(I guess it takes my landline phone 13 seconds to dial the long mobile number and establish a connection).
This gives 35 seconds in which to answer the phone with the Orange simcard as opposed to just 17 seconds with the T-Mobile simcard and suggests that my issue is with T-Mobile UK.
Can anyone test their Vario II (or infact any mobile phone) on UK T-Mobile and let me know how long it takes for your answerphone to kick in?
This is a real problem for me as it takes 17 seconds to get the phone out of my pocket and remove it from the case, or to find it in my house when it starts ringing!
Thanks,
Mark

All you have to do is call tmobile CS on 150 and ask them to increase the ring time before it diverts to voicemail.
cheers

You don't even have to call them.
Settings>phone>services>call forwarding
Turn it off entirely, or up it to 30 seconds.
I guess you still have to call T-Mob if you need an option that's not there.

For T-Mobile UK enter the following GSM Code for 30 Second ring before answer phone:
**61*+447987958313**30#
61 is the Code for T-Mobile UK
+447987958313 is the T-Mobile Answer Phone No
30 is the Number of seconds

Try **61*destination*11*nn#[SEND]
see http://www.mobileshop.org/usertech/gsmcodes.htm
You may need to call T-Mobile to be able to change anything. I had to call them so I could disable call diversion, once they've set it up I can turn it on/off myself.

Thanks for the excellent response!
I've set it to 30 secs so it should be about 32 seconds by my calculations.
I'll try it, but I don't forsee any problems now.
Thanks again,
Mark

mr_Ray said:
You don't even have to call them.
Settings>phone>services>call forwarding
Turn it off entirely, or up it to 30 seconds.
I guess you still have to call T-Mob if you need an option that's not there.
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This is the method I used on my UK T-mobile Vario II to increase ring time. Works like a charm.

paulbacik said:
For T-Mobile UK enter the following GSM Code for 30 Second ring before answer phone:
**61*+44XXXXXXXXXX**30#
61 is the Code for T-Mobile UK
+44XXXXXXXXXX is the T-Mobile Answer Phone No
30 is the Number of seconds
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That number is YOUR voicemail access number, you may want to remove it from your post.

@g00nerz: That's the method I chose, but the others are interesting too because I didn't know about the '*' commands
So many settings on this thing, I thought I'd been through them all !!
Slave1 said:
That number is YOUR voicemail access number, you may want to remove it from your post.
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@paulbacik: I have accidently changed your voicemail to answer after 30 seconds! oops!
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mr_Ray said:
You don't even have to call them.
Settings>phone>services>call forwarding
Turn it off entirely, or up it to 30 seconds.
I guess you still have to call T-Mob if you need an option that's not there.
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This worked for me as well, it was starting to do my head in having to race to answer the phone before the call diverted to voicemail! Many thanks

thank you for this tip, I'd been wondering about this since I got my phone! Doh!

How do i reset ringer to ring longer before voicemail gets it

Ringer Length

So I upgrade from an 8125 to my 8525, and at one point I found this article in the Wizard forum about how to INCREASE the time before voicemail picked up. I was able to set it to something like 40 seconds. My 8525 seems to send my calls to voicemail after like 20...I've searched everything I can think of and it's not bringing me the result i want. Does anyone know how to do this. Thanks!

I asked my provider (orange UK) to lengthen the ring time + they gave me a code to put into the phone.
worked fine, maximum 30secs though

On t-mobile uk, I think that these settings are in the voicemail settings, ie you ring the voicemail number and it gives you a list of options.

I actually called Cingular and they said they can increase the ringer length on their end, but only to a maximum of 30 seconds. Kinda stinks, I would love a 40 second ringer. Oh well.

Cingular, several ways to change
1) In phone, under options, setting, call forwarding, there is an option to forward calls only if no answer, and you can set it to 5 to 30 seconds (in 5 second intervals).
2) Setup speed dials for changing.
*61*xxxxxxxxxx**yy#, where xxxxxxxxxx is the phone number that showed up in the forward if no answer above, and yy is the number of seconds to wring before going to voice mail.
I use method 2. When going into a meeting, I have a speed dial for going to vm after 10 seconds so that it does not vibrate and keep someone waiting for the phone to answer, when I won't be answering. When out, I speed dial to reset to 30 seconds.

I love stumbling across a post that answers a question I forgot about!
Nice!

temoore said:
1) In phone, under options, setting, call forwarding, there is an option to forward calls only if no answer, and you can set it to 5 to 30 seconds (in 5 second intervals).
2) Setup speed dials for changing.
*61*xxxxxxxxxx**yy#, where xxxxxxxxxx is the phone number that showed up in the forward if no answer above, and yy is the number of seconds to wring before going to voice mail.
I use method 2. When going into a meeting, I have a speed dial for going to vm after 10 seconds so that it does not vibrate and keep someone waiting for the phone to answer, when I won't be answering. When out, I speed dial to reset to 30 seconds.
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Nice one!
I kept missing calls by the time I'd sruggled to get the thing out my pocket, then out its pouch!!
Was originally set to 15 secs, used method 1, now i have twice as long to answer!

Number of rings...

right now, when an incoming call happens, it will ring about 3 times before it drops to voicemail... is there a way to extend this to 6 or 10 rings, so i can at least make a feeble attempt to answer or see who it is before it goes offline to voicemail...?

I beleave 30 seconds is the longest you can set the ring for. Go to >phone>menu>options>services>call forwarding>get settings.

Depends on your carrier. AT&T is 30 seconds max but you will want to set it for 25 seconds as setting it for 30 seconds costs a minute worth of airtime if they don't pick up. AT&T uses a piece of software called Snooper to set this length on your account. You can just call customer care and they will fix ya up in a jiffy. I'm not sure about other carriers but I assume the process is similiar.
The nice thing about this is you can cut your own ringtones up to match the length of the rings so they either loop properly or end right as the rings end. I will say though that for whatever reason the ring time changes back for me from time to time and I have to call back up and have them change it again. Not sure what causes this. I haven't done this in ages so they may have fixed that issue.

galaxys said:
I beleave 30 seconds is the longest you can set the ring for. Go to >phone>menu>options>services>call forwarding>get settings.
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well, that just sucks...