How do I block SMS, MMS, and calls from strangers and telemarketers?



How do I block calls from strangers? Often different smartphone manufacturers have different features. There are smartphones manufacturers that gives you Call or SMS blocker, i.e Xiaomi, but others didn't.

If your smartphone didn't have call and sms blocking features, it's easy, you just need to install one of the apps below.

1. Truecaller - Caller ID & Dialer

The Truecaller app, you can find out who's contacting and blocking unwanted incoming calls and SMS, including calls and SMS from telemarketing.

Thus, incoming calls from telemarketers and other annoying calls reported as spam will be automatically blocked.

You can also report phone numbers that you consider to be spam, such as stalker numbers. Not only that, with the Trucaller app, you can also find out when your friends can be contacted.

2. Calls Blacklist - Call Blocker

Like Truecaller, the Call Blacklist app - Call Blocker is in charge of blocking unwanted calls and incoming SMS. Those who contact you with a private number can also be directly blocked by this application.

There are several key features in this app, such as blocking a set of numbers with certain forward numbers, blocking SMS from alphanumeric numbers, and block entire phone numbers.

Interestingly, you can also make a list of the numbers that will not be blocked so that the call and SMS from the numbers are kept in.

3. Call Blocker Free Blacklist

Call Blocker Free Blacklist application is intended to avoid users of unwanted phone calls. Interestingly, one of these phone blockers offers low storage consumption, so it does not take up your smartphone's memory.

There are several key features in this Call Blocker Free Blacklist application, in addition to blocking calls and incoming SMS, such as the Blacklist feature, where users can create unwanted contact lists, so that any incoming calls or SMS from that number will not go into your smartphone.

The next feature is the whitelist, where users can create lists of numbers they do not want to block. Another feature is to detect and stop spam phones.

4. SMS Blocker

The next application is SMS Blocker, as the name implies this application can block short messages and unwanted MMS.

With this application users can automatically block spam messages, so their inbox can be free from spam. However, messages that have been blocked can be inserted into the folder and then save it back if needed.

Uniquely there are no maximum number of messages that can be blocked, no matter how much spam messages come in, you can still block them with this app.

5. Mr. Number - Block Calls & Spam

Still similar to the above applications, Mr. Number - Block Calls & Spam can block unwanted calls, identify them, to stop calls and spam SMS.

One of the advantages of Mr. Number is that this app can block phone calls that comes from overseas. There is also a report feature that can alert other users that certain numbers are malicious.

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