An Post Mobile

Yes

Dial;

**61*your_vmail_no*11*ringtime#

your_vmail_no is your mobile number with 5 inserted after first 3 digits.

E.g, 0873362194 becomes 08753362194

ringtime is 0 to 30, 5 sec intervals.

To check your current voice mail/forwarding number and ringtime, dial *#61# . The number displayed here is your forwarding number as above. I've tried it, it works, I changed 15 seconds to 25.

A bit of searching and adapting the results. I can't find any specific info for Postmobile, but the codes for enabling diversion on Android are nearly universal. On some, (Vodafone), you just use 121 as the forwarding number, but for MVNOs like Postmobile, the standard divert number with the 5 should do.

I think divert OFF or disable is ##21#

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Does your fixed IP begin with 10? The ip address assigned to your phone is not a public ip address, it's an internal network address between you and a Vodafone data terminal device, which translates this address to its external address when requesting data from the Internet. It's not visible or reachable from the WAN. Having it vary or remain the same is of no consequence to you, as whatever ip is assigned by Vodafone is automatically translated by them when you are on the Internet.

It would not be an IP address on an historical list of 'bad' ip addresses, as the network address first byte value of '10', one of a possible 128 Class A ip network addresses, is reserved for internal network use, and can be reused thousands or millions of times on closed internal networks. Rather like the ip network addresses assigned to your devices by your router, typically 192.168.178.xxx, these are confined to your home network, and access by any external device can only occur in the context of your device making the initial connection. This connection is inherently secure, so you can receive web pages, streams, downloads etc to your device via its ip address, but not by a malicious site seeking to gain access.

PM is a MVNO operating on another's physical network. There will be different virtual layers for it's traffic compared to Vodafone traffic, and we could only begin to guess what these are in reality, I'm way behind the curve at this stage, but they would certainly have the potential to introduce delays in response, and reductions in speeds. You get what you pay for I suppose.

@deezell thank you for the comprehensive and detailed response. The internal IP starts with 10.

I assume you've tried the 'Call Waiting' toggle switch in the menus. On Samsung Android it's the green phone button, three vertical dots top right, Settings, More Settings (or Supplementary services/Call Waiting.

The Android keyboard code for this is *43# to activate and #43# to deactivate these should be generic. I've tried this and it replied 'call waiting activated'. The menu toggle in the settings is now greyed out.

Do you know the code to turn on/off Voicemail

#61# unanswered divert Off

*61# back on, to the number previously registered.

##61# Off, and this deletes the voice mail number used. If you use this, you will have to include your voicemail no. In the command to restore voicemail

**61*your_vmail_no#

To include ring time before voice mail

**61*your_vmail_no*11*ringtime#

Ringtime 5 to 30 sec max (most networks), increments of 5.

You can use any no to divert to, another phone say. If you set this up with a single *, say

*61*wifes-phone#

She will get your unanswered calls, but when you cancel it with #61#, then restore with *61#, divert will revert back to the Registered voice mail no previously stored using **61*your_vmail_no#

Two * registers the number following it.

There are lots of codes other than 61 for all the other types of divert, here's a table;

Sorry if this has been asked before but does Post Mobile allow you to top up your phone at the post office, similar to how you can top up PAYG Tesco mobile or similar?

Thanks!

For the network afaik, call diversion and "out of reach' for example, would happen at the network when your phone is off. They're a universal standard afaik, adopted by most carriers. Phones could have settings menu items which achieve the same thing, they never seem to work though. Try some out, and see what return response you get.

One thing I could never manage to remember, mobile or work phone, was which key to press to switch to a waiting call. Every time, fumble, fumble, look for my glasses, etc, till I'd end up losing both calls.

Yes. And it works with no issues.

Did you have cash credit on your account? Those numbers have a hefty fee, Anpost is a prepay service. Having said that, no harm that you can't, if you're maintaining the phone for a child.

Funny how they got you to top up first. I think there was a discussion on here about bonus credit they once gave, but you couldn't spend it in anything. Add another fiver and it will top up your next months allowances.

Free first month offer is back, (though it hadn't gone away, you know).