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Call Blocker

I have been searching and googling abit for any free or at least reasonably prices software that can block or just mute the ringer for some contacts
i have been using mcleaner on ipno but i cant find anything similar that says it supports leo
any suggestion guys
Thanks Again all those who helped on our Christmas present (leo custom roms

If you search in the Development and Hacking threads on XDA there is a tool called, IIRC, Call Firewall, which might be what you are looking for.
Use this tool to search http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=+site:http://forum.xda-developers.com&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all
WB

Thanks for the hint
call blocker seems to work fine on leo, test it for a day
here is the link of the dev site if anyone is interested
http://www.logic-unlimited.in/callfirewall.php

maxdcy said:
Thanks for the hint
call blocker seems to work fine on leo, test it for a day
i am in china,the website u mentioned doesnt work,can u upload the software in here?thanks a lot
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There is a programme called 'Call Blocker' I used it on my Diamond, using WM 6.1, give it a go.

SPB Phone Suite does the job as well, they call it "Call Fliltering"
Regards,
CentralBK

CallSMSBlocker
http://www.winmobileapps.com/device/pocketpc/csb/csb.aspx
Magicall
http://www.mobiion.com/magicall.html

wacky.banana said:
If you search in the Development and Hacking threads on XDA there is a tool called, IIRC, Call Firewall, which might be what you are looking for.
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Looks like it simply rejects the call. If that is the case, the caller will be sent to my voicemail and I still have to delete it afterwards.
Call Bouncer is better. It accepts the call and hang up. No voicemail.
However, there is a problem I think would appear in all these programs. At times, I got a ring (or half a ring) before it is caught by Call Bouncer. I found this rather annoying.

Is there any apps out there that silents selected incoming calls instead of rejecting them?
Sometimes I don't want them to know I'm rejecting their calls, just that I wasn't around to receive them.

kenkiller said:
Is there any apps out there that silents selected incoming calls instead of rejecting them?
Sometimes I don't want them to know I'm rejecting their calls, just that I wasn't around to receive them.
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I have the impression that pocket call bouncer has an option to reject (accept and hang up) or ignore (turn of ringing). Give it a try. I've used it on HD2 but I don't like it because at times the phone rings once before the bouncer can take action.

Magicall does all that. It can:
1) reject (send to voicemail)
2) drop
3) pick up and hold
4) ignore (no ringing is sounded while caller keeps waiting)
5) handle incoming SMS
You can also set it to automatically send SMS to callers.

XBLOCKR
XBLOCKR:
http://www.xblockr.com/

my most excellent buds.. the programs are all reactive stuff.. something has to happen for the programs to do something.
If you really want to let the person think you just didn't pick up his call, then just simply copy a silent ringtone and use it as a custom ringtone for the person... you'll never "hear" from him/her again.
And.. it just takes 30s to turn off voicemail.. I mean, you wouldn't want the person to wonder why is it that you have voicemail and he/she wasn't diverted there?

moooxooom said:
my most excellent buds.. the programs are all reactive stuff.. something has to happen for the programs to do something.
If you really want to let the person think you just didn't pick up his call, then just simply copy a silent ringtone and use it as a custom ringtone for the person... you'll never "hear" from him/her again.
And.. it just takes 30s to turn off voicemail.. I mean, you wouldn't want the person to wonder why is it that you have voicemail and he/she wasn't diverted there?
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True...but I dun see how you can do that for incoming calls that don't show a number.

kenkiller said:
True...but I dun see how you can do that for incoming calls that don't show a number.
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Then u gotta give call firewall 1.4 a try, it's a freeware and can reject unkown calls ......
here is a link --> http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-call-firewall-v1-4.html

Cobra2 said:
Then u gotta give call firewall 1.4 a try, it's a freeware and can reject unkown calls ......
here is a link --> http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-call-firewall-v1-4.html
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No worries...I'm using Callblock now and it works great....
Just replying moooxooom's statement that we should use a silent ringtone for all callers. Sometimes it takes just a little bit more thinking to capture all the usual scenarios.

