Call/SMS blocker with no notification

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Hi,

Which is a good call/SMS blocker which doesn't give annoying notifications right after blocking a call or message?

Thanks

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@SaiyanGoku

billubakra said:
@SaiyanGoku

Use the inbuilt option in phone app.

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SaiyanGoku said:
Use the inbuilt option in phone app.

Not able to find one in g4 and in 5t.

billubakra said:
Not able to find one in g4 and in 5t.

Install google dialer (Phone – Android Apps on Google Play), go to 3 dots menu on top right corner, settings, call blocking. This is already present in gapps packages/custom roms.

TrueCaller has this feature. See if its notification falls under the annoying category.

Yes TrueCaller allows you to block spam unwanted calls

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SaiyanGoku said:
Install google dialer (Phone – Android Apps on Google Play), go to 3 dots menu on top right corner, settings, call blocking. This is already present in gapps packages/custom roms.

It is giving notification of every call/sms blocked.

meetdilip said:
TrueCaller has this feature. See if it's notification falls under the annoying category.

hariharakumar said:
Yes TrueCaller allows you to block spam unwanted calls

If you are using dual sim then truecaller will block it only for the number with which it is registered+the annoying blocked notifications are always there.

billubakra said:
It is giving notification of every call/sms blocked.

Not for me. Try the dailer from any gapps package.

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SaiyanGoku said:
Not for me. Try the dailer from any gapps package.

Phone – Android Apps on Google Play
Just saw the link now, tried other Google apps before. Anyways this one is not compatible with the phones. Which gapps package are you talking about?

billubakra said:
Phone – Android Apps on Google Play
Just saw the link now, tried other Google apps before. Anyways this one is not compatible with the phones. Which gapps package are you talking about?

The Open GApps Project

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SaiyanGoku said:
The Open GApps Project

Is this a rom or something? 700mb+ size?

billubakra said:
Is this a rom or something? 700mb+ size?

Google apps packages. Nano/pico ones are preferred.

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SaiyanGoku said:
Google apps packages. Nano/pico ones are preferred.

The person in whose phone I needed to get this done is saying that this is too complex. So, back on a hunt for an app again.

In that case, that person might not be ready for smart phone yet.

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meetdilip said:
In that case, that person might not be ready for smart phone yet.

Ha ha told him the same. He just wants a simple apk to do the job. Every now and then he messes up the phone and comes to me to format or for retrieving data.

Use the mobile inbulit options

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Likith said:
Use the mobile inbulit options

They do notify you unfortunately.

This is an old thread, not too sure if it's relevant now but as I see recent activity I am posting here.

I am not sure what exactly you mean by notification but I am using Calls Blacklist - Call Blocker. Which just silently blocks call (Number) and logs the record silently in its log file. It does not pop up any message or so. A number just appears at the top right of the app icon indicating call blocked but no popup or sound at all.

Refer this thread on this forum for the link and related discussion. See if it works for you.

Note- I assume you have Android phone.

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patkim said:
This is an old thread, not too sure if it's relevant now but as I see recent activity I am posting here.

I am not sure what exactly you mean by notification but I am using Calls Blacklist - Call Blocker. Which just silently blocks call (Number) and logs the record silently in its log file. It does not pop up any message or so. A number just appears at the top right of the app icon indicating call blocked but no popup or sound at all.

Refer this thread on this forum for the link and related discussion. See if it works for you.

Note- I assume you have Android phone.

Have tried that brother but it too gives you a notification of the call/text blocked. So far I haven't been able to find an app which doesn't bug a user after blocking a call/text. I miss Symbian OS so much.

Did you try Disabling the Notifications under Settings--> Notification?

I have not updated the app for a while.
They might have modified the functionality a bit or it might behave a bit differently on different flavors of Android. On my Redmi 1S MIUI 8, absolutely no ping or popup or tone is heard when it blocks a number. It's totally silent.

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^^Does it allow blocking based on pattern,my phone has full number blocking but not pattern based blocking which is must for those pesky 140 calls.

Yes it does pattern blocking very well! As a matter of fact I guess you were the one who suggested this app to me long back! I have already mentioned the link to the original discussion in my reply to OP.

See the screenshot. It has multiple ways of blocking numbers. One small observation I have is that it's better to put number as well as number preceded by +91 for better results. e.g. if you are receiving spam calls from say 120 123 xxxx then better to put 120123? as well as +91120123? as a pattern in the block list.

By disabling Notifications you can put the app in total silent mode. However I am not sure if this functionality has been modified by the developer now.

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Yes,this is the same app I am using.I thought you were talking about native blocking option found in many phone OS call manager which are usually number based but not pattern based.

@billubakra in settings--notification you can turn off notifications & it will act as mentioned in above post.

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Thanks. It works. I was using an app in the meantime which used to block a number, the caller on the other hand instead of hearing one bell/ring and then this abcd number is busy message, used to get no message as such meaning they had no idea that their number was blocked. Just one beep and call disconnected. All they used to think was that there is some network problem. This app doesn't work in Oreo, moreover the developer has ended support years back. Any app like that? Symbian OS used to have tons of apps like these.