Hi you all out there,
since I was searching for application ideas I read about the wish for a call firewall again and again.
I decided to think about it and now here it is:
CallWall - The Call Firewall
It's an application which provides a service which directly blocks incoming calls by matching them with some user creatable filters.
Current filters are:
- Simple filter (a la *1337* to block all numbers with 1337 in it)
- Regex filter (a la .*1337.*)
- Contact filter blocks a single contact
- Contact group filter blocks a hole group of contacts
- Unknown number filter blocks all calls with an unknown caller ID
The calls can be blocked (same as clicking the hangup button directly) or just be muted.
I had to compile the app against the source and not the SDK - only for the hangup thing which is ~4 lines of code, all other things are SDK stuff. It installs and runs without problems in the emulator, so I think not-rooted-phones should be able to use it, too.
Please post comments and bug thing here
Have fun with it, hope you like it.
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v1.0.1 - 26-08
-Added notifications for blocked calls and an ongoing notification while the service is started & active. All of them can be switched off in the settings.
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Source code available at my git repository.
Could you add a screening feature like "You Have Reached " I had it on my Sanyo 500 years ago and I could pick up in the middle of them leaving a message. Well I think it would be cool if its possible THx
irrenhaus at it again
nice work man
can't wait to see what you add on to this
It didn't work for me...
All the calls still got through..
AustinKnight45 said:
Could you add a screening feature like "You Have Reached " I had it on my Sanyo 500 years ago and I could pick up in the middle of them leaving a message. Well I think it would be cool if its possible THx
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Yah, I thought about an answering machine on the phone which gives you the possibility to record an answer text and which records onto the sd card. But that will maybe come somewhen in the future
Mh could you give information about your configured filters?
I could only test it on my phone and the emulator...
Thanks
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Yah, I thought about an answering machine on the phone which gives you the possibility to record an answer text and which records onto the sd card. But that will maybe come somewhen in the future
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well these features are some what there.. I have them with google voice it saves all my voice mails (even transcribes them too) and it saves my text.. And I can screen my calls I can listen to there voicemail and if i wanna pick up I just do so... so in some sense it is a answering machine. oh and the cool part if some one calls you from an unknown number they cant get through they have to first leave there name and number.. Well thats the way i have it setup anyways
tried out some of the features and working well on my part awesome work again
We already have an ignore option on the phone im not trying to put this down but how is this any different?
imbonez9 said:
We already have an ignore option on the phone im not trying to put this down but how is this any different?
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Well, I think this piece of work is just more - lets say advanced
To say the truth, I think if the original functions do it for you there is no need for this app. Also the only reason I've made this is that I heard many voices screaming for an app like this - so I decided to code it .
All the power to you in no way was i hating just asking to find out more about this
^^ I think the original way to ignore a call just lets you ignore specific contacts.
The CallWall lets you additionaly ignore unknown numbers, hole user groups and numbers by pattern... And I'm currently adding different notification things so you know that a call was blocked ^^
Well I think that's all about it...
I think this thread needs to go to "Dream applications and games" and not in the Android Dev. forum....
Like the app though, could be very useful.
Stericson
Ah well yah sorry about that, reading so much the dev forum that I didn't think of the other ones xD
great idea
I really like this idea and like the overall layout. Good work!
Call and Text blocking...
I'd love an App that let's me block text and calls from a certain number, but not only blocks them, but let's them know in no uncertain terms that I've blocked them!! Like on texts, it would send an auto-response to the number saying something like "the T-Mobile customer you are messaging has blocked this number xxx-xxx-xxxx. No messages sent will be received." or something.
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hey irrenhaus,
a feature that i dont think would be too hard to implement, is a filter where you block out everyone EXCEPT for a specific group/contact ... for example, when im at certain places, i would like to put everyone to mute except for my family... what do you think?
EDIT: i had another idea but forgot it so will edit this when i remember
I think this is great. I am tired of hitting the ignore button. I would rather the phone just mute itself and i don't even have to pay attention to it. With his feature, you don't ahve to look at the phone and touch something. This is aces above "your hitting the end button". Nice work!
