Calling Home (OBI 100) from my Cell Phone, does not allow
DonB:
I just realized when I try to call my OBI 100 which is set up for Google Voice from my cell phone, it does not allow me to call home, it wants my pin # to access my voice mail. I use to have my calls forwarded to my cell, but have since unchecked that, I have also stop using GV for my cell phone voice mails, so there should be no reason why I cannot call home now from my cell, now this is not a big issue as I usually call my wife on her cell, but if there is an emergency I would like to be able to contact the home number. Any suggestions to by pass this, I did try *67 from my cell to mask the call coming from my cell and it did not work. please advise. >:(
Stewart:
In your GV settings, Phones tab, under the entry for your cell phone, click Edit, then click Show advanced settings. Under "Direct access to voicemail ...", click No, then click Save.
DonB:
I do not have that option in there, am I missing something ??
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Edit, MY bad, I missed it, figured it out
DonB:
Duhh, LOL I just found and figured it out, sorry for the confusion, LOL if I had brains I would be dangerous
So by doing this, I assume I cannot use the GV voice mail message for my cell phone, since I turned that feature off ??
Stewart:
I don't believe that changing the "Direct access to voicemail" setting will in any way affect how calls from outside callers (any number not associated with your GV account) will be handled.
However, I don't understand what behavior you desire. If you have unchecked forwarding to your mobile, then your mobile won't ring at all, though (if you don't answer at home) callers could still leave messages on your GV voicemail.
You can set up Groups in GV so some callers would ring to your mobile and others not, but if you want the caller to have the choice of whether s/he rings your mobile or not, you would have to set up a separate GV account and number for your home phone.
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