TRAI DND App: Spam Calls and Texts in India

[Karan]

Judging by the low rating and the comments, the short answer would be a NO!

 

[Sushubh]

Worked. They have made a mess of it. Should have kept it simple. Verify using otp. Profile with name and photo. Monitoring of incoming calls and texts. All inside a shitty ui. Probably a mistaking to keep it installed.

 

[Sushubh]

 

[Sushubh]

the app allows you to report xx-xxxx style messages which seems to be stupid.
the app indicates that some of my complaints were rejected because i had opted in. i cannot believe i opted in for a service that sent me slimming packages. with no proper system to opt out of services you ended up subscribing to for whatever reason... this is stupid.
lenskart, foodpanda type services would spam you daily with no opt out details in the message or on their website. sometimes i get lucky by sending them a message through facebook/twitter. but not always.

trai really needs to make it mandatory for all of these companies to offer a clear opt out option on their website/app.

 

[Karan]

Yeah, I got really irritated coz I never got any messages until the flipkart account creation, even Amazon has had this number for over 2 years, this never happened with them. The local option is the best for me from now on, the IDs and number are backed up to your google account, incase you re-install android or go over to a new phone, they get carried over. Atleast I have control over it.

 

[Sushubh]

nope. google forgets all the blocked numbers when you reset the phone. i always have to start blocking them again.

at least for me. it never restore the blocked numbers for me.

 

[Karan]

Hmm... I will have to check on that. I do an monthly clean install of the ROM on my Nexus 4, it always brings back the blocked list. Maybe it is stored locally then, on the phones internal storage, I don't wipe that using TWRP when installing the ROM.

 

[Sushubh]

i reset using the internal option on my phone. always cleans up the block list

 

[Karan]

ROFL, that will wipe out all the data on your phone, mine is less severe than that. I used TWRP recovery that allows me to choose what all types of storage I can wipe from the phone

 

[Sushubh]

i only reset once or twice a year. when the phone becomes unbearably slow. or android beta becomes to buggy for regular usage.