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Can I unblock all my blocked numbers, and then reblock them?

My wife has an Amazon Primer account for us. I do not have mobiile phone, and would like to use her phone number to access discounts for Prime members at whole foods. In order to register her mobile number to the Amazon Primer account, we need to receive an SMS text. However, she accidentally blocked the Amazon's number that the text comes from.

Can I unblock all the blocked numbers temporarily, receive the text, and then reblock them? Alternatively, how can I tell which number to unblock (called Amazon, and they couldn't say which number they use). Trying reverse lookup on Anywho, and some others, but it's tedious, and most numbers I don't get results for.

Thanks for any

useful advice.

iPhone 5c

Posted on Dec 21, 2018 2:10 PM

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Posted on Dec 21, 2018 2:25 PM

Go to Settings > Phone > Call Blocking & Identification.


By the way, the numbers are not really blocked. The ringing is silenced. You will still see a record of the calls and the callers can leave messages.

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Dec 21, 2018 2:46 PM in response to Philly_Phan

Thanks for the response Philly. I know how to unblock numbers, but don't want to unblock the evil, non-Amazon numbers (not to exclude the possibility that Amazon being evil). I don't want to leave all the other dozens of numbers unblocked.


I tried looking at incoming messages, but there's nothing from Amazon. It seems the blocked text is not received (I assume that's why I'm not receiving it).

Dec 21, 2018 3:15 PM in response to Philly_Phan

Actually, this is a biggie. I suggested unblocking all the numbers, and suggested that they may not keep using the same number, but this is wrong-think, and it was shocking that I even suggested the possibility. Naturally, the reformed Me is now shocked and stressed that you suggest doing such a thing.


OK, I figured it out now. I went to textfree.us and got a phone number to receive SMS texts on the web/laptop at the textfee.us web site. Then I used this in the WholeFoods Ap to start to link the new phone number to the Amazon Prime. I received a text with a confirmation number, and then I unblocked this number on my wife's phone. Then I could link her phone number to the Amazon Primer, now that their number (262 966) was unblocked.


Thanks for the input.

Can I unblock all my blocked numbers, and then reblock them?

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