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There are times when you may want to forward calls from your iPhone to another phone. This could be forwarding your calls to a spouse’s phone or sending work calls to your personal phone. Call forwarding on the iPhone automatically directs all incoming calls to a different phone number. Setting up Call Forwarding It’s important …
We all receive an ever increasing number of calls from telemarketers and scammers. Luckily there is an easy way to ignore calls from unknown numbers. The Silence Unknown Callers feature on the iPhone will check the number of an incoming call to see if you have that person in your Contacts, have texted them, or …
If you receive a call on your iPhone when you are busy, you may not be able to answer it. After some time passes and you are no longer busy, you may then forget to call the person back. There is a way to have the iPhone automatically set a reminder for you to return …
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It’s easy to create a personalized voicemail greeting to let people know they reached the right person. People are more likely to leave a voicemail message when they hear your voice instead of a generic default voicemail greeting. Record a Voicemail Greeting Here’s how to create a custom voicemail greeting on the iPhone. Open the …
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When you are on the phone with someone, occasionally you need to refer to something on your iPhone. For example, you may be talking to a friend who needs a phone number for one of your contacts. You can stay on the phone with them while opening the Contacts app to find the number. Here’s …
Strong cellular reception is important to having good call clarity on a cell phone. If you live in an area with a poor or inconsistent cellular signal, the sound quality of your calls may suffer, it may be hard to hear, or calls may unexpectedly drop off. You could resolve the issue with a cellular …
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We’ve all had it happen, we’re busy doing something and the phone rings at the most inopportune time. While many people simply let the call go to voicemail, iPhone users have another alternative that may actually be useful to the person trying to reach you. Reply With Message The Reply With Message function …
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When you have multiple devices using the same Apple ID, an incoming cellular phone call can ring on all your devices at the same time. Part of the Continuity feature in iOS is the ability to make and receive cellular iPhone calls on an iPad, iPod touch, or Mac computer when your iPhone is connected …
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There are times when you need to coordinate with several people. By setting up a conference call from your iPhone, you can quickly accomplish this without a lot of texting and calling back and forth. Depending on your cellular provider, you can talk to up to five people at a time. Setting Up a Conference …
We all have certain people that we call or text more than others. For those special people (or maybe for people you would rather avoid), you can assign a unique ringtone to specific contacts. This allows you to know who is calling or texting without looking at the screen, which can be very helpful if …
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