contacts on my phone like doctor offices and business contractors are going to my voicemail. They are not blocked. They are added to my contact list, but they appear in red instead of black.
iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 16
FIRST: Are there missed calls in Phone/Recents on the phone? If they are not the problem is in the network, because the calls aren’t getting to your phone. Contact your carrier:
If they are in Recents here’s what to check:
Go to Settings/Phone.There's a switch for Silence Unknown Callers. If it is on any calls from numbers not in your contacts will go directly to voicemail. If you keep it on, in Settings/Phone make sure Dial Assist is enabled; it is needed to accurately match an incoming call to a contact.
After everything, I changed my ring tone and that worked!!!
I had luck by changing my ring tone.
Turn blue tooth off, airplane mode on then off, cc off then on. and WiFi off then on and your phone will ring.. sometimes you have to do it twice…
Rnew40 wrote:
Same problem for several weeks and nothing has fixed it. Anyone who calls on the first call gets sent to voicemail, if they call again, it goes through. It’s so irritating.
What you describe is the behavior of an iPhone that is on do not disturb. While there are different ways to configure "do not disturb," one is for the phone to not ring, instead it goes to voice mail. However if the caller calls again within 30 seconds, the phone then does ring. My phone has been set this way for years at night, so I am not bothered by middle of the night calls or messages, but my daughter knows she can reach anytime by just calling twice in rapid succession, the second time I hear the phone ring.
In addition, if one of your other Apple devices that is sharing the same Apple ID is put on do not disturb, depending how you have configured your devices, your other Apple devices will also be on do not disturb. So if your laptop on the same network is on do not disturb, other Apple devices sharing that Apple ID may also revert to do not disturb, which might not be the behavior you want. Do Not Disturb sends calls right to voicemail.
Thanks Lawrence! It's the ungodly complicated Focus settings that are doing to anyone upgrading to iOS 17. I get people want options, but there's far more granularity to this than anyone actually wants. -Mike
I think I found a fix. There’s a setting in Settings > Phone called “Announce Calls” and this setting was mysteriously set to “Headphones Only.” I switched it back to “Always,” then the next day it was switched back again. I think this is a bug with AirPods. OBNOXIOUS.
This is a total pain in the butt that Apple does not have a "Select rings before going to voice mail" option in settings. I am sick and tired of jumping through hoops getting information on the Apple website as well as YouTube. My phone rings 3 times and goes to voice mail no matter what I do. I have an iPhone 11, iOS17.2.1
I have punched in codes and cotacted my carrier...NOTHING WORKS!
Has nothing but issues since latest update of IOS. Apple helpline told me to do a factory reset. Did that and still not resolved. Asked what I do next person could not help. Can’t uninstall update but phone worked without issue prior to this. Anyone had similar issues I think it is a software glitch Apple having none of it. Thankfully it is a works phone so returning it tomorrow not taking responsibility for missing important calls
My iphone doesn't always accept calls or send texts if it's to another phone that's not apple (Iphone). The call will go straight to voicemail. Many of these calls are in my contacts too! Is this ever going to get fixed?
This is happening to me too. Last week my phone was sending my parents straight to VM, and this evening my best friend. My phone never rings and I only see the missed call when I get their texts asking me to call them back. The issue is intermittent, but frequent. Silence unknown callers is off.
I have the same intermittent problem. It started a few weeks ago. If I turn off phone completely and restart, it goes away temporarily but then starts again. I agree, there's a software bug and I WISH apple would fix it. It if were Verizon, it would not disappear each time I restart the phone. I need to use my phone for incoming emergency calls and it's UNRELIABLE.
My iphone began going striaht to voice mail after IOS 17 update.
I am missing important business calls.
Carrier (TMobile) says it is not them
Tried various protocols to set TIME before roll to voice but none work
Very unacceptable.
Apple needs a fix fast
All of the responses that day the same thing is incorrect. I had an iPhone 14 ProMax, I have never used the DND or focus. Right after the iOS 17 update my phone started not ringing and calls going to voicemail. I do not have many calls from people not in my contacts, all my of my work forwarding calls work, but my family gets sent to voicemail. Network settings and phone was reset. Phone was tested and SIM was fine. I upgraded to the 15 Pro. Calls worked great the first two days then the Apple 17 update, and again same issues.
It’s not the network and it’s not any of the fixes that people keep repeating. It’s definitely the 17 update that is causing issues. Apple needs to just take accountability and fix it. Not that huge of an issue if they just did so rather than pretending it’s not them.
i have that problem since i got back from europe 2 weeks ago. calls go straight to voicemail
called tmobile, they could not fix it. so it must be apple . and its random. i don’t see missed calls.
iphone14pro
os 17.4.1
iPhone calls going straight to voicemail
