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How do you block a number?

I remember on my droid there was an option to send numbers directly to vmail. Does this phone have it? Or just block the number? An available app?
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Get easy filter from the market you can blacklist any number from calls or text!!
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Get google voice, you can block anything you want, send them directly to voicemail, have a personal greeting, etc.

You can also try mr number block in the app market it's the best one I've used yet
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I'm trying to remmber what the option is but if you have launcher pro installed you can block numbers with it. You don't have to be using the launcher though. If I remember right, start up launcher pro and press on the screen like you are adding a widget. Select shortcuts then activities. Depending on home many apps you have installed it can take a little bit for the phone to build this list. When it comes up scroll down to call settings, select it then scroll down to auto reject list click on it. It will make a shoetcut on your home page. Click on it and add numbers. The shortcut can be erased and the numbers will stay. Also you don't have to be using launcher pro for it to work.
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helchez said:
I'm trying to remmber what the option is but if you have launcher pro installed you can block numbers with it. You don't have to be using the launcher though. If I remember right, start up launcher pro and press on the screen like you are adding a widget. Select shortcuts then activities. Depending on home many apps you have installed it can take a little bit for the phone to build this list. When it comes up scroll down to call settings, select it then scroll down to auto reject list click on it. It will make a shoetcut on your home page. Click on it and add numbers. The shortcut can be erased and the numbers will stay. Also you don't have to be using launcher pro for it to work.
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Awesome! thanks for the tip

Paltomiel said:
Awesome! thanks for the tip
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Ditto! This is fantastic. My wife and I have been getting spammed by a couple of numbers lately and she will be very pleased to know this.

AOSP roms have the option to send a number straight to voicemail in the contacts list but any blacklist app in the market will do this.
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I use a profile in Tasker. When a phone # I specify rings, it picks up the phone, and then hangs up.
I am, however, working on something a bit more devious. Tasker will do just about anything, so I've gotten my hands on an audio file that does the "Doo doo deep! Your call could not be completed as dialed, please hang up and try again."
I've written a profile that will pick up the line, mute the microphone, and play back the audio file on a loop until the caller hangs up. Going to test it when my girlfriend gets home from work.

Electrofreak said:
I use a profile in Tasker. When a phone # I specify rings, it picks up the phone, and then hangs up.
I am, however, working on something a bit more devious. Tasker will do just about anything, so I've gotten my hands on an audio file that does the "Doo doo deep! Your call could not be completed as dialed, please hang up and try again."
I've written a profile that will pick up the line, mute the microphone, and play back the audio file on a loop until the caller hangs up. Going to test it when my girlfriend gets home from work.
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I would SO love a .zip or apk or whatever it takes to use this. it's genius lol

The telemarketer dialers are setup to remove the numbers that get that kind of response. That would be an excellent app!!!

i just nabbed tasker.. heh..
waiting for the .wav file
muahahahahaha..

You can log into your sprint.com account and add numbers to block texts from also.

I loved HTC sense for having the option to send contacts to VM
but best software is EXTREME CALL BLOCKER
anyone who disagrees has 3 nipples
also if anyone doesn't know
TEXT 9999 with block "number" (without quotes)
its sprints service to block text. worked well with some creepo gurl I had to block. Works well for short codes too.
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[CM7][4G Signal Bars Fix/Hack]

Let me start by saying I am by no means a Dev. or close to it. I consider myself an advanced Crack Flasher and thats it. I came across this by accident. Noticed it worked and decided to post it in case it could help the actual Devs pinpoint the Bug.
1.Make sure you in 4G area and that your on CDMA+LTE/EvDo Auto. Then make a phone call. Doesn't matter to whom.
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2.As soon as it connects while still on the call hit Home>Menu>Settings>Applications>Manage Applications go to the "All" tab then find dialer
3. Force Stop the dialer app, confirm that you want to end it and it should end the call and cause you to lose your signal completely
4.Home>Menu>Settings>Mobile Networks>Network Mode>CDMA/EvDo Auto
5.It should jump to 3G pretty quick and wait for it to connect to google services (Turn Green)
6.Home>Menu>Settings>Mobile Networks>Network Mode>CDMA+LTE/EvDO
7.May take a minute for 4G to show up then it will connect to Google Services (turn green)
Thats how you get the Signal Bar to work. Unfortunately if you receive a call or make a call it messes up the Hack and your back to square one. I have OCD so im happy to be able to see the bars. No more dumb people asking why I dont have service and trying to explain it.

I tried this and when my 4G FINALLY came back (after toggling it again) I have green bars!! So I can verify it works.
On a side note: This is the first time I noticed that the bars are green when in a call (before I did the fix).

I'm curious as to how you found this out haha. Thanks though!

Wow this is cool....finally hope it gets fix
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Very cool. I'll have to try that out
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I received a call playing cut the rope that for whatever reason force closed dialer. The i was like WHAAAAA! Green Bars!!! Then i made a call and lost it. I tried re doing the force close with cut the rope but failed until i tried the manual force stop!!!!

