I have just gone back to Telstra Pre-paid to improve the reception at my home and found, like always, they only seem to allow about three rings before a call is diverted to Voicemail.
This of course is great for Telstra as the caller gets charged for the call, you pay to retrieve the call then probably you return the call. Guess who pays for that?
There is a solution, by dialing on your phone (just like a call) the following number **61*101**30#<send>. The 30 refers to the number of seconds you want the phone to be able to ring, make it 20 or 25 if you want.
If you use Optus you can do the same procedure with the following string.....**61*333**30# <send>.
Cheers Neil
-- Edited by Delta18 on Sunday 22nd of January 2012 06:25:50 PM
Sheba said
09:57 PM Jan 22, 2012
Delta18 wrote:
As I said, 30 seconds is the maximum. So you got it working for 30? You are on Telstra or Optus?
Cheers Neil
I'm with Telstra pre-paid. Sorry, but I don't see where you said 30 seconds was the Maximum. You just said "you could make it 20 or 25 if you want ", so I tried for the full minute.
Anyway, I've done it now. Thanks,
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Sunday 22nd of January 2012 09:59:17 PM
Vic said
02:50 AM Jan 23, 2012
Thanks for the tip Neil, I have just adjusted my Telstra prepaid mobile!
jimricho said
03:02 AM Jan 23, 2012
Thanks also from me, I've adjusted mine too.
Jim
Delta18 said
03:08 AM Jan 23, 2012
You're both welcome...lol
justcruisin01 said
03:16 AM Jan 23, 2012
We found that back in day dot when we got our first mobile, telstra adjusted it for us .
JC.
Sheba said
03:24 AM Jan 23, 2012
Delta18 wrote:
There is a solution, by dialing on your phone (just like a call) the following number **61*101**30#<send>. The 30 refers to the number of seconds you want the phone to be able to ring, make it 20 or 25 if you want.
Cheers Neil
Hi Neil. Could you be a bit more specific please ? When I follow what you say here, I get told there is no such number. Which button do you press to <send> please ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
Ma said
03:25 AM Jan 23, 2012
So you put the *** in as well
Delta18 said
03:49 AM Jan 23, 2012
Sheba wrote:
Delta18 wrote:
There is a solution, by dialing on your phone (just like a call) the following number **61*101**30#<send>. The 30 refers to the number of seconds you want the phone to be able to ring, make it 20 or 25 if you want.
Cheers Neil
Hi Neil. Could you be a bit more specific please ? When I follow what you say here, I get told there is no such number. Which button do you press to <send> please ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
Sheba, put the numbers exactly as I said, including the 'stars' and the 'hash' keys. The <send> means the green phone key or whatever your phone has to initiate a call.
Ma wrote:
So you put the *** in as well
Ma, there are only 2 ** in a sequence and, yes, you do include them.
Cheers Neil
Connie said
03:53 AM Jan 23, 2012
Thanks Neil,
SWMBO has been complaining that her new iPhone can't be got out of her purse in time to answer it, so now it can - woohoo!!!!
Ma said
03:58 AM Jan 23, 2012
Thankyou Neil
pauline said
04:35 AM Jan 23, 2012
does not work for me either.............same as Sheba
Sheba said
04:36 AM Jan 23, 2012
Thank you Neil. Also, I'd been trying for 60 seconds. Doesn't accept that time length. [ Not on my Phone, anyway.]
Cheers,
Sheba.
Delta18 said
04:46 AM Jan 23, 2012
Sheba wrote:
Thank you Neil. Also, I'd been trying for 60 seconds. Doesn't accept that time length. [ Not on my Phone, anyway.]
Cheers,
Sheba.
As I said, 30 seconds is the maximum. So you got it working for 30? You are on Telstra or Optus? There is a code for Vodaphone too but I can't remember it now.
Cheers Neil
jandas fun said
05:34 AM Jan 23, 2012
Worked for me.(did get the recorded message saying not connectef, but just ignored it) Thanks Neil.
Johnw
Gerty Dancer said
06:22 AM Jan 23, 2012
The nice young man at the T shop did this for me when I bought it. Message bank is a pest, I ask everybody to text me, then I can read it when I'm able and respond by texting back or calling them. Works for me!
