like the title says, because i had just finished using Call Control's Call Blocker Pro app free for a year when i left a review and submitted to them via FB. Are there any apps of the kind you guys would recommend that is just as great as Call Control with no root required? There are too many to choose from, idk what's the supposed "really good one".
Have a look at Tasker. It's MASSIVE and will do a tonne of things more than block calls, but you can set it to block calls not in your contact list, block hidden numbers or block specific contacts.
For example, I have a contact called "Ignore Me" and Tasker is set to block all calls from that user. Whenever I get a call from a new number I want blocked I just add it as another number to that contact and I never get any more calls.
I've tried many call blockers but Tasker is the only one that has given me all I asked for, plus it can do soooooo much more!
You can get Tasker here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
and here's a helpful guide for getting going with it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110775
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Have a look at Tasker. It's MASSIVE and will do a tonne of things more than block calls, but you can set it to block calls not in your contact list, block hidden numbers or block specific contacts.
For example, I have a contact called "Ignore Me" and Tasker is set to block all calls from that user. Whenever I get a call from a new number I want blocked I just add it as another number to that contact and I never get any more calls.
I've tried many call blockers but Tasker is the only one that has given me all I asked for, plus it can do soooooo much more!
You can get Tasker here...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm
and here's a helpful guide for getting going with it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110775
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that looks great and all, but i want something that specifically and simply blocks calls/sms as good as Call Control does...without the use of root
Give phone call blocker a try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=embware.phoneblocker
Works perfect for me.
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I have gotten several text messages from some spam numbers. a few have come from the same number, and a single one from a different number.
i know i cant block all potential spam texts, but is there a way to block a certain number if several of the texts are coming from that number?
on another note, why the heck would i be getting spam text messages? anyway to find out why or how?
Thanks
You are getting spam from people you give your phone number too... companies that sell that info to advertisers and such. If you text your radio station, they will spam you... if you do the fastest text thing at the baseball game, they could spam you... there are a bunch of reasons you get spam messages.
As for blocking specific numbers from texting you: YOU CAN'T YET...
"Can I block messages from a specific number?
No. At this time you are not able to block messages or calls from a specific mobile number. You can set up a filter if the message is coming from an e-mail address. For more information, go to How do I filter e-mails sent to my phone?"
That quote is Q&A from tmobile support site: http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm23533.xml;jsessionid=t7wn25xmE5aZb51LVs?
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You are getting spam from people you give your phone number too... companies that sell that info to advertisers and such. If you text your radio station, they will spam you... if you do the fastest text thing at the baseball game, they could spam you... there are a bunch of reasons you get spam messages.
As for blocking specific numbers from texting you: YOU CAN'T YET...
"Can I block messages from a specific number?
No. At this time you are not able to block messages or calls from a specific mobile number. You can set up a filter if the message is coming from an e-mail address. For more information, go to How do I filter e-mails sent to my phone?"
That quote is Q&A from tmobile support site: http://support.t-mobile.com/doc/tm23533.xml;jsessionid=t7wn25xmE5aZb51LVs?
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You can block calls? Well blacklist them, and they can only leave a VM, but your phone wont ring.
Calls isn't the issue I don't think... at least not for me. I have all the phone numbers from telemarketers noted under a 'telemarketer' contact that I just ignore. Is that what you mean by 'blacklist'?? Simply assign a silent ringer to them and ignore them when they call??
I called tmo and they can't block certain numbers, u have to dl an app, search sms block or something, there is a few on the market
ill check out the app. thanks guys. its mostly texts, only a call here and there. i dont text my radio station or anything like that, so not sure how i got on these lists.
like i said, its not really calls so black listing them wont really work. ill look for an app to block sms like 98 classic said
You can also use Mr. Number. When a text or call comes in from an unknown number it'll try and locate it for you. A notification will pop up on the screen prompting you to save, spam, or simply ignore the number. If you spam it, you can see other people's reports about that number as well as report it yourself. This also blocks incoming texts from the number as well.
Works like a charm!
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kboater said:
I have gotten several text messages from some spam numbers. a few have come from the same number, and a single one from a different number.
i know i cant block all potential spam texts, but is there a way to block a certain number if several of the texts are coming from that number?
on another note, why the heck would i be getting spam text messages? anyway to find out why or how?
