How to know if someone has blocked Your Number? Have you ever called someone, only to have your call go straight to voicemail? If so, your number may have been blocked by the person you were trying to reach. This can be frustrating if it was an important call, but thankfully there are ways to know if someone has blocked your number so that you can respond accordingly.
What you need to keep in mind?
Check call history sometimes the blocked caller leaves a voicemail, which you can listen to. If that happens, and the caller's number is listed, you know the number's been blocked. However, some rob callers are really good at spoofing phone numbers so that they show up as something else on your phone—even when they're not blocking their own.
Ask them nicely Sometimes it might just be an honest mistake where someone's had their number changed and forgot to update your contact information, or maybe they gave out their old number instead of the new one (both of these things are possible). Keep in mind that people do forget things, so they might not be trying to deliberately hurt your feelings with their misunderstanding.
Why some people might want to block your number?
Oftentimes, someone might block a number so that you can't call them. If you want to know for sure whether the person blocked your number and why they might have done it, there are a few things you can do.
First, if you're able to access their social media accounts in any way - check out their posts and see what they've been up to lately. Second, send a text or two and see how the other person responds. Third, wait a day before sending another text so, by then, they would've either responded or made it clear they've blocked your number. It is the best to leave them alone.
What they can do and why they do it?
The number you're trying to call has been blocked from your phone, and the person calling might not even know. If they don't answer, they might not be able to receive messages either. This can happen if someone no longer wants to talk to you.
Here are a few ways you can try and find out who blocked your number without actually calling them back: Look up their name on Face book or Twitter -Find their contact information with a reverse-search of a missed call you received.
The two types of blocking methods
There are two ways a number can be blocked-for, outgoing calls only, or for both incoming and outgoing calls. The first type of blocking simply masks your phone number so that when the person you are calling sees it on their caller ID, it appears as unknown.
The second type of blocking prevents all outgoing phone numbers from appearing on the called party's caller ID screen at all. If you don't know which type of blocking method was applied, and you've been using your cell phone regularly, an easy way to test this is by trying to make a call from home. If, the call goes through and doesn't show up as unknown, then your number has not been blocked by the company you're currently with.
Conclusion
So, now you know how to tell if someone has blocked your number and what you can do about it. The only thing left to do is take a moment and think about all the people who you may want to contact with this information in the near future so that they too can find out who has been blocking their phone numbers.
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