I only get two rings to answer my phone....

[Wargazm]

...and it's really annoying. Is there a way that I can make it ring more times?

[TonyDiv]

Are your ringtones stored on the card? Or are they large files?

[OffUrRcker]

Use EPST (Dial ##778 ) choose the modem tab and check your slot cycle index. It should be 1, or 2. This is how often your phone contacts the tower. There's a formula, it's like 1x2^x

[Lazybones]

Common causes as stated plus a few.

- ring tone is not in main memory
- ring tone file is large
- too many today apps
- 500+ contacts in address book
- slot cycle setting

All are possible causes, also are they going to VM or hanging up? CDMA networks tend to have fake rings while the network looks for the phone, your callers might be getting 4 rings and giving up.

[Wargazm]

thanks for the advice. I use a default windows mobile ring tone, so it is in main memory, and it's not too large. I do have a few today apps, though.

I will check on the slot cycle stuff as well. thanks for the help.

[allanak]

If your ringtone is the default, it's probably the SCI. This was a popular hack back in the day It supposedly sacrifices a little battery due to the shorter polling intervals, but worth the trade IMO.