How-to: Samsung Galaxy J5: Block Calls & Messages; Forward Calls

Hello,

I tried to reject calls from a certain area code but it does not give me the option on my Samsung J5 to select "exct match" or "start with" ...

Phone is brand new and up to date. What can I do?
THanks

Originally Posted by DustenRust

Block Calls:

1. Tap “Phone” on the home screen
2. Tap “More” > “Settings” > “Call rejection”
3. Tap “Auto reject list”
4. Perform one of the following:
   
   • To enter and block a phone number:
     
     1. Enter the phone number
     2. Optionally, set the “match criteria” to anything other than “Exactly the same as” in order to block numbers from a certain area code or network etc.
     
     
   • To search for and block a number:
     
     1. Tap “Contacts”
     2. Tap “Logs” or “Contacts”
     3. Select the number you want to block
     
     
   • To block unknown callers, enable “Unknown”

Unblock Calls:

1. Tap “Phone” on the home screen
2. Tap “More” > “Settings”
3. Select “Call rejection” and tap “Auto reject list”
4. Tap the red “-“ button associated with the contact you want to unblock

Block / Unblock Messages:

1. Tap “Messages” on the home screen
2. Tap and hold the conversation thread exchanged with the contact you want to block
3. Tap “Add to spam numbers”
4. To unblock messages, simply tap “Remove from spam”

Block / Unblock Messages via Settings:

1. Tap “Messages” on the home screen
2. Tap “More” > “Settings”
3. Tap “Spam filter” to enable the option
4. Tap “Manage spam numbers”
5. Enter the phone number you want to block or tap “+” and select from “Inbox” or “Contacts”
6. Tap “Back” to confirm

1. To unblock messages, follow the first 4 steps above and then:
2. Tap “-“ next to the number you want to remove
3. Tap “Back”

Forward All Calls:

1. Tap “Phone” on the home screen
2. Tap “More” > “Settings”
3. Tap “More settings”
4. Go to “Call forwarding”
5. Select “Always forward”
6. Enter the phone number you want to forward calls to
7. Tap “Turn on”

Forward Calls (Conditional Forwarding):

1. Tap “Phone” on the home screen
2. Tap “More” > “Settings”
3. Tap “More settings” > “Call forwarding”
4. Select to “Forward when busy”, “Forward when unanswered” or “Forward when unreachable”
5. Enter the phone number you want to forward calls to
6. Tap “Update”

Disable Call Forwarding:

1. Launch “Phone”
2. Tap “More” > “Settings” > “More settings”
3. Tap “Call forwarding”
4. Select “Always forward”
5. Tap “Turn off”

Hi,
I do not want any call logs , nor incoming nor outgoing to be saved , how do I go about it in my J5
thanks

Originally Posted by manny.masterm

Hi,
I do not want any call logs , nor incoming nor outgoing to be saved , how do I go about it in my J5
thanks

Hi Manny,

I'm not aware of any option that would disable the call logs altogether, sorry.

As for the "match criteria" option missing, maybe it's available only in certain regions / on certain variants.
But you can always try a third-party app instead. After a quick search, it looks like Call Control has options for blocking calls from specific area codes etc.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...lcontrol&hl=en

Hope this helped

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