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Ringtones with iPhone-6

My wife and I replaced our stupid phones with iPhone-6 and the first thing that hit me was that the stupid phone has a capability important to me that the iPhone apparently does not. We get a lot of annoying robocalls so I set up our stupid phones with a desired ring tone for each and every entry in the phone book and the set the default ringtone to "off." That way, our phones would ring if and only if the caller was in the phone book.

As near as I can figure, the only way to turn off ringtones with the iPhone is with the mechanical switch and then no calls will result in a ring. Am I correct or is there a different solution?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on May 28, 2015 6:35 AM

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ckuan

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Posted on May 28, 2015 6:38 AM

Install and use a silent ringtone as default.

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Philly_Phan Author

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May 28, 2015 4:20 PM in response to ckuan

Yes, I'm in the U.S. and the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) has jurisdiction. Unfortunately, the FCC has pretty much acknowledged that it's helpless. The spam robocalls use constantly changing fake caller IDs. Heck, I've even had spam robocalls coming in to my home with my home number indicated as the calling number!

There is one system (Nomorobo) that is somewhat effective in blocking these calls but it can't do its job until after one ring. It's better but the calls are still annoying. It requires cooperation from the telephone carrier. I use it with my wireline but my wireless carrier does not subscribe. There is no fee for the subscriber but the carrier is charged.

ckuan

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May 28, 2015 4:55 PM in response to Philly_Phan

We have DNC here Down under and only charity, church, emergency and businesses where you have services with are allowed to call unsolicited.

If I get a call, I always ask where they're calling from and what company they represent then i report them. It works most of the time.

Philly_Phan Author

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May 28, 2015 6:24 PM in response to ckuan

Unfortunately, it never works here. As near as I can figure, the only way to obtain incontrovertible proof regarding the identity of the caller is to cooperate with the caller to the point of divulging everything about your finances that you've worked hard to keep confidential. Then, you're only one complainant and it's easy for the caller to deny culpability.

ckuan

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May 28, 2015 6:45 PM in response to Philly_Phan

Sorry to hear, once I used to have 20+ calls and sometime within an hour, so I can never get things done with all these interruptions.

Then I registered my numbers on the government DNC registry, since then the calls dropped.

Once in a while I still get a call and I tell them straight that I will report them.

Ringtones with iPhone-6