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ICS introduced an option to reject incoming calls with an SMS.

Is there a way to disable this function. If yes, how?

Sony Xperia S handset running JB

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Seems that there is no answer :( – Sid Nov 9 '12 at 2:37
So you basically want this option to not show up on the lockscreen when someone calls? – ce4 Nov 10 '12 at 10:57
@ce4 Yep. (It's NOT on the lock screen though. It's on the bottom of the screen when someone calls me.) – Sid Nov 10 '12 at 13:29
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I don't see that you can. It looks like, at best, you can change the possible responses to be empty fields. (Custom ROM solutions notwithstanding.) – Al Everett Dec 13 '12 at 14:28
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@Sid it depends on feedback of user to their phone company. If most people find it annoying then may be they will or Google but not sure if any future update will do that. – avirk Dec 14 '12 at 12:52
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Unfortunately, there is no way to disable that. Sony is using a proprietary Dialer that has that function hard-coded into it. Without using a custom ROM, there is no way around it.

I know this because I have experience with this on Samsung devices (they also have a bar near the bottom that allows to Reject with Text), and having heavy proficiency with Android, outside of somehow recompiling the Dialer apk and using your knowledge of Java to find the entry, remove it, and recompile, there is unfortunately nothing you can do.

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Thanks for the help :) – Sid Dec 19 '12 at 2:29

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