Re: How to send the person calling a busy signal.

On 2025-02-20 13:38, Java Jive wrote:

On 2025-02-20 11:46, Andy Burns wrote:

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Jeff Layman wrote:

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Andy Burns wrote:
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Depending on phone model, either swipe down to reject call instead of
swiping up to answer
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Or press the red hang-up button instead of green answer button.

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Which could be an issue if your eyesight isn't good enough to read the text on the buttons and you're red-green colour-blind.

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Indeed, the ageing friend may have fumbly hands, I remember people here not understanding you have to slide the button to answer calls ...

 Yup, guilty as charged, I found that *really* confusing at first.

Same here. The first time I got a phone call on my first smartphone from a friend I could not answer it. Then I phoned him and asked.
The idea is good, of course, it impedes the phone from answering inside the pocket, but it is not trivial to understand it.
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Cheers, Carlos.