- Browse to a contact -> Click “Menu” -> Select “Options”.
- Select “Send calls directly to voicemail”.
Yep, its that easy!
Try this one too on older phones: Settings -> Call settings -> Blacklist
Interested in more setup tips? Top 10 android setup tasks.
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That would be great If that feature actually worked on my android
Why doesn’t it work?
It works just fine on my phone
works great for me. hit the options on my android not the edit button
This is not what I thought. I also don’t want tons of voicemails and contacts either. Any better tips?
I create a single contact called SPAM for unwanted calls and then add every unwanted caller number to it. Then I use the option to send directly to voicemail. This is a cheap way to blacklist numbers.
There’s an app called Advanced Call Blocker that will answer and hang up phone calls so people never get to your voicemail.
There is a free blacklist under andro 2. you can access it by going to settings, then connections, and at the bottom of the list is blacklist, you can use that to reject any added incoming telephone number
It is very good…
Does anyone know of a call block program that can filter the caller in this manner.
+4458*
For example, +4458* represents any numbers starting with +4458
Any suggestions?
For those of you using android 2.1 (others may work I just happen to have this version) go to settings -> call settings -> all calls -> auto reject. Enable auto reject then click auto reject list. Here you can enter the number manually by going to the menu or you can select from contacts or call log. Enjoy the silence
Do you know how to make the missed call notifications stop on the straight to voicemail calls?
Does blacklisting a phone number stop text messages as well?
The straight ot voicemail option is fine for calls, but messages are still coming through.
Any way to stop that as well?
there is an app called call&sms Filter on the marketplace it works wonders and its free!
Good one Mike Anglada, nice resolution.
Any application which forwards UNKNOWN calls (not in address book) either to voice-mail or forwarded.
@Manuj: Call & SMS Filter supports blocking of unknown numbers. As Matt mentioned above, it’s free and a really good app.
ayee how do you block it from texting you
becuase i have a stalker n she’s very anoying
I don’t want to send all my calls to voicemail isn’t there a way i can just block one number and be done with it?
As suggested by Matt and Manuj: Call & SMS Filter is working wonders. I had kept getting calls from some company that insisted my name was Fredericka (something or other) and wouldn’t accept that I am not her or related. I am male and don’t know any Fredericka’s. But they kept calling (I suspect a bill collector). installed Call & SMS Filter by Easy Filter. Put the number in to block and walah. Nothing came through in last 2 days but log shows they have called.
I don’t know how it works. That is a busy signal, a jammer or what. But I don’t get their calls anymore.
how can i block people from calling me private
What does use use tactile feedback mean?
Does not work that easy for me on my dell streak, But there is lots on market for this sort of thing
Hi,
You can use Call Sift application in order to block unwanted calls, this application do much more.
I use autoreject on my Android…you do have to enable autoreject, and then you can just long press on any number and select “add to reject list.” works wonders. It hangs up on the caller before they reach voicemail. I <3. I do however hate the notifications. I have this one number that used to call me once or twice a day and now they call like 8 because they can't get through. They all show up in my missed calls. I'd just rather not know about them lol.
Just added Call Control. Free on Android!!!
I have Android 2.2.1 OS on my Droid from Verizon Wireless. Does not have Blacklist on the menu. Have they tampered with it?
i will to try…thanks
Now follow this Path to block:
Settings -> Call settings -> All calls -> Auto reject
Mark “Enable auto reject”
Then, go to “Auto reject list” and add numbers
(to add numbers, in Galaxy S, as I don’t know in others, click menu button and then “Create”)
so i downloaded the black list but it was working fine at first but when trying to call my husband today and him trying to call me it sent us to voicemail
any1 have an idea on how to set the settings exactly for the black list?? my husband tried calling me and me calling him it sent us to voicemail we just want private numbers blocked and numbers that arent in our phone to call us but i thought it worked fine until it did it to us ne1 know what to do?
What I said few days ago worked perfectly for me
“Now follow this Path to block:
Settings -> Call settings -> All calls -> Auto reject
Mark “Enable auto reject”
Then, go to “Auto reject list” and add numbers
(to add numbers, in Galaxy S, as I don’t know in others, click menu button and then “Create”)”
(After “create”, add the number you want to block)
Oaf – n. A big clumsy, usually slow-witted person .
This noun caught my attention when I glanced in my Daughter’s Thesaurus tonight. As I’m typing this, it does sound a little unordinary for me to be reading a Thesaurus, so let me explain. Shortly before bedtime my husband and I snuck off into our attached garage. Again, odd I know, but this seems to be the only place we can hide in our home without being interrupted by a kid! As we were talking, I looked down and saw the book lying near the door. As I reached to grab it, I happened to place my fingers on the first page of the letter O. Oddly enough, Oaf is the first word starting this section. I felt compelled to read the synonyms of this rarely used word out loud. As I did, Bruce and I looked at each other and knew instantly we were thinking the same thing. We have new names to call my ex-husband! My favorite synonyms were klutz, schlepp, lumpkin, imbecile, and meathead.
This week, my Oaf of an ex-husband thought it appropriate to send me a “text message” asking for my help in expediting a picture order he had placed. I guess he is thinking that since I took his children (that he hasn’t seen in 4 years) to the photographer to take Christmas pictures, AND since I was nice enough to send his family the link to buy the pictures, I should ALSO be required to assist him with purchasing them. Apparently there have been some delays, and the photographer is not responding fast enough for him!
