If you unblock a number will you receive old texts android

If you unblock a contact, will you receive old texts from them? When you unblock someone and realize you missed an important text from them, you may wonder about this. Do you call them and ask about the information you need? Or is it still lying around in digital space waiting for you to receive it?

Your phone does not receive old texts from blocked contacts after unblocking them. Any MMS, SMS, or iMessages a person sends is rejected when you block their number. But since the blocked contact sent the texts, you may ask to read them from their phone. That’s because the purpose of blocking a line is not to receive texts, calls, or voicemails from someone.

Whether you are using an iPhone or an Android phone, it’s essential to know how you can access old texts. But is it possible? Let’s find out.

Why Would You Block a Number?

If you are thinking of retrieving old texts from a blocked contact, why did you block them in the first place? A significant reason is that you are not on good terms with the person in question. You would therefore not need to communicate with them. Such a person’s calls or texts could be the last thing you want to receive.

Another reason for blocking a person’s number is they are a disturbance. Think of those telemarketers who call or send texts to people they don’t know. The best way to avoid such unnecessary texts or calls is to block these numbers.

And sometimes, you want to hide the association between you and someone else. It may force you to keep any communication with them private. In such cases, you may block their number to avoid exposing details of your conversations via texts to others. But since such a person is essential to you, how do you get their messages after unblocking them?

How to Read Old Texts from an Unblocked Number

If You Unblock A Number, Will You Receive Old Texts? When you decide to unblock someone, that’s the time you will start seeing their texts or calls. If reading their old texts is crucial, you may call and ask to read them from their phones. However, you are not guaranteed to get these texts. 

They may have deleted them after seeing delivery reports showing they were not received. Therefore, next time you decide to block someone, send their messages to a screened message folder. You can always access these texts at a future date if you decide you want to resume communication. It’s an excellent way to protect yourself from losing text you may need at a later date.

Conclusion

If your question is if you unblock a number, will you receive old texts; you now know the answer is no. You should prevent such a situation from occurring by not blocking numbers unnecessarily. You can always ignore someone’s calls and texts instead of blocking them altogether.

• When you block a phone number on a Samsung Galaxy S10, calls and text messages from that number will no longer arrive on your phone.
• You can still place calls and texts to the blocked number, and the recipient will be able to answer your call, but not your texts. 
• You can unblock phone numbers any time by removing them from the Block numbers page of the Phone app.  
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Thanks to modern phenomenon like telemarketers and robocalling, we now live in a world where the ability to block phone numbers is virtually a necessity. 

If you find the need to block a number on your Samsung Galaxy, you can do that by following the instructions in the article, "How to block specific phone numbers or all unknown callers on your Samsung Galaxy phone."

If you're thinking about blocking a number on your Samsung Galaxy S10, here's what will happen if you do so. 

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Simply put, after you block a number, that caller can no longer reach you. Phone calls do not ring through to your phone, and text messages are not received or stored. 

This is an important point because if you change your mind and want to unblock the caller, you can, but any calls or texts which happened while the number was blocked will not be recovered. All new calls and texts, however, will now arrive on your phone normally. 

Even if you have blocked a phone number, you can make calls and text that number normally – the block only goes in one direction. The recipient will receive calls and can answer and communicate with you. 

The recipient will also receive your text messages, but will not be able to effectively respond, since you won't receive incoming texts from the number you've blocked. If you do want to communicate with this person, you may want to unblock the phone number. 

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Dave Johnson

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Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider.

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