Does anyone know why Samsung has removed this helpful feature? Does anyone know of a good alternative? The last app I used would not stop auto dialing a successfullly placed call's number.
Cmon nobody? Bumping for help.
IDK what auto redial is, but like every other Android phone I've had in recent history, this Verizon 8 /512 Note 9 places the last number called in the entry box, when I hit the call button and calls that number when I hit the call button again.
pizza_pablo said:
IDK what auto redial is, but like every other Android phone I've had in recent history, this Verizon 8 /512 Note 9 places the last number called in the entry box, when I hit the call button and calls that number when I hit the call button again.
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No android/Samsung used to have a native function that would automatically keep redialing a busy number until it was successful. Very handy feature.
demize! said:
No android/Samsung used to have a native function that would automatically keep redialing a busy number until it was successful. Very handy feature.
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Oh, huh! Learn something, new, every day!
I can't recall the last time I heard a busy signal.
Oh for real? I never heard of this before. I used to use an app that would call business for me and bypass their robots until a human picked up. Forgot what it was called.
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Hello,
So I noticed today that there is a app for iPhone which actually work! to spoof the original caller's number to be shown as different number.
I don't want to do thhat myself,
What I would like to know is if there is a app which can find out the who the original caller is? in case i get a faked calls.
Thanks
There is no such thing.
It's called caller id fake on android. It was on my mytouch 3g when I bought it (was a used phone).
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There is no such thing.
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There is too! Do a search in Market for an app called SpoofApp. It works very well and you can change your voice in it as well. Kinda creepy but it works!
Binary100100 said:
There is too! Do a search in Market for an app called SpoofApp. It works very well and you can change your voice in it as well. Kinda creepy but it works!
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you guys didnt read the OP's question. he is NOT trying to spoof his number, but instead wants an app that can determine a spoofers REAL number (or something along those lines).
and as far as i know, its impossible. people want to be able to trace private calls all the time, but theres a reason the number is private or unlisted.
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you guys didnt read the OP's question. he is NOT trying to spoof his number, but instead wants an app that can determine a spoofers REAL number (or something along those lines).
and as far as i know, its impossible. people want to be able to trace private calls all the time, but theres a reason the number is private or unlisted.
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I see... I only know how to unmask blocked calls not spoofed calls.
Trapcall is a good service to use.
Hello guys, im the developer of Root Call Blocker, an advanced call and SMS blocking app for rooted phones.
The app is currently in open beta here at XDA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051274
I dont have a thunderbolt and need testers! Please let me know if you are interested in some hard-core testing and logging...
I know for the stock images, they added a call blocking feature to the software.
Its nowhere near as powerful as our app...
I think I might give this a try later on.
Please do, and dont forget to let me know of any issues and suggestions!
Also, we update the app on almost a daily basis, so be sure to check the market for updates often.
I've been using this for about a month now and even after using about 4 call blocking apps, this one has been the best out of all of them.
Whether you're dodging telemarketers, collectors, crazy ex-gfs, or your in-laws, this app is great!
Thanks for the high praise! Are there any features you would like to see?
I might check this out. I've tried several call blockers since moving to the Android platform from an AT&T iPhone and none have had the functionality of iBlacklist. I've been using aFirewall the most and it works fairly well with my two gripes being the phone doesn't ring when I get a call but the screen comes on and I don't have an option to have the blocked caller hear a busy signal or not in service message....they all go to voicemail which is a pain. The second problem may be a Verizon thing though. If I give this a shot I'll be sure to give you some feedback.
Oh, one question. aFirewall backs up your blacklist as a txt file on the sd card, any way to import those into your app easily or am I just stuck manually adding them?
For now you will have to add manually. The RC next week will use a backup system as well.
