Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Android Phone Settings
I was getting about 10 to 12 telemarketing calls every day even with my spam blocker turned on. So, I turned on the "Do Not Disturb" feature and set my exceptions to accept only calls from numbers on my contacts list. The only problem is that, when I have an incoming call, I can no longer see who is calling. I have tried every setting I can think of and nothing has worked. Is there a setting to enable the caller ID feature when the "do not disturb" feature is turned on? Thanks.
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Since do not disturb is turned on, a splash screen of the incoming phone call will not be displayed. You can use your finger to scroll the top part of the screen down to see who's calling. But this is an extra step.
Have you tried downloading an app? I use Call Blocker by Fiorenza Francesco. In the settings, you can choose to allow calls only from contacts. But I suppose most call blockers will do this. |
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Since you have specified that only "Joe, Sue, Larry, and the Doctor" to get past the do not disturb setting, you know that any incoming phone call while it's turned on will be either Joe, Sue, Larry, or the Doctor. No caller ID needed, since you already know it's one of the people you invited to get past the block. |
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Youmail free app
Visual Voicemail with the Best Spam Blocking | YouMail Billions of spam robocalls are made monthly. We block spam calls and put spammers out of business. |
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You don’t need the app. Just block the numbers when you receive a call. Do not answer a call from a number you don’t know as they will just bounce from number to number.
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Select a different ringtone for contacts. If you hear a default ring ignore the call.
You need the app. Crowdsourcing spam list has millions of number. Let it do the work |
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Note that if you install the app, and don't like it, apparently, you need to deactivate it before you uninstall it to restore your old voicemail system. Last edited by retiredguy123; 07-07-2022 at 07:26 AM. |
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My Samsung phone has a built-in "Hiya" app that worked for about a week. But, after that, the callers changed their caller ID numbers and the calls came right back. |
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A lot of this has to do with sites on line that you have your phone number associated with. I don’t do Facebook or put my number out on the net because as soon as you do that they got ya. Some of the issues have come from other people’s accounts that get hacked and you happened to be in their contact file. They will then start calling the numbers in the contact file. I would contact your wireless phone carrier and let them know also as they use to be able to help with blocking of these numbers.
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Get a real phone
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Note that, so far today, I have received 8 telemarketing calls and the "YouMail" app only declined one of them. So, it doesn't appear that the app is very effective.
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Again, give your contacts a special ringtone. You can ignore all other calls with default ringtone . Easiest solution. I don’t look at my phone when the default tone plays Last edited by Babubhat; 07-07-2022 at 04:12 PM. |
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I have used you mail app for years and it works very well for me
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Fast Eddie The Villages Firestick Guy |
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I had the free version of "YouMail" activated for 24 hours. I received 11 spam calls, but the app only blocked one of them. I don't like that it takes control of your phone and voicemail system by forwarding your incoming calls to them. Also, it was scary that the app was making international calls from my phone. Maybe my concerns are unfounded, but it didn't seem to do what I expected.
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