Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
If you’re fed up of missing calls on your mobile because it diverts calls to voicemail too quickly, then we may have a solution for you. By default, most networks set phones to ring for just 15 seconds before diverting to voicemail. Now 15 seconds may seem like a long time, but I can assure you, it’s not if you’ve got your hands full and your phone is at the bottom of your bag!
One solution of course is to simply turn off your voicemail, but that’s not really a solution as having no message service can also cause you problems. Thankfully there is another quick and easy way to solve this problem. A short code, keyed into your phone can increase the amount of time your phone rings for, before diverting the call to voicemail.
To find out how, read our step by step guide to making your phone ring for longer!
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
I think we’ve all had experiences in the past where the phone rings, you’re in the middle of doing something and miles away from your phone. You drop everything in a mad panic, dash to your phone, only for it to go to voicemail the second you pick it up. You try and call the person back, only to end up playing voicemail tennis, with them getting your voicemail, you getting theirs, until one of you decides not to ring the other person back. I don’t know about you but that winds me right up!
There is a pretty quick and easy way to try and prevent this, and that is to increase the amount of time your phone rings for before diverting the calls to voicemail. Sounds tricky, but is actually very simple. By default, most networks will have set your ringing time to 15 seconds. Plenty of time if the phone is in your pocket, but not if its somewhere else in the house.
If you have a Samsung phone, you can increase the amount of time before voicemail through the settings on the phone, but for most other makes you will need to key a code into your phone and send it to the network.
These steps should work for all phones on all networks, but there might be some instances where this doesn’t work, in which case, you’re probably better off speaking to your network provider to find out how to do it. Before you start you will need to find your voicemailbox number. This can normally be found in the voicemail settings on your phone, or in the call diverts settings. I can’t really explain in any great detail where to find this number as it’s stored in different places on different phones. If you can’t find it, either leave a comment below and we’ll investigate for you, or contact your network for it.
To set the ringing time, key in: **61*MailboxNumber**N# then press ok/send/call
(N is the number of seconds you want it to ring for up to a maximum of 30 seconds)
To cancel previous setting key in: ##61# then press ok/send/call. This will reset it to the network default
For Example:
If your voicemail box number is: +44 7978 123 456, and you want your phone to divert to your voicemail after 20 seconds, you would key in:
**61*+447978123456**20# and then press ok/send/call.
Your phone should then say "requesting," or something similar, and after a few seconds you’ll receive a confirmation message. If you get an error message, check the code you’ve entered and try again. If it still doesn’t work, you’ll need to contact your network, or if you know someone with a Samsung phone, ask them nicely to borrow it!
Feel free to ask any questions below and we’ll do our best to answer them.
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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
I think I’m safe in saying that most people have, or have had a Hotmail account. Up until recently it was my main email account outside of work, but as I needed my own email while I was out and about, Hotmail lost its appeal as it was a web only email service and was only accessible by logging into the web/wap site on my phone – a slow and frustrating process.
Thankfully, Hotmail have now added POP3 support to their email services. For those that aren’t up to speed on email jargon, POP3 is a protocol that lets pretty much any email program send and receive email. So now it doesn’t matter whether you’re using your mobile, iPhone, BlackBerry, Mail on Ovi, Outlook, Thunderbird or any other email program, you can now get your email where ever you want!
To set up Hotmail on your phone or email application, these are the settings that you’ll need:
- POP Server: pop3.live.com (Port 995)
- POP SSL required: YES
- Username: Your windows live ID/Email Address (myname@hotmail.co.uk)
- Password: Your usual sign in password
- SMTP server: smtp.live.com (Port 25)
- Authentication Required: Yes (Same username and password as above)
- TLS/SSL required: Yes
If you’re not familiar with setting up email on your phone, most handset manufacturers can send the settings through for you. Just make sure you have all the information listed above to hand, and then click on your manufacturer below to go to their email set up wizards.
If your handset manufacturer isn’t listed here, this just means that they don’t have a settings wizard, so you’ll need to consult the user manual for your handset to find out how to set up your phone for email.
For BlackBerry handsets, please see our guide on Setting up BlackBerry Email.
iPhone users simply need to add a new account, enter your username and password and the rest of the settings will be downloaded for you.
If you have a Samsung handset (Tocco Ultra in particular) and are having problems configuring your email account, the settings are explained in detail on the Mobile Fun Forums
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