Thanks
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App: Handcent SMS
Not only can you blacklist (block all contact) from specific numbers...but it is arguably 10x better than stock messaging app and is highly customizeable
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App: Handcent SMS
Not only can you blacklist (block all contact) from specific numbers...but it is arguably 10x better than stock messaging app and is highly customizeable
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And it also hogs your phones memory, lags it down and uses twice as much battery as the stock messaging app
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Buy something from t-mobile called "Allowances" and block the numbers on there.
It works like a charm
I have a black list of contacts. I want block incoming and outgoing sms for this contacts. How block incoming sms I know, but how about outgoing sms?
Please, help me with this task.
Thanks a lot!
I don't see the problem with outgoing sms ??? Just don't text these people.
As for incoming sms have you tried applications like Call & SMS Filter or Call Blocker X?
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I don't see the problem with outgoing sms ??? Just don't text these people.
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It's not so easy
I want to block some contacts, so that my children never have written to them
I can think of 2 options quickly:
1. Don't let the kids use the phone
2. Buy them their own phone
I suppose an application could be created to do what you want. Or maybe something like adding a password to certain entires in you Contacts.
I'm actually finishing-up an app that functions as a SMS spam blocker; maybe my next app will be adding a password function to Contacts.
Just checked android default sms app and sms content provider source code, it looks like it's not possible to intercept and cancel outgoing message. It's a pity that we're not able to add this functionality to our future parental control app.
I'm not overly impressed with whomever coded the SMS and Contacts databases and have given considerable thought to writing my own. I found this out when writing my SpamText blocker which I kind of put on the back-burner due to fear of deleting ALL text messages from someone's phone. That whole "thread_id" is scary, at least to me.
I like the "conversations" feature of SMS, but it really should be broken-down by day or make any text in the conversation deleteable. I might get 10 texts from one person in a day, but just might want to save 4 of them because they have some valuable information.
Then there is a security issue with coding this type of application; Android gives the developer a lot of rope regarding messaging.
If your children are the one whos playing with your phone, why don't you use one of those pw locking apps? You can choose to lock whichever app you want with it.
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If your children are the one whos playing with your phone, why don't you use one of those pw locking apps? You can choose to lock whichever app you want with it.
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I think the use case is just to allow children to sms and call to fixed numbers only.
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or make any text in the conversation deleteable.
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You can't delete individual texts? What?
Nope, at least on my Droid X default SMS client. All distinct phone numbers and SMS messages are grouped together in a "conversation" no matter if that person texts 10 times in one day or 100 times over 6 months.
I know you can set a message limit, but I'm not sure what it does if you set it to 5 and get the 6th message from the same #; maybe someone else knows...
I have been searching for blocking outgoing test messages also but for a different reason.
I live near the border and allthough my phone is set to only my home network every now and than it switches to roaming and pretty often I send text messages by accident while roaming. Sometimes it switches networks while I am typing the message or it looses connection and I am at the mercy of which network it will connect and send the text message.
So an app that would block outgoing text messages while roaming (or maybe even only sending on home network) would come in very handy.
Why don't you just delete the contacts? Easiest solution
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Why don't you just delete the contacts? Easiest solution
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You should read my post! Obviously I need all my contacts to call/text whenever I am not roaming!
I m also interested in blocking outgoing msg to specific number, my wife is Canada so she send me msgs from her canadian phone no. and I reply to serbian one, which is free - included in my monthly fee, but every now and than i reply to her canadian which costs me, and it wouldnt be big of a deal, but my courier dont have contract with hers so they charge for the sms, which she doesnt receive, so was trying to find a way to block outgoing msg to her canadian no. but need to be able to receive from it
puska said:
I m also interested in blocking outgoing msg to specific number, my wife is Canada so she send me msgs from her canadian phone no. and I reply to serbian one, which is free - included in my monthly fee, but every now and than i reply to her canadian which costs me, and it wouldnt be big of a deal, but my courier dont have contract with hers so they charge for the sms, which she doesnt receive, so was trying to find a way to block outgoing msg to her canadian no. but need to be able to receive from it
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As far as I know there is no way of intercepting outgoing messages. very strange that we can do almost anything on a smartphone but have very limited control over basic operations like sending text message options.
