Voice mail from a number I've blocked

I think the point is, and it is certainly proven true on my iPhone 6+ -- I have blocked a nuisance caller and they have left me 70+ voicemail messages filling my mailbox at AT&T. They did not block their number. Each message in the BLOCKED MESSAGES list indicates the caller's ID.

Who in their right mind would think that I would even want a message from some number that I blocked? Furthermore, I don't give a rats *** if they know I have blocked them or not. I'd love to have a pre-programmed message for blocked callers that says quite simply, "**** off!"

They should not be able to leave you a voicemail. Not sure why that is happening. However, Apple did not give them the option to hide their Caller ID, the carriers do that. You can contact your carrier about other call blocking options to see if they provide them.

This is infuriating. I blocked my iPhone from a harrassing individual and then Apple/ATT gives him FULL CONTROL over my voicemail. He calls as many times as needed and rambles until my voicemail is 100% filled up. I cannot receive msgs from my business contacts, family or friends. My only option is to change numbers at great expense and trouble to me.

I understand that there is an Android app called Mr Number that would block people FOR FREE from accessing my voicemail but Apple will not allow that app in the iTunes store. This issue is enough for me to jump ship from Apple and ATT. How is it that Apple/ATT will allow a harrasser to literally take control of my phone!?

I have the same problem and complaint. As a former Android user I am completely unhappy with the way in which iPhones handle callers who you have chosen to block. On my previous phone, a galaxy, once a caller was added to the call reject list that caller was unable to contact you. In fact when they called the phone either rang once on their end and then stopped or did not ring at all and was simply silent (to the caller it sounded as if the phone was waiting for you to continue dialing). For all of those insisting it has something to do with carrier settings I can assure you that it does not as I have the same carrier as I did with my galaxy and the phones themselves process call rejection quite differently which is essentially the problem. With my galaxy once a number was added to the call reject list they could never actually contact me again, no voicemails and no missed called notifications. SIMPLY PUT, IF I BLOCK A CALLER I WANT THAT CALLER BLOCKED AND REJECTED AT EVERY TURN!

Lmaan42 wrote:

Great thanks

telling me they shouldn't be able to doesn't stop the fact that I keep getting my voicemail filled up everyday by the number I blocked and it's driving me crazy

Sounds to me like you might want to try contacting the police... the word "harassment" comes to mind.

I want a blocked number to stop being able to leave me a voicemail too. I get multiple calls from the same number daily leaving a message of silence each time. It's annoying having to call my voicemail to lose the notification on something that's nothing.

LivetoErr wrote:

It's annoying having to call my voicemail to lose the notification on something that's nothing.

So don't call your voicemail for this number!

You know what the number is. The voicemail is labelled with this number. So simply delete it without listening to it.

Lee Whitmore wrote:

The number doesn't come up on missed calls, so you have to play the message to get to the number!

"The number doesn't come up on missed calls" - true, because you blocked the number.

"... so you have to play the message to get the number" Really? Isn't the voicemail labelled with the number? Can't you just see the number without playing the message?

Dude - you're getting this all wrong. When you block a phone number within the iPhone itself - like you went into their contact and clicked "block caller" - then you won't receive text messages, FaceTime calls, or voice calls. All regular calls will be automatically redirected to VM. This is not a bug, it's how it's supposed to work. If you want to permantly block a caller from contacting you, you'll need to contact your carrier.

I've just registered, fingers crossed! Below is an extract from a web page from my carrier (Vodafone) on the same subject. Registration took 5 seconds.

You can register your mobile phone number with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS)

by texting your email address to 85095 for free. They’ll reply by text to confirm your registration.

Some Android devices may say that you’ve been charged for the text. This isn’t the case.

It is an option on the phone to use a feature provided by the carrier. Similar to Voicemail. You phone can access voicemail thru settings on the device, but it is actually a carrier feature.

Agreed it is the settings, only on GSM phones, but the carrier is how that is set up, not unique to Apple iPhones. You can take a look at this support document regarding call blocking. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5845

It states you should not receive messages. Have you powered the phone off/on since setting this block? Try and see if that helps. If not, then try a reset. This will not affect your data at all. Hold the sleep/wake and home buttons together until you see the Apple logo and then release. The phone should reboot.

You're welcome. It is rather hard to block a number that is not transmitting a Caller ID. That is why true call blocking only comes from the carrier. The phone is just masking the call. Even the carriers have difficulty blocking a call that has a blocked Caller ID.