I have my wife'snumber stored in contacts. I noticed that when I dial manually, unless I enter the area code it doesn't pick up that I'm calling her. Other phones I have used allowed meto set my "local" area code and assume if I didn't dial one the local is assumed. AM I missing something, or does this setting not exist on the hero.
My Hero assumes my local area code when I dial without one. I haven't had to adjust any options for this to work.
its been a standard for the last few years that you need to dial 1+(area code) when dialing a number.
its possible it depends on your area, i live in a large city myself so there are many overlapping area codes, so its kind of a necessity.
its POSSIBLE this is the case.
nenn said:
its been a standard for the last few years that you need to dial 1+(area code) when dialing a number.
its possible it depends on your area, i live in a large city myself so there are many overlapping area codes, so its kind of a necessity.
its POSSIBLE this is the case.
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The point is with most all phones/carriers including my current Hero on Sprint, if you dial a 7-digit number without an area code, the phone assumes that it is in your registered area code. (Not the area code of your location, BTW.)
It sounds like there is a glitch with the OP's Sprint service.
gunnyman said:
I have my wife'snumber stored in contacts. I noticed that when I dial manually, unless I enter the area code it doesn't pick up that I'm calling her.
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Which ROM did you flash after rooting your phone?
I've noticed the same thing. All of my contacts are in the 865 area code. If I dial 660 nothing pops up for my wifes contact, but if I dial 865-660...it pulls up her contact info.
Because we are still pretty rural, we still use 7 digit dialing. Dialing the area code is pretty useless around here so It's a habit I have to get my self into I guess. Kinda sucks if you fat finger something and there us no confirmation of the contact you are dialing.
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just a thought but do you have the number stored with the area code? if so then that mat be the issue.
wtphoto said:
just a thought but do you have the number stored with the area code? if so then that mat be the issue.
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Sprint sends the area code with the phone number, though, so if you don't store the area codes, your caller ID won't show you the names either.
All the Sprint leaks act like this, although 1.5 did not. Hopefully it won't work that way in the release.
wtphoto said:
just a thought but do you have the number stored with the area code? if so then that mat be the issue.
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yeah that's the issue. I was just surprised that the number wasn't recognized without it I guess.
I think it is that way because when you type a number it searches from whole words and the phone number is considered one word so it needs to start from the beginning.
If you haven't noticed you can type in someones name and it will pop them up.
Also another weird thing is if you type a phone number with area code and then type a number 1+area code you will get two different lists because the 1+area code shows up in the call log and the search pulls from there as well.
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Hi,
How I see the name when I recived de SMS, no number?
Exemple: +34698977xxx ==> Pepito
thanks
I also had some problems with that at first. I had some numbers saved as 0155-1234567 = Maria
But when Maria called, I saw +491551234567 in the screen and also in the call history. So I saved that number to Maria's contact file and then it was fine.
The weird thing is that with other contacts I did not have that problem although they were saved just like Maria.
Maybe someone else has an explanation for that?
In the mean time, just save the number that called you into the corresponding contact and it should work next time that person calls you. At least it worked for me.
Chris Cross said:
I had some numbers saved as 0155-1234567 = Maria
But when Maria called, I saw +491551234567 in the screen and also in the call history. So I saved that number to Maria's contact file and then it was fine.
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I'm sure that is the solution.
Also, at risk of veering slightly off-topic, it's worth adding that if you store all your numbers in that full international format starting with +, then you should be able to dial from anywhere (including roaming in different countries) and the phone will connect correctly.
- Steve
fasty said:
I'm sure that is the solution.
Also, at risk of veering slightly off-topic, it's worth adding that if you store all your numbers in that full international format starting with +, then you should be able to dial from anywhere (including roaming in different countries) and the phone will connect correctly.
- Steve
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Yes, that is true. I realized that when I went on vacation out of the country and tried to call home. I dialed 049..... as you would on a land line, but it did not work. It only worked if I dialed +49....
So it is a good idea to have all your numbers in that format.
I think for international numbers it should kick off with a double 0. That is 0049... or alternatively,and as you say, +49...
RaymondScrott said:
I think for international numbers it should kick off with a double 0. That is 0049... or alternatively,and as you say, +49...
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Oops - you're right. I meant to type 0049.
If calling from a European country you dial 00-country code.
If calling from the U.S. you would dial 011-country code.
Hello,
I often use an access code to dial internationally, and once I am connected to that access number, I have to enter the number of the person I am calling.
I have an HTC Touch HD with WM6.1pro and cannot find a way to do it. If I connect to the access number, then at the prompt go to my address book and dial a second number, it assumes I want to have two separate calls and puts the access code on Hold... which is not what I want! I do not remember all my friend's numbers, so I do have to use the address book.
With my old nokia n95, once connected I could go to the menu and say I want to dial a DTMF which is the tone you hear when dialing a normal phone. This allows me to follow on with calling the number I need while connected to the call.
Is there a way of doing this on WM6?
I have a kind of work around. I edit my international friends phone numbers as a "car phone" and the numbers look like this
02081802828 p 0027115555555
the access code, then I add p to pause then their number.
The HUGE problem is that when I dial any of my international contacts, the phone displays the same person... so no matter who I call internationally, it always shows a photo of my friend Ian, and displays his name instead of the person I am actually speaking to. I think this is a bug where WM6.1 only looks at the first 11 characters of a number, but the problem is, all my intl numbers have the same first 11 numbers.
Help MUCH appreciated, thanks,
Mark.
livegod said:
Hello,
I often use an access code to dial internationally, and once I am connected to that access number, I have to enter the number of the person I am calling.
