I have a Brazilian bought phone, but I use it in Argentina. However, I cannot have any of my gadgets, specially my phone in Portuguese or Spanish. Hence English is the only option.
Since flashing my phone to custom ROMs (Kyrillios and Lestatious) two things happen:
Phone numbers are displayed as: 454-578-87
What I do want it to be displayed as: 4545-7878
Or in the case of using area code: 011-454-57878
Where I do want: 011-4545-7878
As is normal in South American countries.
The other thing is whenever someone calls me that is not on my contact list, I get the format: +541154547878
even though they are calling from my local area code.
Obviously 5454-7878 is an example number and not really any phone number I know, but you get the point.
I notice changing to some forms of locale changes this format, but it also changes the language. How can I keep the English language on my phone, but change these locale-based settings?
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Aphis
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I recently moved to a Qtek S110 and wonder what the difference is betweens the two english VoiceCommand versions (US and UK). I used the US version on my iPAQ 5450 but not sure if I should use the UK one on my S110. ATM I live in Europe, cant the US version dial european numbers or what?
I mean, for example, a english speaking person living in Germany. He naturally wants the english VoiceCommand because the german one doesnt recognize english voice. BUT do the US or UK dial German numbers or does only the german one achieve that? I wonder if there is any diff in phone number format at all.
Besides the lenght of numbers has no limit. For example take landlines here in Berlin, the old ones has 7 digits and new ones have 8 digits. Put the area code in front and you have 10 or 11 and put country code in front and you end up with 12 or 13. Or take service numbers, they often have longer numbers, dont they work in VoiceCommand.
I really dont get the diff between the US and UK version atm. Please help.
Edit: The only diff I can find for the UK version: " This version, specifically designed for the United Kingdom, can recognize over 13 national dialects across the country including, for example, Welsh, Glaswegian and Scottish accents so that anyone in the U.K. can use natural speech to command their device." No word about number format etc.
Private-Cowboy said:
" This version, specifically designed for the United Kingdom, can recognize over 13 national dialects across the country including, for example, Welsh, Glaswegian and Scottish accents so that anyone in the U.K. can use natural speech to command their device."
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I expect that this is the explanation. Regional dialects in the US are very different from the UK.
UK numbers
Not sure about the other version, but the trial version of the US MS Voice Command wouldn't allow you to speak uk numbers, eg 01273 ... It was fine when you use the "Call so and so", but using the "Dial 01273..." just wouldn't work. The UK version works fine. The US version also required an american acent when saying "mobile", needed to be sound like "mobble", whereas the UK version is "MooBIle. The voice confirmation is also clearly more clipped than the drawlly american version.
Ok I tried the UK version and I must say the voice sounds a little different and it seems it can pick up my voice better than the US version does, strangely enough since I'm more american than european or british for that matter.
I still dont get that with the number format. I mean in the US we use numbers like 1-800-... but you dont spell the dashes you would spell "1800..." and that is exactly the same as UK or other european numbers. I mean normally the area codes here dont start with a 0 like they tend to do in europe but I doubt that VoiceCommand has problems with that. I'm pretty sure that is has nothing to do with the lenght of the number, I came across anything from 7 to 15+ digits so I cannot believe VoiceCommand would only accept 7 and 11 digits or whatever.
Maybe your problem is the pronounciation of "0", you could use "zero" or "oh" or even "null" (math.), dont know what VoiceCommand expects you to use.
By the way, has anyone ever used Fonix VoiceCentral???
Fonix is on my Magician and it seems a bit hit and miss so I hardly ever use it.
Thats what I thought. I find a few of the things from Fonix VoiceCentral pretty impressive but the execution seems very lacking. Despite that some of the basics are missing in Fonix. I think I'll stay with VoiceCommand for now.
By the way, the UK version really seems to work better. No idea why but I can now use it to dial phone numbers and with my two tests, it havent made a single mistake in a 12digit number and a 7digit one.
