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This may be old, but I have confirmed that when I dial 11+xxx+xxx+xxxx and xxx+xxx+xxxx is another SPCS number, and I hit ** to get to my Voicemail, the minutes used are charged to PCS to PCS and NOT peak. If it works for me, I can only assume that it will work for all users, as Sprints network seems to be the same in all markets. Anyone experience anything different?
modma
10-10-2003, 12:25 PM
"The number or code you have dialed is incorrect." - US Unwired Affiliate Market
craig1300
10-10-2003, 02:29 PM
Are you in the New York Metro area, if so, how are you being handled by an affilaite?
Originally posted by modma
"The number or code you have dialed is incorrect." - US Unwired Affiliate Market
Spence8100
10-10-2003, 07:01 PM
Thats good stuff man :) I've never heard of this before, and it seems to work
chrome8teenz
10-10-2003, 07:36 PM
doesnt work for me. im in nyc metro
CheesePuff
10-10-2003, 11:07 PM
I've always called my friends phone who has Spritnt and did the same exact thing, been doing it for about 4 months now. No peak minutes used, and just takes a couple of extra seconds to check my voicemail anytime for free. (You obviously must have PCS to PCS calling on your plan).
R2X
10-11-2003, 07:51 AM
haha this is cool, but with 2000 minute i never even come close to going over ;)
craig1300
10-11-2003, 08:08 AM
it seems like it doesnt work everywhere. I think it has worked everywhere I have tried it........
Works for me!!!!! This will be GREAT because most of my minutes are spent listening to voicemails!!!
fmc3
10-11-2003, 10:25 PM
Will it work if you make a call to a none PCS number once you are in your voicemail throught this back door?? Will this call use your minutes??
DRBETZ
10-12-2003, 10:06 AM
Originally posted by fmc3
Will it work if you make a call to a none PCS number once you are in your voicemail throught this back door?? Will this call use your minutes??
It will not work...
I got a message that "the place call feature ONLY works from YOUR Sprint PCS number". DAMN!!!
kccasey
10-13-2003, 07:27 PM
You can also, call the first three Digits of your Number followed by "Mail."
An Example of this would be, if your phone number was 212-917-1234, you would dial 212-917-MAIL(6245). This also works from a LandLine Phone, so that you don't have to call your cell phone and wait for your voice mail to kick in before you Log in, Plus, it'll help preserve your "AnyTime" Minutes. SO if your @ home you could call that Number, Example-212-917-MAIL. It's a lot more simple to use than it sounds. I use it all the time @ work to check my Voice mail. This System works with any Sprint Exchange. So even if your out of the Area like in another State or something and your phone won't work or is dead where your at, just think about what SprintPCS Exchange would be in that area that your in, and just dial the SprintPCS Area Code followed by the Exchange and then MAIL(6245). Well hopefully everyone understand how this will work. If someone else that knows about this could come in and share their Two sense on it, please be my Guest!:-) HOpe this helps anyone out.
Oh another way, and I think this may have been stated already, but I'm doing this for the Sole Purpose of the info being all in One Post.
You can call another persons SprintPCS phone then when their VoiceMail Kicks in, just press ** (press * twice)then it'll prompt you to enter your SPrintPCS Phone Number followed by the # sign.
Does anyone know of the Toll-Free 800 Number for the Messaging system? I know that there is one out there, It was given to me one day and I lost it some how. Now I'm looking for it, cause it makes it conveinant to stop @ a payphone if you had to to check your VM. please PM if anyone knows. Thanx.
And that concludes My 2-Cents!
craig1300
10-13-2003, 09:14 PM
SPCS is not that stupid.....
It will not work...
I got a message that "the place call feature ONLY works from YOUR Sprint PCS number". DAMN!!!
kccasey
10-14-2003, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by craig1300
SPCS is not that stupid.....
It will not work...
I got a message that "the place call feature ONLY works from YOUR Sprint PCS number". DAMN!!!
Read it again then try it again. my number starts out as 716-830, which would make my area code, 716, and my exchange would be 830. then the last four digits would be the letters MAIL. IT works!. Try it form a home phone.. another thing you could try as well, is if your friends SprintPCS Cell phone number was 716-830-1234 dial 11-716-830-1234, yes, two ones. it will take you right into their voice mail. The above mentioned features and tricks only work with teh SprintPCS service..
excess
10-14-2003, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by kccasey
You can also, call the first three Digits of your Number followed by "Mail."
An Example of this would be, if your phone number was 212-917-1234, you would dial 212-917-MAIL(6245). This also works from a LandLine Phone, so that you don't have to call your cell phone and wait for your voice mail to kick in before you Log in, Plus, it'll help preserve your "AnyTime" Minutes. SO if your @ home you could call that Number, Example-212-917-MAIL. It's a lot more simple to use than it sounds. I use it all the time @ work to check my Voice mail. This System works with any Sprint Exchange. So even if your out of the Area like in another State or something and your phone won't work or is dead where your at, just think about what SprintPCS Exchange would be in that area that your in, and just dial the SprintPCS Area Code followed by the Exchange and then MAIL(6245). Well hopefully everyone understand how this will work. If someone else that knows about this could come in and share their Two sense on it, please be my Guest!:-) HOpe this helps anyone out.
Oh another way, and I think this may have been stated already, but I'm doing this for the Sole Purpose of the info being all in One Post.
You can call another persons SprintPCS phone then when their VoiceMail Kicks in, just press ** (press * twice)then it'll prompt you to enter your SPrintPCS Phone Number followed by the # sign.
Does anyone know of the Toll-Free 800 Number for the Messaging system? I know that there is one out there, It was given to me one day and I lost it some how. Now I'm looking for it, cause it makes it conveinant to stop @ a payphone if you had to to check your VM. please PM if anyone knows. Thanx.
And that concludes My 2-Cents!
that wole dialing xxx-xxx-mail doesnt make sense. Do you know how many phones I activate that start with the same area code and the same first 3 digits. 305-803 example
I was about to try it but firgured I would wake someone up.
kccasey
10-14-2003, 11:01 PM
Originally posted by excess
that wole dialing xxx-xxx-mail doesnt make sense. Do you know how many phones I activate that start with the same area code and the same first 3 digits. 305-803 example
I was about to try it but firgured I would wake someone up.
you won't wake anyone up. just try it with your SprintPCS area code and exchange, but make sure the last four digits are MAIL or Numerically 6245.
JJSOmaha
10-15-2003, 09:29 AM
Read the instructions exactly---you're not waking anyone up!
kccasey
10-15-2003, 11:30 AM
Originally posted by JJSOmaha
Read the instructions exactly---you're not waking anyone up!
If anyone that is trying any of these methods, send me a PM to let me know that you've tried it and that it was succesfuly and everything. I'm just curious to see of all the masses in here who is trying it and to see the success rate as well.
rdnzl
10-15-2003, 04:22 PM
works for me, now I just have to wait until the bill comes to see if it charges my anytime minutes or not huh?
campbellswrath
10-15-2003, 06:09 PM
For one touch access put this in your address book or speed dial. 1,1 any pcs num. T,(2 sec pause) *,*, T, your cell number, #, your password. It doesn't take long. I saved it as a long number so now i can speed dial or voice dial without putting all those numbers in each time. Easy as the original but free.
kccasey
10-15-2003, 11:11 PM
Originally posted by campbellswrath
For one touch access put this in your address book or speed dial. 1,1 any pcs num. T,(2 sec pause) *,*, T, your cell number, #, your password. It doesn't take long. I saved it as a long number so now i can speed dial or voice dial without putting all those numbers in each time. Easy as the original but free.
