SteveC On which OS release? There's an "Add a number" UI in the Phone app within the Blocked numbers menu.

      GrapheneOS Build number 2025031400 (i.e. later than this).

      So I have to go to a special "blocked numbers" area to add a number?

      Why cant I just do that from the calls log, when I am looking at the number of the loser? There ought to be a "block number" option there.

          SteveC That's the standard UI for it. We could add another UI later when we heavily fork AOSP Dialer into a standalone app, which we haven't done yet, and other apps are being done first.

            GrapheneOS

            GrapheneOS There's an "Add a number" UI in the Phone app within the Blocked numbers menu.

            Actually I can't find the blocked numbers menu. The three vertical dots dropdown just has "Call history" and "settings", the options at the bottom are favorites, recents and contacts. None of these destinations appears to have anything either.

            In your other reply you said this was the standard UI yet every regular Android device I've ever used has easy access to block the number, so I guess Android doesn't follow the referenced standard.

                  SteveC Sorry if I have misunderstood, but you can just hold press the number in your call history and block the number... Or you can add a number to the block list manually by going to the three dots menu, settings, blocked numbers, add number.

                      Lilac6044

                      Lilac6044 Sorry if I have misunderstood, but you can just hold press the number in your call history and block the number... Or you can add a number to the block list manually by going to the three dots menu, settings, blocked numbers, add number.

                      No, I can't. If holding down sent me to a "block number" option, I'd have no complaint. Instead, I have "Copy Number" "Edit number before call" and "Delete"

                      And under settings, all I see are "Display options" "Sounds and vibration" "Call recording" "Quick responses" "Calling acocunts" and "about."

                            SteveC Hi, that is odd. Sorry I could not be more help... I hope someone else can chime in with a suggestion as I can block numbers the way I outlined. Weird that you do not have the options. Best of luck.

                              SteveC what version do you have in about? since it seems like there are 3 options missing for you. (Including the block numbers option)

                                SteveC i think i did figure it out. I think you are in a user profile. Tje block number and other menu options seem to not.appear in a user profile.

                                You need to use the owner profile for these settings.
                                Or atleast it is like this on my device

                                    SteveC
                                    Other manufacturers has AOSP as a base and add their own apps on top so they do most likely not build their dialer apps on a AOSP dialer fork.

                                      dhhdjbd Yes I am in a user profile.

                                      I was under the impression that you were only supposed to use the owner profile to install software.

                                      So now I'd have to either leave the phone in the owner profile for receiving calls, or switch to the owner profile in order to block the call (then switch back--just like turning on the hot spot).

                                      By the way if it's a text, I can block it from within the text app, as a user, so it's obviously possible to implement this.

                                      In fact I was intending to gripe that I had to clear phone call notifications every time i switched to owner even though I had received the calls as a user. I guess I won't bother griping about that; the issue is far broader than that.

                                          SteveC
                                          Daily driving the Owner profile is fine. Doing so you will still be running the most private and secure smartphone out there.

                                          Daily driving a secondary user profile is choosing to accept some increased friction and inconvenience for an increase in security and privacy.

                                              SteveC

                                              I was under the impression that you were only supposed to use the owner profile to install software.

                                              No, and user installed apps in the Owner profile do not have additional access based on being in the Owner user. It's not a desktop OS. The advantage of using a secondary user for your main usage is that it doesn't have to be unlocked after boot for basic usage of the phone. In a situation where you don't want your data available, you could still unlock Owner. We don't recommend that most people avoid using the Owner user as their main profile but rather there's a high threat model niche where it can make sense to use a secondary user as your main profile for the ability to keep it at rest more.

                                                JollyRancher

                                                Daily driving a secondary user profile is choosing to accept some increased friction and inconvenience for an increase in security and privacy.

                                                The benefits are essentially limited to being able to use the phone with the bulk of your data at rest. People get the wrong idea about it based on concepts from desktop operating systems without a comparable privacy/security model which are not applicable.