I had a great app like this on my window mobile phone, except it had the option to answer the call and hang up, so the caller couldn't leave a voice mail.
Then it would send them a SMS stating they had been blocked, and if they replied via SMS the sms's were automatically deleted.
Also, it did this behind the scenes so you didn't get any notification(missed called, or sms, ringtones).
Was a really great app!...
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I had a great app like this on my window mobile phone, except it had the option to answer the call and hang up, so the caller couldn't leave a voice mail.
Then it would send them a SMS stating they had been blocked, and if they replied via SMS the sms's were automatically deleted.
Also, it did this behind the scenes so you didn't get any notification(missed called, or sms, ringtones).
Was a really great app!...
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Don't know if anyone else has seen this yet (or cares), but since I love YouMail, I thought I'd post this up.
They have a link in this forum topic to download the .apk file, but since it says it's a closed beta, I'm not sure if you need to have YouMail allow your YouMail account to use the software.
LMK
http://api.youmail.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15
Downloaded. It works pretty well. No option to save MP3 messages to SD. Uses polling, which can be a total pain in the ass, and kinda pointless for a voicemail system.
I actually started writing this app about a month ago, but the project manager(i assume) didn't really understand what I was talking about. I tried explaining to him that polling from the device is kinda a kludgy approach, and they should try and implement a different system. I even went so far as to writing a small server side program that would ping the device when there was new messages.
Here's the weird thing though, I sent him a long email one day asking him a bunch of questions about the hardware and software they're using for this system(so I can better design this software), and he never got back to me. THEN, a few weeks later(a month maybe) calls me asking how things are going.
Mind you, I hadn't signed any agreement with them, no deal was in place, and I do have other responsibilities. After a week or so I just assumed they were going with another developer. I assumed from the beginning that there were multiple people working on multiple apps, and they would just release the best one first. Oh well, that's my run-in with them.
Other than all of the above, the service itself is VERY useful. As far as the app is concerned, I think it's a great first-go, but it needs a little refinement. It's a bit slow, and scheduled server checks just isn't going to cut it. Why manually check my messages when I can have them deliver it in MP3 for to my email directly on my phone?
In anycase, good job whoever wrote the app!
I installed it and it shows my messages however it doesn't play anything. I click open and it just sits there. Im running cm 3.4 with hero 1.2, maybe thats why
How is this compared to PF Voicemail?
Probably not as cool as a dedicated app, but I:
1. Simply turn on email notifications on the youmail website with the option to attach an MP3 of the voicemail and send the emails to my gmail account
2. then I setup a filter in gmail to label all youmail messages with attachments to "YouMail"
3. I put a shortcut on my homescreen by "add shortcut" "Gmail label" "YouMail"
4. for good measure I tell the Android message settings to sync emails in the youmail folder for 4 days worth of voicemail in case I run into a problem with my network connection.
Instant Visual Voicemail with push.
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Probably not as cool as a dedicated app, but I:
1. Simply turn on email notifications on the youmail website with the option to attach an MP3 of the voicemail and send the emails to my gmail account
2. then I setup a filter in gmail to label all youmail messages with attachments to "YouMail"
3. I put a shortcut on my homescreen by "add shortcut" "Gmail label" "YouMail"
4. for good measure I tell the Android message settings to sync emails in the youmail folder for 4 days worth of voicemail in case I run into a problem with my network connection.
Instant Visual Voicemail with push.
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Yea, that's pretty much what I do too...I wish you could set it up to automatically download attachments though, especially since the beta app kinda sucks right now.
The app is in Open Beta now - feel free to download and try it out.
The only thing we (I) ask is that if you find any problems, or have any suggestions - either send us an email ([email protected]) or join in the discussion on the forums.
And yes, currently you need a free YouMail account in order to use the app. At some point you'll be able to sign up as part of the installation process, but that's in a later version.
