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block some incoming calls???

Is there a way to block certain callers from incoming calls to your phone ???\
maybe buy a filter or software , that works with WM6 ????

Call Barring is available mainly through your service provider. There's a piece of software that "blocks" calls but I think it works differently. Probably, it still allows the caller to call you, just that the person will be ignored or sent to voicemail.
The only piece of software I could find is Novosec SmartFilter:
http://www.novomobile.com/smartfilter.php
Try the demo to see if it works before you commit to anything. Hope this helps!

I have been using a software called Magicall. It works very well for me both in WM5 and WM6. Here is the link:
http://www.mobiion.com/magicall.html

Jonny_doe said:
Is there a way to block certain callers from incoming calls to your phone ???\
maybe buy a filter or software , that works with WM6 ????
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Try this one, it is free
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307178&highlight=call+firewall

I use this one
http://www.winmobileapps.com/device/pocketpc/csb/csb.aspx
You have to buy it but it is an excellent program and value for money. It also blocks sms and links to your phone book too.

I use photocontacts. I does alot of things, like diferent ringtones and/or photos for each group or person. And it also has profiles where u can define what to do for every person or each group (ignore,hangup, mute, etc,etc)

Well thanks guys , I tried the free 1 first , but a had afew problems with it , so i then tried Magicall , and this works perfect , cheers

Jonny_doe said:
Well thanks guys , I tried the free 1 first , but a had afew problems with it , so i then tried Magicall , and this works perfect , cheers
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Also spb phone suite has black list for incoming calls. And it has a very good today plugin, with all the counters and profiles. In my opinion is one the best apps for a ppc phone.

firiel said:
I use photocontacts. I does alot of things, like diferent ringtones and/or photos for each group or person. And it also has profiles where u can define what to do for every person or each group (ignore,hangup, mute, etc,etc)
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I use this also. Lots of features,
http://www.pocketx.net/products/photocontactspro_ppc/index.html

rodalfa said:
Also spb phone suite has black list for incoming calls. And it has a very good today plugin, with all the counters and profiles. In my opinion is one the best apps for a ppc phone.
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unless you have a phone that needs a PIN code before starting up. SPB does not provide this. Therefore their profiles doen't work that good....they can switch OFF the phone but not switch ON!!

anyway to...

my room mates phones does this cool little feature to where the ringtone they have set to the person calling will also play if they text, so im wondering if theres a way to do this with the dash?

I believe this can be achieved by going into the Contacts data on the phone.
Navigate to the contact, then click on them, then edit their info. Inside there there should be options for pix and for custom tones.
I am not positive though, I don't have my phone around me right now.

just checked and no.
i want a different text tone for my contacts, not just one for when they call

Cyclonezephyrxz7 said:
I believe this can be achieved by going into the Contacts data on the phone.
Navigate to the contact, then click on them, then edit their info. Inside there there should be options for pix and for custom tones.
I am not positive though, I don't have my phone around me right now.
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This is how you do it, but the contact must be saved onto your phone. Also, if you put a whole length mp3 for someones text message tone, the whole song will play.

There's an app called Ringo that does it. Google it.

[Q] Sending "Private number" to voicemail

I would like to find a way to send incoming "Private number" calls to voicemail, without downloading an app (with the security risks involved with this, as all apps I found want to read phone #, all of my contacts, and have access to the internet).
In Googling I found that on other, older, phones you could create a contact with "Private number" in the mobile phone field and select the "All calls to voicemail". I tried this on my Galaxy Nexus running 4.0.4 and it doesn't seem to be working.
Is there another built-in procedure that works to accomplish this?
Or does anybody know an app that is not a security risk (i.e. does not request access to the internet and/or my phone and/or my contacts)?
BTW, these are the permissions that one of these Apps (this one called Calls Blacklist) is requesting:
DIRECTLY CALL PHONE NUMBERS
SEND SMS MESSAGES
RECEIVE SMS
READ SMS OR MMS
EDIT SMS OR MMS
NETWORK COMMUNICATION
FULL INTERNET ACCESS
READ CONTACT DATA
WRITE CONTACT DATA
READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY
INTERCEPT OUTGOING CALLS
MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS
RETRIEVE RUNNING APPS
CHANGE WI-FI STATE
PREVENT TABLET FROM SLEEPING PREVENT PHONE FROM SLEEPING
MODIFY GLOBAL SYSTEM SETTINGS
CHANGE/INTERCEPT NETWORK SETTINGS AND TRAFFIC
DISPLAY SYSTEM-LEVEL ALERTS

You can't have an app send private calls to voicemail, but not be granted permission to see who is calling.
That would be like me saying to you; "I'm sorry sir, you're not appropriately dressed for this restaurant." over the phone.
Read reviews, not all of those apps are bad (some are though), and most of them will do exactly what you are looking to accomplish.

