Questions tagged [calls]

Generic tag for questions regarding mobile network telephone calls using your Android device. Please check first if a more specific tag exists for your issue (e.g. 'voip' or 'callerid'; the full tag wiki lists more examples).

Telephone calls may no longer be the primary function of many smartphones, but it is still an important function. This tag is for questions dealing with phone calls on your carrier's mobile network.

For other types of calls, or might be more appropriate.

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How do I disable receiving calls and messages?

I use my HTC Evo 3D (currently Android 2.3, soon Android 4.0) to record cycling workouts (GPS + Endomondo). During workouts, I don't want to receive any calls / messages for the following reasons: I don't want to be disturbed when relaxing I want…
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Blocks all calls not going through Google Voice?

Not sure if this is the correct place to ask, but is there a way to prevent anyone from calling my Android phone directly, so they all incoming (and perhaps outgoing, but incoming is most important) calls must be filtered through Google Voice?
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Can an app call a phone without me knowing?

The reason I ask is because I have gotten various calls from seemingly random numbers saying that I had called them. When I check my call log, there is no outgoing call to their number. This has happened multiple times, but not very often, maybe…
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Show dial/call duration

In Android 2.1 there was the possibility to drag the notifications bar during dialing a number and to be able to see when the phone started ringing (it was starting counting when connecting, then resetting the counter when dialing) and hence be able…
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App to count my daytime minutes

I'm looking for an app that can count my daytime minutes usage. I only get 200 free airtime minutes between 7am to 7pm Mondays to Fridays until the 24th of each month. (After 7pm my plan has unlimited minutes.) Preferably, I want to be alerted by…
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Why is pressing touch tone keypad not transmitted during calls?

My relative is running CyanogenMod 7 on her HTC Incredible. Recently, her phone started acting weird in that when connected in a phone call, pressing the touch tone keypad is not working. You can hear the tone being pressed in the speaker, but the…
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Any answering machine app (or widget) out there?

Is there any app which can function as an answering machine, with multiple recorded messages, like "gone to take a shower", or "in a meeting" and easily switch between those?
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How do HD voice calls work?

Most of the operators now support HD voice on Android devices. I was wondering about the following points: How can an Android user be sure that a call is HD without guessing from the audio quality? Does the phone hand over calls from HD to normal…
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Disable phone calls while in certain apps

I have lots of games on my phones, and they tend to have to restart when an incoming call comes in, even while hitting the Ignore button. Is there a way, on a rooted stock Android phone to set certain apps to block incoming calls, so the foreground…
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When making calls the screen turns off

I have Karbonn A9, Android 2.3.6. When making calls the screen turns off and comes on pressing the power button. But sometimes it fails to come on, forcing me to restart it by removing the battery. Any clues?
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Is there some app that allows me to answer phone calls with my computer?

Is there an app that allows me to answer phone calls with my computer? Sometimes it's uncomfortable to receive phone calls with the headset of my smartphone, it would be nice to talk when receiving a phone call through my computer headset which is…
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Why did my phone start ringing when there is no SIM card installed

My old samsung jet phone just started ringing from inside the cupboard, & unknown caller was displayed, although the children use it as a play phone sometimes there is no SIM card installed, how can that happen I thought you had to have a sim in to…
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Disconnecting a call

Can anybody tell me how to disconnect the call in between. The screen on my Samsung Galaxy 3 becomes disabled during the call , it becomes very difficult to get the screen back during the call to disconnect.
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Phone doesn't ring or show a popup for incoming calls

My phone doesn't ring or show the on-screen popup when I receive calls. On incoming calls notification settings, it shows "~1 notification per day," so this may be related. When I switch the preferred network type from LTE to 2G or vice versa, it…
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How to block all outgoing calls?

I want to block all outgoing calls regardless of who I'm calling since I have finished all my allowance. I need a way to block all calls because I keep forgetting and I'll exceed my allowance. (I can use VoIP services instead).
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