Still receiving texts from blocked numbers

If the person you have blocked, has a secondary contact (Start new conversation from) they can bypass the block you have on their number, and contact you on imessage using an email (usually) while still appearing under the number you have blocked. if you cannot locate that secondary contact and block that as well, they will still be able to contact you. I’m not sure about android users still contacting you though.

SMS texts are under the purview of cell service providers, contact yours and see what blocking options they offer.

Hello....pay attention to the thread, did you not see https://discussions.apple.com/profile/cfb58

’s thread....soft restart your phone by quickly pressing volume up, then down, then holding the power button, until the apple logo appears.

After doing that, the number finally achieved block-hood.

Hope that helps you, who don’t thoroughly skim through the thread for answers.

A had same problem blocked numbers getting through texts and calls and our 13 year old daughter fixed it in seconds what she done was unblocked the number then blocked them again turned phone off then bk on problem solved a actually thought a was ok with tech obviously I’m no hope this helps with your phone now as you where 😉

Are these coming in as iMessages (blue bubble) or SMS (green bubble). If it is the latter you will need to work with your cell service provider to block them.

Are these now coming in as SMS (green bubble) text messages? If yes, contact your cell service provider.

I may have found an answer - mine was a group text from 20 different numbers, none of whom were in my contacts, and none of which I recognized. I had to go down through the entire list, blocking each "caller" individually.

I also went into Settings>Messages>Message Filtering>Filter Unknown Senders and turned that on.

I hope that one of these steps solved this issue. I'll find out for sure this evening (these texts seem to always come around 10 p.m., Central time).

After you’ve blocked the number. Make sure it’s in your contacts first of all. Otherwise your phone won't recognize the number...now do s reset...do this exactly..push volume up once and release...then volume down and release...then hold the power button alone until the phone shuts off and then you see the apple restart on your phone...do not let go of the power button until the apple sign comes back on...that worked on my iPhone X.it blocked the texts and calls.....i had the same problem as you...Good luck 😊

he could have a secondary (Send & Recieve) contact he’s reaching you through. Most likely being his Apple email. All you can do is find out what that contact is and block it , or you might have to contact your service provider.

A have just posted how my daughter fixed my phone a had a big fall out with guys a worked with had to bloke them and they where still able to get through to me calls and texts no blue apple text green ones was driven me nuts my 13 year old took phone unblocked em then blocked em again turned phone off her problem solved no calls or texts asked my daughter how she new how to sort it she said dad you no I’m good looking and a get creepy guys popping into my messages so she figured it out now a wish a never asked her to sort it the joys of having a teenage daughter

No, if it is an SMS text you need to contact your provider like GlorytoGlory777 did to block them. SMS texts (green bubble) are solely in the purview of them.

Yes this exact thing happened to me I just powered my phone off then back on and it worked.

No not restore from back up....each iPhone has its own way to reset...ie. Iphone x or newer iphones that don't have the button in the front....you would push volume up. Then down...then hold the power button alone until the phone restarts with the apple showing...it's a soft reset because you aren't deleting any info..

Remember...just push the vol up once. Then vol down once then hold power until it restarts. After you'ved block the contact....also make sure your contact has a name and a phone number listed in your contacts......if it's not in your contacts..when it deletes from recent calls...the phone doesn't know to block that number....in other words...just don't block any random number...it needs to be in your contacts so the phone knows to continue to block it..

To block them as iMessages you would have to create a contact then block it. If you don't want the spam calls and texts you have to work with your cell service provider. You can turn on silence unknown callers and it will not ring.