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Call management software-blocking certain callers

Someone keeps annoying me...with their repeated calls...
I wonder if there's any call management software (?) that can block certain numbers - forward those call to voice mail or turn my phone into -"unavailable" status as if the phone were off!
Please help!!!
Thanks

m0918495 said:
Someone keeps annoying me...with their repeated calls...
I wonder if there's any call management software (?) that can block certain numbers - forward those call to voice mail or turn my phone into -"unavailable" status as if the phone were off!
Please help!!!
Thanks
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Try MagicCall. It blocks known numbers, beside of a lot of other stuff.
But its not free

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You could try CallFirewall http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=307178 which I've used quite a lot on my Athena to block withheld numbers when its cooked into ROMs. Hoping it works for my new Topaz!

Call Firewall works in Diamond2. Unfortunately, the phone still rings once before it stops unwanted call. There is no option such as pick up and hang up. The startup screen may not hiden in some senario, until I tap minimize in the menu. I return back to Call SMS Blocker even it is not quite finger friendliness and not easy to view the call log in TF3D.

Question how it works
Plz tell how these apps work:
The calling side hears like my phone is not available or he hears couple of rings and then like i hang up on purpose?

Check it out here

Try Photo Contacts Pro 5.11 but again, it's not free.

Emergency incoming calls while silent

Hi everybody,
I'm looking for some software that will allow people to contact me in emergencies while my phone is on silent/vibrate mode. For example, I'd like to be able to let some people know they can send my phone an SMS with specific keywords and make it ring even when in silent mode (e.g. when I'm asleep). I can do that with phoneAlarm. However, a better option would be programming the phone that if someone calls more than 3 times within a period of X minutes while the phone is silent, the 4th call would ring.
Any ideas how I can do that? I tried to look it up but no results so far.

It is really a great idea, but I am afraid such software hasn't been born. In the near future, it may come true. If anyone else knows such thing, I would like to have a try, too.

Would it be an option to have a "white list" of people that can call you? For all others the phone is busy.

Any Call Blocking apps that actually dont let the phone ring?

I have tried several and all let the phone ring before identifying and blocking the caller, has no one found a hook to get in before the ringing starts and hold of a ring until the caller is identified?
Thanks

Have you tryed Magicall?
http://www.mobiion.com/magicall.html

jacare said:
Have you tryed Magicall?
http://www.mobiion.com/magicall.html
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Nope will contact them next. I have tried all the free apps out there and even registred one that I didnt find a demo for until its too late. All of the let the phone right for about 5 seconds, not exactly what I consider "call blocking". I contacted the one I purchased and here was their response.
Hello Richard,
SmartBlock uses two different ways to block incoming calls and SMS - one is
running at very low level of the system, so calls and SMS are blocked
unnoticeably as soon as they are received; while another runs at a higher
level that the phone may produce the first ring before a call or SMS is
rejected - in this later case the call may also be forwarded to the voice
mail, or produce the disconnect tone.
The program automatically chooses the one that works on your phone (low
level first then the higher one), the one that works is very much depending
on the OS on your phone, and there isn’t much we can do about it I'm
afraid.
Hope this explains the issue!
Best regards,
Bicheng Liu
Efficasoft Support
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I have to say Magicall works! Not a peep or vibration from my phone on a blocked call coming in. Thanks for the tip!

Does Magicall work on 6.5? I have been using Call SMS Blocker but if I am on a call when the blocked call comes in it kills the radio and puts the current call on hold. If I can quickly get back to the call status screen I can take the call off of hold if not it disconnects.

rsacipher said:
Does Magicall work on 6.5? I have been using Call SMS Blocker but if I am on a call when the blocked call comes in it kills the radio and puts the current call on hold. If I can quickly get back to the call status screen I can take the call off of hold if not it disconnects.
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For me my rule doesnt fire when I am on a call, but you should try the demo and find out for yourself. I am very happy with magicall.

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.

