My Galaxy Gear S3 broke my voicemail for the past month or so...
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 12:21 pm
I go through phases with my Galaxy Gear wearable. Sometimes it's the coolest thing ever; sometimes, it's a stupid novelty with a paltry battery life. What can I say, I'm a fickle sumbitch.
Anyway, my AT&T voicemail crapped out about a month ago. My pop and Mrs. S. both complained that after ringing the appropriate number of times, a "this number is not currently accepting calls" recording would play instead of my standard voicemail recording. I logged into VM from both my phone and my AT&T account - no setting to change. I tried resetting the password and recording new greetings; no change.
About this time, I realize that it's been about as long as I've charged my Galaxy Gear watch as it's been since my voicemail quit working. I also recalled that the last time I was wearing the watch, it ran out of battery on the way down the mountain from Big Bear in a no-service area. When the watch is charged and connected to the cellular network, incoming calls are routed to both my phone and my watch. As an aside - it feels both cool and dorky to take a phone call on your watch. 1 part Dick Tracy, one part Maxwell Smart.
Once the watch had enough charge to boot, I started it up - and a few seconds later, the phone disconnected from the watch and my voicemail started working again. I've never had issues with the watch not being charged screwing up my voicemail before, but I generally turn the watch off when I'm not wearing it; I don't think I've run it down while completely out of cellular range in the past.
I recognize that (a) everyone else is smarter than me, and (7) nobody else on the planet is still running both a Galaxy Gear S3 wearable and a Galaxy Note 8 - but writing it up helps me not concentrate on feeling stupid for taking so long to figure this out.
Anyway, my AT&T voicemail crapped out about a month ago. My pop and Mrs. S. both complained that after ringing the appropriate number of times, a "this number is not currently accepting calls" recording would play instead of my standard voicemail recording. I logged into VM from both my phone and my AT&T account - no setting to change. I tried resetting the password and recording new greetings; no change.
About this time, I realize that it's been about as long as I've charged my Galaxy Gear watch as it's been since my voicemail quit working. I also recalled that the last time I was wearing the watch, it ran out of battery on the way down the mountain from Big Bear in a no-service area. When the watch is charged and connected to the cellular network, incoming calls are routed to both my phone and my watch. As an aside - it feels both cool and dorky to take a phone call on your watch. 1 part Dick Tracy, one part Maxwell Smart.
Once the watch had enough charge to boot, I started it up - and a few seconds later, the phone disconnected from the watch and my voicemail started working again. I've never had issues with the watch not being charged screwing up my voicemail before, but I generally turn the watch off when I'm not wearing it; I don't think I've run it down while completely out of cellular range in the past.
I recognize that (a) everyone else is smarter than me, and (7) nobody else on the planet is still running both a Galaxy Gear S3 wearable and a Galaxy Note 8 - but writing it up helps me not concentrate on feeling stupid for taking so long to figure this out.