If you use the US version what happens when you say rubbish or pants? Don't answer that btw.....................
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??? Whats "rubbish" ???
Pants is rubbish.
Rubbish is what you call trash.
Pants are what we call underwear and you call trousers
I know "pants" but "rubbish" is pretty new to me. Crazy brits :lol:
LOL, in Australia we use both Rubbish and Trash. Rubbish is still more common but as we become closer to our Prime Minister's goal of becoming another US state then Trash may be the word of choice :lol:
Haha, wanna switch? You wanna be the 50th state and we wanna be independant.
Does anybody know how to change the display of the phone number, I'm using mUn's ROM and when a missed call came through from an unknown number it put the first 3 numbers in a bracket, whereas the Orange ROM used to display them as a proper UK number format xxxx-xxxxxx
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I'm not sure about that- but have you gone into Settings/System/Regional Settings and made sure it is set to English (United Kingdom) ?
Phone format isn't within the options list, but it may affect the display of numbers
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I'm not sure about that- but have you gone into Settings/System/Regional Settings and made sure it is set to English (United Kingdom) ?
Phone format isn't within the options list, but it may affect the display of numbers
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No reply to your post unfortunatly, but I agree, this should solve format problem!
I'm a numpty
I didnt even think to look at the regional settings! It was set to United States so I've set it to United Kingdon and see what happens
Is it possible to change the phone call format?
HD automatically takes the first 3 numbers and places it in () and the rest on the right. Our standard area code is 2 digits and 7 for the phone number.
(022) 484-484 where as it should be (02) 248-4484. I just want the last 7 digits to be group accordingly. as for the mobile numbers, it groups them accordingly, it would be better if i can format them, but if not, its ok.
have you tried going to... start->settings->System-> regional settings and changing it to your country?
thx, didnt know it was that simple. I thought it would change the language so i didn't want it. also our country was listed as English (Philippines) so I didn't get to see it when i checked the first time. It should've been country first then language.
it works no formatting but its better than having the separate ( )
awesome, glad i could be of help
i live in hongkong and i've set my region to USA on the phone. everything work good except the phone number format as it displays like (123)456-78. but i actually expect it to display like 12345678; with no bracket & minus sign. problem is if i set my region to hongkong, some apps like opera will then display in chinese menu! pls help, what i want is to have everything display in english yet phone number will display as 12345678 (with no bracket & minus), is there any registry hack or sort out there?
If you want that kind of phone number format then set it to UK.
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If you want that kind of phone number format then set it to UK.
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thanks for replying. i tried but doesn't work out the way i want. i guess it's the area code thing, because there's no area code concept in hongkong. any other suggestions?
Hey,
I bought the J5 (SM-J5108) in China but I need to use it in Germany for my work.
When I am in Germany, I have the problem that I always have to dial the German area code (0049) - otherwise my phone treats the number as a Chinese number (and I end up with a Chinese person). Additionally, if a German number calls me (and I miss the call), and I want to call back I have to add the German area code manually first - otherwise I end up in China again.
I am using a German SIM card and my Android version is 5.1.1
I would appreciate any hints on how to change the settings! Thanks in advance!
Hi there! I use SM-J5108_HK with Android 5.1.1 as well.
Just saw an video in YouTube, probably you have already watched it.
https://youtu.be/vhjYqUaPgMI
However when I try it on my phone, can't find the "Auto area code" option in Phone settings. Hope this option appears on your phone
Btw do u got Gapps on ur phone?
Not sure if this would work but it seems feasible. This guide is official from Samsung themselves.
http://www.samsung.com/au/support/skp/faq/1045128
Thanks a lot for your help.
The Samsung guide and the video are the same procedure. I have the same issue like Yuen.Jason, there is no "Auto area code" option.
But I found an other option in the "Call" app. But I'm not sure about the correct english translation (german language on my phone). It's called something like "automatic call-localization", I turned this option OFF, then it worked for me.