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Hello guys,
some (dickhead) has taken it upon him/herself to call me 12 times over the last 12 hours, mostly in the middle of the night... and left 5 blank voice mail messages.
I want to block this person from calling me, but ORANGE UK say the SGS2 does not have this capability. Any of you know if the SGS2/android can do this?
Tx
Mark.
There should be a blacklist setting. Settings> Call> Call rejection> Blacklists. Hope this helps.
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Blacklist hadn't worked 4 me, and I've been trying since May:-(
fredphoesh said:
Hello guys,
some (dickhead) has taken it upon him/herself to call me 12 times over the last 12 hours, mostly in the middle of the night... and left 5 blank voice mail messages.
I want to block this person from calling me, but ORANGE UK say the SGS2 does not have this capability. Any of you know if the SGS2/android can do this?
Tx
Mark.
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If you have his/her number then you can block it through the blacklist setting. If you do not have his number (ie anonymous caller) then you should file a complaint with the police. I don't know how the laws in your country operate but here the police and justice department have the power to get caller logs from the service providers so they can see who it is and then take action.
there's a root app that might help too - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051274
Thanks all you guys for your suggestions...
This morning the person called again, so I texted them to say I would call the police if they texted or called me once again. I also set the block on my phone and have not heard another peep from them... so am not sure it is the block or the threat of police that shut them up.
god what incredible idiots some people are!
Tx again,
Mark.
What I do when I get unwanted calls (marketing cr*p on the landline despite being registered with TPS...) is play some really weird music - I have *a lot* of really weird stuff but my absolute favourite for that purpose is Diamanda Galas "wild women with steak knives (the homocidal love song for solo scream)" guaranteed that they won't call again ... I suggest leaving the room while the track is playing.
Edit: before anyone who checks out that track thinks that I am a complete lunatic, I'd like to add that all of her music isn't quite like that...
I usually just breathe heavily down the phone at them.. or set up a scheduled SMS to send to them every 30 mins
I would never suggest or condone posting their number on public forums and letting the masses decide whether to anonymously call them or not. I have never done that with scammers that tried to rig my ebay auctions.
Hahaha that's a good one! Will keep this in mind
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Strange usually when it's a blank caller they bar their number.
some cu*t done the same to me a few years back, every time the phone rang i cranked up the techno and put the phone to it, it did catch a few people out but whoever it was never rang agaib
who pranks people with their caller id on! would u prank on private!!
if someone pranks me at night ill prank than in the morning that sure will piss them off.
onbacardi said:
who pranks people with their caller id on! would u prank on private!!
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Someone who's using a stolen a phone maybe? Either that or someone who's simply really stupid
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Fred, it was me! Heheheheheeeeee
The day after I traded my Evo 3D for a Photon I started having to powercycle the phone to be able to make or receive calls. Out of my 30 days. Stuck with phone. Dont want a refurb. Anybody heard of any resolutions to this? Further research has shown I am not the only one to have this problem.
Roscoe2008 said:
The day after I traded my Evo 3D for a Photon I started having to powercycle the phone to be able to make or receive calls. Out of my 30 days. Stuck with phone. Dont want a refurb. Anybody heard of any resolutions to this? Further research has shown I am not the only one to have this problem.
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Some of the phones have this issue, but very few, give Sprint a call, and see what they can do, but first, check and make sure your settings are all set and that you are all activated properly...
Did this only happen once, or more???
If once, don't sweat it, we all have a few glitches, am I right?
If not, stay posted, as I myself would like to hear the insite of other posters, as myself.
Happens everyday at least twice
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No sound or. Ant even make calls?
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This has happened to me 4 times so far for both incoming and receiving calls.
It will make the call but no sound.
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Roscoe2008 said:
It will make the call but no sound.
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Same here. Only a couple of times, but I probably only make 10 calls a month.
Rumor has it if you remove the sim card it will fix the problem. It eas the first thing i did when i got mine.
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Could Be the Sim??..??
I had this problem when I first got the phone, and I had to reset at least once to twice a day to make Phone Calls, it would make and connect the call, but I could hear nothing and neither could the person I connected with.
While just trying an At&t sim in it, to see if it would work on their towers, I changed out the sim, and once i changed back to the sprint sim, I have not had this problem since, So while I can't say that's what fixed it, it can't hurt to try it.
May be stupid question but leaving the card out wont cause in any problems? ......think I just figured out the answer to that.
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May be stupid question but leaving the card out wont cause in any problems? ......think I just figured out the answer to that.
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Mine doesnt seem to have any ill effects.
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Thank you DSD I'll give it a try.
I have the "no audio on calls" issue and its very annoying I usually power cycle my phone twice a day because of this. There is supposed to be an update on the 22nd but who knows for sure. I'm gonna try and take the sim out and see if this makes a difference.
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megan23247 said:
I have the "no audio on calls" issue and its very annoying I usually power cycle my phone twice a day because of this. There is supposed to be an update on the 22nd but who knows for sure. I'm gonna try and take the sim out and see if this makes a difference.
