SMS filter apps for iPhone?

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mch_nz

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#91261 10-Oct-2011 07:29

Are there any SMS filtering apps available for an iPhone that isn't jailbroken?

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Mark

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#531365 10-Oct-2011 08:49

I believe Apple doesn't allow third party access to SMS on iPhone.

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#531379 10-Oct-2011 09:21

Perhaps you could try the old trick of calling them (after all you are using a phone) and asking them to stop.

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#531392 10-Oct-2011 09:49

SteveON: Perhaps you could try the old trick of calling them (after all you are using a phone) and asking them to stop.

Thanks SteveON but in this case calling them isn't an option. I'm receiving multiple spam txts from a UK number (probably fake) at all hours. Turning off the phone at night also isn't an option as there are times I need to be in contact. Mark

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#531393 10-Oct-2011 09:51

What operator? On Vodafone you can block SMS by number through their web site.

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#531394 10-Oct-2011 09:53

tonyhughes: I believe Apple doesn't allow third party access to SMS on iPhone.

Hey Tony thanks for the reply, didn't think I missed anything but ever hopeful. If the spam txts keep up I may be forced to go Android. Really like the iOS, it seems crazy that I'd be forced to make this sort of change because of something like this...

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#531400 10-Oct-2011 10:03

freitasm: What operator? On Vodafone you can block SMS by number through their web site.

Great suggestion but unfortunately it doesn't work for international numbers...

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#532246 12-Oct-2011 10:03

mch_nz:
freitasm: What operator? On Vodafone you can block SMS by number through their web site.

Great suggestion but unfortunately it doesn't work for international numbers...

Maybe contact your service provider directly then?

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#532267 12-Oct-2011 10:57

Android has a metric butt-load of SMS apps to do anything and everything. In that respect, it is absolute paradise.

On iOS, can you just assign a different SMS tone (of silence or something non annoying) for this one number, by listing them as a contact?

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#532269 12-Oct-2011 11:15

tonyhughes: Android has a metric butt-load of SMS apps to do anything and everything. In that respect, it is absolute paradise.

On iOS, can you just assign a different SMS tone (of silence or something non annoying) for this one number, by listing them as a contact?

If it's these UK Apple/RIM/Nokia lottery texts than the source numbers are constantly changing so there would be little point making them a contact and muting their ring tone

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#532296 12-Oct-2011 12:03

kingjj: If it's these UK Apple/RIM/Nokia lottery texts than the source numbers are constantly changing so there would be little point making them a contact and muting their ring tone

OP clearly states "a" number. So I still think my flag is worth running up this particular pole.

I'm receiving multiple spam txts from a UK number (probably fake) at all hours.