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Delayed answering

Hi all,
Running my Orange UK (unlocked and on T-mobile) with Duttys 6.1 ROM and radio 1.64.08.21 and seem to have an issue when answering incoming calls.
I'm sure I've seen this reported elsewhere but can't find it for the life of me now!
When I recieve an incoming call and press the green answer button, there is about a 2 second delay before the call is connected. If you're not quick, TM voicemail takes the call. Seems to be a second of ringing on the calling handset before it starts ringing on the TYTN 2 as well.
Can someone confirm that I have seen this reported elsewhere and post a link or suggest if this is a ROM issue, radio issue or general Kaiser issue?
Only kept the orange rom for about 48 hours and went straight to Duttys so cant really recall if it happened on the orange rom.
Many thanks guys!

Not exactly the same problem, but I have a similar issue on my Tilt with my bluetooth headset. I press the headset button to answer and don't hear anything for about 1.5 seconds. Usually, the person calling is saying "hello? hello?" by the time I actually get connected.
The headset (Plantronics 510) works great for everything else.

Have you tried the following. I've seen this help some people including myself.
Start > Settings > Phone > Services Tab .. Highlight Call Forwarding and hit Get Settings ..
Forward phone calls only if: Forward After: there is a drop down box that some providers allow you to set the time before the call goes to viocemail. (5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 seconds) .. I think default was 20 on my phone/provider.
If your network provider doesn't allow changes from your phone you might have to call their customer service and request they manually change the network settings for you.

Same problem here as well! Same Rom (Dutty's), same network (Orange).
And I've only flashed last week and was on the standard Orange Rom before and there wasn't a delay. Any help is appreciated as this is a right pain.
I've changed to 30 seconds before diverting to the answerphone - so thanks for that response at least.

PsyOpWarlord said:
Have you tried the following. I've seen this help some people including myself.
Start > Settings > Phone > Services Tab .. Highlight Call Forwarding and hit Get Settings ..
Forward phone calls only if: Forward After: there is a drop down box that some providers allow you to set the time before the call goes to viocemail. (5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 seconds) .. I think default was 20 on my phone/provider.
If your network provider doesn't allow changes from your phone you might have to call their customer service and request they manually change the network settings for you.
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Had no idea that screen was there... Thanks! I've changed my call forward to 25 seconds, 'cause I had always felt it was going to vms too quickly.
Gavin

I had this issue myself with Dutty's V4 RTM (WM 6.0) rom. Pressing the Green button would result in a 2 second delay in being able to answer the phone, but if I used the left soft key to answer, there was no delay.

Same problem here. T-Mobile vanilla ROM. Can take up to 5 seconds for the call to reach my earpiece.

Solved it!
I had seen elsewhere that turning off the kepad sounds and turning off smart dialing could help, but I can't find a smart dialing option in the phone options.
Just tried switching the the Windows dialler rather than HTC and turning off auto Audio record on the Resco recorder which I had forgotten about.
After bit of playing, it appears (quite obviously now) to be the Audio recorder!
Used to use this on my wizard without any notable problems, but seems to be an issue on the Kaiser. It answers and hangs up in an instant now
A bit specific, but if any of you guys have this kind of thing installled and configured, try turning it off?!
Thanks for the replies and suggestions and hope you get it sorted too!

I don't have Resco audio installed and it only happens occasionally but when it does it usually happens a few times in a row.
Sometimes I also get the ringtone coming through the BT headset while the kaiser sputters into life. Then a 2 second delay
before the BT headset beeps and the caller can hear me.
Occasionally, I can hear the caller at the same time as I can hear the ringtone. Just another 'feature' I guess.
"If you're not quick, TM voicemail takes the call"
There's usually a few seconds delay between 'hearing' the other phone ring and it actually ringing. Can be up to 5 seconds.
some default ring tones are timed 3+ seconds apart. Choose the wrong ring tone and ring tone type (increasing volume) and
it's possible to miss the first 2 rings which, if the answer after x seconds delay is set to 20 seconds gives someone about
5 seconds to answer the phone or miss the call. My GF suffered 'missed call syndrome' after fiddling with her Hermes.
You can adjust the voice mail answer after x seconds time in start/settings/phone/services/call forwarding/get settings
Forward calls only if [no answer should be ticked]
Drop down menu Forward after ..
Mine is set to 30 seconds.

