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
Has anyone yet figured out a way to not have the Captivate log every single text and call you make?
It is so annoying to have to hunt all through my phone looking for tracks. Originally I assumed that they could be erased by deleting the thread in messaging. Wrong!
So then go to the contact/history and delete it there. Wrong! There is nothing in the history tab.
So then open the dialer, go to call log and look, every sent and recieved text, mms, and call is logged there as well. Its like a paranoid secret agent designed this system.
And heaven forbid that you installed a second messaging program such as Handcent to log everything all over again.
I currently use Horizon to keep my private texts private, but even that allows the outgoing texts to be logged.
Yes, deleting the thread, then selecting every individual item in the log from the unwanted caller works. Or even deleting the entire call log at once will work. But short of that has anyone come up with a work around for the call logging intrusion?
Found "Not log this call" on the market to auto delete phone calls log (Not free).
For sms you can edit the text message limit and reduce it to 1. This will at least keep 1 text message in store before it gets deleted. But default it's set to 200 msg per conversation and 20 mms per conversation.
Interesting. I looked at that app, I may have to try it.
Did you actually get your message inbox to go to 1? Mine will only go down to 10.
I am currently testing it to see if it erases the call log history as it erases the inbox but I dont think it does.
Ok, so setting the message limit to 10 only deletes the messages, not the logs.
However, while playing with it I found out that by selecting one of the logged entries (text or call) it pulls up a history type page. From there you can select the bottom left soft key, choose delete and then choose select all. I am not sure but I think it only deletes one page at a time or something as it seems to leave a few behind. I am still playing but its a hell of a lot better that trying to select each individual log in the main log screen. Its sort of what you would expect the history tab in the contact screen to do. (especially if you came from WinMo )
I hope someone else finds this helpful. I did a lot of searching and found a lot of complaints about this awful "feature" but no answers. This isnt much of an answer but its seems a bit more tolerable since I figured the history part out.
It also seems to be something Samsung adds as Evo and the Droid don't do it.
Check out HistoryEraser. I think I saw it on Lifehacker a few days ago, supposed to wipe away all your unwanted tracks.
Before the flame I did search this:
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Lets say you click on your phone tile, and it brings up your past calls,
If you called a person, then they called you back and then you called them and then you called them back, it shows the 4 separate events for that one person listed out.. which makes a long list and a call you made that you need to remake earlier in the day not even show up.
How can we get it to combine similar numbers into one showing that you can click on and see the full list of calls made with that number instead of it already being listed out.
Hope this make sense.
Which brings me to my next question, why does it show so little calls? HD2 you can go back almost 4 days worth of calls, and it minimized the history library to last transaction stored and then u get more details.
I know I know this is a basic OS with nothing on it, to make it so minimal that you can make 1 call a day and then use it as a Ipod the rest of the time,
But besides that has any one found a way?
Agreed with you on combining the call. They should also add categories for missed calls, calls from contact list, incoming/outgoing calls etc, Most of the times I just want to know what calls I have missed.
Good question, however in its current iteration that ffeature doesnt exist.
In the past, there was a root-assisted app Call Master that was able to block calls & prevent them from going to VoiceMail by hanging up one second after the call was taken, this prevented people being able to leave (say they left) a msg.
That was back in the old days of OS 4.2.x, now in 7.1x, th OS can block the call from needing to be answered, but it still goes thru to voicemail.
I don't know much abt this most recent version of Tasker, tho I played with it a bit when Tasker first care out yrs ago- so is someone knows of a way to do the answer/immediate hangup w/Tasker, I'll need detailed, newbie level instructions - please…
I miss being able to have the fone prevent a call fm getting to voicemail.
TIA, oldwolf
I don't know if that's possible but you can configure which calls go to voicemail natively as far as I know. So if blocked calls are handled as rejected calls you can configure to not pass them to voicemail in your phone / dialer settings
In short, yes. Just use an "end call" action. The trick is identifying the call to act on. Not in your contacts is one way. You could also add unwanted numbers to a single contact (e.g. Ignore) and act on that contact.
Abe & ktmom, thanks for your replies, but as I said, I need complete newbie level instructions on the Tasker side. @abe, I know how to get calls to voice mail- but how & where do I get blocked calls to become rejected calls in dialer settings?- I've been using a 3d party dialer forever, so I'm not familiar w/native dialer.
@ktmom, having used Call Master, I've got the theory abt how to ID calls to block/reject as 'not on contacts list, or an ignored group; & thanks for the tip on 'End Call'; but I'm still a Tasker newbie, pls walk me thru the steps, like I never saw Tasker b4, most recent version is beyond anything in 1st release.
TIA all, oldwolf
Start by installing the demo from the tasker website (if you don't have it). Leave it in beginner mode. Add a profile (plus sign bottom right) -> event -> phone -> phone ringing -> define the incoming caller. Play with this to figure out how best to meet your needs. Maybe start by blocking a specific caller in the journey to learn.
