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avoid in-coming calls when abroad
Hi everyone,
I read in a previous post that activating call forwarding when traveling abroad is the best way to avoid receiving calls and being charged for them. I have three questions:
1) if am abroad and i activate call forwarding and forward the calls to another T-Mobile phone number (for example a relative) in the US will I incur any fees?
- I have an iPhone which has a phone setting to set up call forwarding. Does it make a difference to set up the call forwarding through the iPhone setting vs using **21* code? If there is a difference between the two methods can you explain what the difference is?
Great
I really appreciate your response.
One of my concerns is the if I do the call forwarding using the iPhone feature that I would still be charged for the call because the call “pings” to the phone before being forwarded.
So you’re saying that using the iPhone call forwarding feature will update T-Mobile’s systems so that the call never “pings” to the phone in the first place? Meaning T-Mobile’s systems will forward the call before it ever reached my phone.
- Any number that’s free to call is free to forward to.
- Setting forwarding via the menu is just an easy way to enter then “hash codes”. “Forward all” and *21 do the same thing.