YouMail for G1
Hi,
Could I please ask that you send *me* a private email with details about who at YouMail you were talking to? I'm the one responsible for the Android app and this is the first I have heard of someone contacting us regarding this app.
Regarding your comments about polling. We would absolutely ***love*** to push your voicemail to the phone similar to the way our Blackberry cousins get their email. Problem here is that in order to do that YouMail would need an interconnect agreement with T-Mobile (and other carriers) letting us use their push technology (yes, the G1 software does support push). The chances of T-Mobile (and other carriers) allowing that to happen are pretty much nil. (We all know that competition is bad... don't we?)
So, out of the box, what the Android app does is:
* Poll every hour to catch up on changes you may have made via the dial-in interface, or the web site (you can adjust it to be as often as every 15 mins, or as infrequent as 'never')
* Poll a couple of minutes after you miss a call - to see if the caller left you a message
* Poll when one of YouMail's special TXT messages arrives (the kind that start with "New VM:....")
* Manually initiated
That's the best approximation to push that we've been able to come up with considering the limitations. The drain on battery is actually remarkably low.
Of course, if you choose to receive your voicemails via email go for it!
I'll put a post up on the YouMail forums explaining battery usage.
Thanks
Doug
InGeNeTiCs said:
Downloaded. It works pretty well. No option to save MP3 messages to SD. Uses polling, which can be a total pain in the ass, and kinda pointless for a voicemail system.
I actually started writing this app about a month ago, but the project manager(i assume) didn't really understand what I was talking about. I tried explaining to him that polling from the device is kinda a kludgy approach, and they should try and implement a different system. I even went so far as to writing a small server side program that would ping the device when there was new messages.
Here's the weird thing though, I sent him a long email one day asking him a bunch of questions about the hardware and software they're using for this system(so I can better design this software), and he never got back to me. THEN, a few weeks later(a month maybe) calls me asking how things are going.
Mind you, I hadn't signed any agreement with them, no deal was in place, and I do have other responsibilities. After a week or so I just assumed they were going with another developer. I assumed from the beginning that there were multiple people working on multiple apps, and they would just release the best one first. Oh well, that's my run-in with them.
Other than all of the above, the service itself is VERY useful. As far as the app is concerned, I think it's a great first-go, but it needs a little refinement. It's a bit slow, and scheduled server checks just isn't going to cut it. Why manually check my messages when I can have them deliver it in MP3 for to my email directly on my phone?
In anycase, good job whoever wrote the app!
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I installed it and it shows my messages however it doesn't play anything. I click open and it just sits there. Im running cm 3.4 with hero 1.2, maybe thats why
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If you could send me some details I might be able to help.
The app downloads all message data via http.
Sistum Id said:
How is this compared to PF Voicemail?
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This is what I'm waiting to hear about before taking the plunge...
Left myself a message and I got the alert. I ran the app and then it says I have a message. I click on the number that was the caller and well nothing seems to happen. I see what appears to be a download button and across a phone/speaker.
Nothing seems to make any noise.
Also this app was in my recently ran apps tray so does this app start on phone turn on or do you have to manually start for the alerts. Also the polling is that to check for messages or to pull down the audio?
The reason I ask this stuff is there really isn't any discriptions of what does what and most apps appear to be straight forward.
Looks like I just got a text now saying I have a message. Thats what brings me to the polling. Does it poll every hour on top of the text message?
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Also the polling is that to check for messages or to pull down the audio?
The reason I ask this stuff is there really isn't any discriptions of what does what and most apps appear to be straight forward.
Looks like I just got a text now saying I have a message. Thats what brings me to the polling. Does it poll every hour on top of the text message?
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I don't know if this is or isn't the info you're looking for, but this info was in the original post for somebody who seems to be working on the app...
ymDoug said:
So, out of the box, what the Android app does is:
* Poll every hour to catch up on changes you may have made via the dial-in interface, or the web site (you can adjust it to be as often as every 15 mins, or as infrequent as 'never')
* Poll a couple of minutes after you miss a call - to see if the caller left you a message
* Poll when one of YouMail's special TXT messages arrives (the kind that start with "New VM:....")
