XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.freeware   
   From: notonyourlife@no.no.no.no   
      
   On 2020-06-01 10:55 a.m., Arlen Holder wrote:   
   > On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 19:00:00 +0700, JJ wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Hi JJ,   
   >   
   > Thanks for taking a risk at helping answer the technical question, where   
   > you and Gary accurately pointed out that the caller ID information comes   
   > from a _variety_ of cascaded sources.   
   > 1. Carrier "Calling Number Identification" packet information   
   > 2. Default "Phone app" lookup into the system sqlite contacts database   
   >   
   > My goal is to control the _final_ caller ID display, based on a contacts   
   > database of my choosing, on the local device (since I do not have a default   
   > sqlite contacts database, simply for privacy reasons alone).   
      
   Because sqlite databases on your phone aren't private, Arlen?   
      
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