Block incoming numbers (phone

This is the 21st Century and the iPhone is 1,000,000 times more powerful than computers of 40 years ago.
WHY can I not block incoming calls, ignore them etc? WHY can I not block incoming spam text messages?
I can do this on email and other services. The hardware of the iPhone is totally capable of keeping and obeying a Black List of numbers I enter.
Is there a Reason that Apple refuse to give us this feature? Are they intent on forcing us to accept spam? This makes Apple look really bad.
Are there ANY 3rd party Apps (or Hacks even!) which can do this?
email me if you can't post answers here

Even if you employ a blacklist, the phone would still ring/vibrate once and you'd still have the numbers in your recent calls list. Blacklisting on the device itself just uses the caller id information to check against the blacklist before dropping the call, so it has to allow the call to initially connect to get the caller id information.
The only way to get a call to not even connect at all is for the carrier to block it at their switches. AT&T offers this in the USA, for a fee (their parental controls package), and I'm sure any carrier could offer it through a web interface on your account web page, but none seem to be willing to set it up or incur the expense to support it.
You can globally disable not only the ring sound, but also vibrate, but then you will never know when you get a call at all (I have my ring/silent switch set up like that for meetings, so I am not interrupted at all). The silent ring tone idea (just google for one, there are several hits to download from) in a contact list of those numbers you don't want to answer works too.
If you want the option to dump those numbers directly to voice mail, you can suggest it to Apple - http://www.apple.com/feedback/ and maybe they'll include it in a future iOS release.

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i recently tried blocking incoming calls that are not in my phone book and the result was that my pin code has been blocked. does any one have an idea of how i should go about it?
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That depends which phone he/she is using... this is in the phones section, not the smartphones, so I had assumed that software such as that would not be appropriate lol
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Block incoming calls

how to block incoming calls on iphone

They really need an App .. native or not to block calls. I have tried with my provider and they offer a blocking service .. but only if the caller is advertising thier number. Therfore I can not block unknown or blocked numbers from calling me! These are the ones I really need to block... My wifes phone is one digit off mine .. last night at 3:30am we get called by a blocked number at the same time and of course .. no one on the other end... robocallers should be illegal.
If your in Canada I would suggest filing a complaint to the CRTC on the abuse of unknown/blocked numbers and our inability to block or even report them. I can only file a report if I have a phone number displayed I sent in my complaint this morning to them after finding out Rogers had no way for me to prevent these phone calls.

Blocking incoming calls

Good Afternon. Would someone please explain the 10 phone number limit for blocking incoming calls? I have used Vonage [which has no limit] Optimum on line [100 limit] Time Warner [30 limit and it cleared the list every 90 days] Fios only offers me 10 ? Are you aware of the problem with telemarketers? I don't think so. I'd like Fios to be more proactive in allowing me to defend the peace and quiet of my home, by expanding this area. It's quite pitiful compared to other vendors I have used, and it is the Main reason that I am not renewing my contract with Fios when we are done. Thank you.

*60 (Call Block) is the easiest way to block an incoming caller, however to my understanding only local, landline numbers can be blocked with *60. To use it, simply dial *60 and follow the prompts. But call Verizon first to set up a monthly subscription or you will be charged per use charges which can really add up.
A really great option which I have on my landline phone is called Do Not Disturb. You can make a list of up to 15 phone numbers which are the only people who can get through to you when you have DND turned on. (You can turn it on and off anytime you want through an 800 number.) NO other calls, including telemarketers, "unavailable" numbers, etc. can get through. If you have home voice mail you can choose to send the blocked calls to your voice mail so they can leave a message. Otherwise they will get a recording saying "The party you are calling does not wish to be disturbed at this time." There are also two other rejection messages you can choose.
Also you can choose a 4 digit pin to give to people you want to be able to get through but I have never used that option; I just put them on the "allowed numbers" list.

Blocked Incoming Calls & Hotmail Issue

First of all, I would like to thank JCG02 for answering my questions; this is my first time to use Iphone and use this communities. Acturally JCG02 was completely right, I should mark it as correct; I thought helpful was more accurate because the answer helped me....thank you very much.
Right now I got some other questions:
1. I found I got two missed blocked phone; but I did not block any incoming call, how did it happened and how I could remove the blocking function?
2. I would like to check my emails on my phone, I had two email addresses in the phone, how I manage them, so far, I could not read any emails on my phone yet and how to check different mail box if you have more than two email addresses?
Thank you very much

it just means someone has decided not to show his/her number when calling you. not much you can do about it. someone has done the same to me..although the number isn't blocked--they just don't say anything (started when I got my new number). contacted ATT and they said they can't block specific numbers so all you can do is answer it or ignore it really. hope an iphone update in the future will allow you to block certain numbers.

Why can't we block a certain phone # from calling our phone?

