So the reason I'm asking this question is because as you know in the u.s. the robo calls are outrageous. In the Samsung phone app you can block and report those numbers. But the numbers still show up in your recent list which to me is annoying. In the options you can pick which calls to show but then you'll miss out on seeing the other types of calls. I downloaded the Google dialer app and while it works it doesn't give you an option to block calls. If you click on the info button for that call you can't block it so that's a no go for me.
So what dialer app are you guys using that lets you block calls but also doesn't show those numbers when you block them?
freebee269 said:
So the reason I'm asking this question is because as you know in the u.s. the robo calls are outrageous. In the Samsung phone app you can block and report those numbers. But the numbers still show up in your recent list which to me is annoying. In the options you can pick which calls to show but then you'll miss out on seeing the other types of calls. I downloaded the Google dialer app and while it works it doesn't give you an option to block calls. If you click on the info button for that call you can't block it so that's a no go for me.
So what dialer app are you guys using that lets you block calls but also doesn't show those numbers when you block them?
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try truecaller, its good although there is a lot of in your face ads asking for you to buy premium
Drupe is my pick - same about ads though - but awhile back I bought lifetime pro features and never looked back - it does the best at automatically IDing caller ID, handling blocked calls, recording, recents, favorites, and everything else I'm looking for in a dialer app. I hope you like it too! (It's totally worth giving a try even with the free version for a while)
Nothing better than https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hb.dialer.free
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Does anyone have any experience with this app from the market?
Ebaneezor said:
Does anyone have any experience with this app from the market?
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Why bother? There is a blacklist on your phone already that blocks calls....
I use that, however I haven't figured out how to block unknown numbers is why I ask. Also, the built in app allows blocked callers to leave voicemail
Ebaneezor said:
Does anyone have any experience with this app from the market?
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Only thing I notice with this app is that it shut off data at reboot and takes a bit to turn back on. Other than that, it works as it should
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Ebaneezor said:
I use that, however I haven't figured out how to block unknown numbers is why I ask. Also, the built in app allows blocked callers to leave voicemail
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All apps will take the caller to voicemail unless you call tmobile and tell them to change it. I had to do it when I used the call blocker app on vibrant before I found the blacklist. After you have tmo change it, if you stop the ring by rejecting the call or if they are on blacklist, it will ring busy. If you let the call "ring out" for lack of a better term, it will take the caller to voicemail. Also, there should be a tab in the blacklist to reject unknown callers.
thanks for the info very helpful
it would help if I had the Unknown number checked in the auto reject options
thanks again
i have used "MR. Number" from Market and it worked pretty good for me.
I use extreme call blocker. and you can set it like pick up and hang up. found in the market
Yep, the two best ones are made by the same company:
Root Call Blocker (for general use):
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.rootcallblocker.beta
Call Master (for advanced users):
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.blacklist
These are the only blockers that completely block everything without turning the screen on. Need to be rooted though.
Can someone recommend a good call blocked to block specific numbers
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Google Voice.
Or Root Call Blocker. Google Voice is only good if that's the number being called, if they're calling your cell number (assuming you haven't ported it) you're sol.
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Call Filter in the Market will let you block specific numbers. You might also want to look in to Youmail. Youmail lets you ditch specific callers so they cannot leave voice mail.
Try Mr number. It's the absolute best one you can download.
From the official iPhone killer.
Just add the number to your contacts and set it to not ring.
I have a SPAM contact that everyone goes into.
Yep, the two best ones are made by the same company:
Root Call Blocker (for general use):
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.rootcallblocker.beta
Call Master (for advanced users):
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.blacklist
These are the only blockers that completely block everything without turning the screen on. Need to be rooted though.
Bielinsk said:
Just add the number to your contacts and set it to not ring.
I have a SPAM contact that everyone goes into.
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As far as I know, this option isn't available on the ET. Samsung removed it from the official ROMs, for whatever reason. Its probably only available in the ASOP ROM's.
Its a shame, too. I had a similar contact set up on my Moment that sent calls straight to voice mail.
You can block numbers incoming/outgoing as well as texts incoming/outgoing using the Sprint website under MySprint.
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...using_My_Sprint/case-fk158645-20101105-114511
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I've been using afirewall since I got on Android. Never let me down. It also blocks private numbers which is my favorite thing about it. Paired up with YouMail's greeting saying this number does not accept blocked calls. I hate block calls so its just perfect!
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My Evo had a nice call blocking setup built in (may have been after I rooted but am not sure) where you had the option in the edit contact menu to block them. It would not ring through unless I was on the other line which was fine and it would push them right to voicemail.
