@pjstock wrote:
I think I recently inadvertanly pocket dial a number in Spain. and the "call" lasted almost 9 minutes.
domestic pocket dials are annoying enough, but I would like to avoid expensive pocket dials like this one.
my phone (a Samsung S6) seems to have a feature to bar international calls in the Phones app but it is requesting a 4 digit PW which I don't have.
what's going on here? I think this is a SIM card issue and so a PM issue.
How can I bar international calling? can I ?
Peter
The only thing that could happen would be that existing minutes on your account get used up. Such calls to Spain would not use any acccount balance funds even if you accidently call someone and it stays connected for hours.
So, in this case, you long distance minutes could be drained by accident. It cannot go any further than that. Without the international long distance, calls to Spain would just automatically disconnect if dialed.
I am a little surprised that you were able to do an accidental 9 minute call. I would guess this call might have been to some automated number. If a person answered on the other end, the call likely would have been manually disconnectef before that amount of time.
One way to absolutely prevent intenational calls would be not to have a long distance add-on in your account. Otherwise, your options are largely limited to preventing accidental dialing. Perhaps remove the country code from the phone numbers saved in your contact list? You would the need to manually edit the on-screen phone numer before proceeding, and that could get confusing if you call people in multiple countries.