Verizon stated: when I asked?
Can I block an incoming number?
"Neither Verizon Wireless nor any other wireless provider is able to block specific numbers from your wireless phone; however, we are able to block all incoming calls. We strongly recommend that you utilize your Caller ID feature to screen your incoming calls. This way, you will be able to ignore unknown callers at your discretion. If the unwanted calls persist, we encourage you to change your wireless number."
REALLY??? THAT'S JUST ASSSSININE....
By the way, That statement is Not True, I know for a Fact that STRAIGHT TALK, of All Company's has that feature & it comes Standard... So what's up??? I don't get it???
The worst part is... the phone # calling me is: 000-000-0000 & the guy barely speaks english & keeps calling me about getting a loan to go to college. I have told him, 3 times a day when he calls, NO THANK YOU, PLEASE STOP CALLING ME, BUT HE WON'T. I bet I can't even block a 000-000-0000 number anyways. Yet, they can get away with calling me with it.????
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Hmm, what phone and what plan do you have? I thought you could get up to 5 numbers blocked for up to 90 days for free on each line. Can you just hit the END button when the call comes in to ignore it or send it straight to voicemail? At least that way you won't get charged minutes when the # calls you.
Or, put that in as a contact, and choose NO ringtone, or silent ringtone, so you won't even hear when the call comes in and it will eventually go to VM - you won't have to do anything.

Is there a way for my daughter or her friends to block their numbers from showing up on activities page. At first i could see them, as of yesterday i can no longer see the numbers in the activities page. But i do see that she has texted them when looking

Is there a way for my daughter or her friends to block their numbers from showing up on activities page. At first i could see them, as of yesterday i can no longer see the numbers in the activities page. But i do see that she has texted them when looking at her phone.

First of all, there is no need to put the entire text of your post into the title of your thread.
Next, does your daughter have an iPhone? Do her friends have iPhones? If the answer to both questions is "yes", then it is possible she is not texting them, but using iMessage to communicate with them. iMessages will not show up in the texting traffic on a line as they are not texts, but messages sent thru Apple's servers.
For all "texts" to show up in the texting activity of an iPhone, you must disable iMessage on the device. Any messages sent as iMessages(blue bubbles around the text) on an iPhone will not show up in any texting activity.

How can we block a wireless phone number?

We use fios tv/internet/phone package and recently almost every day we got 2 or 3 times phone calls from the same wireless phone number we do not know. When we pick up the phone to answer, the caller makes no sounds and we have to hang up. It is very annoying. Is there a way that we can block this person phone number so that he/she can not bother us anymore?

THere is a service you can subscribe to, not sure what the name is right now, but if you call the billing office and tell them you are getting harrasing calls, they can put a block on it.
Some of the services like FiOS digital voice, the Hub or I think the old IOBI let you block up to 5 or so numbers so it shouldn't be a big deal.

Blocking incoming collect calls

Hi,
This was asked by one of my students. Can anyone help answer it?
"I would like to block incoming collect calls in the voice gateway,
but I'm using R2 digital E1. I need to check the destinations numbers, and depends of the number, It’ll accept or reject the collect calls.
On the last PVT of Unified communications in Brazil, some people commented of to do this block do with TCL scripts with Double-Answer, but I don’t know much about TCL script."
Thanks, Janine

Janine,
if i understand your requirement correctly..you can reject the call using translation rule and mapping to dial-peer.
Reject call on voice router
voice translation-rule 100
rule 1 reject /xxxxxxxxxx/
voice translation-profile reject
translate calling 100
voice-port x/x/x:23
translation-profile incoming reject
First, create a translation rule that will identify the incoming call:
voice translation-rule 100
rule 1 reject /2124290000/
rule 2 reject /4089988472/
voice translation-profile call_block_profile
translate calling 100
dial-peer voice 111 pots
incoming called-number .
call-block translation-profile incoming call_block_profile
call-block disconnect-cause incoming invalid_number
Then place that translation profile into your inbound dial-peer. It you don't have one defined, create one using the incoming called-number dial-peer command, as so:
The call-block command allows the gateway to give a disconnect message rather than just a fast busy.

How to block incoming call on iphone

how to block incoming call on iphone

Contact your carrier & see if they offer call blocking...some do, some don't. There is no other way to block calls on any cell phone.

Blocking incoming email

How do I block incoming email from someone I do not wish to continue receiving emails from, I am using my home computer, not a cell phone.

From your Inbox page, go to Preferences>>>>>>Email>>>>>>Email Filters. There you can set up a filter to either re-direct incoming email or just discard it so you never see it.

Block incoming anonymous calls

Hi,
I'm trying to block incoming blocked/unknown/anonymous callers over a sip trunk? I've creaed a translation rule and applied it:
voice translation-rule 5000
rule 1 reject /^$/
voice translation-profile CallBlock5000
translate calling 5000
dial-peer voice xxxx voip
call-block translation-profile incoming CallBlock5000
call-block disconnect-cause incoming invalid-number
To try it out, I'm dialing (from a normal/off network cell and landline) *67 and then the number. This does not work; only if I match the exact number I'm calling from, then it does get blocked.
When I show sip calls during the *67 call I see the calling number is blank.
Calling Number :
When I show sip calls during the regular call, I see the proper Calling Number.
As I understand it, with Call Manager and phones running SCCP, I cannot enable/use anonymous call blocking; so I do have to enforce the call blocking policy at this gateway device (UC520).
I'm very new to Cisco voice, so sorry I'f I'm missing something obvious. Thanks in advance!

