Block and Unblock People From Messages in HTC One M8
Edited by Thor, Rushell, Jen M
Hello and welcome to VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show you how to block and unblock a contact in the Messages section of the HTC One M8.
Steps
- 1Once the phone has been activated, we'll see the lock screen.To begin, turn the phone on by pressing the power button located on the top of the phone.
- 2Then swipe up. Once the phone is unlocked, we will see the home screen. At the bottom are several different icons.To unlock the phone, press down on the screen and hold down until the two lock icons appear at the bottom.
- 3It is a square speech bubble, and it has three horizontal green lines in the middle.To enter the Messages section, press the second icon from the left.
- 4We want to demonstrate how to block a message as well as block the contact. Blocking the message requires blocking a contact as well. There are two ways to do this.Now, we can see our messages, of which we have one.
- 5First, press and hold down on the message itself until some options appear.
- 6It will then block the contact and move the message to the blocked section.Press the bottom option, "Block contact".
- 7If we press anywhere else on the screen, that menu of options will disappear.
- 8We can also press the three white squares in a vertical line at the top right-hand corner of the screen.
- 9On this menu of options is also the option to "Block contacts".
- 10Each message should have its own square. In this demonstration, there is only one message, so there's just one square.After pressing on this, it will allow us to choose which contacts we want to block by pressing on the squares on the right side of the screen.
- 11Pressing down on a square will make it turn blue, and a checkmark will appear inside it.
- 12To unselect the message, tap on the box again, and the check will disappear.
- 13After selecting messages and contacts to block, it will show the number of contacts selected in parentheses next to "Block" at the bottom right corner of the screen.
- 14Press down on the word "Block", and it will move the message or messages to the blocked section and block that contact.
- 15Messages can be stored in "General", "Secure", or "Block".If we tap on "Messages" at the top left-hand corner of the screen, it will bring up the three different areas of the Messages section.
- 16This is where we have our blocked messages and blocked contacts.Press down on "Block".
- 17We will now demonstrate how to unblock a contact and place these messages back into the "General" section.The message and contact on this page are currently blocked, and any future messages sent from this contact will come to the "Block" section automatically.
- 18We would assume that if we "Unblock" the message at this point, that it should just be unblocked and return to the "General" section.If we press and hold down on the messages in the "Block" section, it will bring up some "Message options".
- 19Press down on "Unblock", which is the option at the bottom of the list.
- 20Now, the message is gone.
- 21Press down on "Block" at the top left corner of the screen.
- 22Go to the "General" section at the top of the menu that appears.
- 23Even though you tried to unblock the message and place it back in the General section, it is not going to do it because it still thinks that the contact is blocked. It is trying to move the message, but we haven't actually removed the individual contact from the block list.The message is in the "General" section, but after a few seconds, it disappears.
- 24To do this, we need to press the three white dots in a vertical line located in the top right corner of the screen.
- 25Now press on "Block list", which is the second option in white text.
- 26We need to unblock the contact before we can move the message back into the General section.Now, we will see the blocked contact.
- 27Press the three white squares in a vertical line at the top right corner of the screen.
- 28Tap on the fist option, "Remove block contacts".
- 29In this demonstration, we only have one blocked contact. Therefore, we are going to press down on that box.Next, we can choose different contacts by tapping on the squares on the right side of the screen.
- 30This will put an "x" in the box.
- 31Press on "Remove" at the bottom right corner of the screen.
- 32A message will appear asking, "Are you sure you want to remove the blocked contacts?"
- 33Press "OK" to continue.
- 34Now, there is nobody in the "Blocked contacts" folder.
- 35Go back by pressing the arrow at the top left-hand corner of the screen next to "Blocked contacts".
- 36At the next screen, press down on "Messages" at the top left.
- 37This will confirm that we are in the "General" section, as it shows a blue dot next to "General".
- 38Press on "Block" to go to that section.
- 39We will see that there are "No Messages Found".
- 40The message has been moved back to the General section, and the contact has been unblocked.Press the word "Block" again, then press on "General" to return to that section.
- 41If you have any questions or comments about this video or about the process that you have seen in this video, then please leave them in the comment section below, and we shall answer them for you. Thank you for watching VisiHow. Goodbye.This concludes our tutorial on how to block and unblock a contact in the Messages section of an HTC One M8.
Video: Block and Unblock People From Messages in HTC One M8
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