Temp block texts from individual contact

Yesterday I hit some button when receiving a text.

I got an option screen asking if I wanted to disable texts from this certain contact for a given period of time.

There were a few options including, Disable for 1 hour, Disable for 3 hours etc...


How can I find this screen again and or what button did I press to get these options???


I am using Iphone 4s

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.2

Posted on Feb 24, 2013 10:01 PM

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Feb 24, 2013 10:35 PM in response to modular747

There has never been a "silence contact" feature in any version of the iOS in general distibution. If any iPhone has it, it's unique to a particular location/carrier or the phone is jailbroken. There is no reference to it in the User Guide:


The only way to silence a text or notification is by using the Do Not Disturb feature, which does not work on idividual contacts, only in advance, and for the duration of the DND setting. It only works when the phone is locked.


iPhone User Guide (For iOS 6.1 Software)

Feb 24, 2013 10:52 PM in response to mack1time

Your screenshot is irrelevant just like the bogus forum you linked. There are literally thousands of posts here wanting to know how to block messages, and no one has an answer within the iOS. NO ONE ELSE HAS THIS FEATURE IN AN UN-JAILBROKEN PHONE. The only other possibility is that your phone is bogus - a knock-off (there are many of those around).


Where did you get this phone and where are you located?


If this were a feature of the iOS, it would be mentioned in the User Guide. You will not find it there!

Feb 24, 2013 10:58 PM in response to mack1time

There is no feature to block alerts during a phone call. If you get another CALL, not a text, during a call, you get the option of rejecting that call, but no option to block future calls for any duration.


Whatever you saw, you either misinterpreted the message, your phone is hacked, or your phone is bogus.


You still haven't answered my question where you obtained this phone, and where you are using it.

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