Each modern smartphone is endowed with a useful forwarding function, thanks to which the calls coming to one number can be directed to another. This is probably useful in roaming or when using other SIM cards and a mobile device. But in order for this opportunity to work normally, it must first be turned on, and then configure, and then we will tell you how to do it.
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Call Forward on Phone
Before proceeding with the activation of the function under consideration, it is worth noting that on some tariff plans it simply does not work. To find out if it is supported in your case, you can have a cellular service provider (operator) or in its mobile application.See also: How to write a conversation on the phone
The inclusion of call forwarding on smartphones with Android and on the iPhone is performed differently in different places of the operating system, and therefore then consider each of them separately.
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Android
In order to configure call forwarding on most mobile devices with Android, you must refer to the settings section of the preset "Contacts". In different versions of the OS and on the branded shells from manufacturers, it can be visually different, but it is often a decisive item, the item has an unequivocal name that cannot be ignored. Having found it, just to specify the phone number that calls will be sent in the future. Some third-party dialer applications are also provided, the algorithm of which is no different from anything in the standard solution. You can find out more about what actions will need to do specifically in your case will help the reference below the article below.
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iPhone.
On mobile devices from Apple, most branded applications are deprived of their own settings menu, more precisely, such important controls are deposited into a common section for IOS. That is, in order to make the forwarding of incoming calls, you need to refer to the "settings" of the iPhone, where the standard means for making calls is represented by a separate item - "Phone". It is in it that the function of interest is of interest to us, which will first be activated, and then correctly configure, specifying another number. Understand that redirection works, will help a special icon in the notification string. All of the above, but much more detailed, previously reviewed by one of our authors in a separate material, with which we recommend familiarizing yourself.
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Conclusion
Now you know how to make call forwarding on the phone. As you can see, there is nothing difficult in this, and the task is solved literally in several taps on the screen.