Do 911 calls change your phoneline?
Posted: 04/06/2020
Hi. I've solved the problem, but I'm wondering if the 911 call I made on the morning of the 4th April was responsible.
Problem: Calls were going straight to voicemail.
I called 911 at 1:10am on the 4th. Afterwards, over the course of the next two hours, the police called me back a couple of times. That was the last time my phone rang. Today, nearly 3 days later, someone left a voicemail saying that there was no ring. I got someone to call me to test the phone line (I had no troubles calling out). When they called, it didn't ring; they were sent straight to voicemail each time. I went into the app settings and fiddled around a bit to give the app a nudge. I changed voicemail from Forward to Copy, again. The line was tested again and the caller went straight to voicemail again. I went back into settings, changed the number of rings from 4 to 5, and had them call me again. This time my phone rang.
Back in the days before the phoneline developed the stuttering dialtone and "New Message" in the CID that wouldn't go away, my app settings were 5 rings, and voicemail "Forward". One day, out of the blue, people were suddenly unable to leave a voice message. Upon advice about this issue on this forum, I changed my settings to 4 rings, which got back the voicemail, and I went further and completely followed the advice and changed my voicemail to "Copy". Then the line developed the trouble with "New Message" becoming the permanent CID display, and a stuttering dialtone. I changed voicemail back to "Forward" (which made no difference to anything) and on the 4th I made the 911 call and these problems went away. But then all calls went straight to voicemail.
SO, I'm wondering if the 911 call triggered a bug. If so, does Fongo know about it?
Problem: Calls were going straight to voicemail.
I called 911 at 1:10am on the 4th. Afterwards, over the course of the next two hours, the police called me back a couple of times. That was the last time my phone rang. Today, nearly 3 days later, someone left a voicemail saying that there was no ring. I got someone to call me to test the phone line (I had no troubles calling out). When they called, it didn't ring; they were sent straight to voicemail each time. I went into the app settings and fiddled around a bit to give the app a nudge. I changed voicemail from Forward to Copy, again. The line was tested again and the caller went straight to voicemail again. I went back into settings, changed the number of rings from 4 to 5, and had them call me again. This time my phone rang.
Back in the days before the phoneline developed the stuttering dialtone and "New Message" in the CID that wouldn't go away, my app settings were 5 rings, and voicemail "Forward". One day, out of the blue, people were suddenly unable to leave a voice message. Upon advice about this issue on this forum, I changed my settings to 4 rings, which got back the voicemail, and I went further and completely followed the advice and changed my voicemail to "Copy". Then the line developed the trouble with "New Message" becoming the permanent CID display, and a stuttering dialtone. I changed voicemail back to "Forward" (which made no difference to anything) and on the 4th I made the 911 call and these problems went away. But then all calls went straight to voicemail.
SO, I'm wondering if the 911 call triggered a bug. If so, does Fongo know about it?