Kudos to Verizon for Blocked Contacts Updates

I wanted to say "thank you" to Verizon for updating the "Blocked Contacts" section so that we can now block calls from international numbers and other non-standard numbers, and are no longer limited to blocking the traditional ###-###-#### number format.
If they would increase the amount of available block from 20 to perhaps 50, that would really make my day!

I am subscribed to Usage Controls. Once you subscribe to Usage Controls and are on your Usage Controls dashboard, click on "Add Blocks". Check the box next to "Name", and enter a name that designates the caller that you want to block (for example, "International Caller 1"). In the box below next to "Contact Info", enter the international number. According to the website, international numbers will need to include the international dialing prefix, country code, city code (area code) and local number. (Eg. 011-52-443-123-4567 or 00-46-340-1234-5678). Finally, select "Domestic or International Number" from the drop-down box, and click the "Add" button.

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I am really upset at verizon for blocking port 25

I am very upset at verizon blocking port 25 ....
Now I can't send mail through email accounts that I have. (only support 25 for SMTP because they are normal)
!!!_)*_)*!_)*!_)*!+_(!+_+$+$(_&*_+!*#!
That is what I have to say about it.
There should be a law against a utility turning off a standard service. It is like the electric company all the sudden deciding they will only send DC. Now my appliances don't work.

Howard3 wrote:
I am very upset at verizon blocking port 25 ....
Now I can't send mail through email accounts that I have. (only support 25 for SMTP because they are normal)
!!!_)*_)*!_)*!_)*!+_(!+_+$+$(_&*_+!*#!
That is what I have to say about it.
There should be a law against a utility turning off a standard service. It is like the electric company all the sudden deciding they will only send DC. Now my appliances don't work.
All you need to do is to change the outgoing server on your non verizon accounts to
outgoing.verizon.net
Check the authentication box and enter your verizon mail userid and password under setting and in the advanced tab make the port 587
You've wasted more time in compiling the complaint than it would take you to fix the issue.

Kudos to Verizon

Kudos to Verizon for creating this forum for us customers to discuss our issues and kudos to all the admins and employees for their feedback and help.
So far, I am a very happy camper with FiOS.

Thank you so much for the kind words, ffrcoupe. Much appreciated.
Kathleen
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I am done with Verizon for their inability to update Android in a timely manner. When my contract is up, after 10 years, I am gone.

Verizon,
Nobody.. and I mean NOBODY is buying your crap. You don't update to the latest software in a timely manner. The entire planet has the KitKat update for Android and you don't under the guise of better experience. That is crap, everyone else can do it but you, you are inept.
Additionally, you are the most expensive by far and the guise of biggest network. I really don't care about the biggest network, I use a very small percentage of it so this is no excuse. AND if you are the biggest how come EVERY carrier can beat you on price and get updates out faster?
Your new tiered plans "Family Share" crap.
I do how you still charge me for data, voice, and text.. even though at the end of the day these are all just data packets across your network. I love being charged three times for the same service though.
You want to really be the best, then change your ways.. but I am done waiting around for you.. this contract ends and I am gone.

