What's a "Blocked Caller"

On my "Recents" list is a call I received from a caller named "Blocked" - upon tapping the info arrow on the right - I see that the caller is named Blocked Caller with a date and time.
Have I blocked this caller? Can I "unblock" callers or is this happening on the other end? Is this a phone issue, address book function I am missing or an ATT function (I am new to ATT as of the iPhone)?
Any input would be appreciated - Thanks in advance.
BTW - the phone is amazing - Cheers to Apple on an impressive 1.0 release... as a frequent early adopter the iPhone beats the pants off of say... Aperture... which I now use regularly in my work flow, but which was a dog of dogs upon initial release.

This is an indication that the originator of the call to you has blocked the caller ID information normally forwarded from one carrier—landline or wireless—to another. Most carriers have a configurable option to allow you to prohibit the receipt of calls at your number when this information is blocked.
There are some legitimate reasons for blocking caller identity, but most are the result of parties attempting to disguise call origins: telemarketers, collection agencies and others are well know for routinely doing so.
Consider adding your iPhone mobile registry to the national DO NOT CALL list to diminish such behavior, and contact at&t customer support to determine if you can add or enable a typically free 'do not accept blocked calls' option to your account.

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Hello, I'm new to java. In a tuturial I was reading a method was described as a "blocking call" method. Could any one explain to me this concept.
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Edited by: Jorgejch on Jan 27, 2008 6:11 PM

A blocking call is a method in an I/O system that doesn't return until it has a result. It's the standard way most of Java I/O works. The most obvious example is when reading from a Socket, if there is no data present the call will block the calling thread until either data arrives or some time period expires. This is in contrast to the Non-blocking mode used in NIO to read from files and Sockets.
NIO is an advanced topic and not really appropriate to "New to Java".

What does a blocked caller hear?

Yes, I am using the latest version of my OS and Skype. I use the "premium" version with a Skype phone number. I have managed to block several marketing callers...only to have two new ones start showing up for every one I block. My question is, what does a calling party hear when they call after I block them? Is it just a "hang up" or is there some sort of "you have been blocked" message?

It makes your phone line busy to them 24x7. I just blocked myself and reset all my Skype clients and that's exactly what it did. I have had a Skype number for over eight years and I still get the occasional standard spam calls you get with any phone line (especially published/listed) except that I can block them when I couldn't with a standard provider. I generally get auto dialer calls in pairs. One to test it out followed by another within 5 minutes or so as a follow-up. Most of the time I block those I don't get any more incoming for a while though some weeks I get a few sets of those. Blocking helps even if it doesn't appear that way due to the unfathomable amount of fake number combinations.

What happens when blocked caller attempts to call or text?

does somebody know the correct answer, have a family member i have been trying to get intouch with. no return text or phone calls. i am now wondering if maybe she has blocked me

If your call has been blocked you will receive a message, "The number you are dialing has calling restrictions that have been prevented the completion of this call." If you try to send a text message and you have been blocked, you will see a red X in the sent folder with status failed notification "Delivery failed, Invalid destination or service blocked at destination".

I keep getting calls from a block caller id and it's some dude speaking arabian what do i do? How do i stop this?

I keep getting calls from a block caller id and it's some dude speaking arabian what do i do? How do i stop this?

Stop answering calls with blocked numbers. If it's someone who really wants to talk to you, they'll leave you a message and you can call them back.

My iohone5 signals incoming call. Then, immediately Blocked Call is displayed! With no further information re caller. I have just switched from iPhone 4 and never had experience with Blocked Call! Message . How can I at least find out who or what blocked

MY iPhone 5 keeps blocking incoming phone calls with a message "call blocked" there is no addition information on who/what is being blocked or why. I have just transitioned from iPhone 4 to 5 and never had this happen before. Does anyone else have this problem? How does one find out what/who is being blocked?