You'll then be prompted to provide a task. Give it a name (e.g. Block call). Then add an action -> phone -> end call.
Reading through the tasker wiki available on the developer's website will give you ideas and help the learning curve.
If you have no programming experience, this won't be a quick learning curve, but the task you're looking for is straight forward and amongst the simplest.
Teach a man to fish.....
Is there a consensus for Nougat?
I find many complaints about blockers no longer being able to hangup. My favorite Advanced Call Blocker will no longer do it. None that I try do it even though they claim to.
The hardest part is without a doubt to distinguish the calls. An idea could be to use an app which looks up the number. The one I use sends out toasts reading "spam". I have Autoinput register them for me. Of course, there's a lot of unwanted calls still getting through since sellers use private numbers or new numbers not yet widely identified as telemarketing.
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The hardest part is without a doubt to distinguish the calls. An idea could be to use an app which looks up the number. The one I use sends out toasts reading "spam". I have Autoinput register them for me. Of course, there's a lot of unwanted calls still getting through since sellers use private numbers or new numbers not yet widely identified as telemarketing.
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Can you use Tasker to answer & hangup on Nougat?
That is the question, can it function?
Then one could work on a blocker that will keep unwanted VMs away.
As I said in post #3, you just use the end call action.
Anyone have a profile or Tasker made app to share?
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As I said in post #3, you just use the end call action.
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Have you tested the End Call action from a profile? I've tested End Call on the prior version of Tasker and on the current version, and the action doesn't seem to work when called from a profile. On my phone, End Call in Tasker works fine when running the task during testing inside the task area, but Tasker's End Call does not actually work when the task is called from a profile. That functioning had been reported in the Tasker development area a long time ago, and apparently it was never fixed, since my phone worked the same as previously reported. On Nougat I was able to use the End Call task in Secure Settings with SuperSU to actually end a call using Tasker. Secure Settings hasn't been updated in a long time, so I used the following to get Secure Settings to work with SuperSU. Anway, as far as I could tell, End Call seems to be broken in Tasker.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...ersu-v2-05-t2868133/post68700891#post68700891
I've been using it for years within a car mode task. Across multiple devices and tasker versions.
Interesting, maybe it just depends on the phone or something OS related. End Call in Tasker doesn't seem to work on the Pixel with Nougat or Oreo, and there were a number of similar comments online, so I thought the way my phone worked might have been common.
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Can you use Tasker to answer & hangup on Nougat?
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I know Secure Settings can hang up a call on my phone with Nougat rooted using SuperSU on Tasker, and the Secure Settings information also indicates there's an answer task in Secure Settings, so it's probably possible.
I have a profile, that blocks calls, but I have set it up to block calls from private, blocked, and anonymous callers. it will ring once and hang up the caller. I haven't figured out how to stop it from going to voicemail though.
Harry Tuttle said:
I have a profile, that blocks calls, but I have set it up to block calls from private, blocked, and anonymous callers. it will ring once and hang up the caller. I haven't figured out how to stop it from going to voicemail though.
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Would you care to upload it?
PMs here do not allow attachments.
Pretty basic, the events are: PHONE RINGING+INCOMING CALL
For the numbers I've used: 0/private/blocked/unknown/anonymous or any specific numbers you want!
For the tasks CALL BLOCK
with the NUMBER MATCH being the the previous mentioned private, blocked...
Next is END CALL, which basically ends the call.
I have a NOTIFY. That puts an icon in my status bar, and a CALENDAR INSERT that puts it into my calendar.
It will block calls but it will ring one-time and disconnect the call, I've tried to silence the ringer by adding a nite but wasn't successful.
Apologies for resurrecting an older thread, but a few minutes ago I just worked out how to do exactly what the OP asked: answer and immediately hang up to effectively block unwanted calls.
I've created a rudimentary answer-and-hang-up call blocker, in Tasker, on Oreo, on a Sony Xperia X Compact, which is not rooted. I don't yet want to root my phone because Sony still provides monthly OS updates, I don't object to the Sony UI, and skvalex's Call Recorder works happily on this non-rooted phone. Once Sony turns off the update tap, then I'll investigate rooting it.
I cannot vouch that my experience will work for everyone on every device. All I can say is, it works for me. If it doesn't work for you, tinker with the various options to see if it can be made to work on your phone.
I don't want to reject calls, because then they go to voicemail and I can't be bothered with the effort of calling my voicemail to delete them. Instead, I want to answer the calls and then hang up, so there's no voicemail to handle. On my phone, the End Call task doesn't cancel the unanswered call; it sends it to voicemail.
I also want wildcard blocking because scammers often spoof caller IDs from area code prefixes which simply don't exist in the UK. I want to block all calls from fake area codes.
