Hi, I don't know if a post has been put up, but I don’t know what to search for. I was wondering if any knew of any software on windows mobile 5 which will enable me to block specific incoming calls from my phonebook or calls as private or unknown numbers and sms/text messages.
Need something like this badly
MDA pro
Hi digigem,
I know there have been a few posts about this, with uploads of apps aswell. Try searching for whitelist and or black list.
This should steer you in the right direction
digigem - please don't multiple post. 5 cross posts suggests a more deep seated psychological problem perhaps?
I'm deleting the irrelevant ones.
Go here from now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=53510&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
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Hello
I got myself a shiny new TyTN. So far (coming from Blue Angel, then Universal), I'm very impressed with the device. There's only one slight nuisance: I don't receive text notifications for new voicemails anymore. I just spent about half an hour with my operator's technical (competent, by the way) support trying to sort this out.
They told me these notifications were a special category of text messages; say I have one voicemail waiting for me - I get a text message "You have 1 new voice mail in your voicemail box". If I don't listen to it and I get a second, the network only sends an update telling me "You have 2 new voice mails in your voicemail box" etc. I guess this works the same in other countries as well.
Support did a trace and they saw that the notification not only went out, but was acknowledged by my device after between 8 and 40 seconds. Still, my device doesn't show the message. Is there any tool I can use to purge the text message cache on my SIM card (support told me the messages were stored on the SIM)? Or is it possible HTC f***ed up and implemented this feature wrong, so I would have to wait for a firmware update?
@Fermin
I own an Orange device (SPV M3000). When I receive a notification about voicemails it shows up like an SMS message.
I had a look on the WorldWideWeb and found some information for you
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I had the same problem today. I was notified of the voicemail and I checked it. Erased the voicemail and the notification still remained. For the life of me i couldn't get it to go away. I tried to dismiss it like 20 times and nothing...finally I had to call my own phone from work leave a test voicemail and check it again. Erased it again and it went away.
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Try this:- phone>menu>options>services. You should see an array of listings including "Voice Mail and Text Messaging".
Highlight this and then >get settings.
You should have a number in the 'Text messages service center' box.
If you don't - it's a quick call to your provider.
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Hope it can help you out!
Let me know if it doesn't.
Wondering, did you perform a hard reset to see if that fixes the problem?
Why do you want to receive a text message when you get a voicemail? The device supports the protocol that delivers a 'spool' icon to the phone when a vociemeial is waitign to be received. This icon is directly linked to the voicemail, meanign that it cannot be manually deleted by the phone user. When you have listened to the voicemail, the icon disappears. Great! That is as it should be. I am aware that not all networks use this systme but i have never understood why not. It is the most reliable method of knowign that you have unheard vociemails.
I have very occasionally had the problem that the icon wouldnt disappear after listenign to the voicemail. I found that if i rang the voicemail again, that often cleared the icon. Failing that, if a new voicemail comes in & is then listened to, that will generally clear the icon at last.
I used to use a network that didnt support this icon, & so i had to rely on either the phine ringing me to tell me that i had a vociemail (if i can;t answer the original call, how on earth can i answer anither call to tell me that i have a voicemial!!) or getting a text message. The problems with the text message method of notification is that (i) i have to opne & read the SMS to discover that it isnt really a text, but a voicemail, and (ii) if i delete this sms but then get interupted before i call my voicemail, then i no longer have a reminder to check my vociemail and (iii) if i listen to the vociemail before delteign the sms and then get interupted before deletign the SMS, i still have an sms tellign me that i have unheard vociemail, even though i have already listened to it!
For all these reasons, i have always thought the best method is the spearte notification 'spool' icon, as i can immeidately see that i have voicemail, as opposed to unread sms & can just press the icon on the home page to dial my voicemail.
If anyone prefers the alternative methods, please explain how they are better than this.
If you are on Orange in the UK, the numbers in the "Voice Mail and Text Messaging" menu should be:
SMS Centre: +447973100973
Voicemail: +447973100123
BTW I'm still using the Magician (Orange SPV M500), but i asume that the Hermes/TyTN works the same way.
