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How to Block A Number and Text?

How can I block a phone number and text messages? I tried Sprints website and sad to say it doesnt look like it is working.
Any other ideas?

hmm. It worked for me when I had to do that once (from the sprint website)
Did you include the area code with the number? (and leave off the beginning 1?)
I am sure there is a messaging app or something that can do that, but you would most likely still incur usage on you bill (but you probably have unlimited msg... )

Where can I find it on the website again?

if you truley want to block someone just call sprintit takes five mins to do and trust me it def works...lol

Oh awesome, thanks Unsane. I'll do that.

CallFilter in the market will block calls for free and calls and tetxs in the pro version
also if you send a text to 9999 "block 10digit #" that will block texts

I know cyanogen mod has a option to blacklist numbers. Calls will go straight to voicemail. You could try going to your people app and selecting the number you want it to go straight to voicemail (asuming you have the number saved in your contacts) selecting the contact and at the botton youll see the option to send the number straight to voicemail. Not sure if this works for texts.

Sms guard is free in the market
Great app, puts all incoming texts into a folder within the sms guard app, never rings or pops up at all. Set it and forget it

u know sprint cant block people from calling u. U have to use an app or use the blacklist in the people that most of the roms have even the stock

big thanks for the "straight to voicemail" tip, WOW, love this.

asj2583 said:
I know cyanogen mod has a option to blacklist numbers. Calls will go straight to voicemail. You could try going to your people app and selecting the number you want it to go straight to voicemail
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That's an option in the stock roms as well. Just a feature Cyanogen carried over.

hellcatt said:
CallFilter in the market will block calls for free and calls and tetxs in the pro version
also if you send a text to 9999 "block 10digit #" that will block texts
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stevako said:
Great app, puts all incoming texts into a folder within the sms guard app, never rings or pops up at all. Set it and forget it
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yea but why bother with an app that takes space then uses a folder that takes space that you wont ever even use?

Vote for callfilter from me. Having unlimited minutes I have it set to pick up/hang up and I never know the person even called unless I go into my call logs which I rarely do.

Android and Texting

This isn't so much a Nexus 4 question than an android, however it does somewhat affect my decision on purchasing one.
I am currently an iPhone user wanting to move over to Android at some point, however am still reluctant due to my situation at work.
Currently where my cube is, I get no cellular service but I do get a strong wifi. iMessages works no problem and I'm able to send and receive them without issues. Problem of course is non-iPhone users get left in the dust and I have to step outside to receive their messages.
Now with the release of the Nexus 4 tomorrow, I can buy one, but am hesitant because I will get no messages until I'm out of the building. While this is fine for productivity, I'm often forced to use email instead for planning lunches with non-coworkers instead of just sending texts.
I'm sure this question has been asked before, but as a new user wanting to go android, is there a way to push my texts from my phone number to some kind of text messaging app, without porting my number? (I just renewed my contract so early termination is not an option for Google Voice).
I really do want to go to android but iMessages does have its perks for being wifi.

Argenist said:
This isn't so much a Nexus 4 question than an android, however it does somewhat affect my decision on purchasing one.
I am currently an iPhone user wanting to move over to Android at some point, however am still reluctant due to my situation at work.
Currently where my cube is, I get no cellular service but I do get a strong wifi. iMessages works no problem and I'm able to send and receive them without issues. Problem of course is non-iPhone users get left in the dust and I have to step outside to receive their messages.
Now with the release of the Nexus 4 tomorrow, I can buy one, but am hesitant because I will get no messages until I'm out of the building. While this is fine for productivity, I'm often forced to use email instead for planning lunches with non-coworkers instead of just sending texts.
I'm sure this question has been asked before, but as a new user wanting to go android, is there a way to push my texts from my phone number to some kind of text messaging app, without porting my number? (I just renewed my contract so early termination is not an option for Google Voice).
I really do want to go to android but iMessages does have its perks for being wifi.
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Apply a GV number and give it to your friends. It's just 1 txt away.

Did you try WhatsApp, Viber or KikMessenger?
I don't have mobile connection inside the buildings in my university but WiFi works great.

Try Jaxtrsms

@wngmv So you're saying to just have the Google Voice number forward the text to my current number? I'm wondering if that could work the other way around...
@brom25 I'd rather not go the App way because not everyone I know uses those apps, esp people with iPhones. My situation is somewhat unique because I don't have cellular service in the building whereas most people do.

Argenist said:
@wngmv So you're saying to just have the Google Voice number forward the text to my current number? I'm wondering if that could work the other way around...
@brom25 I'd rather not go the App way because not everyone I know uses those apps, esp people with iPhones. My situation is somewhat unique because I don't have cellular service in the building whereas most people do.
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Not really. When you apply Google Voice you can have a new number. Google just link the GV number to your phone number so if people call your GV, you can get the call. But if people txt you, you'll be getting the text message using data instead of mobile network. So if you tell your friend to text you at your GV number, you'll be receiving messages. But it's not any kind of forwarding. You'll only be getting txt in your GV application.
At least that is my experience.
But if all your friends use iMessage they can't txt you using your Apple account. It is basically a messaging service shared only among Apple products. But they can txt you by your GV number or phone number.

