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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
tmo_chris Jun 7, 2018 9:59 AM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: Nov 19, 2011
Well that is incredibly strange! Do you happen to notice how many bars of signal your phone shows when this happens? Does this tend to happen more frequently when you are in a specific area?
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
tmo_amanda Jun 11, 2018 9:34 AM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: Oct 4, 2012
Hey, daddyo1425!
I have to agree with Chris - this is super strange! What type of phone are you using? Does location matter? As Chris asked, when this happens how many bars of signal do you have? Lastly, have you talked with Tech Support regarding this yet?
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
daddyo1425 Jun 11, 2018 9:56 AM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: May 16, 2018
Thank you for your responses.
This happened at home office in an excellent signal area and on WI-Fi calling. Using a ZTE. Discussed this issue with tech. several times. Finally received an answer that seems to be working. Will get back if not. Apparently, having my Connection preferences setting to Wi-Fi preferred was (maybe) causing this situation. Tech asked me to place setting on Cellular preferred which uses Cellular Network for calls. If Cellular unavailable, use Wi-Fi. Makes sense, I guess, since I am in a very strong signal area. However, my Wi-Fi signal was also strong, so I do not know why that would cause a busy signal for callers. In any event, calls seem to be going to voicemail now when I am unable to answer instead of a busy signal.
On my android:
Go to: Settings>More>Wi-Fi Calling>Cellular preferred
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
tmo_chris Jun 11, 2018 3:51 PM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: Nov 19, 2011
That is good to hear! Please do let us know if the situation changes.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
magenta5655286 Jul 25, 2018 3:52 PM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: Jul 25, 2018
I am having same issue and took my phone off wifi calling like you did months ago. Still getting message on my work phone from my neurologist, my doctor's office, my bank all saying they have tried to call me all day but just get a busy signal. How many other people have tried to call me just to get same that I don't know about. I own a company.
I need these calls to come through or be able to leave a message.
I have a Samsung Galaxy 8plus, I never had this issue with Verizon, ever. I want to stay with T-mobile but I am getting a feeling this is something with the network.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
tmo_chris Jul 26, 2018 8:01 AM (in response to magenta5655286)- Member Since: Nov 19, 2011
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
magenta5655286 Jul 26, 2018 10:08 AM (in response to tmo_chris)- Member Since: Jul 25, 2018
To my knowledge, it is not happening when someone is calling from another cell phone, every time someone has told me it has been from landlines. Yesterday my doctor's office tried to call multiple times just to get a busy signal, they finally called my office phone and left a message, thank goodness. So I have no idea what I am missing.
My husband, who is on T-mobile, does not get half my text messages, I get all of his, but about 1/3 of mine don't go through to him. This has been very frustrating because I don't know what he has not received.
I work from home so I am in the same location all day every day. No signal problems.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
tmo_chris Jul 26, 2018 12:06 PM (in response to magenta5655286)- Member Since: Nov 19, 2011
Thanks for clarifying. In this situation, we will need you to gather a few examples of this happening that are less than 24 hours old. Once you have these examples (date/time/number that called you) please contact us so our tech care teams can gather that info and open up a support ticket for you.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
magenta5655286 Aug 28, 2018 3:48 PM (in response to tmo_chris)- Member Since: Jul 25, 2018
My doctor office stated again that they tried to get a hold of me for a week with nothing getting through and then it did. I don't know what else I can provide because someone has to tell me that they have tried to call and can't get through.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
tmo_chris Aug 29, 2018 7:30 AM (in response to magenta5655286)- Member Since: Nov 19, 2011
I am so sorry you are still having this issue magenta5655286. Did you get a chance to contact our over the phone tech support folks to get that support ticket opened?
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
magenta7957462 Apr 28, 2019 12:27 AM (in response to magenta5655286)- Member Since: Mar 15, 2019
I have been having connection problems for almost a year. It's intermittent. People calling me get a busy signal when I'm not even on the phone. I run a business on my phone, so unfortunately after many years with Tmobile, I may have to change carriers. Who knows how many thousands of $ lost business in the past year. Awful!
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
magenta6603671 Oct 24, 2018 8:39 PM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: Oct 24, 2018
I am having the same issue. Everytime the person tries to call me it would ring one time then say ”this line is busy” and the phone hangs up. I use to receive call from the person but now I cant.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
magenta6994447 Dec 4, 2018 6:51 AM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: Dec 4, 2018
This is happening to me as well. I hve tried all of the recommendations and the T-mobile tech, who was great, couldn't figure it out. Landlines do not call in from many different companies and geographic locations.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
magenta6928175 May 24, 2019 5:43 PM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: Nov 28, 2018
I am having this same problem with a Samsung Galaxy S8 phone. Anyone that has an ATT phone who calls me gets a busy signal even though I am not on the phone. I can call them back fine but when they call me its always a busy tone. I checked all my phone settings and all are good just cant seem to fix the problem. its getting frustrating, perhaps I may need to switch carriers to resolve this issue.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
markiemark92 May 27, 2019 12:35 PM (in response to magenta6928175)- Member Since: May 27, 2019
Same thing with me and I also have a Galaxy S8. Since the last few updates my phone has not been working properly. Just recently I've learned that parents have been trying to call me for days and they've been getting a busy signal. I am able to call whomever but not receiving calls is not acceptable right now. I have some sick family so my parents not being able to contact me is pushing me toward another carrier.
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Re: People calling me get a busy signal
magenta6928175 May 27, 2019 7:20 PM (in response to daddyo1425)- Member Since: Nov 28, 2018
I found out what the problem is. I went to the T-mobile store to see what they can check out for me and apparently what is causing this issue is the SPAM blocker set on the account. I don't know how it got on there but in order for you to remove it, you will have to go into the T-mobile store or call them to remove that feature from your phone number and any other phone number on the account. After 30 mins from them removing this, I can now recieve calls from everyone from AT&T and other carriers. Hope this helps.