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I've only had my MoPho for about a week now, but have had to power cycle my phone multiple times due to this same issue. Tried the sim card theory..it still did it today. Maybe it's something in the framework? About the update on the 22nd...isn't the same day that Sprint is pushing Gingerbread to the Epic?
Install cache cleaner from the market and set it to clear cache every hour.... It takes care of this silent call issue
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Which cache cleaner?
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Which cache cleaner?
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Can be any cache cleaner but i use app cache cleaner by infolife llc and never had the silent call issue since
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deedscreen said:
Some of the phones have this issue, but very few,
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Very few? Some Best Buys are reporting that EVERY Photon they have sold have come back with the no audio on calls issue. On EVERY board dealing with cell phones, Android, Sprint or Motorola there are long threads of users dealing with the no audio on calls issue and trying to find fixes. IMHO this is a serious issue with the phone and Motorola and Sprint have yet to issue a statement or give any time table for a MR.
Here are some of the suggested fixes, none of which have worked for me.
1. Install MR5 found in the developers section
2. Set the Network to Sprint Only.
3. Install APP Cache Cleaner.
4. Install Juice Defender.
5. Power Off Power On the phone every morning.
I bought my phone from sprint, but have never had this problem.
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kkwus74 said:
Install cache cleaner from the market and set it to clear cache every hour.... It takes care of this silent call issue
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Thank you for this suggestion. I just downloaded the app cache cleaner and plan to give it a whirl for a couple days see if it sorts out the silent call issue. Just for the record, I bought my phone from Sprint (so it's not necessarily isolated to BB purchased phones)...got it for $18, so I can't complain too much.
Hi,
Is there a way to know that the person I am calling is on call waiting?
I didn't notice any different sound or notification on screen when i'm calling someone who's already having a conversation. I'd be interested in a solution for that too, maybe i'm missing something
Guys,
no one has a workaround for this. old phones always had this feature, how come smartphones dont?
Don't you hear a short beep every ?? seconds? I thought that's how it worked. I have never tried it on my SGS2.
No beep, just the default ringtone pattern as if calling someone who's not speaking at the phone in that moment.
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Don't you hear a short beep every ?? seconds? I thought that's how it worked. I have never tried it on my SGS2.
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yeah that is it, works fine for me, yesterday i was on a call and had another call coming through it made some beeping noises so i hung up and took the call.
Remember you have to actually activate the call waiting with your network in order for it to work but it works 100% with the GS2 ive used it many times.
Thanks for confirming that. I was sure this is how it works.
jonny68 said:
yeah that is it, works fine for me, yesterday i was on a call and had another call coming through it made some beeping noises so i hung up and took the call.
Remember you have to actually activate the call waiting with your network in order for it to work but it works 100% with the GS2 ive used it many times.
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Sorry, but i was talking about the warning when i call someone who's already in a conversation, not about my call waiting and that's what the OP asked as well
Hi guys,
i have this ongoing battle with tmobile, where my txts sometimes dont arrive, or appear to send but not arrive by other party, this has been ongoing for sometime, is there the slightest chance that this could be an os bug in the x10 sony ?
thanks
dave
alienkidmj12 said:
Hi guys,
i have this ongoing battle with tmobile, where my txts sometimes dont arrive, or appear to send but not arrive by other party, this has been ongoing for sometime, is there the slightest chance that this could be an os bug in the x10 sony ?
thanks
dave
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Sounds like an apn issue. On my Ion I had to split the single phone&mms apn into 2 separate. That helped with 'unable to download' error with verizon texts.
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I'm hoping it's something I'm missing in the set up or some minor other issue but after I finally got the DNA activated I made two calls.
Both calls were choppy on both ends of the call. This phone has gotten stellar reviews on reception quality. Volume and clarity.
I'm being told that the listener hears only bits and pieces of my voice and I hear the same from them.
All my other phones worked fine from my house where I made the calls.
Any thoughts on this from you guys on what might be happening?
Could something be defective on my DNA? Or does this sometimes happen with new out of the box phones?
ScreenSpace said:
I'm hoping it's something I'm missing in the set up or some minor other issue but after I finally got the DNA activated I made two calls.
Both calls were choppy on both ends of the call. This phone has gotten stellar reviews on reception quality. Volume and clarity.
I'm being told that the listener hears only bits and pieces of my voice and I hear the same from them.
All my other phones worked fine from my house where I made the calls.
Any thoughts on this from you guys on what might be happening?
Could something be defective on my DNA? Or does this sometimes happen with new out of the box phones?
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Definitely sounds defective. Sound quality on mine is stellar!
I have to concur.... I've made about a dozen calls so far, and I have had no problems with quality at all.
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If worse comes to worse (I'm hoping this is going to correct itself) can I return it to a local Verizon store for an exchange or do I have to ship it back to Verizon?
I'm going to try the store first on Friday (and I'd rather be shot then to do it on Black Friday).
Are you guys suggesting that this is probably a bad set?
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I'm sure you can exchange in store even if you ordered online. Also, for what it's worth, my call quality has been very, very good. In fact, the clarity, at least on my end, has been noticeably better than the last couple phones I've had so if yours is really that bad when under ideal circumstances, that sounds like it might be a unique issue with your phone.
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I don't want to leave this post without a follow up.