With a little experimenting it seems if I have it set on 'reject' the blocked caller hears endless rings, and if set on 'alternative reject' the caller hears almost 2 rings and then there is a cutoff and dead air. This is on a Thunderbolt running BAMF 1.6.3 on Verizon. It may not be possible but I would love to have an option for the caller to hear the fast busy signal like iBlacklist. In all the tests the phone did not ring and the screen did not come on, so awesome job on that! I'll keep testing for a few days but wanted to give you some initial feedback. Thanks for the hard work.
I've been using Mr. Number for a while now to block calls.
How does this app differ (if it does)...
if its somehow better, I'm more than willing to give it a go.
What happens to blocked calls? Do they go to VM? Pickup/hangup?
I'm liking this so far, seems like the best option out there.
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I have been using for about 2 weeks and lots of updates which is good. Initially the calls went to voicemail but since then I haven't had any new ones. Great app for stopping those damn telemarketers.
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I'm all over this. I have over 200 collection agencies calling me. I also was running extreme call blocked but it ended up blocking calls not in the block directory. I'll report back in two weeks. Thanks
Here's what must be added for it to be user friendly.
1) easily add an option to block by area code. Example : block all numbers beginning with 800,86, 877,888 or 18888,18777, 1800.
2) must have an option to backup the numbers you've blocked to sd card.
3) blocking calls means we don't hear phone ring at all if possible.
4) easily add blocked calls from the call directory. We should be 2 clicks away not 5 to accomplish this task.
1: add 1800*******, 1888*******, etc.
3: I don't hear my phone ring at all.
4: For how often numbers are added, I don't think this is a big deal. Took can add multiple numbers once you are in the profile you are adding them to.
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I've been using it for the last 2 weeks, and it's the best one I have tried so far.
A button to "Add Last Call To Block List" on the tool bar would be great.
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Here's what must be added for it to be user friendly.
1) easily add an option to block by area code. Example : block all numbers beginning with 800,86, 877,888 or 18888,18777, 1800.
2) must have an option to backup the numbers you've blocked to sd card.
3) blocking calls means we don't hear phone ring at all if possible.
4) easily add blocked calls from the call directory. We should be 2 clicks away not 5 to accomplish this task.
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We already provide wildcards. Backup to sd is coming in the next build. To intercept numbers from the dialer, we would have to build our own - thats not what this app is for. You should not be hearing any ring at all either...
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I've been using it for the last 2 weeks, and it's the best one I have tried so far.
A button to "Add Last Call To Block List" on the tool bar would be great.
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Thanks, i will add this to the to do list!
works great!!
Can someone clarify this.
It used to be that when driving it would auto reply that you were driving (it was always sent twice but that was OK). Recent changes allow you to talk back an actual message. However sometimes it's still sending "I am driving......". I like that and I would like that to be sent most of the time but I can't figure out why that happens sometimes and not others.
So how do I get it to reply that way ?
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There used to be the option to tell the caller the preset "I'm driving...", then in an update it allowed that, as well as a custom preset message, or to reply whatever you wanted right then. Then in the next update it appears the options are gone (I think even including whether to have it announce the incoming caller's name or not) -so looks like no options anymore, unfortunately, only to reply with a text message you dictate right then, or "cancel"
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There used to be the option to tell the caller the preset "I'm driving...", then in an update it allowed that, as well as a custom preset message, or to reply whatever you wanted right then. Then in the next update it appears the options are gone (I think even including whether to have it announce the incoming caller's name or not) -so looks like no options anymore, unfortunately, only to reply with a text message you dictate right then, or "cancel"
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But it's still doing the auto reply some of the time. Not clear what triggers it.
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But it's still doing the auto reply some of the time. Not clear what triggers it.
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That is odd. Mine never does that, and good friend has moto x, his never does it either, just the message dictated.
I think it's related to not voice replying.
I've used S Voice and Google for 4 days each and in my opinion S Voice is the clear winner. Here's my top 5:
1) S Voice has very reliable always-on service whereas Google occasionally will glitch and stop responding to the wake up command until I reboot the Note 4.
2) S Voice accepts way more commands.
