I’d bet good money that most voicemails never get played. Instead, they just sit there serving as extra “missed call” notifications, letting you know to call or text back whoever bothered to leave you the message in the first place.
I wish that were the solution, but if your cell phone is turned off, out of range, or in airplane mode, the US Mobile voicemail kicks in immediately, without even trying to ring the phone. Google Voice doesn’t have a chance.
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For those who are satisfied with the Default greeting for their iPhone voicemail setup, you can skip this step by clicking ‘Done’.
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For those with voicemail greetings that get changed about as often as a new president is elected, know that this is doing a serious disservice to the caller-recipient relationship. It signals to callers that the business is anything but an authority, most likely not very detail oriented, and has questionable overall credibility and competency. Those aren’t traits that any business wants to associate itself.
This can easily be accomplished by setting your phone to airplane mode or turning on Do Not Disturb. Additionally, you can reject any incoming calls, sending them straight to voicemail.
Much better & simpler method: simply phone your own voicemail service. Then one of the options will be to ‘record a voicemail’; after which you can enter the phone number, record & send voicemail.
When recording, choose a quiet area, speak clearly, and use your full name (first and last).
In fact, Virgin’s customer service didn’t even know what it was when we contacted them. And if your network does support Visual Voicemail you’ll still need to check with them to see if they charge any extra for it.
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You may need the password you created when you set up your voice mailbox. You'll only need to enter your password in the Visual Voicemail app once, during the initial setup of the service. To limit unauthorized access to your voicemail, consider locking your phone when you aren't using it.
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Instead of recording and sending a greeting through your phone’s voicemail system, you can use a visual voicemail application installed on your phone.
You can delete individual voicemails as you listen to them, and most networks will automatically delete old voicemails after 30 days. However, few networks offer a simple way of deleting multiple voicemail messages when your mailbox is full – unless you can use an option such as Visual Voicemail, which lets you delete messages with a quick tap of your finger.
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Also, carriers have a limit to how long they'll let you record a voice mail. Test it with your phone and a friend before you trust this method.