4 rings not enough time for in-phone voicemail anymore
QBZappy:
Quote from: et_phone_home on February 24, 2014, 04:19:09 pm
...It worked out great. I'll probably tweak it a bit more when i get the time but for now I can get 4 ring tones in before the 25 second limit so the phone's voicemail picks up without issues.
This question has been asked for over two years on/off. This is the first time someone figured out a simple work around for the 25 second limitation. Too bad this work around comes when it seems that people are getting off the GV bandwagon.
azrobert:
Just want to clarify what's happening with this method.
This solution doesn't change the GV 25 second limitation.
First, there is a lag after GV forwards the call, so you don't have the full 25 seconds. This can vary depending on the service provider.
Because of the ring pattern of 2 seconds ringing and 4 seconds silence, there can be up to 4 seconds of silence just before GV voicemail picks up.
This method shortens the ring pattern plus uses the silence period before GV VM picks up to squeeze out one more ring.
et_phone_home:
So, with a bit more testing I got up to (1.9+3.3).
Yes, I understand what's happening with these settings. I'm trying to get as many normal sounding rings as possible within the moronic 25 second limit by Google. In my case it's four rings, and I want the phone to pick up the voicemail instead of the calls being directed to my GV voicemail after the fourth ring. The phone doesn't care about the longevity of each ring...as long as there's four of them (or whatever you set it to in the phone settings), the in-built voicemail kicks in.
I personally don't mind where the voicemail ends up, but my non-techie parents and family members don't even get the concept of VOIP let alone Google voice or online voicemail, so i'm trying to make this as simple as possible for them to retrieve their voicemail.
Quote from: azrobert on February 24, 2014, 06:45:03 pm
Just want to clarify what's happening with this method.
This solution doesn't change the GV 25 second limitation.
First, there is a lag after GV forwards the call, so you don't have the full 25 seconds. This can vary depending on the service provider.
Because of the ring pattern of 2 seconds ringing and 4 seconds silence, there can be up to 4 seconds of silence just before GV voicemail picks up.
This method shortens the ring pattern plus uses the silence period before GV VM picks up to squeeze out one more ring.
giqcass:
Quote from: QBZappy on February 24, 2014, 05:04:58 pm
Quote from: et_phone_home on February 24, 2014, 04:19:09 pm
...It worked out great. I'll probably tweak it a bit more when i get the time but for now I can get 4 ring tones in before the 25 second limit so the phone's voicemail picks up without issues.
This question has been asked for over two years on/off. This is the first time someone figured out a simple work around for the 25 second limitation. Too bad this work around comes when it seems that people are getting off the GV bandwagon.
We have all seen this question a few times. The answer seems so obvious after you hear it. Someone just needed to learn to think like a 15 year old answering machine. lol
QBZappy:
Quote from: azrobert on February 23, 2014, 08:30:14 pm
You can try changing the ring pattern.
The default for a SPx is Ring Profile A and Ring Pattern 1.
This is Ring Pattern 1:
60;(2+4)
The 2+4 means ring for 2 seconds and the silence for 4 seconds.
The pattern keeps repeating.
That's 6 seconds for each ring.
3 rings equals 18 seconds before the 4th ring.
If you change the ring pattern to:
60;(2+3.5)
Now 3 rings equals 16.5 seconds.
Keep adjusting the Ring Pattern until you get the longest pattern that works.
To memorialize this, we will hence forth refer to it as the "azrobert method". :D
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