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 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
Prior to this time, we have
discussed in details ( link here)
what seems to be a solution to
Nigerian subscribers using the
MTN services.
If you are currently using an
mtn line and would like to
stop those annoying
messages 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 from
mtn), 4040, 8888 (usually from
glo) and 8181 (usually from
airtel).
These numbers don’t matter
much, all you need do is to take
note of the numbers that is
frequently used by the telecom
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 our
tutorial, we are going to list out 3
proven methods to blocking this
numbers from calling or texting
your line.
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 – There is NetQin
Mobile Security 5.0
For Android – There is call control
For iOS – There is iBlacklist
For Blackberry – There is call
blocker pro & Call Control Too
Now that 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 to the
blacklist and save.
2. By Using Apps with support
for Auto-blacklisting and
Community Blacklist features
If you aren’t using your number
for bank related activities,
installing and activating this
kinda 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 feature 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 wanna block
from your call log list ==> select
add to reject list or similar.