* Manually initiated
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Heh...finally an app is developing for YM I had posted here and even emailed a couple of devs and got nowhere. Even emailed YouMail and got the standard "not at this moment, there are no plans on supporting Android".
omario117 said:
I don't know if this is or isn't the info you're looking for, but this info was in the original post for somebody who seems to be working on the app...
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So I"m blind and dumb. Thanks
Now if it only pulled down the audio it would be awesome. I guess thats why things are work in progress.
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So I"m blind and dumb. Thanks
Now if it only pulled down the audio it would be awesome. I guess thats why things are work in progress.
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Only if you're calling yourself that, I'm not calling you anything
If you did think I was, I apologize, I was simply trying to make the posting of my info seem credible, as opposed to "here's information but I'm not going to mention where I got it" or "look at the first post by such and such"...
I'd like to thank mustang_52 for getting back to me and helping figure out what was wrong. I believe the app is working correct for him now.
Just in case anyone is interested, there was a problem on one of the back-end servers where it wasn't creating the MP3 file that the app needs, so you were seeing "downloading" forever... we fixed it around noon today and everything seems to be AOK now.
There is a forum set up on the YouMail site that explains how the app checks for messages and the trade-offs we had to make since 'push' technology is effectively unavailable to us at present. (Unless of course we have some senior management from T-Mobile watching, and they want to contact me about making it available.........)
The forum is at: http://forums.youmail.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=8
Doug
Everything is working great since you fixed it. Thanks for such a great app.
Love this YouMail app... THANKS!!!
Hopefully this is ok to post here since it is a request for dream development. Sorry in advance if this belongs in Q/A or something.
The #1 thing I miss from my old Sanyo dumb-phone was the TTS ringer. When ever I received a call, my phone would:
"beeeep, incoming call from ([name] or "unknown-caller")"
I found this very handy as if my phone was out-of-pocket in my home, I could decide to get off the couch and get it or not without moving a muscle.
I have searched all over for the same basic TTS functionality in both WinMo and now Android but have not found anything.
Is it even possible within the Android system to use the TTS service to speak the contact name on incoming call instead of a ringer?
EDIT: And while I'm posting development requests, I would also like to see an app that lets you re-assign buttons (like vol+/- could page up and down unless there is sound playing, and the camera button which does nothing in Hero could be assigned to launch an app [HTC Camera] or even bring up a menu of apps to select from). They have lots of button programs for WinMo, but I've seen none for android.
I know winmo has this feature as my friend's old tilt had it.
There were a couple apps in the market that announced the name that called but they were not very good. IMO the current TTS in the market sucks, can't even understand it half the time.
I imagine someone could cobble together an application that could sense the ringtone call and hijack the audio, and then just use the TTS library to speak out the name / phone number, with "Incoming call from" prepended. I don't know if that's what the apps are doing. I don't see any apps like that on the market, either.
Search market for:
NameRinger
TalkingCallerID
voicecallerid
who is it
All have their problems. I think only voicecallerid is actually free.
What I did
This is what I did, its a hassle but works. went to
http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
typed the name of my contact downloaded and insert to sd and set as contact ring tone. yeah it suck but u can tweak it with different spelling to make it sound like the actual name. hope it helps
Here you go!
I tought I could do something back for the community so I started a new project =)
The only problem is that I have no visa to pay the registration fee to get this on the market.
I uploaded the apk to http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~lhoste/TTSNotifier.php (!UPDATED)
Based on the open source design of SMSPopup (thx!)
Speaks:
"Incoming call from <NAME>"
name = "unknown" if the number is not found in the contacts
can you start a google code page for this? im sure you can get some support and bug fixes from the community. maybe even one of the devs might upload to their account for you
upload the apk to somewhere else cause we cant access it
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Hopefully this is ok to post here since it is a request for dream development. Sorry in advance if this belongs in Q/A or something.
