The blocked party won't get a notification that they've been blocked, but if they call your landline they may hear a busy signal, or a message that their call couldn't go through or that the number is busy. Which variation of this they hear will depend on the carrier.
When you block a phone number or contact, they can still leave a voicemail, but you won't get a notification. Messages that are sent or received won't be delivered. Also, the contact won't get a notification that the call or message was blocked.
Android phones move all blocked messages into a folder on the phone called “Spam and Blocked.” That means that the phone is still collecting messages from the blocked people; they just aren't notifying you.
If you send a message as a regular SMS in the green text bubble and you do not get a “Delivered” notification but instead get a notification similar to “Message not Delivered” or no message at all, that means you were probably blocked.
Blocking Someone on Android Messages and Apple iMessage
When you block a contact over Android or iPhone, they will still be able to send you text messages. These messages will not show up on your phone but the sender will see the messages as sent. They won't know that they've been blocked.
If an Android user has blocked you, Lavelle says, “your text messages will go through as usual; they just won't be delivered to the Android user.” It's the same as an iPhone, but without the “delivered” notification (or lack thereof) to clue you in.
Perhaps the most simple is the best one: use a different phone to call the person who blocked you. Phones can't block people as there's no way for them to know who is on the other end of the line. All they can do is block specific numbers.
However, the person you've been blocked by will never receive that message. Note that you don't get a 'Delivered' notification like you usually would, but this in itself is not proof that you've been blocked. They could simply not have any signal, or an active internet connection, at the time you sent the message.
Text messages (SMS, MMS, iMessage) from blocked contacts (numbers or email addresses) do not appear anywhere on your device. Unblocking the contact does NOT show any messages sent to you when it was blocked.
Private numbers, blocked, and restricted calls can usually be traced. However, unknown, unavailable or out of area calls are not traceable because they don't contain the data needed for a successful trace.
If you see green bubbles, this means that your text messages are being sent through SMS, and they might have blocked you on iMessage. For example, if you send me a message and I receive it with a green bubble, this means that the message was sent through SMS rather than iMessage.
To check if you're blocked, try calling the person you suspect has blocked you. If the call goes straight to voicemail every time, it's possible that you've been blocked.
If the chat bubble is green, that could indicate someone has blocked you, especially if your chats with this person used to be blue. However, this is only true if both of you use iMessage on iPhones. If the other person switched to an Android phone, their bubble may have turned green (plus, they may have a new number).
Give them time before reaching out.
When someone has blocked you, there is something fundamentally wrong. Either they don't trust you to leave them alone or they don't want to have to breakup with you in a mature way or something else. So if you ever reach out to them, you have made a move out of order.
If you block them, that does NOT prevent you from sending messages to them. If they did not block you, then you can still text them, whether you have them blocked or not. Blocking them only prevents you from receiving messages that they send.
You can also try to check if your number has been blocked by sending the person a message. If the iMessage never shows a “Delivered” or “Read” message, and it's still blue, then you may have been blocked – but not always.
If iMessage shows "delivered" under the message you sent, you are not blocked. Some people have their read receipts status turned off, so that's never going to change to "read" if they have it turned off.
Because it is known to cause suspicion of cheating the solution for many cheaters is to turn off their notifications or hide them to avoid questions.
Not really. Firstly, because they will hear pre-recorded messages when they call you, and their messages are also shown as sent. Secondly, the contact will not be notified or sent a message that you have blocked them. However, after a few attempts, they may be able to guess that something is fishy.
The decision to block or ignore your ex will depend on your situation. For example, if your ex disturbs you with unnecessary calls, you may block them. However, if you are still thinking about your breakup, you may ignore them for the time being.
In some cases, a person may block you simply because they no longer want to interact with you. People's priorities and interests can change over time, and they may find that they no longer have a connection with you. Alternatively, they may have met someone new and want to focus their attention on that person.