Block incoming calls

[marco.s...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I'd like to block incoming calls from not favorite numbers but with the exception of hidden/private numbers. I mean:

number in contacts and favorite =>Ok accept
number in contacts but not favorite =>block
number not in contacts =>block
number private/hidden=>Ok accept

I tried with !0/!C:FAV but it doesn't work. I'm using the latest Tasker version. Is it possible to use Tasker in this way?

Thanks.

[Jay M]

If you find its not possible in Tasker the app Root Call Blocker will work. As you might have figured out from the name it requires root.

Jay M

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[marco.s...@gmail.com]

If you find its not possible in Tasker the app Root Call Blocker will work. As you might have figured out from the name it requires root.

Jay M

I haven't got a rooted phone and I'd like to use Tasker even because I can use this a "time criteria" to enable/disable it. I trust in Tasker :)

M

[marco.s...@gmail.com]

Any help? Is it a bug or not? IMHO it should work with !0/!C:FAV.

[Jenny Hawkins]

Tasker is not able to block incoming calls, only outgoing.

You can do some approximations though. If you set your default ringer to silent, you can then have tasker handle the ringing. You could set it to ring for those in your contact list, and at certain times.

You can also have tasker hang up on a call, if it doesn't meet your criteria.

This isn't as good as a real call blocker, but those absolutely require root. You will still see the call pop up on the screen until tasker can hang up, but it shouldn't ring if you have tasker handle the sounds.

[marco.s...@gmail.com]

yes I know, but the action end call is ok for me. I want to know why !0/!C:FAV doesn't work. I want to receive my favorite numbers AND hidden numbers call.

[Jenny Hawkins]

Ok, I think I see where you're going. I think you have a logic issue with your set. You've told it to block and number that is not in favorites OR not in hidden numbers. I'm pretty sure the result from that set is every number, because of the OR.  What you want is an AND.  The way I'd go about it is to set up the profile with these conditions.

Incoming call from C:FAV

Variable Value %CNUM = !0

This will tell tasker to include a number that is NOT in favorites AND NOT unknown. The incoming call is an event, so there can't be more then one on a profile. The variable value is a state, so it can be used as the AND.

[marco.s...@gmail.com]

Il giorno lunedì 16 settembre 2013 20:36:12 UTC+2, Jenny Hawkins ha scritto:

Ok, I think I see where you're going. I think you have a logic issue with your set. You've told it to block and number that is not in favorites OR not in hidden numbers. I'm pretty sure the result from that set is every number, because of the OR.  What you want is an AND.  The way I'd go about it is to set

Actually not. The problem with this settings is that I can receive any calls even from not favorite numbers. According to you, instead, I should receive no call at all.
 

up the profile with these conditions.

Incoming call from C:FAV

Variable Value %CNUM = !0

This will tell tasker to include a number that is NOT in favorites AND NOT unknown. The incoming call is an event, so there can't be more then one on a profile. The variable value is a state, so it can be used as the AND.

I don't understand what you mean. Maybe you mean Incoming call from !C:FAV. However I don't understand the process, do you mean a profile Incoming Call !C:FAV with a task associated => if %CNUM != 0 then End call??

Thanks.

M
 

[marco.s...@gmail.com]

ok maybe i found. Profile "incoming call" with !C:FAV and then an action "end call" with if %cnum != 0. Thanks!!!

[Jenny Hawkins]

Ack! I wrote that out several times before I sent it, and apparently my proof reading sticks. Yeah, I meant !C:FAV.

From the way you had described it, I did expect it to kill every call. Not to sure what it was actually doing.