Although his random, ridiculous requests typically do not surprise me, this one was bold. Would you ask your ex-wife for help the same week you received a letter from her attorney threatening you with a civil suite?
I installed the new Android Blacklist APP on my EVO after that most recent series of texts. After I replied to his request with my Attorney’s phone number, he called ME a joke! And who lives with their parents at age 43? I’m really starting to wonder….is it only the alcohol that has affected his view of reality or something more?
At least now I can go to my Blacklist APP when I am in the mood for crazy!
DEBBIE, tactile feedback is when your phone vibrates when the screen is touched or a call answered.
how do i get something for receivein block calls to show the number or block it so they have to show it
its okay to block calls… but if you want to eliminate sms as well, i think thats impossible… best way to resist calls and messages… change your number or network provider.
I can’t express fully how grateful I am for this tip. Awesome! Thank You. I’m going to post your link on facebook.
Thank you. This was very helpful.
Your heLp will be appreciated by me
Funny how most comments are from chicks lol
These tips are very interesting and thank you with this post!!!
Hey,
I gotta droid 2 version 2.2 I checked the version in the about phone in settings section of my phone….. I have read many comments on this topic and was attempting the ways to use the blacklist option as well as the auto rejection option and the forward to vmail…. for some odd reason my droid 2 global with the 2.2 version does not have any of the forementioned procedures to “blacklist or block a phone number” any thoughts on what to do besides drive to a verizon store or contact them directly?? Please help asap crazy x blowin up my cell phone!!!
Also I see its mentioned that an update for version 2.2 for a “blacklist” option is that an auto update or a marketplace update?
He’s talking about the System settings not the contact preferences to view the blacklist
Thanks Brian!!! I installed the app too! I don’t even have “call settings” on my droid, and it is a 2.2. no black list, nothing! Verizon wants me to pay $4.99/mo. to install “parental controls” and I AM the parent & user of my phone. Thank you NOT!
can be used for other types of mobile phone or not?
Use blacklistcall for blocking unknnown numbers and contact numbers. Or only silent those numbers…
it really works
I just used the blacklist within the phone to block calls but I really needed to block texts. Just downloaded an app on the Android Market called ‘sms filter’ and it works a treat. just add in the number you want to block and bam. Their msgs will no longer appear in your inbox. and you can choose whether or not to keep them in a log, which saves the msgs within the app if you want to check them later. I was at my wits end with abusive msgs from my father and this has made my day!! Highly recommend.
Optimus-T
Settings -> Call settings -> Call reject -> Call reject -> select reject on list button -> ->Call reject list -> menu -> New number -> then choose from contacts,calllogs or manually enter new number and thats it.
LG Optimus-S
I don’t have
Settings -> Call settings -> Call reject ->
Or anything like that under Call Settings…
Dang it…
is there anyway i could find out if am being block? (phone)
would i still get to hear the ring tone? if i am being block?
How can they create some wonders like Android and not have a built-in feature like call blocking!
My old smartphone from Samsung has it, without any add-on!
I hope someone can help me with this question. Is it possible to Block numbers from specific countries?
For example, if I wanted to block all incoming calls from the UK ’0044′, is there an app that would let me do this?
So really, I am looking for an app that will look at an incoming call and block it depending upon a predefined filter. So, in the example I’ve given above, I’d want to block all numbers STARTING with 0044.
TIA
Ian
You swear
I use free app.. phone blocker from market!
Thanks to Poco for resolving my problem.I can block any number I choose without any addictional application
I have the Samsung Sidekick 4G and there’s no blacklist or blocklist or anything like that on mine.
i dont hv this features in my android
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how to block a no. in samsung galaxy pop (S5570)?????
der is no blacklist option available here. plz let me know as soon as possible.
Heres how it works:
Settings >> Call Settings >> All Calls >> Auto Reject >>
“Enable Auto Reject” – Checked
or
use “Auto Reject List”
and add contact or number from call log
hi i am wondering how can i block calls on a samsung admire? the only thing i have found is to block all calls that are not on my contacts list but often times i DO need to get calls from numbers i dont have on my list. can i block just specific numbers?
See this?
Settings >> Call Settings >> All Calls >> Auto Reject >>
It doesn’t exist in 2.3. Going to Call Settings has no “All Calls” or “Auto Reject.” Nothing even close.
Obviously this feature is NOT available on all phones. I do not have it on my Nexus S. If I had to guess, I’d say either it was a 2.1 feature that was removed in 2.2 and up, or that the phones that have it, have it as part of modifications made by the manufacturer or the carrier.
It would be nice if Google implemented this feature as part of stock Android.
I do have it on my Nexus S.
Click Menu on that contact, then select “Options”.
Select “Send calls directly to voicemail”.
Just like the post says.
On my android I go from the Home screen, click the setting button (far left), click “Call Settings”, click “All Calls”, click “Auto Reject”, check “Enable auto reject”, click “Auto reject list”, click settings button (far left), click “Create”, browse for contact you want to block, click “Save”…
ALL DONE
On the newer droids you can simply go to the contact you want to block and click the options button and use auto reject. It blocks only the contacts you want it to. So much easier than downloading some app.
How 2 block number texin me or phonin me on galaxy s2
Doesn’t work on the Samsung Fascinate with U.S. Cellular:
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I’m using a free app now called Call Control. It has a list of numbers that it blocks, and after you get a call, you can go to recent calls and blacklist it.
Ok i use the blacklist to block certain ppl from my phone but they still can call me from the same number that i blocked them from…how is that???
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