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Block calls from unknown numbers: on Android, iPhone

There’s nothing more annoying than being harassed by calls or messages from private (hidden) numbers. If so, you can block these numbers on your smartphone- we’ve got all you need to know in this article.

How to block calls manually?

Android Devices

On Android phones, you can usually add contacts to a blocked list via settings. The steps may vary slightly from one manufacturer to another. However, in general, you should be able to access this setting from the Phone app.

• Open the Phone app, and tap More >Call Settings >Call Rejection.
• Next, tap Auto reject list.
• Now, toggle the Unknown option On.

N.B. If your Android smartphone does not include an option to block unknown numbers, you can also download and install call blocking apps from the list below.

Samsung Phones

Although Samsung is under Android, the procedure may vary. Follow these steps:

• On Samsung Phones, you’ll find the blocking options in Phone > Settings > Block Numbers
• If you’d like to block calls from people that are not on your list of contacts, you can simply slide and select the option Block Unknown Caller.
• If you only want to block a specific phone number, enter the desired number under Add Phone Number in the Enter Phone Number field of this section.

Blackberry phones

• Blackberry users should open the Phone App and using your finger, swipe from top to bottom.
• Then select Settings > Call blocking. If this is your first time using the Call blocking option, you will have to create a password to grant access to this feature.

Nokia devices

• For Nokia phone users go to Menu > Control Panel > Settings and then Phone > Call Blocking.

iPhone

• To block unknown callers on an iPhone go to Settings > Phone then scroll down till you see the option Silence Unknown Callers and toggle the switch to on. All future calls from unknown numbers will be silenced and go straight to voicemail, but you will also see them in your call list.
• To block specific callers on an iPhone, open the Phone app and click on Recents. Scroll to the caller you would like to block, tap on the small ⓘ symbol located beside the number and then scroll to Block This Caller.

How to block text messages from unknown numbers?

Blocking text messages from hidden or private numbers requires a specific app.

Apps for Android smartphones

These apps for Android devices block calls and SMS from undesired numbers.

Block numbers on iPhone

Apps for Symbian Phones

How to block a number from a Spectrum account?

To get started, go to the Spectrum website, log in with your account details, and find My Services. Next, click Manage Phone Features. Find Block Unwanted Callers, and activate it by turning it On. In the field that displays, enter the phone numbers that you want to block, and click Add to Block Unwanted Callers List.

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No Caller ID: How To Unmask Blocked/Unknown Calls (iOS & Android)

21st September 2017

No Caller ID calls are the worst, there is no denying it. Whether you just got your first one, or have been getting inundated with No Caller ID calls, each call is a frustrating experience of wondering who’s on the other end and why they’re calling to harass you. If you’ve ever felt that frustration, you’re not alone.

But there is a solution! With TrapCall, you can unmask these blocked numbers and find out exactly who’s calling you from No Caller ID. That means their phone number, name, and even their address. Plus, with TrapCall you can even blacklist the unmasked phone number to prevent them from continuing to harass you.

You can start a free 7-day trial of TrapCall to begin unmasking these No Caller ID calls today, or, read below to learn more about these pesky calls and exactly how TrapCall solves the problem.

What is a “No Caller ID” call?

A No Caller ID call is a regular phone call that has purposefully had identifying information stripped from it. These are also called blocked, hidden, masked, or unknown calls. “No Caller ID” is typically what you’ll see on the caller ID for a blocked call on an iPhone, but other phones may use a different term in the caller ID. One of the most common ways of placing a No Caller ID call is by dialing *67 before a phone number when making a call, as this automatically blocks your caller ID to the call recipient. Usually, this is done because whoever is calling you doesn’t want to be tracked.

In addition, telemarketers use No Caller ID when they do not want to get reported for conducting their marketing illegally. Because the people they call won’t see their caller ID or possess the ability to call them back, they think they won’t get caught. Calling from a blocked number or a spoofed number is also a common tactic to attempt to steal victims’ personal identity, money, and precious time.

Often times, people who have been blocked from calling someone, perhaps due to a breakup, harassment, or some type of illegal activity, will call them using No Caller ID so that their call gets through. Blocking caller ID allows the caller to continue making these unwanted calls, as the recipient has no way to block them or reveal who the caller without a third party Android or iOS app.

How do I unmask & block No Caller ID calls on iPhone to find out who’s calling?

TrapCall is the best and most reliable way to unmask No Caller ID calls. We’ve been unmasking blocked calls for tens of thousands of users since 2007, and we have a 4.5 star rating on the App Store to show for it.

