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AT&T Call Forwarding
I need your help. I am having issues with call fowarding. For almost 1 year, I have not been able to do "Call Forwarding" I have a Galaxy 5. I have read and read page in the owners manule to forward a call. Needless to say, it still does not work.
Call forwarding
1. From the Home screen, tap ➔ ➔ Settings ➔
Call ➔ Additional settings ➔ Call forwarding. (In stead of Additional Settings I have More Settings)
2. Tap one of the following options:
• Always forward: allows you to forward all voice calls.
• Forward when busy allows you to forward voice calls to a
designated number instead of your voice mail number if you
are on another phone call.
• Forward when unanswered: allows you to forward voice calls
to a designated number instead of your voicemail number
when there is no answer on your phone. You can also select
the amount of time that the phone delays before forwarding.
• Forward when unreachable: allows you to forward voice calls
to a designated number instead of your voicemail number
when you are not in an area covered by your service provider or
when your phone is switched off
Always forward - Turned Off
Forward when busy - Forwarding to +XXXXXXXXXX
Forward when unanswered - Forwarding to +XXXXXXXXXX
Forward when unreachable - Forwarding to +XXXXXXXXXX
When I click on the Always forward, the next page does come up for me to add the forwarding number. I put in the number and hit Turn On. And this is what I get - Failed to read data. Unexpected response from network.
So, I am asking ATT...............what is this issue???
Roger
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Official Solution
ATTHelpForums
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2.7K Messages
5 years ago
We noticed an increase of views on this thread and wanted to address everyone's concern. Our customers are currently unable to activate or deactivate the Call Forwarding Feature. Not to worry, we are on it.
Our network teams are working to address this as quickly as possible. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
ChrisZ, AT&T Community Specialist
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tim horton
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8 years ago
Have you tried the following:
Turn on Call Forwarding
To turn on Call Forwarding and send incoming calls to another number:
Turn off Call Forwarding
To turn off Call Forwarding and stop sending incoming calls to another number:
Change Call Forwarding number
To change the number receiving your forwarded calls, first turn Call Forwarding off. Then, turn Call Forwarding on again using the new number.
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Gramps6591
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4 Messages
8 years ago
This is what happens after I enter this code.
Call forwarding Connection problem or invalid MMI code. unconditionally for All Basic Services.
What is next?
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tim horton
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1.3K Messages
8 years ago
Go to this web page to get the complete instruction including what to do if you get the invalid MMI code.
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/wireless/KM1011513
I tried it myself just now and it worked getting call forwarded. I had a little problem removing the forwarding. I rebooted the phone a few times and got it cancelled.
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Freeasinbeer
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7 years ago
After hours and hours of trying all sorts of suggestions from online (including the one you've suggested), I called Tech support and asked that they forward my calls to my Google Voice number "(1775XXXXXXX) in my case", with the following conditions. "No Answer, Busy, Unreachable" with 25 second ring time. (That gave me exactly 5 rings before going to voicemail). Worked perfect. Never did get Call Forwarding settings Ungreyed fixed on my phone, but this worked great.
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Gramps6591
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7 years ago
I want to thank you all for all your advice with this matter. I have read all your advice and to let you all know. None of it worked. No **21* then the number. No Google Voice number. NOTHING!! So I gave it up. AT&T does not have call forwarding for my phone or my account. When I brought this up 2 years ago, none of the AT&T phones at the store in Oak Ridge, TN did call forwarding. Only the IPHONE did work. But I did not want that phone. As I write this here, here is what I am doing. I clicked the phone icon, then the three dots in the upper right hand side, select settings, select call, select more settings, select Call Forwarding, select Always Forward, then type in the number I want to forward too and select turn on, and this is what I get - Failed to read data. Unexpected response from network. So I give up. Since this was not a big thing for me, I did not go to another company. AT&T has been a good company for me since I started it back in 2006 after coming back from Iraq. You would think that something this easy would be no troubles.
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tim horton
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7 years ago
When I travel out of the country, I always have all my calls forward either to my home number or my Google Voice number. I know using the phone settings worked for Galaxy S3, LG G3. Just to verify call forwarding works currently with AT&T, I verified both phone settings method and MMI method with my Galaxy S7. There were no problems forwarding calls to my Google Voice number.
From your above posting, you did not do the MMI method completely. You have to dial **21* then followed by 10 digit phone number then # and call. May be you just omitted # and call in you post, or there is an app in your phone that prevent call forwarding from working.
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rickmannow
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5 years ago
I got this to work, but instead of starting with **21* I used *21*. The instructions above have one too many *s
#21# turns off call forwarding.
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Yr2010
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5 years ago
Chris, has this issue been resolved?
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ramblingman
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4 Messages
5 years ago
any updates on this.
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