Does anyone know when Orange will brign out the Hermes? I heard they were brandign it as M3100.
<snip> Does anyone know when Orange will brign out the Hermes? I heard they were brandign it as M3100.
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They said july to me last week.
cc said:
Why do you want to receive a text message when you get a voicemail? The device supports the protocol that delivers a 'spool' icon to the phone when a vociemeial is waitign to be received. This icon is directly linked to the voicemail, meanign that it cannot be manually deleted by the phone user. When you have listened to the voicemail, the icon disappears. Great! That is as it should be. I am aware that not all networks use this systme but i have never understood why not. It is the most reliable method of knowign that you have unheard vociemails.
I have very occasionally had the problem that the icon wouldnt disappear after listenign to the voicemail. I found that if i rang the voicemail again, that often cleared the icon. Failing that, if a new voicemail comes in & is then listened to, that will generally clear the icon at last.
I used to use a network that didnt support this icon, & so i had to rely on either the phine ringing me to tell me that i had a vociemail (if i can;t answer the original call, how on earth can i answer anither call to tell me that i have a voicemial!!) or getting a text message. The problems with the text message method of notification is that (i) i have to opne & read the SMS to discover that it isnt really a text, but a voicemail, and (ii) if i delete this sms but then get interupted before i call my voicemail, then i no longer have a reminder to check my vociemail and (iii) if i listen to the vociemail before delteign the sms and then get interupted before deletign the SMS, i still have an sms tellign me that i have unheard vociemail, even though i have already listened to it!
For all these reasons, i have always thought the best method is the spearte notification 'spool' icon, as i can immeidately see that i have voicemail, as opposed to unread sms & can just press the icon on the home page to dial my voicemail.
If anyone prefers the alternative methods, please explain how they are better than this.
If you are on Orange in the UK, the numbers in the "Voice Mail and Text Messaging" menu should be:
SMS Centre: +447973100973
Voicemail: +447973100123
BTW I'm still using the Magician (Orange SPV M500), but i asume that the Hermes/TyTN works the same way.
Does anyone know when Orange will brign out the Hermes? I heard they were brandign it as M3100.
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I've never seen that spool icon before, where would it be located? As far as I know, my operator does only support text messages notification :-(
I checked the settings; SMS Centre and Voicemail are configured as they should be, and I even changed them to something else and then back to the correct settings just to be sure. Everything else concerning text messages works, so I guess the settings are correct.
If I put the phone near my computer's speakers when a text message about a new voice mail should come in, I hear the "mobile blues" in the speaker, so I'd say the support specialist was telling me the truth when she said a trace showed that not only was the message being sent out, but that my phone even acknowledged reception.
I'm somehow stuck... but thanks for your help. Guess it's either start hunting for registry settings, or start hoping for a new ROM release
There are some strange things with the latest ROM that HTC produces.. ..I now about a Prohet problem that send an SMS multiple times, or even recieves it multiple times..
Will keep my eyes open for a solution for your problem!
Did you try the Hard Reset option?
It seems like the same problem I had on my SPV C600 when I wanted to receive an vCard.. ..the phone would light up but that was it.. ..strange phenomenon
It may only be Orange that support this icon, but is a VERY useful feature & has been around for many years. I know that Vodafone & O2 in the UK do not have it, but i thoght that T-Mobile do. I dont understand why they dont all implement this feature. I wouldnt use a network that didnt use it!
The 'spool' icon looks a little like: o_o (it represents a tape reccorder!)
For some info on it, see:
http://discussions.nokia.co.uk/discussions/board/message?board.id=phones&message.id=2965
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Getting+MWI+on+Polycom+Phones+to+work+with+Asterisk
mccune said:
There are some strange things with the latest ROM that HTC produces.. ..I now about a Prohet problem that send an SMS multiple times, or even recieves it multiple times..
Will keep my eyes open for a solution for your problem!
