is there a way to build a white-list of phone numbers and have calls
from any other number silently dropped?

bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> writes:

> is there a way to build a white-list of phone numbers and have calls
> from any other number silently dropped?

Yes, Do Not Disturb allows this, because you can make exceptions to
it.

bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> wrote:

> is there a way to build a white-list of phone numbers and have calls
> from any other number silently dropped?

Set a global ringtone (the default one). Could be a silent ringtone, or
one that is much more quiet to eliminate jarring you from whatever
you're current doing. Then, in each contact, assign the ringtone you
want for that contact.

I have a global and quiet ringtone for all calls. For contacts, I have
all of them assigned to a much louder ringtone, except for a couple for
emergency use that play the very loud siren ringtone. You could have
different ringtones for different contacts, but I generally just use a
louder ringtone for all my contacts. Tis a bitch, though, having to
edit every contact to change the ringtone. Luckily, I only have about
20 contacts. I don't put everyone that has called me into my contacts
list.

Does "dropped" mean you want the call rejected, or just not interrupt
you with a ringtone (which then has the caller hangup or go to
voicemail)? My bank and pharmacy, for example, are not in my contacts
list, but I do want their calls should they leave voicemail. My doctor
calls are from an everchanging list of numbers at the hospital or
clinic, and I'm not listing everyone of them (which I wouldn't know,
anyway, until after getting a call from all of their numbers).

Richmond mentioned using exceptions in the DND feature. My old Android
8 phone doesn't let me list specific exclusions. Its choices for call
DND priorities are:

Calls from:
- No one.
- Everyone.
- Contacts.
- Favorites.

Mine is set to Contacts. However, I don't use DND to filter out calls
by the caller. I only use it to schedule when DND is active, like when
I'm sleeping. So, the DND Mode is "Priority only" which means only my
contacts can wake me with a call. Luckily my contacts rarely (maybe
never) call me while I'm sleeping since they're probably sleeping, too.

As I recall, DND does not reject incoming calls. It simply doesn't have
your phone make noise: no ringtone, no vibrate. The caller hears the
rings until the voicemail service picks up the call whereupon the call
can decide to hang up or leave a message. If they leave a message, you
should get a notification about a new voicemail.

There are times outside of sleeping hours when I do want to know I got a
call from a non-contact caller, especially if I'm waiting for the call.
So, instead of ignoring non-contact callers to push them to voicemail, I
simply use a soft ringtone with no vibrate (the global defaults) for
non-contact callers. For my contacts, I configure their contact records
to use a louder ringtone. But the DND feature is another possibility.

On 2024-05-04 20:09, VanguardLH wrote:
> bad sector <forgetski@_INVALID.net> wrote:
>
>> is there a way to build a white-list of phone numbers and have calls
>> from any other number silently dropped?
>
> Set a global ringtone (the default one). Could be a silent ringtone, or
> one that is much more quiet to eliminate jarring you from whatever
> you're current doing. Then, in each contact, assign the ringtone you
> want for that contact.
>
> I have a global and quiet ringtone for all calls. For contacts, I have
> all of them assigned to a much louder ringtone, except for a couple for
> emergency use that play the very loud siren ringtone. You could have
> different ringtones for different contacts, but I generally just use a
> louder ringtone for all my contacts. Tis a bitch, though, having to
> edit every contact to change the ringtone. Luckily, I only have about
> 20 contacts. I don't put everyone that has called me into my contacts
> list.

You could assign ringtones to groups, then add contacts to one or
another group. Friends, family, businesses...

--
Cheers, Carlos.