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I cannot understand why my iPhone, which can both id spam likely calls, and mute calls from unknown numbers cannot mute spam likely calls. This is exactly what
by ljw1001 4y ago
I cannot understand why my iPhone, which can both id spam likely calls, and mute calls from unknown numbers cannot mute spam likely calls. This is exactly what I need
- spc476 4y agoWell, it's not the cell phone (iPhone or Android) that is doing the spam ID, it's a service being queried as the phone call is being placed. Something like, Alice (the originator) calls Bob (the terminator). Just before the phone network causes Bob's phone to ring, it requests (via the network) a service that says "classify the originating number" and that service might return both a name "Alice" and some form of reputation (like "normal" or "potential spam") which then gets sent to the phone that causes it to start ringing (I know, because I worked at a company providing such information). What I found works for me is to assign "silence" as the default ring tone, and give each of my contacts a non-default ring tone. If someone not in my contact list calls me, they can leave a voice mail message. Yes, it means I might miss a critical "deal with me now" call, but that's a chance I'm taking.
- codemac 4y agoThis is what the pixel phone screen feature does for me. The difference between my partner and I's phone frustration is obvious. My unknown calls that are questionable get sent to voicemail nicely with a bot asking them what their name is and allowing me to pick up in the middle if I notice something I need to pay attention to, her iphone just rings with a pop up as "SPAM RISK" and she has to mute it, or she blocks unknown numbers and misses calls.
- sprokolopolis 4y agoI love this feature on my pixel, but I always have to turn it off when I'm expecting important calls from places like medical offices and such.