Balance Update / USSD blocker

Balance Update / USSD blocker Free App

Rated 4.34/5 (569) —  Free Android application by Sriram Melkote

About Balance Update / USSD blocker

IMPORTANT - This app does not work on Android 4.2.2 or later. The APIs used by this app have been removed in this version and later. (To check your Android version, see Settings > About Phone)

IMPORTANT - You MUST restart your phone after installing or updating the app. Also, please launch and configure the app to start blocking messages.

This is a free app and has no ads.

This app selectively blocks balance update messages that carriers send after each call, typically on prepaid plans. These balance update messages show as annoying popups after end of each call.

Technically, these balance update messages are USSD messages, and cannot be filtered by SMS blockers. Hence, this app specializes in blocking USSD messages.

You may choose to block messages that contain a specific string (substring match), or a list of keywords (comma separated keyword list), or advanced users can specify regular expressions that when matched trigger blocking.

You can also choose to show the balance update message once per day (or week/month). This will cause the first balance update message to show up, and all other messages will be blocked for the rest of the day.

Last 25 messages are saved in the message log, along with indication if the message was blocked or allowed.

Credit to commandus.com blog for USSD handling tip!

If you encounter an issue, please make sure you have restarted the phone after installation. Please email me if that does not resolve the issue.

Technical users - this app actually doesn't need READ_PHONE_STATE permission. I've added it so that Android doesn't auto update this app from 1.0 to 1.2, as that requires a restart.

How to Download / Install

Download and install Balance Update / USSD blocker version 1.2 on your Android device!
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Android package: com.melkote.quietbalance, download Balance Update / USSD blocker.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
IMPORTANT - Restart phone after update/install. Only supports Android 4.2.1 or below
1.2 - Added message logging
1.1 - Fixed blocking frequency issue
1.0 - Initial Version
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What are users saying about Balance Update / USSD blocker

I70%
by I####:

Those data usage notifications piled up during night time used to drive me mad when I try to turn off alarm in morning. This app works great!! Thanks alot...

Z70%
by Z####:

Thanks Sriram for developing such an useful app. These balance notifications were such a headache that I was losing interest in using net. Thanks to ur app these irritating pop ups have stopped now.

B70%
by B####:

This app not blocking pop ups for Android Kit kit (Nexus 5) i have used these settings. let me know if i have to change anything Enable Blocking = Yes Blocking Frequency = Always Block Matching Method : Substring match Matched Substring = You have used still not messages are blocked :(

Z70%
by Z####:

Helps block balance updates and other popup notification especially when using a pre paid mobile connection.

C70%
by C####:

This is a superb app. Saves lot of money. Able to check what we missed out after every call or popped up messages. Allows us to keep control of how call costs being charged and act upon them and thus saves lot of hidden costs

Z70%
by Z####:

Developers are smarter than ISP service providers...

C70%
by C####:

Mr. Sriram, you have done something amazing! This is one of those apps, which does exactly what it is meant to, thus it is cheap on the machine and is small (check it out, its a few kbs, who talks in KBs these days?), and finally no gimmicks. Thank you, thank you. This is brilliant. All those ussd messages which get annoying because of the flaky 3G network, are put in one place in the log. How awesome is that? All five stars brother!

M70%
by M####:

Its a beauty :D I called customer care many times to ask them if they can disable these pathetic notifications, but no use. Until i found this sweet app. I think network provides shouldnt bombard users who have paid for the services with their AnnoyanceWare. Anyways , blocked em with this app so no worries. Thanks Developer. Couldnt ask for more.

Z70%
by Z####:

Gets rid of the annoying pop ups. Was tired of having to click ok a zillion times before recieving calls. Thanks to the developer. would be even better if more than one substring could be added.

V70%
by V####:

Its the one app that i was looking for, one of the great work you did. But my phone gets vibrated every time it gets balance popup. Before it was vibration with popup, with the use of your application not its not showing popup, but vibration still irritates me.. :( Please get me a solution

H70%
by H####:

I'm not sure about other services, but it works flawlessly with BSNL for my Karbonn A9. The data usage notifications were always a nuisance otherwise. A big thanks to the developer :-)

Z70%
by Z####:

Simply it is a great app. It solved my purpose. I m usin airtel sim in my galaxy tab 2 and it was displaying an annoying pop up regarding data uses in every 10 min. This app has now solved the issue.

Z70%
by Z####:

Nice application, initially I had problem making it work. Aftrer lot of trial and debugging I figured that it was because of ussd checker application, installer on my phone. That interrupts the ussd before it gets to this app. It should be fixable, Good work!

