Voicemail - Question

[jeffster1970]

Hey everyone, I am wondering if there is solution to an annoyance when it comes to voicemail.

I ported over from Freedom back in June for the FM promo. All has been good. Once thing I noticed that with voicemail, you have to call in to retrieve messages (so the voicemail option on iPhone or Android). Thing is, whether I have had an iPhone or Android, I have never used the voicemail button to retrieve messages. Rather, with FM, you had an option to dial the message number directly, for example, it would start at 00020.  So dialing 00020 would take you immediately to the message the person left, with no prerecording that comes before you listen to the actual message telling you time and number. 

As I am already not a fan of voicemail, I really hate the additional information and time that it takes to listen to it. My phone shows the time and number, no need for the system telling me verbally the time and number.  

Anyway around this?

[jeffster1970]

Thanks! I'll get that done now. 

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@zhadj030 wrote:

@jeffster1970

I do not know about the direct access trick but I know that you can disable the reading of the time and date through the settings in voice mail options. I believe it is (from the voice mail): 

4 then 4 then 2 then 3 to disable playing the date and time before playing messages

Edit : 

4 then 4 then 2 then 3 to disable/enable playing the date and time before playing messages

4 then 4 then 2 then 2 to disable/enable playing the Caller ID before playing messages

So disable those two for direct access to your voicemail message.

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[zhadj030 · Accepted solution]

@jeffster1970

I do not know about the direct access trick but I know that you can disable the reading of the time and date through the settings in voice mail options. I believe it is (from the voice mail): 

4 then 4 then 2 then 3 to disable playing the date and time before playing messages

Edit : 

4 then 4 then 2 then 3 to disable/enable playing the date and time before playing messages

4 then 4 then 2 then 2 to disable/enable playing the Caller ID before playing messages

So disable those two for direct access to your voicemail message.