Security risks? The app kinda needs that information. You're better off not installing any apps as any of them could steal your valuable phone number.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP+Franco

Liskrig said:
You can't have an app send private calls to voicemail, but not be granted permission to see who is calling.
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Duh, of course, it's not listed above as one of the unneeded permissions above.
But none of these are even remotely needed to do the job:
INTERCEPT OUTGOING CALLS
FULL INTERNET ACCESS
READ CONTACT DATA
WRITE CONTACT DATA
RETRIEVE RUNNING APPS
DIRECTLY CALL PHONE NUMBERS
SEND SMS MESSAGES
EDIT SMS OR MMS
Liskrig said:
Read reviews, not all of those apps are bad (some are though), and most of them will do exactly what you are looking to accomplish.
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How exactly could a reviewer know that the app author isn't selling all of my contacts to some spammer? The tenet of good security is to not leave the door open unecessarily.
Besides the fact that yet another app means yet another thing that can go wrong (battery drain, system instability, etc.)
Back to the original question: "Is there another built-in procedure that works to accomplish this?"

hillrider said:
Duh, of course!
But none of these are needed to do the job:
INTERCEPT OUTGOING CALLS
FULL INTERNET ACCESS
READ CONTACT DATA
WRITE CONTACT DATA
RETRIEVE RUNNING APPS
How exactly could a reviewer know that the app author isn't selling all of my contacts to some spammer? The tenet of good security is to not leave the door open unecessarily.
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Get one that doesn't ask for those permissions then. You're so paranoid that maybe a smartphone just isn't for you. Ever thought of who could be hacking your Wi-fi? They could steal and intercept ANYTHING sent through your home internet.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP+Franco

theking_13 said:
Get one that doesn't ask for those permissions then.
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None found, hence this thread.
A response to the OP, without flaming and personal attacks would be greatly appreciated.

theking_13 said:
... You're so paranoid that maybe a smartphone just isn't for you...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP+Franco
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+1

If you're willing to install Google Voice (and really, it doesn't matter what permissions it asks for, you're running Google's OS which has access to EVERYTHING, so there's not much to think about) and switch to a Google Voice number, you can set it through the website settings that anonymous callers are directly routed to voicemail.

copkay said:
If you're willing to install Google Voice (and really, it doesn't matter what permissions it asks for, you're running Google's OS which has access to EVERYTHING, so there's not much to think about)
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Agree about this--somehow I got painted as someone who trusts nobody, but of course while I wouldn't give my house keys to anyone, friends and cleaning service all have them.I do run many apps from trusted providers!
copkay said:
and switch to a Google Voice number
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This is the issue: "Private number" callers will still call my regular, non Google Voice number, so it doesn't really do the trick.[/QUOTE]
So it seems that Google removed a feature that was available in previous versions of Android? Seems strange...

hillrider said:
Agree about this--somehow I got painted as someone who trusts nobody, but of course while I wouldn't give my house keys to anyone, friends and cleaning service all have them.I do run many apps from trusted providers!This is the issue: "Private number" callers will still call my regular, non Google Voice number, so it doesn't really do the trick.
So it seems that Google removed a feature that was available in previous versions of Android? Seems strange...
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Yeah, the replies haven't been particularly helpful so far. It's not "paranoid" to at least question the security of these apps, although the most popular ones are most likely fine.
You have a point with the non-Voice number. There's also the "no-turning-back" solution of porting your existing number to Google Voice for $20, which would then fix the problem, but it's not particularly ideal unless you're 100% sold on GV.

