Activation of Clever Dialer spam protection on the iPhone

Open the iPhone “Settings” app

There click on “Phone”

Choose “Call Blocking & Identification”

Activate the Clever Dialer switch

You’re done!! Now Clever Dialer can warn you from spam calls.

Although spam-warnings work even when the app is closed completely, the spam protection can not be updated. The app has to run in the background. If you rarely or never open the app, spam protection will quickly become obsolete. This can mean that you are no longer reliably warned from spam calls. New spam numbers are constantly added, so an always up-to-date spam protection is essential.

That’s why we send a notification (push notification) periodically to alert you to a possible update. When the notification is pressed, the app will open and the update will start.

It’s best not to close the Clever Dialer app completely, but keep it running in the background.

Clever Dialer for the iPhone protects you from annoying spam callers. For incoming calls, Clever Dialer checks whether the caller is listed as a spam caller. If the caller’s number is found there, the iPhone warns before accepting the call.

Clever Dialer is also available as an Android app and as an Alexa Skill.

Apple is able to block calls rigorously and perfectly, and does not display blocked calls in the call log. At no point do you find out when you receive a call that has been blocked by the device.

However, the Clever Dialer spam database also includes phone numbers that some users do not consider spam. This includes, for example, Sky, or some insurance companies. Apple offers no countermeasure possibility by means of an exception list (whitelist) on which such phone numbers could be deposited.

That’s why we’ve decided not to automatically block calls identified as spam and warn you from such calls. You can decide for yourself whether you want to accept the call or not.

This is an error on Apple’s part and unfortunately cannot be influenced by us. All apps that require activation in the phone settings struggle with these difficulties.

Apple recommends the following: Wait at least an hour before trying to activate the app again in Settings.

However, we have found that this can actually take between 1 and 3 days.
Therefore, our recommendation is to restart the iPhone. If this does not help, reinstall the Clever Dialer app. If you still can’t find the “Call Blocking and Identification” item in the phone settings, temporarily disable screen time in your iPhone’s settings (screen time components can prevent the menu item from appearing). To do this, open the Settings app. There, open “Screen time” and scroll all the way down. Press “Turn off Screen Time” and confirm the deactivation. After another restart at the latest, the option “Call Blocking and Identification” should appear in the phone settings of your iPhone.

Please excuse the inconvenience. Unfortunately, we have no option to remove this error.