After 20 yes TWENTY YEARS being with Verizon I to am done with their cell phone business. I have had nothing but problems with my "new" Droid, which I was "steered" to by a tech who told me what I should have not what I chose, my weakness was to still trust the employee had the best interest of their customer at heart. Brewhahaha! Boy what a error that was on MY part. I got a phone that has been defective from the moment I turned it ON.
I first had home service with Verizon for many years...then wifi....then the bundle. Great, all I can say is as this company has grown, they have fallen apart on their customer service and their policies. Their nothing more than yet another CORPORATE mentality company whose bottom line is PROFIT.
My droid arrived, it would not hold a charge...it would not always take a preference I chose...it would change things on preferences on it's own (wondering if my phone is like that car in the movie "CHRISTINE") and was encouraged to keep using it, I just either didn't understand the "smart phone" ...or my age was allowing them to think I could no longer learn to use anything other than a rotary phone. One tech actually told me to take the battery out and reset the phone, hmmm...sure right and ruin the phone? RIGHT...who trains these people???
Verizon is no longer any resemblance of the once good company it just to be.
Today my day was horrible. (your just lucky I told blab on about the last three months dealing with them!)
Having just spent the majority of my day being transffered from one department to the next (seems they now have to transfer you if there is something as simple as adding an e mail to the order that was cancelled in error by the way to replace the lousy dysfunctional Droid I got) no one person can do what ever your account needs. Half way through my completely messed up day, I got so tired of this syrupy fake responses telling me to have a wonderful day and enjoy the rest of my day..and it was a pleasure to serve me.... after way to many transfers to other departments...they started sounding like they were recorded bots...or flight attendants. I just had to ask them if they served peanuts and cold drinks. HARD LIQUOR?
So now I am waiting for my "reburbished" droid. (again)..checked on why I had not gotten it...it was cancelled flagged by "fraud". WHATTT? Fourth time I have ordered something and this has happened, and no e mail asking me to contact them. I live in a senior gated community and they are trying to tell me "someone in your gated community attempted to commit fraud" so MY order gets flagged. (half the seniors in this gated community are half dead the others are either in Palm Springs or traveling...and the one who are slightly mobile...might not remember how to even get to the mail room .and back to their house..granted UPS requires I SIGN for the phone...but impossible since they flagged and did not send the phone out. So, here I sit, wondering after three months of dealing with these (not so funny) clowns and gain absolutely NO satisfaction, except to say....adios...when my contract ends. AT&T hopefully is better, but who knows..this phone situation may be the death of me yet..and in the end VERIZON will not longer have to waste their time or mine transferring me to try to get a 1. working phone 2. my order actually processed correctly 3. have to re-educate their techs.
I no longer TRUST Verizon, I no longer believe they have the interest of their customers at heart. (what heart?) and about the only thing I don't understand is they sell me a phone, then a package to buy time...but also $30.00 a month fee to connect to their lines? Shouldn't that rather come with the package deal??
Signed..done with Verizon squeezing me two ways to Sunday. I just hope some other company comes in with a plan to beat the socks off these top providers of cell services in the states...and I'd like to just sit back and watch the huge exodus of people leaving. The pickens are ripe to do just that.

A Suggestion to Verizon for better Smartphone cust. service re: updates

With all the angst and concern customers have over software updates (not just a WP7 issue - also Android, MeeGo etc - just not iOS), why not look at a simple and effective way to communicate the status and keep your customers happy. You don't need to make wild promises, break NDA's or worry about being held to ransom...just deliver some better customer engagement:
All you need to do is put up a SINGLE page for your Smartphone devices (WP7 included) and maintain a quick and easy 1-stop location for all the Software Updates being managed by Verizon.
Example from Aus Carrier:
So create the Update Table....listing Device / OS / Update version no. then...(examples based on WP7)
1. When an update is announced by an OEM or (more likely) Microsoft - please add it straight to the page!
2. Even just showing you are aware of it helps us (eg there are 2 updates post mango min.)
3. Use the version numbers that line up with the MS Update history - eg 7740 or 8107.
4. Then add a status for them, suggestions being:
     - Update XXXX - Not yet received from MS/OEM
     - Update XXXX - Received from MS/OEM - not yet in test.
     - Update XXXX - In Network testing.
     - Update XXXX - Not Approved - awaiting MS/OEM amendment.
     - Update XXXX - Approved, Scheduling Deployment
     - Update XXXX - Deployed (this should be staged over X period to all users, check via Zune PC client).
Bam! There you go - not to hard to manage, and deploy this for heaps of kudos and improved customer satisfaction!
Cheers,
Sheeds.

