Hi
So you’ve got an iPhone at a carrier other than AT&T, but would still like to get your voicemail? You are just as demanding as I am, but luckily there is a solution for us. You can set the voice mail button to auto-dial a preset number that connects you to your voicemail service. This however still doesn’t solve the issue of not getting notified by SMS when I receive a voicemail, but still a step forward in the iPhone mystery world….
Carry on reading for the fix….
Go to the dial screen on your iPhone, and dial the following string, then press CALL.
*5005*86*YOURVOICEMAILNUMBER#
In my case, it was the following, as my voice mail number is 170:
*5005*86*170#
Once you do that, please CALL, and it will set your voice mail number to it’s memory. There should be some message about this. From now and on, whenever you press the Voice Mail button, you will get a screen like this minus the dog in the background 
:
….and you should be connected to your voicemail.
Happy Voice Mailing and hope for a day when we can even get notified by SMS of awaiting voice mails….
May 21st, 2008 at 19:01
Thank you very much
May 29th, 2008 at 15:35
Hey there Ravi, I am glad if it helped
Cheers mate
June 13th, 2008 at 13:41
Thank u very much!
September 2nd, 2008 at 00:23
oy, man, thanks!
September 2nd, 2008 at 04:39
Glad it still keeps helping people…
September 26th, 2008 at 15:40
thanks very much….this works like a charm… I wonder how did you get hold of this shortcut… Nice job though!!
October 18th, 2008 at 03:36
Exactly, what I was looking for, thanks!
October 18th, 2008 at 16:08
Hey guys, I am glad it helps so many people out there ….
Cheers
Ben
December 2nd, 2008 at 22:27
Do we need to have a voicemail service activated from the service provider ? How to setup personal greetings for voice mail as I could not see any option under setting to do this.
My appreciate if someone can help.
Thanks
December 3rd, 2008 at 08:04
Dear Sohaib,
You need a VM service from the provider definitely for this to work. All providers have a VM number to call, usually a very simple number like 111 or 170 etc, and that is what you program with my above mentioned method into the iPhone.
When pressing the Voicemail button on the iPhone, it will simply call up that number and from there on you are on your own. So its much like a shortcut to a one-button dial. Originaly the iPhone has the Visual VM service where it displayes all voicemails in a different bubble and keeps the voice files on your phone to re-listen at any time. If you are using an “unsupported” carrier, all you can do is to have a shortcut to your voice mail.
Cheers
Ben
January 13th, 2009 at 16:42
Thanks guys!!!
January 15th, 2009 at 18:38
Thx a lot man
February 27th, 2009 at 17:40
Thanks a zillion
March 4th, 2009 at 14:48
it worked! thanks!!
March 15th, 2009 at 01:27
Strangely worked!!! Thanks a lot
April 22nd, 2009 at 21:50
DOES NOT WORK!!!
all i get is
” error performing request
no network serice”
July 29th, 2009 at 09:14
Thanks Ben. Works like a charm
July 29th, 2009 at 09:45
Glad it works for most of you guys. Where it doesn’t work, I am afraid I don’t know what to suggest. Some carriers’ voice mail service might differ from the usual standard.
July 31st, 2009 at 07:23
Doctor arkinsaw likes this
August 7th, 2009 at 22:26
it works on BSNL CELLONE Thanks!!!!!
August 11th, 2009 at 01:55
This didn’t work for me, I’m on Telecom in New Zealand, any ideas?
August 11th, 2009 at 05:48
Hi there Kurani, sorry no ideas here. Hope someone else from NZ can chime in…
Cheers
Ben
August 11th, 2009 at 20:04
Thanks so much… I live in Canada and it worked!!!
August 28th, 2009 at 06:38
It works, Thanks for the info.
September 10th, 2009 at 00:56
Cheers mate, when pushing call all that happened was that the screen flash briefly, but worked fine. Vodafone – UK 121.
Steve
October 17th, 2009 at 22:33
Great thanks
December 2nd, 2009 at 02:52
Works for the dutch as well! KPN
thanks
December 5th, 2009 at 00:57
Fantastic – just what I wanted to know. Perfect result.
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:34
WOWWWWW!!!!! BUNCH OF THANKS!!!
June 25th, 2010 at 12:23
Great! Worked first time in the UK on Vodafone. Thanks.
July 1st, 2010 at 15:54
Unable to get to work on iPhone4 for a third party normal phone no. I use Hullomail (brings visual voicemail to carriers that dont support it), great service, SMS & email notification and iPhone app. Would just be nice to get the voicemail button to dial the standard UK phone number it needs to access the hullomail service on the odd time you do it that way.
August 18th, 2010 at 03:52
you are the man!! thanx for the help
January 4th, 2011 at 02:22
thanx worked
January 22nd, 2011 at 00:32
Many Thanks!!!
Muchas Gracias!!!
Cheers,
March 29th, 2011 at 12:57
Excellent – works on 3 in Ireland too
May 28th, 2011 at 10:20
Works in Costa Rica!! Finally got to fix… Thanks!!
September 21st, 2011 at 20:35
Thank you. I did and it worked great. I’m in panama and use C & W (cable and wireless- movil)
October 23rd, 2011 at 04:18
Is there any way to record the pin also?
October 29th, 2011 at 01:22
Thank you works like a charm in The Netherlands
December 5th, 2011 at 15:53
wow, thx alot man working great!!!!