[Q] Call Management Application - General Questions and Answers

Hi,
I am after some suggestions how I can work with this scenario posed to me today -
I want to be able to divert phone calls from Phone 1 (Android) to Phone 2 (Nokia) but only for a set number of seconds.
I do not want the call to end up on Phone 2's voicemail but to return back to Phone 1's voicemail if possible.
Has anyone experienced this requirement before , can it be done - I have started looking at Android Call Management apps but there are a lot of them!
Thanks

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I want to record phone calls

First some stats:
MODEL = NEXUS S
ANDROID VER: 4.0.4
BASEBAND VERSION:I9020AUCKJ1
KERNAL=3.0.8-G6656123 [email protected] #1
BUILD # IMM76D
Rooted=Yes Busybox=yes Adobe Air=yes
Problem: This phone will not record phone calls (both incoming and outgoing) yes I know the legal stuff
Downloaded Totalrecall S2, selected record both in/out, ran the auto tests nothing recorded.
Changed ROM to MIUI because someone told me MIUI supports call recording.
Also shuting down and booting up takes a long time (30 sec at least) I tried changing dalvik.vm.heapsize from 128m to 32m as per a suggestion only and it refused to boot.
So boys and girls these are my problems. Can anyone fix 'em?
Chris
u cant record on nexus s, ive been trying to search for an option since i got my phone, all futile efforts
they pretty much block this on all phones now.
my old sony erricsons could do this and let me tell you it helped me with a ****ty real estate agent and another person who was hassling me.
BEST way to record calls now is use google voice
I havent done it from my nexus s because i have it set up with my regular number but i would think if i ran the GVoice through the web client with my number as the callback and then made a phone call it would still give the option to record by hitting "4" on call pickup

What is Best Auto Call Answering Machine S/w For Android ?

Hello Everyone,
I have Star x18i Mobile with android installed on it, i did search alot of applications and used and really like most of them, now what is my issue i m not able to find any suitable auto call answer machine software,
There are many software of auto answering machine which send message to unknown number calls as soon any call come,,,,
What i want is i get alot of wrong calls each day, i dont know who is calling maybe friend or romour, and i not want to talk to them directly so i m looking for software to install into my mobile which do following main functions :
1. When unknown number call comes, my phone auto pick the call and play an audio file which i will select or built-in in software to that person and record the phone call as well, Audio i will use will be something like that ( Person you are calling is busy please record your msg person will get back to you ) when ever an unknown number call come i want to play sound and record so later i can listen who that person was calling me, if any known person then i will contact them otherwise will block them number....
That is the simple thing like software i want, Please tell me if anyone know any of that type software ? again please i not want sms reply software, i want to play sound to that person auto and record voice....
Hope someone will guide be better.
Thanks allot in Advance
rayice said:
Hello Everyone,
I have Star x18i Mobile with android installed on it, i did search alot of applications and used and really like most of them, now what is my issue i m not able to find any suitable auto call answer machine software,
There are many software of auto answering machine which send message to unknown number calls as soon any call come,,,,
What i want is i get alot of wrong calls each day, i dont know who is calling maybe friend or romour, and i not want to talk to them directly so i m looking for software to install into my mobile which do following main functions :
1. When unknown number call comes, my phone auto pick the call and play an audio file which i will select or built-in in software to that person and record the phone call as well, Audio i will use will be something like that ( Person you are calling is busy please record your msg person will get back to you ) when ever an unknown number call come i want to play sound and record so later i can listen who that person was calling me, if any known person then i will contact them otherwise will block them number....
That is the simple thing like software i want, Please tell me if anyone know any of that type software ? again please i not want sms reply software, i want to play sound to that person auto and record voice....
Hope someone will guide be better.
Thanks allot in Advance
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Is is truly unbelievable to me that in this day and age such an essential phone function could have been overlooked! I have been searching for days and days and found NOTHING or got stupid responses such as "use Google" (Online only, uses Data and for US Citizens only) or "use voicemail" (expensive cellular provider subscription add-on)... I mean, come on! When even the cheapest home phones can be gotten with built in answering machines, how come this essential feature is nowhere to be seen on android phones?
What's the deal, what's the technical hangup, what's the problem? Can anyone explain the REASON why there are NO call answering machine-like apps of any kind out there?
Old faithful said:
Is is truly unbelievable to me that in this day and age such an essential phone function could have been overlooked! I have been searching for days and days and found NOTHING or got stupid responses such as "use Google" (Online only, uses Data and for US Citizens only) or "use voicemail" (expensive cellular provider subscription add-on)... I mean, come on! When even the cheapest home phones can be gotten with built in answering machines, how come this essential feature is nowhere to be seen on android phones?
What's the deal, what's the technical hangup, what's the problem? Can anyone explain the REASON why there are NO call answering machine-like apps of any kind out there?
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Im looking for the same thing and can't find it too!
Here is my need. I have a business phone number and my personal cell phone number. All my customers should call me to my business number which I can set to auto-forward to my cell only at the time I want to. But some of my customers know my cell phone number and they keep having this bad habit of calling me on it instead of my business phone number.
I'm looking for a app that will be tracking in the background the caller id number of incoming calls, if the number is a on list of unwanted that I have set, it will auto-answer, play an audio file recorded by me (like: "Please dial 111-222-3333 to reach me, thanks you") and then hang-up.
I don't feel alone with the need of a solution like this. And there are apps that can auto-answer call according to the caller id and there are apps that can play audio in a call, I don't see why it could not be technically possible to combine both.
wow
can't belive it, i was looking for the same and found several threads like this one, that's sad
let's hope sth comes up
Yeah, I used to have this function on my old fliphone from way back in 2002! Also, on my Windows Mobile phones after that...
Exactly. My nokia flip from ages ago (ran symbian OS) has an app on it called "Advanced Answering Machine" or "Advanced Call Manager" or something similar.
I could set it up so that it would direct calls to different greetings depending on the caller ID. An example of this is, I wont accept calls from "unknown" or "blocked" etc numbers. ACM/AAM would handle this perfectly. It would answer the phone, play the Telstra (thats a telco in australia) message "the number you have called is not available from this service." twice, then hang up. Later on I found out I was missing some important calls (the message confused some people such as the landlord who had a blocked number) so I changed it to "I do not accept calls from blocked numbers. To unblock your number, dial 1831 in front of your number. It wont cost you any more". This fixed the problem.
It was also programmed to answer calls after 30 seconds of ringing and play a standard greeting then take a message.
It was a very versatile program. I could (for example) divert certain calls to a party line if I didnt want calls from that particular number; however I didnt, as the diverted leg would cost me a fortune.
Its a shame on these advanced handsets today that such a simple, commonly available on landline phones, feature is not available. I can control televisions, fly remote controlled toys and vapourize components with a big bank of capacitors over bluetooth using my phone, yet it cant perform a simple answering machine function.
From what I hear the API that handles these functions is not directly accessable to developers; probably because "malware" could hook in and dial high priced premium calls and rack up huge bills all the while the phone owner not knowing until the monthly account comes in.
I did see one answerphone somewhere but it utilised the speaker so if it took a call (for example while your at the pub) the caller would not hear your greeting, or on the train everyone around you would hear your greeting and then the callers message, so not very practical. It would NOT work properly while the phone was on mute.
xperia phones come with buit-in answering machine feature. or use jail broken iphone and u have half a dozen apps which can do it.
unfortunately in android noway.. even if u r rooted.. no way

