Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Turn Off Call Barring Settings

By turned on one or more available options on call barrings settings, you can restrict certain types of incoming or outgoing calls on your Galaxy SIII.

See also: How to Set Call Barring Settings on Samsung Galaxy S3

There are five option available on call barring settings, you can choose which one that suit your need. In addition to set up call barrings on your phone, you can also deactivated all call barring settings you've set up before.


How to deactivate call barring settings?
If you want to disable one or all call barring settings, then you can follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap the Menu key.
4. On pop up menu select Call settings.
5. Tap Additional settings.
6. Tap Call barring.
7. Tap Voice call.
8. To disable call barring, tap each of the barrings types that you've enabled before.
9. Enter your barring password. When you never change your barring password, then the default is 0000.
10. Tap OK button to save your changes.
11. Repeat from the step #8 to disable call barrings untill all call barrings have been disabled.
12. Finish. Now you have managed to turn off one or all call barring settings on your phone. For the record, when the checkbox next to these options is unchecked means the option is turned off.

Well, by knowing on how to disable one or all call barring settings on your Galaxy SIII, now you can turn it off whenever you want. So, hope it helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Set Call Barring Settings

As we have learnt before, in Samsung Galaxy SIII you can restrict an outgoing call for some numbers by turned on fixed dialing on your phone then add the required numbers into FDN list. Once you've added the numbers, your phone will only be able to make a call to the selected numbers and to the emergency numbers.

See also: How to Add Fixed Numbers to Fixed Dialing Numbers List on Samsung Galaxy S3

If fixed dialing only restrict your outgoing call to some numbers that you've been added to the list, then you can restrict certain types of incoming or outgoing call on your phone by choose one of the available option on the call barring settings.


How to restrict incoming or outgoing call using call barring?
To do so kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap the Menu key.
4. On pop up menu select Call settings.
5. Tap Additional settings.
6. Tap Call barring.
7. Tap Voice call.
8. Here you will see call barring available option, they are:
• All outgoing calls: if you select this option, no calls can be made.
• Int'l calls: if you select this option, no international calls can be made.
• Int'l calls except home: if you select this option, no international calls can be made, but you can still call home while you're abroad.
• All incoming calls: if you select this option, you can't receive all incoming calls.
• Incoming when roaming: if you select this option, you can't receive incoming call while you're abroad. Incoming calls will be rejected by the network.
9. Tap one of the available options as mentioned above you wish to use.
10. Enter your barring password. If you never change your barring password, then the default is 0000.
11. Tap OK button to save your changes.
12. To turn on another call barring option, repeat from the step #9.
13. Finish. Now you have managed to choose setting for call barring on your phone. As a note, when the checkbox next to the option is ticked means the option is turned on.

Well, by knowing on how to choose call barring settings, now you can set it according to your wish and situations. Choose the one or more that suit your needs. So, hope it helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Set and Use Call Reject Messages

In Samsung Galaxy S3, you can use several ways to restrict an incoming call, one of the way is by adding the contact's number into rejection list. Once you've added the number, your phone will auto reject the call when the selected number call you.

See also: How to Block Unknown or Unwanted Calls on Samsung Galaxy S3

In addition to set call rejection, here you can also set call reject with messages. By set this option means you can reject an incoming call by send the caller a reject message. You can use available reject messages or create your own messages.


How to set call reject messages?
To do so kindly follow the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap Call settings.
4. Tap Set reject messages.
5. Here you set call reject messages:
• Edit from available reject messages: Tap to the one you wish to edit then once you've finished you can tap Save button located on the upper right corner.
• Create your own reject messages: Tap Create to type your own reject messages then tap Save button located on the upper right corner. Your messages will be added to the list.
6. Finish. Now you have managed to set call reject messages on your phone.

How to reject call with message?
Once you've finished set call reject messages, now when you receive a call, you can reject it by tap upward reject call with messages then send one of the message available you wish to use to reject the call.


Well, by knowing on how to set and reject call with messages, now you can tell the caller the reason why you reject the call using a message. So, try this and share your experience here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Enable or Disable Auto Redial

In Samsung Galaxy S3 you can determine which the contact you wish to enable to call by turned on fixed dialing on your phone then add the number into FDN list. Once you finished, your phone will only be able to make a call to the selected numbers and to the emergency numbers.