Cool call management app - my recommendation
I use HTC Diamond 2 and recently came across a cool call management and call blocking app XBLOCKR. I first downloaded the Lite version from Microsoft Marketplace and was quite impressed. It has a great feature "Do Not Disturb" and alas it is not available in the Lite version that I was using. I contacted them through their website as they sell it for $ 19.95 which I feel is a reasonable price, but thought of bargaining
They gave me a code and I purchased it for $ 14.95.
It's a great app if anybody is looking for something different than call blocker apps. It gives you options to handle your call when it arrives as well you can pre-program. I am very happy having it on my Diamond. Check it out as they have a 100 call trial version with all the features.

cellomania said:
I use HTC Diamond 2 and recently came across a cool call management and call blocking app XBLOCKR. I first downloaded the Lite version from Microsoft Marketplace and was quite impressed. It has a great feature "Do Not Disturb" and alas it is not available in the Lite version that I was using. I contacted them through their website as they sell it for $ 19.95 which I feel is a reasonable price, but thought of bargaining
They gave me a code and I purchased it for $ 14.95.
It's a great app if anybody is looking for something different than call blocker apps. It gives you options to handle your call when it arrives as well you can pre-program. I am very happy having it on my Diamond. Check it out as they have a 100 call trial version with all the features.
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nice ad...and to think, it's your first post too...(insert rolls eyes smiley here)

alex fung said:
Looks like it simply rejects the call. If that is the case, the caller will be sent to my voicemail and I still have to delete it afterwards.
Call Bouncer is better. It accepts the call and hang up. No voicemail.
However, there is a problem I think would appear in all these programs. At times, I got a ring (or half a ring) before it is caught by Call Bouncer. I found this rather annoying.
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The readme for Call Bouncer states that it ignores the same as Call Firewall does, this sending the caller over to your voicemail. The developers site for it is at http://www.ipocketpc.net/applications/Category32-Utilities.aspx (scroll down to it) to see if this is the same Call Bouncer you are talking about.

Best Call Managers
Hi
Check this one out http://www.pocketx.net/products/photocontactspro_ppc/
Allows you to set call management individually or in groups. Can set timed profiles. I rate this as one with the most variety of options

[Request] Block Call application

Hi !
I am looking for an application wich can block call instantly, without one ore two rings before droping call or redirecting to voice mail. I tried a few applications from market like SPC, aFirewall etc. and i am very disappointed. Every one of them droping call after one or two rings, so caller will realize that i have an firewall installed.
Thank you !

In order for your phone to block a call, it must know there is a call to block... It has to ring on the other end, or there would be nothing to block.

Gblocker is as good as it gets

I had iBlacklist on iPhone, call filter on nokia and those apps dropped the call instantly. The phones did not ring at all.
So, there must be another explanation...

cipandales said:
I had iBlacklist on iPhone, call filter on nokia and those apps dropped the call instantly. The phones did not ring at all.
So, there must be another explanation...
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If the call if rejected by your phone the caller can always know this is happening... however your carrier should be able to blacklist numbers for you in the event of mischief and in this case the caller will actually hear a "no such number" tone and the call will never be handed to your phone to deal with.
I'm not sure if your Nokia or iPhone solution actually managed a local or a network blacklist. If it was a local blacklist then for sure the caller knows they've been hung up on (even if it doesn't ring at your end)!

aFirewall the best for me
Sent from my Nexus One using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

yn my N1 that don't happen. when a anonimus call happen, it doesn't ring and the caller don't listen any tone. Afirewall!!!!
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If you go to a contact, and then to go options, there is an option to send that call directly to voicemail. Phone doesn't even ring.

aFirewall is eating my batery very fast. And it does ring one or two times before droping the call (even more when it came back from sleep/stand by).
Refer to iBlacklist, i can tell you that it is blocking the call somehow before ringing - i tried to call from another phone and it divert the call to voice mail instantly, with no ring - sounds like network busy tone.
The same for Nokia.
Anway, thanks for your suggestions !

The best solution is the modified Phone.apk from Cytown. You can block the call
in the same way carrier does. Your phone never make any sound, or turn on the screen...
Nothing happens, like the call never exist.

kep0ne said:
If you go to a contact, and then to go options, there is an option to send that call directly to voicemail. Phone doesn't even ring.
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Yes this works. it is already built into the phone. I have a few numbers set up this way already. Why are you guys using apps for this?

