Forward Calls:

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

Forward Calls (Conditional Forwarding):

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

Turn Off Call Forwarding:

  1. Open the “Phone” app
  2. Tap “more” > “Settings”
  3. Tap “More settings” > “Call forwarding”
  4. Select a forwarding option and tap “Turn off”

Block Calls:

  1. Launch “Phone”
  2. Tap “More” > “Settings” > “Call rejection”
  3. Tap “Auto reject list”
  4. Follow one of the bullet points below:
    • To block a phone number: enter it and make sure “Exactly the same as” is selected
    • To block a contact / call log entry: go to “Contacts” or “Logs” and select the desired phone number
    • To block unknown callers: turn on “Unknown”

Unblock Calls:

  1. Open “Phone”
  2. Tap “More” > “Settings”
  3. Tap “Call rejection”
  4. Access “Auto reject list”
  5. Tap the “-“ symbol associated with the phone number you want to unblock

Block / Unblock Messages:

  1. Open “Messages”
  2. Tap and hold the conversation thread exchanged with the number / contact you want to block messages from
  3. Tap “Add to spam numbers”
  4. To unblock messages, follow the steps above and select “Remove from spam” instead

Block / Unblock Messages via Settings:

  1. Launch “Messages”
  2. Tap “More”
  3. Go to “Settings”
  4. Turn on “Spam filter”
  5. Tap “Manage spam numbers”
  6. Enter the phone you want to block
  7. Tap “+” and select “Inbox” or “Contacts”
  8. Press “Back” to confirm

NOTE: To unblock messages, follow the first 5 steps above and then tap the “-“ symbol associated with the number / contact you want to unblock.

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