3) S Voice can perform functions and execute them instead of just bringing you to them. For example if you say "wake me up at 6:30AM" it will set the alarm for you, whereas Google brings up the page and you have to click "set alarm."
4) S Voice has a funny AI. You can say "Will you marry me?" and it will reply with "I would make a terrible spouse" or say "yeah baby" and it will respond with "I'm not your baby." Funny stuff.
5) S Voice has more secure always-on service because it allows you to pick the wake command so you can make your command,"I like pie" and it will work, whereas Google currently only supports "OK Google" which everyone knows from the commercials, and if you want to set it to work even if your phone is locked, you want a wake command that people are less likely to know.
What have your experiences been thus far?
To be honest I haven't given S Voice a try yet. I was surprises than Google Now works because in Poland it had very little support, but now it let me set an alarm and everything, nice. But I can't set Google Now to wake the phone - for some reason the option for it is turned off, maybe S Voice will work like that.
The new pop-up window is nice too, any app will stay open and S-Voice just pops up and closes down. Makes more sense than opening up a whole new page. Quite accurate understanding English as well.
Oh, nice. Does it affect battery?
Nice to know they improved s voice. It used to be inferior to google voice on the note 3. I might give it a try again.
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Oh, nice. Does it affect battery?
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Nope. I had S Voice a and Google Now always listening and had no noticable effect on battery life. I didn't really use'em but it did come handy at one or two occasions. I think it's efficient operation comes down to that extra chip both the SD805 and I think the Exynos variant has.
I love the S-voice and wanna use it all the time but I wish I can pull up the S-voice anytime with voice. I know it's easy double tapping the home button but Google can be pulled up anywhere with voice.
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I love the S-voice and wanna use it all the time but I wish I can pull up the S-voice anytime with voice. I know it's easy double tapping the home button but Google can be pulled up anywhere with voice.
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So can s-voice. It's in the settings. You can also turn on voice wake while locked.
For voice to wake. In my experience, it only halfway works to. Maybe it's because I use a custom command...but voice rarely wake it up.
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So can s-voice. It's in the settings. You can also turn on voice wake while locked.
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Maybe I'm missing it but the only option I can find is waking it up with voice while locked (voice wake-up option) nothing for when the screen is on, even on the home screen. The only way to pull it up is by double tapping home button.
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Maybe I'm missing it but the only option I can find is waking it up with voice while locked (voice wake-up option) nothing for when the screen is on, even on the home screen. The only way to pull it up is by double tapping home button.
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Huh? Look at that picture I posted. Check that option, then say "hi galaxy" or whatever you set your command to be and it'll wake up. It doesn't work all that well when you use a custom command.
Here
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Thanks for posting those photos and instructions! But I already have both enabled even before I came to this post and it still would NOT take voice commands when you have the screen on, as in not on the lockscreen (or as I found out, also when you're using any app) but when you're in the home screen. Both those options are only for use when you're on the lockscreen or when the phone is sleeping. Now that I think about it, maybe it's because of my use of Nova Prime that's hindering the S-Voice to be invoked on the main home screen though...
The thing that i don't like is even though svoice turns on when i say hi galaxy, i still have to push the mic button to say my command. Google voice doesnt so that
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The thing that i don't like is even though svoice turns on when i say hi galaxy, i still have to push the mic button to say my command. Google voice doesnt so that
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You don't need to push the mic button to issue your command. If you ran out of time to say your command, all you have to do is to say your wake up phrase again and it should accept your voice command then.
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You don't need to push the mic button to issue your command. If you ran out of time to say your command, all you have to do is to say your wake up phrase again and it should accept your voice command then.
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Thanks! That works great. Love it!!
I use svoice for making calls through by bluetooth headset. It works much much much better than google voice. Google voice is no more than a joke when you have non-english names, whereas svoice still does a great job. Another thing I love with SVoice is that it also utilizes the nicknames in your adress book. So you can use either the full name or the nickname.
