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[App] Root Call Blocker needs testers

Hello guys, im the developer of Root Call Blocker, an advanced call and SMS blocking app for rooted phones.
The app's home is here at XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051274
We have had multiple reports that blocking is not working sometimes on the American sammy phones, so we need some nice people to do some testing.
You can use the Groups function of the Lite version to do the testing - it gives you almost everything youd want from the app anyway.
Please post comments here, but also use the "Write to us" dialog in settings.

This is great, my bug with calls comng through sometimes when call waiting with more than 1 number was fixed in 165! Thanks a lot!

Enjoy... and remember, an update is always just around the corner!

Could you guys please test the following behavior for me:
1. How the app behaves when a blocked number attempts to connect during call waiting
2. How a blocked caller is handled when "Dont answer" is set as the reject method and you are currently on the phone and have not enabled blocked call vibrate notifications within the app itself
Dont forget to send logs with descriptions as well.

Come on people, i really need some feedback on this!

Come on guys - feedback will help me help you!

Awesome, working perfectly here thanks. Dont thing ive ever had issues with this app (maybe once had to do a manual license check)...

Thanks, could you please test the behavior i described above? Its very important!

Guys, an update has been rolled out. It contains an important new workaround thast needs to be tested.
It may help those people who have data issues, especially on LTE enabled phones sometimes.
Please help me test this by installing the app, rebooting and waiting for data to return with the screen on. Please wait 3 minutes at least before sending logs via "Write to developer" in the app.
Dont forget to include a description. Thanks!

Working perfectly for me! Thanks, this is absolutely top class. Ive been using CM as well, great app too.

Enjoy. And dont forget that im always checking these threads, ao comments and suggestions are welcome!

Any issues to report?

Maybe found a bug... just maybe
This actually sort of saved my a$$ so not sure if I should list it as a bug or not LOL anyways I'm using Miui on a HTC Desire Z and I loaded my root blocker pro and added a password and put it in hidden mode. I always back up my blocking settings so I forgot how to load root blocker pro when it's hidden, so I went into the settings into manage applications, then I uninstalled root call blocker and re-installed it and said no to the restore, got into the setting and restored manually. Could be a security flaw, what do you think?

There is no way to prevent this other than taking your sd card out. Its an android flaw.

Yes, its a problem with android itself!

Any issues to report?

Not sure if it the app or not. I have an evo shift. Im using the free version and ever since i installed rcb i lose all service sometimes, data and phone. A reboot fixes it. Like i said i never had this problem before i installed rcb. On a lighter note it works great awesome app! I will be buying when i figure out if it rcb or not
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RCB will only interfere with data at first run, so it isnt the app. Bad radio, bad signal, pretty much lots of possible reasons...

Ok, i did find that it is blocking all picture mail(mms). Is there a setting to fix it?
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RCB will only interfere with data at first run, so it isnt the app. Bad radio, bad signal, pretty much lots of possible reasons...
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Ok, i did find that it is blocking all picture mail(mms). Is there a setting to fix it?
Here is a screenie of what it says
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[App][7.0+][PREV] Direct reply and Dismiss notification/drawer

Update: Looks like the behavior of the message style notification is not consistent across many Apps, this little tool may not be able to provide much enhancement after all. So, for now this project stays closed.
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Hey everybody!
If you're running Android Nougat, you might be often using the Direct Reply feature for responding messages right from Notification Drawer. Once you've replied, you're still right there in the notification drawer. May be that's where you want to be, or may be not:
So, here is an extremely small utility App that basically lets you customize the behavior of the 'Send' button on your replies.
See it in action in this short clip:
I am still experimenting with the functionality, thought it would be a good idea to show a preview to the community. Please let me know what you think about it. Also suggest me a easily recognizable name for the App

*reserved*

*reserved 2*

This is a great idea! Wish I had thought of it, will be very convenient. Any way for us to get it now to try out?