The #1 thing I miss from my old Sanyo dumb-phone was the TTS ringer. When ever I received a call, my phone would:
"beeeep, incoming call from ([name] or "unknown-caller")"
I found this very handy as if my phone was out-of-pocket in my home, I could decide to get off the couch and get it or not without moving a muscle.
I have searched all over for the same basic TTS functionality in both WinMo and now Android but have not found anything.
Is it even possible within the Android system to use the TTS service to speak the contact name on incoming call instead of a ringer?
EDIT: And while I'm posting development requests, I would also like to see an app that lets you re-assign buttons (like vol+/- could page up and down unless there is sound playing, and the camera button which does nothing in Hero could be assigned to launch an app [HTC Camera] or even bring up a menu of apps to select from). They have lots of button programs for WinMo, but I've seen none for android.
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My question to you is.. Why stop there?
My teacher once told me... "Why hope to make bridges made of sticks when you can dream of making bridges in the sky?"
Meaning... lets raise the bar.. lets dream bigger... So "Why stop there?"
You want TTS ringer... well I want TTS Notifications linked to any notification I enable.
ex. "Open home download completed", "you have 30 tweets", "USB connected", "You have a text message from XXX, Dictate?"
It may not have artificial intelligence.. but after how many years we have had technology and computers... couldn't we train it to be intelligent for us? You can train a dog to sit... so how come we can't program our phones to verbally say "Plug me in! Battery LOW!", "Open Wifi Signal in range", "So-n-So's birthday is today, bought them a gift?"
That does not require artificial intelligence right?
Why not bring Android toward "Fruition"
Damn... If I had the programming knowledge... I think I'd try this myself...
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gho0o5t said:
My question to you is.. Why stop there?
My teacher once told me... "Why hope to make bridges made of sticks when you can dream of making bridges in the sky?"
Meaning... lets raise the bar.. lets dream bigger... So "Why stop there?"
You want TTS ringer... well I want TTS Notifications linked to any notification I enable.
ex. "Open home download completed", "you have 30 tweets", "USB connected", "You have a text message from XXX, Dictate?"
It may not have artificial intelligence.. but after how many years we have had technology and computers... couldn't we train it to be intelligent for us? You can train a dog to sit... so how come we can't program our phones to verbally say "Plug me in! Battery LOW!", "Open Wifi Signal in range", "So-n-So's birthday is today, bought them a gift?"
That does not require artificial intelligence right?
Why not bring Android toward "Fruition"
Damn... If I had the programming knowledge... I think I'd try this myself...
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Keep posting your great ideas. Everyone has a different view on how to make this easier so if we all combine that we can make something great.
I think the usb connected, sms, battery, wifi, birthday is possible. Ill try to extend the app today and open a github.
You can also start making up sentences the phone has to speak because hearing the same stuff all the time makes it boring.
Zillode said:
I tought I could do something back for the community so I started a new project =)
The only problem is that I have no visa to pay the registration fee to get this on the market.
I uploaded the apk to http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~lhoste/TTSRingtone.php
Based on the open source design of SMSPopup (thx!)
Speaks:
"Incoming call from <NAME>"
name = "unknown" if the number is not found in the contacts
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It's probably down to stupidity on my part, but how does the app work?
it installs fine but then it doesn't seem to do anything when someone rings, it just plays my ringtone.
also, does this work on Hero? that could be my problem.
cheers for making this app btw, been looking for something like this for a long time
Meltus said:
It's probably down to stupidity on my part, but how does the app work?
it installs fine but then it doesn't seem to do anything when someone rings, it just plays my ringtone.
also, does this work on Hero? that could be my problem.
cheers for making this app btw, been looking for something like this for a long time
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You should have the TTS Service installed (search for it in the market). When receiving a change in ACTION_PHONE_STATE, it starts a services that takes care of the speech.
Do mind that your 'Media' volume is about equally high as your ringtone volume.
