Database Users

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.

Dialing numbers from contacts with (0) in telephone numbers

I have lots of my contact numbers stored as numbers like +44 (0)1234 567890. However, when I try to dial it on my MDA Pro, the phone dialer complains about the '(0)'. Does anybody else have this problem and is there a solution (other than updating all of my contacts !)
Thanks
Peter

I doubt if there's an easy solution.
Non-standard phone numbers just wont dial in Windows Mobile. Looks like a conversion will be necessary. Sorry!

Paul from modaco once wrote a tool called something like outlook tools, that converted numbers with international codes etc.
See if you can find it, or complain and PM me.
V

MS Bug in telephone codes
I discovered this years ago that Outlook does not allow you by default to store a number in a usable format. Way back in 1999 when i was using some TAPI software to dial the number on my phone from Lotus organiser using a standard modem and a 2 way telephone jack, everything was cool.
Then when the company upgraded to exchandge server and Qutlook we lost this simple capability. We just got used to in putting all numbers in E164 format ie no leading 00 and the ful international code.
But there were lots of apps for outlook that came out for phone day in the uk when we changed to the 01 and 02 number prefixes. They just editied all of the numbers in the outlook data store. You can probably find a shareware or free ware app on www.download.com
http://www.download.com/Outlook-Tools/3000-9694_4-10432268.html?tag=lst-0-1
Good luck
Charlie

OK, so that wasn't the answer that I wanted but I guess that I have no choice. Oh, for my Nokia phone back .....

the 0 issue
Actually you don't need to input the (0) in neither Outlook and PDA. Here is how I do this:
In desktop Outlook, always input telephone in this way: +44 (1234) 567890. (
I suppose 1234 is the area code, if no area code, plesae make sure there is a space between +44 and subsequent number)
Sync to your PDA, and when dialing direct from Contact, Although the PDA will dial +44 (1234) 567890 but actually it's still a national call as long as you are in the +44 country.
When dialing direct from desktop Outlook, it will automatically remove the +44 and add (0) in front of 1234 if you correctly setup the country code and area code in your Outlook.

All my numbers are +44 (7777) 777777 on purpose so they can be used if I'm abroad. If you have the +44, AFAIK there's no need to have a 0 anyway.
Cheers
Ant

here's a same problem just from a different angle...
Sorry it's not a solution but here me out:
Topic: the mess Outlook and phone dialer phone number format made...
How do you people keep your contact's phone numbers? In which format?
I keep my PC Outlook contacts in the Windows phone dialer correct format
i.e. + [international code] [ (area code) ] [number]
when I inport/sync these contacts with my Qtel9000 I get all the contacts exactly as I entered them in Outlook but the Qtek 9000 wont dial correctly
FACTS:
fact no. 1: Outlook separates phone numbers in groups of>
country code
long distance code (area code)
number
fact no. 2: phone numbers entered this way are stored in a format>
+381 (064) 6185250
fact no. 2: Microsoft Phone Dialer recognises this number and dials correctly
via a voice modem... (headset or speaker/mike required)
Question: what hapens when contacts entered this way into Outlook are sunchronized with the
Pocket PC (Windows Mobile 5.0)?
Answer : all contact's numbers are entered into the Contacts list in the 'correct' format.
(the same format with the bracket, as is noted in PC Outlook)
My findings: the problem arrises when you use your mobile capable Pocket PC
(i.e. the super cool Qtek 9000) and try to dial someone on to his mobile or office phone that are on another
area code...
the Pocket PC, or Windows Mobile 'Phone dialer' dials EXACTLY
as the number is entered in the above mentioned format
(the mobile operator recognises the + at the beggining of the number, but
does not understand the spaces and the brackets!!! and offcourse
the mobile operator returns an error voice message that a wrong number has been dialed!
What am I to do?
Can I find/download/install a proper phone dialer (i.e. MS Phone Dialer) that comes with Windows?
Phone Dialer 1.5
Developed for Microsoft by Active Voice
http://www.activevoice.com/dialer
bottom line is that CISCO systems aquired this Phone Dialer in 2001 and Active Voice discontinued developing/supporting whit app. (link on the Active Voice site is outdated and no support on MS site, as well)
(please do not post solutions as: "you should reformat your number entries etc. because I have 800+ contacts and counting...)
P.S. what I gathered is that this is not device related it is just OS and app related. I had the same problem with my previous Nokia phone... (I did not solve. Actually I thought I will solve with this device...)
I've set the Dialing Rules with my country code and area code (Mobile etc.) So, I don't have a clue what am I doung wrong

Problems with international prefix on contacts

Hi,
My Hermes syncs with Outlook, so the phone numbers are stored with the country prefix (i.e. for USA +1 (area code) phone number).
There is an issue with my operator, which is that if the phone number I dial has the country prefix, the call is charged as you were dialing an international call (!!!!).
Is there a way to setup the phone so it ignores the international prefix on the outlook phone numbers? Or should I go through all the 1000 contacts and edit them manually?
The ideal situation for me is to ignore the international prefix when using the cellular network, but to use it when using internet call.
Thanks for looking into my thread.

contacts to sim: isues

Hello,
I'm trying to transfer my contact list to my sim card, but experience issues. The sim manager shows that the max length for the name is 14. The setting for multiple numbers is such that it appends e.g. "/H" or "/W" for respectively home and work numbers.
However, many of the names in my contacts are longer than 14 characters; when applying contacts to sim, it transfers the names and numbers, truncates the name at 14 characters, and omits the "/H" or "/W" indication if the name is too long.
Is there a way to avoid this?
(htc tytn, official Windows Mobile 6.0)
Thanks!
Jörg

[Q] question about Contact issue after mango - OMNIA 7

last night I installed successfully on Mango Omnia7 with the network trick ...
After the update I noticed that I had lost a lot of numbers in contacts
I have a TIm operator in italy, and i have a subscription with TIM operator that, if I putting the prefix 4141 before the normal number the call is pay from my company ... and not from my personal prepaid card
so if I have 2 category for the same contact numbers: ES.
phone: +AB CBD EFGHILM
Work: 4141 CBD EFGHILM
the numer are identical but the first is normal whit the "+" the country prefix end next the number
the second id idencical but dont have the "+" and the country prefix.
the phone only shows one number... with out logic .. some contact i look only the phone numer and from come conctat only the work number
after mango all run fine without problem...
therefore does not accept similar number 2 (because in fact they are not equal) on different categories ....
I have a useless phone book numbers, why should I move all of the category "work" under "phone" and keep only the numbers with the prefix 4141 .... but ...... I could not send SMS to all contacts of work ....
first mango (node​​) everything worked normally ...
any ideas!
sorry for my english
thaqnks in advance
byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee