iPhone Voicemail Not Working? (How To Fix It)

0:00 Intro
0:12 Setting up your voicemail
0:29 Setting up your custom greeting
1:06 Checking call forwarding
1:38 Testing your voicemail
1:59 Resetting your cellular service
2:15 Closing and reopening the Phone app
2:38 Checking carrier settings
2:55 Resetting your network settings
If you are having trouble with voicemail on your iPhone, check these troubleshooting tips.
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iPhone Voicemail Not Working? (How To Fix It)

[@user-zd6qy6oc9u]

Okey but honestly this doesn’t work .

[@Hi-oh7fr]

Actually

[@azaleaovalle5893]

It doesn’t I don’t have the voice mail button

[@KenadianKenough]

You are a life saver! Thank you SO much for this video! Apple couldn't figure out how to fix it, my carrier couldn't figure it out, but after trying each step in the video the last piece of advice did the trick.

[@MothCooch]

Mine just says ‘call voicemail’ in the middle of the screen, trying the whole “hold one” thing just ends up with me being asked for a mailbox number? Anyone know where to call after this cause I put in my regular phone number (was the only thing I could think of) and that didn’t work and I’ve yet to find anything about it anywhere else

[@Lisaaaa21]

For me it says call voicemail in the middle of the screen? What does that mean?

[@felopateerkelada6776]

Same

[@unhingedclownery3993]

I have the same problem :/ please let me know if y’all figure out a solution

[@bGRmn]

I too have this problem

[@enginemonkey]

Same here. Anyone?

[@assume3574]

Same dude

[@amyb4059]

I was incredibly skeptical that one of the tips could fix my phone, but the switching to airplane mode and back again did the trick! That’s awesome! Thanks!!

[@LaylaPls]

My voicemail has never worked on any iphone I've had since like 2014. From the phone app when I click "voicemail" down the bottom is says "call voicemail" so it's definitely turned on. When I click 'call voicemail' a robot-lady voice says "Hi, the person you have called is unavailable. We can't take your message at this time. Please call again later. Goodbye". And if I press and hold 1 on the keypad, she says the same thing but 'not available' instead of 'unavailable'. help??

[@Josabelsantiago2]

Same here

[@MatthewBennettFPV]

Iphone X and I have to reset the cellular service every week or more frequently. We are losing business due to missed messages. If this is something wrong with the phone I"ll just buy a new one, but if it's something network related I don't want to waste my money. How can we find the root cause?

[@melona429]

on my screen there is no ,,greeting" button to push and i just want to reset my greeting and not customize it like my voicemail is saying when i call it. does anybody know why???

[@MattyMcDoodle]

When i click on 'Set Up' it brings me to a page to enter a password, but when I enter a password (minimum of 4 digits) the 'Done' button in the top right stays greyed out. Any ideas whats going on there?

[@robinwyatt7994]

My phone isn’t going to voicemail and says number not in service but I can answer calls?

[@MovieMakingMan]

I can’t get through the first example. I enter passwords on the set up screen and I always get an error message saying “VOICEMAIL ERROR try again later”. I cannot get past this and there are no other options. Any ideas?

[@trishabug8020]

Omg I want a voice mail what do I do to make one? It just says calls voice mail for me?

[@manas-xt1wk]

How to reset voicemail to custom to default Siri voice again mines not happening how to solve the problem

[@baddierietravels8234]

The last step worked like an absolute charm. I did have to reset my network settings. However, once I did that I was able to view my voicemail because I have visual voicemail turned on, and I did indeed have two missed calls with voicemails that I wasn’t able to access once I reset it, I was able to view them. For reference i have a iPhone 12 mini

[@mistycruiser436]

Tried this multiple times! Doesn’t work. Any other thoughts?

[@ravenyoungblood524]

OK so it’s not letting me reset my password when I click on the phone, the voicemail change password is not showing

[@crashley9868]

Call forwarding worked!! THANK YOU!!!

[@bryansbag]

My voicemail seems to work on my end. I Can access it. And even dial one and access it that way too. I even called Mint and had them reset it. Same thing I can access it. YET!! When people call me it says an Atat error. I don’t have ATAT anymore?!??

[@JADDRAWSTHINGS]

For me it says call voice mail on the top of the screen and i press it says in a female voice somthing in chinese and then i do press one i hear nothing please help

[@kellyloughroadyoga6896]

Thanks for this! Couldn’t get any voicemail for ages but now I can!

[@michaelsimpson6327]

Finally something uselful

[@lissetteherrera4387]

I can’t even access the voicemails. It says to put a passcode but when I do it says “error”

[@melissaaap4842]

Were you able to fix this problem?

