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Hiding SIM contacts

Is there anyway to hide the contacts saved on your SIM?
That is, at the moment I have all my contacts saved on the phone with their full details, I also have a basic copy of my contacts saved on my SIM for when the SIM is placed into my second phone (Small phone used when out on the beer :wink: )
But when I open up the Caller ID contacts by default it shows all contacts, both on phone and SIM so I end up getting duplication.
I know I can set the view to Contacts only every time I go into it but I would prefer a more default way of doing it.
Also I'm finding that Caller ID contacts takes a while to open and list all contacts even when my SIM card is empty, is this normal?
Thanks for any help.

A bit off topic, but
Here in germany I can get duplicate sims, so i have one phone for the weekend, and one for work, with both the same number, and the last one i just used or switched on is active. Try that for the UK :wink:

duplicate sims
What make of sim?
. I tried the "magic" multi sim, but the hash is incompatiuble with vodafone(uk). There is probably a hack, but I can't find it.

I dont think any of the sims in UK work with the multi sims or similar products because they use the latest protection, I ended up with 3 destroyed sims while trying. I got in touch with the makers in hong kong and they confirmed that uk sims will not work unless somebody comes up with new software for hacking/cloning.

Switching numbers

I've got an MDA Vario with T-Mobile, and when I first joined T-Mobile I was given a temporary number until my old number (then with O2) switched over to T-Mobile. This was all ages ago and went well, but when I look at received text messages, it still displays the old temporary number in the 'To' field. Although it's not a big deal (when I send messages or call the correct number displays), is there a way to change / update this? Is the old temporary number somehow written into the chip? Thanks

Well, thats because the texts were "sent" to your temporary number. It really isn't an issue or something you can change, because the text was sent to THAT number, not your real one.
I guess if it bothers you that much you could get the txts re-sent to you now you have your real number back..

No they weren't. They were sent, and are being sent to my current number, and the phone still displays the temp one that was initially issued with my new sim. No one ever knew the temp number or sent anything to it, it's a display issue.

Ah sorry I misunderstood. You could try going to Programs -> "Sim Manager" and choosing Tools -> List of own numbers
That could be the problem.

I had exactly the same issue...I spoke to TMob customer services and they said the only way to fix this is to send a new SIM coded with the ported number. They then said that this would cost £10 as there was nothing actually wrong with the old SIM. I argued the toss and they sent me a new SIM for free which fixed the problem.

check my programs, don't have a sim manager, is it standard?

Ah, it came with my O2 XDA Mini S.
I don't know how to change it without that. Most normal phones have an "own number" change option, (Sony Ericsson, Nokia) so if you have one of those hanging around try using that to change it and seeing if that helps. However, the other poster may be correct in saying its hard-coded for T-Mobile users.

Thanks guys. ran a search for sim in help, and it actually mentions sim manager, so find it weird that it's not included!! I guess I'll just have to live with it, or maybe I'll contact T-Mobile...

Resolved
Checked the manual, sim manager can be accessed by going into programs, contacts (you get the choice of conacts or sim manager). Surely enough, it can che changed from there, and texts now arrive with the correct number displayed. Thanks lozzd

No problems glad you found it.

Changing Phone and Contacts display format

Hi all,
I'm a new PDA phone user....just bought my O2 Atom Exec few days ago.
Not sure if this has been answered before but I can't seem to find any posts on this anywhere.
1) When dialing or receiving calls, the phone number is always displayed with country code, area code format, e.g. 1 (234) 567-8, even though all I wanted was to dial an 8-digit local phone number without any country/area codes. Is there any way to change this display behaviour?
2) Can we choose what fields to be displayed on the Contacts page? Currently, only the Name and phone number is being displayed in the Contacts list. Can we also perhaps choose to display the company name on the list as well? I have customers from different companies with the same names....would be good to be able to differentiate them at a glance.
Appreciate any help. Thanks.
Andrew

andrewlhl said:
1) When dialing or receiving calls, the phone number is always displayed with country code, area code format, e.g. 1 (234) 567-8, even though all I wanted was to dial an 8-digit local phone number without any country/area codes. Is there any way to change this display behaviour?
Andrew
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u have to change the regional settings...
try other types of English
for example: English (United Kingdom) or English (United Sates) or...

No No I think it is purely network operator dependant.

