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Originally Posted by punkzanyj
If you're talking about blocking the call so that the phone doesn't even get the call at all, even voicemail, that can't be done on the handset -- but it is something that you can call your carrier about and talk to them about. Most phone companies, for a fee, can block a specific number from calling you and they get some sort of message instead of a ring on their end.
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This guy could not be more incorrect. Of course every handset has the option to block a call. Every call that comes in the hardware goes through what we can simplify as a true false check on whether to receive and acknowledge a call signal.
The question is how difficult is it to find or make software to access this type of hardware on your device. Some phones you might need root access, others you might not.
The iPhone for one does not need root access in order to have access to its hardware for accepting an incoming call signal. The app that was made to do this is called the Mcleaner application and thousands of people currently use it.
We need to get the idea out of our head that we don't have control over our device. People, these are computers we hold in our hands that have the ability to place phone calls, just like the computer on our desk. If I told you that I will sell you a computer but it won't have any option of letting outside computers connect to it, whenever they sought fit... you would walk away laughing at me.
We own our devices, and for that matter we own the actual phone number also ( as of a few years ago by law), so lets remember that and try to get it mandatory that phones come equip with software to support the hardware inside them such as this.