INFECTEDROM What your phone logs, and how to limit it

Turn off Caller ID and spam-lookup services on Xiaomi HyperOS 1

Contacts and calls

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Default: On

Phones / Xiaomi HyperOS 1 / 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 or settings icon, select Caller ID & spam, and turn off the feature.

Menu names may differ by device and version.

What you lose

Incoming numbers will not be checked against online spam databases.

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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