Because i don't want to add to contacts every not wanted numbers. And i need that application to manage scheduled profiles (again, like iblacklist - no, i don't want an iphone just for this app), so i can manage when and for whom i am availlable.

[Q] Block Unknown Callers App?

So I keep getting calls from auto-dialers coming as "Unknown" on Caller ID.. I answer and it's that 5 second delay then someone in a foreign country asking me to sign up for a newspaper or refinance. I want to ELIMINATE these calls. I have a block list that works good in Android, but it doesn't allow me to ass Unknown to blocked calls... I saw some posts from several years back, but nothing recent. Is there anything good out there today that I can install to block unknown\unavailable calls from coming through to my phone?

Search "Mr. Number - Call Block" in the Market. I use it and it works great.

GiRARDsays said:
Search "Mr. Number - Call Block" in the Market. I use it and it works great.
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The only thing I don't like is it flashes one ring\screen, then kills the call. Not sure how the built-in blocker is different, but with it my phone never acknowledges a call coming in.

Try Easy Filter

GiRARDsays said:
Try Easy Filter
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Thanks, still flashes the call up on the screen for a second, but works well, thanks!

Try Extreme Call Blocker on the Market. It's highly customizable. You can have it send unkown callers to voice mail, or to hang up immediately. You can do the same for phone numbers you add yourself - like the ex-girlfriend who won't stay away, and the guy trying to sell you life insurance. You can even have it block an entire exchange, like 216-951 (216 being my area code and 951 being a random exchange I pulled up).
-Mike

Ultra Droid said:
Try Extreme Call Blocker on the Market. It's highly customizable. You can have it send unkown callers to voice mail, or to hang up immediately. You can do the same for phone numbers you add yourself - like the ex-girlfriend who won't stay away, and the guy trying to sell you life insurance. You can even have it block an entire exchange, like 216-951 (216 being my area code and 951 being a random exchange I pulled up).
-Mike
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Cool it worked perfect, thanks so much everyone.

Gblocker works great as well.
Sent from someplace using something to send it.

Is There A Simple Way To Block Calls?

I'm trying to figure out a simple way to block calls on the Z5. It looks like there's a workaround to blocking calls by adding the call to your contacts, and then letting that contact's calls go straight to voicemail, but I'd rather block the call altogether without adding it as a contact.

I just use a third party app like "Whitepages Caller ID & Block". It can send directly to voice mail or just disconnect the call without them going to voice mail.

jet1000 said:
I just use a third party app like "Whitepages Caller ID & Block". It can send directly to voice mail or just disconnect the call without them going to voice mail.
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Ok, I'll check it out. Thanks.

I use truecaller

Tjoohej said:
I use truecaller
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Yep, that's the one I ended up installing. Works pretty good. Wish these features were already baked into the operating system.

Reject/Block Calls

Is there a dialer app that can natively reject/block unwanted calls on a G3?

MrTooPhone said:
Is there a dialer app that can natively reject/block unwanted calls on a G3?
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Actually, the default dialer will do that already but it's not called call block or anything like that... well, sort of... Open your Contacts app, find the contact you want to block and open it, then clock Edit (pencil icon), then tap the 3 dots menu and tick "All calls to voicemail", this will send any call from that contact immediately to voicemail, which is what will happen if a caller is blocked at the phone level anyway.

acejavelin said:
Actually, the default dialer will do that already but it's not called call block or anything like that... well, sort of... Open your Contacts app, find the contact you want to block and open it, then clock Edit (pencil icon), then tap the 3 dots menu and tick "All calls to voicemail", this will send any call from that contact immediately to voicemail, which is what will happen if a caller is blocked at the phone level anyway.
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So there is no true call block or reject in Android? By blocking, I mean no connection, no voicemail, no SMS or MMS. Maybe I was fooled by my old Gingerbread dialer.

MrTooPhone said:
So there is no true call block or reject in Android? By blocking, I mean no connection, no voicemail, no SMS or MMS. Maybe I was fooled by my old Gingerbread dialer.
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Not to my knowledge... it would have to actually answer and disconnect to do that. The most likely case here is that it would send a reject message to the cellular provider when the call is presented to it, instead of a trying or ringing message, which would then route it to the default Call Foward No Answer point.
If you did not have voicemail, or had your call forwarding disabled, the call would get a busy signal, but you couldn't do that on a call by call basis.

