Galaxy S4. Assigning Messages as Spam

There are three types of Emergency Alerts:
• Alerts issued by the President
• Alerts involving imminent threats to safety of life
• AMBER Alerts (missing child alert)
Customers may choose not to receive Extreme Alerts, Severe
Alerts, and AMBER Alerts.
Important! Alerts issued by the President can not be disabled.
Assigning Messages as Spam
You can now assign either a phone number as spam or use a
key term or phrase. Any message assigned as spam is
automatically placed with your Spam messages folder.
To assign a phone number from Messages list as spam:
1. From the Home screen, tap
.
2. Touch and hold a message from a phone number.
3. Select Add to spam numbers and tap OK.
To disable Extreme, Severe, and AMBER Alerts:
1. From the Home screen, tap
.
2. Press
and then tap Settings.
3. Scroll to the bottom and select Emergency alerts. All
alerts are enabled by default (check mark showing).
4. Tap on an alert option to disable the alert and remove
the check mark.
To assign a phone number manually as spam:
1. From the Home screen, tap
2. Press
.
and then tap Settings.
3. Locate and activate the Spam settings option.
• Spam settings: when enabled, allows you to configure
available spam settings such as:
4. Tap Add to spam numbers ➔
(Add).
• This function allows you to manually enter and assign a phone
number as being sent from a spam source.
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5. Tap the Number field to manually enter phone number.
– or –
Tap
to select from either your existing Recent or
Contacts.
– or –
Tap Match criteria and select a parameter that must
match for the spam action to take effect. Choose from:
Same as, Starts with (ex: 800 or 888), Ends with, or
includes.
6. Tap Save.
To register text phrases as spam:
Some incoming messages might not be associated with a
phone number but rather an email address. In these cases,
the only way to block those messages, would be assign a
key used term or phrase to activate the Spam block. Ex:
“Dear friend”, “Stock Alert”, or “Act Now”.
1. From the Home screen, tap
.
2. Press
and then tap Settings.
3. Locate and activate the Spam settings option.
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4. Tap Add to spam phrases ➔
(Add).
• This function allows you to assign a specific text phrase as
belonging to a spam message. Ex: Dear friend.
5. Enter a term or word into the field.
Note: The term is case sensitive. Ex: “Act Now” is not the
same as “act now”.
6. Tap Save.
To register unknown numbers as spam:
Some incoming messages might not be associated with
either a phone number or email address. These incoming
messages contain no information as their info is blocked by
the sender.
1. From the Home screen, tap
.
2. Press
and then tap Settings.
3. Locate and activate the Spam settings option.
4. Tap Block unknown senders. A green check mark
indicates the feature is active.
• Block unknown senders: when active, automatically blocks
incoming messages from unknown sources or blocked
numbers.