I want to set a different ringtone for callers with no number displayed. (In my case this is how my work contact me.) Is it possible to set a calltone for callers diplayed as a "private" that is different to all the others. Thnx.
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Will this work?
If I enter the text "private" in a phone number field of an outlook contact will the Kaiser match it with the Caller ID "private" that displays when an unlisted number rings? I can then assign it a unique ringtone.
Nope. It won't. Not sure on how to make tones assign to private/unknown. Your work calls you from private numbers? Who are you double O 7? lol jk
Third Party Software.....
Either Photocontacts or smartfilter. Google either. Both will do what you want. Photocontacts has more features and options.
Shame I have to add and buy a third party utility to do such a simple thing. Without installing these apps.... they appear to do forwarding and blocking according to caller ID. None of their blurbs mention custom ringtones for private/unknown though?
Is there not some way this could be achieved from in the registry.
is there an update? is there anyway to assign ringtones to private callers?
I had wondered about this issue myself. What I have done is set up S2U2 and Ringo. I have a picture of "The Stig" as s2u2 allows you to dislay your own gif image for unknown callers. In Ringo I set up all my contacts into the correct categories and so the default caller basically works as unknowns, which incidentally you can set to your own mp3/wav etc...
My solution to this was to assign tones to different categories using ToneManager, so that anyone not assigned to a category (i.e. private or unknown numbers) use the default ringtone.
Hope this helps
6 months on.... Just bumping this up.
Has any one yet found a non-third-party-software way of achieving a distinctive ringtone for callers with no number displayed. (In my case this is how my work contact me.) Surely this must be possible.
Workaround?
I have distintive numbers for people who I DO know about / reveal their number to me. For everyone else that comes up as "unknown" or "withheld" it plays the default ringtone, assigned in Sounds & Notifications.
Works for me as my company always calls me from a withheld number.
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Hi! I am looking for a call filter program that can filter all unwanted or no number incoming calls, I tried photo contacts pro but its slow & sometimes the caller can't hear anything for 1 to 2 seconds repeatly during the conversation. I also tried MagiCall, this program is simple & nice but it can't hang up the no number calls, instead it will pass these calls to my voice mail box directly. It has a option "pick up/hang up", this works what I want but will waste the air time. So anyone can suggest a call filter program to me that can directly hang up the no number calls? Thanks!
Call Firewall
thanks for your reply, I've seen the features of this program but it doesn't mention it can block no number call or not? Do you know it has this feature or not? Thanks!
uh, sorry, can't help you there. I only HAD this program in some of the ROMs I used, never actually USED it.
And auto-rejecting no-number calls would have killed it in my book anyway, because the phone central in my office randomly removes id from outgoing ones, and so I would never receive business calls, lol.
Ask around, or better yet, try searching the forum for impressions/reviews. I know Laurentius26 uses this app in some (if not all) of his ROMs.
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That's what I found in the description:
Features & Options:
a. Accecpt all calls - pretty self explainatory
b. Accept call from My Contacts only - accepts calls from contacts only, others are rejected
c. Reject all calls - pretty self explainatory
d. White List - accepts calls only from the white listed nos
e. Black List - accepts all call except from the black listed nos
f. Black List Pattern - any no STARTING from the black list pattern list is rejected.
for eg. if you enter "123", so all nos STARTING from "123" will be rejected
this is a very nice option with which you can block nos from any particular network, country, city , area or whatever you can think of.
Besides, there is a check window for "Reject unknown/private calls"... I'd call it a YES, then
CallBlock
I use callBlock from WISH solutions to block a list of callers. It works well and it does not have to answer and hang up.They mention that it can block no number calls but I have not tried it for that. Here is the link:
http://www.wishsolutions.com/products.html
Good luck!
Just tried the Call Firewall, it can block no number calls, but transfer the call to voice mail box directly. Anyway thanks for your suggestion
actually, this CallBlock looks like it offers a few ways of blocking the call... See picture at this address
Block method: dropdown list... Wonder what's in there? researchermd, can you check and let us know?
call firewall works just fine. I use it to block unknown or private numbers.
In addition, you can use your network settings for call barring and block numbers that aren't in your phonebook if you want the extra security of blocking numbers.
The screen you provided should be "CallBlock Ringtone Edition" which is make for palm. For the PPC version, there has no such option can be found
My wife is pregnant and due any day. I want to check if it's possible to have her number ring on my phone even if it's muted, or deadring all rest while keeping hers on.
Anyone tried something like that? I'd appreciate a help.
My only suggestion is to change your phone's default ringtone to one that makes no noise (record some silence if necessary) and set a contact-specific ringtone of your choice on your wife's number.
PhoneAlarm allows you to create custom profiles, so you could accomplish what you want. Look at Inesoft Addressbook which also allows for group ringtones etc.
On windows mobile, I had an app that allowed me to create a white list of users, and easily set (and unset) it so that only calls from people on that white list would ring the phone, everyone else would go straight to voicemail. Is there such an app for Android?
