No Salesmen will call – a work around for nuisance calls to your iPhone

Is there someone calling your mobile phone that you’d rather not speak to? Many mobile phones have a simple way of blocking numbers so that those annoying calls can’t get through a second time! Sadly, this option is not available with my lovely new iPhone.

Having registered with Telephone Preferential Services (TPS) several weeks ago for my iPhone, I was somewhat surprised to see an 0800 number appear on my iPhone screen as a missed call the other day. A quick Google search using the full number showed the number was allegedly from Sky telesales. A little further research and I found that this number was also variously reported as a making repeated nuisance calls and nothing to do with Sky. Either way, having listed for TPS, I do not want to hear from any salesmen on my  on mobile phone! So…. where is the “Block calls from this number” button on my iPhone? Apparently there isn’t a way yet to do this. I could put my phone on silent but then I’d miss calls that I do want to receive.

The best solution I could find was to actually SAVE this unwanted number (because, oh yes… they keep ringing!) and I have allocated it a ringtone that I will never use for my contacts. So, when my phone starts quacking, I know its yet another annoying call from this number. Better yet, I’ve now discovered that you can download a silent ringtone for free. I have labelled this caller in my phone as BLOCKED and have given it the silent treatment.

For full instructions on how to download this ringtone to your iPhone and the link, go to:

http://pediatricinsider.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/silent-ringtone-for-iphone/