Enable Call Forwarding:

  1. Tap “Phone” on the home screen
  2. Tap “Menu” > “Settings”
  3. Tap “Call forwarding” (NOTE: this option might not be available if it’s unsupported by your carrier)
  4. Enter or edit the phone number you want to forward calls to
  5. Tap “Enable” to confirm

Turn On Conditional Call Forwarding:

  1. Open “Phone”
  2. Tap “Menu” > “Settings”
  3. Tap “Call forwarding”
  4. Select to forward incoming calls “When unanswered”, “When unreachable” or “When busy”
  5. Enter or edit the phone number you want to forward calls to
  6. Tap “Enable” / “Update”

Disable Call Forwarding:

  1. Open “Phone”
  2. Tap “menu” > “Settings”
  3. Go to “Call forwarding”
  4. Select “Always forward” and tap “Disable”

Block Incoming Calls:

  1. Launch “Contacts”
  2. Access “All contacts”
  3. Select the contact you want to block and tap “Edit”
  4. Tap “Menu” and enable “All calls to voicemail”

Unblock Calls:

  1. Open “Contacts” and access “All Contacts”
  2. Tap the desired contact to unblock
  3. Tap “Edit” > “Menu”
  4. Turn off “All calls to voicemail”

Block Messages via Google Messenger:

  1. Swipe up on the home screen to open the apps drawer
  2. Launch Google “Messenger”
  3. Select the message thread exchanged with the contact / phone number you want to block
  4. Tap “Menu”
  5. Tap “People & Options “ > “Block [phone number]”
  6. Press “OK” to confirm

NOTE: The conversation thread and any future messages from the blocked contact will be archived and you will no longer receive message notifications from the said contact.

Unblock Messages in Google Messenger:

  1. Open Google “Messenger”
  2. Tap “Menu” and go to “Archived”
  3. Select the conversation thread exchange with the contact / phone number you want to block
  4. Tap “Menu” > “Unarchive”
  5. Tap “Menu” again and go to “People & Options”
  6. Tap “Unblock [phone number]”


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