It's possible send an SMS to a blocked number? It is an interesting question. Of course, all of us at some point have had the need to remove someone from our contact list permanently. This can be due to a multitude of reasons (which we are not going to dwell on), although it is also possible that we are the ones blocked on someone else's phone.
Suppose first of all that we have been the ones who have blocked someone in the first place. If we send her a text message, does she receive it anyway? What if someone has us blocked? What happens when the message is sent by WhatsApp or Telegram? to these questions we will try to answer here.
Send an SMS to a number that we have blocked
Before dwelling on this first case, it is worth mentioning that SMS to blocked people they reach you depending on the country you live in and the telephone company that provides the service. We must not forget that when blocking a phone number, restrictions are applied to the calls and SMS messages that we receive from the blocked number, not ours. It doesn't work like in messaging apps.
This means that, if we decide to send an SMS to a blocked number in the traditional way (this is outside the messaging apps), You will receive that number anyway. in the case of Spain. The block that we have applied to you will not prevent you from receiving our messages.
To do so, all we have to do is open the SMS message application on our phone, select the locked phone and write the message to it as if nothing happened.
Send an SMS to a number that has blocked us
And what happens in the reverse situation? In the previous point we already commented that, depending on the operator and the country in which the user lives, SMS messages will be received the same. Looking again at Spain, if we send an SMS to a number that has us blocked, and as long as the recipient does not use external blocking applications such as TrueCaller (which place blocked messages in a separate section and do not notify the user) , you will receive the message and a notice that a blocked contact has sent it to you. It will also offer you the possibility to read it.
We have already made it clear that blocking the phone number outside of messaging apps not as safe as it should be, which means that contact with the person who blocked us could still be attempted. As to whether doing so is advisable or not, that is beyond the intention of this article and we are not going to assess it.
How do I know if I have been blocked by my phone number?
Let's insist again on this point: blocking by phone number does not work the same as in apps like WhatsApp or Telegram, so the ways to determine if we have been blocked or not, are not the same either. The approach to be adopted in these cases is completely different; It has nothing to do with it.
You will not be able to determine if someone blocked you or not by sending an SMS, you will have no choice but to call. Once you do, it is important that you pay attention to how the call ends:
- If it ends after one tone and sends you to voicemail, you may be blocked.
- Depending on the operator, you may receive an audio message indicating that you cannot reach the person you are calling. This is usually a fairly reliable indicator when it comes to determining a block to our number.
However, it is always worth doing a little checkup call before giving our number for blocked. To do this you can do two things:
- If you haven't been informed that you can't reach a person, call as you normally would. It is possible that the contact with whom we are trying to speak is busy, so if they take the call, we will easily discard the block.
- If it still doesn't respond, dial the code * 67 and then the number you want to call to do so by hiding your number. Although it is unlikely that someone will answer a call from a number with a hidden identity, by calling in this way we will verify that our contact has the phone available. If the call gives more than one tone with this method, it means that the phone we are trying to call has our number blocked.
Can I send a message via WhatsApp or Telegram to someone who is blocked or who blocked me?
In the case of messaging apps, the thing works very differently. To begin with, in both, if the contact in question has us blocked, we will not be able to see their profile picture, nor their last connection time. If we cannot access any of this data, we can be sure that a contact has blocked us.
Now, can you send messages to a blocked contact? Can the contact in question send them to you? The answer in both cases is no.. The blocking in apps like WhatsApp or Telegram works in a very different way than it does in the case of blocking the phone number.
To begin with, in none of the main apps can you add a blocked contact to any group. And if we open a conversation that we have blocked (or if the person who blocked us opens it), we will be informed that we must unblock the contact before sending them any type of message.
If we want to write to someone anyway, despite the blocks, we will need the collaboration of a third person that neither of them has blocked. This person must open a group in which you are the 3 participants. Later, this same person must pass between you what you want to communicate. If you use other platforms, it can help you know if someone has ignored you on facebook messenger to insist on the conversation or not.