How fucking stupid is that? Sorry, but not having a good morning. This is like when I found out you can’t set the number of rings either. Sometimes I just want to smash all my tech and go back to rocks, sticks, and leaves.

  • 𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶@lemmy.procrastinati.org
    3·
    1 year ago

    Blocking a number on you phone just tells the phone to hide the incoming call not the carrier. The call rings through unanswered and then the carrier routes it to voicemail like any other call.

    You would need to block the caller at the carrier. Most have some kind of block list you can enable. The alternative would be a non-standard dialer app that, rather than hiding the incoming call, would pick it up and drop it. I don’t know if such software exists.

    Edit: dialer not diaper.

    • rastilin@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      But why does it work like that? You could just as easily make the phone silently pick up and silently hang up.

    • lemmyng@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      The alternative would be a non-standard diaper app that, rather than hiding the incoming call, would pick it up and drop it. I don’t know if such software exists.

      I assume you meant dialer app 😆 . But anyway, for some Android phones you can use call screening.