hillrider said:
Agree about this--somehow I got painted as someone who trusts nobody, but of course while I wouldn't give my house keys to anyone, friends and cleaning service all have them.I do run many apps from trusted providers!This is the issue: "Private number" callers will still call my regular, non Google Voice number, so it doesn't really do the trick.
So it seems that Google removed a feature that was available in previous versions of Android? Seems strange...
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Port your actual phone number to Google Voice and ask for a new one from the carrier. Thats what I did. I setup a contact in my phone with my old number and have it setup to send the caller ID as my old number. So any call to that number all display as "Personal Call". The carrier number is my "Work Number".
I actually have 2 Google Voice numbers and my normal Verizon one (3 total). One for Personal, one for my side Website business, and my normal job.
I don't restrict any callers but there are options in there for unknowns and the likes. At least you can setup CALL SCREENING, where it asks for the persons name. So I can answer ANY call, it will say, "Call from... Donut Marketing" and it gives me 2 options, 1 to take the call... and 2 to send to VM.
If you press 2, it then says, "Ok I've sent the caller to VM. Press STAR at any time to join the call". So if the VM is someone I WANT to speak with, I just pop in and say Hi. Most Marketers will shy away from leaving their name... no name, no call. They typically hang up immediately. Still prevents me from having to talk to them and try to get off the phone.
Even when they do leave me a Google Voice Mail, it gets translated to text and emailed to me so I can read it seconds after they've left it. Then just delete like a normal email.
Super easy.
You can probably also call up your carrier and say you are getting lots of Marketing calls from Unknown numbers and want them blocked. They'll probably want to charge you a fee... but maybe not.

player911 said:
Port your actual phone number to Google Voice and ask for a new one from the carrier. Thats what I did. I setup a contact in my phone with my old number and have it setup to send the caller ID as my old number. So any call to that number all display as "Personal Call". The carrier number is my "Work Number".
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how did you get verizon to port your number without killing your contract? i just called and they said its not possible.

Root call blocker does this.

[Q] Need help finding the impossible

First of all Good Day to all.
The reason I'm here is out of frustration. I have read this site for a long time, but never joined. I'm coming here because there are a lot of very knowledgeable people that may have the answer that I have been looking for and up until now can not find.
I NEED an app that seems to be impossible to find, at lease for me. What I need is an app that will allow a selected group of people to call AND text with notifications without other notifications sounding. I want a "set it forget it" app that once set it will do this automatically every night.
The Note 4 has a "Blocking mode" which would be perfect if it would allow both SMS notifications and call notifications to come through for a selected group of people without having to check all notifications to come through.
I have sons that seem to never call and only text when checking in. I set my phone to go silent at around 12 and come back on at 6am. With this, calls will come through for my favorites but in order for text sounds to come through I have to allow all sounds to come through which defeats the silent mode.
Is there such a thing? Is this impossible to do? Am I doing something wrong in settings?
Can you please advise? Thanking you in advance.

Google tasker block calls and text. It may work for you. Did a quick read and some had made profiles that of you weren't in contacts it would block them, or send to voice mail... hope that helps

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Bern612 said:
Google tasker block calls and text. It may work for you. Did a quick read and some had made profiles that of you weren't in contacts it would block them, or send to voice mail... hope that helps
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I needed something to allow text and calls through not block them. I wanted a simple app that I could set a time to turn off all sounds at night and then turn them back on in the morning. In this time frame I wanted to allow a group of people to be able to either text or call me and it would ring, blocking all others contacts and notifications. There is a ton of apps that will allow calls to come through but not too many that will allow both calls and text to come through.
I just downloaded an app and I will give it a try. It's called. CritiCall Pro. This isn't an all inclusive app so I will use it with the "Blocking mode" that is installed in the Note 4.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.

Try the app Do Not Disturb from playstore. It lets you control messages and phone calls during quiet hours and any other time of the day that you choose. There is a trial version and paid version.

Try automateit. It's not specifically for this but you can set triggers to silent certain numbers or silent all numbers except the ones you want to go through.

Maybe blacklist is the one for you

wolfeyes30 said:
Try the app Do Not Disturb from playstore. It lets you control messages and phone calls during quiet hours and any other time of the day that you choose. There is a trial version and paid version.
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I just downloaded this and it looks like just what I wanted. How I missed this is beyond me since I have been looking for months. Thank you so much. Now crossing my fingers that it works as describes.