Anant said:
No No I think it is purely network operator dependant.
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no i do not think so

coldfire is right....I changed the regional settings to English (Australia) and it's ok now.
Any ideas on how to add more fields when displaying the contacts list? Or are there any good replacement software?
Thanks.

See if PocketCM works on the Atom. I love it on my Wizard and Hermes.

problem with my mobile nokia n73
hello
I have a portable music eddition nokia n73.
but it does not apply.
what do I do?

probleme with n70
l ve got a laptop n70 musical eddition but this same block whenever I flascher and I install the latest versionn but always the same problem
thank you

lemontagne said:
hello
I have a portable music eddition nokia n73.
but it does not apply.
what do I do?
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What do you want to 'apply' in the first place? Regional settings?

number recognition

hello,
when someone calls my diamond II
it only shows the number of the caller, but not the name even though they are in my contacts how can i change this so it says who calles by name instead of number..
thanks for any reply

This sometimes happen if you have multiple entries of the same number....then phone shows only number and no name.....Is this happening for each incoming call..or just for few contacts...

for all contacts it happens, but most do have an mobile number and an home number..
can i change anything to fix it? or is it a fault on the diomand II .

Multiple numbers for same contact should not be a problem, but multiple contacts for the same number sometimes causes this....fr me it is working fine, so it should not be a TD2 bug..

pgu said:
Multiple numbers for same contact should not be a problem, but multiple contacts for the same number sometimes causes this....fr me it is working fine, so it should not be a TD2 bug..
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all contacts have just one mobile number and one home number so i don't know where to search a solution
but thanks for your reply

Try to not use the prefix.
(+countrycode)
Should do the trick

this was discusserd once already (I think. I can recall the drop the prefix solution). Search a bit. alas, I will give you a link if I find one

Im having a similar problem. The caller id dosent work for some of my contacts, both when they phone me or when they send a SMS. Im sure they are saved in my phone and not on my sim and from what I can see there isn´t any difference from how they are saved in my phone book from the ones that the caller id works for. Its really strange and annoying. Hope someone has a solution for this problem.

Did you try just delete that contact and make it again. I know it's stupid question but ...

prdic said:
Did you try just delete that contact and make it again. I know it's stupid question but ...
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yes i did. I also tested to make a new contact from the sms view with the option save contact with the actual number that shows instead of the name and it still didnt work. Thanks anyway.

Hey,
I've had the same problem since day of purchase. I did the reg edit to increase the numbers the phone looks at to identify a number but it still didn't work. I've also deleted and re-created the contacts with no success.

ALL,
I had this problem. I submitted the case to HTC Europe but I did not even get a call back after a few months had passed.
Unfortunately the only way to do this is to hard reset the phone.
You will loose all your phone data (contacts etc) but the files on your memory card will be ok.
When you reset the phone, even if you have NO contacts at all on your sim card, you still have to tell the wizard on the first boot to import your SIM contacts. This, for some silly reason, is the only way to get the phone to register the phone contacts from your phonebook, even if you are just using the non-SIM contacts.
I had no numbers on my SIM card and of course I did not select the option to import my contacts. I was going to do that myself via Outlook. Once I selected not to import the contacts, not one number was recognized.
I did a Hard Rest. If you have numbers or not on your SIM does not matter. Allow the initial start-up wizard to import from the SIM. Then continue.
This solved this VERY ANNOYING issue for me. I used SPB backup first to take a copy of my phone data before the reset.
- Geoff

i had this problem too, solution is change registry:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone\CallIDMatch:9(DWORD)
this means phone will identify number by 9 last digits - meaning its ignoring country code.
*if 9 not working for you try 10/11/12... one of these should fix.

bnm7bnm said:
i had this problem too, solution is change registry:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone\CallIDMatch:9(DWORD)
this means phone will identify number by 9 last digits - meaning its ignoring country code.
*if 9 not working for you try 10/11/12... one of these should fix.
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hello
today I tried all the numbers, from 7 to 12
11 was the value that made me look some of my callerID. now I have the same problem, but not with everybody, but only some people
let's say a 50% of my contacts are shown on the screen when they are calling me/sending me an sms, but the other 50% doesn't show me the name but just the number.
today I tried with my mom's phone to call me. it didn't show the name. So i deleted her name from the contact, and added it again (from the missing call). now it's showing her name... Do I have to do it with all the phonebook?
is there something I can do to fix it? it's making me crazy

please help me..