That was a very good Idea.. I like that..:-)
Maokh
10-16-2003, 03:03 PM
throw in another pound ( # ) after your password, it wont sit there and wait for more digits in your password
CheesePuff
10-16-2003, 03:32 PM
When I try that on my Sanyo 8100 (using area codes on both phone numbers) it says its too many numbers and I can't enter anymore... I get right up to my password and it makes the error noise.
It looks something like:
11585802XXXXT**T585576XXXX# and thats as far as I can get.
rdnzl
10-16-2003, 04:26 PM
Hmmm check out this post on 3gupload.com. This guy used to work for Sprint, and he says that this wont work. I am going to try and I will report in a few weeks when I ge me next phone bill. Other should also try this also and report back.
but here is his thread where he says that it wont work.
http://www.3gupload.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1808
Maokh
10-17-2003, 11:50 AM
Strange..works fine on my 8100. It has the new software rev, but i remember typing a lot of numerics with the old version.
I fit:
11253xxxxxxxT**T253xxxxxxx#xxxx# with plenty of room to spare
Maokh
10-17-2003, 11:58 AM
Originally posted by rdnzl
Hmmm check out this post on 3gupload.com. This guy used to work for Sprint, and he says that this wont work. I am going to try and I will report in a few weeks when I ge me next phone bill. Other should also try this also and report back.
but here is his thread where he says that it wont work.
http://www.3gupload.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1808
No offense, but his post is inaccurate:
Checking Voicemal for Free Clarification
In a previous post someone had stated you can check your VM for FREE by using PCS2PCS minutes by dialing (Your area code)-(First 3 of phone#)-MAIL(6245)... I would like to say this is UNTRUE!! I tried it, and then checked my most recent bill.. The call DID NOT come up as a PCS2PCS call!!!
He is correct .. dialing 253(sprint npa)MAIL will not show up as a PCS 2 PCS call
Ok I am editing this AGAIN to clear this up for good.
The Above mentioned will not come up as a pcs2pcs call.
Dialing 11+areacode+yournumber will not come up as a pcs2pcs call either.
Yea it does .. see the attached image
HOWEVER, IF you really wanna piss your freinds off all the time cuz you cant stand to loose a couple of minutes, and are to lazy to call from a landline phone. You CAN call a friends Sprint PCS phones, and wait for their VM to pick up, then hit the * button twice. It will then ask for your 10 digit number, and them passocode. In all aspect this way SHOULD show up as a pcs2pcs call since you originally dialed another Sprint number... But like I said if you wanna piss of your freinds by annoying the $h*t out of them calling them all the time to do this, be my F'in guest.
Dialing 11 as the prefix automatically forwards you to their voicemail without ringing the phone .. this is overkill
If you dial your SPCS 10 digit number from your own SPCS phone, it also takes you to your voicemail. Won't that fall under free pcs2pcs as well, or Is it necessary to dial 11+(your 10 digit number)?
jsk1535
11-05-2003, 03:40 PM
dialing my area code, exchange and 6245 put me into voice mail on my Sanyo 5300....
CyByte
11-06-2003, 04:33 AM
For one touch access put this in your address book or speed dial. 1,1 any pcs num. T,(2 sec pause) *,*, T, your cell number, #, your password. It doesn't take long. I saved it as a long number so now i can speed dial or voice dial without putting all those numbers in each time. Easy as the original but free.
Why do I need the 11 in front of this? I have this in speed dial and it works like a charm, but also just dialing 262-745-mail worked perfectly. What does the 11 do special?
Maokh
11-06-2003, 04:54 PM
11, was noted earlier, was a preventative measure to avoid phone scams. The quick fix was to just forward to the voicemail system. You want to automatically be fowarded to voicemail on another phone so you can take advantage of this without annoying a Sprint user.
Dialing "MAIL" or yourself will count as anytime minutes, even if you use 11.
jaminmc
11-11-2003, 01:36 PM
Accually 11253xxxxxxxT**253xxxxxxx#xxxx# Works. Only neet the 2 sec pause after the number to be dialed.
kccasey
11-27-2003, 05:51 PM
Originally posted by CyByte
For one touch access put this in your address book or speed dial. 1,1 any pcs num. T,(2 sec pause) *,*, T, your cell number, #, your password. It doesn't take long. I saved it as a long number so now i can speed dial or voice dial without putting all those numbers in each time. Easy as the original but free.
Why do I need the 11 in front of this? I have this in speed dial and it works like a charm, but also just dialing 262-745-mail worked perfectly. What does the 11 do special?
The only reason that you would put 1+1 (two 1's) in front of the sprint Number is if you were dialing another friends SprintPCS phone. There is no need to dial 1+1 when calling the Messaging system, eg: 716-830-MAIL (6245). Dialing 1+1 before you dial a friends SprintPCS # will only take you right to their VM if you dial their area code as well. So you need 1+1 in front of the entire Number.
Caesar
11-27-2003, 06:48 PM
Dialing the 1 1 first doesn't count against your AT minutes if you have PCS to PCS, dialing ***-***MAIL does count if you are calling from your Sprint handset.
str8bacardil
12-05-2003, 12:44 PM
Originally posted by jaminmc
Accually 11253xxxxxxxT**253xxxxxxx#xxxx# Works. Only neet the 2 sec pause after the number to be dialed.
***? I dont get it. Is that real. Please explain.
Maokh
12-06-2003, 02:37 AM
Joe likes to check his voicemail from time to time. It helps him keep in touch with his friends when he misses their calls.
However, Joe does not like using his own airtime to check these messages. Joe has a dirty little trick that he would like to show you.
Joe's voicemail password is 1234, his phone number is 253-000-0000, and his friend's phone number is 206-000-0000.
Joe can dial the following into his handset:
112060000000T**2530000000#1234#
After he dials this, he gets into his voicemail account.
Joe likes this idea, but he would like it even better if he didnt have to dial a 2309482309 number long phone number everytime he wants to check it for free. Therefore, he creates a phone book entry and assigns it to number "2". That way, everytime Joe presses "2" on his Sanyo 8100, it dials the long number and connects him to voicemail.
11<10 digit sprint customer number - not yours>T**<your 10 digit number>#<your pin>#
desirex
12-06-2003, 02:29 PM
Originally posted by Maokh
Joe likes to check his voicemail from time to time. It helps him keep in touch with his friends when he misses their calls.
However, Joe does not like using his own airtime to check these messages. Joe has a dirty little trick that he would like to show you.
Joe's voicemail password is 1234, his phone number is 253-000-0000, and his friend's phone number is 206-000-0000.
Joe can dial the following into his handset:
112060000000T**2530000000#1234#
After he dials this, he gets into his voicemail account.
Joe likes this idea, but he would like it even better if he didnt have to dial a 2309482309 number long phone number everytime he wants to check it for free. Therefore, he creates a phone book entry and assigns it to number "2". That way, everytime Joe presses "2" on his Sanyo 8100, it dials the long number and connects him to voicemail.
11<10 digit sprint customer number - not yours>T**<your 10 digit number>#<your pin># ^^ now that rite thurr is how u explain how it works ....
it does works by the way.
desirex
12-06-2003, 02:31 PM
i have a question, does it require for u to have the pcs to pcs callin plan to not get charge by doin this?