With TrapCall, you can:

1. Unmask the phone number, name, address, and even a photo of who’s calling from “No Caller ID”
2. Blacklist these unmasked numbers so that they’ll hear this message when they call: “The number that you’re trying to reach has been disconnected or is no longer in service.”
3. Plus, we offer reverse phone number lookups, automatic spam call blocking, and even incoming call recording.

What’s the difference between “No Caller ID”, “Private Caller“, “Unknown Caller”, “Blocked Call”, “Masked Call”, etc. ?

Functionally, there is no difference between all of these terms. Traditionally different phone carrier & manufacturers have used different terminology to refer to the lack of Caller ID. All of these terms fundamentally mean the same thing, that a caller is calling you from a masked caller ID.

No Caller ID on iPhone

How does TrapCall & it’s No Caller ID Call Unmasking & Blocking work?

Setting up and using TrapCall is easy. After signing up for a TrapCall subscription, you’ll need to activate the service on your phone. This process takes less than 5 minutes, and we’ll walk you through every step. Once the service is activated, you’ll just need to decline any No Caller ID calls you receive. When you decline those calls, they’ll be forwarded to us, we’ll work our unmasking magic, and then we’ll forward them back to you with the revealed number.

Plus, TrapCall allows you to go beyond unmasking these unwanted calls.

After seeing the revealed number, along with the name, address, and photo of the caller when that information is available, you’re in control. If you want to make sure the caller can’t leave you any more voicemails, you can add their number to your blacklist. If it’s a more serious situation, you can bring that information to the police to show who’s harassing you. With TrapCall’s Ultimate Plan, you can even record the harassing calls you’re receiving for further evidence.

With TrapCall, you’ll have the power to always know who’s calling and stop the harassment.

How do I decline a No Caller ID call on iPhone?

If your phone is locked when you receive a No Caller ID call, you’ll need to press the lock button twice to decline the call. The first press silences the call, the second press declines it. The lock button is on the right side of the phone on the iPhone 6, 6S, and 7 models, and it’s on the top of the phone for all other iPhones.

If your phone is unlocked when you receive a No Caller ID call, you’ll see the red decline button on your screen and can simply tap it to decline the call.

What if I get a call from an “Unknown” number?

Sometimes blocked calls may show up on your phone as “Unknown” rather than “No Caller ID.” If the caller is hiding their number using *67, or a similar method, TrapCall will have no trouble unmasking the blocked call. However, if the caller is calling from an international or VoIP number, it’s possible that their “Unknown” number cannot be unmasked.

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How to block unknown callers on an Android phone

The more we use our smartphones the more likely we are to get cold calls from companies, or even scammers, which can be very annoying not to mention inconvenient. And as our address books grow, the chances of getting legitimate calls from Unknown Callers is getting less and less.

Fortunately, there is an easy way to block the dreaded unknown caller on an Android phone. In this tutorial we will show you the easy way—it works on any Android phone, and will even block text messages from unknown numbers (although this feature only works on Android 4.3 and earlier devices).

Download Mr Number

Most Android phones don’t have call blocking built in. If this is the case for you then download the free Mr Number app from the Play Store.

Open the app and wait a few seconds for it to initialise. It’ll ask you to verify your number and country, but you can skip that if you wish. You will need to do it to use the number lookup feature.

You’ll now see a list of all the recent calls and texts that you have received. If the caller was in your address book then you’ll see their name and photo (if you’ve got it); if not, you will just see the number.

Lookup Number

Tap on one of the entries. If it is marked as an Unknown Number tap the Lookup Number option to search the web and try and find who called—you get 20 free lookups per month, or more through an in-app purchase.

You can also send a text to or directly call the number using the righter most icons at the bottom of the screen.

Block a number

To block a number tap the Block icon in the bottom left of the screen.

In the window that opens choose whether you want to automatically hangup when you receive a call from this number, or whether you want to send it through to your voicemail.

Tap Mark as spam if it is a junk caller—that will add the number to the Mr Number database of spammers—and add a comment, such as the company that was calling, if you wish. Tap Done to finish.

Unblock a number

To unblock a number tap the Blocklist icon at the top right of the app’s home screen. In the Hangup and Voicemail tabs you can see a list of all the numbers you have blocked. Tap the X icon next to any of them to unblock it.

Block all unknown numbers

You can also block every Unknown caller. Tap the Blocklist icon from the main screen of the app. Swipe to the Voicemail tab and tap Send someone to voicemail. From the options that are listed choose All numbers not in my contacts. This means calls from your contacts will go through as normal, while everyone else will go straight to your voicemail.

You can do the same using the Hangup option, although this should be used more sparingly since not every unknown caller will be a spam call and you may not want to block them from calling altogether.

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How to Block Calls from Strangers on Android (Ban Numbers That Are Not in Contacts)

Here is the guide on how to block all incoming phone calls from numbers that are not in your contacts on Android phone: stock Android, Huawei, Xiaomi, Meizu.

