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The article recommends "Hiya" as an app among others. I have it on my phone, but I've had horrible luck with it. The app will correctly identify fraudulent or s

The article recommends "Hiya" as an app among others. I have it on my phone, but I've had horrible luck with it. The app will correctly identify fraudulent or scam calls, but the program has prevented the call from reaching my phone exactly 0% of the time. In practice, what ends up happening is that my phone rings on the normal Android Dialer app, I decline the call, and then Hiya shows up about 20 seconds later to tell me that the call was from a suspected scam caller, which I already figured out when I decided to decline it. Even after installing the thing, I'm forced to still do what I was doing before, which is looking at the number and trying to quickly google it on my PC before the ringing stops to figure out whether to answer or not.

exhilaration 9y ago
My Google Nexus 6P phone has something like this built-in, I get a warning when the number is ringing that it's a suspected spam call. If I answer, it will ask me to confirm afterwards that it was indeed a Spam call (it always is) allow me to block it in the future. I'm assuming this is built into the stock Android dialer.
- JTon 9y ago
  I'm running com.android.dialer and I've never seen this functionality.
- AdmiralAsshat 9y ago
  No, it's only available to Google and Nexus phones. In fact, Google explicitly blocks non-Nexus phones from installing it: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/05/14/google-has-updated-the-google-dialer-to-block-sideloading-on-non-nexus-devices/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/05/14/google-has-updated-t... I would love to have it, but I'm not going to buy a Pixel strictly for that purpose.
hasbot 9y ago
I use Mr. Number on my Android phone. If the calling phone number is marked as Spam in it's database, it'll display that as the call is ringing. It can also be configured to "block" Spam calls, but that means ring once and send it voicemail. Apparently Android's permission model doesn't allow non-root apps to simply hang up on calls.
- AdmiralAsshat 9y ago
  Mr. Number and Hiya appear to be under the same developer. What's the difference?
  - Alupis 9y ago
    Hiya is Mr. Number, but has some additional features[1]. [1] https://twitter.com/mdpauley/status/803390142333513728?lang=en https://twitter.com/mdpauley/status/803390142333513728?lang=...

exhilaration 9y ago

My Google Nexus 6P phone has something like this built-in, I get a warning when the number is ringing that it's a suspected spam call. If I answer, it will ask me to confirm afterwards that it was indeed a Spam call (it always is) allow me to block it in the future. I'm assuming this is built into the stock Android dialer.

JTon 9y ago
I'm running com.android.dialer and I've never seen this functionality.
AdmiralAsshat 9y ago
No, it's only available to Google and Nexus phones. In fact, Google explicitly blocks non-Nexus phones from installing it: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/05/14/google-has-updated-the-google-dialer-to-block-sideloading-on-non-nexus-devices/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/05/14/google-has-updated-t... I would love to have it, but I'm not going to buy a Pixel strictly for that purpose.

hasbot 9y ago

I use Mr. Number on my Android phone. If the calling phone number is marked as Spam in it's database, it'll display that as the call is ringing. It can also be configured to "block" Spam calls, but that means ring once and send it voicemail. Apparently Android's permission model doesn't allow non-root apps to simply hang up on calls.

AdmiralAsshat 9y ago
Mr. Number and Hiya appear to be under the same developer. What's the difference?
- Alupis 9y ago
  Hiya is Mr. Number, but has some additional features[1]. [1] https://twitter.com/mdpauley/status/803390142333513728?lang=en https://twitter.com/mdpauley/status/803390142333513728?lang=...