One great thing about iPhones is that they go far uncomplicated to block nuisance callers. If you continue getting those annoying automated calls asking if y'all've been in a contempo accident, then you can hang up, get to the call log and block that caller - so long as they're non withholding their number.

But what if it happens in reverse? If y'all find that you can't become through to a particular person after multiple attempts, is there a manner to tell if they take blocked y'all on their iPhone?

Similarly, if they don't reply to your messages, tin you run into if it'south considering you lot're blocked or considering they accept Exercise Non Disturb enabled instead.

Earlier we get to the tips, know this: it is tricky to know for certain if y'all have been blocked. Merely hopefully, you'll exist able to detect out one mode or some other.

The most likely scenario is that you're existence paranoid, and the other person but hasn't got around to replying to your message or calling yous back.

Just, if it'due south not all in your heed, here are some signs that you might've been blocked on an iPhone. If y'all need to exist 100 percentage sure, yous'll need to ask them in person.

What happens to a blocked telephone call?

To exam what happens to a blocked telephone call, we blocked a number and monitored the experience on both phones. When calling from the blocked number, the caller hears either one band, or no rings at all, but the other phone remains silent. The caller is so informed that the recipient isn't bachelor, and is diverted to voicemail (if that service is set up by the person you're calling).

There doesn't seem to be a reason why the number of rings varies, but if you hear ii or more, you tin be pretty certain you lot haven't been blocked.

Annotation that y'all can leave a message if someone has blocked yous, simply the blocker will never be notified of the message. It does appear at the very bottom of their voicemail list in the Blocked Messenger section (if they're on a carrier that supports visual voicemail such as O2 or EE), only most people probably won't check there.

What happens to a blocked text message?

Texting someone who's blocked y'all works every bit you would expect. The message sends as normal, and you don't become an mistake message. This is no assistance at all for clues.

If you have an iPhone and effort to send an iMessage to someone who has blocked yous, information technology volition remain blue (which means it's still an iMessage). Still, the person you've been blocked by will never receive that message. Notation that you don't get a 'Delivered' notification similar you usually would, only this in itself is not proof that you've been blocked. They could just non have whatsoever signal, or an active internet connection, at the time you lot sent the message.

OK, and so have I been blocked or not?

The phone call is the all-time source of evidence to determine whether or non you've been blocked by an iPhone user. The key is that you lot will ever be diverted to voicemail afterwards exactly one ring - if they were declining your call, the number of rings would vary each fourth dimension, and if the phone was switched off, it wouldn't ring at all.

As well keep in mind that Do Not Disturb will too cut yous off after exactly i band, so don't get as well worried if your calls aren't going through at 3am. In that location is a Do Not Disturb setting that allows the user to specify that repeated calls are immune through and then yous could always attempt once again correct away - just make sure your call is urgent, or they may cake you for real this time!

Finally, we would similar to repeat that this isn't an exact science, so don't make any angry scenes without knowing for sure. Also: chill out, relax, and endeavour not to worry almost it. If they've blocked your number, hey, who needs them?

(If your trouble is the opposite and you have an iPhone and want to terminate an annoying caller ringing or texting you, hither's how to cake a number.)