Yesterday when I (finally) activated my DNA: I then made two new voice calls.
As I stated above the calls were choppy and very bad on both ends.
I waited until this morning and made some more voice calls. Even from the same location.
All calls have been clear, audio R9, and more or less perfect.
I had forgotten that about five years ago also on a new cell phone: I had this same issue when activating and calling for the first time.
Nobody could hear me clearly and I could not hear them. The next day and forever after all was fine.
I am not a mobile device geek but I'm sure there is a deep dark explanation for this anomaly.
My son told me that I don't need to know what was happening yesterday but that today is what counts.
I still wonder.
The end result of this problem is that I did have a defective DNA device after all!
It did not fix itself, as I alluded to above.
The Verizon store gave me a new DNA and all is now good.
So.....for anyone interested, it is possible to receive a defective hardware (reception/radio/speaker/whatever) issue with this set.
At Verizon right now seeing if they give me an exchange on my DNA
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At Verizon right now seeing if they give me an exchange on my DNA
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Tell them that a new device should correct it. It did for me.
"Device type guys" might love the challenge of sitting around waiting for a future HTC update fix.
Just get a new set.....and walk away.
They wouldn't exchange it they couldn't get it to replicate the problem.
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They wouldn't exchange it they couldn't get it to replicate the problem.
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The problem is a fact!
Fortunately the employees at my store know me and know that I do not imagine issues.
A new DNA phone (for me) eliminated the problem.
When making calls you will hear the person you are speaking to clear as a bell.
But they are hearing your voice in the following manner:
1. Your voice fades in and out.
2. Some of your words are chopped out.
3. You sound to them like you are talking in a "tunnel".
Call Verizon and tell them that other buyers have successfully returned this set and the new one issued had no problems.
Get a new phone and don't settle for a HDC update.
Yes....some calls are fine. But I don't want "some" calls to be fine!
I want every call to be great on a new phone.
ScreenSpace said:
The problem is a fact!
Fortunately the employees at my store know me and know that I do not imagine issues.
A new DNA phone (for me) eliminated the problem.
When making calls you will hear the person you are speaking to clear as a bell.
But they are hearing your voice in the following manner:
1. Your voice fades in and out.
2. Some of your words are chopped out.
3. You sound to them like you are talking in a "tunnel".
Call Verizon and tell them that other buyers have successfully returned this set and the new one issued had no problems.
Get a new phone and don't settle for a HDC update.
Yes....some calls are fine. But I don't want "some" calls to be fine!
I want every call to be great on a new phone.
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Yeah I told them other people were having call quality issues and were exchanging them. They told me if I could get it to do it again to bring it back so we'll see how it goes
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I'm not having any issues at all with call quality, but I have noticed that my touchscreen isn't nearly as sensitive as my Rezound was. I am constantly getting missed letters when typing on keyboard or having to double tap 3 or 4 times before my screen zooms. I'm thinking this is also a hardware issue and will likely try to get it swapped out soon. Has anyone else had sensitivity problems?
I need help... I keep getting told that the phone quality on the other end is just terrible that the other person just cant hear me at all. (That I sound like im in a tunnel and far away from my phone) I need to figure out a way to record the proof so i can take it to a verizon and get an exchange. Can someone or anybody give me any suggestions? I need help really bad.
go under phone settings and make sure voice privacy or any other sound cancelling settings are not turned on. Those really screw up call quality for me.
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go under phone settings and make sure voice privacy or any other sound cancelling settings are not turned on. Those really screw up call quality for me.
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I think you might be right... tomorrow when i can call someone i will see if that was what was causing my problem... can you tell me or someone tell me what that setting even does? i never did figure it out
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go under phone settings and make sure voice privacy or any other sound cancelling settings are not turned on. Those really screw up call quality for me.
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The store turned off my "voice privacy". That did not fix the problem.
They gave me a new phone and it works flawlessly with excellent voice quality.
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I think you might be right... tomorrow when i can call someone i will see if that was what was causing my problem... can you tell me or someone tell me what that setting even does? i never did figure it out
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Tell the store you want a new phone! Call them from another location and speak to the manager. Ask him or her how well they can hear you.
My phone was so bad that every call I made the receiving party noticed it dramatically.
Send me a PM and I'll identify the store or you can ship the phone directly to Verizon within your 14 day period for a replacement set.
Your phone is defective and it's not going to change.
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The store turned off my "voice privacy". That did not fix the problem.
They gave me a new phone and it works flawlessly with excellent voice quality.
Tell the store you want a new phone! Call them from another location and speak to the manager. Ask him or her how well they can hear you.
My phone was so bad that every call I made the receiving party noticed it dramatically.
Send me a PM and I'll identify the store or you can ship the phone directly to Verizon within your 14 day period for a replacement set.
Your phone is defective and it's not going to change.
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To me it almost seems like a distance thing. If I call people that are in the same house as me it seems to be working ok but for some reason making longer distance calls is where the problem is... I'm being told that I sound super muffeled and very distant. When I switch over to my speakerphone Mic they can hear me with no problem
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I know this is a double post but I found a dead pixel so screw it I'm exchanging it
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