I have used Root call Blocker(Rooted user only) and its the only app where the calling party does not get to hear "User busy" which might give an impression that you intentionally disconnected the call. On the receiving end the phone will never ring.

ftgg99 said:
Call Master (for advanced users):
https://market.android.com/details?id=fahrbot.apps.blacklist
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+1 for call master, after a couple of duds, this one was good for me. not too advanced.

"SPC" or "private SMS & call" has a blacklist feature that will block calls and texts from numbers you put in to it.

Been thinking about one of these myself. Hmmmm
Can anyone say "Crazy ex-girlfriend"?

ftgg99 said:
These are the only blockers that completely block everything without turning the screen on. Need to be rooted though.
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Hmm I use afirewall https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lianyun.afirewall.inapp nowdays (this question is a couple years old). It works quite well, it also requires root. It also does not turn on the screen when performing a block.

Whare can I download Magicall.. Because your link doesn't work. Plz tell me.

Answers calls on watch even when i use the phone/handset to answer calls

I like the ability to answer a call on my watch, but it gets annoying when not in an area where that is beneficial. It defaults to answer on the watch regardless if i answer on the watch or handset. Anyone else experiencing this? Is there a way to disable it from automatically going to the watch every time.

bornthor said:
I like the ability to answer a call on my watch, but it gets annoying when not in an area where that is beneficial. It defaults to answer on the watch regardless if i answer on the watch or handset. Anyone else experiencing this? Is there a way to disable it from automatically going to the watch every time.
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I have same problem did you fined the answert

It still doesn't work 100% right but if you go into options and turn call forwarding off it seemed to help
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bornthor said:
I like the ability to answer a call on my watch, but it gets annoying when not in an area where that is beneficial. It defaults to answer on the watch regardless if i answer on the watch or handset. Anyone else experiencing this? Is there a way to disable it from automatically going to the watch every time.
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If my watch is connected to my phone via Bluetooth, then the watch will vibrate when there is a call, sms, email...and that is normal. If I use my watch as standalone device and don't want to be disturbed, the I put it into DND(do not disturb mode).

Sounds like yours is working properly. I'm sure it's a setting or something but mine wasn't doing that. Always answers on watch. No matter what. I don't mean button... I mean audio comes from watch when I'm holding my phone to my ear.
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This happens to me also, Nexus 5x with Gear S2 3g. It happens when answering a phone call on the phone, following a phone call answered from the watch. After the initial unintentional watch speakerphone occurrence my phone will function properly until the watch is used to answer the next call. Then the process starts over again. The watch needs to only play the audio if I answer the call on it but apparently it defaults to the last device used for audio when calls come in. At least the audio will stay coming out the phone until the watch is used again to answer a call. Very annoying...

Call Screening Duration to Mark as Spam

When I'm screening a call and the caller hangs up, I only have a split second to hit the red button to report it as spam. Does anyone know how to extend the length of time for that button to stay on the screen? I'm assuming that when you hit that button it reports it to Google to gather data, but will log-pressing on a caller in the history and selecting Block/report spam provide the exact same results?

It doesn't happen every time but a few calls have triggered a notification that has a block and report as SPAM button for me. Not sure what causes that to trigger but it isn't happening consistently.
I've used the call screen a few times but the intro text is too long and the calls nearly always end immediately after the bot is finished talking. Neat feature but I think it would actually be more useful for answering calls when you can't talk like in a meeting at work or on a loud bus/train or something.

fury683 said:
I've used the call screen a few times but the intro text is too long and the calls nearly always end immediately after the bot is finished talking. Neat feature but I think it would actually be more useful for answering calls when you can't talk like in a meeting at work or on a loud bus/train or something.
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I usually only use it when the caller ID shows up as "spam likely" and every time, they hang up before the bot finishes. It brings me joy, but I haven't needed to mark as spam because of it.
I did try it a couple times with real callers (a doctor's office and a customer service person), and they both started to identify themselves, allowing me to connect to the call before they hung up. It's GREAT!

Pressing the button only sends a message to the caller to remove you from their list. I'd definitely report/block after the call
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