I like the name QuickDismiss, but maybe that's just me

How about DirectDismiss? Looks like a great app, looking forward to trying it out!

hi @jagan2
great and simple concept
i would like to suggest a simple name for the app "Send-x"

androidaholic11 said:
This is a great idea! Wish I had thought of it, will be very convenient. Any way for us to get it now to try out?
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Thank you! Unfortunately I don't have a Nougat device at the moment, so the testing will take a while, hopefully soon you will get to try.
NateSiegel said:
I like the name QuickDismiss, but maybe that's just me
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thesm4rt1 said:
How about DirectDismiss? Looks like a great app, looking forward to trying it out!
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reversegear said:
hi @jagan2
great and simple concept
i would like to suggest a simple name for the app "Send-x"
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Interesting suggestions, thanks.

Update: Looks like the behavior of the message style notification is not consistent across many Apps, this little tool may not be able to provide much enhancement after all. So, for now this project stays closed.

I like the idea but the implementation from android isn't good because most of the time you still have to open the app itself. Just want to give you an example.
If you get more than one message you cannot expand them in notification drawer (I know there was a xposed module for that, but we're talking about android 7 = no xposed (yet)). So you have to open the app to read all incoming messages.
If you answer to the message you were able to read in notification drawer the message gets dismissed. If you want to send another statement you again have to open the app itself.
If you could expand the messages, answer (as always after the last incoming message) and still be able not to dismiss the message would be a real improvement to the feature.

pdppdp said:
I like the idea but the implementation from android isn't good because most of the time you still have to open the app itself. Just want to give you an example.
If you get more than one message you cannot expand them in notification drawer (I know there was a xposed module for that, but we're talking about android 7 = no xposed (yet)). So you have to open the app to read all incoming messages.
If you answer to the message you were able to read in notification drawer the message gets dismissed. If you want to send another statement you again have to open the app itself.
If you could expand the messages, answer (as always after the last incoming message) and still be able not to dismiss the message would be a real improvement to the feature.
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Apparently, many Apps on Nougat are yet to implement proper notification creation for Nougat. For instance, WhatsApp just fixed it in their beta - https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5nt5ue/whatsapp_beta_21713_finally_fixes_notifications/

Question Best fully working Gestures app for MIUI13?

Have been a great fan of Vivid Navigation Gestures for years, until I switched over to Xiaomi 12S Ultra and realized I couldn't make it work despite disabling all battery optimizations & enabling all permissions. Which gestures app can work properly without it closing by itself after long lock periods, and allow me to disable the navbar?

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Have been a great fan of Vivid Navigation Gestures for years, until I switched over to Xiaomi 12S Ultra and realized I couldn't make it work despite disabling all battery optimizations & enabling all permissions. Which gestures app can work properly without it closing by itself after long lock periods, and allow me to disable the navbar?
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all of them can do it you just need to know what to change in miui settings.
I use FNG.
* disable miui battery optimization
* enable autostart
* go to apps -> system app settings -> security -> boost speed -> lock apps (enable fng)
* pull down notification shade and switch to toggles, click on the edit icon. drag the fng toggle to your "added toggles"
in the rare case where FNG is shut down you can just pull down the toggles shade disable enable it and you're back in business.

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I have already done all these but VNG still shuts down way too often ( I have to re-enable maybe >10x a day). Any other settings I'm missing?

any thoughts?

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Try FNG instead. I got max 3 restarts a day

3 a day is still a lot. Is there any gestures app that has a no-kill notification service?

In addition, that app was not maintained since 2019

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3 a day is still a lot. Is there any gestures app that has a no-kill notification service?
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3 is better than 10, I don't know why it happens. If you are rooted you can try making this an admin app. Maybe that will prevent it from restarting

is there any easy way to root the phone without bricking it? Thank you.

This is the solution. Need to stop Miui from closing app.
Swipe up and hold to enter app tabs. Press and hold on FNG, then press the lock icon.
This stops the system from closing.

as shown in screenshots above, locking it doesn't prevent auto-close by system.

dylansmith said:
as shown in screenshots above, locking it doesn't prevent auto-close by system.
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I'm using FNG, and mine hasn't closed once since locking for 1 week now.

jiggyho said:
I'm using FNG, and mine hasn't closed once since locking for 1 week now.
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Oh I forgot to mention I'm on Xiaomi.eu rom.

can I port to eu ROM while maintaining all my apps, configs, settings?