Incoming calls automatically rejected after 20 seconds

I have this problem with my diamond.
When I receive an incoming call it starts ringing, but it rings only for 20 seconds, after that it rejects automatically tha call.
Why does it happen? Is there any configuration to change this setting?

Giampy74 said:
I have this problem with my diamond.
When I receive an incoming call it starts ringing, but it rings only for 20 seconds, after that it rejects automatically tha call.
Why does it happen? Is there any configuration to change this setting?
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this has always happened with every spv/pda i have owned

Change voicemail setting in your phone?

when the phone is up on the screen click menu>options>services>call forwarding and click on get settings>forward after

irus said:
when the phone is up on the screen click menu>options>services>call forwarding and click on get settings>forward after
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Wow...it was an operator setting...i never modified this setting.
Thank you for the answers. I have disabled all call forwarding.

IRUS mate, brilliant advice, works like a charm!
Much appreciated...I would have never figured that out

I've also have this problem but can't change the length for Call Forwarding. All the other settings yes but there is an option to change the lenth to 30 secs from 20 secs and its rejected. I rang Orange who I'm with and they say its a software problem with the handset, can anyone help?

Call Screener App?

so currently i use the app "Do Not Disturb" which sets a timer (I have it from 10pm-5am) so that my phone gets switched to silent while I sleep and I won't get woken by my friends drunkenly calling me all night long... what I'm wondering, is if there is any app like Do Not Disturb, except with some kind of white list, so I can set it so if my Mom calls (might be an emergency) it will still ring. any ideas? i've looked but haven't been able to find something like that.

polarbearmc said:
so currently i use the app "Do Not Disturb" which sets a timer (I have it from 10pm-5am) so that my phone gets switched to silent while I sleep and I won't get woken by my friends drunkenly calling me all night long... what I'm wondering, is if there is any app like Do Not Disturb, except with some kind of white list, so I can set it so if my Mom calls (might be an emergency) it will still ring. any ideas? i've looked but haven't been able to find something like that.
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Maybe setup a rule in Locale to ring at maximum when a certain contact calls?

polarbearmc said:
so currently i use the app "Do Not Disturb" which sets a timer (I have it from 10pm-5am) so that my phone gets switched to silent while I sleep and I won't get woken by my friends drunkenly calling me all night long... what I'm wondering, is if there is any app like Do Not Disturb, except with some kind of white list, so I can set it so if my Mom calls (might be an emergency) it will still ring. any ideas? i've looked but haven't been able to find something like that.
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Haven't seen anything like that, but seems like a perfectly reasonable feature.
Maybe the dev would be receptive to adding such a feature if you contact them?

second this request.
even the cheap nokias and sony ericssons have it. been missing it since I started using wm/android. found some sw that did it on wm, but they all sucked
with the google contacts groups, this shouldn't be to difficult, should it? I would like to have it implemented in an app like 'profiles'

Foxyring. Amazing app. Everything you want and more.
It's main purpose is to every so often(user adjustable) turn on the mic and listen to the ambient noise wherever you are(even if the phone is in your pocket) and raise or lower the volume of your ringtones. I have noticed no effect on my battery at all.
Second it comes with a widget to silence your phone for a period of time. Like you use for the movies.
It has an option for sleeping hours. Always be silent between blah and blah.
And then it has exactly what you are looking for. An emergency contacts list that will ring regardless of the ringtone status.
Also has a location aware setting like locale for other ringtone options. i.e. change your ringtone from "BOOTY EVERYWHERE" to Bethovens 5th when you are at your moms automatically.
App placed in top three for ADC2. It deserved it. I have not adjusted my rigtone volume in the past 3 weeks and it has been perfect everytime.

