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Yes.. Please look into the matter..The unwanted notifications are really a nuisance.

Being able to intercept the USSD notifications is important. Some providers SPAM their users with needless status updates.

Please fix this, Google. At least bring back this legacy service until you add a proper API. I actually wanted to go back to
4.2.1 due to this one flaw.

From what I've seen, the change to remove this service was only in one source file. Undoing the change should be a piece of cake.

Please fix this issue. In earlier versions, having USSD notifications blocked helped me a lot. Hope a fix for this comes soon.

Dear sir we in India are facing the problem of spam by service providers as balance update. The only way to do that has been disabled in 4.2.2
I as a old timer android user (fron 2.3) would request u to please re enabled this feature ASAP.
Regards
Abhinav Pandey

Please Provide a way to intercept the ussd ,so one can supress those un wanted pop ups..in india for zero data usage also we get ussd notifications..daily more thn 100 times we need to tap ok for pop to disappear...since the 4.2.2 update to android this interface removed :( plz bring back IExtendedNetworkService interface or provide a way to achieve the same...

There is useful application in Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.melkote.quietbalance). It is not working from 4.2.2. It is required in India. Please restore it.

I too agree. I have not upgraded to 4.2.2 ONLY because I know that the pop-up blocker cannot be fixed, else my phone has been hammering me with 'update' notifications !

Phone providers have harassed me earlier and I have been extremely happy that this is now not happening. However, I know it will happen if I upgrade, hence not upgrading !!

-Harshal Surange

I also want to be able to block USSD messages. I am a US user on an MVNO that sends too many notifications.

Please help developer in bringing back the API in 4.2.2 to counter obtrusive USSD notifications.

Could you not chose a provider that did not harass its users?

The filters that you all used, did they block all messages from the carrier or were they smart and truly filtered only the "spam"?

what sort of messages would you want blocked?  What are the providers sending to you?

The IExtendedNetworkService was removed as a security fix.  If we can understand the issue you are facing we can fix it in a proper way.

Every time every minute or so I'll be bombarded with this ussd window, also when ever you send a message you will get this pop even though sms charge was zero we will get this pop up...So by intercepting this mssg one can supress the pop up based on content ..filtering could be use full..please help the android users..

Wish Google will bring an api or some way to suppress the ussd pop up based on the content..just example I don't want a pop up if my last sms charge is zero or last data usage is zero..thr was one application I was using by name "ussd blocker/balance update" that allowed users to set custom filter to suppress the ussd pop and capture the same in a seperate log for later view, this way you don't have to miss any ussd messages also .very user friendly..now none of the applications of this kind work as the api is removed in 4.2 ...it's daily mess for me to keep tapping the ok button :-( looks dumb when I unlock my screen to see these pop ups blocking my screen..

Whenever the data connection disconnects, there will be a pop up displaying the data balance. The 3G coverage is poor in 90% of India & it will disconnect every minute. There will be 20-30 popup after few hours. To answer a call, we need to touch OK for 20+ times.

I understand the reason for having disabled IExtendedNetworkService, But in India, ALL the major service providers force this notification feature(if it can be called that) on to their customers. As mentioned, every time the network gets disconnected, it notifies the users of their remaining balance and what has been their usage(along with a whole lot of other spam). Contacting the providers CS is an exercise in futility.  What's worse - sometimes(especially at night), these notifications get appended one upon the other and we have to make the colossal effort of going down the entire stack of 30 to 40 of them (even before it allows us to take calls). Another thing to be considered is that, there are third party applications (free ones at that) that handle the security issue, but with the new update, those of us with the latest version of android have no choice but to suffer this annoyance. You'd be making a lot of people very happy by re-enabling it. here's hoping Google considers and solves the issue :).

#17 is right. I have missed several calls just because i had to click through several of these dialog boxes before i can push the answer button. This wasn't a problem till 4.1.2 as i was able to suppress these dialogs based on specific regular expressions. There should be an API to handle such situations. Until then IExtendedNetworkService should be enabled so that exisiting USSD manager apps can function properly.

