Call Forwarding

Forward All Calls:

  1. Go to the phone’s “Settings” menu
  2. Access the “My device” tab
  3. Tap “Call” > “Additional settings” > “Call forward”
  4. Enter the phone number you want to forward calls to
  5. Tap “Enable”

Forward Certain Calls Only (Conditional):

  1. Tap “Apps” on the home screen and go to “Settings”
  2. Access the “My device” tab
  3. Tap “Call” > “Additional settings”
  4. Tap “Call forwarding” and select to “Forward when busy”, “Forward when unreachable” or “Forward when unanswered”
  5. Enter the phone number you want to forward calls to and tap “Update”

Cancel Call Forwarding:

  1. Go to “Settings” > “My device”
  2. Tap “Call” > “Additional settings”
  3. Tap “Call forwarding” > “Always forward”
  4. Tap “Disable”

Call & Message Blocking

Block Calls:

  1. Access the phone’s “Settings” menu
  2. Under the “My device” tab, tap “Call”
  3. Tap “Call rejection” and ensure that “Auto reject numbers” is enabled
  4. Tap “Auto reject list” > “Create”
  5. Perform one of the following sets of steps:
    • To block calls from a contact:
      1. Open “Contacts”
      2. Tap “Contacts” twice and select “Always” or “Just once"
      3. Select the contact you want to block calls from and tap “Save”
    • To block a call log entry:
      1. Open “Contacts”
      2. Access the “Logs” tab
      3. Tap the number you want to block and tap “Save”
    • To block a phone number:
      1. Enter the phone number you want to block
      2. Make sure the “Match criteria” option is set to “Exactly the same as”. Otherwise you can select “Starts with” in order to block calls from numbers from the same area code / network
      3. Tap “Save”

Unblock Calls:

  1. From the phone’s “Settings” screen go to “My Device”
  2. Tap “Call” > “Call rejection” > “Auto reject list”
  3. Perform one of the steps below:
    • To allow calls but leave the number on the block list: clear the check box associated with the desired number
    • To allow calls and remove the number from the block list:
      1. Tap the “trash can” icon
      2. Select the phone number you want to unblock
      3. Tap “Delete” twice to confirm

Block Messages:

  1. Tap “Messaging” on the home screen
  2. Tap and hold the conversation thread containing the phone number you want to block
  3. Tap “Add to spam numbers” > “OK”

Block Messages from Settings:

  1. Launch “Messaging”
  2. Tap “Menu” > “Settings”
  3. Mark the check box associated with “Spam settings”
  4. Tap “Add to spam numbers”
  5. Tap “+” and enter the phone number you want to block messages from (You can also tap the “Contacts” icon and select a contact from the list)
  6. Tap “Save”

Unblock Messages:

  1. Open “Messaging”
  2. Tap and hold the conversation thread from the number you want to unblock
  3. Tap “Remove from spam numbers”

Unblock Messages from Settings:

  1. Launch “Messaging”
  2. Tap “Menu” > “Settings”
  3. Check the “spam settings” check box if necessary
  4. Tap “Add to spam numbers”
  5. Tap and hold the desired number and tap “Delete” > “OK”



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