Good afternoon friends. How to block an unwanted number? I have already published two articles on blocking unknown numbers for Android and iPhone. Today we will look at blocking an unwanted number (not hidden) for these phones. This is a rather important topic, since many people are simply fed up with unwanted calls from such numbers.
I actually started this topic because a few days ago, on Sunday, I received a call from an unfamiliar number and they immediately hung up. What's most unpleasant is that they called early in the morning. I looked up the number and called back. In response, I heard the voice of a bot, which began to talk about the advantages of the Credit Service organization.
To put it mildly, I was very “Happy” with such a call in the morning. In general, you should not call such organizations back. But at that time I did not yet know that this was exactly “Credit Service”. As I learned that same day, this organization receives a lot of complaints all over the Internet. Therefore, so that they would not bother me anymore, I sent them to the Black List. In this article we will look at options for such an addition.
Blocking by mobile operator provider
I’ll say right away that in most cases, such blocking is paid. But quite acceptable, from 1 ruble per day. We will also look at free methods using add-ons. Blocking options are directly related to the model of your phone and the telephone operator whose services you use.
Also, which blocker to choose depends on your personal tastes. All cellular companies have a service to block calls to a phone from a specific number. Typically, to activate such a service, you need to enter a special combination of numbers or letters. It depends on the operator.
What is the “Black List” and what is it used for?
“Blacklist” is an additional feature that all modern phones are equipped with. With the help of the “Black List”, owners of smartphones based on the Android operating system can protect themselves from calls from hooligans and unpleasant people with whom they try not to communicate, block calls from various advertising agencies, and their mailings.
You can block a contact through your mobile operator. Unlike blocking via phone, the function is paid, but it provides more options. For example, except for incoming calls, you will not receive notifications about calls from the specified subscriber or his messages.
Adding a contact to the blacklist using the built-in function does not provide such opportunities, but it is completely free. In this case, calls from the selected subscriber will be blocked, but the system will automatically send you a notification about this call, and all messages sent by the subscriber will also be received.
Beeline
This operator has its own rules for this offer. The cost is one ruble every day. To add the next number, the subscriber will need to pay an additional 3.05 rubles. Payment for the service per month is 30.5 rubles. All these tariffs for the blacklist are clearly shown in the screenshot:
So, let's look at the number blocking scheme:
- You need to dial *110*771#;
- We dial;
- To disable the service, instead of the last 1, dial 0;
- To add a user to this list, enter this sequence of numbers in messages, up to the hash mark. Then, put an asterisk and enter the unwanted number. Next, we finish the combination with a lattice.
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This mobile operator charges 1.5 rubles for the “Black List”. per day, with the exception of a few tariffs. More detailed information about what exactly these tariffs you see is in the detailed screenshot. If you decide to block SMS along with calls, this service will be provided free of charge.
- So, to activate this service, you need to dial *111*442# , then press call. The cost of adding a user to this list is free, but you will be charged 1.5 rubles once a day;
- Also, to connect, just enter 5 and send this number to number 4424 ;
- You can dial number 22*, then the number of the person you decided to add to this list.
When a person included in this list tries to call you, he will hear “Out of zone...” or busy. To disable the service, you need to dial *111*442# and make a call. You can also use SMS. To do this, dial 442*3 and send to 111.
More details about blocking on MTS...
How to remove a subscriber from an emergency using mobile operator tools
Almost all mobile operators have the “Black List” option.
- To remove a contact from the ignore list, Tele2 subscribers need to send a USSD request *220*0#. The operator also has the option of unblocking all numbers at once.
- Beeline subscribers need to send a USSD request *110*775#. The USSD command *110*770# allows you to remove all numbers from the blacklist.
- To remove a contact from an emergency on MTS, you need to send a USSD request *442*24*84 phone number# or contact technical support by calling service number 0890. The mobile operator has the option of blocking contacts on certain days or hours.
- Megafon subscribers can delete single contacts using the USSD command *130*0phone number#.
Unblocking contacts is available in mobile applications, as well as in personal accounts on the official websites of mobile operators.
Megaphone
This operator also allows you to add users to such a list. What I don't like here is the price. Compared to Beeline, it is three times more expensive, as much as 3 rubles/day. What’s good is that they don’t charge money for the connection itself. For this:
- We dial the combination *130# and then follow the operator’s recommendations;
- We dial the message + 7 (there must be a space after 7), then the number of the person being blocked and send it to 5130;
- To delete, also dial *130# and act as the operator says.
Read more about the Megafon blacklist...
Tele 2
This is the number they called me on. The cost of such a service is 2 rubles. Activation of the service is free. Adding a user to the unwanted list 1.6 rub. (this is in my region). What’s interesting is that in this operator you need to add a user to the unwanted list after 8, not +7. So:
- To activate this service, dial *220*1# and carefully follow the operator’s advice;
- To add a number to the list, dial *220*1*number# , then make a call;
- If you decide to disable this list, you need to dial *220*0# and also listen to the operator’s step-by-step plan.
I’ll say right away that I didn’t want to pay 2 rubles for the “Black List”, so I did something different.
How to block an incoming number on Android
To block bad calls, the creators of gadgets on the Android OS have developed a whole network of various programs. Of course, the Android OS itself will be able to carry out this blocking.
- For example, we go to the “Contacts” tab and look for a user who we are tired of and we decided to block him;
- Let's tap on it. In the new menu list, select the “Voicemail” tab and put a checkmark above it. After this, when this user tries to call you, he will hear “Busy”;
- If you have the sixth version installed, then you need to enter calls, tap on the desired subscriber, then click “block”. After this, this subscriber will stop bothering you.
If you have an even older version of Android, you need to open contacts, click on the menu and select add to the “Black List”.
