what does it mean when someone is on call?
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on call. phrase. If someone is on call, they are ready to go to work at any time if they are needed, especially if there is an emergency.
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It means they have blocked your number (likely if you've called multiple times), or have configured their phone to reject unknown numbers so it won't go to voice mail. If they don't have your number in their contacts they may not know who is calling. Cell phones don't always provide a name in their caller-id.
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Their phone is either dead or they turned it off. Either way, the phone is receiving to no power and is not active. If you call and it doesn't ring at all and goes straight to voicemail then you are blocked.
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When you call someone on WhatsApp, and they disconnect the call, then you will get the call declined message. Call not answered means the person didn't pick up the call. They might be busy or out of reach area.
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If someone you're calling isn't connected to an Internet network, or if their phone is turned off, it might say they're unavailable, and FaceTime will ring for a much shorter amount of time.
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It means just what it says, that the party you're calling is busy and not available. It's a message that's transmitted through the network, so there's nothing wrong with your phone. It simply displays what it's being told.
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Reasons for a busy signal The called number is talking with another caller on the phone. The number is calling out. Someone else has called the number or is calling the number at the same time.
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It means the owner of the calling phone wishes to remain anonymous. This is an indication of fear or secretiveness on the part of the caller. Telemarketers usually use this “unknown” lack of identification, therefore do not ever answer calls from people who are too fearful or secretive to display who they are.
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Basics. Cell phone calls designated as "Unavailable" on a phone's caller ID are placed from an area or region from which your wireless service provider or phone company is unable to retrieve a phone number. ... A "Restricted" phone call comes from a caller who has specifically blocked your phone from identifying his number ...
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If you're blocked, you would only hear a single ring before being diverted to voicemail. ... It may just mean the person is talking to someone else at the same time you're calling, has the phone off or sent the call directly to voicemail.
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With call waiting, the caller will not hear a busy signal if the line is being used, but hear the normal ringing. For the party receiving the call, call waiting means the call they are on will not block the line when waiting for an important call.
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..if it refers to a 'phone call', the correct form is "on a call" as in "on the phone". you can't be "in a phone call" for the same reason you can't be "IN" the phone.
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When a call is placed on hold, the caller is parked, so to speak, and is unable to communicate with the person on the other end of the line. Wait-music or a pre-recorded message is generally played to the waiting caller.
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When you call somebody and you hear their phone ringing, it's not their phone that you hear. ... So if you call someone, it rings, but then drops instead of voicemail, it means there is an issue with the voicemail server, or the link to the voicemail server.
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When you try to call someone on Messenger and it keeps saying contacting it means he's out of reach. ... It could mean you have a weak internet connection, the person you're calling has a weak internet connection, or that person hasn't been online yet.
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If you phone is saying "Unknown" it means that no Caller ID was sent with the call. ... Might be from someone that they do not want you to call them back. It could also be from various law enforcement agencies. They often have Caller ID blocked for fairly obvious reasons.
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It may just mean the person is talking to someone else at the same time you're calling, has the phone off or sent the call directly to voicemail. ... If the one-ring and straight-to-voicemail pattern persists, then it may be a case of a blocked number.