XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.freeware   
   From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Sun, 31 May 2020 19:39:44 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder wrote:   
   > Tough question... likely only for Android freeware experts...   
   >   
   > How does incoming caller ID work and more specifically   
   > is there a method you know of to CONTROL its source data?   
   >   
   > Essentially, the goal is to shift incoming CallerID off of the   
   > system internal default contacts sqlite database onto a   
   > given privacy-oriented contacts database of your own choosing.   
      
   Telephone caller ID source data came from the telephone service (the   
   telephone company's machine), not Android OS or the recipient's phone   
   device. So, whether it can be controlled or not, depends on whether the   
   telephone service provide a way to do that.   
      
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