Callers Cannot Leave You a Voicemail on iPhone? 6 Fixes
Your voicemails live on the carrier, not the phone, which is why deleting the ones you can see never clears a full mailbox.

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Your voicemails live on the carrier, not the phone, which is why deleting the ones you can see never clears a full mailbox.
Trusted Locations is the fix Apple built in, and every device carries its own setting, which is why turning one off changes nothing.
The menu has two different names either side of the iPhone 15, and cycle count only exists on iPhone 15 and later.
Apple lists four conditions and the fourth is a side button press. On phones without Always-On, a dark screen is the design rather than a fault.
Two unrelated problems share one symptom. A tone reclassified as a text tone, or iCloud Contacts wiping your per-contact tones.
Reported on some iPhone 15 Pro and 16 Pro units from September 2025. One owner got the option back from a later iOS update.
Connect On Demand, an app-side auto-connect, or a profile left behind by a VPN you deleted months ago. Three different owners.
Switching Face ID or Touch ID off is not enough. The owner who got the button back had to delete the enrolled fingerprints.