How to Extend Your Ring Time On Your Smartphone.

by Nathan Thorne April 25, 2021 3 min read 22 Comments

How to Extend Your Ring Time On Your Smartphone.


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The Best Trick to Extend Your Ring Time on Your Smartphone

When you miss calls from your loved one's personal alarm quite often, it can be a frustrating experience. That’s why we recommend extending the ring time on your smartphone, so you have more time to answer.

By default, your phone rings for 15 seconds before it diverts the call to voicemail (if you have the voicemail feature switched on). The good news is that you can change the length of your ring time by increments of five seconds, up to 30 seconds.

The steps will be slightly different depending on your smartphone provider (mobile carrier). In this guide, we show you step-by-step how to extend the ring time on your mobile phone! Use the following code to extend the ring time on your smartphone.


How to extend the ring time on  TELSTRA Mobile

  • On your mobile phone, tap on the Call function (like making a new call)
  • Using the keypad on your mobile phone, dial the following sequence: **61*101** number of seconds: 15, 20, 25, 30, finish with #
  • Example: Code to extend ring time to 30 seconds, dial: **61*101**30#
  • Press the call or send button.

A message will pop up to let you know that the code is successful.


How to extend the ring time on  OPTUS Mobile

  • On your mobile phone, tap on the Call function (like making a new call)
  • Using the keypad on your mobile phone, dial the following sequence **61*321** number of seconds: 15, 20, 25, 30, and finish with #
  • Example: Code to extend ring time to 30 seconds, dial: **61*321**30#
  • 4. Press the call or send button.

A message will pop up to let you know that the code is successful.


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How to extend the ring time on VODAFONE Mobile

  • On your mobile phone, tap on the Call function (like making a new call)
  • Using the keypad on your mobile phone, dial the following sequence **61*121*11* number of seconds: 15, 20, 25, 30, and finish with #
  • Example: Code to extend ring time to 30 seconds, dial: **61*121*11*30#
  • Press the call or send button.

A message will pop up to let you know that the code is successful.


How to extend the ring time on  BELONG Mobile

  • Please note that Belong uses the Message2Text service, not voice mail services.
  • On your mobile phone, tap on the Call function (like making a new call)
  • Using the keypad on your mobile phone, dial the following sequence.
  • Message2Txt service number **61*+61418707111** or a user-defined number, plus number of seconds: 15, 20, 25, 30, and finish with #
  • Example: Code to extend ring time to 30 seconds, dial: **61*+61418707111**30#
  • Press the call or send button.

A message will pop up to let you know that the code is successful.

* Voicemail is now being rolled out and will be available to new and existing Belong mobile customers as of August 2022. You’ll know it’s switched on when you get your first SMS saying you’ve received a voicemail message.

To verify the time the phone rings (in seconds), dial *#61# and press 'call' or 'send'. To reset to default settings, dial ##004# and press 'call' or 'send''. Source (whirlpool.net.au)


How to extend the ring time on  ALDI Mobile

  • On your mobile phone, tap on the Call function (like making a new call)
  • Using the keypad on your mobile phone, dial the following sequence **61*101** number of seconds: 15, 20, 25, 30, and finish with #
  • Example: Code to extend ring time to 30 seconds, dial: **61*101**30#
  • Press the call or send button.

A message will pop up to let you know that the code is successful.

Please check out the links below:

Aldimobile managing your service. How do I enable or disable call waiting?

Telstra mobile devices. Message Bank.

Optus call diverts to voicemail.

 


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