Is it possible to turn off 2degrees voicemail?

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#306445 23-Jul-2023 13:09

I have a 2d prepaid plan. Is there any way to completely disable voicemail? I don’t have voicemail set up but callers get an option to leave a message - which I do not want. Can’t see anything on 2d’s website and want to avoid ringing them if I can.

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#3107308 23-Jul-2023 13:23

A quick google..

https://www.2degrees.nz/help/mobile-help/calling-features/voicemail-for-mobile

Under managing

Turn on/off Voicemail, press 8

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#3107311 23-Jul-2023 13:42

Thanks - thought I had looked thoroughly but didn’t see that.

As mentioned, I don’t have vm set up. It seems that to be able to turn it off, you have to go through the whole vm setup process (record name, set PIN, record outgoing message, etc) first - before you get access to ‘8’ to turn it off.

That’s just bloody annoying.

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#3107318 23-Jul-2023 14:08

Before going down that road.

Look at carrier call forwarding settings

My VF on android 13 polls provider and has toggle options

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#3107319 23-Jul-2023 14:20

Oblivian: Before going down that road.

Look at carrier call forwarding settings

My VF on android 13 polls provider and has toggle options

That’s starting to get above my pay-grade but can’t see any 2d settings along those lines on iPhone.

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#3107332 23-Jul-2023 16:04

Call 2degrees and request the OCCF to to be set to N (if they allow it)

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#3110017 31-Jul-2023 12:03

This might sound odd given my OP but our son works in a reasonably senior position at 2d. Initially I hoped to achieve this without bothering him but given how it was tracking, I mentioned it to him and he got someone in 2d to turn off vm for me.

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#3110124 31-Jul-2023 14:36

My OH is on 2d prepaid and I have configured her VM to divert to a free 2talk VOIP number. All calls to this number get diverted straight to 2talk voicemail, which then gets saved as a sound recording and emailed to my OH. Sounds cumbersome but net result is a recorded message attachment that you can play at will. If you didn't want messages, you could skip the last part and just make the 2talk OGM "Don't leave a message". Either way, you're diverting the missed call away from 2d system so you won't get pestered by their VM system

Unfortunately I can't do this with Spark prepaid, which I'm on, so I have to put up with VM but I have left a sufficiently clear OGM that I get very few

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#3110130 31-Jul-2023 14:55

shk292:

My OH is on 2d prepaid and I have configured her VM to divert to a free 2talk VOIP number. All calls to this number get diverted straight to 2talk voicemail, which then gets saved as a sound recording and emailed to my OH. Sounds cumbersome but net result is a recorded message attachment that you can play at will. If you didn't want messages, you could skip the last part and just make the 2talk OGM "Don't leave a message". Either way, you're diverting the missed call away from 2d system so you won't get pestered by their VM system

Unfortunately I can't do this with Spark prepaid, which I'm on, so I have to put up with VM but I have left a sufficiently clear OGM that I get very few

I believe with ios 17 you can automatically convert all voice messages to text messages. There is probably 3rd party apps out there that can do this for a fee.

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#3110135 31-Jul-2023 15:29

shk292:

My OH is on 2d prepaid and I have configured her VM to divert to a free 2talk VOIP number. All calls to this number get diverted straight to 2talk voicemail, which then gets saved as a sound recording and emailed to my OH. Sounds cumbersome but net result is a recorded message attachment that you can play at will. If you didn't want messages, you could skip the last part and just make the 2talk OGM "Don't leave a message". Either way, you're diverting the missed call away from 2d system so you won't get pestered by their VM system

Unfortunately I can't do this with Spark prepaid, which I'm on, so I have to put up with VM but I have left a sufficiently clear OGM that I get very few

Does Spark have what Skinny call the "Answer Service"? Can use the default message or custom, and callers can't leave a message.

https://www.skinny.co.nz/help/mobile-help/products-and-services/voicemail-and-answer-service/answer-message-service/

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#3110559 1-Aug-2023 15:47

Zigg:

Does Spark have what Skinny call the "Answer Service"? Can use the default message or custom, and callers can't leave a message.

https://www.skinny.co.nz/help/mobile-help/products-and-services/voicemail-and-answer-service/answer-message-service/

I've just found that there is Spark VM app which claims to be able to record and transcribe messages. Costs $1 per month for prepaid customers but sounds like it's worth checking out, thanks

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#3110565 1-Aug-2023 16:08

You can do this on 2degrees with the following (dial in phone dialer):

Disable busy diversion: # 67 * 11 # CALL/SEND
Disable diversion: # 21 ** 11 # CALL/SEND
Disable no answer diversion: # 61 ** 11 # CALL/SEND
Disable phone off diversion: # 62 * 11 # CALL/SEND

This is all the store did for me when I requested voicemail to be fully turned off.

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