How to Check Voicemail from Another Phone

It may be a bit hard to imagine, but there will be times when you don't have your phone with you and need to check your voicemail. Today, most carriers have simple procedures that allow people to access their voicemail when using another phone. Checking your landline voicemail with another phone follows the same simple steps. To check voicemail from another phone, you need to call your number, press the star or pound key (depending on the carrier), and then enter your PIN.

Access voicemail

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Call your number. This is quite simple, just use any phone and dial your mobile or landline number.

Full dial. However, you need to make sure that no one actually picks up the phone while the call is ringing.

Don't forget to enter the area code before dialing.

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Press the star or ascend key. Depending on your carrier, you will need to press one of these two keys next. Usually it will be the star key.

When the voicemail starts, you need to press the star (*) or pound (#) key.

With AT&T, Sprint, US Cellular and T-Mobile in the US, press the star key (*).

Verizon, Bell Mobility and Virgin Mobile users press the pound key (#).

With other carriers, you can check on the website or call their customer service switchboard to be sure.

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Enter your PIN. You need to know your PIN or passcode to check your voicemail. If you don't have this code, you can ask your network operator.

You'll hear instructions to enter your PIN.

Press the pound key after entering the PIN code.

Follow the instructions to listen to your voicemail. Usually you will press a certain number (such as 1). That's all you need to do. You can now listen to voice messages.

Reset your PIN or password

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Reset PIN. Maybe you forgot your PIN/passcode, or you didn't set up this layer of protection in the first place. This is a common problem.

Most carriers have detailed instructions on how to change the password. For example, to change the T-Mobile network password, hold down the "1" key, then press the star key, then press 5 to access the password protection layer. Next, press 1 to change the password.

You can change your Sprint network password on the web by selecting the my preferences tab and selecting the "things I can manage online" section.

You can reset your PIN by calling your carrier if you have forgotten it or have not set it up in the first place. Some sites will allow you to do this online.

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Define default PIN. With some carriers, we can look up the default PIN code, sometimes even containing all 0s.

With phones like AT&T, the default password is your phone number (no area code).

PIN codes usually include 4 digits.

Handle common problems

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Stop fake voicemails. Sometimes we see the voicemail icon, but when we check, it's not there. This problem is very easy to fix.

This is an issue that has been reported by users with various carriers and phones.

Many experts recommend that you call your phone and leave a voicemail yourself. Then delete the voicemail.

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Leave a voicemail without waiting for the phone to ring. There may be times when you want to leave a voicemail for someone without waiting for the phone to ring.

There are many services where you can pay and leave a voicemail without having to wait for the recipient's phone to ring.

If your phone is broken, you can still check your voicemail by following the steps above, even if your phone doesn't ring.

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