My force close on dialer won't end the call.
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Maybe I'm missing something but if you make or receive a call after getting the bars what exactly is the point of doing all this? lol

It's a start for a fix !)
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Maybe I'm missing something but if you make or receive a call after getting the bars what exactly is the point of doing all this? lol
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It might help the devs find a real fix. Thanks for posting this!
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jbeitel said:
My force close on dialer won't end the call.
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make sure your force stoping dialer and not dialer storage. Also that your on RC 0.6 i have not tested on anything else

Very strange.......but good find.
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S Pen Hand Writing Recognition

Hello guys.
I have been using s note hand writing recognition for a while now but today it stopped working.
I checked with a colleague at work who has a note 3 he had the same problem,
I also called some friends who owned a note 3 they all had the same problem.
I would like to know if you guys (note 3 owners) are having the same problem as well?

I just tested this:
1. Open S Note
2. Write something
3. Mark the text that i wrote
4. Click "Transform into: Text"
and it worked! Is this the same you are trying to do but it is unsuccessfull? Or anything else?
Just let me know and i'll test.

I am doing exactly the same steps that you mentioned and am still having the problem; what makes me crazy that yesterday night it was working fine and plus four other galaxy note 3 owners are having the same problem today.
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Having problems with handwriting on Note 3
Today mine stopped working. It works fine if I pull up "Action Memo", but it doesn't work if I go in to the browser and then try to hand-write a search term in Google.

Just test mine and It works well
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scott.deagan said:
Today mine stopped working. It works fine if I pull up "Action Memo", but it doesn't work if I go in to the browser and then try to hand-write a search term in Google.
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I've had a problem when entering hand written input to S Planner but Action Memo is fine.
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I tested this and it is the same for me aswell! My steps above works, but when i try a google search and type nothing happens. It should be automatically transferred into text but the written text is not changing at all. I can paint a horse with no way of delete it other than take down and open up the "keyboard" again.
So wait - is this some kind of online service? Isnt it translated locally on the device?
Edit: To conclude, it works in some parts of the phone but does not work in others.

In s-note
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Action memo is working fine every where on the device what does not work is hand recognition in samsung keyboard.

If you point on the searchbox with your pen you get a little square. Point at that and google search works perfect.

Its been discussed in Q/A, if you set the date back to the 28th sept it will work again as before.
Seems to be a bug.....not good start!

Not working after factory reset
edeplano said:
Its been discussed in Q/A, if you set the date back to the 28th sept it will work again as before.
Seems to be a bug.....not good start!
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I wish I had of read your post a few moments ago. I just performed a factory reset and it's still not working (see attached).

scott.deagan said:
I wish I had of read your post a few moments ago. I just performed a factory reset and it's still not working (see attached).
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Yes but still not a permanent solution, as when you reopen another text box it stops working...

Same here. is there any solution for this issue?
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edeplano said:
Its been discussed in Q/A, if you set the date back to the 28th sept it will work again as before.
Seems to be a bug.....not good start!
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Your totally right :good:, I set the date back to 28 sep and it worked but what kind of bug is this Samsung

Working fine on mine hover s pen over text box till the pencil appears them click on it.
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Ok woke to same issue this morning, go to settings general then time and date, un tick auto set date, then set date to 25.09.2013. clear memory and back grounding apps, then reset time to Auto. seems to sort in all fields until samsung fix it.

ipkryss said:
I just tested this:
1. Open S Note
2. Write something
3. Mark the text that i wrote
4. Click "Transform into: Text"
and it worked! Is this the same you are trying to do but it is unsuccessfull? Or anything else?
Just let me know and i'll test.
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this worked Perfectly, Thank You

How to get smart call future working on Note 7

This is a quick guide to show how to enable the smart call feature included in some versions of the Note 7, according to the website. Learn more about smart call feature here: http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/smart-call/
First download quick shortcut maker from the Play Store.
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Second navigate to the third phone setting.
Third scroll all the way down to the circled setting. This sitting right here will get you where you need to be to enable Smart call feature.
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?

You can also do this with nova activities!
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Don't think this worked. I have the same menu turned it on but the actually seeing it work I dont see it

What is this supposed to do? I looked it up and on Samsungs description page it's totally different. I haven't seen any difference with this.

Something else must be missing.

I had it enabled for days with no effect
Would really like to see this work

so doesnt Work
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This did not work for me. Then today I was poking around in the settings and got it to work. I went into Applications in settings and then in the top right enabled system apps. I scrolled down to smart caller ID and clicked it. I went to permissions and enabled contacts.
Anyway an hour later I got a call from a family member from their home phone. I do not have this persons name saved in my phone. It said their first, last, and middle initial right on the screen. I was like wow it's working. So naturally I went into package disable pro and turned it off LOL. I tested it again with the same caller and this time it didn't show their caller ID, only their phone number. I tried to re enable the feature and have not been able to get it back since. If someone can try these steps and see how it works, maybe we can figure it out.
Kept messing with settings and it started working again. Rebooted and it went away.