Jasp615 said:
I needed something to allow text and calls through not block them. I wanted a simple app that I could set a time to turn off all sounds at night and then turn them back on in the morning. In this time frame I wanted to allow a group of people to be able to either text or call me and it would ring, blocking all others contacts and notifications. There is a ton of apps that will allow calls to come through but not too many that will allow both calls and text to come through.
I just downloaded an app and I will give it a try. It's called. CritiCall Pro. This isn't an all inclusive app so I will use it with the "Blocking mode" that is installed in the Note 4.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
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Call blocker... native to the Note 4... will do what I think you want it to do. You can turn off sounds for a specified time, yet allow specified callers to call or text and have the notification sound work.

douger1957 said:
Call blocker... native to the Note 4... will do what I think you want it to do. You can turn off sounds for a specified time, yet allow specified callers to call or text and have the notification sound work.
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Yep. Native blocking will do it. No need for third party app.
Good luck...

Redapple63 said:
Yep. Native blocking will do it. No need for third party app.
Good luck...
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douger1957 said:
Call blocker... native to the Note 4... will do what I think you want it to do. You can turn off sounds for a specified time, yet allow specified callers to call or text and have the notification sound work.
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The Note 4 native app is great if I only wanted to allow/block calls, I want it to be able to allow text and calls from a group and in order to do that I have to a not block notifications and by doing that it allows all notifications to chime through email, calendar etc. If they would separate notifications and text alerts there would be no problem.
So far the "Do not Disturb" app is doing what I need it to. It allows both Text and Calls to come through from a group without all the other notifications that I don't want. I will continue to see if this works out without any hiccups.

How To Guide Hide my caller ID

Hello I have oneplus 9 pro , How can I hide my phone number? there is no options anywhere to hide my number

Hello there, Open phone app, 3 dots on top corner, calling accounts, and select either att, tmo or whatever your case is, gsm call settings, additional setings, caller id and you'll see the options you are looking for.

I looked no options I'm with verizon

To disable that you either have to do it through the Verizon website or the MyVerizon app. If I remember correctly it's under Add-ons, caller ID.

I called verizon no option to hide my caller ID on my phone yet , maybe in future updates thanks for the help

gregs4623 said:
I called verizon no option to hide my caller ID on my phone yet , maybe in future updates thanks for the help
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I'm using this app.

Never mind the fact of why you're trying to do this.
The only way to do it proper is to get a burner phone that has no traceable ties to you, you know ISIS kind of SOP.
Do not use the phone with your primary phone on.
Do not use at places you normally frequent.
Your voice print is unique and identifiable.
This covers some but not all the steps that need to be taken to go dark*.
I block all no ID callers and shred the ones that shouldn't be calling... have a nice day
*Disclaimer: blackhawk bears no responsibility if this fails to work and/or you end up where you don't want to be. Not responsible for Hellfire missiles that may or may not appear.

Try this: *31#numberyouwanttocall
Or just *31# and then Call
#31# to make your number visible again

tried hide my number pro and *31# still my name shows up

gregs4623 said:
tried hide my number pro and *31# still my name shows up
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Some of those codes don't work on newer phones.

I found that dialing *67 area code and number does hide your name and number

gregs4623 said:
I found that dialing *67 area code and number does hide your name and number
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Idk why people hide their number anyway. If I have private number call me I hang up

Phone settings,calls,more features, caller id and call waiting, caller id, and you should see hide number

blackhawk said:
Never mind the fact of why you're trying to do this.
The only way to do it proper is to get a burner phone that has no traceable ties to you, you know ISIS kind of SOP.
Do not use the phone with your primary phone on.
Do not use at places you normally frequent.
Your voice print is unique and identifiable.
This covers some but not all the steps that need to be taken to go dark*.
I block all no ID callers and shred the ones that shouldn't be calling... have a nice day
*Disclaimer: blackhawk bears no responsibility if this fails to work and/or you end up where you don't want to be. Not responsible for Hellfire missiles that may or may not appear.
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Lol at your disclaimer. I love it.

toolhas4degrees said:
Idk why people hide their number anyway. If I have private number call me I hang up
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Categorically !