[Q] iBlackList Android Alternative

Hi Guys,
Firstly i apologise if this has been asked before, but i did search and the only results i returned were no way detailed enough.
Ok so the only Android Device i currently have is a Nexus 7. Its very good. i really like android. For my mobile phone i currently use an iphone 4S. im due an upgrade soon and iv decide that im gonna go android ios has just had it for me. it takes too long between jailbreaks and really the only benefit of getting the latest iphone is they hold there value pretty well.
So i was looking towards the S4 or something similar. However before i do this there are certain requirements i need to ensure will follow me to the new device. This is on Ios an app called "iblacklist"
as the name suggests its a call / text blacklisting app. I have seen call blacklisting apps on android but as i am unable to test i cant be certain they have the exact same features as im use to. these would be.
1.Ability to create a blacklist
2.Chose to block calls or texts / MMS or all 3
3.The ability to have discreet notification to show a call block has been actioned like a slight vibrate. (I dont want a whacking notification across my screen saying call blocked etc)
4.I want to be able to chose the result of the blocked call e.g. the caller will be presented with (voicemail / keeps ringing / cuts straight off)
5.Ability to block any number not in my phonebook
6.Ability to block any unknown or withheld numbers
If anyone uses a similar app on android id appreciate your input.
Sorry if this seems lazy i just dont want to take the dive into android unless this app is 100% available and at the moment i have no way of testing all the so called call blocker apps offered in the playstore or anywhere else for that matter.
try to use Extreme Call Blocker

