Rabu, 26 Desember 2012

Call Blocker on iPhone 5

I've been an Android user for a couple of years now. And just recently i began to use an iPhone 5. About the reason why i switch my smartphone it will be in another article :) After using the iPhone for a while, i found that there are things that i can easily do in Android that i cannot do in iPhone (easily). One of the first thing i tried to find in the AppStore was a call blocker software (which i can found very easily in the google play). and guess what, none of it present in the AppStore!!!! After a little goggling i found out that call blocking software are not allowed in the iOS because the Apple company have some kind of 'agreement' with telephone service providers not to put it in iPhone because the companies provide such service with extra charge (please, CMIIW).
But then, i found that there is one feature in the iPhone that can be used like a call blocker software, called the "do not disturb" feature. At first i thought this feature is only to keep the phone silenced during sleep time. but the i found out that during that "do not disturb" time we can still choose to accept calls from the list that we approve. and it turns out that we can choose to accept calls from the contact list :D
OK, now i can get the functionality of a call blocker, because using this feature, only the people in my phonebook can call me. it can get rid of telemarketers :D exactly like the softwares i used in Android.
Now, how to do it? First, go to settings


















Then you will find a "Do not disturb" slider. just slide it to the "on" position



















After that you need to highlight the "notification" slider to make some adjustment to the do not disturb feature


















Then you will find again the "do not disturb" adjustment link in the notification page



















By clicking the link you will enter the "do not disturb" page. you will find some things that you can adjust but for now i will concentrate on making only the people in your contact list that can call you. click the 'allow calls from', then choose 'all contacts'


















Then you're done :D only the people in your contact list can call you now.
But this feature will only work while your phone is locked.


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