iPhone iOS 27 speed dials - malicious link blocked

Hi there

Please try this

Instead of using shortcuts or speed dial links, you must use the built-in iOS menu to toggle call forwarding. 

• Open Settings.
• Tap Apps, then select Phone.
• Tap Call Forwarding and toggle it On
• Enter the phone number you want to forward your calls to. 

Dredd78 wrote:

if you have some carriers like Verizon, they have the forwarding menu blocked so you use their keypad forwarding.

Verizon isn't blocking call forwarding. You access it as you always having using the short codes. You could never do it any other way on a Verizon iPhone. The reason is that Verizon is a legacy CDMA carrier. It's not any sort of nefarious plot. Sprint, before they got swallowed up, was the same.

We either need a workaround or a way to roll back from iOS 27.01.

Downgrading is not now and never has been an option.

Thanks for correcting the semantics, but not actually addressing the issue 27.01 is currently causing. Our businesses use shared iPhones. The updated iOS treats the forwarding settings saved in Contacts or even trying to redial on the recent call list as malicious outside links trying forward all calls.

The learn more on the message leads the user to a user guide page suggesting using the Call Forwarding option in the Phone app, which is not available on legacy CDMA carriers. The average user isn’t going to know whether their provider uses a GSM or CDMA network.

if you have some carriers like Verizon, they have the forwarding menu blocked so you use their keypad forwarding.

We either need a workaround or a way to roll back from iOS 27.01.

Chrisjw77 wrote:

The problem is we use the phone link app on windows to be able to have remote people forward the cell phone. With this change we are unable to do so. Any help on getting around this?

Wouldn't that be a Microsoft issue? Apple doesn't own Microsoft or Phone Link.

Dredd78 wrote:

Thanks for correcting the semantics, but not actually addressing the issue 27.01 is currently causing.

I addressed exactly the issue I intended to address.

The learn more on the message leads the user to a user guide page suggesting using the Call Forwarding option in the Phone app, which is not available on legacy CDMA carriers. The average user isn’t going to know whether their provider uses a GSM or CDMA network.

Educating oneself is pretty easy these days.

The problem is we use the phone link app on windows to be able to have remote people forward the cell phone. With this change we are unable to do so. Any help on getting around this?

No. Apple is the one blocking the link.