D70%
by D####:

Able to check what we missed out after every call or popped up messages. Allows us to keep control of how call costs being charged and act upon them and thus saves lot of hidden costs

R70%
by R####:

Works as advertised... Great value! Thanks. Small caveat on HTC One M7.. when the USSD message arrives, the notification sound plays, even though the message is blocked... I wish the notification sound could also be avoided. Would be great if your app can do that.

D70%
by D####:

Developers are smarter than ISP service providers...

Y70%
by Y####:

Thanks your tool saved lot of time. Hope you will find some ingenious way to implement this feature in android 4.2.2. and later versions :)

Z70%
by Z####:

For a long time I had been bothered by the operator data usage notifications and the worst thing was I was not able to receive a call unless I clicked OK for all such notifications. Now thanks to you I have no more issues now. Great job Sriram. Thanks.

U70%
by U####:

my network provider is BSNL, And I use Htc desire sv Handset. now pop up problem is not there after installing this app.but vibration still exists.please correct it in next update.it ll be a beautiful app.

U70%
by U####:

Excellent work done by developer...

B70%
by B####:

Please add a feature to include a message from the message log list to the expression matching option. This is being requested as it is not possible to copy a special character appearing in a network notification to be filtered.

M70%
by M####:

I installed this, configured it and forgot about it for last 6 months. I haven't been bothered with flash messages alerting me about my balance and data usage. It is a surprisingly effective screw driver for operator nuisance. Now I upgraded to Android Kitkat and this is app is not compatible anymore. Please provide an update.

K70%
by K####:

This app works and is absolutely wonderful!

S70%
by S####:

Kool

S70%
by S####:

Very good app, successfully blocked the very irritating data usage popup and made me very comfortable now.

S70%
by S####:

extremely useful app. till yesterday I was embarrassed by the number of messages. If I get an early morning call, by the time I click ok on a dozen messages, the call used to get disconnected. now the problem vanished.

S70%
by S####:

This is probably the most useful app I have come across on play store.. It's my phone's new best friend :-D Sriram..go treat yourself to a beer man..for a app well done!

I70%
by I####:

I was desparate by lots of remained sms pop up!! I even called to customer care to block that.. But there is no such facility. Finally here, I got it... It works great.. I can't express my Happiness, How happy I am!! Thanks a bunch Man!!!! Awesome Job!!

S70%
by S####:

What an amazing app. Fed up calling bsnl customer care for avoiding these nasty gprs popups....finally found this app and is pretty well doing its job.....thanks so much sriram.....

J70%
by J####:

Great and easily the most needed app. Removes the annoying data used report. can set up the keyword option to filter out the automatic data usage report and not to mess up with normal data usage query that the user requests from the service provider. app did not work for me when i moved it to SD card and works fine when brought back to internal storage..

S70%
by S####:

I just updated my phone to 4.2.2 and it stopped working, Please Please make it work on 4.2.2 as well. I gave up trying after lots of efforts and it is updated today that it will not work on 4.2.2. I must give this app 4 stars because it was the best when it was working :)

S70%
by S####:

I had to click ok on the Airtel USSD messages a million times before I could answer a call sometimes. At times the call would even get disconnected. This app needs to get an award or something!

S70%
by S####:

This app get rid off from annoying msg from operator e.g. Balance, data pack left etc.

E70%
by E####:

Excellent app.works flawlessly. I use it to block all messages.when required I look at the message log to see what my balance and remaining internet is. So please increase the font size as it is difficult to read it. Thanks for this awesome app

E70%
by E####:

I was looking for an app to do just this. Every time I use the data connection on my phone, the automated usage message kept popping up on screen distracting me from the task at hand. This app is the perfect solution for getting rid of such messages and works well for me.

S70%
by S####:

I was looking for an app like this only. I have Airtel prepaid. When i send bulk messages, I get lots of "last call cost" and once many last call cost comes the phone restarts as soon as i unlock it. But now this app has saved me. thank you soo much developer :-) :-)

S70%
by S####:

I got what i needed.But why there is limited 25 log details,as we got around 100's of popup msgs monthly.Which are needed for review.Try to extend that too.

S70%
by S####:

Thanks Sriram, for this great job.Always these 2G/3G data usage/Internet messages are annoying.Not able to attend call properly. But your applications helps me out of this rid.

X70%
by X####:

Thanks a million to save me from annoying pop ups. Now the balance doesn't shows but mobile do vibrate any fix for this ? :)

U70%
by U####:

This wonderful app helped me to stop the annoying data balance messages displayed in my screen whenever i turn off the mobile data. Just add some of the words contained in the balance message to the app keyword list and you are done. Also it have innovative options through which you can select to display the message once in a day or week or month so that you can stay uptodate with your data or call balance. Thanks to the developer.


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