Some will tell you that Verizon is the worst when it comes to phone updates. Others will tell you that they are conservative and cautious - and that this is the best policy.
Frequently, Verizon likes to have "OEM" hardware made "not so original". This was a problem with Motorola in the past and a few other OEM manufacturers sold by Verizon. Online manufacturer updates would brick a Verizon phone, because there were some minor differences from phone to phone.
I just went through this exercise with Verizon and BlackBerry for several years. In 4 out of 5 RIM updates - it would take Verizon close to 6 months to release the update that was advertised on the RIM Website 6 months prior. This led to many visits to the CrackBerry Website where you could either download the update, remove a file, and load it to your phone at any time - regardless of whether it was a Verizon phone, or Sprint, or AT&T. There were also many times you could pick up a version update prior to even RIM hosting them! That was until RIM decided to make their tablet and stopped updating their phones! THAT was a good idea?
One of the things that allowed a BlackBerry User to load these upgrades with confidence was the simple fact that every upgrade - regardless of where you got it from, would call for a backup prior to switching phone versions. WP7 kinda does this now, but WP7 really needs backup on demand in a big way.
One of the BlackBerry drawbacks was that Verizon Technical Support would not support a phone if the OS version was higher than the one they were offering customers.. I had to call ** on that because any time you called Verizon BlackBerry Support, they would always tell you to reload the original OS anyway when they could not figure out how to fix a problem. The version you were running at the time really had nothing to do with getting your phone fixed. I also found that after a few months of use - it was pretty easy to troubleshoot problems. And for those problems that were unique - you could always hit a BlackBerry forum for advice.
Updates, upgrades, who delivers them, who supports them, etc. is always very sticky. It's even more sticky with a new OS as everyone wants feature improvements ASAP. Microsoft typically delivers some pretty clean updates to things like Windows, Office, hardware drivers, etc.. It may be easier to bark at MS about OTA or Website updates - rather than Verizon. Verizon has always been slow to release updates, regardless of phone and/or OS platform. I don't see that changing anytime soon and I REALLY don't see them changing their policies for just 1 model or type of phone either.

Mail for Exchange and Ovi contacts update help for...

How do I remove these update requests I don't use MFE (and have removed from phone) and don't even have or want Ovi Contacts but Nokia App Update keeps requesting I update them.
thanks

If you cannot remove an app from the phone, the app updater will always ask to update. There is no way around that.
It looks like you may be able to remove Mail for Exchange, though I do not recommend it. To do so, open the MfE folder, highlight it and choose options/organize/remove.
For Ovi Contacts, go to settings/application manager/installed files.... highlight Contacts on Ovi, then options/uninstall.
I don't use these either, but am reluctant to remove them when I don't know what the consequences might be. Proceed at your own risk.
If I have helped you with your problem in some way, please take a little time and hit the kudos button in my post. Without your feedback, I don't know if I am being helpful or should just be put out to pasture.

Blocked Contacts for iPhone 6 and the call-waiting distinctive ringtone

Does anyone know if you block a contact on an iPhone 6 and you both have Verizon, will the call waiting distinctive ring still work (The caller hears a ring and beep if you are on the other line)? Or does it only work for non-blocked contacts? Thanks!

Hi 808iphoneuser,
Unwanted calls can be annoying! Just to clarify, which block are you using? There is a block that comes on the iPhone 6 that can be placed via the device, or have you placed the VZW Call & Message block http://vz.to/MqEgqB on that number?
Thanks,
PamelaF_VZW
Tweet us @vzwsupport

What a horrible way to treat customers. I was due for updates on my phones and thought I should maybe check some other prices but have been with Verizon for 20 yrs so ended up there. I got 2 new IPhones 5s and the wife couldn't decide what she wanted so s

