Contacts Default Display "txt" or "m" - Touch Dual, MDA Touch Plus General

Most of my contacts have "m" at the end of number so when I press the send button they call that person right away but those with "txt" wont dial right away but will revert you to the call history page.
I want them to default with "m" always. Any idea on how to do this?

the m means the number is saved as a mobile number, not sure about txt but try changing those numbers, there is also a setting to choose what type of number is dialed by default, this is probably set to mobile

all the numbers I have tested with have numbers in the mobile field inputed the correct way.
I think I answered my own question again by accident.
While viewing your contacts, when you press left or right on the DPAD it will change it from"m" to "txt" and somehow it retains the last option you chose so if you left it at "txt" the next you look back it will be at "txt" still.
Can you guys confirm this?

muzikfreakah said:
all the numbers I have tested with have numbers in the mobile field inputed the correct way.
I think I answered my own question again by accident.
While viewing your contacts, when you press left or right on the DPAD it will change it from"m" to "txt" and somehow it retains the last option you chose so if you left it at "txt" the next you look back it will be at "txt" still.
Can you guys confirm this?
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Confirmed... works like that on my Dual

Cool, aite thanks man!

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Problems in Contacts

Is there any way of having more than one mobile number for each of your contacts? I bluetoothed all my contacts to my XDA2 from my P800, but on ones with 2 or more mobiles it only sent one of the numbers (in most cases, the wrong one).
Also how can I set a default number for each contact? It seems that home is the default if a contact has both home and mobile numbers
You just have to be flexble on the "title" you can put any of the hp no into any of the "home tel" or "office tel" and as the change the default goto ur contact list on ur extreme right there is a indication of either a mobile no "M" or a house no. "H" just tap on the letter to change the default look
Aha, you're a star
Many thanks

When in Dial mode press and hold on a contact does not show all available numbers

Hope to make myself clear enough.
With previous phones (Kaiser, Cruise) when I was pressing and holding a contact in "Phone Dial Mode" I had the option of choosing which number to dial (cellular, home, office .. whatever phone number was inserted in the contact)
Now with the HD (Italian TIM ROM) when I press and hold the contact it just dials the number. To change which number to dial (from a specific contact) I have to "swipe" with the finger left or right: unfortunately doing so many times accidentaly the dial goes off.
Other annoying point is that it doesn't show the number, just the "field" (cellular, office, home)
Is there a way to change it and have it like the Kaiser/Cruise?
UP,
no one who would like the issue solved?
yes please
claudioita said:
Hope to make myself clear enough.
With previous phones (Kaiser, Cruise) when I was pressing and holding a contact in "Phone Dial Mode" I had the option of choosing which number to dial (cellular, home, office .. whatever phone number was inserted in the contact)
Now with the HD (Italian TIM ROM) when I press and hold the contact it just dials the number. To change which number to dial (from a specific contact) I have to "swipe" with the finger left or right: unfortunately doing so many times accidentaly the dial goes off.
Other annoying point is that it doesn't show the number, just the "field" (cellular, office, home)
Is there a way to change it and have it like the Kaiser/Cruise?
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Not near my phone to try it.... but I'm pretty sure that
1. sliding your thumb from "left to right" or "right to left" on a particular contact.... causes the display to cycle through that contacts email addresses & numbers.
(This only works for contacts that have more than one number... which you can see by the little arrows on the little <m>, <h>, <txt>, <w>, <e> logo, which also serves to show if its a Home or Work number.)
2. Then tapping that contact calls them on the displayed number... but only if it's a phone number thats being displayed.
I think what may be catching you out is that rather than HOLD TO DISPLAY, we now have to SLIDE..... yet another change caused by touch flow, even though the screen doesn't lookvery 3D.
(Tom) said:
Not near my phone to try it.... but I'm pretty sure that
1. sliding your thumb from "left to right" or "right to left" on a particular contact.... causes the display to cycle through that contacts email addresses & numbers.
(This only works for contacts that have more than one number... which you can see by the little arrows on the little <m>, <h>, <txt>, <w>, <e> logo, which also serves to show if its a Home or Work number.)
2. Then tapping that contact calls them on the displayed number... but only if it's a phone number thats being displayed.
I think what may be catching you out is that rather than HOLD TO DISPLAY, we now have to SLIDE..... yet another change caused by touch flow, even though the screen doesn't lookvery 3D.
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1) Yes I know; unfortunately 9 times out of 10 it doesn't change the number to be called , rather I dial the number that is there (the number that I do NOT want to dial)
More then that it does not show the number behind (for example, sometimes I remember some numbers of the phone to be called, not if it stored under Office or Office 2
For me is a real pain. I really want the previous behaviour: TAP AND HOLD that gives you all the available number.
Any way to have it on the HD?

