In the event that you have the feeling of being harassed by telephone, we are all getting used to it with our fixed telephones and call centers for insulation, electricity, or other... It is also conceivable to being harassed on your Samsung Galaxy A42, and it's much less pleasant. However, there are features that allow you to prevent these people from contacting you. This is, among other things, the case of blocking text messages.
However, in the event that you have blocked text messages you will no longer be able to view them in your discussion threads, what are the solutions in the event that you change your mind and want to to download blocked messages on your Samsung Galaxy A42?
Precisely, our team has written this tutorial to help you achieve this operation. First, we will discover the solution to block text messages on your smartphone, then how to view blocked messages on your Samsung Galaxy A42 , first through history, then, using a computer and data recovery.
How to block text messages from a number on Samsung Galaxy A42?
We start this guide by going back to the basics and teaching you or re-learning the method for block texts from a number on your Samsung Galaxy A42. Even if you only want to block one person's text messages, note that Android's functionality will also block his calls. Here is the procedure to prevent a number from sending you text messages:
- Open the “Messages” application on your Samsung Galaxy A42
- When you are on the discussion 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 Samsung Galaxy A42 below.
How to recover blocked messages on Samsung Galaxy A42?
We now move on to the part that most certainly interests you, how to see blocked texts on a Samsung Galaxy A42? Two techniques are possible, the first will simply require navigating through the settings of your smartphone, for the second, you will need to connect your Samsung Galaxy A42 to a computer which will allow you to recover the deleted files.
How to see blocked SMS on Samsung Galaxy A42 via your smartphone settings?
With the new versions of Android, we advise you to check the Android version of your Samsung Galaxy A42, you can do many things, for example, view blocked text messages on your Samsung Galaxy A42. On previous versions it is not necessarily possible to accomplish 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 is possible that it works, if not skip to the next part of this article. Let's go:
- Unlock your Samsung Galaxy A42
- Go to the "Messages" application
- Click on the three small vertical dots at the top right of the screen
- Finally, in the menu " Settings " meet in "Block numbers and messages"
- In the section "Blocked messages" you will have access to the list of all the text messages filtered by your blocking and therefore consult them, you can even by clicking on them restore them to your normal discussion thread
How to recover blocked texts on Samsung Galaxy A42 going through a computer?
Last option, in the event that you cannot find the functionality seen in the previous part, or that you see it however that there is nothing in the list when you are convinced that you have received text messages that have been blocked on your Samsung Galaxy A42, don't panic, there is another solution to find them, and that happens using a computer. Check out the procedure below:
- Activate the USB debugging mode on your Samsung Galaxy A42
- Connect your Samsung Galaxy A42 to your computer
- Use root software to root your smartphone
- Use any file recovery software from now on (they are mostly free and work in a similar way)
- Click on "Messages", also remember to check "attachment" in the event that you want to recover them, in this way the software will find all of your SMS, blocked SMS and deleted SMS on your Samsung Galaxy A42
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung Galaxy A42, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Samsung Galaxy A42.