What a horrible way to treat customers. I was due for updates on my phones and thought I should maybe check some other prices but have been with Verizon for 20 yrs so ended up there. I got 2 new IPhones 5s and the wife couldn’t decide what she wanted so she stayed with old phone but this locked me into a new 2 yr contract . Within a wk one of the new iPhones started turning on and of like 10 –15 times a day. Wk 2 it turned off and would not turn on again . It was my sons who was in college at the time so we talked and he took it in to a Verizon store where he was told I need to come in since the account was in my name. He was away from home , Verizon could see on account it was his phone they said it was not abused, they could not even turn it on , they sold me the phone give him another phone maybe even a loaner till he gets another. So now I need to go to store and explain to 3 different people this is my phone and my son has it and I need a new one. what a waste of time after about 2 hrs and talking to different people and yes they said there were notes on his account from other person he had talked to from different store. So I finally walk out with a receipt in hand and being told I would have a new phone in a couple days. As I sat in my vehicle thinking this is stupid I looked at my receipt and noticed it said droid on it so back into Verizon I went. The salesman said that’s what your son has on his account. My son had activated a friends old phone so he has one since VERIZON REFUSED to give him one. Another hr 3 people and yes they can see he had a new iPhone and notes on it from other store. Sometimes sorry just doesn't do it. I was now late for a appointment . Now I walk out and have been told I will get a new iPhone in the mail in about 2 wk Yes 2 wks again I bought it there just give me a new one and you send old one back. I will also get a new droid that I have to send back because they said they cant cancel it . In about 3 days I get the Droid and sent it back Verizon mistake and a waste of my time . After waiting over 2 wks and not receiving a new iPhone back to Verizon I went . I am now bitter at Verizon after doing 20 yrs of business with them. 3 people 1 hr later I was told it got delivered to my post office . I got the tracking num called the post office and they say o yes that was the droid. Go back in to Verizon another hr of explaining I walk out being told I will get a new iPhone in a couple of days, We’ll see . Once again I got the phone in your store just give me a new one . Do you realize how much of my time you have wasted ? do you care? O what is Your Policy ? How many Billion did you make last year ? I am Locked into a new 2 yr contract . Why don’t you just release me ? After 20 yrs do you think I will ever renew my contract ?

Simple process. If an iPhone go to the Apple Store and not Verizon
the phone from Verizon will be a refurbished device and not new unless under the 14 day worry free guarantee
good luck

Do you have an option for block all incoming message and request EXCEPTED messages from my contacts?

Please help!!To whom it may concernDear Madam/Sir who works for Skype & Microsoft Dear all who can really help, Do you have an option for block all incoming message and request EXCEPTED messages from my contacts? or Do you have any solution to solve my problem from begin to now in present time? Even though, I set the Privacy settings: - Allow calls from... "people in my Contact list only"- Automatically received video and share screens with "people in my Contact list only"- Allow IMs from "people in my Contact list only" I still received unknow users sent me messages in every day, contact requests etc. And they're all clearly spammings and identity thefts. I only wanna contact with my family and my freinds here with Skype via my Windows device and my mobile phone (w/Android OS). And this is the only way to contact with them, because they could use Skype only in overseas. BUT I don't need new friend from other unknow Skype member. I keep blocked all unknow spammers in every day. However in this morning, I feel so scared with Skype on my mobile, I looked at my mobile Skype, I saw it automatically showed me the list of all blocked members. BUT they were all unblocked (contact unblocked) by my mobile (Android version) Skype itself automatically, and listed them one by one on the screen, and about 30 seconds later, they all were disappeared suddenly. I don't know what do to now, is it indicating my account was hacked?And how could I found out all those members again and block them again and delete all of them for ever? I appreciate if you would improve the privacy protection. Thank you very very very much.

Hrm... that may be true and this may be a function of the phone email client that Apple just doesn't do.
No, I can easily MANUALLY delete the messages. I would prefer if I didn't have to do it twice, tho. Once on the mail server and once on the phone.
What I think the phone needs to do is, when it checks the POP, anything NOT there should be removed locally. I think you are correct on POP; the phone will poll the mx (mail exchanger) and the mx will pass off the messages to the phone. The phone then keeps ALL of that unitl you manually delete it.
If, say, I remove a message from the mx, I would like the phone, when next polls, to see that that particular message isn't on the server anymore and remove it locally.
Perhaps it's just me but if I delete the message on the mx itself, via my ISP's webmail interface, I really don't want to have to remove it again from my phone.
thxs!
cheers
rOot