Same goes for LED notification, should be standard on all phones. (2 of my biggest annoyances espcially as it concerns very basic phone operations)
Android system does not provide a way to block outgoing SMS.
The similar question was discussed on Android Developers hung out on
26-Apr-2012, and Android Developers stated clearly that it is not
possible.
One suggestion was to put the phone into Airplane mode at the time of
sent SMS intent, but again its unlikely to put the phone into
airplane mode pro-grammatically.
The similar issue has been already discussed on android-platform Group
as well.
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want to block foreign sms's
I also have the above problem of my wife sending texts to foreign countries and getting charged. Usually she sends via fishtext which is affordable but every now and then if she is in a hurry or forgets to use the fishtext widget she sends via normal sms mode which costs a ton.
I cant believe there is no simple app to stop the user sending sms's.
Everyone has a 'cute' solution (like delete the contacts lol!) but they don't realise the difficulty of trying to manage another persons phone but one that you still have to pay the bills for e.g. kids or spouse.
Surely there must be an app out there that does this although I can currently find it!!!
Anyone??
There some app in android send sms without permission
It is always not easy when children are involved in any process They are so quick that sometimes it is difficult to notice that they have taken your phone and started pressing buttons. When you realize it, it is already late and the messages have been sent.
Why not get an app locker and lock the messaging app.
On a per contact basis, many apps have block features built in but not to block sms completely.
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I don't see the problem with outgoing sms ??? Just don't text these people.
As for incoming sms have you tried applications like Call & SMS Filter or Call Blocker X?
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Some apps send messages without your consent.
And even some ROMs.
For example son phones (Xiaomi) with MIUI try to send an SMS to China to activate your SIM but they don't do it well, it doesn't work you spend money every time you reboot your phone.
do they? 10 chars
The few (free) call blockers that i've tried to use, yes, they do go to voicemail. There is one I havent tried yet, that is a paid app, that supposedly hangs up the call before it reaches voicemail. Its called "Extreme Call Blocker Droid" and has a 4.5 star rating on the android market. Cost is $6.99 USD. I've not personally bought and tested this app yet, but it sounds like it works very well. You might consider trying that. - hope this helps.
Here is the market link
You should try Google Voice. Besides all of the other features offered, you can block callers from your voicemail, you can have them forwarded to another number, have the caller told they are blocked, or have it act like the number has been disconnected. You can even record personalized greetings for individual numbers.
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You should try Google Voice. Besides all of the other features offered, you can block callers from your voicemail, you can have them forwarded to another number, have the caller told they are blocked, or have it act like the number has been disconnected. You can even record personalized greetings for individual numbers.
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I definitely second the Google voice recommendation. Whenever I flash a new ROM/do any kind of wipe, it's the first thing I work to get running.
To be honest, I haven't even dabbled with all the more advanced features, and it definitely beats the old fashioned way of pressing all sorts of 1's and 7's and 9's.
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I use extreme call blocker and it gives the choice to send to voicemail, auto answer and immediately hang up, or have a pretender answer the phone. Also blocks sms and mms, sends a text back with block message of your choice, and will also save the blocked text message if you want. This is in my opinion the best call blocking app. Well worth the money.
If you are talking about blocked numbers through AT&T's blocking services, then no, blocked calls do not go to voicemail.
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thanks for te replys guys.
No, but I think that depends upon the ROM. I ran into the issue when I gave my wife my N1. Even though I blanked it with a fresh CM install it somehow had my cell blocked so I couldn't call her but I could text her. I had AT&T scratching their heads until I found a lead on some N1 forums and tracked down the block list on the N1 to clear my number out.
The error message was given was a network error saying I didn't have permission to call!! It was mildly amusing once all said and done.
Anybody know how to block unwanted numbers on this phone?
Thanks!!!
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Anybody know how to block unwanted numbers on this phone?
Thanks!!!
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I haven't been able to find the setting for it It was easy on my Note 4. I use CM Security and it has it built in so that works pretty well.
Unfortunately it's not built in like on some other devices. I do the same thing I did on the Nexus 6, which is create a contact called SPAM. Then in Contacts, you go to that contact's settings and there's an option for Send Calls to Voicemail, check that box. Then as unwanted calls come in, you just long-press them and add to that SPAM contact. Mine has a couple hundred numbers so far, and this works really well.