Extreme Call Blocker used to do both answer-and-hang-up and wildcard blocking, and was well worth the low purchase price. Unfortunately, it no longer does what it's supposed to do. The app hasn't been updated since 2016 so my suspicion is that newer versions of Android have changed things which ECB relied on. In addition, the developer's domain expired a month ago, so I'm not holding out much hope for an update to the app.
Call Control does have an answer-and-hang-up feature, which works as advertised, but the wildcard blocking does not work. At least, not on my phone. Perhaps it works for other people.
I tried a few other blockers but they all seemed to send the callers to voicemail. I got bored of testing call blocking apps at this point and figured I'd create my own.
So that's the introduction. Now on to the how-to.
This requires two apps, both of which are paid-for (but definitely worth the couple of quid asking price):
Tasker
AutoNotification
In Tasker:
Create a profile based on the Event "Phone Ringing". Add the number blocklist to the optional Caller field, using wildcards if required (for example 020* will block all calls from London). Use / as a separator, e.g. 020*/01234*/0870* etc.
Add these Tasks:
Task -> Wait -> 1 second (adjust timing for your preference)
Plugin -> AutoNotification -> Query (Configure the Apps section to intercept notifications from Phone.)
Plugin -> AutoNotification -> Actions (Configure the Intercept Action ID with the appropriate variable from the above Query. On my phone it's %anbutton2action() - yours may well differ.)
Task -> Wait -> 2 seconds (as before, adjust timing for your preference)
Phone -> End Call
It's not elegant, and requires manual updates of the Caller data in the Tasker Event, but it does what I want it to do.
If someone wants to update Extreme Call Blocker, or fix the wildcard handling of Call Control, then I'll ditch this in a heartbeat. But for now it meets my needs (and hopefully those of the OP, too).
Some additional background: In the UK (and maybe elsewhere), callers pay the termination fee to call a mobile phone, unlike in the USA and Canada where the recipient pays the termination fee. I'm in the UK so I like to answer the calls and hang up, so that the scammers get charged. Or, whoever is providing services to the scammers gets charged. Either way, if enough people do this, and the aggregate monetary cost is significant, then someone might take action to cut the scammers off.
It's a slim hope, I know, but you do what you can, right?
This morning I refined the tasks, to reduce the distraction from the phone ringing and hanging up.
This is now my current task list:
1. Audio -> Vibrate On Ringer -> Off (this does not always kill the vibration for every call, but it catches most - I suspect a timing issue)
2. Variables -> Variable Set -> Name %RingerVolume To %VOLR (save the current ringer volume level)
3. Audio -> Ringer Volume -> 0
4. Alert -> Flash -> SCAM - DO NOT ANSWER (for those times when I'm looking at the phone when it rings, or notice any vibration)
5. Task -> Wait -> 1 second
6. Plugin -> AutoNotification -> Query (Configure the Apps section to intercept notifications from Phone.)
7. Plugin -> AutoNotification -> Actions -> %anbutton2action() (Configure the Intercept Action ID with the appropriate variable from the above Query. On my phone it's %anbutton2action() - yours may well differ.)
8 Task -> Wait -> 2 seconds (as before, adjust timing for your preference)
9. Phone -> End Call
10. Audio -> Ringer Volume -> %RingerVolume (restore the previous ringer volume level)
11. Audio -> Vibrate On Ringer -> On
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http://tasker.dinglisch.net/userguide/en/matching.html gives some additional advice for pattern matching against callers, including a link to a very comprehensive regex reference: https://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/regex/Pattern
I could block fake London calls with 0201*/0202*/0203*/0204* and so on, but regex offers a much more efficient way to do it: ~R^020[0-69]
I'm aware that Ofcom inexplicably believes that 020 3xxx xxxx is a valid number range for London, but I've yet to encounter a reputable company which lowers itself to using 020 3xxx xxxx numbers. In my experience they're the preserve of fly-by-night outfits and scammers. So into the blocklist they go.
What is the difference in tasks "End Call" and "Block Call" and why the former does not ask for the number while the latter does?
In my experience the "block call" does not work, and the "end call" might ring the ringer once (or at times not at all) and then send the call to voicemail.
I would rather have it to NEVER ring and NOT send it to voicemail.
Suggestions?
drgkt said:
What is the difference in tasks "End Call" and "Block Call" and why the former does not ask for the number while the latter does?
In my experience the "block call" does not work, and the "end call" might ring the ringer once (or at times not at all) and then send the call to voicemail.
I would rather have it to NEVER ring and NOT send it to voicemail.
Suggestions?
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If you want the phone to never ring, use whatever call blocking feature your service provider offers. It will be impossible for an on-device app to always prevent a ring.
From the information button on "block call" (? In a circle in the action screen)
"Call Block
Block outgoing calls to the specified matched number(s).
If no Number is specified, all calls will be blocked.
If Info is checked, all diversions and blocks will be displayed after the action.
To stop blocking, use Call Revert."
End call doesn't need a number because it's an action. You determine what calls to end through the profile then run a task with an end call action.
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