Does anybody have a recommendation for an app that can block selected outgoing calls and sms texts from my wife's Galaxy S6. Incoming would be nice, too, but I already have an app that does this. Unrooted preferred, but will root my wife's phone if necessary.
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I have used in the past an app which I don't remember the name, which blocks specific incoming calls or SMS, although with some major bugs, so I stopped using it. Is there a good FREE app that will do this and it's tested that it works?
Try callfirewall, it does a good job on blocking calls!
I have been using GV for a while and had not problems until this week. My phone has been unusually quiet. Turns out that I am not receiving my incoming calls at all. I only figured this out because I was getting GV vmail notifications but there were no missed calls in my call log.
Has anyone else had this problem/ Does anyone know of a fix?
Thanks!!!!!
I think that you need to go to the google voice page and have it forwarded to your phone.
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Thanks for the reply Ruben but I already have it forward to phone. Until this last week. I can get GV to forward to home, work, etc.... It just does not want to forward/work on my cell. I have had the DI since launch date and it fx well till now.
I though that maybe it was b/c I rooted but then I removed/reverted to back to stock and still no luck. My wife and brother have the same issue.... ODD
If you make a call outbound, does the caller id on the receiver's phone have your GV number? IE: Does it GV work outbound but not inbound?
Have you tried to un-forward and then re-forward the GV?
All outbound calls work. Also when making an out bound call it will display my GV #in the caller id. I have tried un forwarding and then re-forwarding. I've even hard reseted the phone. uninstalled the app and tried to see if I can receive calls. Reinstalled the app, changed settings to ask b4 making calls, deleted my phone from GV and re-added it. So far no luck.
I am getting the same problem. No incoming calls, but can do outgoing calls.
Running an unrooted N1 with FRF91
Just tested with my DInc by calling via GV to GV of my friend's DInc, still working for us.
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GV is still a bit of a work in progress. I have had some minor trouble with it in the past. Sometimes you need to reset your settings or just wait it out if its an issues with their servers. For the most part it has been problem free.
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GV is still a bit of a work in progress. I have had some minor trouble with it in the past. Sometimes you need to reset your settings or just wait it out if its an issues with their servers. For the most part it has been problem free.
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True... I had it when it was Grand Central....until now I have had an flawless experience with GV. Seems like once they transitioned from invitations their servers became bogged down.
Hey,
Um looking for qb app that can block outgoing calls on my phone, cos my operater blocks sms though if i block outgoing calls from my phone.. the apps I find seem to only block incoming unwanted.. can someone help me here with an app for outgoing?
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Have you tried these apps - http://www.appbrain.com/search?q=block+outgoing+calls
Are there any ROMs that address the lack of in call notification (ie missing, dropped calls, etc), or apps? I just got this phone a few days ago , so I'm still figuring it all out. And, so far, that is my only hang up.
Thanks
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+1 with the same question... I am missing important text messages while I am on phone calls due to lack of notification. I think I can workaround this by installing a third party SMS app, but I'd rather stick with stock and have a notification for incoming texts. This has not been an issue with all of my previous phones / ROMs (Cliq, Droid Pro, SGS4g, G2x).
Any Gnex ROMs correct this missing feature?
Haven't tested with sms, but when someone call me while I'm in a different call I get a notification.
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus
Call waiting (received a call while on a call) seems to work fine. I am missing audible notifications for sms/text while on a call. The sms appears in the notification bar, but there is no sound. Do any AOKP/CM10/stock-based ROMs address this?
Like a lot of Sprint customers, I live in an area with horrible reception. Even my S6 struggles to hold onto calls sometimes. So for me, finding out that Hangouts could provide VoIP for my phone and solve my texting / calling problems was a big deal. However, as I soon learned, Hangouts.. has issues. I can send / receive SMS just fine, and send pictures, but I don't receive any sort of MMS messages at all (Group, or picture messages). I'm way too stubborn to give up the ability to make calls without standing on my roof, so I managed to come up with a little bit of a work around that does the trick for me. It's nothing complicated, and people may already be doing this anyway, but I thought I would mention it (I've been Googling Hangouts Issues for the last few days and haven't found anything useful besides the APN settings in Hangouts 2.5, and those didn't even work for me).
This setup assumes that:
You have Sprint (or another carrier with Voice/Hangouts integration).
Your Google Voice number is the same as your carrier number.
You still have the stock messaging app.
You're not a fan of the native WiFi calling on the Sprint network, and would rather use Hangouts.
1) Setup the Hangouts integration like normal, so you're able to send / get SMS through the Hangouts app.
2) Set the stock messaging app as your default SMS program.
That's it. Like I said, I'm sure someone has figured this out / is using this setup, but it allows a few things:
Texts and calls are still made on Google Voice (you should be able to send out MMS from Hangouts, too)
All MMS are received through the stock app, which, frustratingly enough, is the only one that seems to work for me.
A bit long winded, but hopefully this helps at least one person who's in the middle of nowhere like me.
TL;DR: Like Hangouts? Hate native WiFi calling? Use your stock messaging app for receiving MMS and group chat, Hangouts for texting and sending pictures, profit.
Update for Hangouts 4: If you want the Group MMS feature to work with Hangouts 4, you have to turn off Sprint Integration (Unlink Voice and your mobile number, and create a new independent Google Voice number.) After doing this, you'll be able to group text on Google Voice with your voice number. I'd also like to find a way to forward texts from my carrier number to my Voice number, but as of right now I think that's impossible.
Edit 1: Turns out the "lock text" feature has nothing to do with private mode; it prevents deletion of certain texts.
I believe in order for Hangouts to send and receive you need a data connection. But you do not for standard text messaging...correct?
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I believe in order for Hangouts to send and receive you need a data connection. But you do not for standard text messaging...correct?
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Hangouts can send messages over data, or even WiFi. Standard text messaging needs the cell network.
When using only the cell network where I have bad signal: I drop calls, MMS/SMS will send and receive semi reliably.
When using Hangouts in conjunction to the cell network, with WiFi: Clear calls that don't drop (over google voice), MMS / SMS send almost instantly, send/receive SMS on any phone with my hangouts account (as well as in Gmail), MMS is received semi reliably over the cell network. All this is done with my normal phone number (because of the google voice integration).
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Hangouts can send messages over data, or even WiFi. Standard text messaging needs the cell network.
When using only the cell network where I have bad signal: I drop calls, MMS/SMS will send and receive semi reliably.
When using Hangouts in conjunction to the cell network, with WiFi: Clear calls that don't drop (over google voice), MMS / SMS send almost instantly, send/receive SMS on any phone with my hangouts account (as well as in Gmail), MMS is received semi reliably over the cell network. All this is done with my normal phone number (because of the google voice integration).
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But what i am saying is, without a data or WiFi connection then texting through Hangouts becomes just as unreliable as texting with spotty or no cell coverage.
Well yes. That being said, the reason I made the post is because I rarely have a reliable data connection at home, but the WiFi always works. There are also a lot of places where Sprint is spotty or has no coverage where there's WiFi. By using Hangouts to text / make calls over WiFi, I'm able to save myself the headache of dropped calls in those spots. Now of course Hangouts can't fix anything if there's no signal AND you have no WiFi.