I used it when I was sleeping, so that calls from trusted people who wouldn't call unless it was important would wake me, while random calls from people who fail to comprehend 'I work 3rd shift and sleep during the day' would go to voicemail. I know individual entries in contacts can be set to ring straight to voicemail, but it's way too much hassle to manually set a bunch of contacts to ring to voicemail, and no help for calls from numbers NOT in my contact list.
Well There is a app called callblock that you either set it to ignore certian numbers or you set it to block unknown numbers... (theres also one for sms too)
You could use Locale like this if your shifts are consistent times:
1. Setup a 'Sleep' situation based on time conditions that mutes notifications and rings.
2. Setup a higher rated 'Trusted Contacts' situation switching the ringer on for calls from your selected contacts.
I used to use Locale like this on my G1 - I'm waiting on manually switched situations (planned upgrade to Locale) to start using Locale again on my Magic.
Just click on a contact and scroll all the way down and it should say send calls from this contact directly to voicemail or something like that
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Just click on a contact and scroll all the way down and it should say send calls from this contact directly to voicemail or something like that
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Yeah, like I said, doing this for all my contacts doesn't work, cos I'd be doing it and undoing it every day, plus this is no help for calls from numbers I don't know.
texanman said:
Well There is a app called callblock that you either set it to ignore certian numbers or you set it to block unknown numbers... (theres also one for sms too)
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I can't find call block in the market. I searched this forum, and someone mentioned not being able to find call block after upgrading to cupcake. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3860495#post3860495
Have you got the apk for call block?
i cant even find this callblock app....there's no solution?.....for the Iphone i had like 2 apps for it and for the Fuze i had an app for it....wuz good wit the Market....i can't ever find anything....Cyrket n da barcodes are a lifesaver
Grab a copy of Reverse Lookup Plus.
You can choose to "lookup" any unknown call, get caller info, and then you can decide to added it to a blocked-list that auto sends it to voicemail.
I --believe-- this is the Call Block all grown up and renamed.
For my purposes, locale was the answer, once I got it set up properly. I set a condition of 'contact', listing the people I want the phone to ALWAYS ring if they're calling, and set the action to 'volume max'. Then I made sure this was at the top of my list in locale, since higher on the list is higher priority. The locale help has instructions about this, using 'VIP callers' as an example.
I can't seem to find Locale or Reverse Lookup Plus from the market?
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I can't seem to find Locale or Reverse Lookup Plus from the market?
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http://www.cyrket.com/search?q=locale
The first result is locale. YOu can scan the 2d barcode on the page with your phone, and the phone will ask if you want to open the link with your browser or with the market. click market, it'll take you straight to locale.
Is there a way set a discrete ringtone to unknown callers.
Apparently there are three different types of unknown calls:
1. Calls from number-withheld callers.
2. Calls from a public telephone.
3. Calls from the environment where you are unable to notify the number.
It is not possible to treat the three separately.
No problems here... All I want is for my phone to use a specific ringtone for these calls, that is different to the default one I assign to contacts or calls from non withheld numbers.
I do not want to block or divert or silence them, which is what the current unknown number Applications do.
I do not want a different ringtone for callers not in contacts.
I get a lot of legitimate calls from a single "unknown caller" who is i fact my employer who uses number-withheld. So I want my phone to ring differently when they call .
The Nexus call log does not let you add Unknown to contacts, which I have read in another forum as a suggested solution.
Any ideas?
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Is there a way set a discrete ringtone to unknown callers.
Apparently there are three different types of unknown calls:
1. Calls from number-withheld callers.
2. Calls from a public telephone.
3. Calls from the environment where you are unable to notify the number.
It is not possible to treat the three separately.
No problems here... All I want is for my phone to use a specific ringtone for these calls, that is different to the default one I assign to contacts or calls from non withheld numbers.
I do not want to block or divert or silence them, which is what the current unknown number Applications do.
I do not want a different ringtone for callers not in contacts.
I get a lot of legitimate calls from a single "unknown caller" who is i fact my employer who uses number-withheld. So I want my phone to ring differently when they call .
The Nexus call log does not let you add Unknown to contacts, which I have read in another forum as a suggested solution.
Any ideas?
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Don't know if this will help others, but look at my post (link below) to see how I accomplished this on my HTC One V:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941889
Does anyone know of a straight forward way to set a ringtone for all numbers that are not listed in your contacts?
I am going to try out the free app Call&SMS Filter but it would be good if there was a way to do it without a third party app. All my contacts are from Google so there isn't even an easy way to set a ringtone for all of them as I'd need to setup an empty contact for all of their names, link it and then add the ringtone there.
The only way I can think of is to set ringtone "A" as the global ringtone under settings. Then go into your contact list and then set a custom ringtone for each contact. That way if a contact calls it reverts to the custom ringtone, and if a non contact calls you get standard ringtone "A". If you have a lot of contacts that could take quite a while to do. Thats the only way I can think of doing it, unless there is some app that would do it.