We're going to keep our Minnesota cellphone numbers, since they are "clean" and easy to remember telephone numbers, not junky hard to remember telephone numbers. We also plan to add phone numbers with the local Florida area code. It's easy to do that, and it is free. You simply add a Google Voice app to your iPhone. Then you can forward the Google Voice number with the Florida area code to your original cellphone number. You can also make outgoing calls with Google Voice if you want the party you are calling to see a Florida area code number calling them. You can probably do the same with an Android cell phone.
If you have an iPhone, and you don't want junk calls, simply go to "settings", "phone", set "Silence Unknown Callers" to "on". To silence junk texts, go to "settings", "messages", turn on "Filter Unknown Senders". Those two things will stop the junk calls and junk texts. However, numbers that are unknown to you are then forced to leave messages. You can then add those unknown numbers to your contract list, and then those numbers can "ring through" and they can text you.Those are easy and quick steps that will put an end to the junk calls and junk texts, if you have an iPhone. There might be a method to silence junk calls and junk texts with an Android cell phone. Or, you can upgrade to an iPhone, which is clearly superior to an Android cell phone.
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