I have, absolutely same problem, erasing the contact and creating it again, did not solve, very very strange. I've tried iterchange of numbers home>work, work>home, work> auto, home > auto, invane, some of contacts refuse to display name, compared the phones i have no same numbers for names ecc. First of all i have to mention that numbers have been migrated from Nokia 6230i via Outlook Express > Outlook > Phone , some of the numbers like Home, Bussiness Fax ecc, did not passed to Diamond 2

I've just noticed that a Hotfix was released a few days ago, which just might solve this problem.
Titled: Update for HTC Touch Diamond2 for Caller ID Display
I haven't tested it yet, so let us know if it works for anyone

try to make all contacts same format with TrineFix or similar app,
set numbers without country code, for example in israel i set 05XXXXXXXX instead of +9725XXXXXXXX, then i change CallIDMatch to 8.
this is how it works for me.

I had a problem with none of my contacts names coming up when they called me, it would only show their number. After x2 software resets and installing everything again I found the problem, when you do a software reset and you turn the phone on for the first time when it asks you to import from your sim card contacts DONT DO THIS if you sync your phone with Active Sync and outlook contacts as this is where the problem is.
If you import your contacts from your sim and you sync with outlook then your caller id's will not work.

[Q] Incoming Call on WM7

Can someone clarify if WM7 will show both the full name and company for incoming calls.
I save all my contacts in outlook and use the File As to show both Person & Company i.e. John Smith(ABC Ltd).
I have over 1500 contacts for work and it's one of the features that has kept me with Windows for years.
I've tried Android and that doesn't do it. Iphone doesn't do it. Nokia doesn't do it - Not sure about Blackberry.
Also does WM7 have smart dial - I'm sure I read that it didn't, again it's a feature that's kept me with Windows, I have a shocking memory and being able to dial by first name, last name, company or telephone number is invaluble.
Cheers
Pete

For me it shows only 1st and last name + picture if available. Company info is a no go as long as you don't incorporate it in the contact name itself as I usually do.
Smartdial: No. But searching the contact list is easy. Just type 2-3 letters and you have narrowed the results enough. I'm saying this with 700+ contacts.

...I very much like to use voice dial, too. Very reliable, in fact, and fast.

TheOnly1 said:
For me it shows only 1st and last name + picture if available. Company info is a no go as long as you don't incorporate it in the contact name itself as I usually do.
Smartdial: No. But searching the contact list is easy. Just type 2-3 letters and you have narrowed the results enough. I'm saying this with 700+ contacts.
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That's really dissapointing - as a business tool I find it so very useful.
I guess I'll have to stick with 6.5 until something else similar comes along.

how did get a picture too show i have wm7 on my phone sine dec, and all show is first and last name with number. is there something need too do too get a picture to show thanks

Dear All,
I'm experiencing very strange issue with my WP7 HTC HD2, when receiving call form my saved contacts.
Almost all my contacts are saved in my phone with international dialing code as I'm living abroad.
When I receive call abroad, the name of my contact is displayed.
When I receive call at home the name is not displayed, only the number is displayed and I dont know who is calling while the number is saved in my phone with international dialing code.
To have the name displayed I have to save the number again without international dialing code.
I have the same issue when I dialing also.
Please help.

My_HTC_HD2 said:
Dear All,
I'm experiencing very strange issue with my WP7 HTC HD2, when receiving call form my saved contacts.
Almost all my contacts are saved in my phone with international dialing code as I'm living abroad.
When I receive call abroad, the name of my contact is displayed.
When I receive call at home the name is not displayed, only the number is displayed and I dont know who is calling while the number is saved in my phone with international dialing code.
To have the name displayed I have to save the number again without international dialing code.
I have the same issue when I dialing also.
Please help.
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Apply the following registry and it will solve your problem:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Phone]
"CallIDMatch"=dword:7

petrosk73 said:
Apply the following registry and it will solve your problem:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Phone]
"CallIDMatch"=dword:7
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Thanks sir for your help,
but unfortunately I cannot find CallIDMatch in the path you sent.
even when I searching I cant find it.
I'm using RegistryEditor1.4 from Mosko mobi

My_HTC_HD2 said:
Thanks sir for your help,
but unfortunately I cannot find CallIDMatch in the path you sent.
even when I searching I cant find it.
I'm using RegistryEditor1.4 from Mosko mobi
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Try with the method described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907169
It works perfectly!