“Silence Unknown Callers”?

Submitted by Kerbboi t3_ygy8dw in iphone

I have recently been getting calls every hour from an Unknown number. So I went to the settings and there’s an option that blocks unknown callers, but in the description it says you’ll still get calls from people in your contacts. My question is does it consider any number that’s not in my contacts an unknown caller or is it just unknown callers like people using *67?

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0000GKP t1_iub3hbi wrote

Any number that is not in your contacts. I love this feature.

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bendvis t1_iub5c56 wrote

In addition to allowing calls from anyone in your contacts list, the feature will also allow calls from numbers that you’ve called recently. That way you don’t need to add a contact for your auto mechanic to get their return call, for example.

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Sloth_Monk t1_iub6snj wrote

Like the others said, anyone not in your contacts or recently dialed by you is automatically sent to voicemail.

If you accidentally redial an unknown number you’ll need to delete the call from your call log for it to be blocked in the future

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AgenceElysium t1_iubdgme wrote

Create a new contact with the phone number 0000000000 and then block it. It helps with some unknown ID calls.

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pacoii t1_iubkh33 wrote

It’s a good feature in theory, but after missing an urgent call from my doctor, I don’t use it anymore.

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Purple_Cauliflower11 t1_iuc62bf wrote

I have to many calls from parents as a teacher I cannot take the risk of not getting the calls

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tjcanno t1_iucg2vr wrote

The numbers that call you that are NOT in your Contact list on your phone go silently to your voicemail. They are not blocked. You are not disturbed.

When they leave a message, you see it and you call them back. It's about the same as if you were on the phone at the time they called and did not want to interrupt the call to answer them. You call them back a few minutes later.

Telemarketers seldom leave a message. If they do, you know what it's about and don't call them back. My VM greeting encourages people to leave a VM if they want me to call them back.

I will turn the feature off occasionally when I know I am expecting a call from someone not in my Contacts, and then switch it back on after they call.

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BigHangar t1_iucm7r9 wrote

I haven’t listened to a voicemail in ten years let alone answered a random number I don’t have any idea who it might be. However, I will answer 99% of calls ID’d calls even if I don’t want to. Both are rude and bad habits in some situations, but i did a lot of dumb stuff growing up and u never know who’s on the other side of the call. Reminds me of an old inside joke “when called by a ‘panther’…don’t anther” (its a crude/inappropriate/highly offensive joke ill spare everyone from)…

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RetiredBSN t1_iudp71g wrote

A lot of doctor's offices or hospitals or even schools use a "dummy" number as their caller ID—sometimes it's the main number, but often a closely associated number. In one case the main number is XXX-8100, and the dummy is XXX-8200.

I always add the dummy number to my contact page for those companies/organizations so that their calls can come through. It's sometimes a problem when you don't know which clinic is calling, but fortunately most leave enough information on a VM if you don't pick up the call.

It irks me, though when someone uses their personal phone to return a call, because that number will go directly to voicemail, and in several cases has resulted in a delayed answer or problem solution. I've warned people about that and urge them to either give me the number they'll be calling from or use their office phones.

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MistaBobobo t1_iueodu6 wrote

I've been getting a lot of spam calls lately, I just block each one. I wait and see if I get a voicemail just to be safe but if its not someone I recognize and no voicemail left after a few minutes I immediately block the number

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