[@afafxz9268]

@@melissaaap4842 I have not either. "voicemail error try again later"

[@guillermoyanez1805]

I have a peoblem with Google voice THEY block my phone number HOW CAN CONTACT with rhem

[@pamlaw5959]

I used the press phone, keypad,1 and could hear messages! Wow! I had to hold phone close to hear the sound was very low, yet it shows my volume on the phone is up as high as it can go. It's better than NOT knowing what voice messages I have. And missing important calls and friends saying why don't I call them they left a message! I never used my cell phone much, but I just canceled my landline it got so expensive So, I now need to know and understand how to use my iphone7. Thanks so much

[@Eggerhexe]

Here is a possible workaround for the low volume: Instead of long-pressing "1", try calling your own number from Contacts. It should go straight to voicemail, but you should also have access to the loudspeaker button at this point so that you can hear it better. Since you are already on a call, the regular in-call buttons should be available.

[@LeaderBoardsYT]

Mine says unable to authorize whenever I try to put in a password idk why

[@ILOVETAYLORSWIFT802]

For me, it says could not authorize access. What do I do?😢

[@rblxloic2673]

How can I reset my voicemail I’m on iPhone XR

[@orahnedo9425]

But mine is still not working..it not showing set up..instead it’s showing voicemail

[@RANDOMGAMER-71]

I can’t set it up, whenever I make the password, it just says ‘unable to connect to voicemail’

[@sp2435]

On my iPhone 12 default & greeting are greyed out.

[@lovesuntime6395]

If I did all of that, and my voicemail still doesn’t work!? what I should do.

[@natalielaura333]

SAME. No idea :(

[@ruthmoore1152]

Tried all the fixes except factory reset - caller receives a "busy signal" ....

[@bradv619]

Thank you so much for doing this. I finally got my voicemail back. May god bless you🙏🏻

[@Aggression-hc3yp]

I get minor complaints from people that try to contact me and send me messages, and my phone never tells me I get a voicemail message. And when I try to retrieve the greeting, it takes forever and never gets retrieved.

[@Cotictimmy]

I was just trying activate this to message a friend (no little voice icon was appearing for me to press & hold.) None of the fixes from KZbin I tried were working. It then occurred to me that maybe it only works for iPhone to another iPhone only so I tried it for some iPhone owning friends. It worked immediately. Am I right? Is this voice message feature for iPhone to iPhone only?

[@nifa1597]

Same problem, I lost work opportunities and medical appointments because I don’t receive voicemails.

[@Eggerhexe]

I have had this problem because of switching to TracFone on an old iPhone. I think that Apple products can leave messages to other Apple products, but right now TracFone's "hold in the 1 button" voicemail and the iPhone's "Voicemail" are two different things. Apple users can leave "voicemail" (actually "iMessages" but called voicemail on the phone) in the phone's default voicemail, but any other calls go to the external Tracfone voicemail. I do not yet know how to integrate the two because Apple is just too awesome to let you change your own settings.

[@ImEVILhahaha]

I have the greeting option, but no custom option.

[@afafxz9268]

"voicemail error try again later" always after entering password. Help

[@normantheforeman9866]

Thanks dude, been having trouble with this and it makes job searching a headache lol. For me: I changed the password to the voicemail under Phone Settings, then went to the dial and held number 1, and entered new password and sent up the greeting from that menu instead of setting it up from the typical voicemail button greeting option

[@IndieBassJA26]

whoa. Where exactly in phone settings?

[@eniggy7]

May try that. Always go to the comments to get hints. Did chat with a live human being at ATT and he was stumped. he did have me create a password but I didn’t do it through the dialing one and voicemail through them. Worth a try.

[@pamlaw5959]

Thanks for your help I was able to access my voice messages.

[@romichocolate56]

So weird , just updated my phone and I don’t have greetings as an option

[@SweetHershii905]

Help for me is says No Voicemail and nobody can send me any voicemails

[@assfukwut]

none of these work. think i can get a refund on my iphone? missing lots of voicemails from clients cause of this faulty iphone

[@Alex_Bertubesocks]

I was having the same problem nothing worked. Solved it by calling my cell provider and resetting my voicemail password. Enter the new one they provide you, Instantly fixed.

[@392spoox]

@@Alex_Bertubesocks how do I call my service provider?

[@sea_hous]

@@Alex_Bertubesocks Enter it where?

[@Alex_Bertubesocks]

@@sea_hous sorry it’s been a year since I did this, but it likely varies from service providers. I would just google “reset voicemail password (insert service provider)” and see where that takes you to do it.

[@Alex_Bertubesocks]

@@392spoox sorry didn’t tag you in my last comment but ^ I’m not exactly sure what I called as it is now a year later

[@nikakopadze3524]

what if none of them worked?

[@cameronbeal2637]

Mine just doesn’t save, I dont know why?

[@SharonMiller-yh6ik]

Thank you! I was able to retrieve loads of VM messages using your tip to turn Airplane Mode off/on.

[@greenlight8819]

The press 1 worked. Thank you!