Caesar
12-06-2003, 03:02 PM
Well.......
YA THINK SO?
eugene
12-06-2003, 08:07 PM
I just tried this, works with my mom's number, but not my sister's. Maybe the people having trouble should try someone else's phone number.
eugene
12-06-2003, 08:09 PM
Okay, that was a little confusing.
I tried accessing my voicemail using my sister's phone number, but it didn't work. It just proceeded to connect to her phone. I then tried it with my mom's phone number, and it went directly to her voicemail.
lagtahc
12-08-2003, 01:13 AM
Check your PCS to PCS minutes on the website.
My PCS usage was higher last night and today PCS was lowered and N/W got bigger.
Anyone know anything about this?
SingSongBird
12-08-2003, 12:15 PM
I call my vm (I have free p2p) press 2, I think, and just dial the number of the person I want to send a vm to without it ringing their phone. What's so hard about that?
Maokh
12-08-2003, 04:42 PM
Its amazing with service offerings like pcs to pcs, you'd think checking your own voicemail would be free :rolleyes:
another4900
12-09-2003, 05:56 PM
without the area code (XXX = my prefix) and it got me into the message system.
seems to work ok...
should be pcs-to-pcs...we'll see...
Maokh
12-09-2003, 11:59 PM
dialing MAIL is not PCS-to-PCS.
Creampuff
12-12-2003, 12:13 AM
ANy idea how I can store a "T" in a phonebook entry in a startac? I too appreciate the one-touch idea, but can only put in numbers and the # sign in an entry.
topher694
12-12-2003, 12:04 PM
Dialing "11" before your number is NO DIFFERENT than dialing your VM the normal way. When you dial your VM directly your phone dials its own number, the Switch sees that and adds what is called a standard pretranslator to the number that you dialed. In the case of VM the standard pretranslator is "11". So by dialing it yourself you are just mimicking what the Switch does already.
Dialing your own VM is considered a Mobile to Land (Wireless to Wireline) call. This is because the VM platform is a Wireline piece of equipment that requires circuit based PSTN (Public Switch Telephone Network) T1(s) connection that is NOT a part of Wireless equipment.
Dialing (xxx)xxx-MAIL does usually work. But this is NOT always the case. (xxx)xxx-MAIL also uses a standard pretranslator that sends that call to the VM server (This is why this is also not considered PCS2PCS). In the past it 6245 could be reserved and it was up to the wireless company to decide if they want to use the 6245 number for VM, which they almost always did. However that is no longer the case. The FCC will no longer allow that number to be reserved because of number pooling. Meaning that if you dial (xxx)xxx-6245 you could get a regular joe's phone, you could even get someone with a different carrier than you.
All of this is based on how the CDRs (call detail records) are created. Sprint can choose to alter that when the CDRs are run through the billing server (ex if you call PCS2PCS and get the other persons VM that is also considered Mob 2 Land, but is billed PCS2PCS), but dialing (xxx)xxx-6245 or "11"+number does not change how you are charged minutes for VM calls.
sweetlady314
12-12-2003, 12:13 PM
hey i tried that kc and it works for me. thanks for the tip!!!
Mz_Desz
12-15-2003, 07:09 AM
I ported my number and dailing 757-472-mail didn't work for me. Someone actually answered and said good morning.....this is just fyi for people with ported #'s.....maybe it will work once I'm in the database because thats the reason my RL & web isn't working or it may never work for me because the # was originally a Suncom #. Don't know.
I will say that I did use the 11-My friends # and then press * twice and enter my # to check my VM....checked my usage on the website and it did come out of pcs to pcs minutes.
Thanks for the tip!
KYWildone
12-16-2003, 09:42 AM
I use the xxx-xxx-6245 at work to check my msg's all the time. It has worked every since I found it posted here months ago.
It is just a central voice mail pick up access number, that true might not be ready to handle all the new portable numbers just yet in all areas.
kccasey
12-16-2003, 11:43 AM
Originally posted by Mz_Desz
I ported my number and dailing 757-472-mail didn't work for me. Someone actually answered and said good morning.....this is just fyi for people with ported #'s.....maybe it will work once I'm in the database because thats the reason my RL & web isn't working or it may never work for me because the # was originally a Suncom #. Don't know.
I will say that I did use the 11-My friends # and then press * twice and enter my # to check my VM....checked my usage on the website and it did come out of pcs to pcs minutes.
Thanks for the tip!
As far as your issue is concerned, using the above mentioned ideas as far as checking your VoiceMail(6245), will not work for you, because the actual exchange which is the first numbers of your Phone number, and I'm not talking about the area code, the actual Exchange of the number has to be owned by SprintPCS. When a phone company owns an entire exchange, they own all the numbers that go with it, meaning the last four digits of your number, which would equal out to be 9,999 numbers. But when you port your number to sprint, Sprint only owns that phone number that you ported over. so you would be left with the option of dialing another friends SprintPCS Number following by 6245 (mail) for the ending of their number.
flash123
12-22-2003, 12:49 PM
Originally posted by Creampuff
ANy idea how I can store a "T" in a phonebook entry in a startac? I too appreciate the one-touch idea, but can only put in numbers and the # sign in an entry.
See the manual on sprintpcs site. I do not remember if FCN-SEND is 2-sec pause or "wait until I touch a key" pause.
Stin
12-25-2003, 01:21 AM
On my Sanyo 8100 I can fit everything except 1 number! And by the way, my passcode is 6 digits not 4, I thought they were all like that? Is there any way to do this trick with 1 less digit??? Awesome find though.
Stin
12-25-2003, 01:36 AM
If I take out the passcode on the speed dial i can manually enter my password when it asks me, but it would be so much nicer if I could string them together! Is there anyway to change my passcode from a 6 digit to a 4 digit?
Stin
12-25-2003, 01:50 AM
Awesome! I just went in and changed my passcode to 4 digits so now it works and only takes an extra 2 seconds. I'd say probably almost 1/4 of my minutes used a month are on voicemail alone. Sometimes I just don't feel like answering a call so I let it go through. I tried to check online but they are updating it so I will see tomorrow if it counts as PCS-PCS minutes. I'm glad I just stumbled on this now! For those of you that say it doens't work.. just look very closely to what was posted and it should work for you.. if it doesn't then I dont know why but I'm happy. :D
theleetbeagle
12-27-2003, 04:39 PM
Just thought I'd add my personal story.
This trick works flawlessly on my Treo 600 and I even use the automated additional digit entry feature so I don't have to type anything at all.
Free voicemail for me!!
NJK
flyup
12-27-2003, 09:07 PM
I got a treo 600. how do I dial a T? I can get this to work but only manualy.
phil2cool
01-24-2004, 01:59 AM
On the Treo there is, if i recall correctly a optional character menu, with the pause in it. Forgot though I only had the phone for 1 month. Also on Sanyo phones you can screen the call when someone is leaving a message. Another way I believe to avoid air time usage.
kccasey
01-24-2004, 03:11 AM
Originally posted by phil2cool
On the Treo there is, if i recall correctly a optional character menu, with the pause in it. Forgot though I only had the phone for 1 month. Also on Sanyo phones you can screen the call when someone is leaving a message. Another way I believe to avoid air time usage.
