[fireater1968]

Android has an app that allows you to block caller id if they are not in your contact list. This would be invaluable for the service industry where you dont want your customers to see your phone number.

is there anything like this in the Blackberry universe?

[Elite1]

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You're looking for a Call Blocker type app. Some have a whitelist, like allowing all Contacts to call, and/or a blacklist where you can specify which numbers to block.

There's none available yet, but hopefully there will be soon. Until now, BB10 apps were not able to run in the background, so a reliable call blocking app wouldn't have been possible. They are just now rolling out some third party headless apps, but I don't think they've unlocked the ability to block calls yet, iirc.

[bubbbab]

There are many functionalities that were available in legacy that are not in BB10. This one is huge, and seemingly dear to many, myself included.

I'm hopeful that over time the legacy functionalities will return. I'd be happy to see this one.

BlackBerry World has call blocker apps but they are active frames and you can only block all incoming calls as opposed to having black and white lists.

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[pcuser]

If you just want to block callers from outside your Contacts, try Parental Controls.

[steinercat]

Would love to see this as a native feature also. Call block and native email filter!

As a work around, the HUB ++ app will let you identify and filter calls/emails. You can then choose what action for the app to take after that. Current version is now headless too. However, the process of blocking calls/emails isn't as intuitive or as convenient as could be.

[bubbbab]

I don't think a call blocker app is a call blocker without specific contact blocking capability. As a feature would be nice, but we all understand that the developer base must be supported to continue the flow of new apps so I'd be ecstatic to get an app that doss why legacy apps did. I'd pay 10 bucks for it in a new York minute.

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[Richard Buckley]

I believe the OP was asking about caller ID blocking.

This is a feature supported by your service provider, normally by dialing a feature code before making the call. Let's look at what an application has to be able to do to provide this service.

1. Prior to letting a call go through the application has to be started (or already running headless), and passed the phone number.
2. The application has to have access to your contac list to determine if the number is there.
3. The application has to be able to dial a number before, and potentially instead of, the number entered by the user.

There is enormous potential for abuse given this kind of access. BlackBerry has been historically very conservative in releasing this kind of access to third party developers until they are sure the level of control and monitoring is adequate to prevent abuse. This is one of the reasons I prefer BlackBerry to other vendors.

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