Incoming call stops after 3 rings

My wife has a Touch Diamond 2 with original stock ROM from about a year ago. She has a recurring problem with incoming calls stopping ringing after 3 rings - meaning that she misses virtually all of her calls. A quick test reveals that the caller continues to hear the phone ringing after my wife's phone stops ringing.
She has Call Forwarding (in Network service settings) set to divert calls after 30 seconds, although this seems to reset itself to 15 seconds every time she reboots the phone (??).
She's in the Asda Mobile network in the UK (which I believe is based on Vodafone).
Has anyone else had this issue?

I think all of us(married males)face this problem i e ,our voice is gone when our wives appear.

The issue is your forward settings.

Bruce Inman said:
The issue is your forward settings.
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The forward settings are to forward to voicemail after 30 seconds.
???

If you take those setting off, it will roll to Vmail in 4 rings or whatever your carrier sets it to.
The 30 secs is interferring and causing it to roll after 3.

Bruce Inman said:
If you take those setting off, it will roll to Vmail in 4 rings or whatever your carrier sets it to.
The 30 secs is interferring and causing it to roll after 3.
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You are you saying that the 30 sec setting is effectively meaningless/useless, and that she only has the choice between 3 and 4 rings? (which is usually too short, as she never has the phone near enough to answer it that quickly!)

itm said:
You are you saying that the 30 sec setting is effectively meaningless/useless, and that she only has the choice between 3 and 4 rings? (which is usually too short, as she never has the phone near enough to answer it that quickly!)
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Basically yes.
You can contact your provided and I think they can configure it from their end to set for more rings. There is no way to control this from the phone.
If you are in the US, you can use Google Voice. If she sets it up to forward to her cell, it will give more time to answer.

[Q] Soft then Loud volume juimp in ringtones

I have a problem with my ringtone that is driving me nuts. When the ringer starts, it is very quiet for maybe a second or two and then suddenly goes to the full ringer volume. I would like it to start at the preset volume level and continie; i.e. get rid of the soft-then-loud and just keep the loud.
For additional background I used ringdroid to make a few ringtones from .mp3s. The original .mp3 and created ringtones created sound perfect played through a media player so it is not the files themselves rather something weird on the phone.
This is one of the last items for me in setting up my new system so please help!

You can't fix that. Its a standard Samsung thing that they do with all devices.. No way as of yet to get around it.

This is terrible! Isn't there a way to remove this setting? This is an Android device after all!

Fret not, my friend.
As there's no solution to the native ringing behavior, here's a workaround to help offset the first low ring by extending the time your phone rings before rolling over into voicemail.
1. On your phone, dial *#61# and click Send.
2. Some information should be displayed: number that the calls are being forwarded to and the delay before the forwarding engages.
3. Write down the number (including +1)
4. Dial **61*+1xxxyyyzzzz*11*30# and hit Send. +1xxxyyyzzzz is the number you wrote down previously, 30 is the delay in seconds. The delay can be set in 5 second increments, 30 is maximum
5. Dial *#61# to verify that the new settings are active.
Dialing *#61# as instruction 5 suggests told me that my phone forwards to voicemail after 30 seconds.

I will give this a try. Any explanation for why this works?

Adaptive13 said:
I will give this a try. Any explanation for why this works?
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Its not that it changes the tone like he said. All this does is make your phone ring for a longer period of time. I think the default is 20 secs.. using the settings above you extend that time by 10 more secs of ringing which helps so you can catch the phone. You still aren't stopping the actual soft first ring.

Exactly. This used to be changeable only via AT&T until I discovered the procedure elsewhere. Helps alot.

Hmm. This is not quite what I was looking for; I want to hear the beginings of my ringtones! Does anyone know the exact time the ringtone is softened? I guess I could use an .mp3 editor and bad nothingness to the beginning...

I downloaded audacity and put some blank space in the front of each one of my ringtones. 2 seconds seems to be the perfect amount of dead time for the ring to come up at full volume. This is actually kind of nice now vecause it gives me two seconds to reject the call before it starts making noise, so if I am in a meeting or something and forget to turn the ringer off (never happens I can dump the call.

Thanks Jack45, worked perfectly!