In the event that you have the impression of being harassed by phone, we all start to get used to it with our landlines and call centers for insulation, electricity, or other… It is also possible to be harassed on your Alcatel 1, and it's much less pleasant. Fortunately, there are features that make it possible to prevent these people from contacting you. This is the case, among other things, of blocking messages.
However, in the event that you have blocked messages you will no longer be able to view them in your discussion threads, what to do in the event that you change your mind and want to to recover blocked messages on your Alcatel 1?
Precisely, we have written this article to help you accomplish this manipulation. First, we will see the solution to block messages on your smartphone, then how to view blocked messages on your Alcatel 1 , first through history, then, using a computer and data recovery.
How to block SMS from a number on Alcatel 1?
We therefore start this guide by going back to the basics and showing or re-showing you the technique for block messages from a number on your Alcatel 1. Even if you only want to block a person's SMS, be aware that Android's functionality will also block his calls. Learn how to prevent a number from sending you messages:
- Open the “Messages” application on your Alcatel 1
- When you are on the conversation list, press the three small vertical dots at the top right of the screen
- Then click on "Settings"
- Finally, in "Block numbers and messages" enter the number you want to block
- You can find the list of numbers blocked on your Alcatel 1 below.
How to recover blocked messages on an Alcatel 1?
We now move on to the part that probably concerns you the most, how to see blocked messages on an Alcatel 1? Two methods are possible, the first will only require you to navigate in the settings of your smartphone, for the second, you will have to connect your Alcatel 1 to a computer which will give you the possibility of recovering the deleted files.
How to see blocked SMS on Alcatel 1 via your smartphone settings?
With the new versions of Android, we advise you to check the Android version of your Alcatel 1, you can accomplish a lot of things, for example, browse the blocked messages on your Alcatel 1. On previous versions it is not necessarily possible to do this, we have carried out the test with Android 10 and this feature is available, try it on your smartphone even if it has a previous version, it may work, or go to the next part of this article. Let's go:
- Unlock your Alcatel 1
- Go to the "Messages" application
- Click on the three small vertical dots at the top right of the screen
- Finally, in the tab " Settings " meet in "Block numbers and messages"
- In the tab "Blocked messages" you will discover the list of all the messages filtered by your blocking and consequently look at them, you can also by clicking on them restore them in your normal conversation thread
How to recover blocked messages on Alcatel 1 using a computer?
Last option, in case you cannot find the functionality seen in the previous part, or you still see it that there is nothing in the list even though you are convinced that you have received messages which have been blocked on your Alcatel 1, fear not, there is another solution to find them, and it will be done with a computer. Discover the technique below:
- Activate the USB debugging mode on your Alcatel 1
- Connect your Alcatel 1 to your computer
- Use root software to root your smartphone
- Now use some sort of file recovery software (most of them are free and work the same)
- Click on “Messages”, you can also activate the “attachment” option if you ever want to recover them, so the software will find all of your SMS, blocked SMS and deleted SMS on your Alcatel 1
If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Alcatel 1, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Alcatel 1.