I just got my Note 2 and have not been able to find a way to do this. It has that block call built in that will disable all calls but that is far from ideal because I would need to allow permissions for every other contact and then I would have the call block icon on the top all the time.
Any ideas? I already did a search and came up empty save for a few apps that have their own caveats.
I use Google Voice for this. I think is better than blocking on the Note 2 (dunno about the setup on your Evo) because all blocking on the Note 2 does is make it so you don't get the call. On their end they still hear it ring four times and then go to voicemail. With Google Voice if you set it to block it tells the caller that the number has been disconnected. If you set it to send to voicemail, it doesn't even ring on their end, it goes straight to voicemail.
There is also call screening. You answer the call and then press 1 to let them through or 2 to send them to voicemail. I you send them to voicemail, you can hear what they are saying and can pick up at any time. And there is setting to have unknown callers say who they are before you decide to let them through or go to voicemail.
Plus it has really cheap international calling (my Dad goes to Thailand all the time for work and I can call his Thailand number for $.03/minute (yes 3 cents). I think Sprint charges over $3/minute unless you sign up for their international plan for extra monthly, and even then it is a lot more expensive).
And you can send and receive text messages for free from any computer in the world (and it will show up as your Sprint number so long as you choose to have your Sprint number be your GV number.
And probably more I am forgetting.
And all free. Well, except international calling. You have to pay (a little bit) for that.
bill323 said:
My Evo had a nice call blocking setup built in (may have been after I rooted but am not sure) where you had the option in the edit contact menu to block them. It would not ring through unless I was on the other line which was fine and it would push them right to voicemail.
I just got my Note 2 and have not been able to find a way to do this. It has that block call built in that will disable all calls but that is far from ideal because I would need to allow permissions for every other contact and then I would have the call block icon on the top all the time.
Any ideas? I already did a search and came up empty save for a few apps that have their own caveats.
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I hear ya on that one, I came from the Evo4G also and no you are not mistaken it was a stock option to send contact to voicemail. I too was amazed that this phone didn't have that option in the contact window/menu. As of right now unless you download a 3rd party app to setup a call blocker/blacklist that will either send to voicemail, answer+hang up, or block. Otherwise you have to do like you stated and create a block list and allow everyone but the specified contact which is just ridiculous. Cause in that instance you cannot let through people who are not on your contacts so basically if you want to block a certain contact you have to go to the market to the best of my knowledge. But I had the same issue the other morning, I had someone blowing my phone up when I was sleeping. I looked on my phone forever then went to google search and the forums, and came up with no STOCK resolutions to the issue.
Try hitting menu from the call log screen then call rejection
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Thanks man, that did the trick.
notch8 said:
Try hitting menu from the call log screen then call rejection
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does anyone know of a call blocker that does not run in the background?
Google voice does this and much more for free. You can block numbers, send specific numbers directly to voicemail, set up different voicemail messages for different numbers, get transcriptions of voice messages, etc.
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a number keeps calling my cell and leaving a voicemail and i wanna block them
m0bstr said:
a number keeps calling my cell and leaving a voicemail and i wanna block them
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Do you have an option with your cell provider?
nope, im looking for an app
Call master or the one built in?
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i didnt know, that there is a built in app, i will try it
m0bstr said:
i didnt know, that there is a built in app, i will try it
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There isn't a built in way to do it. Not in standard Android at least. I use the app "DND Call Blocker" to block calls from unknown numbers and from a black list. Seems to be a very lightweight app and does the job well.
i couldnt find the built it one, but i will try the one you just said
If you add the number to a contact, then you can set "All calls to voicemail". But if you want to skip voicemail also, then I have no idea if it can be done in software on the phone.
Is there a way to do this so that my phone doesn't even ring for calls the Google phone app thinks are spam?
you can block and report them as spam from the recents list of the phone app. no ring, no voicemail
I wish it was possible to do this. Every spam call I get comes from a new number, so blocking it doesn't make a difference and I'd rather not use a 3rd party app if I didn't have to.
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I wish it was possible to do this. Every spam call I get comes from a new number, so blocking it doesn't make a difference and I'd rather not use a 3rd party app if I didn't have to.
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It only wont make a difference if you dont take action.
Once blocked, how do you know its not coming from that same number in the future?
Only takes a second, and the number gets reported as well.
Some of my spam calls go straight to voicemail without ringing or even showing as a received call. I hope they are from numbers that I have already blocked but with no record of the call I can't tell. Ideally I would like to block them AND keep them from leaving a voicemail.