If a user has blocked their caller ID there's nothing you can do but either answer the call or don't.
This is NOT a problem, this is how blocked calling works.

How can we encourage Apple to develop blocking calls from specific numbers?

Looking through posts on here, I see that neither AT&T nor the iPhone itself permits an iPhone owner to block calls from one or more specific numbers.
For some reason, although I've had my mobile number for years, I've recently started to receive daily calls from one specific number, an ignorant person who calls at all times of the day and night, barely apologizing for yet again dialing incorrectly. Very annoying.
Yes, I know I could change my number, but literally hundreds of people have used this number for years, and I'm truly loathe to start over.
In reading posts here and on AT&T, I gather this is not an uncommon problem. I assume that even if AT&T is unwilling to institute call blocking, this is a problem Apple could solve with iPhone software. What's the best way to encourage Apple to include this in a future iPhone software update?
In advance, thanks for your guidance.

This would be something ATT would have to do since they provide the actual phone service.
In the meantime, you could create a ringtone of "silence" and assign it to that person's number. This way you wouldn't be disturbed when the person calls until you can work out a solution with ATT.

How can I block calls on my G3 when Verizon took away that functionality?

I find it very interesting that I used to receive a small amount of SPAM calls/texts on my old phone (older version of Android) but once I updated my phone last August, after waiting for years to find the options, design, and features that I wanted, to the LGG3 through Verizon I am receiving these calls at least once a week and sometimes several times a week. I ordered the G3 specifically because of the design and features. One of these features was the ability to block calls from the call settings menu. Unfortunately it appears that Verizon has taken away my choice to be able to do that by removing this feature from the Android OS on the G3 (and possibly other phones as well from my reading of these forums and other media online) Verizon tells me that I can block up to 5 numbers for a period of 90 days for free but if I want to block a number permanently I need to pay for their service at $5 a month and even then it is only up to 20 numbers. Sounds a little suspicious to me in that I should be able to do a block for free on my phone but yet Verizon wants me to pay up to $60 per year to use their service when they are the ones sharing my number pursuant to their privacy policy. I want the functionality back on my phone. This is probably part of the reason that the new android update is not working for most people as I can only speculate that Verizon has most likely "piece-mealed" the update to comply with features that they believe we need and allows them to add to their bottom line instead of letting the consumer decide what they want.

Called well actually chatted with Tech Support this morning...the option is not there and Tech Support of course would not admit that Verizon contracted with LG to have their phones produced without that option (though I explained T-Mobile G3 has the option) Tech support started wanting to change my plan to lower my plan price to offset the cost of Family Base-- I called ** on this --no changes made. Was given a number to contact LG but I doubt that will get me anywhere as well; what about the Mister Number app? I heard that was supposed to be a good one as well....but anyway I quite frankly told the representative that I could only believe that this was greed on Verizon's part since the functionality was removed but in order to use the functionality I have to pay for it on their site and that I refused to do so. Like you stated I should not have to pay for privacy. Very frustrating; she also tried telling me that there may be an update in the future that may change this on my device but she couldn't speak to when; again I am calling **...I have heard nothing but bad news on the Lollipop update and wont be doing that until I see all the bugs are worked out

Blocking calls within start()

Howdy. I read a few pages back through here and searched the forums, but didn't find anything on my particular issue.
I have a little applet I'm working on (that I recently got some amazing help on from someone on the JAR forum), and I've run into a problem. I am using Applet, from awt, rather than JApplet. I haven't tried JApplet, but I have some generally unspoken, irrational opposition to Swing, so I just haven't bothered.
The code for Applet.start() is relatively lengthy, but mainly irrelevant. What's important is that the last line of it is conn.start();
The object conn is an instance of Connection, which is the central object to a network core that I've written. I can change parts of Connection, if need be, but I'd rather not, since there is a non-applet version of this same project which uses Connection that's currently working juuuust fine. At any rate, Connection.start() is as follows:
public void start()
     try
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          Thread readerThread = new Thread(new SocketReader(socket, parser));
          Thread writerThread = new Thread(new SocketWriter(socket, outputQueue));
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}As you can see, this is clearly a blocking call. I've toyed with it a little bit, commenting out chunks, to see what might cause issues... it seems that as long as it's blocking, the applet gets stuck at "Applet Loading" in the browser. If I remove the join() calls, it loads up just fine. It doesn't -work- if I remove the join() calls, because almost everything else relies on isConnected being set to true.
Am I correct? Can I not put blocking calls into Applet.start()?
Thanks,
Null Flux