Esmeralda said
06:23 AM Jan 23, 2012
Thanks Neil - I have been trying to do that for ages!!!
Cheers, Helen
_wombat_ said
04:59 PM Jan 23, 2012
Neil, great suggestion but there is another option as you have already pointed this out, part quote "This of course is great for Telstra as the caller gets charged for the call, you pay to retrieve the call then probably you return the call. Guess who pays for that?"
the other option is to do as I did contact Telstra/Optus and demand that voicemail be taken off of your phone, if somebody calls and gets no answer and it's urgent they will call back, that means that they do not pay to leave a message and wait for you to make another call to them, making more money for the telco as you suggest in your original post.
Pam said
07:35 PM Jan 23, 2012
I had message bank or voice mail taken off mine too. You can leave a 10 second voice to text message which is good. No retrieval charges for it either. it also sends a text saying who has called then i can choose whether to ring back or not.
Dougwe said
10:29 PM Jan 23, 2012
Any wonder I like this forum, there is always some great information from great people. Keep up the good work everyone.
denninelli said
06:22 AM Jan 26, 2012
I did it and was told "call forwarding was successful"???????????????
Delta18 said
06:28 AM Jan 26, 2012
denninelli wrote:
I did it and was told "call forwarding was successful"???????????????
I have just gone back to Telstra Pre-paid to improve the reception at my home and found, like always, they only seem to allow about three rings before a call is diverted to Voicemail.
This of course is great for Telstra as the caller gets charged for the call, you pay to retrieve the call then probably you return the call. Guess who pays for that?
There is a solution, by dialing on your phone (just like a call) the following number **61*101**30#<send>. The 30 refers to the number of seconds you want the phone to be able to ring, make it 20 or 25 if you want.
If you use Optus you can do the same procedure with the following string.....**61*333**30# <send>.
Cheers Neil
-- Edited by Delta18 on Sunday 22nd of January 2012 06:25:50 PM
I'm with Telstra pre-paid. Sorry, but I don't see where you said 30 seconds was the Maximum. You just said "you could make it 20 or 25 if you want ", so I tried for the full minute.
Anyway, I've done it now. Thanks,
Cheers,
Sheba.
-- Edited by Sheba on Sunday 22nd of January 2012 09:59:17 PM
Jim
You're both welcome...lol
We found that back in day dot when we got our first mobile, telstra adjusted it for us .
JC.
Hi Neil. Could you be a bit more specific please ? When I follow what you say here, I get told there is no such number. Which button do you press to <send> please ?
Cheers,
Sheba.
So you put the *** in as well
Sheba, put the numbers exactly as I said, including the 'stars' and the 'hash' keys. The <send> means the green phone key or whatever your phone has to initiate a call.
Ma, there are only 2 ** in a sequence and, yes, you do include them.
Cheers Neil
Thanks Neil,
SWMBO has been complaining that her new iPhone can't be got out of her purse in time to answer it, so now it can - woohoo!!!!
Thankyou Neil
Thank you Neil. Also, I'd been trying for 60 seconds. Doesn't accept that time length. [ Not on my Phone, anyway.]
Cheers,
Sheba.
As I said, 30 seconds is the maximum. So you got it working for 30? You are on Telstra or Optus? There is a code for Vodaphone too but I can't remember it now.
Cheers Neil
Johnw
Message bank is a pest, I ask everybody to text me, then I can read it when I'm able and respond by texting back or calling them. Works for me!
Thanks Neil - I have been trying to do that for ages!!!
Cheers, Helen
Neil, great suggestion but there is another option as you have already pointed this out, part quote "This of course is great for Telstra as the caller gets charged for the call, you pay to retrieve the call then probably you return the call. Guess who pays for that?"
the other option is to do as I did contact Telstra/Optus and demand that voicemail be taken off of your phone, if somebody calls and gets no answer and it's urgent they will call back, that means that they do not pay to leave a message and wait for you to make another call to them, making more money for the telco as you suggest in your original post.
That IS the message you will get....all good.