cant call someone from the contacts list

this is probably easy to fix or just an error on my part.
I'm using the official rom with some theme mods.
So when i go to the contact list, click on a contact and then click the "call mobile phone" entry for that contact, the option gets activated/grey background, just to get deactivated half a second later and it never actually dials the number (same with people in the favorites list)
The contacts are stored on the phone and copied over from my blackstone, so I know the numbers are all valid.
Anyone got any ideas? Any help would be appreciated
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oh and i can dial just fine when i hiz phone on the today screen, go to the menu and choose "open contact"
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I just realized, when I'm on the contact page of a contact (where you see there phone numbers and so on), I can click Menu -> Show more information, which takes me to the "old" contact page (as it used to be in wm 6.1), where calling someone works as well.
So there are ways around this, it's just annoying having those 2 more presses just to call a number.

Contacts Problem in Messaging

Am facing a strange problem with my new Nexus, In Messaging when am trying to compose a message, In TO option it doesn,t show nay name and not even show any names from contacts, For Example, in my Contacts there is a nmae JOHN, but When in Messaging TO Option when i Type J it soesn,t show any contacts started from J, Everytime i have to add the Mobile Number there or Send SMS via Contacts.
Help me regarding this
Unless you memorized the person's area code + number, the name will not appear when you composed regular texts. I have found the fastest way to compose texts is to scroll through the contacts, click the name, and then select the green message smiley. Adds a few seconds of time onto the composition, but you get faster with it when you're used to scrolling through your contacts.
StOTTO said:
Unless you memorized the person's area code + number, the name will not appear when you composed regular texts. I have found the fastest way to compose texts is to scroll through the contacts, click the name, and then select the green message smiley. Adds a few seconds of time onto the composition, but you get faster with it when you're used to scrolling through your contacts.
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That's not true. I type the first letter of the name and they show up. I know what your problem is too.
You need to edit your contacts and add the number as "Mobile". I assume right now you have them set as "Home" which is the default. Your phone doesn't display "Home" numbers when you're texting.
Vatumb said:
Am facing a strange problem with my new Nexus, In Messaging when am trying to compose a message, In TO option it doesn,t show nay name and not even show any names from contacts, For Example, in my Contacts there is a nmae JOHN, but When in Messaging TO Option when i Type J it soesn,t show any contacts started from J, Everytime i have to add the Mobile Number there or Send SMS via Contacts.
Help me regarding this
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It was my understanding you had to type two letters to get the auto-suggest to pop up, not just one. Try "JO"...
daveid said:
It was my understanding you had to type two letters to get the auto-suggest to pop up, not just one. Try "JO"...
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You can type one or two. His problem is that he has their phone numbers set to "Home" instead of "Mobile".
dumbestcrayon said:
You can type one or two. His problem is that he has their phone numbers set to "Home" instead of "Mobile".
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Seriously, I've always (had a G1 since launch as well) had to type two letters before the suggestions came up, I'm actually testing this right now. Going through each letter of the alphabet, and nothing comes up with just one letter inputted. If your phone does it with one, I'd like to know how!
daveid said:
Seriously, I've always (had a G1 since launch as well) had to type two letters before the suggestions came up, I'm actually testing this right now. Going through each letter of the alphabet, and nothing comes up with just one letter inputted. If your phone does it with one, I'd like to know how!
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Oh well I guess you're right. I guess I've never stopped at one letter =P
But either way I know what he's talking about. My wifes number got changed to "Home" a while ago and it would NOT display her name in the TO field. I went to edit her contact and found that it said "Home" so I changed it to "Mobile" and it fixed it.
Speak of the devil. It just did it again and I just fixed it lol.

[Q] Default Phone Number

I've searched the Fascinate forums for a question on this and came up with nothing, so sorry if this has already been asked earlier.
I just got my Fascinate a few days ago and I was wondering if there was a way you could set a default phone number for each contact? For example, when you click on a contact to call and you have their Home and Mobile phone numbers, it asks you which one you want to call. I think it's somewhat annoying to have to do this each time if you know the majority of the time you want to call their cell phone.
Thanks for any answers!
If you go into your contacts app, select the contact you want to set a default for. Then hit your menu key. At the bottom there will be an option that says "Mark as Default", click that option and then select the phone number/email address you want to use as the default. Now click save. That should do it.
Thank you! By the way, is there a way to call a contact directly from the list of contacts? I know you can swipe your finger to the right over the contact to show the two icons for "Call" and "Message", but is there a way to just directly call the contact with one touch/swipe?
I find the Samsung dialer to be rather lacking. I would highly recommend that you give Dialer One a try. Free app, no ads, and much more customizable.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
Actually, after setting the default number, when I press "Call," it still asks me which number to call....

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