I wish I had continued with my s3, where ussd blocker was working perfectly. This is really a nuisance in s4. Please rectify this urgently.

Please resolve this annoying popups as answering calls are getting delayed when there are several popups due to frequent break in data connection..

This is an important issue. I hope this app is facilitated on 4.2 and later versions

Same problem in US with H2O Wireless using AT&T. I could tolerate a message a day or for each $1
1, but it is ridiculous.

While I don't encounter this kind of problem with my carrier in my country, I can feel the pain to be disturbed by dozens of USSD dialogs in a short time.

However, as an Android developer, I believe AOSP team can create an official USSD API with better security. I wonder whether the "App verification" can further improve the security issue?

Currently I have an app idea by intercepting carrier's USSD message. Alas, since I learnt it was gone from 4.1.2, I don't feel like it's useful to me since I can't test it using my JB 4.3. Fortunately, this feature hasn't been requested by my client... yet.

Hope to hear good news from AOSP team!

Internal issue 36949180 created to track this.

Pleas suggest an alternative. This app is very useful and there is no alternative.

#18 is correct. I feel USSD blocker is a necessity

+1 Got a Nexus 4 and can't believe I will have t o keep clicking on those popups again :( - Hope the fix comes soon. Thanks

The app Quite balance is a good app for blocking  unwanted ussd  messages  perfectly. It help mainly for the customers who are using internet by using  2g and 3g networks. When 2g networks automatically switch to 3g, then the net connection cut automatically and display ussd data balance info and it happen viceversa.

So we request to Google to restore the required app to work  the app perfectly.

I am currently using Note 2 with Android 4.1.2. The 3G speed in Kerala is pretty good and I rarely get these messages but I have installed Juice Defender Ultimate to conserve the battery power and then I came across this stupid USSD messages whenever the app toggles the 3G on and off to conserve the power of the phone. So in addition to this, I installed the Quite Balance app and it works like a charm. Just got to enter key words (like deductions, Bal, Vol, MB) and it block that pesky message without me having to click it like 20 times before I can even use the phone. So yea, if it aint working in 4.2.2, I would be hesitant to upgrade. Can this please be taken care of?
   And no, we can't be choosy in the provider. All of them have this stupid setup. So pretty helpless here.

Please bring a fix to this chaos caused by USSD messages! Quiet Balance app in playstore was very good at filtering USSD messages until you removed this feature from the AOSP code. In India we get around 30 USSD notifications an hour.... It's a huge annoyance...

Please fix ASAP...

My office is in an area where the 3g connection keeps dropping every few minutes.

Each time the connection drops, i get a USSD message showing my data balance.

When I receive a call, I have to click 'ok' to dismiss each message before I can get to my call. It is really annoying.

The Quite Balance app allowed me to fix this by blocking the messages by doing a string match.


It is a really really annoying issue and since it is blocked on 4.2 and above, i am holding off on upgrading my phone.

Please fix this soon.

I use android 4.0.4 on my HTC and also have a USSD blcoker app from the play store. Pop ups are blocked but there is no way to stop those sound / vibration notifications. Is there a workaround for this? My phone is rooted.
 
Either I wish google could bring in some feature that would allow the user to block those nagging pop ups because I'm dead sure our providers wouldn't care.
Thanks

My dear developer friends at Google::: You should be in India with a prepaid data SIM connection. Then you will feel the pain.. PLEASE DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY AS THE COMMUNITY WITH THE ABOVE data plan are more in number and there would be chaos and ANDROID may get a beating.....Think about this and act fast please !!!!

Moron Google. :P

please restore this api, or provide alternative , mabe only one app used it but was by far the most useful app i had on my phone

request google to bring back the api or any other alternative for the same thanks

Currently using 4.3 on Note 2. I regret getting an update from Samsung from 4.1 to 4.3.

