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November 9, 2025
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I need to reduce the time it takes to switch over to voicemail at the moment it's 30sec i want 15sec

  • November 9, 2025
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I need to reduce the time it takes to switch over to voicemail at the moment it's 30sec I'm looking for 15sec has anyone been able to adjust their unanswered switch time on a Samsung Android mobile phone.

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    JoeKing
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    November 10, 2025

    @Easy  I've not done this (in the instructions below)  myself as my voicemail kicks in pretty early I had set this up may year's ago.

     

    You can change your iD Mobile voicemail ring time by dialling **61*123** followed by the number of seconds (from \(5\) to \(30\)) and a # at the end. For example, to set the ring time to \(20\) seconds, dial **61*123**20#. The default is usually \(30\) seconds, but you can make it shorter, down to the nearest \(5\) seconds.

     

     

    Joe 🙂

    Android OS 16 - Nothing Phone 2, (Samsung Galaxy S 25 Ultra Here to help, I do have a life. 😉
    Easy
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    EasyAuthor
    New Contributor
    November 10, 2025

    Hi Joe, 

    I've tried putting in **61*123**15# but the timing doesn't change, it still remains at 30sec.

    Are there any other methods/options to try. 

    andewhite
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    November 10, 2025

    Maybe speak to iD customer service via their online Live Chat service, ​@Easy

    The iD advisers should be able to change the network settings for your voicemail service. 

    Tell the 24/7 chatbot you’d like to “talk to a person” - the advisers work until 8pm on weekdays.  

    🍀

    Forum member (non-iD).
    Tyler C
    iD Mobile Employee
    iD Mobile Employee
    November 10, 2025

    Hey there ​@Easy, as advised by ​@andewhite, please contact our live-chat.

     

    Thanks,

    Tyler

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    emelem
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    August 28, 2026

    I have been in an insane vicious cycle trying to resolve this. I tried the *#61#*blahblah code I saw online (d’oh!). It deactivated my voicemail and claimed my # unrecognised. Still rang forever. Had 2 chats with, what are sure to be, bots (the names!) - they gave me many codes then told me to go to Currys for a new sim -_ -. Did that, with the reassurance from Currys dude, that they provided no tech help, it’s all online. Thanks for that. 🙄 A third chat was disconnected and a 4th, eventually, said the number of rings can’t be changed. 

    then why the F didn’t the first 3 chats tell me this, if true?

    So I went to file a complaint, in what looked like a contact form, but it opens a complaint bot chat
     

    Finally got complaint bot to confirm complaint placed via text. Now I wait for more *&^%.. 

    So yeah, I just want a normal amount of rings before it goes to voicemail. Preferred, 4 rings/ 10 seconds. Currently, 16 rings/34 seconds?? When did the seconds method start? And wasn’t changing the amount of rings on your phone one of the very first “fancy” things you could do on a phone?! It just shouldn’t be this complicated. I can’t see how a load of rings is default and unchangeable. The business world (still using phones and v.mail, lol) would never tolerate it!