Firefox "check for add-on updates" checks even when not selected, request website list for firewall blocking purposes

I work for the Tech Department in a school district. Our student computers are locked down and all settings are reset after a restart. We have set firefox to always allow all add-ons to run and to never check for updates (we update them on a schedule we control). However, since the latest release, we have been prompted after EVERY flash AND EVERY java update that they are out of date and need to be updated. Having the students click on this every time for every affected webpage is no longer an option. We are also not interested in white-listing pages individually; instead, we would like to prevent firefox from finding the update server to prevent any further prompts.
Please provide me with all of the websites/web addresses that "check for add-on updates" uses so we can block them at the firewall level.
Thanks

Part of the problem may be the recent flurry of required updates to FlashPlayer. As I understand it Mozilla took the exceptional step of blocklisting some of those FlashPlayer versions after fixes were released because there were known exploits in the wild.
* See the blocklist
* And flashplayers bulletins https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html#flashplayer
Possibly you are having difficulty in keeping the software updated and so seeing valid warnings from Firefox. You appear (System info aside) to be posting using Firefox 34. The current Release is Fx35.0.1
Possibly it would be worth you considering using Firefox ESR, that still has regular updates including backported critical security fixes, but the major version stays the same for longer and there are less frequent feature changes.
* https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/
I will send links for a couple of other articles by Private Message.
Steps that may be safe for an IT department may not be recommended for the average reader of this forum.

Verizon Lumia Icon Denim update teased for possible February release

Fingers crossed
Verizon Lumia Icon owners are a passionate crowd and seemingly asking on a daily basis when the promised Lumia Denim update for their phones will be delivered. In late 2014 it was promised for "early 2015" but now we're into 2015 folks are getting itchy update fingers once again. Microsoft's Joe Belfiore is the target of a number of questions on the subject, and he's got a couple of things to say about it today.
"Lumia icon people asking what I meant by "early 2015": The first part of the year. In my mind that means jan/feb or so. Less likely March."
"Know that Vzw & MS are actively, daily working on getting it done. The test process has unpredictability so we can't say a firm end date"
Since January is done with that would suggest Microsoft and Verizon are aiming to push it out in February. But as with the second statement, it could easily slip due to circumstances beyond Microsoft's control. But it hasn't been forgotten about, at least.
Source: Verizon Lumia Icon Denim update teased for possible February release | Windows Central

I doubt it. JB's tweets were very, very vague and the very fact that he had to mention March means it's a lot more likely than not to be pushed past February.
I take this as a very bad sign for this phone. We've been hearing soon since September.

Is Apple considering the inclusion of a MS Exchange Groups functinality for iCloud Contacts in future iOS7 updates?

Is Apple considering Exchange Groups functinality for iCloud Contacts in future iOS7 updates? If not, I am considering a change to an Android or Blackberry device.
Since converting from Palm and Balckberry devices a few years ago, I have missed the full MS Exchange Contact Group functionality they had.
I have used many of the work-arounds and thrid party apps people have suggested but I find they are not convnient.
Does any else want this functionality in iOS?

We are all fellow users and not Apple employees so no one knows what Apple is looking at for future iOS versions. All any of us can do is wait and see and give Apple feedback: http://www.apple.com/feedback

Updated to OS 3.0, have two listings for each contact... why?

Just updated to 3.0, and I quickly noticed more options for the Contacts app, but every listing I had prior now has two listings each.
At the top is "All Contacts" -
Below that "from my Mac", with groups from my Address Book from my Mac
and below that are contacts listed from Mobile Me.
I don't understand the options here, but someone didn't think this through. Does this mean those of us who sync with Mobile Me will have two listings if we pick the top "All Contacts" button?
Doesn't seem very useful.