No. It may be a different ROM branch and may have different partition differences as well as system apps being non Chinese versions. You might find it just boot loops if you do.
Just make sure you back everything in Google back up and have it set for auto restore and most settings and apps will get put back on with settings via the Google back up after you configure the Google account once flashed and formatted.

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Finally I think I found a way to make FluidNG working without any breaks. Just use tasker and create a task that FluidNG (or your favourite gesture app) starts when you unlock your screen. Second: launch app "go to home screen". That's it. Working for a few days perfectly.

How reliable is Android Permissions Controller?

I have never used the Permissions Controller timeline to view when apps accessed something on my device. That's because I have taken time to configure permissions for every single app on my device, and assumed Android would ensure that apps are forced to adhere to my settings.
But then I saw this news today:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1654856617723301888
I wanted to check if something of this sort is happening on my device too. And yes, it turns out to be true in my case:
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Background access is NOT allowed under permissions:
Why did Android allow Meet to use my Camera in the background?​

TheMystic said:
I have never used the Permissions Controller timeline to view when apps accessed something on my device. That's because I have taken time to configure permissions for every single app on my device, and assumed Android would ensure that apps are forced to adhere to my settings.
But then I saw this news today:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1654856617723301888
I wanted to check if something of this sort is happening on my device too. And yes, it turns out to be true in my case:
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Background access is NOT allowed under permissions:
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Why did Android allow Meet to use my Camera in the background?​
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Another thing, there isn't even an option to "allow" Meet to use the camera in the background.

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Another thing, there isn't even an option to "allow" Meet to use the camera in the background.
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I will keep checking the timeline every now and then going forward.
I have set Knock Knock to OFF. So I really can't think of any good reason why the app was allowed background access, and especially when such an option doesn't even exist as you said.
This Knock Knock feature is another configuration that exposes Google's hypocrisy. First of all, there is absolutely no reason to keep it turned ON by default. Despite several complaints and feedback, Google has still kept that setting ON by default.
Unfortunately, most users aren't even aware of this stupidly named feature that doesn't actually 'knock' to get the users' permission to open up the camera.

TheMystic said:
I will keep checking the timeline every now and then going forward.
I have set Knock Knock to OFF. So I really can't think of any good reason why the app was allowed background access, and especially when such an option doesn't even exist as you said.
This Knock Knock feature is another configuration that exposes Google's hypocrisy. First of all, there is absolutely no reason to keep it turned ON by default. Despite several complaints and feedback, Google has still kept that setting ON by default.
Unfortunately, most users aren't even aware of this stupidly named feature that doesn't actually 'knock' to get the users' permission to open up the camera.
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Unfortunately, most users aren't even aware of this stupidly named feature that doesn't actually 'knock' to get the users' permission to open up the camera.
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Which feature are you referring to? The "Ask every time" one?

ethical_haquer said:
Which feature are you referring to? The "Ask every time" one?
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Looks like you don't use Meet.
This setting:
By default, if someone calls you on Meet, he/ she will automatically be able to see you/ what's happening at your end even before you answer/ don't answer.
What sort of a creep at Google thinks this setting should be ON by default?

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Looks like you don't use Meet.
This setting:
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By default, if someone calls you on Meet, he/ she will automatically be able to see you/ what's happening at your end even before you answer/ don't answer.
What sort of a creep at Google thinks this setting should be ON by default?
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I don't trust Google, so yeah I don't use their stuff. I'm really not surprised they have it on by default, sadly.

Question Google Phone: turn off answering by voice

Is there a way to disable the feature to answer calls by voice saying "answer"?
When receiving a call in full screen the "say answer" pill is covering the top of the screen
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thegios said:
Is there a way to disable the feature to answer calls by voice saying "answer"?
When receiving a call in full screen the "say answer" pill is covering the top of the screen
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It's in Accessibility Settings/Voice Access

Also maybe consider blurring the number and name? Just saying.