[@tatumpatriot6247]

The Airplane Mode tip worked 😃 THANQ!!!

[@28ashcat]

where is this screen your showing at 3:34??? how do i get there?

[@lisaangellrealtor]

Thanks so much - the call forwarding fixed it!! Appreciate the tips!

[@binkwhite5218]

Airplane mode did the trick. Thanks!

[@inthemiddleofnowhere2745]

but this shouldn't be happening in the first place, my voicemail worked fine before, I didn't have to mess with any settings

[@enkhchimegganzorig9648]

What if there is no set up button?

[@bitturoy7425]

What about iPhone 13

[@Nivin_Dhaibi]

What if cellular isn’t a option on settings

[@lilace1207]

what is voice mail passcode

[@newbeginnings9457]

Mine says call voicemail! NO SETUP service at all!

[@diana777etc]

My new iPhone 14 doesn't even show the voicemail icon at the bottom - which you video assumes I have.

[@SparkHeartG]

After I set a password to set it up it says error and closes

[@buutasbasket]

Don’t have the greeting bit

[@ihtzhunn]

thank you this helped me

[@rosyuwu3904]

For those stuck with “Call Voicemail” only for it to not be set up, follow the very last step and it should fix the issue! Go to setting, press “general”, scroll down and press “transfer or reset iPhone”, press “reset”, and then “reset network settings”. Let your phone reset everything, and then you should have a working, reset Voicemail!

[@cherishedpickney]

does this do anything else to the phone like make you lose anything on your phone?

[@rosyuwu3904]

@@cherishedpickney Nope! Everything is the same other than your voicemail! I still have my contacts and whatnot too!

[@LOGICCLIPS732]

i love you man

[@amazingfrogovo]

Its still not working my brother

[@BabebrahamLincoln]

Finally! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOO SO MUCH!!!!!!!🎉

[@lalramlian]

Very helpful thanks a lots.

[@GtrPknMama]

Thank you!✨🎵✨ Shutting down the phone for a minute and restarting worked for me! Yayyyy 🎉 Amazing how angry one can get at such a little red dot 🔴 😂 Finally I can access my voicemail messages 😅👍

[@roymulinix]

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FIXED IT. IT'S THE TRACFONE CARRIER !! I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU ! THANK YOU!

[@tomhunt7896]

wait how did you fix it?

[@3952Mom]

This did not work for me. Just woke up today and my phone said I got a call, looked for the voicemail, none. Did the call in by pressing #1 and there was the message. Shut off the phone, did the airplane mode, still not working. Not brave enough to start it all over.

[@tobyy89]

I’m currently having the same issue. SMH doesn’t make any sense

[@victorfletcher4188]

Just press and hold 1 on the keypad it will take you to set it up.

[@Hawkguy327]

My man! Totally fixed it. Thanks!

[@beckydean183]

Why does my voicemail not have a greetings button?

[@baddie_poo-poo7007]

Same

[@PainNoLovd]

Mines show a code & says error

[@mirandamcwhorter8247]

It wants to set up a passcode and it doesn’t work.

[@sovietdog1743]

Same

[@mulugetazerca8047]

Thanks

[@JohnSmith-xs8bs]

Thank you so very much

[@speedy_cheetah6425]

Mine says call voicemail what do i doo

[@mohammadalibhai9379]

Dial your own phone number

[@ARI4NNA.]

Call

[@moccabi933]

Thank you !!!!

[@UVGaming-zc7nk]

Thanks my halp

[@Soulflowz]

Thank you

[@petekerwin6834]

None of that worked

[@sxpreme_266]

“please record your message after the tone” ahh beat💀

[@colleenloffredo7895]

Didn’t work! I phone11 is junk, and it’s my last IPhone, I loved my 7, but Apple broke mine and 3 family members all in the same week during Pandemic

[@jaxonv2098]

Mine won't call voicemail but I still get the messages just can't ever hear them. Stupid stupid tech

[@JDReese-qw4xt]

Apple phones... "so smart, They're stupid "

[@tylerzechar]

Why does he have so many texts? Lol

[@carmenmontalvo5029]

I have an Android phone

[@eddyfung5341]

Switch to Android

[@techman2124]

Nah I’m iPhone all around and will never change

[@TonyNajera-pu7kk]

Tony

[@julianaamericaine7448]

People are literally walking on their heads.

[@paulnarramore6828]

As the instructions are delivered at 100mph, this was utterly incomprehensible. Try this again at normal speaking speed and I might, just might, be able to follow you!

[@bethladwig346]

Just pause the video to try the steps that he mentions.

[@avogato1815]

you can set the video to a slower speed. i don't think he'll remake the video just for your follow

[@ajaunimarquis8569]

I have a iPhone XR still doesn’t work

[@josephinevrbik2182]

very helpful. thank you so much.

[@jasminetaylor4408]

very helpful! thank you!