Screening a call before you decide to actually answer it with your voice does not avoid airtime charges. The phone itself is set up for Callscreening and it actually picks up on the call to screen it, so I don't see how this would avoid airtime charges.
KenshinNYC
01-25-2004, 11:15 PM
Originally posted by Maokh
Joe likes to check his voicemail from time to time. It helps him keep in touch with his friends when he misses their calls.
However, Joe does not like using his own airtime to check these messages. Joe has a dirty little trick that he would like to show you.
Joe's voicemail password is 1234, his phone number is 253-000-0000, and his friend's phone number is 206-000-0000.
Joe can dial the following into his handset:
112060000000T**2530000000#1234#
After he dials this, he gets into his voicemail account.
Joe likes this idea, but he would like it even better if he didnt have to dial a 2309482309 number long phone number everytime he wants to check it for free. Therefore, he creates a phone book entry and assigns it to number "2". That way, everytime Joe presses "2" on his Sanyo 8100, it dials the long number and connects him to voicemail.
11<10 digit sprint customer number - not yours>T**<your 10 digit number>#<your pin>#
Tried it using my gf's # as the first 10 digit (yes I put double 1's) and I got some message saying the number or code I, "have dialed is incorrect, please check the number or code and try again".
NYC Metro area, Sanyo VM4500, somethin I'm not doin right? When I dialed 11, I still got a dial tone instead of instantly going to her voicemail, Sprint cracked down on this or something?
macaddiict
01-26-2004, 12:12 AM
I read this thread a few weeks ago and tried it out. Great tip; it worked flawlessly from all of the phones on my account. However, the other day I did it again just for fun and I got the message: "78. Not a valid mailbox. Thank you for calling Sprint." I got this error a few different times and then tried a different PCS number (in a different area). It worked fine.
Kinda weird.
Anyway, I don't use this anyhow. I figure Sprint will see what people are doing if it is done often and shake their finger at us. Plus, I hardly make a dent in my anytime minutes as it is.
Thanks for the great tip though!
-Stephen
spookysco
01-26-2004, 04:05 PM
Both the xxx-MAIL and the 11+ phone number suggestions work here in Colorado...
If you DO NOT have mobile to mobile minutes is it just not billed or does it come off of your peak minutes or what?
S
phil2cool
01-26-2004, 04:19 PM
When you use the 1+1 and number if you dont have pcs-pcs it will be billed to your peak minutes. If you have pcs-pcs then it does not get taken out of your minutes.
dancingbear
02-12-2004, 10:22 PM
The 11-xxx-xxx-xxxx trick may not work in every case after all.
We have two SprintPCS phones on our family plan - one ported, and one "native Sprint".
When calling the native number using the "11" prefix, the call went right to my boyfriend's voicemail, so the "11" trick worked.
When calling the ported number, however, the "11" didn't have any effect: the phone rang just as if the "11" hadn't been dialed.
I suspect that the port is the culprit, because there's nothing else that's substantially different about the phone numbers. (Well, they *are* in different area codes, but calling 11-408-xxx-xxxx from 415-yyy-yyyy works fine, so it's obviously not caused by the difference in area codes.)
Just thought I should report this behavior...
Fubar101
02-12-2004, 10:41 PM
Maybe this is being caused by the phones MDN and MSID being differnt which is very common in numbers being ported. For the most part Sprint phones carry the same MDN and MSID but with a ported number the MDN and MSID will be different.
dancingbear
02-12-2004, 11:08 PM
Hmm, well, I just checked, and my MSID does seem to be set to a number other than my phone number - in fact, it's the "temporary SprintPCS number" that I was assigned when my Sprint phone was first activated (while I was waiting for my number to be ported from AT&T)...
Jeni
02-13-2004, 01:15 PM
1 dail ur sprint number from ur sprint phone itll go 2 voicmail press * enter ur pass and it use ur sprint 2 sprint mins. cuz u called a sprint number.
2 on my a660 if i hold down the mail button and look at the screen it shows my sprint #
dancingbear
02-13-2004, 08:44 PM
Originally posted by Jeni
1 dail ur sprint number from ur sprint phone itll go 2 voicmail press * enter ur pass and it use ur sprint 2 sprint mins. cuz u called a sprint number.
2 on my a660 if i hold down the mail button and look at the screen it shows my sprint #
"DUH" yourself!! :-P
Read the rest of this thread and you'll see that simply dialing your own number to access your voicemail does NOT use PCS-to-PCS minutes, it uses Anytime minutes (or N&W, depending on the time of your call). The same goes for pressing the mail button -- all that does is call your own number.
Other posters have suggested that calling 11-xxx-xxx-xxxx, where "xxx-xxx-xxxx" is the phone number of a Sprint subscriber other than yourself, will send you right to that subscriber's voicemail, whereupon you can use "**" followed by your own phone number to gain access to your own voicemail. Using this technique WILL use PCS-to-PCS minutes for the duration of the call.
My discovery was that "xxx-xxx-xxxx" can not have been ported from another provider, because the "11" trick will not work -- your call will not go right to your friend's voicemail, it will ring the phone instead. Be sure the "xxx-xxx-xxxx" number you choose is one that was not ported, or you might wake someone up when you're trying to check your voicemail.
topher694
02-13-2004, 08:55 PM
Actually the trick should work even with ported numbers, if it doesn't something is wrong with the translations. I looked up several ported numbers in our market and tried dialing 11+number and it worked.
campbellswrath
03-05-2004, 12:50 AM
For those of you with voice dial use it to quick call the long number. I just say VOICEMAIL, the speaker comes in handy to listen in my car etc. (mines set as one of my friends speed dial extra number spots in the address book. That way I don't wast a speed dial, i just scroll left or right)
severach
03-05-2004, 06:09 PM
It stopped working for me today. The message said something about "Try again later 62-1". Getting all those numbers into the 32 digit limit requires the timing to be pretty dependable. After some experimentation I came up with the solution and with only one more character it still fits in a Sanyo.
11-000-000-0000T**000-000-0000#T0000#
Add an extra pause just before the password to allow the speach to start. Either Sprint is experimenting with timing to try to get the rules above the 32 number limit or at 8pm the network is a bit too busy to keep with the dialling timing.
AJCPProduction
03-06-2004, 10:59 PM
this is too much for 1 min of free vmail...
severach
03-07-2004, 01:24 PM
It's not too much if
1) You can get the auto dialer to do it all
2) You spend a lot of time with voicemail chattering in your ear. Every time Sprint adds more voice reading the cost goes up.
3) In your opinion, a call to your voicemail number *is* a call to a PCS number. It is for everyone except for the owner. ***?
Like others have said, 1 is your voicemail number for free nights and weekends and you store the free VM sequence to 2 for use during the day.
Not everyone has more minutes than they need.
phil2cool
03-07-2004, 08:34 PM
Shorten the time you spend on voice mail, by 1. autopassword entry when checking from your phoen. 2. take off time and date stamp. 3. autuo play messages. That way you go right to listening to your voicemail, no waiting.
shaf
05-19-2004, 05:07 PM
This may be old, but I have confirmed that when I dial 11+xxx+xxx+xxxx and xxx+xxx+xxxx is another SPCS number, and I hit ** to get to my Voicemail, the minutes used are charged to PCS to PCS and NOT peak. If it works for me, I can only assume that it will work for all users, as Sprints network seems to be the same in all markets. Anyone experience anything different?