Zillode said:
You should have the TTS Service installed (search for it in the market). When receiving a change in ACTION_PHONE_STATE, it starts a services that takes care of the speech.
Do mind that your 'Media' volume is about equally high as your ringtone volume.
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yeah i've got that. Do i need to mess with the settings in it or anything? still just getting my normal ringtone playing.
I had a similar problem. I had to uninstall the TTSRingtone.apk (system/sd/vub.lhoste.ttsringtone.apk), re-install the TTS library (Text To Speech Service on the market) and then re-install the TTSRingtone.apk. After all of this was done, it started working on its own.
Nifty.
new build (and projectname)
Ok, I started to make the TTS notification more global. This means we will try to support more and more.
You can find the new build at:
http://wilma.vub.ac.be/~lhoste/TTSNotifier.php
NOTE: UNINSTALL THE OLD (TTSRingtone!) BEFORE INSTALLING THIS ONE.
I started a new thread so the intrested ppl can follow the changes
-> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4376431
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EDIT: And while I'm posting development requests, I would also like to see an app that lets you re-assign buttons (like vol+/- could page up and down unless there is sound playing, and the camera button which does nothing in Hero could be assigned to launch an app [HTC Camera] or even bring up a menu of apps to select from). They have lots of button programs for WinMo, but I've seen none for android.
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I don't know if it's possible to 'unbind' the vol +/- key.. any1 has an idea?
It is possible to use the same structure as TTSNotifier or SMSPopup to capture the cam button press, but since I'm running the cyanogenmod it is occupied and useless to start a 2nd app
On every single smartphone I got I was hoping this kind of application would pop up.
Is it possible, on Android, to record incoming calls?
Then it would be possible to make a voicemail application that would be usefull.
I'd remove the provider-voicemail feature, and let my phone handle the pickup-calls.
This way it is possible to view, save, store or, maybe most important, delete any voicemailmessages in a application on your phone. You could export them to your pc, mail them to yourself etc, since they are all stored on the phone.
Would be a killer app and, for business users, I think a dev can really make some nice money on it
Why not just use Google Voice. Seems alot easier to me, less processors any storage intensive and accomplishes just about everything you're looking for.
EDIT: Just saw you're in the Netherlands. Sorry.
Yep.
I don't think it is going to get here. Besides, GSM-calls will be around for some time, and businesswise I'd like to keep my current number.
Is it technically possible ? Look, in the end we will all be VOIP-ing. And even when going on voip based calls, the user interface and the biggest part of the program would still be usable, only the grabbing of the files would be easier
There has been threads about this already. Please use search.
Hi,
I was looking on the market but couldn't find anything like it.
I am looking for an app that can setup different things under different circumstances. Exaple would be: disable calls to the phone when satnav is on, or even better play an mp3 (or text-to-speech) to the caller with message (i'm driving now, will call back) or sending a text to a caller.
Also change settings based on time/place ur in etc.
Any app that can setup chain of events if/when -> then would be good.
Wouldn't be cool when you're driving and your android would answer the phone for you with a prerecorded robotic message saying that you're driving and will call back later?
Does an app like that even exist?
I read something about an app that can change phone settings depending on your location, but i don't remember it's name.
Any help would be great,
Thanks in advance.
bump, anyone?
Maybe someone is willing to create such application?
Locale is probably the app you read about. It wont do everything you want but it should do some.
Even though Locale cant do all of those things, they do offer a plug in system. Having had a quick look at their documentation, it should be fairly simple to create one.
Thanks for the responses, i will look into it, if I'll get anywhere with the plugin I'll post it here.
Cheers.
So I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Snapdragon N950U). Over the previous 24 hours, first, my daughter and then I received a group text from an unknown person. It was noone from our contact lists and noone we know. I use chomp sms as my default messaging app. I am extremely annoyed and wish for all of these textx to stop. I cant ask the group message originator to remove me from the list because I dont know who sent it. Also of the 10 to 15 numbers on the list that he/she also sent it to, I do not know anyone on the list.