Did you try the Hard Reset option?
It seems like the same problem I had on my SPV C600 when I wanted to receive an vCard.. ..the phone would light up but that was it.. ..strange phenomenon
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Thanks for your help. Hard Reset is a last resort option - and I can't really see that this would be a solution, since the device is brand new and the feature never worked in the first place. I get about 3-4 voice mails per day, so I should have received them from the start. I just didn't notice they were missing until a day later - guess I was too preoccupied drooling all over the device :wink:
I have the same problem with my brand new TyTN and it seems that we're not alone. It definitely is a ROM bug.
I already reported the problem to HTC and hope we'll have a solution within days.
Hi guys,
Same problem with my new v1605 TyTN. Spent 4 calls now to Vodafone support and each time they tell me they can see the SMS being sent and that it is acknowledged by the device. However, I never receive any notification of the text message. If I switch the voicemail to use call-and-deliver it phones me within seconds of a voicemail being left.
I tried hard resets, vodafone tried resetting my voicemail - all to no avail.
So - am glad to hear others have this and think it is ROM related. Hope there is a fix soon...
Rich
Am tempted to call vodafone back and let them know....
I *did* call Vodafone to tell them and after some waiting I was told that the tekkies knew of the fault but the manufacturer had not given a fix date yet. They say that once the fix becomes available it will either be sent over air to the device (I find this hard to believe) or a download will become available through their website.
R
I have to say that it works fine with mine. I use the 242 version not 121 and with text and notify it works exactly as it should. Text and spool symbol arrive straight away and go when they should do.
ROM Version 120.161.3
Rom Date 06/06/06
Radio Version 1.03.06.00
Protocol Version 32.36.7010.01W
What is the 242 version, how do I switch from the 121 and what are the implications, if any?
R
EDIT - went to vodafone.net to sign up for this - got as far as 'Your security code will arrive as a text message' and of course - this never arrived. Must be some problem with service originated SMS messages to this handset....
I had the same problem with the Voicemail notification and have found this somewhere in the internet. I have tried it and it works for me.
HKEY_Current_USER\System\State\Messages\vmail\Line1\Unread\Count
the value is more than 1
Change the DWord value from more than 1 to 0 and the problem just disappeared.
Try it and see if it works for you.
Good luck!
Mine was already set to 0 Thanks anyway...
Still waiting for a fix....
Rich
ywilson said:
I had the same problem with the Voicemail notification and have found this somewhere in the internet. I have tried it and it works for me.
HKEY_Current_USER\System\State\Messages\vmail\Line1\Unread\Count
the value is more than 1
Change the DWord value from more than 1 to 0 and the problem just disappeared.
Try it and see if it works for you.
Good luck!
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I dont have Count. I have
HKEY_Current_USER\System\State\Messages\vmail\Line1\Unread\
??????
mccune said:
@Fermin
I own an Orange device (SPV M3000). When I receive a notification about voicemails it shows up like an SMS message.
I had a look on the WorldWideWeb and found some information for you
1---
I had the same problem today. I was notified of the voicemail and I checked it. Erased the voicemail and the notification still remained. For the life of me i couldn't get it to go away. I tried to dismiss it like 20 times and nothing...finally I had to call my own phone from work leave a test voicemail and check it again. Erased it again and it went away.
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Try this:- phone>menu>options>services. You should see an array of listings including "Voice Mail and Text Messaging".
Highlight this and then >get settings.
You should have a number in the 'Text messages service center' box.
If you don't - it's a quick call to your provider.
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Hope it can help you out!
Let me know if it doesn't.
Wondering, did you perform a hard reset to see if that fixes the problem?
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On the O2 network you can change from Voicemail notification by SMS Text to the onscreen Spool / Tape icon by ringing the VM system on 901 and selecting the Mailbox Settings (option 4 I think) then selecting "onscreen notification" instead of "notification by Text" - option 3
Hope this helps.
ywilson said:
I had the same problem with the Voicemail notification and have found this somewhere in the internet. I have tried it and it works for me.