This doesn't work for me. I can get to the voice mailbox with the "11" prefix, but after I enter "** <my phone number> #" the lady says "sorry, please try again later. 43 1"
I take it this is because it doesn't work in my market. Anyone else get this error?
is there a solution for nyc metro area, it would be nice.
severach
05-20-2004, 10:51 PM
>sorry, please try again later. 43 1
I get that message sometimes. I think it's a ploy to keep you from dialing for free during busy times. I almost never get that message when manual dialing. I get it every other call when auto dialling.
I think Sprint analyzes your dialing pattern to see if it is being done by a dialer. I call by hand every once in a while to keep them on their toes.
If it has never worked then I don't know what to say.
Tiger
05-21-2004, 07:25 AM
All the technical things worked for me with exception of the most important one: even if i use 11 before the other PCS number to check my voicemail, it is deducted from either 1. my anytime minutes or 2.N&W minutes, not counted as my PCS to PCS minutes.
I am in DC. So anything wrong here?
Tiger
05-21-2004, 07:27 AM
This is not correct in my case.
When you use the 1+1 and number if you dont have pcs-pcs it will be billed to your peak minutes. If you have pcs-pcs then it does not get taken out of your minutes.
JRC3
06-02-2004, 01:53 AM
this is great, good stuff here
Lawhawk
06-02-2004, 01:09 PM
how do you edit your voicemail number on (1 button) on the 4500 ?? or do I have to assign it to a different speed dial
wanga
06-11-2004, 03:07 PM
oh wow, it works! 917-627-MAIL lol
drpootie
07-04-2004, 03:58 PM
I've always called my friends phone who has Spritnt and did the same exact thing, been doing it for about 4 months now. No peak minutes used, and just takes a couple of extra seconds to check my voicemail anytime for free. (You obviously must have PCS to PCS calling on your plan).
If you have pcs to pcs why would you need to go through the voice mail ? you have to excuse the ignorance im new around here :confused:
severach
07-04-2004, 05:16 PM
A call to your own number for voicemail is not covered under free PCS2PCS. Everyone else can call your number for free under their free PCS2PCS plan.
The goal is to check your voicemail for free by dialing someone else's PCS number, getting voicemail, and transferring to your own voicemail.
AWESOM-O
07-04-2004, 05:29 PM
Thank you for that awesome, awesome tip! It has always bothered me that checking your voicemail cost you minutes. I can't believe I never thought of trying this before.
GETFURIOUS
07-05-2004, 12:16 AM
I JUST TRIED IT. IT WORKS PERFECT! AREA CODE, SPRINT EXCHANGE, AND THE WORD “MAIL.” THEN YOU PUT IN YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN (#). NO PROBLEM.
THANKS,
GETFURIOUS……………
You can also, call the first three Digits of your Number followed by "Mail."
An Example of this would be, if your phone number was 212-917-1234, you would dial 212-917-MAIL(6245). This also works from a LandLine Phone, so that you don't have to call your cell phone and wait for your voice mail to kick in before you Log in, Plus, it'll help preserve your "AnyTime" Minutes. SO if your @ home you could call that Number, Example-212-917-MAIL. It's a lot more simple to use than it sounds. I use it all the time @ work to check my Voice mail. This System works with any Sprint Exchange. So even if your out of the Area like in another State or something and your phone won't work or is dead where your at, just think about what SprintPCS Exchange would be in that area that your in, and just dial the SprintPCS Area Code followed by the Exchange and then MAIL(6245). Well hopefully everyone understand how this will work. If someone else that knows about this could come in and share their Two sense on it, please be my Guest!:-) HOpe this helps anyone out.
Oh another way, and I think this may have been stated already, but I'm doing this for the Sole Purpose of the info being all in One Post.
You can call another persons SprintPCS phone then when their VoiceMail Kicks in, just press ** (press * twice)then it'll prompt you to enter your SPrintPCS Phone Number followed by the # sign.
Does anyone know of the Toll-Free 800 Number for the Messaging system? I know that there is one out there, It was given to me one day and I lost it some how. Now I'm looking for it, cause it makes it conveinant to stop @ a payphone if you had to to check your VM. please PM if anyone knows. Thanx.
And that concludes My 2-Cents!
GETFURIOUS
07-05-2004, 12:18 AM
I JUST TRIED IT. IT WORKS PERFECT! AREA CODE, SPRINT EXCHANGE, AND THE WORD “MAIL.” THEN YOU PUT IN YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN (#). NO PROBLEM.
THANKS,
GETFURIOUS……………
that wole dialing xxx-xxx-mail doesnt make sense. Do you know how many phones I activate that start with the same area code and the same first 3 digits. 305-803 example
I was about to try it but firgured I would wake someone up.
STR8upFast
07-05-2004, 09:24 AM
umm...seems like you all are going through alot of trouble just to check voicemail for free....i have the PCS2PCS on my plan and everytime i call myself from my phone its free....i dont ever get charged any minutes...
severach
07-06-2004, 04:47 PM
It's not a lot of trouble if you figure it all out then program your dialer to do it.
> I JUST TRIED IT. IT WORKS PERFECT! AREA CODE, SPRINT EXCHANGE, AND THE WORD “MAIL.” THEN YOU PUT IN YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN (#). NO PROBLEM.
Did you check your bill to see that it was billed under Free PCS2PCS? It certainly does reach your voicemail that way but may take from the normal minutes pool. That is not the goal. The way we do it is to dial any PCS to get under the free PCS2PCS plan number but put a 11 on front so it goes directly to voicemail without ringing their phone.
11=direct dial to voicemail bypassing phone ring, only on PCS network
T=pause
000=anyone's PCS number except yours
**=this kicks you from their voicemail to a voicemail prompt
999=your PCS number
8888=your passcode
11-000-000-0000-TT**999-999-9999#8888#
Do it manually first to see how all the steps work and then program it with any additional pauses if necessary into the #2 speed dial.
Dial 1 for free nights & weekends voicemail
Dial 2 for daytime voicemail
GETFURIOUS
07-07-2004, 02:07 PM
I TRIED IT BOTH WAYS. I WILL GET MY BILL IN A FEW DAYS AND THEN I WILL KNOW IF BOTH WAYS WORK AS PCS2PCS. I WILL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW.
GETFURIOUS...............
It's not a lot of trouble if you figure it all out then program your dialer to do it.
> I JUST TRIED IT. IT WORKS PERFECT! AREA CODE, SPRINT EXCHANGE, AND THE WORD “MAIL.” THEN YOU PUT IN YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SIGN (#). NO PROBLEM.
Did you check your bill to see that it was billed under Free PCS2PCS? It certainly does reach your voicemail that way but may take from the normal minutes pool. That is not the goal. The way we do it is to dial any PCS to get under the free PCS2PCS plan number but put a 11 on front so it goes directly to voicemail without ringing their phone.
11=direct dial to voicemail bypassing phone ring, only on PCS network
T=pause
000=anyone's PCS number except yours
**=this kicks you from their voicemail to a voicemail prompt
999=your PCS number
8888=your passcode
11-000-000-0000-TT**999-999-9999#8888#
Do it manually first to see how all the steps work and then program it with any additional pauses if necessary into the #2 speed dial.
