How do you get ahold of someone if they don’t have your iPhone number saved?

HUH? This has literally nothing to do with you or Apple. If people don't have your number saved in contacts and THEY choose to block unknown callers that's on them. Not you. Not Apple. If you have their number text them and identify yourself and let them know you would like to call them, seems like one solution. But to blame Apple is ridiculous. People can choose when to answer a call and who to answer one from. And that also means they can block your number, just as you can block someones number. That too has NOTHING to do with Apple.

Being that they are iPhone users, they have the ability to silence unknown callers if they wish. That is their choice, not yours and is an optional setting that they would have to turn on. I'm sure you would not like it if you chose to silence unknown callers and those that were not in your Contacts continued to ring through.

Block or avoid unwanted calls on iPhone - Apple Support

You don't need to have numbers saved in Contacts to call or message someone. You can have the numbers in Recents. You can have them written down on a piece of paper. You can simply have memorized them.

What exactly happens when you try to call someone who is not in your contacts?

"How do you get ahold of someone if they don’t have your iPhone number saved?: I literally cannot get ahold of new people I meet or old friends and family who don’t have my phone number saved. If both parties are both verified iPhone users then why is Apple destroying my life and future? This alone has costed me not only relationships but job opportunities as well as being completely unable to contact any of my family who live out of state."

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Calls Not Going Through:

A. Any Dial Tone?:

So, is there no dial tone? If so, then either the call has failed, or there is a volume issue.

B. Turn Off Screen Time:

Restrictions might be made that are disallowing calls to go through. So, see if you can turn it off...

1. Go to: Settings
2. Tap: Screen Time
3. Tap: Turn Off Screen Time(so that it is greyed-out)

C. Contact your Carrier:

If this applies to all calls, then contact your Carrier.

Hello~ You will need to explain in greater detail. Are these people saved in your contacts? You in their’s? So you can’t make calls?

If your call fails or you can’t receive calls on your iPhone - Apple Support

Post back if this isn’t your issue.

~Katana-San~

TheLittles wrote:

"Cell phones don't use a dial tone."

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Do you Hear Any Ring?:

So, is there no ring? If so, then either the call has failed, or there is a volume issue.

That is also not true. Hearing a ring sound is only a courtesy provided by SOME but not all carriers. Many carriers no longer provide a ring sound for a caller to hear.

Any Dial Tone?

Cell phones don't use a dial tone.

"Cell phones don't use a dial tone."

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Edit...

Do you Hear Any Ring?:

So, is there no ring? If so, then either the call has failed, or there is a volume issue.