[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I really do appreciate your update and reports, rgerrans. Yes, no doubt, so far, this build is on of the best. As long as it can stand up to a charge and discharge cycle without mishaps. Thus, I will officially tap your Thanks button to give you the credit you should get and raise your Thanks quotient by one. It would be nice if you could return the favor in kind, that is, if you value the post that you have read and have found it "helpful". Thank you by comment, and Thank you by button tap.

Yeah, usually I wait to backup a new build. Some builds

seem really good

when first installed. But one night on the charger and it can all go straight to hell. But my gut plus all the excellent positive posts had me backing up 10/02 right away. If for nothing else than a stellar rom, but the fact that the Blacklist Wildcard entry is fixed.

Blacklist and Wildcards - Explained

We are fortunate to have in CM11 a built in blacklist. This is a list of contacts, non-contacts, "Private", specific telephone numbers, anonymous phone numbers that you wish never to ring your phone and/or never receive a text message from. Previously we had to have a paid app to perform this service. cBlocker is one of the very best and I did help author, Jaimie Botero develop and debug this app for Android phones. I have a lifetime Platinum license for it. cBlocker is the very best call and text blocker I have ever seen. It does groups, times, entries from call log, contacts, and hand input. But, if you want to keep your phone light or just cannot spend a couple of bucks, the CM11 Blacklist is ideal.

Blacklist can be found in /Settings/Privacy/Blacklist OR /Dialer/3 dot menu bottom right/Settings/Blacklist. You enter the number you want to block, from contacts or by hand. Check phone, text, or both, click OK. You will not get calls or text messages from that number again until you remove them. Great to stop an EX from bugging you, a persistent "friend" who wants "a favor", collection agencies, deadbeat family members who ONLY call for money, spammers, or if you do not want calls from people who block their Caller ID so all you see is Private".

Wildcards can be enabled from the Blacklist menu, bottom right. "Use Wildcards" checkbox, and a brief explanation of how to use them. Best way to explain wildcards is by example:

Your EX, collection agency, spammer keeps calling, texting, harassing you from a certain area. If you blacklist their number, they will use another phone. So, you know the area code they call from, say "999". Instead of blocking the harassing number by adding 999-555-1212 to the list, Blacklist the entire area code so that NO ONE but contacts or numbers added without checking block calls or text can call.

To Blacklist an entire area code with Wildcards: you do this: 999.*

The 999 is the area code you want to block. The dot means "any number next". The star means repeat this "any number next" to the end of the entire phone number. So 999.* will block ALL calls from the 999 area code.

To Blacklist certain numbers anywhere in the phone number: A quick explanation is in order.

Some sets of numbers are "HOT" and are bought up in bulk by various companies, thus, not likely to be in your friends phone number. A great example is "cash" and those numbers would be 2274. Why are these numbers spelling "cash" hot?

1-800-FORCASH

1-800-CASHNOW

1-800-GETCASH

1800-cashcar

And just about any other phone number that contains 2274 which spells "cash".

How do you block all of them? Use Wildcards in the Blacklist, see quick reference in Blacklist settings.

Like this: .*2274.*

This entry in your Blacklist will stop any call or message that has the word "cash" anywhere in the number!

Dot means "any number", star means repeat "any number", 2274 means "stop repeating when you hit this number sequence", dot means "any number", star means repeat "any number" to end of phone number.

I *love* this Blacklist and use it all the time. I hope this helps some of you from receiving annoying phone calls and messages. :laugh: :good: