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Re: App that screens incoming calls

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VanguardLH wrote on 9/25/2018 1:43 PM:
> Alek wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone know of an app that will screen an incoming call and NOT
>> ring unless the caller is not blocked?
>> 
>> I have a few that will ring once and then act on the blocked number.
> 
> You could reverse your scheme.  Instead of having the phone ring for
> every call except for those blocked (after the caller's ID has been
> supplied and your blacklist then checked), why not have your phone not
> ring for all calls except those in your contacts list.  That is, instead
> of blacklisting some callers (after identification) to block their
> calls, why not whitelist the other callers to allow their calls.
> Configure the default ringtone to silent.  Then go into your contacts
> manager to either set a ringtone for each contact or on a group that
> includes all contacts.  

Great idea!

> On my LG V20 phone, all my contacts are included automatically in the My
> Contacts group.  Instead of having to edit every contact to add a
> ringtone, I edited the My Contacts group to define its ringtone.  What
> you can do with contact and group properties depends on your brand and
> model of smartphone (not yet identified) and what its contact manager
> can do.

OnePlus 3T and 6. I'll have to find a 3rd party contact manager.

Thanks for the great idea!

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App that screens incoming calls Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2018-09-25 13:19 -0400
  Re: App that screens incoming calls VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2018-09-25 12:43 -0500
    Re: App that screens incoming calls nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-25 13:53 -0400
    Re: App that screens incoming calls Alek <alek.trishan@gmail.com> - 2018-09-25 14:49 -0400
      Re: App that screens incoming calls VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2018-09-25 16:16 -0500
      Re: App that screens incoming calls M.L. <me@privacy.invalid> - 2018-09-25 17:29 -0500
        Re: App that screens incoming calls VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2018-09-25 18:05 -0500
          Re: App that screens incoming calls VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2018-09-25 18:11 -0500
    Re: App that screens incoming calls "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-25 21:36 -0400
      Re: App that screens incoming calls Joerg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.ch> - 2018-09-26 07:36 +0200
      Re: App that screens incoming calls VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2018-09-26 00:56 -0500
        Re: App that screens incoming calls nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-26 07:07 -0400
          Re: App that screens incoming calls "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-26 13:20 -0400
  Re: App that screens incoming calls 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-09-25 15:28 -0700
    Re: App that screens incoming calls Joe Beanfish <joebeanfish@nospam.duh> - 2018-09-26 16:21 +0000
      Re: App that screens incoming calls 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-09-26 11:18 -0700
  Re: App that screens incoming calls "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2018-09-25 21:43 -0400

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