Turned off but pill is still there

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When receiving a call in full screen the "say answer" pill is covering the top of the screen
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As a friendly FYI, you may want to edit your pic to remove your personal information for safety and privacy concerns.
-Regards: Badger50

You can turn off quick phrases for incoming calls to disable this. Go to Google Assistant settings and look for "Quick Phrases" and turn of the toggle for "Incoming Calls"

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It's in Accessibility Settings/Voice Access
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Turned off but pill is still there

craigacgomez said:
You can turn off quick phrases for incoming calls to disable this. Go to Google Assistant settings and look for "Quick Phrases" and turn of the toggle for "Incoming Calls"
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OK, problem solved by turning off quick phrases fo incoming calls in assistant settings. yet, if I would like to use this feature I will have to live with the pill covering top of the incoming screen :-(
Can someone confirm this?

thegios said:
OK, problem solved by turning off quick phrases fo incoming calls in assistant settings. yet, if I would like to use this feature I will have to live with the pill covering top of the incoming screen :-(
Can someone confirm this?
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Yes, that is correct. This overlay is part of the Google Assistant Quick Phrases functionality.
I don't know why the overlay overlaps the caller details on your device because I don't have that issue. It's pretty non-intrusive on my device with the overlay displayed in the empty space between the call details and the caller photograph.

craigacgomez said:
Yes, that is correct. This overlay is part of the Google Assistant Quick Phrases functionality.
I don't know why the overlay overlaps the caller details on your device because I don't have that issue. It's pretty non-intrusive on my device with the overlay displayed in the empty space between the call details and the caller photograph.
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That's indeed really strange... Which version of phone app do you have?

I have
Phone: 106.0.534575879-publicbeta-pixel2022
Assistant: 0.1.474378801

thegios said:
That's indeed really strange... Which version of phone app do you have?
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The latest stable versions available...
Phone by Google 105.0.534907370
Google Play Services 23.16.13
Google App 14.20.11.29.arm64

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The latest stable versions available...
Phone by Google 105.0.534907370
Google Play Services 23.16.13
Google App 14.20.11.29.arm64
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Then it could be my beta version. Lemme try

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The latest stable versions available...
Phone by Google 105.0.534907370
Google Play Services 23.16.13
Google App 14.20.11.29.arm64
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So, I have opted out of all beta apps and now I have
Google Phone 105.0.5349... (same as you)
Google Play Service 23.17.17 (newer than you)
Google App 14.20.11.29 (same as you)
And I am still getting the pill on top and not in the center.
I have also tried different screen setting, to no avail.
Do you have a Pixel 7 or 7 PRO?

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So, I have opted out of all beta apps and now I have
Google Phone 105.0.5349... (same as you)
Google Play Service 23.17.17 (newer than you)
Google App 14.20.11.29 (same as you)
And I am still getting the pill on top and not in the center.
I have also tried different screen setting, to no avail.
Do you have a Pixel 7 or 7 PRO?
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The screenshot I uploaded above is from a Pixel 7 Pro. But I also have it displayed in the same area on a Pixel 6a.

I really don't know what to say...

Does anything else (3rd party) have phone permissions, or perhaps contacts?
Maybe there's something messing around with the stock overlay...

Don't know, is there s way to find all apps with overlay permission?
Even the alarm displays the pill on top

thegios said:
Don't know, is there s way to find all apps with overlay permission?
Even the alarm displays the pill on top
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Yep, if you go to Settings -> Apps -> Special App Permissions -> Display Over Other Apps, you can get a full list of any requested and currently enabled.
This should be a pretty small set, particularly any phone app(s), typically only one or possibly a couple of helper apps, that you really trust, IME/IMO.
I tried this on my P7P, and I also do NOT see this issue (I have only 1 current phone-perms app, the Google phone app).