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?
Thanks!
Mr. Number, available in the market for free
works every time
gray bishop said:
Mr. Number, available in the market for free
works every time
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Yeah I saw that but the screen still flashes on and shows the missed call, even when I click delete it from call log. I wish there was one what didn't even process the call, like the built in blocker.
This should be an advanced feature of Google Voice as well. Anyone been getting calls from 0000123456 recently? Haven't been able to pick up yet, but I have missed two calls from this number now. Saw somewhere it might be skype caller. Wonder what could be done by porting Asterik into the Android kernel and having some nifty virtual PBX features built in!
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This should be an advanced feature of Google Voice as well. Anyone been getting calls from 0000123456 recently? Haven't been able to pick up yet, but I have missed two calls from this number now. Saw somewhere it might be skype caller. Wonder what could be done by porting Asterik into the Android kernel and having some nifty virtual PBX features built in!
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The one that drives me nuts is the calls from Indian telemarketers.... US telemarketers are required by law to send ANI with their calls, but calls coming from outside the US don't have to comply, or aren't able to be enforced. I say if someone doesn't present their #, I ought to be able to reject them from getting through to my phone.
We in India are also facing major trouble with telemarketing calls & after being put to notice by the supreme court they have now started sending text sms, the best defense I have found against this is "Extreme Call Blocker Droid" this can block all private numbers or you can specify a list of starting numbers eg. block all numbers starting with 800
*Hangup mode block voice mail
*Block anonymous/private/unknown/blacklist calls
*Block unknown/blacklist SMS,
*Built-in private SMS mail box hide private txt msg
*Schedule on Google calendar to decide when to block.
*Hide private number calls in/out, no call log.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/extreme-call-blocker-droid/com.greythinker.punchback
You can customize it to your hearts content & have a peace full day.
To trace the callers we have a site in India which you can use for tracking all kinds of numbers & text IDs.
http://www.indiatrace.com/index.php
then there are free apps too like blacklist-free & many other with similar features.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/blacklist-free/vc.software.blacklist
The one I use is called Easy Filter Call blocker. It can block calls and sms messages, including unknown numbers. You can set it to block them without notifying you if you want it to.
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Block unknown Callers
You can block unknown callers by using some advanced phones.
in these phones you can either blacklist some selected numbers or reject all unknown mobile numbers (numbers which are not added in your SIM / phone's phonebook will get rejected).
Root call blocker pro. Its in the market.. Works great and doesnt show the caller, it just rejects it right away in the background and you can have notification of when calls are blocked. Also has sms block
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Are there any apps that can block incoming calls from certain numbers? Blacklisting numbers I guess.
Spb Phone Suite has this and a few other features, but not free, and is worth the money. You can always try it free for 15 days.
There is a free version, I used to use it, DANG I don't remember the name! I remember you had to manually start it, the interface was green, I want to say v1.4 for some reason. It had the blacklist feaure, add phone calls to calendar, and had a phone block too, to prevent calling certain numbers.
EDIT: I want to say it was Call Firewall v1.4
I also put my vote in for spb Phone Suite....does great at blocking calls...as well as setting phone profiles...
I agree, i also vote for SPB Phone Suite.
You can also try this.
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Are there any apps that can block incoming calls from certain numbers? Blacklisting numbers I guess.
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i use inesoft address book as my default contact. one of its features is blocking calls. caller will get a busy tone and we can choose what kind of notifications (or none) when they call still holding on to WM5 because of inesoft address book
Is there any apps like "magicall" in WM to block unwanted calls(not forward to voicemail, but just mute the phone)?many apps in android just forward the calls to voicemail.
thx
afirewall is the name
what version of android are you using/device do you own?
IIRC, android v2.1 (eclair) has a call firewall built-in under Settings > Call Settings > All Calls > Auto Reject and check "Enable Auto Reject" then add your blacklisted phone numbers to the "Auto Reject List"
i've just been using that with my Android 2.1 based Samsung Vibrant since i got it instead of buying a call blocker/firewall app like i had with my HD2.
i have no idea if it blocks the calls or if they just get forwarded to VM... i have Google Voice, so the numbers i have blacklisted, i block in Voice too. therefore, if a blacklisted caller does get dumped off to my VM, i can block the number in Google Voice and they end up receiving a custom recording of the "this number has been disconnected" message before the call is then disconnected.
numbers you have blocked in Google Voice hear a custom message of your choosing and you can also set it to not receive messages just from blocked numbers.