[Q] Xoom MZ601 - USSD Disable Telephony

Hi all,
First let me say that you're making awesome things possible with such an old device (bit weird to say that about a 3 yrs old tablet ) Many thanks for all your efforts!
Either with current Omnirom and CM11 my Xoom is receiving voice calls. Regrettably the provider is not able to route calls just to one specific device (got three SIM in total as part of my contract). I can set mute for incoming calls, but the device is for my parents in law. So I'm not that interested in showing them all phone numbers that try to reach me...I could pay some money to get a data-only SIM, but then I could also use the money to buy a new device^^
I have already tried the following to solve it
- removing the Dialer apk -> no voice call button anymore, but it is still ringing
- added lines to build.prop ("ro.telephony.disable-call=true" & hw.nophone=true) -> without any effect, had expected to have WiFi only
So far I understood that EOS 4.2.2 had a USSD mod to activate the telephony function. That means to me the device did not receive calls without this mod. Did something fundamentally change to the telephony implementation in Android versions >4.2.2 or is there a similiar way to deactivate it in CM/OMNIROM? I think they made changes to the framework-res.
Please do not understand this question as a request to the community to program something, but I would like to know if there is a chance to get it fixed (even with some or much learning effort )
Regards
frt

some phone callers are always reaching disconnected message to my phone

I am looking for some information regarding a problem I am experiencing with my phone, I have 3 questions regarding it. I have stated them at the end of this lengthy post.
My phone is zte grand x2 model z850 and android build is 5.1, carrier is pcmobile in Canada.
The problem is that my android phone seems to work OK and receives calls correctly, but my doctor office, hospial booking office, and phones belonging to my workplace receive a tone followed by some type of reaching a disconnected number. My phone calling log shows no record of calls being received to phone.
The troubleshooting steps are sent email to pcmobile and received response to do a battery reset, pull out battery and sim card for at least one minute and reinstall. If it doesn't work call their customer support and get put through to tech support.
That did not work. Call to the tech support says that all 0:00 second calls end in response to some type of code (mentioned a specific code but I forget) and that it means my phone is responsible. She said android phones allow for rejecting calls based on various categories like toll free originating and such. And that the phones calls not getting through likely belong to a category I have blocked. She mentions just goto phone menu, settings, and something like call block, call reject and I will most likely find something there. If that doesn't work to do a backup and factory reset. To do that she says I need to call zte for help as she isn't allowed to help with it.
My zte phone interface only shows call barring settings with a few things like all incoming or incoming roaming, outgoing or outgoing roaming and that is it.
However it is possible that I came across via a web search a USSD code to ban telemarketers and used it. I just don't no what code it was or even if I did such a thing.
Anyway I called back their customer service to maybe get further help and had specific phone numbers and times of calls that were rejected by disconnected number messages from my workplace. To see if the problem could be isolated at my phone as a reason or maybe in the network somewhere. And was also wanting to know how I can unset the call reject if I have no interface to do it or undo it. Maybe even get confirmation that the noted calls are actually making it to my phone or getting dropped in the network. The new customer support first asked if it was a ported number and since it was, he checked with someone to see if it was a problem. The porting people said all calls were routed correctly through to my phone, but the customer support guy said there was no way to verify if my specific noted calls were included.
He mentions their tech support did not help with actual phone troubles, but he suggested I get another sim card and phone and use them in varios combinations with my phone and sim to get the working/ not working situations and isolate the problem. This I have not done yet as it seems like a lot of expense and jumping through hoops trying to fix a problem that seems like it should be able to be verified in a phone setting log somehow. He refused to put me through to tech support when I said I wanted him to anyway.
My emails with zte have them requesting I do a backup and factory reset, if that doesn't work then try a new sim card, if that doesn't work then book my phone for a repair with them.
So my question number 1 is:
Is there a USSD code that allows me to see settings or logs of such a call reject being used. I have tried *35**# which is supposed to show "incoming call barring" and it responds "Call barring Service has been disabled." My phone user interface doesn't provide for this as best as I can tell.
My question number 2 is:
What is the USSD code that I might have used to try and reject telemarketers which might issue tones that might indicate a disconnected number. I'm thinking this is the most likely reason for my troubles. I have been unsuccessful google searching for what I may have done. I find info on various USSD codes at this forum and elsewhere. But I'm not finding anything specific to help. I thought the *35**# would have helped but it doesn't. It is very possible I did do something like this with a USSD code which is causing my trouble.
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Part 2 of this question is what would be the USSD codes to see the status or to unset such a thing.
My question number 3:
If there is no way to set status or see the status of call barring and rejecting logs or settings of the phone. If I do a phone reset, how is it possible that it could be the sim card instead. Does the sim card actually store call rejecting and barring settings as well.
Part of troubleshooting this involves me contacting third parties such as work, doctor, or hospital and asking them to try and call me and if not successful contact me someway else and tell me it was unsuccessful. I really doubt any of them want to do this for me more than once or twice. So I'm trying to gather info and limit my number of attempts. It would be real useful to be able to look up logs or settings somehow.
Would anyone know if the effect of *77 being used is that the caller experiences reaching a disconnected number. Or what do they usually experience.
In web searching possible codes I may have used, I came across the *77 code to reject anonymous callers. The *87 would be to unreject such a setting. Is there a method to check the current setting of either on or off somehow.
I am unable to test the specific phones getting the message of reaching a disconnected number. I will however have better access to one of the phones in three weeks time to see if *87 fixes my troubles.

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