On tmobile I just click phone app and hit the menu at the upper right for settings. Reject call list. Hope this helps.
I guess it's different on the Verizon version because I don't see that option
Block the number from your account on verizon's website.
A basic feature that every phone should have. Once again VZW deletes a useful feature (see LG G4), Why???!!!
Why would they keep that feature on a device when they can charge you $5 a month for Family Base?
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I was searching for the same problem and here is what I found:
"Find out how to block unwanted calls and messages. You can block up to 5 phone numbers for each line on your account with no charge with My Verizon".
Also:
"Permanently block up to 20 contacts for a low monthly fee. You'll also be able to monitor and limit minute, text and data usage for up to 10 devices on your account"
Cost: $5/month"
I saw some non-verizon apps for blocking phonecalls. Anyone tried it?
Thanks,
zb
There is an option that you can send all calls to VM so I would say to create one contact and just keep adding the number you want blocked and select to send that contact's number to VM.
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It sucks that Verizon eliminated the Block Caller from this phone!
I like the idea to make a Spam Contact and force it into V.M. every time - although I do get some telemarketing terrorists who will leave a message ... then I'm stuck going through them to eliminate the good V.M.'s from the bad.
I also use an App called TrueCaller. It's not perfect, but it's mostly effective. Carefully select the options you want and block any calls you like. I've allowed them to block calls their database has found to be spam/scam and it works quite well. At the end of a week, I'll surf through the calls they've blocked that I never saw hit my phone and it's impressive.
Hope this helps.
You can create a contact then add the numbers that you want to block then use the 3 dots on the right and select send to VM.
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I used Sync.me from the appstore. Not only does it sync your contacts, but you can also enable SPAM blocking and it has some pretty advanced caller ID as well. I have a HTC M9, but would think it works on the LG V10.
I use Reverse Lookup +, I've used it for years for this.
I used QuickShortcutMaker (on play store). Start the app then search for call reject. Create a shortcut. Done. Calls go to Voicemail. Doubt it blocks sms though.
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Found out that the call blocking is still in the phone, just hidden.
To get to it Nova Launcher has to be installed:
1. Long Press on home screen
2. Select Widgets
3. Activities widget and drag to home screen
4. Scroll down to Call Services and click to drop down menu
5. Select Call Reject Mode (.CallRejectActivity)
And there you go, you have access to the call reject list!
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I was searching for the same problem and here is what I found:
"Find out how to block unwanted calls and messages. You can block up to 5 phone numbers for each line on your account with no charge with My Verizon".
Also:
"Permanently block up to 20 contacts for a low monthly fee. You'll also be able to monitor and limit minute, text and data usage for up to 10 devices on your account"
Cost: $5/month"
I saw some non-verizon apps for blocking phonecalls. Anyone tried it?
Thanks,
zb
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The apps worked great -- until Verizon removed the settings from the V10. The apps were just "front ends" for those settings on the phone plus they added a bit more functionality.
The apps no longer work without the blocking settings VZ removed.
I am currently using an awesome SMS/Call blocking app called aFirewall Blocker. It seems that the developer (I think it was Thomas Tong @thl16888) has discontinued the app and it has been removed from the Play store. It's unfortunate, as the app is now causing issues in Android Pie and I would have loved an update.
I am looking for a replacement app that can block texts and calls and put them, without notification, into an archive section that can be restored later. Being able to setup the blacklists with google's contact groups would be great. I know on my Samsung Note 8 the default "Messages" app has a feature like this but it does not allow scheduling. I need it to be able to perform the blocking on a set of schedules. Such as nights and weekends.
For example, I have set up aFirewall to block all my work contracts (as defined by the google contacts "work" group that I set up) on nights, weekends and optionally another schedule for vacations. All texts and calls from work people go unannounced and are "archived" or hidden until I decide to open pandoras box when I am ready. I can then read the texts and see who called and un-archive the texts back into my main text message conversations. The app even had the ability to send an auto-reply, which was great for vacations.
The point of the app is to keep my sanity and avoid having to stress out when I see people constantly and rudely trying to bother me at all hours of the night and weekends.
Anyone know of a good replacement? Even if it is a side loaded, and not officially accepted by google, app?