It’s quite simple to block a single caller on Android but what to do if you are attacked by a squall of calls from different strange phone numbers? Of course, you may ban them one by one but you will continue to receive unwanted calls from yet a new number each time.

In this case the white-list technology will help you out. You need to block all stranger (callers whose numbers are not added to your contacts) but let all your contacts easily reach you.

In this article we will explain how to block strangers using the built-in phone apps and do the same using third-party call managers.

[Contents] How to Block Incoming Calls from Strangers – Phone Numbers That Are Not in Contacts:

• on stock Android (Pixel, Nexus, some models of Xiaomi, etc)
• on Huawei
• on Xiaomi
• on Meizu
• third-party alternative apps (and the only option for Samsung Galaxy and OnePlus so far).

Stock Android

• Launch the Phone app:
• Tap the three-dot menu icon at the top right corner to access the Settings of the Phone app:
• Now select Blocked numbers:
• And here tell the Google phone app to block strangers by activating the Numbers not in contacts option: Update 2020: Unfortunately, Google removed this option for some reason.

Block Calls from Strangers on Huawei Phones

EMUI 10 and EMUI 9

• Open the Phone / Contacts App.
• Tap the three-dot icon on the upper right.
• Select Blocked:
• Dive into Call block rules:
• If your phone is running EMUI 10, enable the Block Unknown numbers option:
  Block calls from strangers on Huawei phones with EMUI 10.1

if your device has EMUI 9, enable the Block strangers option:

Block calls from non-contacts in EMUI 9.1

EMUI 8

In EMUI 8 steps are a bit different:

• Open the Phone app:
• Tap the three-dot icon and select Blocked:
• Tap on Block rules at the very bottom of the screen:
• Tap on Call block rules:
• And here you can finally activate the Block all strangers option:

Xiaomi

Sad News for MIUI 12 Users

Since MIUI 12 doesn’t have Xiaomi dialer app any more (now it comes with the Phone app by Google pre-installed), you can’t block calls from strangers, unless you install some third-party application. Only MIUI 12 ROMs for China have Xiaomi’s dialer app.

MIUI 11

• Launch the dialer.
• Tap the sandwich icon on the lower left:
• Select Settings:
• Here dive into Blocklist:
• Tap Call Blocklist:
• And finally enable the Block Calls from Strangers option:
  Block calls from anybody who is not in your contacts (MIUI 11 and 10)

MIUI 9

• Open the Phone app:
• Tap on the hamburger (menu) icon on the bottom left:
• Now make sure you have the Blocklist enabled (toggle it on if not).
• Then head to Call blocklist:
• And here toggle on the option called Block calls from strangers:

Block Calls from Strangers on a Meizu Phone(Flyme 7 & 8)

• Open the Phone app:
• Tap on the three-dot icon on the upper right corner of your screen and select Settings:
• Select Blocklist:
• Tap the gear icon on the upper right:
• Select Call filtering:
• And finally toggle on the Block calls from strangers option:

Third-party Apps (Samsung Galaxy)

As you might know, neither Samsung Galaxy nor OnePlus devices don’t have the ability to block numbers of strangers in their built-in native dialers. For such unique phones and tablets the only option is to use a third-party call managing app. We can suggest the Call Blocker by Vlad Lee that can be easily found in the Google Play Store.

All you need to do is:

• Install the app.
• Launch it.
• Give it all required permissions.
• Go to the Blocking tab.
• Make sure the Blocking itself is toggled on.
• Activate the Unknown numbers (Block all numbers except contacts) option: Once you’ve configured the app, all calls from strange numbers will be rejected.

According to user feedback as of May 2020, this app doesn’t cope with call filtering on OnePlus devices. We’d appreciate if you gave us your feedback concerning the issue in the comments.

What About Text Messages from Non-Contacts?

Very simple, but it is necessary to mention. If your phone has a feature to filter calls from strangers, it usually has the same options for text messages:

Some phones support blocking texts by keyword:

But here it is worth being more careful. The fact is that if you block text messages from unfamiliar senders, you run the risk of missing, say, a verification code from Google or another service and you will not be able to log in or confirm some important action. These are just a couple of examples. There are others.

Therefore, when it comes to text messages, it is best to block individual senders, and not filter out all SMS from unfamiliar numbers. As you might already know from another guide, if you blocked a specific phone number in your phone app, text messages will be also blocked.

Wrapping Up

Hopefully, now you know how to get rid of annoying calls from scammers, spammers, telemarketers and other unwanted strangers on your smartphone. If you have more information regarding the topic of blocking calls from non-contacts on Android, feel free to share it in the comments. Good luck!

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