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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: Calls going straight to voicemail
Date: 25 Apr 2024 15:23:11 GMT
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On 2024-04-25, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On 4/24/24 2:52 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2024-04-24, Connor Shannon <cshannon1898@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> A couple times recently I needed to call a company's support ppl and
>>> when they called back their call went right to my iPhone voicemail
>>> it didn't ring or anything. I googled and found out about an iPhone
>>> setting called Silence Unknown Callers but I checked and I don't
>>> have that on.  B'cuz I don't know what number the support ppl will
>>> use I can't put them in my Contacts. How can I make sure that any
>>> body that calls I can see the call and answer it?
>> 
>> Another possible cause is a very weak cellular signal in the area you
>> were in at the time. Loss of cellular signal while a call is incoming
>> would result in that call going straight to voicemail (same as if
>> your phone was turned off at the time).
>
> Hmmm maybe so. I do have kinda a weak signal at my desk and in fact I
> lost a couple of calls today. Maybe I'll have somebody call me when
> the signal bars are better and see if it does the same thing. Thank
> you.

If calls are being dropped that's definitely a sign that you are losing
cellular connectivity.

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