From another thread, about syncing the birthday calendar. http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9649118#9649118
I had the same problem, which I solved as follows.
I did have a bit of trouble getting the birthday calendar off my phone from syncing all other cals over mobileme and birthdays through sync. I tried unchecking sync, but then the "All from the Mac" category in calendars just became "All on my iPhone". Instead, I turned off birthdays from ical prefs, then left sync calendars on, then synced and quit the sync of calendars as soon as it started, let the sync complete, then unchecked sync calendars, and they were finally gone. Then I did as you suggested and voila!
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Dear Verizon - Windows 8.1 update for Lumina Icon/929

Dear Verizon,
Can you please tell me when the Lumina Icon (929) will be updated with Windows Phone 8.1?
We bought two phones from you in June and were told by the sales rep that the updates were going to be released soon, specifically in the summer. Well, summer is gone.
When are the updates coming out?
We are new Verizon customers, and we chose Verizon because of the Lumina Icon and the imminent release of WP 8.1. We're very disappointed in how Verizon has handled this update. If we switch phones, it will not be with Verizon. ATT has done a much better job of updating to WP 8.1. We don't like to be lied to, and that's what happened.
Please, give us a timeline for the update.
Thank you.

Customer Agreement | Verizon Wireless
This agreement and the documents it incorporates form the entire agreement between us. You can't rely on any other documents, or on what's said by any Sales or Customer Service Representatives, and you have no other rights regarding Service or this agreement
From the link above. Don't believe anything a sales person or phone rep tells you.
They lie to make a sale.
Good Luck at your new provider.

Getting contacts updated in sync logs after pushing data for activity object

Hi,
I used below snippet to create Import Definition for Activity Object using Eloqua Bulk 2.0.
    "syncActions": null,
    "isSyncTriggeredOnImport": "true",
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    "updateRule": "always",
    "secondsToRetainData": "3600",
    "fields": {
        "C_EmailAddress": "{{Activity.Contact.Field(C_EmailAddress)}}",
        "CampaignID": "{{Activity.Campaign.Id}}",
        "AssetName": "{{Activity.Asset.Name}}",
        "AssetType": "{{Activity.Asset.Type}}",
        "AssetDate": "{{Activity.CreatedAt}}",
        "ActivityType": "{{Activity.Type}}"
After pushing data for this import definition, I checked sync logs and I found that there was 2 contacts updated.
Why this happened?
here is my sample data :
        "C_EmailAddress": "[email protected]",
        "CampaignID": 32,
        "AssetName": "Tradeshow",
        "AssetType": "Tradeshow",
        "AssetDate": "2014-05-12",
        "ActivityType": "Visited Booth"
        "C_EmailAddress": "[email protected]",
        "CampaignID": 32,
        "AssetName": "Tradeshow",
        "AssetType": "Tradeshow",
        "AssetDate": "2014-05-12",
       "ActivityType": "Visited Booth"
Please find sync logs in attachment.
thanks

Hi,
I used below snippet to create Import Definition for Activity Object using Eloqua Bulk 2.0.
    "syncActions": null,
    "isSyncTriggeredOnImport": "true",
    "name": "External Activity via Bulk API",
    "updateRule": "always",
    "secondsToRetainData": "3600",
    "fields": {
        "C_EmailAddress": "{{Activity.Contact.Field(C_EmailAddress)}}",
        "CampaignID": "{{Activity.Campaign.Id}}",
        "AssetName": "{{Activity.Asset.Name}}",
        "AssetType": "{{Activity.Asset.Type}}",
        "AssetDate": "{{Activity.CreatedAt}}",
        "ActivityType": "{{Activity.Type}}"
After pushing data for this import definition, I checked sync logs and I found that there was 2 contacts updated.
Why this happened?
here is my sample data :
        "C_EmailAddress": "[email protected]",
        "CampaignID": 32,
        "AssetName": "Tradeshow",
        "AssetType": "Tradeshow",
        "AssetDate": "2014-05-12",
        "ActivityType": "Visited Booth"
        "C_EmailAddress": "[email protected]",
        "CampaignID": 32,
        "AssetName": "Tradeshow",
        "AssetType": "Tradeshow",
        "AssetDate": "2014-05-12",
       "ActivityType": "Visited Booth"
Please find sync logs in attachment.
thanks

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