Possible problems and solutions
The main thing is that when you download and install the program, do it only with the help of official or trusted sources (Play Market or AppStore). Otherwise, you risk getting malicious software on your phone. With its help, attackers can easily figure out the contacts of the people you communicate with, your personal phone number and steal a huge amount of confidential data (especially if you often correspond via SMS messages). If you still use unverified sources, for example, forums where “firmware” versions of programs are posted, then install anti-virus software in advance.
One serious problem that can arise when using a blacklist is that after adding a person to the blacklist, you may miss some important event. If you use an additional utility, then the person will not be able to let you know about it at all, because incoming messages will also be blocked. Also, be careful when dialing a number when adding a contact to the blacklist, so that another person does not accidentally end up there. Usually no one experiences any other serious troubles when working with blacklists (especially built-in ones).
Every owner of a smartphone running the Android operating system can quickly block unwanted contacts. Both traditional tools of the operating system itself and additional applications will help with this. If it doesn’t matter whether you receive SMS from a blocked subscriber and you don’t need to set a specific time and date, then use the standard options. In all other cases, various applications will come to the rescue. After blocking, neither calls from the blocked subscriber nor SMS messages will bother you.
Most smartphone owners know that their gadget can help block incoming calls from certain numbers. Therefore, on this page you will learn how to add a number to the blacklist on Android.
Third party programs
Quite a lot of add-ons have been developed that can block the desired number. To do this, go to the Play Market and enter “Black List”. We will see a lot of extensions, both paid and free:
- Blacklist - it was with the help of this add-on that I blocked my Android from intrusive calls. The add-on is easy to install and can block not only incoming messages, but also SMS, hidden numbers, unknown numbers, etc.;
- The Mr Caller Blocker add-on helps you quickly block incoming numbers you receive from annoying users. At the same time, it blocks the add-on even if “Lucky” is in your contact list;
- Truecaller is great at finding and removing such numbers. Blocks the number you are looking for without any problems. Also, it has a caller ID function. In addition, the application has the ability to record a call if you need it.
There are a decent number of such additions. I advise you to look through them carefully and choose the best. As I already said, I chose the first one.
Setting up the "Black List"
There are different ways to return a contact to the white list. Most often, it is enough to follow the same procedure as when adding, only you need to uncheck the box next to the “Enable black list” item (the wording will differ on different phone models). Unfortunately, standard smartphone tools do not allow you to change other parameters, for example, specify a specific date when you cannot be reached, but this can be done using additional programs.
Additional blocking programs
With the software, everything is a little simpler, and all owners of Android smartphones can use it, and it doesn’t matter what version of the phone you have. In the Play Market, find an application called Blacklist.
The key feature of the application is that it allows you to block not only calls from subscribers, but also SMS messages.
To do this you will need to make the following settings:
The application allows you to block even non-numeric numbers, which will be useful in cases where you are tired of advertising companies. You can always view the history of blocked calls and messages in the “History” tab and even read the contents of SMS. You can unblock a subscriber by highlighting the number and clicking on the bucket image located in the upper right corner.
Video: working with the Blacklist program ("Black List")
Another unique method also allows you to block incoming calls and messages from subscribers. Download Avast!Mobile Security antivirus from the app store (not all antiviruses have the ability to add contacts to the blacklist).
Whatever method you use, each blocked subscriber will hear that the number is busy. The messages he sends will not appear on the screen, but you can still view them.
Advanced functionality for setting up a blacklist is available only in additional software. With their help, you can not only block the calls themselves, but also incoming messages, view their contents, the date of receipt, and in the case of an antivirus, even set the date for disabling these functions.
All of these applications are distributed free of charge (there are paid versions with greater capabilities), so any user can download them and, if the phone parameters and system requirements of the program meet, install them on their smartphone.
Video: Blocking unwanted calls with Avast!Mobile Security
View blocked numbers
Apple gadgets give us the opportunity not only to make lists of unnecessary calls, but also to manage such numbers. So, let's do this in several ways:
- Go to “Settings”, then “Phone”, and look for the “Block” tab. and call identification";
- In the FaceTime settings, you need to find the “Blocked” tab.
- If you decide to restore such numbers, then you need to go to the “Blocking” tab;
- After that, tap on the “Edit” command at the top right;
- Then tap on the image “-” and click “Unlock”.
Conclusion: - You now know how to block an unwanted number on Android and iPhone devices and see how easy it is to do it. I advise you to read the article more carefully and choose the method you like!
Good day!
Lately, there has just been some kind of epidemic of voice spam: they constantly call with an offer to take out a credit card, connect to another Internet provider, some kind of surveys, and sometimes just silence on the phone.
To be honest, it is a mystery to me why they have not yet banned doing this (at least all large companies), or have not blocked such dealers at the operator level. Although, “If the stars light up, it means someone needs it. ".
In general , one solution to this problem could be setting up your phone in special settings. mode: it will drop all calls from unknown numbers - that is, those that are not in your address book (that are not included in your contacts).
All the necessary settings can be set quite quickly: everything will take about 2-3 minutes. Actually, in this note I will give several ways how all this can be done.
How to remove (unblock) a contact from the blacklist?
Sometimes it happens that a user accidentally blocked the wrong contact. How to fix this situation? It all depends on what blocking method you used. If you used the built-in Android lock, one method will be used; if you used a third-party application, then another. We will look at ways to unblock a contact using the built-in contact blocker. At a minimum, because we don’t know what application you might have used to block your contacts.
Blocking options
For Huawei (Honor)
Some of the most popular devices on our market (that’s why I’ll start the article with them). Their software already has built-in functions for solving such a problem (which is good news
