GSM codes for replacing iPhone VM with Google Voice

by figital on 8/4/2009, 5:45 PM with 10 comments
  • by cdmwebs on 8/4/2009, 7:18 PM
  • by geofffox on 8/4/2009, 9:05 PM

    Before you change to Google Voice for voicemail, please note there is no way to make GV pick up on the first ring. If a call 'times out' from your cellphone it will then ring another few times on GV EVEN IF YOU HAVE DO NOT DISTURB ENABLED. With my phone the wait is so long it's impractical to expect callers to hold on for it.

    Please understand, I think GV is primarily good but for many of us this 'lack of feature' is a deal breaker.

  • by figital on 8/4/2009, 5:49 PM

    Dial this: * 002 * 6175551212 # ... replacing the second string of numbers with your own. That should direct your caller to Google Voice messaging for busy/unreachable/no-answer on your iPhone (or other GSM network) but will still give you plenty of time to answer the call as usual.

  • by barrkel on 8/4/2009, 7:10 PM

    Phones normally have these configuration features built in, in my experience. That is, you go into the configuration menus, and you can query and reassign your call forwarding settings.