You can use the new google dialer which come with that option, you can get it on apkmirror...

You can use truecaller. You can choose how calls are blocked. It blocks a list of spammers automatically.
Here's the link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truecaller

keb00 said:
You can use the new google dialer which come with that option, you can get it on apkmirror...
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I saw that when it came out, but never installed. Have you tried the new dialer? Can it coexist with the current dialer without any difficulty?
I assume you are referring to Google Phone 2.05.07_rc4, not Google Phone 3.00.04_rc4?

sanchith.hegde said:
You can use truecaller. You can choose how calls are blocked. It blocks a list of spammers automatically.
Here's the link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truecaller
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Looks interesting. I assume you are a user? I like that it is a dialer as well.

Yes I am a user and am satisfied with it. Go ahead and download it.

MrTooPhone said:
I saw that when it came out, but never installed. Have you tried the new dialer? Can it coexist with the current dialer without any difficulty?
I assume you are referring to Google Phone 2.05.07_rc4, not Google Phone 3.00.04_rc4?
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Didn't had a problem so far.. I think yes it is the Version 2, because the other is for Nexus and android N

keb00 said:
Didn't had a problem so far.. I think yes it is the Version 2, because the other is for Nexus and android N
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I did install. Works fine along native/original dialer.

MrTooPhone said:
I did install. Works fine along native/original dialer.
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Nice to hear that!

keb00 said:
Nice to hear that!
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I know a little off topic, even though the two dialers work well alongside so far, the new dialer can not answer a call. So there is no way to answer a call if the original dialer is disabled.

acejavelin said:
Not to my knowledge... it would have to actually answer and disconnect to do that. The most likely case here is that it would send a reject message to the cellular provider when the call is presented to it, instead of a trying or ringing message, which would then route it to the default Call Foward No Answer point.
If you did not have voicemail, or had your call forwarding disabled, the call would get a busy signal, but you couldn't do that on a call by call basis.
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The new Google Dialer provides a way to block calls. I laughed when I set up numbers to block, the app came back and said you still may receive voice messages. So pretty much the same as forwarding calls to voice mail as you originally implied.

MrTooPhone said:
The new Google Dialer provides a way to block calls. I laughed when I set up numbers to block, the app came back and said you still may receive voice messages. So pretty much the same as forwarding calls to voice mail as you originally implied.
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If you use truecaller it has options: reject automatically or ring silently. It won't send to voicemail.

sanchith.hegde said:
If you use truecaller it has options: reject automatically or ring silently. It won't send to voicemail.
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I like what I read about True Caller. The only reason I hesitate., it is unclear to me how much privacy is released once I sign up. Even with Google it is a constant battle. One thing I did not like about the new dialer is it wanted to make my cell number discoverable to the web. And to turn that feature off was a deep dive into the Google Control Panel. So what does True Caller do with all my contacts?

MrTooPhone said:
I like what I read about True Caller. The only reason I hesitate., it is unclear to me how much privacy is released once I sign up. Even with Google it is a constant battle. One thing I did not like about the new dialer is it wanted to make my cell number discoverable to the web. And to turn that feature off was a deep dive into the Google Control Panel. So what does True Caller do with all my contacts?
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For unknown callers it displays their names and if they are reported spam by other users it will automatically reject the call.
It doesn't do anything to your contacts.
If you call another truecaller user he will get to know who is calling.

MrTooPhone said:
I like what I read about True Caller. The only reason I hesitate., it is unclear to me how much privacy is released once I sign up. Even with Google it is a constant battle. One thing I did not like about the new dialer is it wanted to make my cell number discoverable to the web. And to turn that feature off was a deep dive into the Google Control Panel. So what does True Caller do with all my contacts?
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True caller uses your contacts and display their names when they call up someone who doesn't have their number saved.

keylocker said:
True caller uses your contacts and display their names when they call up someone who doesn't have their number saved.
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That is what I was thinking, they use the contacts list to better enhance caller ID.

MrTooPhone said:
That is what I was thinking, they use the contacts list to better enhance caller ID.
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I never in my life would prefer this app. Privacy breach and what not? Once read online that it holds more than a million Indian database. Stay out of it.