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Not really. When you apply Google Voice you can have a new number. Google just link the GV number to your phone number so if people call your GV, you can get the call. But if people txt you, you'll be getting the text message using data instead of mobile network. So if you tell your friend to text you at your GV number, you'll be receiving messages. But it's not any kind of forwarding. You'll only be getting txt in your GV application.
At least that is my experience.
But if all your friends use iMessage they can't txt you using your Apple account. It is basically a messaging service shared only among Apple products. But they can txt you by your GV number or phone number.
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Gotcha, my concern is just getting texts while I'm in this "non-cellular" area. It'd be nice to just push the text to the app without having a new number, but this may be easier said than done.

Argenist said:
Gotcha, my concern is just getting texts while I'm in this "non-cellular" area. It'd be nice to just push the text to the app without having a new number, but this may be easier said than done.
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Yeah. I understand what you want but am not sure if such a thing exist. To push text messages to another app requires reading your text message content. I'm not sure if you want any app to be able to do that.

There are many cross platform alternatives to iMessage, such as WhatsApp, Kik, Viber etc... mentioned in this thread. If you can convince your friends to switch, that would probably be the easiest way. I've only used WhatsApp extensively, but it worked well as an alternative to SMS/MMS. WhatsApp also has the best device support, so if you have friends on Windows Phone, Blackberry or Symbian you can connect with them as well.
If that's not an option, then Google Voice is really your only alternative. However, you would have to start giving out a different number, and there are some side effects of it. Google Voice uses data for all your text messages, so if you are in an area with poor data service you cannot send or receive text messages even if you're still getting signal. Google Voice also does not support MMS. Last, if your plan includes free calling to other mobile phones, but still has a minute allotment for land lines, all of your calls received through your Google Voice number will use minutes.
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wngmv said:
Yeah. I understand what you want but am not sure if such a thing exist. To push text messages to another app requires reading your text message content. I'm not sure if you want any app to be able to do that.
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Apps like Handcent and other alternative SMS/MMS apps can read and write to the SMS database on your phone. The issue isn't allowing access to your text message content, it's that there's no way for an app to receive an SMS sent to your phone number except through your phone. They are delivered over the mobile network on your phone and not available anywhere else. AT&T has launched an "AT&T Message" app that allows you to view your SMS/MMS on your computer or tablet, but unfortunately it's a) terrible and b) only available on AT&T branded phones.

If you have T-Mobile, pray that somebody could port Wi-Fi calling in no time

As a side question, can you route gvoice texts to the standard mms app or does everything need to be done through gvoice?
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lnfound said:
As a side question, can you route gvoice texts to the standard mms app or does everything need to be done through gvoice?
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You need to use the Google Voice app. There is an app that claims it will allow integration, but YMMV.

lnfound said:
As a side question, can you route gvoice texts to the standard mms app or does everything need to be done through gvoice?
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You definitely can make them come directly to your standard mms app because thats how I have it right now

Blocking A Crazy Ex

How do I block a number or text message from a crazy ex. I want her to receive a notification or something that says the phone number is no longer in service or some error message.
I know there is a spam setting that it just goes into my spam folder but she still thinks it went through which could cause a problem. haha
Is there any recommend apps?

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How do I block a number or text message from a crazy ex. I want her to receive a notification or something that says the phone number is no longer in service or some error message.
I know there is a spam setting that it just goes into my spam folder but she still thinks it went through which could cause a problem. haha
Is there any recommend apps?
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I use YouMail for stuff like that.

Call Sprint (or whoever your service provider is) and tell them you want to block her number. I've personally never had to do it myself so I don't know if it returns a "disconnected" message or not. That should stop the calls, and most likely texts.

Root call blocker use it....love it.....bought the pro version to block spammers.
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you can use the sprint short codes (on thier website) to block the number, or login to you account and get it... or just reply with
Error 23: SMS Not Delivered - Sender blocked by intended recipient
[SPRINT FREE MESSAGE] Message not delivered--Recipient has blocked incoming SMS.

Excellent thanks everyone
I will give it a shot!

Can Random, Unwelcome Text Messages be BLOCKED?!

Just got my phone. And for the first time, since having a cell phone, I am getting random, unsolicited messages, one day after i got my SIM card/service, and I have yet to even give out my number to one person!
How did these SOBs get my number? Is the store i got the SIM from selling or giving out customer numbers to Spammers?
Can these unwanted txt msgs be BLOCKED?
I believe my old phone had the ability to block calls (not sure about txt msgs).
Please HELP!
Anyone?

