SHORT RING?

MAKE IT LONGER

It’s happened to all of us. You’ll be in another room and you here the tell-tale ring of your mobile phone in the other room, only for it to stop as soon as you get to it. This is a fairly common occurrence and we get asked about it all the time. You may remember this article from earlier this year but it never hurts to have a refresher!

There is a way to make it ring for longer.

Depending on who your phone provider is, you’ll be able to choose how long your phone rings for.

TELSTRA

A Telstra phone will ring for 15 seconds before diverting to you message bank, however you can change this up to a maximum of 30 seconds.

To extend the ring time on a Telstra phone, simply do the following
1.) Open your Phone app as if you’re about to make a call
2.) Enter in the following as if you’re making a phone call **61*101**30#
3.) Press the call/send button and you’re done!

Telstra allows you to change your ring time to 15, 20, 25 or 30 seconds. So if you want it to be 20 seconds, simply do the same thing but with a 20 instead of a 30!

OPTUS

To extend the ring time on an Optus phone, simply do the following
1.) Open your Phone app as if you’re about to make a call
2.) Enter in the following as if you’re making a phone call **61*321**30#
3.) Press the call/send button and you’re done!

Optus allows you to change your ring time to 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 seconds. So if you want it to be 20 seconds, simply do the same thing but with a 20 instead of a 30!

VODAFONE

To extend the ring time on an Vodafone phone, simply do the following
1.) Open your Phone app as if you’re about to make a call
2.) Enter in the following as if you’re making a phone call **61*121**30#
3.) Press the call/send button and you’re done!

Vodafone allows you to change your ring time to 15, 20, 25 or 30 seconds. So if you want it to be 20 seconds, simply do the same thing but with a 20 instead of a 30!

To extend the ring time on an Vodafone phone, simply do the following
1.) Open your Phone app as if you’re about to make a call
2.) Enter in the following as if you’re making a phone call **61*121**30#
3.) Press the call/send button and you’re done!

Vodafone allows you to change your ring time to 15, 20, 25 or 30 seconds. So if you want it to be 20 seconds, simply do the same thing but with a 20 instead of a 30!

ALDI MOBILE

To extend the ring time on an Aldi Mobile phone, simply do the following
1.) Open your Phone app as if you’re about to make a call
2.) Enter in the following as if you’re making a phone call **61*+61101**30#
3.) Press the call/send button and you’re done!

Aldi Mobile allows you to change your ring time to 15, 20, 25 or 30 seconds. So if you want it to be 20 seconds, simply do the same thing but with a 20 instead of a 30!

If you’re having trouble finding the ‘+’ button on your phone, you have to ‘long press’ the ‘0’ button.

KOGAN MOBILE

To extend the ring time on an Kogan phone, simply do the following
1.) Open your Phone app as if you’re about to make a call
2.) Enter in the following as if you’re making a phone call **61*+61414121000**25#
3.) Press the call/send button and you’re done!

Aldi Mobile allows you to change your ring time to 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 seconds. So if you want it to be 20 seconds, simply do the same thing but with a 20 instead of a 25!

If you’re having trouble finding the ‘+’ button on your phone, you have to ‘long press’ the ‘0’ button.

DIFFERENT SERVICE PROVIDER?

If your service provider isn’t Telstra, Optus or Vodafone, trying googling the phrase “extend the ring time for mobile SERVICE PROVIDER” and replacing SERVICE PRODVIDER with who your with. You might find the answer online.