Thanks, I tried the rule--still private gets through.
*Feb 14 21:52:37.457: //394/0B18CF2B8382/SIP/Msg/ccsipDisplayMsg:
Sent:
SIP/2.0 100 Trying
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 207.2.123.180:5060;branch=z9hG4bK71b5401f596084541bb0894ae16bbbc8
From: ;tag=3538245046-512161
To: [email protected](CUBE external IP)>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:52:37 GMT
Call-ID: [email protected]
CSeq: 1 INVITE
Allow-Events: telephone-event
Server: Cisco-SIPGateway/IOS-12.x
Content-Length: 0
*Feb 14 21:52:37.457: //395/0B18CF2B8382/SIP/Msg/ccsipDisplayMsg:
Sent:
INVITE sip:[email protected](UCMBE IP):5060 SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP yy.yy.yy.yy(UC500/CUBE IP)>;:5060;branch=z9hG4bK2B4F4E
Remote-Party-ID: [email protected](UC500/CUBE IP)>;party=calling;screen=no;privacy=full
From: "anonymous" ;tag=4C78DEC-1E4B
To: [email protected]>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:52:37 GMT
Call-ID: [email protected]
Supported: 100rel,timer,resource-priority,replaces,sdp-anat
Min-SE: 1800
Cisco-Guid: 0186175275-1452085729-2206375728-3952970709
User-Agent: Cisco-SIPGateway/IOS-12.x
Allow: INVITE, OPTIONS, BYE, CANCEL, ACK, PRACK, REFER, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY, INFO, REGISTER
CSeq: 101 INVITE
Timestamp: 1329256357
Contact:
Expires: 180
Allow-Events: telephone-event
Max-Forwards: 69
Session-Expires: 3600;refresher=uac
Content-Type: application/sdp
Content-Disposition: session;handling=required
Content-Length: 246
v=0
o=CiscoSystemsSIP-GW-UserAgent 2063 472 IN IP4 yy.yy.yy.yy(UC500/CUBE IP)
s=SIP Call
c=IN IP4 yy.yy.yy.yy(UC500/CUBE IP)
t=0 0
m=audio 19566 RTP/AVP 0 101
c=IN IP4 192.168.20.5
a=rtpmap:0 PCMU/8000
a=rtpmap:101 telephone-event/8000
a=fmtp:101 0-15
a=ptime:20
*Feb 14 21:52:37.465: //395/0B18CF2B8382/SIP/Msg/ccsipDisplayMsg:
Received:
SIP/2.0 100 Trying
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:50:47 GMT
From: "anonymous" ;tag=4C78DEC-1E4B
Allow-Events: presence
Content-Length: 0
To: [email protected](UCMBE IP)>
Call-ID: [email protected]
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP yy.yy.yy.yy(UC500/CUBE IP):5060;branch=z9hG4bK2B4F4E
CSeq: 101 INVITE
*Feb 14 21:52:37.469: //395/0B18CF2B8382/SIP/Msg/ccsipDisplayMsg:
Received:
SIP/2.0 180 Ringing
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:50:47 GMT
Allow: INVITE, OPTIONS, INFO, BYE, CANCEL, ACK, PRACK, UPDATE, REFER, SUBSCRIBE, NOTIFY
From: "anonymous" ;tag=4C78DEC-1E4B

Blocking Inbound Numbers

What is the best pay to block inbound numbers on CCM 4.1(3)SR1. For example, we have this one particuler number that is probably a computer generated number that keeps calling. When we pickup no one is there.
Where can this be filtered? Thanks!

If your PSTN provider can block it there are some advantages. First you don't have to do it, second even though you can, it does tie up a channel coming into your gateway for the time it takes to reach CallManager and reject it. If it is a computer generated call, it could be making several at a time and could result in a sort of DOS on the gateway. Other than that, you could route it to non-existant phone or I think use a route filter. I would also setup reporting on it to verify the block is working.
Terry

Ip3g applications to block unwanted numbers ----- iblacklist/mcleaner

hey all i was wondering if anyone had any insight on any applications that would block unwanted numbers. im getting alot of calls that i need to block and i dont want to change my number. i recently got att smart limits which allows to block up to 15 numbers but i was looking for an application i could mamange right from the iphone itself. are there any simple ones from the app store?
i would like to know from experience which program iblacklist or mcleaner is more effective and stopping unwanted calls and is user friendly.
thanks in advance!

They may charge but if you don't get friends calling and just people who know the previous owner calling constantly, you could choose another number.
My phone rang constantly with foreign voice messages wanting the previous owner's money so I went to AT&T and got the number changed pretty easily to an unpopular number and only get the wrong call only once in a blue moon now.

Block certain numbers

hello sir,
how can i block certain incoming numbers.....

You need to use 3rd party application for that. There are many free as well as paid apps are available in the app world.
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