Elder Apps

Safe Call Mode

Use Advanced incoming-call filtering only after reviewing its Contacts dependency and limitations.

When Advanced ownership and usable Contacts access are available, Safe Call Mode permits visible matching Contacts and rejects unmatched, invalid or private incoming numbers. Matching uses formatted, canonical and cautious local candidates.

  1. Confirm Advanced and Contacts access. A stale preference cannot unlock the feature.
  2. Enable Safe Call Mode in Preferences.
  3. Use a consenting saved contact to test an allowed call.
  4. Use a known unsaved number to understand rejection and history behaviour. Elder Dialler can retain the reason when known.
  5. Review the setting after Contacts or permission changes.

Fail-open boundary: if Contacts access is unavailable, Safe Call Mode does not reject every caller. It also cannot reliably identify spoofed numbers and may reject a legitimate caller whose number is not saved.

Explicitly blocking one number is separate from Safe Call Mode, and contacts configured for SOS/emergency use cannot be blocked.