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.

If the update of spam protection fails, it may be due to the essential iPhone setting “Block & Identify Calls” being disabled in the background, possibly by an iOS update. This is due to the iPhone’s security structure, which we cannot influence. Other iOS apps requiring this setting face the same issue.

Please check the app Settings >> Phone >> Call Blocking & Identification to see if Clever Dialer can be reactivated. (See description)
If the switch shows a loading icon and cannot be activated, it is crucial to have this switch enabled for Clever Dialer to work.

To fix this issue, please follow these steps:

• Turn off your iPhone via Settings >> General >> Switch Off
• Wait 5 minutes, better 15, before turning it back on
• Reinstall Clever Dialer

This should allow the switch in the iPhone settings to be activated again.

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.

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.