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.
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need to dial international and domestic call frequently. however, unlike handspring treo, xda did not allow to recall the phone number from contact and then manually add the prefix, e.g. 00986 + city code + number... etc. Any suggestion here?
ultra04 said:
need to dial international and domestic call frequently. however, unlike handspring treo, xda did not allow to recall the phone number from contact and then manually add the prefix, e.g. 00986 + city code + number... etc. Any suggestion here?
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Yes. It'll take some time, but it'll solve your problem for once and all: change all your stored numbers to international format, e.g. +49 (89) 555255 for a number in Munich, Germany. Numbers in this format will work from everywhere in the world (the '+' does the magic here), and of course also from the country or town the called party is in.
It's probably much easier to do this in Outlook, then synchronise the numbers back to your XDA.
Cheers
Daniel
tks for your advice. however, in hong kong, we have many IDD service providers while if using "+", it will choose the most expensive service provider which i don't want to. well... i am always travelling around between hong kong and china and i have to add both local dial prefix and IDD dial prefix for each tel number, both office, mobile and home. you know, this is really really annoying and time wasting. hope there will be some temporary solutions here including some charged software solution.
Does any one know how to remove the "+" in front of the phone number?
For some of the contacts I want to use a different dialing prefix instead of the the default "+"; but every time I synz it with Outlook the "+" is back.
Thanks
normaly +XY is the country prefix all over the world
and even if one is calling from within ones own country it should not matter
if one use the country prefix
Sorry was traveling so could not get back to you on time.
Thanks for your suggestion I am aware of the +; but in Hong Kong there are many service providers who need you to dial their code instead of the + (as pluse is default to phone service company's network). So, e.g. +91201234456 would be to dial India using my network provider (CSL or PCCW); but there are other cheaper companies i.e. 1528, so instead I need to dial 152891201234456.
But, now the problem is ever time I remove the + and put this code for some of my contact(s) on my Dopod; Outlook puts it back and worst makes it default to 852 so after a synz I landup with +852152891201234456.
how to remove + in phone number
try photo cntact pro
there is option to remove + in incoming phone call
Hi guys.
Whenever someone calls to me the number only appears instead of their contact name in the address book. Why is that? The only difference I know of is that all my numbers are stored with the international prefix for my country. But whenever someone calls to me, the number showing is without the prefix.
This worked on all previous HTC and Windows Mobile phones - is this something new on WP7?? Or are there any settings I can edit somewhere?
I feel totally lost!
I also have all my contacts numbers stored with the international prefix, but I don't seem to have the problem you describe.
My contacts sync through Exchange.
Maybe try storing a number without the international prefix, and see if it shows the number or the contact.
In Settings\Applications\Phone there is a setting "International assist" which automatically corrects mistakes while dialing internationally or while abroad. Maybe try turning it on or off.
This is really weird. I too sync my contacts through Exchange, but I don't think that matters.
The weird part is when people call me the incoming call is without international prefix, so when the contact in my address book is stored with the international prefix, it doesn't show who's calling!! If I remove the prefix, it works as it should.
As for the text (SMS) messages they go through the SMS center, which apparently uses the international prefix, so all SMS' I receive are with the prefix so all my contacts which I have stored the prefix on, it displays their names, all without displays with only the number!
Really frustrating!!!!
Any ideas?
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This is really weird. I too sync my contacts through Exchange, but I don't think that matters.
The weird part is when people call me the incoming call is without international prefix, so when the contact in my address book is stored with the international prefix, it doesn't show who's calling!! If I remove the prefix, it works as it should.
As for the text (SMS) messages they go through the SMS center, which apparently uses the international prefix, so all SMS' I receive are with the prefix so all my contacts which I have stored the prefix on, it displays their names, all without displays with only the number!
Really frustrating!!!!
Any ideas?
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having the same trouble as you do
itje said:
having the same trouble as you do
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I live in Norway as well - could there be something odd with the carrier? I use TalkMore...
Works fine for me here in Austria.
I have stored my Contacts with international prefix and everything works just fine.
Could reall be a carried problem.
It's in the bug thread...
tiwas said:
It's in the bug thread...
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A link to the post would be great!
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A link to the post would be great!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836373
Since this is a general WP7 thing, I just assumed you guys would look in the general WP7 forum
u can save the number with the number code as a home number..!or if u have already the number with the number code in ur "people", save the number without the number code as a home number..!
Dear All,
I'm experiencing a 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.
I recently upgraded from the SAMSUNG NOTE 3 to the NOTE 4. Awesome phone! Running: Android 4. 4. 4
But there is a problem:
All my Contacts are saved with the international dialling code format (+44 123 etc).
When I receives calls in my local area, which come without the international dialling prefix, only the number shows, no contact name though it is in my CONTACTS database.
Any SMS Text and all international calls are okay, as these come with the international dialling code and phone recognises the number and Contact.
Currently, the only workaround, which I find unacceptable, is to save the Contact name and number twice, once with the international dialling code, and another as it would be received as a local number.
This is unacceptable, as it would mean doing this for every single number i have, otherwise when i travel the overseas numbers (now local) would not show a Contact name.I have 7,500 Contacts, never been a problem when i was using the NOTE 3.
I understand from a couple of others using the same phone they are experiencing the same problem. Does anyone know how to resolve this? Please help