See also: How to Add Fixed Numbers to Fixed Dialing Numbers List on Samsung Galaxy S3

Still about ongoing call, with this phone you can also set auto redial to allow your phone do auto redial when the call is unable to connect or cut off.


How to enable auto redial?
To turn on this option, you need to follow the steps below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap the Menu key.
4. On pop up menu select Call settings.
5. Tap Additional settings.
6. Depending on your current setting, tap Auto redial to turn on this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means this option is enabled.
7. Finish. Now you have managed to enable auto redial on your phone.

How to disable auto redial?
To turn off this option, follow the steps below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap the Menu key.
4. On pop up menu select Call settings.
5. Tap Additional settings.
6. Depending on your current setting, tap Auto redial to turn off this option. When the checkbox next to this option is unchecked means this option is disabled.
7. Finish. Now you have managed to disable auto redial on your phone.

By knowing on how to enable or disable auto redial on your Galaxy S3, now you can set it according to your need. So, try this tip then share your experience here through the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Adjust Automatic Answering Timer when Using Headphones

When you use headset to handle your phone calls, then you can set automatically answer the call when the headset is inserted to your phone.

See also: How to Turn On or Off Auto Answer while Using Headphones on Samsung Galaxy S3

Once you enable automatic answering when you're using headset, here you can also adjust the delay before accepting an incoming call automatically by choosing the automatic answer timer that suit your need.


How to change automatic answering timer when using headphones?
There are some option available that you can choose. Here's the steps:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap the Menu key.
4. On pop up menu select Call settings.
5. Tap Call Accessories.
6. Ensure Automatic answering is enabled. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means this option is enabled.
7. Tap Automatic answering timer.
8. On pop up menu select the delay timer you wish to use. There are three option available: 2 seconds, 5 seconds or 10 seconds. Tap on the required timer you want.
9. Finish. Now you have managed to change the delay timer.

By adjusting the automatic answering delay time, now you can set which time you wish to use to give you time to accept or reject the call manually. So, try this tip then share your experience here trough the comment below :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Turn On or Off Auto Answer while Using Headphones

As we have learnt before, in Samsung Galaxy SIII we can receive an incoming call using regular way by pressing the circled green phone icon to the right to answer the call, or you can also set your Home button to answer an incoming call.

See also: How to Set Accept Incoming Call with Home Button on Samsung Galaxy S3

But, there is situation that makes you use an accessory such as headset to facilitate you using your phone. When you use this accessory to handle your phone calls, you can set automatically answer call when the headset is connected to your phone.


How to enable automatic answering while using headset?
You can turn on accessory auto answer option by following the steps listed below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap the Menu key.
4. On pop up menu select Call settings.
5. Depending on your current setting, tap Automatic answering to enable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is ticked means the option is enabled.
6. Finish. Now your phone will be automatically answered the call when headset is inserted in your phone.

How to disable automatic answering while using headset?
For any reason you may want to turn off this option. To do so kindly follow the steps below:

1. Go to Apps through Home screen.
2. Tap Phone.
3. Tap the Menu key.
4. On pop up menu select Call settings.
5. Depending on your current setting, tap Automatic answering to disable this option. When the checkbox next to this option is unchecked means the option is disabled.
6. Finish. Now you have managed to disable this option.

Well, by knowing on how to set automatic answering while you're using headset, now you can set it according to your need and situations. So, hope it helps :)

Samsung Galaxy S3: How to Use Call Waiting

By using Samsung Galaxy S3, you can still answering an incoming call during an ongoing call by turned on call waiting. Call waiting will allow the caller to wait for you to answer the call until your ongoing call is ended. So, now you don't have to worry about missing an important call

See also: How to Enable or Disable Call Waiting on Samsung Galaxy S3

Once you enable call waiting on your phone, now you can use it to answer a second call while you are on ongoing call.


How to answer call waiting?
It's easy to do. Follow the steps below to do so:

1. When there is a new call while you're on an ongoing call, it will be signalled by a sound.
2. Tap the accept call icon or circled green phone icon to the right to answer the new call.
3. To swap the call, tap Swap icon.
4. To end active call, tap End call button. Now the active call is ended and the call on hold will be automatically activated.
5. To end a second call, tap End call button.

Well, by knowing on how to answer call waiting on your Galaxy SIII, now you can answering new call while you're on an ongoing call. So, hope it helps :)