I use Juice defender. It alternates the mobile data connection every few minutes so that the battery life is extended.

Every time it does it, there is a USSD message which pops up. So, leave the phone idle for a few hours and you would have to press "OK" to some 20 annoying messages before even using the phone for anything. Its so damn annoying that I do not mind going back to Android 4.1 only coz this API was not blocked there!

Please fix this at the earliest.

I am using note 2
I upgraded to 4.3
And my ussd message blocker stopped working
I was using app called quite balance it stopped working since the upgrade

I am using note 2 and having 4.3 . I was using quite balancd ussd blocker but it does not support 4.3
As per Devloper of this app , google has removed this functionality .
This is very useful app as in india many times internet disconnects and lot of unwanted sms comes from mobile service.
Please restore this functiinality..
Thanks.

I'm back on 4.1.2 on my Grand becuase of these annoying ussd messages from airtel.... please resolve this so I can finally update to 4.2.2

Just moved from GB to 4.2.2 CM on my galaxysmtd and find the Quiet Balance app is not working because Google has removed certain functionalit! ugh!!!

Am getting seriously spammed by the stupid USSD auto messages and its really frustrating that i cant stop it just because am using prepaid.

Used to work perfectly fine before and now Google has killed it!

As bad as Apple killing contact sync in Mavericks which i found out after installing the upgrade

Please google folks...dont be like stupid Apple...

Please Restore IExtendedNetworkService to allow apps to intercept USSD spam, I find the prepaid ussd alerts very irritating.

Please look into this on priority

Oh Great Google,

Please re-enable this USSD API (whatever) so that developers and end users can be really very happy to control these horribly annoying Ussd popups. Just like srini in post 18, I have been tortured by humpty number of ussd notifications. I haved missed and failed to do so much just because of this problem. I am scared to touch my Nexus 5 again and trying to manage with my samsung note 1 on ICS.

At least, it would be good if these popups go into the background process area and stay in the notification bar with adjustable lifetime. Again 40 to 50 popups or notifications for horrible data connection drops within an hour is maddening.

Lookin forward to a solution. Thanking in advance.
 

Kindly re enable. I'm irritated with the ussd popups

Yh this should totally be restored. USSD responses are REALLY annoying.

Please Google restore the functionality.... these USSD updates are so annoying, I sometimes cant even receive a call before clicking ok several times.

hello google developers. the USSD poppus are really annoying and it downs the user experience. Eagerly awaiting for a fix.

Please bring back IExtendedNetworkService or provide a way to intercept USSD notifications, so that filtering applications are possible to control spam.

As almost everyone on this forum says, USSD short messages with data usage and balance etc. is being forced down our throats by almost all carriers here in India. Using a battery saver app (like Juice Defender et all) that connects/disconnects the data network on demand or based on a time interval, just adds to our woes.
Google, thou art not hear our cries? Please restore the USSD block functionality via the cancelled API.

Here is an alternative to dismiss USSD messages (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sk.paco.ussd)
Requires Android 4.1+

A solution is to install the Xposed Framework. It requires rooting! Once installed and rebooted you can install its own ussd blocker. It does work while I could not get the notifications app to work for me. Messy install, but peace and quiet!

I don't understand why we need to beg you for over 5 years just to create an API for this, I mean you gave us Android and getting this done is so difficult? I think you're just being ignorant.

This functionality is essential all around the glove. This is my request to have it restored.

In 4.4.4, messages are now collected into one dialog box. You can now click
once to "read" all of them. This removes most of the irritation and makes
the phone able to answer calls with, at worst, one extra click.

Having the ability to automatically ignore these messages would be better,
but at least now the phone is functional.

Add my voice to this conversation. Selectively filtering USSD balance notifications was very useful on my pre-4.1 devices. Quiet Balance was lightweight, efficient, and kept a log of the 25 most recent "interceptions."

Please bring this important functionality back to the OS.

