Call Waiting

[Ace]

How do you access call waiting?

 

[DroidFan]

Okay...stupid question, but I've searched the forums and couldn't find an answer...

I was on the phone last night when my call waiting came through. I switched to the other line, but when I disconnected the 2nd call, the 1st call dropped too.

How do I switch back and forth between the 2 calls without dropping the other?

 

[forkup]

An icon will appear at the top left of the screen for switching calls.

 

[DroidFan]

Great! I didn't notice such an icon last night, but I'll keep an eye out for it.

Thanks!

 

[Imemine]

I thought it might have been the add call button. So if a second call comes in, an icon will show up with switch calls on it?

I'll have to test it.
thanks all

M

 

[mkstn]

Re: Call waiting

if your on a call and another call comes in, you'll notice a circle icon on the top left of the screen, it has circular arrows in it, tapping that will bring you to... and from one call to another.

 

[ShowTime]

How do you access call waiting?

Are you looking for something more than... get a call while you're already on another call?

When the 2nd call comes in, you can answer it, then either merge the calls together into a conference call, or use the manage calls button to switch back and forth between the calls.

 

[CBdroid]

I'm a new droid'r; I can't believe that call waiting is so poorly implemented. I LOVE the fone other than this. CW was the one thing I hated most about my Treo (6yrs) and was so looking fwd to a new UI. When I get an incoming call it seems unnecessary to "unlock" to answer, weird. Then as soon as I do, I "lose" the identity of the caller and can not tell which call I am speaking to, why can't the pic/number of the active call show??. I did learn not to "hang-up" or you lose both. Please tell me I'm overlooking something here. More often than not I would be happy to hangup the existing call and take the incoming but there is not option to do so - the EXACT thing that I hated about the Treo. As much as I avoided the iFone I have to admit they did it right...

 

[spiralskygilligan]

I also hang up on people

I actually hang up on people also... so u "tap" it not slide it?... I am sliding it.. could this be why I am hanging up on people? I thought I had to slide it to unlock it....


Claire

 

[CBdroid]

Sorry...I do have to slide to answer the incoming call.
(which is the same as the unlock when I wakeup the phone)
As far as I know that is the way to "pickup" the incoming call.
As soon as I do that, I get the generic droid picture and can not see the number of either caller.
I DO get the "manage calls" button and can "toggle" between the two callers but am not sure who I am talking to and can not hang up without terminating both calls.
I hope I am doing something wrong and there is a setting I have overlooked.
It seems ludicrous that you can not keep the callerid of the active call, heck even my old landline did THAT.

 

[spiralskygilligan]

I am sorry I my brain works to fast and I tend to type before I get it all out. Yes I answer the call by sliding, When I am in a call and I go to answer caller Id, I have to slide the call as well, Is there another way..above mkstn mentions tapping to bring from one to the other calls... I will try this next time I am in my calls.

 

[Skiking226]

I would like to know how to turn call waiting off on a droid x, is there a configuration I can go too, it's so easy on the iPhone, I never liked call waiting, to me it's like interrupting me.

 

[hookbill]

I would like to know how to turn call waiting off on a droid x, is there a configuration I can go too, it's so easy on the iPhone, I never liked call waiting, to me it's like interrupting me.

Well, on the iPhone you can't get calls anyway so imagine it was easy to turn off.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Dialing *70 before your call will turn off call waiting. I can't find a way to turn it off permanently.

 

[Skiking226]

I would like to know how to turn call waiting off on a droid x, is there a configuration I can go too, it's so easy on the iPhone, I never liked call waiting, to me it's like interrupting me.

Well, on the iPhone you can't get calls anyway so imagine it was easy to turn off.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. Dialing *70 before your call will turn off call waiting. I can't find a way to turn it off permanently.

I receive calls just fine on my iPhone, always have, maybe I'm the lucky one, I have 2 phones to see which is better, I really like the Droid X, but the iPhone 4 is still better so far