This is very interesting. I must admit I completely ignored S-Voice when I bought the Note 4, as it wasn't brilliant on the Note 3. I also had got so used to Google's voice functions which did impress.
I just caught this thread and whoa! Samsung really have made some great changes to S-Voice on the Note 4 and I think I might actually start using it a bit more. So thanks for posting your observations
Samsung S-Voice command examples
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I took the trouble to type out all the available S-Voice examples, along with a few added examples for UK or International users. I hope you find it useful.
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I took the trouble to type out all the available S-Voice examples, along with a few added examples for UK or International users. I hope you find it useful.
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Awesome stuff! Thanks man. This confirms my suspicions that you cannot use s-voice to switch on mobile hotspot
Hi, I'm running stock Android 10 on my Note 9. One of the most annoying "features" is that incoming calls take up the whole screen with no possible means of dismissing, or switching to another app while its ringing. Often I don't want to send it to VM so I don't want to reject nor answer the call. I silence the ringer, I want to let it ring but I don't want to stare at the screen for the entire time its ringing. I have the show in pop up window enabled, but that only works if I have another app open. If a call just comes in when I don't have another app open, it obnoxiously takes over the phone with no options to do anything other than pressing either the red or green call buttons. Is there a way to change this behavior or can I install another dialer app and make it my default? I'm seriously amazed this is how it was designed to work!
If you're not in another app, why does it bother you?
If you mean when the phone is idle with screen off and a call comes in then I don't see a point in not being fullscreen.
When it is updated to ui 2.1 there might be a setting to change call display while using other apps/mini popup
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If you're not in another app, why does it bother you?
If you mean when the phone is idle with screen off and a call comes in then I don't see a point in not being fullscreen.
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Whether you see the point or not doesn't really matter, if I'm asking, what I'd like to know is can it be done or not? I don't understand these non informative responses. Why do you bother taking the time to respond only to say you don't see the point why I'm asking?
However, if you must fully understand before giving a more useful answer, I use Google voice and I need to see which calls come from Google voice as a forward versus direct calls to my cell phone number. The only way to differentiate is seeing if hangout is also ringing or not. Occasionally hang out starts up first in which case it works like a charm. But every time the phone app rings first, it locks the screen and I cannot navigate to the Hangouts app or even pull down the notification to see if Hangouts is even ringing.
That's only one reason. The other is if I don't want to send the call to voicemail, and I want to let it ring, I don't necessarily feel like staring at my phone for 30 seconds if I want to do something else on it. I've had many phones and this is the only one that is acting this way. It's dumb.
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as I have already stated, I already have that option checked off but it only works as you said while in other apps. I question specifically was for times when I am not in other apps.
@Ztones try the things suggested here: https://webcazine.com/forums/how-to-reduce-a-call-screen-that-i-dont-want-to-answer-on-galaxy-s10/
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@Ztones try the things suggested here: https://webcazine.com/forums/how-to-reduce-a-call-screen-that-i-dont-want-to-answer-on-galaxy-s10/
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Thank you, that was much more helpful! I'm not sure if it's due to the difference of S10 vs Note 9, but the swiping down diagonally from your left to lower right doesn't do anything for me. Anyways, I guess we have exhausted all options and using the edge is probably the best one for me. Thanks again!
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Thank you, that was much more helpful! I'm not sure if it's due to the difference of S10 vs Note 9, but the swiping down diagonally from your left to lower right doesn't do anything for me. Anyways, I guess we have exhausted all options and using the edge is probably the best one for me. Thanks again!
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Glad it works. If you'd like to try the swipe from corner to make the window small but you can't right now try to install Good Lock and use the module MultiStar. Inside this module there's an option called "Pop-up view action" which enables (or forces or re-enables xd) the functionality to swipe from the top corner diagonally in order to make the currently open app's window smaller.
If Good Lock does not work where you live then use either FineLock or NiceLock from the play store and install the module from here manually: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/samsu...amsung-multistar-3-2-28-android-apk-download/