My phone doesn't even have smart caller ID in the app manager area. I did follow the OP and enabled it so we'll see. I'm not rich hopeful but we'll see
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le0.br4zuc4 said:
My phone doesn't even have smart caller ID in the app manager area. I did follow the OP and enabled it so we'll see. I'm not rich hopeful but we'll see
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You have to enable system apps.

seh6183 said:
This did not work for me. Then today I was poking around in the settings and got it to work. I went into Applications in settings and then in the top right enabled system apps. I scrolled down to smart caller ID and clicked it. I went to permissions and enabled contacts.
Anyway an hour later I got a call from a family member from their home phone. I do not have this persons name saved in my phone. It said their first, last, and middle initial right on the screen. I was like wow it's working. So naturally I went into package disable pro and turned it off LOL. I tested it again with the same caller and this time it didn't show their caller ID, only their phone number. I tried to re enable the feature and have not been able to get it back since. If someone can try these steps and see how it works, maybe we can figure it out.
Kept messing with settings and it started working again. Rebooted and it went away.
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Mine doesn't have that in applications. Not even after enabling system apps. Must be third party installed app you have there.

Okay use the app from the OP and search for "smart" and smart caller ID will show up. Click it and then create. Then on the home screen click the newly created shortcut and it should enable permissions for smart caller ID. Then try.

I've tried it multiple ways and I don't see a "smart caller" anything either. Total crap Verizon! Any way someone can extract it?

B4ore said:
I've tried it multiple ways and I don't see a "smart caller" anything either. Total crap Verizon! Any way someone can extract it?
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See attached.

Seh6183, I know what "Smart Caller" looks like and is spelled lol. It's simply not existing on my phone. Same app, same search....

B4ore said:
Seh6183, I know what "Smart Caller" looks like and is spelled lol. It's simply not existing on my phone. Same app, same search....
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I dont believe that it's not there lol

Maybe you can find it for me then...

Both normal and incremental search...

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Both normal and incremental search...
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Looks like they really stripped the Verizon variant down. I have a request out in the international forums to have someone give me their phone apk. Hopefully someone responds.

How can I remove the Covid-19 notifications that mysteriously appeared on my phone!?!

Running XXXNoLimits, OOS 10.3, Elemental X kernal
Did not update anything this week. Now, under settings-google there is "covid-19 notifications". Had to have been either carrier pushed or a google back door. I don't even have a google account on my phone!
Shows "on/1app" but when I push it the screen just goes dark until I hit back.
Titanium and App ops can't find it.
I keep bluetooth off and only turn location on when I need Magic Earth Maps, then turn it back off, however, the pisses me the f**k off that it has been loaded on my phone.
I have a Samsug Tab running Lineage and it is not there, but the tab is wifi only. Tried Lineage 3 times on my phone and can not get Signal messenger to work and that is a deal breaker for me.
Anyway, how do we get rid it this??

Is this the screen you are referring to, but with different info populating it?
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I don't have any Covid apps installed so for me there are no settings to turn on or off; this form of contact tracing is not yet available where I live.
The big question is what app on your phone is being detected as a contact tracing app.
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How do the notifications look like? Regular notifications? Perhaps take a screenshot when you see another one. You should be able to trace which app (or system element) is spewing out these nuisances by long pressing the notification and take more actions by tapping the gear icon top right...

@franken..... I actually don't get to that screen, but that is the right place. Checked a another Android and that is the screen it goes to, mine just goes black.
@timmmmm...haven't gotten any notifications as I don't have any covd apps.
Settings does, however show "on/1 app". I am guessing a glitch since I have leashed google w xxx, Titanium, and App Opps.
I have not done the last system update. Don't have a google account, but do have a google Fi sim card since I live overseas and it works here.
I read google pushed this out as a new setting, for those that download covid apps, blah, blah, blah.......but HOW?
And how do we get rid of it. Article I read on a UK new site said "usage and diagnostics" is where you can turn it off and on, my phone was and is set to off, but I still wanna get rid of it.

That's part of a Google Play Services update, you can't remove it.
If you don't opt-in explicitly, it should not have any effect.

Do you really want to trust that? I personally wouldnt trust anything said or done at this point. For sometime my phone's been acting weird. Note 9 completely stock. But my g7 power rooted since day one with a global variant still runs like a charm. I'd rather just remove it or better yet permanently disabled it through some exploit.

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Do you really want to trust that? I personally wouldnt trust anything said or done at this point. For sometime my phone's been acting weird. Note 9 completely stock. But my g7 power rooted since day one with a global variant still runs like a charm. I'd rather just remove it or better yet permanently disabled it through some exploit.
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What exactly do you think the phone is doing with that Covid-19 notification setting without an app to drive it? Contact tracer apps need to plug into the local health authority, and only a few places in the US are doing it because people are so suspicious of big tech. I would gladly participate but it's not available in my area.
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The only way to get rid of it is to delete Google Play Services. That's how they snuck it in. On Android Pie it's simple. Just debloat via ADB using pm list packages prompt and voila! it's gone. On Android 10 it works the same EXCEPT none of the google apps, firefox, instacart, or anything like that will WORK. So you can de-google all you want - they've baked it into everything. It's something I'm struggling with now since I was forced to upgrade.