I need some advice/help. With this high end phone of mine and all of its power, you would think there would be some way to just simply remove myself from the list. In my research on this topic, the only app I found that might have a chance of stopping this is called GroupXit but I dont even know if it would really work or is still valid. The only info I can find concerning the app is that its from 2014. (kinda old)
Since I have root access, isnt there something that I can do to stop it? Some type of app for rooted phones or something?
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So I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (Snapdragon N950U). Over the previous 24 hours, first, my daughter and then I received a group text from an unknown person. It was noone from our contact lists and noone we know. I use chomp sms as my default messaging app. I am extremely annoyed and wish for all of these textx to stop. I cant ask the group message originator to remove me from the list because I dont know who sent it. Also of the 10 to 15 numbers on the list that he/she also sent it to, I do not know anyone on the list.
I need some advice/help. With this high end phone of mine and all of its power, you would think there would be some way to just simply remove myself from the list. In my research on this topic, the only app I found that might have a chance of stopping this is called GroupXit but I dont even know if it would really work or is still valid. The only info I can find concerning the app is that its from 2014. (kinda old)
Since I have root access, isnt there something that I can do to stop it? Some type of app for rooted phones or something?
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Well its not as simple as one might think.
Heres the problem.
The current infrastructure allows this and call spoofing to happen because out going calls and texts are not verified and filtered properly and said calls and text are forwarded to the given address. Like a letter. It would be like trying to stop someone from writing you a letter. There isnt a mechanism the verifies he registerd number of the phone to the ID being given over the air to the recipient. Said mechanism would make call spoofing much much harder and could be modified to remove ones-self from a group chat.
You do have a few options.
1. An app that blocks texts
2. Have your carrier block them
3. Look at who their carrier is and request a block (not sure if possible but worth a shot).
4. Ask them. I know you dont want to contact them but aslong as you dont give any information, click a link, or become hostile toward them, you should be fine. To be safe. Somewhere in your messaging setting, there should be an option to auto download attachment. Id turn that off before requesting your removal.
****HEADS UP****
some carriers do charge monthly to block someone.
Id look that info up or ask before jumping straight to that option.
Thank you Shadow Assassin. I noticed another app called Textra. It says it will specifically block the group texts of your choice. May be worth a shot.
I'm kind of hesitant to contact the originator of this group text, 1. Because I can't tell which number it comes from. (When I look at the contact details it gives me a list of 10 - 15 numbers) and 2. Because of the content of the text. Both were the same on my phone and my daughter's phone. It said : "Hey mister, I'm just gonna put this out there, I'm chubby, lonely and horny." Then it got more detailed.
TRexombo said:
Thank you Shadow Assassin. I noticed another app called Textra. It says it will specifically block the group texts of your choice. May be worth a shot.
I'm kind of hesitant to contact the originator of this group text, 1. Because I can't tell which number it comes from. (When I look at the contact details it gives me a list of 10 - 15 numbers) and 2. Because of the content of the text. Both were the same on my phone and my daughter's phone. It said : "Hey mister, I'm just gonna put this out there, I'm chubby, lonely and horny." Then it got more detailed.
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Wow, ok. Thats concerning knowing the little chance of texting both yall randomly. So it doesnt seem so random (could be wrong). You can see the actually sender by long pressing on the message and click View Message Details. You can block numbers on the galaxy 8 series. Messages/Settings/Block Messages
Now those messages wont show up in the main messages but they are saved in the blocked folder in the same place I directed you to block them.
****Do Note****
Due to the way sms/mms works, your phone will still receive the messages no matter what apl you use. They just block them from visibility. Only a carrier block stops them from reaching your devices
I can say, if it were me. I would atleast file a police report if it came from the same area code especially sonce both you and your daughter got it aswell. But the chances of randomly texting both of yall are slim.
Ok thank you for your advice. There has been no further activity from that group text and no others have been sent. I guess I'm just going to wait for now but if anything else happens I may be forced to take action.