Call Forwarding on a Cell Phone. Dial 72 on your Verizon cell phone, plus the telephone number (including area code) to which you want your calls forwarded. For example, if the phone number you want your calls to go to is (555) 055-0505, then enter 725550550505 into your cell phone. Press the Send button. Listen for a series of beeps, a tone or a message that will confirm that your request went through. Press End.. Any call to your Verizon phone number will now go to the new number until you decide to turn off the call forwarding function. Deactivate call forwarding by dialing *73 on your Verizon cell phone. This time, you will not need to enter a phone number. Press Send, and wait for a series of beeps, or for a message to indicate the feature was deactivated. Press End on your phone.