The call forwarding is a very useful option that allows do not miss that important, personal or business communication, when you have at your disposal the phone that normally talks. This service is a service that almost all users can use in a very simple way. We are going to tell you how to activate it .
Call diversion has become a fundamental service for many professionals, especially after the coronavirus pandemic forced them to work remotely and the office phones where they communicated with us for work reasons were disabled.
And that is one of the keys to call forwarding. It can be done from a landline to a mobile, from a mobile to a landline or from a mobile number to another smartphone number. In this way, all the possibilities of our telephone communications are covered.
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Another of the main advantages of this service is that it allows us not to have to give our personal number for professional reasons, which results in our privacy. When it is necessary to work outside office hours, it is not necessary to give your personal mobile phone so that they can contact us, it is enough to divert calls from our work number.
It is possible to activate the service in different situations , when you have the phone turned off or without coverage, when you are talking and communicating, when you have not answered after a certain number of ringtones or in absolutely all the calls you receive.
Whether you have iPhone or Android, it is very easy to activate call forwarding. In addition, the main operators provide activation codes that make the process even easier. We tell you how to activate the service in each of the cases that we have indicated.
Activate call forwarding from Android
Call forwarding is a function offered by almost all Android phones regardless of the operator with which you have contracted the telephone service. This is an important facility, since it is enough to follow a few simple steps and you will not have to worry about knowing or looking for the codes associated with the operators to activate the service.
This is what you must do to activate call forwarding from an Android smartphone. Always, of course, that your phone has this service at your disposal.
- In the section dedicated to Telephone, enter the Settings option .
- Click Calling Accounts .
- Tap on the Call forwarding settings option .
- Once inside, you could choose between Always Forward, When Busy, When No Answer, or When Unable to Reach Out.
- By clicking on each of them, enter the number to which you want the call to be diverted in the memory under the text Always use this number and, after doing so, click Activate .
Activate call forwarding on iOS
- Enter the Settings of your mobile phone.
- Look through the Phone options and click on that section.
- Find Call Forwarding and click on it.
- Activate Call forwarding and, once done, in the Forward to section, enter the number to which you want the calls to reach you.
Although, as you have seen, it is very easy to activate call forwarding on both Android and iOS, the operators allow you to activate it very easily as well. You just have to follow the same steps as when you are going to make a phone call and enter a code in front of and another after the phone number to which you are going to divert the call.
You have to bear in mind, of course, that this service may imply an extra cost in your rate if you do not have a contract without limit of minutes. We tell you how to do it step by step and what code you have to use in the main Spanish operators.
Activate call forwarding in Movistar
You must be aware that call forwarding in Movistar is limited to Spanish territory , that is, you will not be able to activate it if you travel outside of Spain. It is also important that you know that if you activate the service you will have to pay the cost of a call if you do not have a rate without limit of minutes. In reality, the diversion involves a call from the receiving telephone to the one to which it is diverted. This call is the one you will have to pay for.
These are the codes that you have to enter depending on the type of diversion you activate.
- If you activate the diversion of all calls, you must enter: ** 21 *, then the destination number, then # and then press the call button. That is, ** 21 * (number) #.
- If you activate the forwarding when the mobile is off or out of coverage, you will press: ** 62 *, the number to which you want to forward calls, then # and the call button. ** 62 * (number) #.
- To activate it when you communicate or reject the call: ** 67 *, the number you are diverting the call to, then # and call. ** 67 * (number) #
- If you want to activate forwarding when you cannot answer: ** 61 *, forwarding number, # and press the call button. ** 61 * (number) #
Activate call forwarding on Vodafone
As is usual with operators, you will not be able to divert calls if you are abroad or with short Vodafone numbers. Like Movistar, just enter some codes before and after the numbers and you will have activated this useful service.
- If you want to activate the diversion in all calls: ** 21 * phone number to which you divert the call # and call .
- Activate it when you are busy or busy: ** 67 * forwarding number # and press call .
- When you are busy or out of coverage: ** 62 * forwarding number # and press the call key .
- When you don’t answer a call: ** 61 * number # and call .
Activate call forwarding in Orange
In addition to doing it through the calling code, Orange allows you to activate the forwarding from your account on the operator’s website . All you have to do is enter your access data in the Orange Customer Area and look for the Voicemail / Call forwarding option from which you can activate or deactivate the service.
In the event that you prefer to do it by entering the codes on your mobile phone, here we explain how to do it.
- To activate call forwarding in all cases: ** 21 * phone number # and press call .
- To do it only when you are off or out of coverage: ** 62 * phone number # and call .
- In case you want to activate it when communicating: ** 67 * phone number # and call .
- To activate the service when the user does not answer for a while: ** 61 * phone number # and press call.
Activate call forwarding on Pepephone
The low-cost operator offers us the same service with the same characteristics as similar operators. In other words, whoever makes the diversion will pay for the call and it cannot be used if you go abroad. We leave you the codes to activate the service.
- If you want to activate it in all calls: * * 21 * phone number # and call .
- To activate the diversion when busy: ** 67 * phone number # and make the call .
- In the event that the user is not responsible: ** 61 * phone number # and give a call .
- When it is off or out of coverage: ** 62 * phone number # and give to call .
Activate call forwarding on Yoigo or MásMóvil
Like the other operators, they share the characteristics and rules of use of the service. Below we detail which combination you must press to start up the service.
- When you want to divert all calls: ** 21 * destination phone number # and call .
- To activate the diversion when the destination number is communicating: ** 67 * phone number # and make the call .
- If we do not get a response from the user: ** 61 * phone number # and call .
- When it is off or out of coverage: ** 62 * phone number # and give to call .
In these times when it is common to have several mobile phones and even one that is specifically intended for our work, having call forwarding can be very useful when one of our devices does not work correctly.
There will be those who think that this service is one more example that we are hyper-connected, that even in our rest time we cannot disconnect from calls or mobile phones.
It is very likely that in some cases they are right, but it is no less so than having the possibility of activating call forwarding and knowing that we will be able to respond to any urgent call is a very useful and even reassuring option. We always have, of course, the possibility of not using the service, turning off our mobile and enjoying the peace of mind of disconnecting the smartphone whenever we want.