Dial 1 for free nights & weekends voicemail
Dial 2 for daytime voicemail
elloco07
07-25-2004, 09:16 PM
Has anyone tried to use the speed dial for this trick on the PM6225. I entered the correct sequence but the speed dial wont do the **, it just takes me to VM of the person Im calling. If I dial the whole sequence manually it works fine, but not with speed dial. Can anyone help??
jeremycollins
08-10-2004, 11:54 AM
This might be a dumb question, but is there any easy way to find another Sprint number in my area to do this trick? All my friends use other providers except my girlfriend, but when I use this trick with her number the display tells me that "voicemail" is calling me, not her!
I'm in the 949 area code, but any number would work since I have LD.
on the tt part, is that 8? How do we enter T in the dialing sequence?
Greezy
08-10-2004, 01:44 PM
Read it again then try it again. my number starts out as 716-830, which would make my area code, 716, and my exchange would be 830. then the last four digits would be the letters MAIL. IT works!. Try it form a home phone.. another thing you could try as well, is if your friends SprintPCS Cell phone number was 716-830-1234 dial 11-716-830-1234, yes, two ones. it will take you right into their voice mail. The above mentioned features and tricks only work with teh SprintPCS service..
Interesting, works for me, thanks.
Sim-X
08-10-2004, 08:28 PM
I have been using it for months now, it works great. I just use my phone number only replace the last 4 digits with 5000. It' someone's sprint number, but when I get the bill, it's easy to spot. That's just how I have done it, it's always worked great. One thing I did notice, when I went down to florida, it didn't work. Maybe you have be be on the same vm system or something. I was gonna try to to 11+FLORIDA AREA CODE+FLORIDA SPRINT PHONE #, just to see if it would work then, but I didn't know any florida sprint cell numbers, oh well, anyone know why it doesn't work?
GETFURIOUS
08-11-2004, 10:10 AM
IT DID NOT WORK FOR ME.
I GOT THE BILL AND IT TOOK THE MINUTES FROM MY ANYTIME AND MY NIGHT AND WEEKEND MINUTES.
IT DID NOT RECONIZE THE CALL AS PCS-TO-PCS.
ANY SUGGESTIONS? :furious:
I TRIED IT BOTH WAYS. I WILL GET MY BILL IN A FEW DAYS AND THEN I WILL KNOW IF BOTH WAYS WORK AS PCS2PCS. I WILL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW.
GETFURIOUS...............
Sim-X
08-11-2004, 05:55 PM
IT DID NOT WORK FOR ME.
I GOT THE BILL AND IT TOOK THE MINUTES FROM MY ANYTIME AND MY NIGHT AND WEEKEND MINUTES.
IT DID NOT RECONIZE THE CALL AS PCS-TO-PCS.
ANY SUGGESTIONS? :furious:
try another pcs number, use a number that YOU KNOW FOR SURE counts as pcs to pcs, likes maybe a freinds cell. Then to see it it work, do 11+(XXX)XXX-XXXX
of course the X will be your friends number, and just try this to test to see if it's working, once the voicemail comes on, back up twice, *,* then enter YOUR sprint cell number, then hit #, then your pin. Try to find a sprint number that has the same area code and prefix as you if you can. I am sure it works with other's, but to just to be sure it would prob be better. The just sit on the line for a few minutes. While you are on the phone, be on the sprint site, check your min. When you hang up, just keep refresing or just check in like 10-30 minutes or however long it takes and see what it counts against. If it works, then just program it into your phone with the pauses and your good to roll, let me know how it works
Sim-X
GETFURIOUS
08-15-2004, 08:11 AM
I TOOK YOUR ADVICE, BUT IT IS STILL NOT WORKING.
THE MINUTES ARE BEING TAKEN FROM MY A/T AND N/W ALLOTMENTS.
I HAVE IT SET TO ONE OF MY SPEED DIAL BUTTONS ON MY PHONE. I CHANGED THE NUMBER TO ONE THAT HAS MY SAME FIRST THREE DIGITS, WITH NO SUCCESS. I CHANGED IT TO TWO OTHERS THAT HAD DIFFERENT AREA CODES AND DIFFERENT FIRST THREE DIGITS, WITH NO SUCCESS.
I AM IN THE WASHINGTON D.C./MARYLAND SERVICE AREA. IF THERE IS ANYONE IN MY AREA THAT HAS TRIED THIS VOICEMAIL SYSTEM AND HAD SUCCESS, PLEASE POST A MESSAGE OR P/M ME.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THANKS,
GETFURIOUS..........
try another pcs number, use a number that YOU KNOW FOR SURE counts as pcs to pcs, likes maybe a freinds cell. Then to see it it work, do 11+(XXX)XXX-XXXX
of course the X will be your friends number, and just try this to test to see if it's working, once the voicemail comes on, back up twice, *,* then enter YOUR sprint cell number, then hit #, then your pin. Try to find a sprint number that has the same area code and prefix as you if you can. I am sure it works with other's, but to just to be sure it would prob be better. The just sit on the line for a few minutes. While you are on the phone, be on the sprint site, check your min. When you hang up, just keep refresing or just check in like 10-30 minutes or however long it takes and see what it counts against. If it works, then just program it into your phone with the pauses and your good to roll, let me know how it works
Sim-X
Sim-X
08-15-2004, 03:43 PM
wow, that's really odd... Try this, call a number that you know is pcs2pcs, sit on that number for a couple minutes and then check the website to make sure it came out of pcs2pcs, then just put an 11 in front of it and try it again, check site again, I can't think of any reason why it would come out of anytime minutes trying this, let us know
mikewest
08-16-2004, 01:39 PM
This may have already been stated before by someone else, but... WHY do you wish to trick sprint into listening to your voice mail for free? Do you really get THAT many voicemails that it will make a difference on your bill? Do you guys know WHY your voice mail does not count as PCS TO PCS? The reason is that you are able to dial another number from within the voice mail system, which means that you would be able to make free landline phone calls from the voicemail system. Why not just buy a plan with more minutes? I have 2000 minute plan and rarely cross over 1500 a money.
TECH
08-16-2004, 02:37 PM
me too i pay 179 each month
onemistresss
08-16-2004, 03:19 PM
I TOOK YOUR ADVICE, BUT IT IS STILL NOT WORKING.
THE MINUTES ARE BEING TAKEN FROM MY A/T AND N/W ALLOTMENTS.
I HAVE IT SET TO ONE OF MY SPEED DIAL BUTTONS ON MY PHONE. I CHANGED THE NUMBER TO ONE THAT HAS MY SAME FIRST THREE DIGITS, WITH NO SUCCESS. I CHANGED IT TO TWO OTHERS THAT HAD DIFFERENT AREA CODES AND DIFFERENT FIRST THREE DIGITS, WITH NO SUCCESS.
I AM IN THE WASHINGTON D.C./MARYLAND SERVICE AREA. IF THERE IS ANYONE IN MY AREA THAT HAS TRIED THIS VOICEMAIL SYSTEM AND HAD SUCCESS, PLEASE POST A MESSAGE OR P/M ME.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THANKS,
GETFURIOUS..........
Getfurious it may not work in your area. I live in NYC and it doesn't work for us either.
