Unblock number?

(Edit: Too many questions I can’t answer. Stop asking me.) If you have your phone number set to block caller ID all the time (like *67), what’s the code to unblock it on a call-by-call basis? I wanted to ask my friend if they can press that code for me. Thanks.

Answer: If outgoing calls from your phone number display a blocked/restricted caller ID, and you want the other person to see your phone number, dial *82, then their phone number.

Thanks Dan! It only took me six years to update this post. Eek. (2011-09-16)

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13 thoughts on “Unblock number?”

  3. You know… You can refuse to accept such calls.

    When someone tries to call with a restricted number it says “This phone does not accept restricted calls. Please try your call again by press *82 and then the number. This is recording 8792”.

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  4. How to unblock a number from your house phone? So that when the person calls you, they can get thruogh.

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  5. @Ashley: No, when someone calls from a “restricted” phone number, they just dial *82 before the number so it’ll show up in the caller ID window. I told my friend to do that when calling me, because I don’t want to answer a restricted phone number, and it works just fine.

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  6. My friend blocked another friend while he was pranke-calling her. I want to know how i can unblock her number so that when i call her it wont cmoe up as “private number.” How can i do that?

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  8. ok my friends step mom blocked one of my friends so they couldn’t call their house how can my friend unblock her number?

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  10. someone called me it said “private number” how can i not let those calls through. I want calls that always have a number on my caller id

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  11. mj: If it’s a cell phone, they can’t do that. If it’s a phone company, you need to call them and request that feature.

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