Activation and Deactivation procedure for DND (Do Not Disturb)
Activate DND or Stop all Calls/SMS
To block all telemarketing & promotional calls & SMS
- Send the SMS: START 0 to 1909
or
- Call 1909 (from your phone) and follow the Instruction to Activate DND.
Deactivate DND / Allow All Calls
If you are really interested to receive marketing calls/SMS, just follow this. Send an SMS with the message STOP 0 to 1909 OR Call 1909 and follow IVRS instructions
How telemarketing calls are categorised?
Below is a list of category numbers.
- Banking/Insurance/Financial products/credit cards
- Real Estate
- Education
- Health
- Consumer goods and automobiles
- Communication/Broadcasting/Entertainment/IT
- Tourism and Leisure
These category numbers are never changed relating to listed order.
Want to allow some categories of Calls/SMS and wants to block some category?
- If you Blocked fully(all categories), you can allow partially(some selected categories).
- On other way, If you allowed all categories, you can block some selected categories.
Out of this 2 ways, you can choose any one method.
Examples for activation and Deactivatin of DND:
Q.1: To receive only a particular category of call, say: 3 ( Education)
A.1:
You are planned to receive category: 3. First stop all categories, by sending SMS START 0 to 1909 (fully blocked category). Note: Here Start “0” means Stop all. Then, allow category:3, by sending SMS START 3 to 1909
Q.2: To receive only 1,4 category
A.2:
You are planned to receive category: 1,4 First stop all categories, by sending SMS START 0 to 1909 (stoppage of all commercial Calls/SMS). Note: Here Start “0” means Stop all Then, allow category:3, by sending SMS START 1,4 to 1909 Like wise you can choose multiple categories.
Q.3: To block only a particular category of call, say: 3 ( Education)
A.3:
You are planned to block only category: 3. First allow all categories, by sending SMS STOP 0 to 1909 (all allowed category). Note: Here Stop “0” means Start all. Then, block category:3, by sending SMS STOP 3 to 1909
Q.4: To block some category of call, say: 2,5,6
A.4:
You are planned to block fewer categories: 2,5,6. First allow all categories, by sending SMS STOP 0 to 1909 (all allowed category). Note: Here Stop “0” means Start all. Then, block categories: 2,5,6 by sending SMS STOP 2,5,6 to 1909
How check status of my Mobile Number?
After all, with above procedure if you completed DND Activation/Deactivation. And If you want to check, is your mobile number successfully registered as per your request, check the status of your mobile number here.
I have set my preference as above, but why still not it gets effected ?
Once you set your preference as above, it will take maximum 7 days to take effect. Because telemarketers has to get your updated preference from centralised database.
Disclaimer
We are not saving or transmitting any data off the device. Database is completely offline. This software will work on GPS only for displaying current address and it will never upload any of user's personal data or locations. it will store and collect the locations in your laptop/desktop/phone and display it on device.
Mobile number location is calculated based on the first five digits of the Indian mobile number. This information is obtained from Wikipedia.