It sucks. :eyeroll:
Sim-X
08-17-2004, 11:53 AM
This may have already been stated before by someone else, but... WHY do you wish to trick sprint into listening to your voice mail for free? Do you really get THAT many voicemails that it will make a difference on your bill? Do you guys know WHY your voice mail does not count as PCS TO PCS? The reason is that you are able to dial another number from within the voice mail system, which means that you would be able to make free landline phone calls from the voicemail system. Why not just buy a plan with more minutes? I have 2000 minute plan and rarely cross over 1500 a money.
not everone has a crapload of minutes. I only have 420 and it's nice to the vm trick work. I don't get a ton of voicemail, but it does save me some extra minutes which is nice. And as far as making calls via the vm system, do you honestly think sprint is that stupid? That doesn't work on a pcstopcs call.
jpeepers
08-17-2004, 08:51 PM
This trick must be hit or miss? It works fine for me here at home in Central Fl. but I was on a trip to New mexico last week and it didn't workat all? Wonder what the difference is?
GETFURIOUS
08-20-2004, 10:28 PM
I JUST MADE A CHANGE TO MY ACCOUNT, SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE MY MINUTES UNTIL THE NEXT BILLING CYCLE. HOWEVER, THANKS FOR THE ADVICE. I WILL TRY IT, ONCE THE BILLING CYCLE CHANGES AND LET YOU KNOW IF IT WORKED.
ALSO, TO THE PERSON IN FLORIDA, IF YOU CAN P/M ME AND GIVE ME A FLORIDA AREA CODE AND A FLORIDA SPRINT FIRST THREE DIGITS, THEN I WILL TRY THAT, AND SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE, PLEASE POST THEM OR SEND THEM VIA P/M.
THANKS AGAIN,
GETFURIOUS...........
wow, that's really odd... Try this, call a number that you know is pcs2pcs, sit on that number for a couple minutes and then check the website to make sure it came out of pcs2pcs, then just put an 11 in front of it and try it again, check site again, I can't think of any reason why it would come out of anytime minutes trying this, let us know
mikewest
08-21-2004, 12:26 AM
I JUST MADE A CHANGE TO MY ACCOUNT, SO I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE MY MINUTES UNTIL THE NEXT BILLING CYCLE. HOWEVER, THANKS FOR THE ADVICE. I WILL TRY IT, ONCE THE BILLING CYCLE CHANGES AND LET YOU KNOW IF IT WORKED.
Speaking of that, why is it that this only happens sometimes. Also why is it that sometimes it is prorated for the new plan, and not sometimes?
GETFURIOUS
08-21-2004, 10:50 PM
I CAN ONLY SAY THAT SPRINT HAS ALWAYS HAD THIS RULE. IT MUST BE A WAY OF ADJUSTING THEIR COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND MAYBE THEY DON'T ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO DISPLAY THE INFORMATION UNTIL THE NEXT BILLING CYCLE, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ACCURATE BEFORE THEY LET THE CUSTOMERS USE IT.
AS FOR THE PRORATED PART. YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE. IT MUST JUST BE A WAY OF KEEPING THE BOOKS STRAIGHT.
GETFURIOUS.................
Speaking of that, why is it that this only happens sometimes. Also why is it that sometimes it is prorated for the new plan, and not sometimes?
onemistresss
08-21-2004, 11:24 PM
Speaking of that, why is it that this only happens sometimes. Also why is it that sometimes it is prorated for the new plan, and not sometimes?
its according to when the change occurs. if u change things in your plan like pcs 2 pcs, or picture mail etc during a monthly billing cycle,it will be prorated over that month and so since we're billed a month in advance the prorated amount will get added to your bill on the next bill.
GETFURIOUS
08-25-2004, 10:56 PM
I JUST GOT THE RECENT BILL AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THANKS,
GETFURIOUS..............
rjbradynfll
09-09-2004, 05:57 AM
You can also, call the first three Digits of your Number followed by "Mail."
An Example of this would be, if your phone number was 212-917-1234, you would dial 212-917-MAIL(6245). This also works from a LandLine Phone, so that you don't have to call your cell phone and wait for your voice mail to kick in before you Log in, Plus, it'll help preserve your "AnyTime" Minutes. SO if your @ home you could call that Number, Example-212-917-MAIL. It's a lot more simple to use than it sounds. I use it all the time @ work to check my Voice mail. This System works with any Sprint Exchange. So even if your out of the Area like in another State or something and your phone won't work or is dead where your at, just think about what SprintPCS Exchange would be in that area that your in, and just dial the SprintPCS Area Code followed by the Exchange and then MAIL(6245). Well hopefully everyone understand how this will work. If someone else that knows about this could come in and share their Two sense on it, please be my Guest!:-) HOpe this helps anyone out.
Oh another way, and I think this may have been stated already, but I'm doing this for the Sole Purpose of the info being all in One Post.
You can call another persons SprintPCS phone then when their VoiceMail Kicks in, just press ** (press * twice)then it'll prompt you to enter your SPrintPCS Phone Number followed by the # sign.
Does anyone know of the Toll-Free 800 Number for the Messaging system? I know that there is one out there, It was given to me one day and I lost it some how. Now I'm looking for it, cause it makes it conveinant to stop @ a payphone if you had to to check your VM. please PM if anyone knows. Thanx.
And that concludes My 2-Cents!
thanks for the the info, just tried the MAIL from my cell and it went right through :joy: wish i new about this long ago
da poge
09-21-2004, 09:32 AM
You can also, call the first three Digits of your Number followed by "Mail."
An Example of this would be, if your phone number was 212-917-1234, you would dial 212-917-MAIL(6245). This also works from a LandLine Phone, so that you don't have to call your cell phone and wait for your voice mail to kick in before you Log in, Plus, it'll help preserve your "AnyTime" Minutes. SO if your @ home you could call that Number, Example-212-917-MAIL. It's a lot more simple to use than it sounds. I use it all the time @ work to check my Voice mail. This System works with any Sprint Exchange. So even if your out of the Area like in another State or something and your phone won't work or is dead where your at, just think about what SprintPCS Exchange would be in that area that your in, and just dial the SprintPCS Area Code followed by the Exchange and then MAIL(6245).
did a 'search' and didn't find anything new news, but as of this morning, this doesn't work for me here in seattle... :confused: anyone else (anywhere else) still able to use xxx.MAIL?
JoMamma
09-21-2004, 04:37 PM
hey does anyone know how to make a "T" on a Nokia 3585i is the phonebook? it wont let me..?
Riva
09-26-2004, 06:07 PM
I just changed my plan changed to a shared plan with the unlimited "pcs to pcs" minutes. I can't track my minutes right now unless I go through customer service, but I do know that many of the "psc to psc" minutes on the second phone are not being logged properly by the computer. They're coming through as regular peak minutes, even after the date the plan was changed.
I've already had two trouble tickets written on this, and I was told that this has also been happening with a number of other shared accounts, especially on the second phone.
The reason I'm mentioning this is because it might explain why this trick has not been working for some of the phones here. Also, I do recall GETFURIOUS saying that his plan was recently changed and this didn't work for him.
Anyway, once Sprint fixes this problem with my account, I'll check my bill to see if this works. I've already set it in my speed dial, as instructed in Maokh's post (Joe's trick), and it goes through to my voice mail the way it's suppose to. Thanks for the information.
lennyj17
09-28-2004, 05:27 AM
did a 'search' and didn't find anything new news, but as of this morning, this doesn't work for me here in seattle... :confused: anyone else (anywhere else) still able to use xxx.MAIL?
try 412.901.mail, if you have long dist in your plan that is
onechurchboy
10-02-2004, 03:02 PM
Man i just took the time to read the post! This is great! it works for me. I told everyone in my family!
