Q: Why can't I decline a call from home screen? (I don't want voicemail from these callers either.)
I saw the "push the sleep button" answer, but I don't want to even hear the vm from these sales callers. I also keep getting the fake IRS final notice call. I block the numbers and they change where the call is coming from to another state. I know when my friends and coworkers are calling me and I don't want to have to listen to these sales pitches.
I'm also on the national DNC list, and they still call me.
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 11:35 AM
Depends on where you are how that works. See the iOS 10 iPhone manual, page 121:
“Decline a call and send it directly to voicemail. Do one of the following:
Press the Sleep/Wake button twice quickly.
Press and hold the center button on your headset for about two seconds. Two low beeps confirm that the call was declined.
Tap Decline (if iPhone is awake when the call comes in).
Note: In some areas, declined calls are disconnected without being sent to voicemail.”
Excerpt From: Apple Inc. “iPhone User Guide for iOS 10.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/o_ZOdb.l
I know for me, on AT&T in the USA, tapping the sleep button twice just dumps the caller immediately to my VM.
However, most of the unsolicited calls I get never leave a VM message anyway, so I just go ahead and decline or ignore it, then go in and add them to the blocked caller list, and delete that call log entry.
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 11:55 AM