# Android: How to abort attempt at three-way call? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 5, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285 "2016-04-05T19:47:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285/1 "2016-04-05T19:47:12Z")
If I’m on a call, and then click Add Call to call a third party, normally once that party answers I can click Merge Calls to create a three-way call. However, if the third party does not answer and I get their voicemail, if I click End Call then it also disconnects the original call. If a third party does not answer, how do I abandon the attempt to merge calls and return to the original call? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285/2 "2016-04-05T21:52:20Z")
How to attempt an Android Three-Way? Kiss Data & Tasha Yar, & tell them you love them? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285/3 "2016-04-05T22:35:51Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > How to attempt an Android Three-Way? > > Kiss Data & Tasha Yar, & tell them you love them? Not very helpful for GQ. To the OP, do you have a “Manage” icon? That is what you’re supposed to tap in order to mute or disconnect individual participants in the call. If your phone doesn’t have that icon then you may be stuck. > **[How to Make a Conference Call on an Android Phone - dummies](https://www.dummies.com/article/technology/electronics/cell-phones/androids/how-to-make-a-conference-call-on-an-android-phone-152248/)** > > Want to get a whole bunch of people talking? Here's how to easily make conference calls on an Android phone. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285/4 "2016-04-05T22:54:28Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Not very helpful for GQ. Well, one has to do _something_ to get one’s post count up. > [@](#): > > do you have a “Manage” icon? Thanks for that. I’ll check that the next time I start a conference call, but it doesn’t sound like it will work. Your link says it is only shown once the conference call is established, and I am trying to kill the second call before I merge the two calls. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285/5 "2016-04-06T21:09:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Not very helpful for GQ. > > To the OP, do you have a “Manage” icon? That is what you’re supposed to tap in order to mute or disconnect individual participants in the call. If your phone doesn’t have that icon then you may be stuck. > > [How to Make a Conference Call on an Android Phone - dummies](http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-make-a-conference-call-on-an-android-phone.html) It was the very first thing that leaped to my (deviate) mind. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285/6 "2016-04-06T23:20:15Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > How to attempt an Android Three-Way? > > Kiss Data & Tasha Yar, & tell them you love them? What if Data kissed Ezri Dax? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285/7 "2016-04-07T00:10:57Z")
> [@Doug\_K](#): > > What if Data kissed Ezri Dax? Then between him, her & the tapeworm with the PhD, they’ve got things covered. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-how-to-abort-attempt-at-three-way-call/751285/8 "2016-04-07T01:27:23Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > How to attempt an Android Three-Way? > > Kiss Data & Tasha Yar, & tell them you love them? > [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > It was the very first thing that leaped to my (deviate) mind. **Moderator Note** From the GQ rules: > [@](#): > > We tolerate some joking, but that is generally acceptable only after the question has been answered. **Please do not race to a thread to post that hilarious one-liner in response to the thread title,** and don’t drive by just to drop in an anecdote that doesn’t answer the question. If you want to be funny while contributing to the thread, go for it. Please don’t do this again. It’s not helpful. No warning issued. Colibri General Questions Moderator