How to Set the Number of Rings Before Your iPhone Goes to Voicemail
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Instructions worked beautifully, but would not let me set time longer than 30 seconds.

Should have included in earlier comment ......worked perfectly for iPhone 5 on Virgin mobile network.

Brilliant, worked first time, your advice much appreciated. Apple really should build this adjustment into their software and make it user friendly........they still have much to learn about customer service it seems.

for me i stooped the voice message to keep the incoming calls ringing longer

No number comes up when i do #61#- it just has the text you mention! I have a swiss mobile number...could that be why? Swisscom is my server-

I fell for that too. Actually *#61#

Thanks for posting. Still can't believe Apple won't let you do this directly from the phone like every other mobile phone out there.

Very helpful tutorial and to the auther you have made this so easy anyone could follow. Thank you for taking the time.

I believe it only works with phones on the At&T network

According to the O2 Gurus (tech support), there is a max 30 secs ringtone duration before forwarding to voicemail. If no voicemail is enabled and no call forwarding is enabled, then there is a longer max ring duration (not sure how long, though). I hope that helps. Plus, there are more instructions at http://www.appleiphonereview.com/tutorials/how-to-make-iphone-ring-longer/

I'm trying to reset the number of rings my S6 phone exercises before going to voicemail. As things stand, I'm missing ALL of my calls. These instructions are clear, but NO NUMBER comes up when I follow the instructions, so I can't enter a number my calls are forwarded to! In other words, this feature is not enabled. When I press on the "voice call forwarding" text, nothing happens. When I go to settings, "call forwarding" ASKS me for a number. I'm stumped.

Instructions beautiful, but will not work on our iPhone 6+, service by AT&T. Tried twice to set @ 40 sec, then tried @30. Error message every time. Looked at another thread - turns out we had to leave out the + sign to get it to work!

Worked perfectly for iPhone 5 on ATT.

Did not work on my iphone 5 having tried several times?

This didn't work on my 6+. It kept showing error. I tried to get 30 seconds and it wouldn't work. I need more than 20 seconds to get to my phone.

It worked! Thank you so much!

Thanks it worked a treat on my 5 and my wife's 6 iphone John Godfrey

does not work for my iPhone6+. I have Verizon and I get a "call cannot be completed message".

So impressed. Worked beautifully. Thanks

Thank you so much! Directions and screen shots were very helpful. (And I agree, I am surprised there's not an accessible option to do this simply from our phone menu)

Don't seem to be able to set seconds more than 30

Mine does not show Forwards to - it is disabled. How can I enable it?

It works with minimum 10s. Tried for 5s got error.

Does not work with Verizon.

Re: Verizon service iphone 6 How does one set the number of rings for voicemail to pick up the call? Thanks,

if your on o2 dial **61*901*11* then the number of seconds from 0 to 30 in multiples of 5. so it would read **61*901*11*15# would be 15 seconds ringing before divert.

Tried it. My IPhone 6s came back with error. Only that voicemail will take after unanswered calls. Doesn't say how many rings. When I called my cell. I heard 4 rings on the phone I was calling from, but my cell only rings 3 times. Shouldn't be so difficult. Settings should be in phone settings. Thanks anyway.

Sharon - your instructions could not be more clear and easy. I have an Iphone6 and your instructions were perfect.

Easy to follow insructions with screen dhots too. Thanks. It would be easier to do it from the phone settings

very clear instructions except for the fact that when I dial *#61#, I get a message saying "This call cannot be completed as dialed". What to do nest?

Very clear instructions, along with the screen shots, proved to be an excellent guide/tool for a successful reset (iPhone 6 Plus)....Thanks so much!!

This is ridiculous. We should be able to do this from the settings on our phone

Why should this be so complicated? Without your clear instruction, I would never have worked it out. Thanks..

I got a recording: The feature code you entered is not valid.

Many thanks for your very clear instructions - it worked really well & using photos was a great idea.

Wow, so happy that that worked... can never find the phone in my purse quickly enough!

Thank you so much worked really well on my iphone 3. Very clear and easy to follow instructions that work!! No more "missed calls" to return

great directions. tx

Great.. Thanks a bunch

Note: Max 30 s

OK, that worked! Now I'm not raceing to get to the phone, tripping over furniture and swearing repeatedly! Thanks!

thanks, sorted

worked for my Iphone 4 30' sec ;) thx