Can you forward your cell phone calls to another number

Call forwarding is the process by which you reroute an incoming call. For example, you can send all your calls to the office while you’re on vacation. Then you have the luxury of having your cell phone and still making calls but freely ignoring anyone who calls you.

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The options for call forwarding on your phone can be set by using either the Android operating system itself or the controls set up by your cellular provider.

Call forwarding may affect your phone’s voicemail service.

Forward calls using Android settings

To confirm that call-forwarding options can be set by using the Android operating system, follow these steps:

Open the Phone app.
Touch the Action Overflow icon.
On some phones, touch the Menu icon instead to see a list of commands.
Choose Settings or Call Settings.
The Call Settings command might be found on a second screen; choose Settings first, and then choose Call Settings. Eventually you’ll see the call settings screen.
Choose Call Forwarding.
If the option isn’t available, use your cellular carrier to forward calls.
Choose one of the following options:
- Always Forward: All incoming calls are sent to the number you specify; your phone doesn’t even ring. This option overrides all other forwarding options.
- Forward When Busy: Calls are forwarded when you’re on the phone and choose not to answer. This option is normally used to send a missed call to voicemail, although you can forward to any number.
- Forward When Unanswered: Calls are forwarded when you choose not to answer the phone. Normally, the call is forwarded to your voicemail.
- Forward When Unreached: Calls are forwarded when the phone is turned off, out of range, or in airplane mode. As with the two previous settings, this option normally forwards calls to voicemail.
Set the forwarding number.
Or you can edit the number that already appears. For example, you can type your home number for the Forward When Unreached option so that your cell calls are redirected to your home number when you’re out of range.
Touch Enable or OK.

The Call Forwarding status icon appears atop the touchscreen whenever you’ve activated an Android operating system forwarding option.

To disable call forwarding, touch the Disable icon when you’re given the opportunity to type a forwarded phone number (refer to Step 6).

Forward calls by using your cellular provider

Some Android phones are forced to use the forwarding methods provided by the cellular provider rather than by the Android operating system. For example, the cellular provider Verizon in the United States, uses the call forwarding options described in the table.

Verizon Call Forwarding Commands

To Do This	Input First Number	Input Second Number
Forward unanswered incoming calls	*71	Forwarding number
Forward all incoming calls	*72	Forwarding number
Cancel call forwarding	*73	None

So, to forward all calls to (714) 555-4565, you input *727145554565 and touch the green Phone icon on your Android phone. You hear only a brief tone after dialing, and then the call ends. After that, any call coming into your phone rings at the other number.

You must disable call forwarding to return to normal cell phone operations: Dial *73.

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When we use our personal phone number for work, it can happen to us that several people coincide at the same time and only one is answered. In this way, the other customers who called will not be answered and their call will be lost, which could result in a lost sale. Although, this situation does not only occur within the work environment, it can also happen to you personally.

For this, the best solution is to forward calls that you cannot answer to another phone number (selected by you) so that they can be answered. Apart from the situation described above, normally, we use the call forwarding option when we go on vacation or because the phone we use does not bring the DUAL SIM option.

Therefore, if we have SIM 1 in the phone, we will not be able to receive calls made by customers to the phone number of SIM 2. Phones have more and more applications and each of them with a variety of options to configure them to your liking, so that it meets your needs.

But, to forward calls or redirect them, we must access the SETTINGS of our terminal (Android or iOS). When it comes to redirect calls you can choose between several options:

Always forward
Forward when you are communicating.
Forward when not answering calls.
Divert when the phone is turned off or out of coverage.
Divert when unavailable.

How to forward calls from Android phone?

As a general rule, Android phones are very simple and in very few steps you can activate and configure the call forwarding on your mobile. Things can get complicated when, for example, you have an application downloaded on your phone through which you make calls, manage SMS and control your address book.

The best known applications of this type are: Truecaller, Call recorder, … these applications, among other of its many functions, allow you to make call recordings. So that you can enable this feature on Android phones without external applications controlling the phone, the steps are:

Go to the Phone app.
Tap on the 3 dots on the top right margin.
Go to Call settings.
Enter Call Forwarding.
Enter the phone number to which we want the calls to be forwarded in the option that meets our needs.

For phones with capacity for 2 SIM cards (DUAL SIM) and/or that have an external application, the steps are as follows:

1. Open the Phone application of the mobile or with which you make the calls. In the example of the photo is the Truecaller App.

2. Access Settings.

3. Go to the Phone Settings option.

4. Once inside, select Call Accounts.

5. The symbol of a SIM card with the name of our company will appear. This option will appear on phones with DUAL SIM. So we have to select the card that we want to configure.

6. Once inside our SIM settings, access the Call forwarding option.

7. Select the VOICE option.

8. The call settings for forwarding will load, and we will get these options.

9. Next, we only need to enter the phone number (with the country prefix) to which we want the calls to be forwarded in each situation.

All you have to do is enter the phone number (with country prefix) to which you want the calls to be forwarded.

How to forward calls from iOS phone?

If it’s easy to set up call forwarding on Android phones, it’s even easier on Apple (iOS) phones. In this case, you don’t have to go to the phone app, but directly to the phone’s configuration settings.

A big difference when it comes to setting up call forwarding on Apple phones compared to Android phones is when selecting when to forward calls. As we saw earlier, Android phones show us several possibilities, while iPhone phones do not, so when enabled, all incoming calls are forwarded.

So, the steps are as follows:

1. Go into settings and search for Phone.

2. Once inside, access Call Forwarding.

3. Activate Call Forwarding. Access the Divert to option that comes up next.

4. We enter the phone number to which we want the calls to be forwarded.

As you may have seen, it is a very short process that will not take you more than 2 minutes to perform and can lead to an increase in sales of your company if all calls from your customers are answered.

If you are interested, we have a brief manual on how to save your contacts on Android, iOS and WhatsApp phones. And, also, how to configure the APN of your cell phone Android and iOS so that your phone works perfectly regardless of the country where you have to be.

We hope you have found it helpful and have been able to pass all your contacts and chats without difficulty.