Call ignore/Call forward to voicemail, with the phone CLOSED

[jmcoy]

I've been using an old LG VX10 for a few years now (and an LG 510 before that). One the of the features I really like is being able to send a call to voicemail with the flip closed by pushing one of the exterior buttons twice. When a call comes in, press an exterior button (ie., volume) once and the ringing/vibrating is silenced. Press it a 2nd time, and the call is ended and sent straight to voicemail. I love it.

Problem is, I'm looking at a new phone, and NONE of them seem to do this. Can this be true? And the clerks at the Verizon store are clueless. I'm not even sure what to call this feature: "Call ignore"???

Does anyone know what phones have this feature? Here are some of the phones I've been looking at:

LG vx4600
LG vx4500
LG vx6000
LG vx6100
Samsung 670
Samsung a530
Motorola v260
Motorola v265
Motorola v710
Kyocera SE-47
Audiovox 8600
Audiovox 8900
Audiovox 8910

Thanks for the help!

[DarrylLeeOHS30]

I'm not sure if it can be done w/ my 6100 bc ive never tried it... but if it does GET THE 6100!... it seems like all I do on here is promote the 6100 for people that are interested in it.. it would be a big upgrade from your vx10, and will still keep you familiar with the LG layout/menu style, and its a great phone even if you can't do call-ignore

[Jay2TheRescue]

Originally Posted by jmcoy

I've been using an old LG VX10 for a few years now (and an LG 510 before that). One the of the features I really like is being able to send a call to voicemail with the flip closed by pushing one of the exterior buttons twice. When a call comes in, press an exterior button (ie., volume) once and the ringing/vibrating is silenced. Press it a 2nd time, and the call is ended and sent straight to voicemail. I love it.

Problem is, I'm looking at a new phone, and NONE of them seem to do this. Can this be true? And the clerks at the Verizon store are clueless. I'm not even sure what to call this feature: "Call ignore"???

Does anyone know what phones have this feature? Here are some of the phones I've been looking at:

LG vx4600
LG vx4500
LG vx6000
LG vx6100
Samsung 670
Samsung a530
Motorola v260
Motorola v265
Motorola v710
Kyocera SE-47
Audiovox 8600
Audiovox 8900
Audiovox 8910

Thanks for the help!

I think any Motorola phone does that, I do it w/ my v551 all the time

[DarrylLeeOHS30]

^^ oh and btw, I don't believe this can be done with a samsung... well the ones that I've played around with before anyway.

[NYCDru]

Both my Voxi (8900,9900) only do ignore with the side buttonsd. Not forward to VM.

[steveu452]

That seems like it should be a pretty standard feature. Even my lowly Nokia 3595 can do it. I just hit the END button (the one you would hit to end a call) while the phone is ringing, and it silences the phone and sends the caller to VM. I think Nokia calls it "Call Decline".

Actually, now that I think about it, whether or not the call goes to VM is probably more a function of the service provider than the individual phone.

[jmcoy]

Originally Posted by steveu452

... Even my lowly Nokia 3595 can do it. I just hit the END button (the one you would hit to end a call) while the phone is ringing, and it silences the phone and sends the caller to VM. I think Nokia calls it "Call Decline".

Actually, now that I think about it, whether or not the call goes to VM is probably more a function of the service provider than the individual phone.

Your Nokia isn't a flip phone. All of the phones listed above seem to be able to "call decline" when the flip is OPEN. But when its closed, they don't seem to be able to call decline... That sucks.

Also. I don't think it has anything to do with the service provider. I'm using this feature on my VX10 right now with Verizon. The Verizon phones (listed above) don't seem to have this feature. So it seems to depend on the phone...make sense?

I am seriously annoyed that this feature doesn't seem to exist on new flip phones for Verizon. It never crossed my mind that I'd lose this feature when upgrading to a new phone... Has anybody found some new Verizon flip phones with this feature??? Please help!

Originally Posted by Jay2TheRescue

I think any Motorola phone does that, I do it w/ my v551 all the time .

Looks like the v551 is not for the Verizon network....bummer....

[orioles150]

It seems that the newer phones have gotten rid of this feature. I know the V710 and the Samsung A670 cant do it. I think people kept accidentally sending the phone calls to voicemail so manufacturers decided to get rid of the feature.

[Jay2TheRescue]

Originally Posted by orioles150

It seems that the newer phones have gotten rid of this feature. I know the V710 and the Samsung A670 cant do it. I think people kept accidentally sending the phone calls to voicemail so manufacturers decided to get rid of the feature.

I just conducted an "experiment" w/ my Motorola V551. I called my phone, then cancelled the call with the phone closed. Voicemail stepped in immediately. Hope this helps you, Jay

[jmcoy]

I guess I'll be looking for an old LG 510...I know that one does call decline. Just sucks to be going backwards in a phone...

[orioles150]

just out of curiousity why is it so important to you? What difference does it make to you if you silence the phone vs send the call straight to voicemail? its a few extra rings for the person on the other end, but to you it shouldnt make much of a difference, right?

