How to transfer cell phone calls to another cell phone

Maybe your cell phone battery is about to die but you don’t want to miss an important call? Maybe you will be at a vacation home and don’t feel like toting your cell phone along? Whatever the case may be, your answer is to have your incoming calls forwarded to another number. When people dial your cell phone number, they will be redirected to a number of your choice. Not to worry, you can still make outgoing calls using your cell phone.

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How to forward cell phone calls to another cell phone by carrier:
Verizon Wireless
Set up Call Forwarding using Mobile Carrier Codes
For AT&T
How do you divert calls to another Phone?
How do I transfer Phone calls?

Be sure to check with your carrier as additional charges may apply for forwarded calls.

How to forward cell phone calls to another cell phone by carrier:

AT&T

To activate: Dial *21* plus the 10-digit number to which your calls should be forwarded and # (e.g. *21*555-555-5555#). Press Send.

To disable: Dial #002#. Press Send.

Sprint

To activate: Dial *72 and the 10-digit number to which your calls should be forwarded (e.g. *72-555-555-5555). Press Send. You should hear a confirmation tone or a message. Hang up.

To disable: Dial *720. Press Send. You should hear a confirmation tone or a message.

T-Mobile

To activate: Dial *72 and the 10-digit number to which your calls should be forwarded (e.g. *72-555-555-5555). Press Send.

To disable: Dial *73. Press Send.

Verizon Wireless

To activate: Dial *72 and the 10-digit number to which your calls should be forwarded (e.g. *72-555-555-5555). Press Send. You should hear a confirmation tone or a message. Hang up.

To disable: Dial *73. Press Send. You should hear a confirmation tone or a message.

This feature is available with Voice for Google Workspace accounts managed by your work or school. Sign in to your Google Workspace account.

When you answer or place a call, you can transfer the call to another number.

Note: you cannot transfer a call to emergency services or directory assistance (for example, 411).

Answer the call.
When ready, tap Transfer .
Voice puts the call on hold.
From your list of contacts, find the person you want to transfer the call to.
If the person isn't a contact, enter their number instead.
When ready to transfer the call, tap the person's name or number. If you need to get back to your contacts, tap Back
.
Voice connects the 2 people.
Tap Close.

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We’ve posted a tutorial on how to forward calls on an iPhone, so we thought we’d share how to do it with other phone companies as well including AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint.

We’ve posted a tutorial on how to forward calls on an iPhone, so we thought we’d share how to do it with all mobile phones and set it up using Carrier Codes at the carrier level vs. at the device level. Here’s a list of Carrier Codes for the four top US mobile phone carriers.

Set up Call Forwarding using Mobile Carrier Codes

This method involves punching in a code on your phone’s dial pad. The codes listed are accurate as of June 2016. For details on additional codes, including call forward when busy or no answer call forwarding, please see the detailed instructions links I’ve listed under each carrier.

T-mobile

Enable – Dial **21*PhoneNumber#
Disable – ##21#
Detailed instructions

Verizon

Enable – Dial *72 followed by the phone number
Disable – *73
Detailed instructions

For Sprint

Enable – Dial *72 followed by the phone number
Disable – *720
Detailed Instructions

For AT&T

Enable – Dial **21*, followed by the 10-digit number you wish to forward the calls to, then dial#. For example, **21*1235556789# forwards your call to 123.555.6789.
To disable, Dial #21#.
Detailed Instructions

Conclusion

Phone forwarding is easy to set up on any phone, even if you don’t have built-in support for your device. I set up forwarding on my mobile phone with just a couple of steps, and after testing it (on Sprint), it works excellent. My cell phone didn’t even ring; all of my calls just went straight to, well, whatever number I want.