Nearly all calls going to voicemail issue
Nearly all calls going to voicemail issue
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TownIdiot

Original Poster:

3,527 posts

15 months

Tuesday 1st October 2024
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Been with Vodafone on the same number for many years and have been using an e SIM.

Had an issue with my last phone in that I was getting a lot of people saying they couldn't get through. Switched phones (pixel fold) and I've still got the same issue.

Global call forwarding is not enabled.

The odd call does get through and it works fine calling outbound

Any ideas?

cobra kid

5,380 posts

256 months

Wednesday 2nd October 2024
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Anything to do with a form of "do not disturb"? I have three contacts that can get through that on my iPhone and the rest go to voicemail.

Not much help but maybe a start point.

Road2Ruin

5,947 posts

232 months

Wednesday 2nd October 2024
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cobra kid said:
Anything to do with a form of "do not disturb"? I have three contacts that can get through that on my iPhone and the rest go to voicemail.

Not much help but maybe a start point.
Or have you set the phone to only allow certain 'known' numbers. Mine has this great feature where it knows if a number is 'likely' to be spam or a scam, and it can then block them.

alscar

6,524 posts

229 months

Wednesday 2nd October 2024
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I’ve noticed over the past few months that receiving calls on both Vodafone and o2 has become a bit of a lottery which I’ve put down to poor signals and living in the country.
I’ve had my phone next to me and yet no call seemingly received until the voice message comes through ( o2 ) and my wife on Vodafone often doesn’t get the call and even the voice message can then take hours to come through !

eeLee

926 posts

96 months

Wednesday 2nd October 2024
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Get a new SIM from your provider or go eSIM. I assume you have reception that works so it would suggest the SIM could be the problem.

Also you can call *#61# from your phone (this code and then call) and it should tell you of your call divert/forward status.

FiF

46,922 posts

267 months

Wednesday 2nd October 2024
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I had a similar(ish) problem on my Samsung. Incoming texts just went to a voicemail which was often empty. Which was a real hassle with things like banking texting notification codes etc.

May have also had a problem with calls but don't get many. (Billy no mates)

Eventually cured it by following

Settings> General Management > Reset > Reset Mobile Settings > Reset Settings.

TownIdiot

Original Poster:

3,527 posts

15 months

Monday 7th October 2024
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Thanks for the suggestions

I've tried the above with no success - deleted my wife's contact card and made a new one and it's working.

I couldn't see anything different in the settings on her card to that of my daughter's, which did work.

It's definitely related to a change of phone as I noticed a missed call from an agent the day before I switched phones and he is currently going straight to voicemail.

jingars

1,170 posts

256 months

Tuesday 8th October 2024
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I have a comparable issue: Redmi handset on Smarty.

I have a theory that the issue is caused by an unsuccessful negotiation of Voice of Wi-Fi. However, i have done nothing to validate my half-baked hypothesis.

I am upgrading to a Pixel in the coming weeks and I am hopeful that this issue will depart ith my Redmi.