GETFURIOUS
10-14-2004, 11:40 PM
I TRIED THIS ON MY PHONE BEFORE THE CHANGE WAS MADE AND IT DID NOT WORK.
I TRIED IT ON MY PHONE AFTER THE CHANGE AND IT STILL DID NOT WORK.
I TRIED IT ON TWO OTHER PHONES IN MY AREA, AND IT DID NOT WORK.
I GUESS THAT IT JUST WON'T WORK IN MY AREA.
I WILL TRY THE 412 901 MAIL THAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED. I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF IT WORKS FOR ME.
THANKS,
GETFURIOUS.............
I just changed my plan changed to a shared plan with the unlimited "pcs to pcs" minutes. I can't track my minutes right now unless I go through customer service, but I do know that many of the "psc to psc" minutes on the second phone are not being logged properly by the computer. They're coming through as regular peak minutes, even after the date the plan was changed.
I've already had two trouble tickets written on this, and I was told that this has also been happening with a number of other shared accounts, especially on the second phone.
The reason I'm mentioning this is because it might explain why this trick has not been working for some of the phones here. Also, I do recall GETFURIOUS saying that his plan was recently changed and this didn't work for him.
Anyway, once Sprint fixes this problem with my account, I'll check my bill to see if this works. I've already set it in my speed dial, as instructed in Maokh's post (Joe's trick), and it goes through to my voice mail the way it's suppose to. Thanks for the information.
Does mobile to mobile wort in every part of the United States.
pcs2pcs does, but the vm trick didn't work when I left the state, it just said try again later, but it works around here
severach
10-26-2004, 08:32 PM
"Try Again Later" isn't proof that it doesn't work. Mine goes through or reports that randomly. I suspect that Sprint is trying to figure out ways to block PCS2PCS VoiceMail but doesn't have it perfect. "Try Again Later" occurs much more often when dialed automatically so Sprint may be timing the touchtones to determine whether or not a human is dialing. If the phones featured a random pause, they would be pooch screwed.
Perfectance
10-27-2004, 09:37 AM
Well, for those people who use it and think it works, anyone know of a way to change your hardwired voicemail number to that long string that makes it p2p?
Example:
My Speed dial #1 is my number, pre-programed into my phone. I wonder if I can change that to the 'free voicemail cheat?' Can't find it in the user menu's, maybe it's in the advanced debug menu.
Sim-X
10-27-2004, 10:43 AM
Well, for those people who use it and think it works, anyone know of a way to change your hardwired voicemail number to that long string that makes it p2p?
Example:
My Speed dial #1 is my number, pre-programed into my phone. I wonder if I can change that to the 'free voicemail cheat?' Can't find it in the user menu's, maybe it's in the advanced debug menu.
I wouldn't bother, you don't need your phone all jacked up. I don't think u could anway, I just set mine to #1, so I hold number 1 instead of the vm (ok button) during the day and then use the normal one at night. Works fine
severach
10-27-2004, 11:33 AM
On my Sanyo I program free VM into Speed Dial 2.
Speed dial 1-Standard VM on Free N&W minutes
Speed dial 2-Free VM on free PCS2PCS instead of plan minutes
No reason to overuse free VM and encourage Sprint to work harder keeping us away from it. If you are in an area that reports "Try Again Later" a lot or driving in an area where it doesn't work, you'll appreciate having #1 ready for when you're willing to pay for it.
Sergio
11-15-2004, 01:19 PM
You can also, call the first three Digits of your Number followed by "Mail."
An Example of this would be, if your phone number was 212-917-1234, you would dial 212-917-MAIL(6245). This also works from a LandLine Phone, so that you don't have to call your cell phone and wait for your voice mail to kick in before you Log in, Plus, it'll help preserve your "AnyTime" Minutes. SO if your @ home you could call that Number, Example-212-917-MAIL. It's a lot more simple to use than it sounds. I use it all the time @ work to check my Voice mail. This System works with any Sprint Exchange. So even if your out of the Area like in another State or something and your phone won't work or is dead where your at, just think about what SprintPCS Exchange would be in that area that your in, and just dial the SprintPCS Area Code followed by the Exchange and then MAIL(6245). Well hopefully everyone understand how this will work. If someone else that knows about this could come in and share their Two sense on it, please be my Guest!:-) HOpe this helps anyone out.
Oh another way, and I think this may have been stated already, but I'm doing this for the Sole Purpose of the info being all in One Post.
You can call another persons SprintPCS phone then when their VoiceMail Kicks in, just press ** (press * twice)then it'll prompt you to enter your SPrintPCS Phone Number followed by the # sign.
Does anyone know of the Toll-Free 800 Number for the Messaging system? I know that there is one out there, It was given to me one day and I lost it some how. Now I'm looking for it, cause it makes it conveinant to stop @ a payphone if you had to to check your VM. please PM if anyone knows. Thanx.
And that concludes My 2-Cents!
I tried to do this and it did not work. I called the my area code and my exchange followed by "MAIL" (6245) and says "The # or code you dialed is incorrect..."
ricky0254
11-16-2004, 09:55 PM
i tried the exchange +MAIL, it works but I got charged plan minutes
onechurchboy
12-14-2004, 01:58 PM
Ricky0254 that is sooooooo true.
vissionare
12-14-2004, 06:46 PM
Ricky0254 that is sooooooo true.
Look if it works it works. There is enough replies in this thread to stop writing if it works or not. Damn.
INTERNET2000
12-14-2004, 07:45 PM
Read it again then try it again. my number starts out as 716-830, which would make my area code, 716, and my exchange would be 830. then the last four digits would be the letters MAIL. IT works!. Try it form a home phone.. another thing you could try as well, is if your friends SprintPCS Cell phone number was 716-830-1234 dial 11-716-830-1234, yes, two ones. it will take you right into their voice mail. The above mentioned features and tricks only work with teh SprintPCS service..
Thanks for the tip! :)
Thanks Again,
INTERNET2000 :)
FirstClassFlyer
01-10-2005, 06:39 PM
T = pause. On the Treo, it's your comma key (blue/V).
fr8hlr
07-18-2005, 10:45 PM
OK...this may sound weird but when I tried the 11-xxx-xxxx thing to my daughters sprint phone I got "welcome to vorizan wireless. The number you have dialed cannot be completed as dialed". I know she has Sprint because she's on my plan. Could it be that when I tried the 11 call I was roaming at the time? I've tried it before when not in roaming and it worked.
FloorMatt
07-18-2005, 11:05 PM
OK...this may sound weird but when I tried the 11-xxx-xxxx thing to my daughters sprint phone I got "welcome to vorizan wireless. The number you have dialed cannot be completed as dialed". I know she has Sprint because she's on my plan. Could it be that when I tried the 11 call I was roaming at the time? I've tried it before when not in roaming and it worked.
It was the roaming :)
goodhair2004
07-25-2005, 01:09 AM
it works yeahhhhhhhhh
GigaTigga
08-02-2005, 12:05 AM
I read through these whole 9 pages, and it started out as if it was about placing calls to non sprint users while using your sprint minutes, then changed into free voicemail. Am i understanding that if you press 8 where it says "to place a call" the minutes used to place that call through the voicemail system will be deducted from your S2S minutes because the network thinks you've dialed another sprint customer?
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