Unwanted BlockedNumbers ... unable to unlock

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#1

Hello,

Since August 2022, I have issue exchanging with one specific person; and only one.
I can call her, send her SMS or MMS.
She can call me, but I never ever receive her SMS or MMS.

I tried numerous things, blocking/unblocking numbers & co… without any success …
I tried ShouldIAnswer filter system instead of the Messages build-in one.

Today, we made another unsuccessful test, while I was checking the log, and this is - I guess - one which is related:
BlockedNumbers: isBlocked: BLOCKED; number=, e164=, foundOrig=, foundE164=

It is not easy to say because information are not complete …

How could I get the list of really blocked numbers (with a CLI, instead of the usual Messages settings GUI, where ofc the corresponding number is NOT shown) ?
Is there a way to reset all that ?
Anything else I can try to unlock this very boring situation ?

Many thanks.

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#2

How could I get the list of really blocked numbers (with a CLI… )

you’ll need to enable adb root for this

adb root
adb shell content query --uri content://com.android.blockednumber/blocked

as in Implementing Block Phone Numbers  |  Android Open Source Project

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#3

Thanks for your answer.

Unfortunately, I do not have any “ADB root access” option in developers options.

Does the following trick needed for /e/os ? android - "ADB Root access is disabled" Even with root access enabled - Stack Overflow
Edit: neither su or sudo commands are available on my phone atm … :confused:

Is there any simpler way to enable root access on /e/os ?

My current image is: 1.5-20221028230215

Thanks.

#4

you can boot into twrp, mount /system (just having a checkmark on it suffices) and edit the /system/build.prop (adb’d shell within twrp) to allow for

ro.debuggable=1

But before, I think a valid “sanity check” is to insert your SIM into any other phone and test if you can receive SMS/MMS by your counterparty.

I’d be more curious about SMS not working than MMS - the latter is just an http fetch on a data connection to some provider internal mmc that won’t work if your data conn is off. How can you differentiate what is an sms and mms with the sender?

#5

Thanks for your answer, do you have a guide to boot on twrp?

#6

@tcecyk is it the way to boot into twrp like you recommended it? Install TWRP

#7

you want to go down that rabbit hole? :slight_smile: did you check your sim with another phone so you can be sure it’s the phone? I’m skeptical for the issue being a blocked number or even SMS itself

the doc is proper, but you can also boot twrp just temporarily without a need to flash it to the partition - just get the right twrp for your device and issue “adb reboot bootloader” and when you’re within the bootloader “fastboot boot twrp.img”

#8

Hey!

Some days ago, when I was close to perform all theses instructions, I upgraded /e/OS to the last version 1.6-20221129238947, and suddenly in Call logs, I discovered the regarded number was Blocked.
Once I unblock it, I could receive SMS and MMS from the contact!

So it seems there is a bug: even if the phone number is NOT blocked in the Messages App, if it is blocked on Call side, we don’t receive SMS/MMS.

Thanks for your help.
It was an issue since August 2022, it is now OK.

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