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afirewall is the name
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IIRC, the free version doesnt block/reject calls by quickly answering and hanging up; they all get sent to voicemail and the only way to stop VM's with it is to turn off VM completely. you have to buy the paid version to get call rejection, amongst other features.
but like i said, this is just what i recall from my experience with it... maybe the free version was given more features, including call rejection?
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afirewall is the name
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i dont think this will fit the OP's requirements, as he clearly stated that he doesnt want one that just dumps the caller off to VM.
directly from aFirewall's android market page:
"This is aFirewall's free version.
Warning: The blocked call will forward to voicemail if voicemail is enabled.
aForewall allows you to configure multi-scenes to block different call or SMS at different time 1. Support to block unknown and private call.
Version 1.9.6 330KB"
to purchase, there is no app in the market, but you have to go to the developer's page to donate with Paypal or you can also likely do it from within the app.
i know one simply and well done, works greate app, it's called Easy Filter, it's on Official Market....
Use mr number. It has a pick up/hang up option that DOES NOT send call(er)s to voicemail. I use it myself.
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I keep getting wrong number phone calls and it's really annoying. is there any way to block specific numbers from calling you?
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I keep getting wrong number phone calls and it's really annoying. is there any way to block specific numbers from calling you?
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by default it does not have an option to send to voice mail (like on HTC phones) but there may be an app out there that would add this function. If not your carrier should be able to block them
That is really strange, on the Acclaim if you hit menu while editing a contact and hit options you could direct calls directly to voicemail. Must be something with the TW Contacts app, I'd imagine if you installed the AOSP contacts(if its possible) you could do what your asking.
Try this app for number blocking Adanced Call Blocker their is a free and paid verison.
call filter app
call filter app has a kind of calculator looking icon.works great.
hi all,
I've been getting a lot of telemarketing calls. Unfortunately it's hard to block them all since they spoof the # they are calling from. But a big chunk of them have no number at all, they just show up as unknown.
So i went into settings, call, call reject,
I set call reject mode to 'reject calls on list' and in the rejection list i checked the option to reject all private numbers. That doesn't seem to have helped though since i just got another call from 'unknown'.
There are no numbers in the rejected number list. I've actually just been adding the spam numbers to a 'blocked' contact i created and selected the option to send all calls from that contact to voicemail.
Is there something else i have to do to block unknown callers?
This is on an LG-LS970 running stock rom android 4.1.2
Wondering if any developers here can confirm the following:
I know the native Phone app and other Call apps have the ability to allow you to block numbers in which case the call doesn't ring through.
I thought like a couple years ago I read that's not the case with SMS apps. They can 'hide' the number from your SMS messages list but you'll still get the notification at the time the SMS is received. Is this true for all SMS apps for Android 11 or later or can they actually prevent notifications of received messages from numbers you block?
My second question is, on virtually all Phone / Call apps, you'll see the Caller ID Name for incoming calls (where the name isn't blocked, or the number isn't in your Contact list). I get semi-frequent scam/sales calls and they are all from numbers that no person or company name comes up, only the phone number. Since the Caller ID name is displayed when there is one, I would assume the Android Call apps have access to this data value.
Yet, all call blocking features I've seen in all apps I've tried, only have the ability to manually block the number, or, enable a setting to block all calls from numbers not in your Contact list. I'm just flabbergasted that none of these apps also have the option to "Block all calls with no Caller ID Name that are not in your contact list." If the Caller ID Name value comes across as the phone number itself, the app can easily see that it matches or that there are no letters in the Caller ID Name and block it. The only reason I can think of that this type of blocking feature isn't available in a single call app is that for some reason the Caller ID Name is displayed by the system, not the app, and the app doesn't have the ability to read the Caller ID Name Value? I would be really surprised if that were the case as it doesn't make sense that the app displays it but can't perform any feature based on the Caller ID Name value???