how do i block a specific phone number

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Abe East

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i have already called verizon to see if they can do it and as sone of you may now they dont have that service, i have the v-cast phone from lg the VX8100
if anybody knows any alternate ways to block a specific number that doesnt cosist of simply setting a specific ringtone or call id name so that i ignore her or dont even know that this person is calling ,i dont even want to hear this bi#^* on my voicemail.any help will be greatly appreciated

thanks, Phyco
 
My brother always said that you could call Verizon and they would block a number and I was seriously thinking about blocking my "friend" this summer due to his vulgar prank calls and voicemails. Apparently, however, they told you that you couldn't, but maybe if you tried another customer care person and they might let you.

But what I ended up doing was that I changed my voicemail greeting to one I made in GarageBand (on my mac) that plays the No Connection sound (bo-ba-beep!) and a guy that says "the number you have dialed is not in service) and then plays a no connection sound again, makes a disconnect sound, and then a recorded dial tone goes on for about 20 seconds. It's still a voicemail message, though, but the dial tone goes on for so long that they hang up. And you can tell people that need to reach you to just wait out the dial tone or press a key that makes the voicemail lady butt in.

I made a few phone habits to complete this, too:
  • I only had my phone on when I needed to use it. That way, the phone didn't ring.
  • When I did have my phone on, I changed it so that when I answered a call, I had to open it and then choose to answer or ignore it. The ignore button leads the person directly to voicemail.
  • When the person called, if my phone was on, I pressed the ignore button as quickly as I could. Be sure to press it because if it does the standard amount of rings, they'll know you just changed your vm.
  • I told people I trusted and needed to talk to how to bypass it which was a)pressing a button during the greeting or b) waiting until the greeting ended and the voicemail lady came on and started doing the spiel about "leave a message after the tone or press 1 for more options".

If you're interested, let me know. I can send you an MP3 of it and you can just play it full blast through headphones from your computer into your cell phone microphone and it sounds fine. I'll give this to anyone else, too.
 
yes, i think that this would be very helpfull to me as eventually i think she would stop calling thinking that i changed my number or stopped paying my bills, so if you would send this to me that would be great, thanks char
 
Anytime you call someone with Verizon, or they call you, you (they) can bypass the phone they are calling's voicemail greeting by pressing the * key. You hear the beep immediately and can leave a message.
 
That seems like a lot of hassle. It is a clever idea though. I would just save all those voicemails and tell him to stop or you will get him in some serious trouble.

Either through parents if its a young kid, or you can threaten to go to the police. it is a extreme move, but they should stop being stupid.
 
It's not that hard to do. The only required thing you have to do is rerecord your voice greeting, and the rest is up to you. While the rest sounds like a lot, it isn't, and you'll get used to it after a while. Threats may not necessarily stop the issue as I threatened to take this to the police with my friend, and that made him do it more. Of course, it depends on the situation. In my case, it was prank calling, and threats just don't go anywhere. If it's an angry ex or equivalent, then maybe, but I think my system is pretty good at getting people to stop talking to you.
 
What about just changing your number? I'm sure if you told the customer service rep your story, they might waive the number change fee for you (if you cell provider charges for that kind of thing). I know that when people call in and give me a viable reason on why they need their number changed...like say, harassment, or some sort of error on Cingular's part....I usually waive the fee.
Just a suggestion. :)
 
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