This already seems to be the
new trend in town, GSM
Operators have assumed the
position of spammers and
marketing experts. Hardly can
one have a peaceful 24hrs without getting those unwanted, unsolicited and extremely annoying text messages and calls from Telecom Service Providers.
As the yeah 2013 draws closer
to a halt, we have figured out
some really helpful insight to help you put this silly trend under control. What seems to work already with 'MTN Nigeria' Subscribers Here Is The solution to Nigerian subscribers using the
MTN services.
If you are currently using an mtn line and would like to stop those annoying messages that come usually from 35685,33113,35020,33115 and the rest of them,you can simply send 'STOP' as a text message to '33111'.
This will remove you from their
campaign database irrespective of the type of phone you used in sending the text message.
What works for every other Mobile Telecom Service Providers This set of solutions should work for you irrespective of your mobile
telecommunication services provider.
It takes into account : apps,tips and tricks to put this annoying marketing campaigns under control. Using Nigerian based telecom services providers for
example,you should already be familiar with these frequent occurring numbers; 4100 (usually come from MTN Nigeria),4040,8888 (usually come from Glo Nigeria) and 8181 (usually come from Airtel Nigeria).
All these numbers dont matter
much,all you need do is to take
note of the numbers that is frequently used by the telecommunication services providers as you will be making use of it in the proceeding step below.
Now that you have identified the numbers? Now that you have figured out the regular culprits,blocking them completely will no longer be an issue. In this part of the tutorial,we are going to list out 3 proven methods to blocked this numbers from calling or
texting your line always.
1. By Using Apps This method will only work with smartphones,tabs and phablets. It is achieved by
installing recommended mobile apps based on your mobile phone operating system.
For Symbian s60v3 and s60v5 there is NetQin Mobile Security 5.0
Download Netqin mobile security here.
For Android There is call control search it in
Google play store and download for your android phone.
For iOS There is iphone Blacklist
Get iphone blacklist from Apple store.
For Blackberry There is call blocker pro & Call Control
Get it from blackberry webstore.
Now you have installed the proper apps based on your mobile operating system,you need launch and locate the blacklist options,then add all the offending numbers that are disturbing you with some calls and text messaging to the blacklist and save.
2. By Using Apps with supported for Auto-blacklisting and Community Blacklist features if you are not using your number for bank related activities,installing and activating this kind of apps
should be the best option for you as it will block all private text messages,anonymous calls and SMS or calls from short code numbers and/or unknown sources. Calls and Messages from
Spammers,telemarketers,debt collectors,marketers,politicians, advertisers and other unsolicited calls offenders will be automatically blocked when this feature is turned on.
There are fewer apps with support for this feature for most mobile phone OS except for android that has a handful of such already including call blocker and Mr Number.
3. By Using the in-built phone Functions Most phones including
features phones has the feature to manually add numbers to your blacklist or do not disturb category.
For smaller Samsung Java,Chinese Phones,Most Nokia and other features phones that comes with this option,the settings can be found under settings ==> phone ==>Calls ==>blacklist,screen list or do not disturb.
For Samsung Smartphones,Tecno Android,Gionee Android,HTC and other brands that comes with this feature,the settings can be easily
located by going to ==> contacts ==> click on the number you wanna block (or manually create a group containing this disturbing
numbers)==> click for more options and locate reject list or similar.
For most android smartphones with this feature,you can also ==> tap and hold the number you
want to block from your call log
list ==> select add to reject list or similar. Your Turn We have covered the much we could on the topic of blocking spammers,telemarketers and stalkers,it is now left for you to pick up the one that works best for your phone and operating system.
Dont to forgot to share your experiences with the listed apps or other ones you might have had success within the past,drop your comment too if you got a problem about this post and invite your friend to know more on this site.