[AKP]

I was slightly disappointed about the same thing with my Audiovox CDM-8910 I just got. With the flip open, the first press of the end button silences the ring, and the second press "declines" it. I could not do it with the flip closed. I do suppose that if people were accidentally declining calls (like when digging around a purse like my wife does) then its good to make that unavailable. (Now if only the external camera button could be deactivated.) However, I was really annoyed when there was no way to deactivate the function of having the flip answer the call when opened -- I thought surely there would be. So it looked like if my flip was closed there was no way I could decline the call.

However, if I press the volume keys on the side, for a second a window pops up on the screen that says "Silent Activated." If I open the flip while that window is there, it won't answer the phone. THEN I can use the end key to decline the call.

Why is it important? A ringing phone ties up your use of it. If you have one POTS line at home, you can't pick it up and make a call while it's ringing. There are harried situations in life (or maybe frequently in jobs) where you need to make lots of calls and lots of people are calling you. If I'm trying to find something quickly or if I'm on the side of the highway with an emergency, and I need to make a call, I want to be able to decline a call from a random relative so I can make the call immediately. If I have to answer to get rid of it, the caller may think I'm rude or in trouble. If I just answer and hang up, they may call back.

Fortunately, with my phone, if I'm about to make a call I'll already have the flip open with easy access to the end key anyway.

[Jodi]

We have the Samsung 670 and you CAN forward calls to your v-mail by pushing the buttons on the left side (not the camera button on the right side). It'll send the caller to your voicemail...one caution: the caller doesn't get sent immediately to v-mail. The phone will continue to ring the full 4-5 rings for the caller (but it's completely silent for you!) and then it'll be sent to v-mail...

Hope this helps!

[Jodi]

Originally Posted by orioles150

It seems that the newer phones have gotten rid of this feature. I know the V710 and the Samsung A670 cant do it. I think people kept accidentally sending the phone calls to voicemail so manufacturers decided to get rid of the feature.

This is so strange as my 670 and my husband's can do it without any problems!!

[Fire14]

Originally Posted by Jay2TheRescue

I just conducted an "experiment" w/ my Motorola V551. I called my phone, then cancelled the call with the phone closed. Voicemail stepped in immediately. Hope this helps you, Jay

I do know the V551 does it, since I do it sometimes, when I am on a call, I would think all Moto's have the feature & I do know the Nokia's do to.

[NYCDru]

Originally Posted by Jodi

We have the Samsung 670 and you CAN forward calls to your v-mail by pushing the buttons on the left side (not the camera button on the right side). It'll send the caller to your voicemail...one caution: the caller doesn't get sent immediately to v-mail. The phone will continue to ring the full 4-5 rings for the caller (but it's completely silent for you!) and then it'll be sent to v-mail...

Hope this helps!

Jodi, he is talking first touch silences the phone. Second touch routes it IMEDIATLEY to Voice mail. I use to get people to voicemail on there very first ring with this.

[Jodi]

Originally Posted by NYCDru

Jodi, he is talking first touch silences the phone. Second touch routes it IMEDIATLEY to Voice mail. I use to get people to voicemail on there very first ring with this.

Ah...got it...thanks for the clarification!

[NYCDru]

You are welcome Jodi.

[bobolito]

Originally Posted by Jay2TheRescue

I just conducted an "experiment" w/ my Motorola V551. I called my phone, then cancelled the call with the phone closed. Voicemail stepped in immediately. Hope this helps you, Jay

How do you do this with the flip closed? I know the V400, V600 and V635 don't do this. I've tried pressing both volume keys and the smartkey and it doesn't send the call to voicemail. I tried holding the smartkey as well and nothing. The only thing it does is silence the ringer when you press the "volume down" key. The other keys do nothing. Since all these phones are about the same (they behave the same), I am surprised the V551 would be the only one with such feature. The only way for me to instantly send the caller to VM is to open the flip and press "Ignore."

[jmcoy]

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who's irritated by the loss of the feature. I sometimes have my land line forward to my cell phone, after the land line rings 4 times, then forwards to cell. Without this feature, the caller may have to listen to 8-9 rings before getting to voicemail. Most people will hang up. If I'm busy, I quickly hit the volume button 2 times (maybe sneaking a peak at who is calling) and the number rings is kept to normal. I love it.

As for the v551. I haven't tried it out. But its only for Cingular. I'm on Verizon...

Anyone tried the new Audiovox 8940? I think its a new phone. I wonder if this as the call decline feature. Probably not... sigh....

[Jay2TheRescue]

Originally Posted by bobolito

How do you do this with the flip closed? I know the V400, V600 and V635 don't do this. I've tried pressing both volume keys and the smartkey and it doesn't send the call to voicemail. I tried holding the smartkey as well and nothing. The only thing it does is silence the ringer when you press the "volume down" key. The other keys do nothing. Since all these phones are about the same (they behave the same), I am surprised the V551 would be the only one with such feature. The only way for me to instantly send the caller to VM is to open the flip and press "Ignore."

I just hit the volume keys a couple of times and the call goes to VM. Usually I just want to shut the darn thing up because I'm talking w/ a customer so I just start pressing all the buttons on the side until I have some quiet. I have my voicemail set to pick up after 20 seconds so it had to be me hitting the buttons on the phone that made it go to voicemail in my test.