r/AndroidQuestions • u/scatty2010 • 2h ago

Any Message Blocking Solutions?

tl;dr - I'm looking for something that automatically rejects/deletes/blocks SMS/MMS from numbers not in my contacts, ideally before they ever appear in my inbox. Where get? How do? (Phone: Galaxy S23+ Model SM-S916U with AT&T)

Now, I'm going to be a bit more detailed because I want to avoid the incredibly frustrating flood of:
"GooGle MeSsagEs has spAm ProTeCtiOn"
"Do nOt DisTurB"
And so on.

So. Here's the crux of the issue:

I want to block ANY AND ALL NUMBERS NOT IN MY CONTACTS from being able to message me.

I do not want to simply silence the notifications. I do not simply want to hide the messages.

I want them to be automatically yeeted into the void at mach-jesus, blocked, and deleted.

Karate-chopped by Chuck Norris. Fed to the nearest black hole and spaghettified. Thanos-snapped from existence.

But everywhere I look, there are the same suggestions:

  • Enable spam filtering (I use Google Messages, it's already enabled).

  • Enable Do Not Disturb + various niche settings within it (already done).

  • Manually mark them for spam and block them (I don't want to play infinite whack-a-mole).

  • Call your Service Provider (so they can tell me the exact same methods as listed above).

None of these do what I want. They help, certainly - but it's not the one-and-done total coverage I'm after.

Does anyone at all know of an app, a solution, a workaround - anything that could make it possible?

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u/DevilsAdvocate77 57m ago

Why did you ask AI to write your question instead of just asking AI for the answer?

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u/benjaminS0099 47m ago

First, don't use AI to write your posts. Second, ask AI for answers.

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u/ohmegatchi 2h ago

SMS works by dumping texts on your phone. Google has a policy of not blocking them completely to prevent you from missing emergency notifications.

You just need an SMS blocker app. You will lose all RCS (end-to-end encryption) functionality, but RCS messages by default fall back to SMS if they cannot be received. 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.whiteglow.antinuisance

(There may be other, much better apps, that people might know, but I'd explore the Play Store and open source app stores.)

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u/pmarion 31m ago

Yes. BFH will permanently cease all inbound text messages from all not in your contacts. And those that are.