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apsun / NekoSMS

A pattern-based text message blocker for Android.
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Block MMI? #15

Closed spacedingo closed 8 years ago

spacedingo commented 8 years ago

Can we also get to block Cell broadcast/MMI messages? Maybe a separate module? I really like your filtering and other options like notification.

There's a working MMI blocker here, but it doesn't have GUI or filter. https://github.com/agentdr8/NoMMI

apsun commented 8 years ago

Erm, sorry, I have no idea what MMI is... mind uploading a screenshot? ;-p

spacedingo commented 8 years ago

USSD/MMI is a part of GSM. Basically one can dial a _123# or 130# or 123_111222333# to check their prepaid balance or remaining data, or scratchable prepaid cards to top up credit. Then you'd get a message on your screen. A lot of time there's spam too. screenshot_20160325-231525

Another screenshot https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20286608/is-it-possible-to-read-the-call-cost-history-from-dialogue-raised-after-ending-t

apsun commented 8 years ago

So the idea is that you call a certain number, and get a message back in the form of a dialog? I don't think it would be worth the effort, since you already have to go through the process of dialing the number anyways. Also, I don't know of a way I could actually test this; my carrier doesn't offer this feature, sorry :-(

I suppose you could make a request on XDA developers or something, though.