After years of being on CM based ROMs I had forgotten how limiting the stock dialers and messaging apps are until getting this phone. I'm used to just being able to long press a caller, add to blacklist, done. I'm really surprised features like that haven't made their way into the mainstay AOSP dialer and messaging apps yet; I guess Hangouts and Google Dialer get all the bells and whistles.
Hangouts can be used to manage SMS and can block SMS from senders if you want to go that route. I've used Textra and GoSMS in the past and I think they both could blacklist numbers too, but it has been a long time. There are some other dedicated blocking apps in the play store too. Unfortunately I just don't think our stock messaging app has any way to blacklist senders without some assistance.
Also, just in case it is important to you keep in mind blacklisting is not blocking. Blacklisting will keep the spammer from bothering you, but you might still incur charges if you don't have unlimited SMS. Your carrier might be able to help if this is an issue.

it sounds like you have gotten someone elses number that used to be signed up for tons of text spam... you should call the carrier and ask for a different number

If you don't have it already, download Google Messenger. You can long press a contact thread and click the block button. In the dialer, if you press a phone call and then click details you can block the number. Very easy and efficient if you ask me.

jason2678 said:
Also, just in case it is important to you keep in mind blacklisting is not blocking. Blacklisting will keep the spammer from bothering you, but you might still incur charges if you don't have unlimited SMS. Your carrier might be able to help if this is an issue.
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thanks for the FYI. and also for pointing out the difference between blocking and blacklisting and how you might still incur texting charges.
asuhoops8628 said:
it sounds like you have gotten someone elses number that used to be signed up for tons of text spam... you should call the carrier and ask for a different number
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good idea, thanks for the suggestion.
chris23445 said:
If you don't have it already, download Google Messenger. You can long press a contact thread and click the block button. In the dialer, if you press a phone call and then click details you can block the number. Very easy and efficient if you ask me.
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i think this was the simplest solution. i made Google Messenger my default messaging app and was then easily able to blacklist the sender.
thanks for all the feedback, guys!

Some of the spam you can either reply "STOP" or "Unsubscribe", and it MIGHT stop. I would just blacklist it as well.

install Textra And Blacklist Sender

Maagikarp said:
Some of the spam you can either reply "STOP" or "Unsubscribe", and it MIGHT stop. I would just blacklist it as well.
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sometimes i worry that this option would alert or inform would-be Spammers that this is a good/valid target (live target/good potential spam recipient) to continue bombarding with Spam.
i tend not to believe that an lowly Spammer would honor a request to stop sending spam...
kinda like the Spam is the bait, and if you reply, you're caught!

Aftab_khatri said:
install Textra And Blacklist Sender
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i shall check these out... thanks!
are they in the play store?

Unsubscribing from e-mails generally flags you up as a valid e-mail address which is then sold on to others.
Same with phone numbers.

How can i disable/turn off phone calls yet keep mobile data on?

How can I turn off phone calls but still receive hangout messages and possible sms messages.

Droidlife4ever said:
How can I turn off phone calls but still receive hangout messages and possible sms messages.
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Got a ****ty old recycled spam ridden Sprint number with collection calls all day. I would love to find an answer because do not call registry doesn't do anything.

Ask Sprint for a new number? Block each collection call as it arrives.... unless the numbers are computer generated like telemarketers, there has to be a finite limit to the numbers they use? Turn on do not disturb? Set a phone ringtone that is in fact silence?
Paul

For blocking spam calls you may want to check out the app I use which you can find here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mistergroup.shouldianswerpersonal&hl=en_US . It does ask you to set it as the default phone app but you can always do that and use another app without any issue. Each time a number calls that's not listed in their system it gives you a pop up which would allow you to set your own rating and block the number, Normally the way its setup it will block numbers with 3 or more bad reviews but you can always set an override on the popup after the call or through the app itself as it lists numbers who have called for numbers so that the number is blocked next time they call. You can also set it so that only numbers from your contacts can call but if you do that then you may have trouble checking your voicemail as that's not a number most people have in their contacts. It has a dark mode and some other options as well that may be of help to you in reducing spam calls. Its also free as well.

954wrecker said:
Got a ****ty old recycled spam ridden Sprint number with collection calls all day. I would love to find an answer because do not call registry doesn't do anything.
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Have you tried deleting the phone apk?
Or removing it with magisk?

Droidlife4ever said:
How can I turn off phone calls but still receive hangout messages and possible sms messages.
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Turn the network into LTE only, it make you can't receive or make any call, but I dont know about the SMS messages.

fahrul said:
Turn the network into LTE only, it make you can't receive or make any call, but I dont know about the SMS messages.
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Sprint coverage is so ****ty especially on LTE you would be without data all the time