How To Extend Your Android Phone’s Ring Time – SlashGear

If you want to adjust your phone’s ring time, you should consult your wireless carrier’s support website or contact its customer service department to see whether there’s a less-than-obvious way to adjust the duration. In some cases, the carrier may not allow users to adjust the ring time. 

In a post on the company’s forums, for example, a Verizon Wireless customer support employee said that the carrier’s phones are “preset to answer after 30 seconds” and, unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be an option to change this. When questioned about the matter, a different employee said that while Verizon customer support agents used to be able to change the ring duration, they’re no longer able to do so.

As the Verizon support agent points out, users can manually send callers to voicemail if they don’t want their phone to ring for the full 30 or so seconds. That, however, is not very helpful in cases where the user is unable to grab their phone. The good news is that some major carriers do allow users to adjust this setting, and so if Verizon’s restriction is a deal-breaker for you, consider whether access to the feature is important enough to take your number to a different company.