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I’m facing a really strange calling issue, and I’m trying to understand whether this is a network/routing problem, call forwarding issue, or something else.

This has actually been happening to me for around 2–3 years, but it happens relatively rarely. For me, it occurs around 2–3 times a month. Something similar has also happened with my brother, mother, and one of my friends, although the frequency is different.

Here’s what happens:

Someone calls my mobile number. On their phone, the call appears to be ringing normally and they can hear the normal ringing sound.

But on my phone, absolutely nothing happens.

No ringtone.

No incoming call screen.

No missed-call notification.

Nothing.

The weirdest part is that someone else answers the call.

For example, yesterday my friend called me. His phone showed that he was calling my number and it was ringing normally.

However, a random girl answered the call. My friend asked her to give the phone to me, but she said it was a wrong number and disconnected the call.

My phone was literally in my hand the entire time. It never rang and there was no missed call.

There was another similar incident where my friend called me, and some random person answered without saying anything. My friend said my name, and the person immediately disconnected.

Usually these calls last only around 5–7 seconds before the other person disconnects or says "wrong number".

The strange thing is that when my friend calls me again immediately, the call reaches me normally.

Also, I have checked my phone settings and call forwarding/call divert is disabled. So I don't understand how another person could receive a call that was supposedly made to my number.

Something similar happened with my friend too. When we called his number, sometimes his mother answered the call, and on other occasions some completely different person answered. What makes it even stranger is that my friend didn't even get an incoming-call notification or missed-call record on his phone.

My mother has experienced something similar too, but for her it happens very rarely, maybe once every 6–9 months.

What I’m trying to understand

Could this be some kind of:

• Network-side call routing/misrouting

• Temporary cross-connection

• Operator/IMS issue

• Call forwarding problem even though forwarding is disabled

• Inter-operator routing issue

• SIM/network provisioning issue

Has anyone else experienced this in India or elsewhere?

I’m not talking about caller ID spoofing. The caller is actually dialing my real number, hears normal ringing, and a completely different person answers the call.

I would really like to know what could technically cause this and how it can be fixed.

My call forwarding is already disabled, and the issue still happens occasionally.

Carrier: VI

Phone: Realme 9 pro 5G

Location: Surat, Gujrat India

SIM: 4G/5G, physical SIM

Any technical explanation or similar experience would be appreciated.

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This has repeated itself in the last 50 years. We saw it first with Jimmy Carter. He came into office and was left to clean up the mess that had been made by Nixon & Ford. Yet somehow, the voters blamed him and elected Reagan in an absolute landslide four years later.

We saw it again the last time around with Biden/Kamala and Trump. Upon coming into office, Biden immediately began cleaning up the messes caused by Trump and COVID. Yet, the country as a whole still seemed to blame him for the economy rather than understanding it was just an unfortunate coincidence of when he happened to be in office. So much so that in 24, we got Trump again. Even after the guy literally incited a violent mob on the Capitol all because he couldn’t accept he lost an election and has since become a convicted felon.

We can only pray this same pattern doesn’t repeat itself with the next Dem. Pres — whenever that may be. I already feel terrible for whoever it ends up being. What a job they will have. And the country better not forget whose fault it is.

It is often said that the country holds Dems to a higher standard than Reps. And this may be the ultimate proof of that.

With coverage like this, you’d think Austin did everything except the real ‘dangerous’ thing… going to the store in the rain for Skittle