I have an HTC Touch HD with WM6.1pro and cannot find a way to do it. If I connect to the access number, then at the prompt go to my address book and dial a second number, it assumes I want to have two separate calls and puts the access code on Hold... which is not what I want! I do not remember all my friend's numbers, so I do have to use the address book.
With my old nokia n95, once connected I could go to the menu and say I want to dial a DTMF which is the tone you hear when dialing a normal phone. This allows me to follow on with calling the number I need while connected to the call.
Is there a way of doing this on WM6?
I have a kind of work around. I edit my international friends phone numbers as a "car phone" and the numbers look like this
02081802828 p 0027115555555
the access code, then I add p to pause then their number.
The HUGE problem is that when I dial any of my international contacts, the phone displays the same person... so no matter who I call internationally, it always shows a photo of my friend Ian, and displays his name instead of the person I am actually speaking to. I think this is a bug where WM6.1 only looks at the first 11 characters of a number, but the problem is, all my intl numbers have the same first 11 numbers.
Help MUCH appreciated, thanks,
Mark.
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Don't know if it will work... but you coud try (using Advanced Config) to increase the number of digits used to "match" the numbers in the contacts... for example to 18 or 19 numbers... but I cannot immagine what other "consequencies"could happen...
Let us know !
Regards,
K
Hi Kostas
It seems that the problem is actually with spb Mobile Shell and not windows mobile.
When I dial using the windows mobile dialler, it gets the name and picture right, but when I use spb's dialler it shows the wrong person and name...
I will chase it up with them... and thanks for the good idea, unfortunately the Call ID Match does not help the problem.
Efgaristo!
Mark.
Calls from same area code are showing up without the area code on caller id.
They then don't match the contacts which all have area codes.
Can't seem to find a place to set the default "area code".
krelvinaz said:
Calls from same area code are showing up without the area code on caller id.
They then don't match the contacts which all have area codes.
Can't seem to find a place to set the default "area code".
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No one actually have a solution for this problem. Sorry.
There are two problems I have discovered with GV and Sprint number integration that you should know about before you switch, because it's a pain to turn this feature off (as I just did.)
If you need to use any service that must call you, and you must enter digits on the phone, it won't work. There's a problem with GV where if the other person starts the call to you, DTMF signals from your end are too distorted to register with any equipment that reads them.
Second, GV has a call record feature that is toggled by hitting the number 4. When it is toggled it announces to both you and the other person that the call is being recorded. This doesn't sound like a bad thing at first, but note that it can be triggered accidentally depending on you or the other person's voice through a phenomenon called talkoff. Talkoff is when a human voice mimics a DTMF signal for a very short time, but long enough to trigger some equipment to interpret it as a key press. The equipment that google uses is susceptible to this. When it is accidentally triggered, have fun explaining to the other person why they just heard the message "this call is being recorded."
More information about this problem can be found here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/voice/thread?tid=7e30f066f09baf68&hl=en
Curious as to what you mean bye your first point... could you give an example of what kind service would cause this..
Sorry if this is a dumb question lol
Chad
Chadk881 said:
Curious as to what you mean bye your first point... could you give an example of what kind service would cause this..
Sorry if this is a dumb question lol
Chad
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Like say you need an online bank to verify your phone number, they'll have an automated system that calls you, and then has you input a number to verify you own the phone number, when you do this it won't be able to recognize the numbers you key in.
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Like say you need an online bank to verify your phone number, they'll have an automated system that calls you, and then has you input a number to verify you own the phone number, when you do this it won't be able to recognize the numbers you key in.
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This call record feature... this works at any time by hitting 4? How does that work if you are navigating a DTMF menu?
From the linked forum post it looks like the call record feature does not activate if you call out so hitting 4 in a calling tree would allow you to navigate. Haven't tried it myself but from reading the link it looks to be true.
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Like say you need an online bank to verify your phone number, they'll have an automated system that calls you, and then has you input a number to verify you own the phone number, when you do this it won't be able to recognize the numbers you key in.
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That's odd, I have had to do this with several companies and never once had a problem..
Ok this might be a noob question but I DID spent more then half hour looking for an asnwer before posting and could not find my answer. so here it is.
When I am roaming every time I make a call I need to type in 0+area code+operator (phone company) before I enter the number.
However I normally use the numbers that are already in my contact list, if I click on it it will dial without the additional information, because in my home city I don´t need this codes and so I didn´t inserted the phone numbers with 0+AC+Op info.
Is there a way to configure my phone to add 0+Area Code+ Operator when I am away from my home city? And also the HD2 recognize that I am in the area code of an outside city and do not dial 0+AC+Op for this specific city when I am on it?
Thank you
Felipe
felcas said:
Ok this might be a noob question but I DID spent more then half hour looking for an asnwer before posting and could not find my answer. so here it is.
When I am roaming every time I make a call I need to type in 0+area code+operator (phone company) before I enter the number.
However I normally use the numbers that are already in my contact list, if I click on it it will dial without the additional information, because in my home city I don´t need this codes and so I didn´t inserted the phone numbers with 0+AC+Op info.
Is there a way to configure my phone to add 0+Area Code+ Operator when I am away from my home city? And also the HD2 recognize that I am in the area code of an outside city and do not dial 0+AC+Op for this specific city when I am on it?
Thank you
Felipe
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Ok it seems obvious that I can just input the 0+phone company number+area code before the number and save it in the contacts, it works, what if I change my operator (phone company)? I will have to go thru every single contact and change each number with the new number?
I wonder if there is a way to manually input it when I am roaming, like in the old nokias and LG once I was roaming and I dialed a number in contact list it asked for area code and operator number.