How to block "Unknown Caller" ID

JackLS wrote:

The answer given below is unacceptable! If my iPhone is programmed to display “Unknown caller” when there is no caller ID then that is enough information to block the call. Seems simple! For the outrageous price that we all pay for these Apple products we should be able to get a feature we want rather than only the ones Steve Jobs thinks are necessary. So may a system update that corrects this shortcoming will be out soon.

"The answer given below is unacceptable!" I'm sorry, but the phone displays Unknown Caller because no information is coming through the Caller ID. That is not enough to block the call, since the calls are blocked based on a number.

"So may a system update that corrects this shortcoming will be out soon", the answer to that is no. Since there is no way to block a call without a number. The cost of the device has nothing to do with it. If the phone does not get information from the call, there is no way to block it.

Android can do it just fine! No problem at all, I just go into settings, calls, block unknown callers. Done!

Its possible to add “Unknown Number” / “No Caller ID” numbers to you auto-reject list on Android (Samsung devices from personal experience) phones. If it can be done on Android devices surely it should be possible on Apple devices?

It is possible to set do not disturb but allow calls from any of your contacts. I don’t know if a call from a non contact is registered under missed calls.

The answer given below is unacceptable! If my iPhone is programmed to display “Unknown caller” when there is no caller ID then that is enough information to block the call. Seems simple! For the outrageous price that we all pay for these Apple products we should be able to get a feature we want rather than only the ones Steve Jobs thinks are necessary. So may a system update that corrects this shortcoming will be out soon.

You can’t block an unknown caller. Why not ? It’s technically very easy today to block a call from “unknown caller “. This Sunday morning so far I’ve gotten four calls from “Apple Support” as an unknown caller. I know they are “Apple Support” because they leave that name and this phone number — 201-380-6029.

So now they are scamming Apple Support. Seems to me that Apple now has a vested interest in allowing us to block unknown or no caller id (hint = *67). Or will it take a class action lawsuit to make Apple implement this feature to help reduce fraud, unless of course this is a valid call and number from Apple support.

You can’t block an unknown caller. Why not ? It’s technically very easy today to block a call from “unknown caller “. This Sunday morning so far I’ve gotten four calls from “Apple Support” as an unknown caller. I know they are “Apple Support” because they leave that name and this phone number — 201-380-6029.

So now they are scamming Apple Support. Seems to me that Apple now has a vested interest in allowing us to block unknown or no caller id (hint = *67). Or will it take a class action lawsuit to make Apple implement this feature to help reduce fraud, unless of course this is a valid call and number from Apple support.

Clearlynif Samsung can do it Apple can do it. (Actually Apple could do it even if Samsung didn’t do it.) Ignoring this issue or giving misleading information isn’t going to make it go away.

To save you from wasting time. AT&T Call Protect explicitly DOES NOT block calls from Unknown Caller or 'No Caller ID'.

"The provider might also offer an app that can help with this by at least identifying known telemarketers. For example, here’s one for AT&T customers:

AT&T Call Protect by AT&T Services, Inc.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/at-t-call-protect/id1181632589?mt=8"

What a load of hooey. First, the phone knows enough to display that the Caller ID is unknown. Bingo. Simply do not ring or even acknowledge the call if this feature is tuned on. Second, ALL Samsung phones provide this feature as standard. Third many (most) home telephone systems provide this feature. It is not done by the telco but rather by the home phone system. Mine does it.

Apple is not providing this feature, which has been requested for ten years, for a specific business reason. There is NO technical reason why this could not be accomplished with a minor dot release of iOS. After all there are numerous third party apps that do it.

Apple, get your stuff together and do this!!!

Android phones do it. No matter the carrier. Ive had three different brands of android phones and all of them blocked private number, unknown caller calls. So it’s got to be another reason why apples iPhone can’t or won’t blick these calls with a setting option like all the android phones on the market.

Since the actual number used by “unknown caller” is not known and always changes, it’s not possible to block it at the receiving phone.

Some cellular companies offer blocking at their server end. Log into your cellular provider website and see if there’s an option to block unknown callers, or known spammers.

The provider might also offer an app that can help with this by at least identifying known telemarketers. For example, here’s one for AT&T customers:

AT&T Call Protect by AT&T Services, Inc.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/at-t-call-protect/id1181632589?mt=8

What? Simple phone gets no information it blocks the call.. like on my Samsung you can simply block this calls. But Apple gets money from marketers to avoid adding this feature.. Level 10? Please enplane to me how does my Samsung do this if there is no way? And this is why I'm switching my second phone back to android..

Is there anyway to send an update to the phone recognize names? I am not a programmer, however these smart phones have apps that want access, and are able to link up contacts. Why can’t they recognize names?

That’s crazy really, the recieving phone obviously knows “something” is different or wrong because it displays “ unknown caller “ message when receiving these calls

Phone developers (Apple, etc) must be able to filter these differences and allow blocking.

So it would be a good idea if people did this, maybe if apple is not interested in doing what is best for customers it will do what is best for Apple. That said with the Facebook privacy issues I think tech providers may be pushed to give their customers better control of privacy, seems to be blocking these "unknown caller" phone spammers is a good place to start!