When someone calls me the ringer on the phone does not ring.I do not know how to turn the ringer back on. Also when someone tries to leave me a message the answering machine does not record the message. Instead they get a recording saying the message will be forwarded to an automatic message service, but that never happens either.

If this happens and you have an iPhone, you can try three things, 1). Make sure your phone has not been silenced. You can do this by checking the very top button on the left hand side of your phone, if the screen is facing you. If you're doing things right you should see indicators on your phone screen like "silent mode on" and "silent mode off".

2). Make sure the ringer volume is turned up such that you can hear it when someone calls. To check this go to Settings -> Sounds & Haptics then scroll down to ringer and alerts to adjust your ringer volume accordingly.

3). If you've tried 1 and 2 and your phone still isn't ringing when someone calls you, try turning your phone off, waiting 30 seconds, then turning it back on again.

If none of these things work, below is the link to a video with more ideas to try. Good Luck! :-)

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Have you tried to call the phone and adjust the volume on the set while the call is coming in? I think the only way you can adjust the ringer volume is if the phone is ringing.

If the phone doesn't ring when called by the extension number of the phone then try to use the volume up button while someone is calling the phone. The volume is a multi-purpose button that doubles for phone volume and ringer volume. However, the only way to turn up the ringer is when a call is coming into the phone.

Page 15 of the manual shows how to turn individual phone ringers off using the "Ringer tone" setting option. RCA 25425RE1 User Manual Page 15 Hope this helps

It could be that your selected ringtone is inaudible. Go into your settings and test the selected ringtone for calls. If you can't hear it, try another. Also check your ringer volume setting. It may be all the way down.

Found on Motorola Support:

1. Make sure that the "Smart Profile: Face Down" feature is enabled.
2. Hold the phone face up in your palm.
3. Call your Droid X from another phone.
4. As the phone is vibrating, DO NOT ANSWER.
5. Still holding the phone, flip the phone face down as it vibrates.
6. Still holding it face down, hit your volume key to silence the phone.
7. Flip the phone back over so it's face up. You should feel a quick vibrating jolt indicating the ringer is back on.
8. End the call. It shouldn't matter which phone you end the call from, as feeling the jolt is the key.
9. Leave phone face up and call yourself again. If the ringer is now working again, turn OFF "Smart Profile: Face Down" until there's a true fix.
10. If it does not work initially, try all of the steps again a few more times and hope you get lucky.

wellcome,all you need to do is to unscrew the phone and change the ringer to another one.

Hit the up or down arrow keys several times. (either key will work) and the ringer will rotate through Ringer off - Ringer low - Ringer high... one set will be a steady ring, the other set will be a warble ring. This works on the phone made for RadioShack with 5.8 GHz on the front and Cat. No. 43-155 under the battery in the battery compartment.

Hi the only way you can make the phone ring longer is to goto settings scroll down to call select call then select call divert then select cancel all diverts after you have dont this then select divert if busy turn this on then divert if out of reach turn this on the select divert if not available now leave them like that then when your phone is switched on it wont goto answer unless your on phone to someone else or you hang up on someone.
With the settings like that it will goto answer phone if phone is off or if you have no signal or if you are on phone to someone else but now your phone will ring for aslong as someone rings you for.
Let me know if you need further assistance