[firefighterdrew]

Has anyone learned how to utilize the phones native call blocking? The phone asks me for a password but it never accepts it. Very strange.. please help.. BBM me if you can. Thanks.

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[Bishee]

I'd love to get a response too

It's about time BB got their act together on this. I am about to send my new Classic back because I get too many unwanted calls that I cannot block,

I cannot even set up a silent or off ringtone when I attempt to make a contacts entry for "Dont Answer".

[firefighterdrew]

Well I'm glad someone actually finally read my post. There a few unexplained features of this classic and passport that I cannot seem to figure out. I'm a long time BlackBerry user and I know if I'm having issues, so are the new users.

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[Alain_A]

Call blocking all or nothing? There is no call blocking per number

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[bobshine]

You can download apps for call blocking if you're on 10.3

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[Bishee]

I'm not a great fan of having apps doing tasks that should be inbuilt in a modern system ... If Apple can do it and found that it was a useful feature, then BB could also address features that are absent

[johnburton_uk]

Has anyone learned how to utilize the phones native call blocking? The phone asks me for a password but it never accepts it. Very strange.. please help.

I've tried this on my Q10 and ran into exactly the same problem. I would actually like to block incoming calls at the weekend. From what I can see the phone should be able to do it, but I can't get passed the password.

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[Alain_A]

Did you guys tried to ask the assistant?

Update....:it doesn't work. Probably a glitch. Need to let BlackBerry know

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[andy957]

Has anyone learned how to utilize the phones native call blocking? The phone asks me for a password but it never accepts it. Very strange.. please help.. BBM me if you can.

I never got this to work. BBRY Tech support said it's handled (enabled) at the carrier side, and the carrier has no idea about the feature, but the last answer I got was that nobody knows anything about it. He said, she said situation.

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[NecroSemen]

I've tried this on my Q10 and ran into exactly the same problem. I would actually like to block incoming calls at the weekend. From what I can see the phone should be able to do it, but I can't get passed the password.

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[NecroSemen]

I'm not a great fan of having apps doing tasks that should be inbuilt in a modern system ... If Apple can do it and found that it was a useful feature, then BB could also address features that are absent

I am with you on this. I made a few posts about the call blocking thing too. They should have this feature inbuilt on the phone and it should be able to block specific numbers.

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[firefighterdrew]

I'm not a great fan of having apps doing tasks that should be inbuilt in a modern system ... If Apple can do it and found that it was a useful feature, then BB could also address features that are absent

Me too! In fact it's actually counter productive. You buy an unlocked phone so you can have an OS that's free of bloatware and then you shove a bunch of bloatware on it. I HATE when I find a feature like this and the manufacturer itself cannot even tell you what it is. It's pretty sad that when you call in for help you wind up knowing more than the person who works for BlackBerry! It's pretty sad. Not a good look for BlackBerry I must say...

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[John Vieira]

Yeah, you'll need an App.

The carriers don't like it when an OS does it, because it cuts into their revenue, they charge to block numbers.

Apple of course gets away with it, because it's apple, although in this case I agree with them, and believe all OS manufacturers should be allowed to do it.



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[Alain_A]

[QUOTE=John Vieira;11248267]Yeah, you'll need an App.

The carriers don't like it when an OS does it, because it cuts into their revenue, they charge to block numbers.

Apple of course gets away with it, because it's apple, although in this case I agree with them, and believe all OS manufacturers should be allowed to do it.



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Used to be that way before, now Telus does not block calls anymore.



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[firefighterdrew]

[QUOTE=Alain_A;11248713][QUOTE=John Vieira;11248267]Yeah, you'll need an App.

The carriers don't like it when an OS does it, because it cuts into their revenue, they charge to block numbers.

Apple of course gets away with it, because it's apple, although in this case I agree with them, and believe all OS manufacturers should be allowed to do it.


I was using Samsung galaxy phones on the tmobile network here in the US for a few years and they have always had the option for call blocking. They're very nice feature rich devices. Just not a BlackBerry! Lol




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[Alain_A]

[QUOTE=firefighterdrew;11248726][QUOTE=Alain_A;11248713]

Yeah, you'll need an App.

The carriers don't like it when an OS does it, because it cuts into their revenue, they charge to block numbers.

Apple of course gets away with it, because it's apple, although in this case I agree with them, and believe all OS manufacturers should be allowed to do it.


I was using Samsung galaxy phones on the tmobile network here in the US for a few years and they have always had the option for call blocking. They're very nice feature rich devices. Just not a BlackBerry! Lol




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There are a few phone that does it like samsung note, windows phone baked into the phone that i know so far


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[kobnyc]

Stupid question maybe, but what about blocking spam text messages from this annoying 4 digit numbers? Anyone know how to do this, or is this along same lines as blocking a telephone number? Thanks!

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[TinMan555]

I'd love to get a response too

It's about time BB got their act together on this. I am about to send my new Classic back because I get too many unwanted calls that I cannot block,

I cannot even set up a silent or off ringtone when I attempt to make a contacts entry for "Dont Answer".

Simple. Just download a call blocking app.

[johnburton_uk]

We shouldn't have to download a call blocking app when it is built into the OS. I phoned my carrier (Vodafone UK). I was put though to their technical support centre in India. I asked the adviser about the password, sadly he didn't have a clue. I couldn't help but think he would have script to tell me how to setup call blocking on the Iphone.

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[dbq10]

For blocking spam texts the only solution so far is to use the Parental Control options. I was getting spam texts on both of my Blackberrys from someone faking the t-mobile.net address. I set my phone to block all texts not from my contact list. It works and you just need to rearrange the icons on your screen.

[bobshine]

Yeah, you'll need an App.

The carriers don't like it when an OS does it, because it cuts into their revenue, they charge to block numbers.

Apple of course gets away with it, because it's apple, although in this case I agree with them, and believe all OS manufacturers should be allowed to do it.



Passport on Wind

Actually for a long times, Apple couldn't approve any call blocking app or provide any native call blocking feature because AT&T offered a call blocking service.

It's just lately (I think it was iOS 7) that they added such feature.



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[Alain_A]

We shouldn't have to download a call blocking app when it is built into the OS. I phoned my carrier (Vodafone UK). I was put though to their technical support centre in India. I asked the adviser about the password, sadly he didn't have a clue. I couldn't help but think he would have script to tell me how to setup call blocking on the Iphone.

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There is no call blocking baked into BlackBerry for individual number. It is block all only. For individual you to use an app

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[firefighterdrew]

This is a shame cause it really would be a nice touch.

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[Alain_A]

Yes it would

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[johnburton_uk]

There is no call blocking baked into BlackBerry for individual number. It is block all only. For individual you to use an app

Turn all incoming calls off is exactly what I want to do.

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