How to setup o2 Germany voicemail
I couldn't figure out my o2 voicemail because my German isn't good enough. I managed to find the below instructions on a forum at ToyTown. Exact discussion is here How to get English voicemail prompts on o2 (and set up voicemail).
Setting up voicemail:
Dial 1 on your handy.
First, the computer female voice is going to ask you for a Sicher-something (security code), and you will hear the voice prompts stop when the VM system is waiting for you to enter it. Type 4 digits on the keypad then write it down.
Then press # to confirm.
Then it is going to ask you to record your name. Wait again for silence, speak your name, then press #.
Then it is going to play the default O2 greeting, which inserts your name into something like "Hello, and welcome to the O2 Voicemail Box of 'Barack Obama'" (in German).
Then you must press 2 to accept.
Switching to English:
If you call it might make you listen to messages first. You can press 2 to delete each one. Eventually when it is done you will be at the main menu. If you didn't have messages then you will be there immediately.
Then you can press 9 to change your language, and then 5 to go to the language menu, then 1 to switch to English. Immediately afterwards the computer female voice prompts are in English