Turn off Caller ID and spam-lookup services on Sony Android (Xperia) 15
Contacts and calls
Sensitivity 4/5
Default: On
Phones / Sony Android (Xperia) 15 / Caller ID and spam-lookup services
Incoming and outgoing telephone numbers not in your contacts are queried against commercial directories. This process sends the number to the dialler provider to identify businesses or suspected nuisance callers.
- Goes to
- Google, Samsung, Xiaomi
- Default
- On
- Control
- Can be switched off
- Effort
- a few seconds
How to do it
Open the Phone app, tap the three dots for Settings, select Caller ID & spam, and switch the service off.
Menu names may differ by device and version.
What you lose
Suspected spam calls will no longer be identified or filtered automatically.
What is collected
Incoming phone numbers, outgoing phone numbers, call timestamps, lookup queries.
It aims to identify incoming commercial callers and warn users about unwanted spam calls.
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