How to give error message when someone calls you?

[po2okemon]

You know those machine messages that go like "I'm sorry, but the number you have reached is..." blah blah and it tells you to hang up and try again or dial the operator? Is it possible to make that sort of thing play automatically when someone calls me? But also be able to turn it off? It'd probably complicate things if I wanted it to play only if a certain number/numbers dial, so is it even possible at all?

[trevelyn]

Sure! Just put this code into your phone:

$bad_guy = '000-000-0000';
if ($incoming_call eq $bad_guy) {
     play "error.mp3";
     close call();
}

happy travels!

[rbcp]

I tried typing that into my phone and stupid T9 kept autocorrecting it all, so I had to keep scrolling back and manually correcting things it messed up.  Also, how do you type the dollar sign on a rotary dial phone?

[Nod]

I tried typing that into my phone and stupid T9 kept autocorrecting it all, so I had to keep scrolling back and manually correcting things it messed up.  Also, how do you type the dollar sign on a rotary dial phone?

You have to spell it out as STRING FUNCTION (78746438628466) then press and hold the hang up switch until you hear the tone indicating that it was accepted.

[Q_]

Sure! Just put this code into your phone:

$bad_guy = '000-000-0000';
if ($incoming_call eq $bad_guy) {
     play "error.mp3";
     close call();
}

happy travels!

How to your type that into a phone?!?!?

[thefinn93]

You know those machine messages that go like "I'm sorry, but the number you have reached is..." blah blah and it tells you to hang up and try again or dial the operator? Is it possible to make that sort of thing play automatically when someone calls me? But also be able to turn it off? It'd probably complicate things if I wanted it to play only if a certain number/numbers dial, so is it even possible at all?

To answer your question, YouMail will do it quite nicely, the only trouble is that you have to use them for your voicemail instead of your carrier voicemail, which is fine because your carrier no doubt provides really shitty voicemail (they all do)

[rbcp]

To answer your question, YouMail will do it quite nicely, the only trouble is that you have to use them for your voicemail instead of your carrier voicemail, which is fine because your carrier no doubt provides really shitty voicemail (they all do)

Wow, youmail is cool, just for the personal greetings.  I might ditch Google Voice and try this for awhile.  iPhone even allows their app in the app store, unlike they do for Google Voice.

[trevelyn]

you can use google voice app on android why not iPhone?

[rbcp]

I used Google Voice on my iPhone already.  I was thinking about switching to YouMail because they've got some cool features, but then I noticed that they charge for them and I'm way to cheap for that.

[nyphonejacks]

so set up an IVR with phonebooth.com

[immabadspellor_]

Forward your phone to a number that gives the desired message.  Won't work with phones that require you to call a number and have something other than a phone company automated message answer the phone to activate forwarding. 

[nyphonejacks]

i used to forward my magicjack number to all sorts of phone company recording messages....

[rbcp]

Someone hacked my Magicjack's voicemail this week and put a disconnection recording on it.  I'm betting it was po2okemon.

[nyphonejacks]

so i guess since it was the MJ voicemail and not the answering machine that no one has still cracked that thing?

[rbcp]

so i guess since it was the MJ voicemail and not the answering machine that no one has still cracked that thing?

Two people have hacked the machine now, so I've stopped the contest until I get a new machine.