HKEY_Current_USER\System\State\Messages\vmail\Line1\Unread\Count
the value is more than 1
Change the DWord value from more than 1 to 0 and the problem just disappeared.
Try it and see if it works for you.
Good luck!
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Great, it works for me too!
Hi all,
I found this site by searching on this question. I have a friend that needs to block a number. As many of you know the cell companies will not block numbers. In looking around I've found programs that you can load into win based phones that will accomplish this. These smart phones are a little out of their price range. I want something that will just disconnect the call. The silent ringer to voicemail will not work in this case as the person leaves highly insulting messages and they would rather not have to go through 20 messages to get to the one good one.
i have found some references to Nokia phones that have this option on their phones under the "Security" section. I went to the Verizon store but the counter help was worthless. None of the phones that they had on display (that I could look at) had that feature. I'm thinking its a newer version of firmware thats not loaded by verizon by default.
Is anyone here using a phone on the verizon network that has the ability to add numbers to a blocked list? If so can you please post the name and model number of the phone. Please also post if you had to download a new/different version of the phone firmware. I'd like to get my facts straight before I recommend anything to them. Maybe a smartphone is the only way to go.
thanks for any information you can provide
Not a phone, but good software...
PocketMax PhoneAlarm allows you to block any numbers that you choose to blacklist. It has an option for pick up/hang up (immediate - phone doesn't even ring) as well as send straight to voice mail and/or reply via SMS. (It will also block text messages.)
I use it and swear by it. hth
There are plenty of programs out there that will block calls and sms.
Search for "BLACK LIST" or "BLOCK" in Windows Mobile and you'll turn up alot of them.
thanks for the reply's guys. At this point a smartphome is a little out of her price range. If it keeps up I'll just spot her the cash once i get a few checks in the bank. She's good for it
I'm also gonna pop into one of the bigger verizon stores around here and browse their phones to see if i can find the elusive block feature
I use my blacklist in SPB Phone Suite, then shoot it over to youmail.com where they hear a "your num. is blocked" message then hangs up on them.
Does anyone know how to remove Verizon's "City ID" app from a Win Mobile phone? I have seen lots of talk about removing it from Android phones, but not Win Mobile. There is no entry for it, under Remove Programs.
If you don't know, the "City ID" app adds its best guess as to the originating city and state for incoming calls, and tags the call as such on the display, and in the past calls list.
Verizon charges for this app after a brief trail period. If you dare to not pay for it, it doesn't self-uninstall. Instead, it starts to tag all incoming calls as "Unknown".
Sorry, but I find each call stating its origin as "Unknown" annoying. Besides, I would think the Win Mobile might be able to get the call's origin from an address in the Directory, but I bet "City ID" is blocking/overriding/inhibiting that.
Does anyone have any clue or hints on this?
Interesting, I didn't realize this was a paid app. I got it to work on my GW825 which is running on a different network. I wonder what would happen after 15 days? I'm guessing it would stop working.
Do you still need help with this?
trueg said:
I'm guessing it would stop working.
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If it simply stopped working, I would not have a problem. The problem is that it continues to work, but returns simply "unknown" as the call's originating city.
I rather have a blank (ie, nothing) than "unknown" displayed.
What happens if you change this to 0?
Code:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Phone\CallerLocation]
"Enabled"=dword:00000001
What is this "Block calls from unidentified callers" option that I saw appear upon upgrade to Android 10 in the call/block settings menu under the native phone app? There is no description as to what unidentified means. Does it mean someone not in your contacts list? Calling via *67? something else? thanks! (and screenshot attached)
Google support is saying that it blocks anyone not in the contacts list. I remember way back they were considering an API that would allow selection of blocking pay phones, private numbers, not in contacts, etc, but there is really no technical details offered on exactly what this option does.
Edit: apparently they are wrong. I am getting SPAM calls as usual this AM from #s not in my contact list.
Edit2: Now Google is saying its a carrier option that the carrier has to implement and to contact them to find out what it means...