Dealt with it.
The answer is, "No, start() cannot block."

So there's no way to block BLOCKED calls at 3 am?

OK, I just got off the phone with AT&T customer service.
I've been getting phone calls at 3 am (every 4 or 5 days). They're not "threatening" in the sense that someone says they're going to put a horse's bloody head in my bed or anything. In fact, the person doesn't really say anything at all. But it's obviously pretty annoying to be woken up at 3 am when you think a family member might be calling you about an emergency (old, frail mother, etc.). I also use my iPhone as my alarm clock, so I don't want to turn the volume off.
When I had Sprint service, it was no problem to block all BLOCKED caller ID calls. AT&T says this is impossible for a few months until they get some new service installed (at which point they'll charge $2 or more per month, of course).
Is that true? Is their system really that archaic?
Short of buying a separate alarm clock and hoping nothing happens to my mother between 11 pm and 6 am, is there anything I can do?

Payphones don't appear blocked it usually shows the number. Sometimes what happens is that some companies use computers to telemarket that dial a number by themselves and the computers get messed up sometimes and call at weird hours and don't say anything. I work for ATT landline there is a number that we refer customers for that kind of issue it is the ANNOYANCE CALL BUREAU and I believe every city has their own number I know they help with the landline annoying calls, they might have technology for cells.

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I run the following package in sql developer but always come out " anonymous block completed"
I would like to what is "anonymous block completed" ? Is it an error? What we need to bear in mind?
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Each call to Oracle, returns a return or exit code.
For a successful call, the code ORA-0000 is returned.
Oracle assigned the text message "+ORA-0000: normal, successful completion+" to that code.
Many clients will however use a tad more meaningful messages. If the call was to create a table, the client can display "+Table created+" as the response message. Or "+Table altered+" for an alter table statement.
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"Blocked" caller ID

I have a couple of unknown call IDs every day and would like to know what is qualified to be a "Blocked" caller ID. Thanks!

As provided, "blocked" is decided by the person calling. You can have your number " blocked" from caller id as well, if you like.

Blocked caller - why can they leave a message?

Blocked caller can leave a message on my iPhone 5s. I don't want the blocked caller to be allowed to leave a message. How can I change the settings?

I called my carrier and then cannot block the caller from leaving a voice mail message. However in response to your post above, the fact that i received a voice mail appeared on my phone and the message was there. Other posts suggested that the caller could leave a message but i would not have access to it, That's not what happened to me. Is there any way to change the settings so that the caller cannot leave a message or the message that is left is not accessible to me?

How to block calls & texts from one telephone number

How to block calls & texts from one telephone number

Call number blocking is done only by the carrier. Some carriers allow users to input numbers to be blocked on a website.
Verizon allows users to list up to five numbers to be blocked for free for 90 days by entering them in the users My Verizon site. I've found that 90 days has been sufficient to discourage most nuisance calls. But Verizon also provides a service ( for a fee) that will permanently block a number.
So contact your carrier to see what they offer.

Is there any way to block calls on a Pantech?

Is there any way to block calls on a Pantech?

Hi Miniv,
Unwanted calls can be annoying! What make/model Pantech device do you have? We offer a Free Call & Message blocking feature to help prevent unwanted calls http://spr.ly/6586f3Qw* .
Thanks,
PamelaF_VZW
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