As a frequent traveller to India, I am AMAZED that Google seem to be ignoring this issue - if you want Android One to be a big hit in India, but can't support the most basic requirements of usability in India, what hope?

Surely your people in your Indian labs experience this problem ALL THE TIME! Why not try asking them?

And providing A TIMELY SOLUTION!

This appears to be alternatively fixed in KITKAT. In Nexus 5, all the USSD
codes from overnight appear as a list and can be dismissed with a single OK.

I said Alternatively fixed because USSD blocker app still cannot be used so
one could avoid the pop ups completely. And not all phones have KitKat in
them as yet.

Please bring the USSD blocker back to android.

Martin,
Google engineers must all be on the most expensive postpaid there is. Thus
they won't have the same problems as the rest of us.

Need also a solution to read USSD responses from my provider. So it would be possible to make custom notifications and automated USSD sending if desired.

Hope there is soon some USSD support for the Android SDK

I think technology ussd is to high, so impossible Google able to implement or give alternative to developer.

it's really strange USSD not implemented since 2008.

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peace
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Hi Google, This seems to be a big issue in India, as everyday millions of hits come on USSD Android.I wonder why the USSD UI is so poor on Android. no touch optimisations, boring b&w colour theme and awkward screen rendering. May be Google should allow app developers to develop launcher apps for USSD. So that USSD skins can ve created to experience USSD session in more 'app' or 'chrome' like way... Any comments ?

Such skins can also discipline the above mentioned pop up issues at the same time it would improve the UI.

Is Google, really reading these requests???

I think motorola has sort of a work around for this issue. It clubs together the ussd messages into a scrollable list so that they can be dismissed with a single click.

A better problem case,

creating accesibility apps or banking  transaction apps using USSD as a fallback, HTTP won't work unless network and India and Africa are two major markets where having a service that interacts with ussd and allows payments in very remote areas of the country and continent would open gates to tons of applications.

Google itself can use ussd for tons of stuff. I understand why this was disabled, it was a major security flaw... and pretty much a single trojan could lock you out of your phone, abusing this.. but a session based ussd service should be very welcome..

Google, you say to be the best of the world and when we ask you a simple funcionality we are ignored.

We are really thank you for your response about it.

Google, Pls need api for ussd. Our customer need it for android app. We should be able to send the ussd request and receive the response as well. India telecom industry needs this as one can do business with out GPRS/2g/3G. Please give guidance how we can make communicate with ussd from android apps.

Google(Android),
                      Please need an api for USSD to get the result from the USSD call.It is very important for my customers please asap....provide an api for the USSD

Thx......

Google team, atleast provide a roadmap on when this ussd API will be provided

Please add this back ! - USSD will potentially be an important protocol for M2M communication in the future.

Definitely necessary in some places even basic GPRS connectivity is lacking or so poor as to be useless. I have looked at upgrading older M2M products to Android platforms but the lack of USSD support prevents this.

Google, please add this functionality to the Android SDK.  This has been a sorely needed basic feature for years, and has been ignored.

bringing back the feature would be great

I quite understand there are security flaws with ussd, however great app ideas can be birth via ussd

I need IExtendedNetworkService, please restore it

USSD spam can be removed using accessibility service

USSD Box does help in removing annoying messages sent from your Mobile Network Operator.

No root required and supports Marshmallow as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.web_opia.ussdcontroller

Pleas how can I run ussid code and keep app in front in php

Is there any other way around to send USSD via latest android version as well parse the response ?
Any lead would be really helpful.

Since Android 8, they started to support ussd interception by a even more formal way. Search TelephonyManager.UssdResponseCallback

Thank you for your feedback. We have tried our best to address the issue reported, however our product team has shifted work priority which doesn't include this issue. For now, we will be closing the issue as "Won't Fix (Obsolete)". If this issue still currently exists, we request that you log a new issue along with the latest bug report here: https://goo.gl/TbMiIO and reference this bug for context.

How i can fix missing ussd code popup messages?
Thanks