Call Basics; Answer Call; Reject Current Call; Block Calls - Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual

Call Basics

Answer call

To answer a call, follow these steps:
Touch and drag the green Phone icon to the right.

Reject current call

To reject an incoming call, touch and drag the red Phone icon to the left.

Block calls

To block a call, follow these steps:

Reject call with message

1. During an incoming call, touch and drag up Reject call with message.
2. Tap Send for the corresponding reject message or tap Create new message
3. Enter a custom message and tap the Send message icon.

Add contact to reject list

1. From any Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
2. Tap Contacts.
3. Tap the contact to be blocked.
4. Tap the Menu key.
5. Tap Add to reject list. A blue icon appears next to the contact number.
Remove contact from the reject list
1. From any Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
2. Tap Contacts.
3. Tap the contact to be removed from the blocked call list.
4. Tap the Menu key.
5. Tap Delete from reject list. The blue icon next to contact number disappears.

Add numbers to Auto reject list

To add numbers to the Auto reject list, follow these steps:
1. From any Home screen, tap the Phone icon.
2. Tap Menu key.
3. Tap Call settings.
4. Tap Call rejection.
5. Tap Auto reject mode.
6. Tap Auto reject numbers to enable.
7. Tap Auto reject list.
8. Tap Add.
9. Enter the number you want to reject.
Note: You can also tap the Contacts icon to select contacts in your logs or contact list.
10. Tap Match criteria.
11. Tap one of the following options:
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12. Tap Save.
13. If desired, tap to select the Unknown check box to block unknown callers.
Note: You will receive a message notifying you when a call has been rejected.

Temporarily remove numbers from Auto reject list

To temporarily remove numbers from the auto reject list, follow these steps:
1. From any Home screen, tap the Phone icon.