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CDMA HTC Hero Concerns

I am a noob in the Android community, but not to forums of this like. I have searched everywhere for my concerns, but found nothing but post with the same questions and no answers. When I do find the answers, they all seem to revolve around the GSM version and not the CDMA. All the solutions seem to be only for phones rooted (GSM.) PLEASE this IS NOT a revision of the "CDMA Sub-forum Request" thread, but a unified list of what I observe to be issues with the CDMA version of the HTC Hero. My observations are based on experimenting with the Hero and also other threads, which coincide with my observation. I am also aware that 1.6 may fix most of these issues, but 1.6 where you at? As a former WM Mogul/ Touch Pro user I am used to quick fixes with "cab files." From what it seems, I don't think Google likes this type of approach, cause I haven't found any of that sort. So to begin:
1) Bluetooth - Though stereo headset connects, it doesn't connect automatically when I turn it on. I have searched, but is there another way to just turn my Bluetooth and not have to download a toggle or go in to settings to shut the bluetooth on the phone off and on? Is there a tweak to make this connection to go faster? 3 times with me and numerous times with other CDMA Hero users I know have dealt with issues where it won't connect or it would connect, but in 5min.s
2) Notifications - This one is for the users who want a tad bit more privacy. I downloaded ChompSMS (which I recommend,) but why do we have to download an application to simply make it so no Notifications show up on the front of the lock screen. I guess you could say I am a private user who doesn't want to use a lock code. I tried shutting off Notifications, but it completely shuts off notifications. Is there any sort of tweak that will allow notifications to alert ONLY through sound and vibration and show up on the notification bar without the number and message?
3) Movies - I know Google hates AVI files so I downloaded a converter for MP4. I know this is 1 thing that 1.6 is said to fix, but does any one have a fix for this Choppiness or are we doomed till 1.6 comes out?
4) Applications - Alot of Sprint junk (need I say more?)
5) YouTube App - How do we keep it at High Resolution?
6) Who are the major Players in hacking this phone? - For WM I could name many from Mighty Mike to Psyki. Who can I run to for this CDMA version of the HTC Hero? Tried to search around, but found people like myself asking questions as opposed to people giving answers. I guess cause the community isn't as big
7) Scrolling - Is it me or is there some choppiness when scrolling through the phone. Now the phone is smoother than most WM devices available, but I see the stuttering on the scrolling and some of the transitions of the phone.
8) Any alternative to tweak the phone besides rooting the phone
9) Why can't we get Gmail to push on the Email Widget?
May seem like alot of qualms with the phone, but it is only a spec of how I feel about the phone cause I Love it. Also I am aware that maybe 1 or 2 of the questions have been asked. I want new CDMA users to be able to find a unified thread that will answer most of the issues that i found relative to other CDMA users I know. I know alot of users cause I see them all the time. I actually work for Sprint and I am also an official advocate for the phone. I have been steadily doing my research, but the ones explained above I have no answers to. Please do not close my thread because you think it is a repeat thread. It is questions regarding CDMA and CDMA only, cause all the other threads are Ambiguous. I don't know if they are for CDMA or GSM only. Instead of bashing could I get a reply like "1) http://www.example.com," or "1) and 2) this is how you solve the issue" or something of the like. Since I don't know anything about making tweaks, this is my way to find a solution to this vast CDMA problem of not finding solid answers. Oh yeah, please if you leave us new CDMA users a link, don't leave that link that leads us into Google search or XDA search. I already know about that one. Thanx people

For question 2 about the sms notifications in the bar but not displaying a preview of the message, I use handcent vs chompsms. I like the UI better and it incorporates numerous options for notifications, including showing a new message icon in the notification bar without displaying the message preview.
My only real concerns on the phone are A] battery life. I'm doing a lot of testing on this and should have some solid baselines soon. B] Trackball sensitivity. I love the idea of using a trackball for navigating parts of the UI, but it is just too darn slow. One half of a revolution of the ball for example only moves the cursor in a text field one character. This is horrible. It takes a long time to scroll back the beginning of the text. For now I find myself just using the touch interface for most of what I would use the trackball for. There has got to be a fix for this.

I am also a Sprint employee and offical advocate for the CDMA Hero. Looks like we share a lot of common concerns. Coming from WinMo and Blackberry, i was excited about the Andriod platform, but it seems like (maybe because the phone is so new) that there AREN'T any major players yet. I've read several forums here on Xda about people showing interest about rooting but not much about actual attempts. i have tried several methods built for the GSM versions, but all have failed. Myself and another guy were sucessful in getting the phone into bootloader, but I'm hesitant to flash a GSM rom onto the phone even though 1.6 is supposed to have native CDMA support. Anyhow, let me know if you find anyhting and i'll do likewise.

I still haven't figured out how to tether my cdma Hero. I keep getting errorcode 65 and 67 when I try to use the mobile network sharing on the phone.

I believe you will find that Sprint have disable tethering - i.e. it's a network issue, not a phone issue.
Try PDAnet (google it!) as I've heard this gets around this.
Regards,
Dave

tethering sucess
ive managed to tether my sprint hero using both the native 'mobile network sharing' and pdanet.
the pdanet one is pretty easy to use, but to use MNS, you have to install the NDIS driver. You have to install HTC Sync, but this does not install the NDIS driver directly, just gives you access to it which is located in the HTC Sync install folder in the usb drivers sub-folder (can't remember the exact name of it).
You have to go into device manager and find the unknown device that represents the phone and manually update it.
Once installed, it should add a network connection and you should be all set.

dom2114 said:
You have to go into device manager and find the unknown device that represents the phone and manually update it.
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I think I need you to be a little more specific about this: What was the item you updated in your device manager? I checked my driver and the downloaded version of HTC Synch installed the NDIS driver and automatically generated the connection on the My Connections page (Win XP) but I still get the error 67 when I try to connect to the internet.

dom2114 said:
ive managed to tether my sprint hero using both the native 'mobile network sharing' and pdanet.
the pdanet one is pretty easy to use, but to use MNS, you have to install the NDIS driver. You have to install HTC Sync, but this does not install the NDIS driver directly, just gives you access to it which is located in the HTC Sync install folder in the usb drivers sub-folder (can't remember the exact name of it).
You have to go into device manager and find the unknown device that represents the phone and manually update it.
Once installed, it should add a network connection and you should be all set.
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pdanet says fail to open device for file transfer
and MNS still will not work after selecting the ndis driver

yeah, i got that error message every so often...i just disconnected it all, turned MNS off, connected it back up, then reenabled it.
i will try again later on tonight and get back to you

List of functions NOT working on HD2 Froyo+Sense

Hi, I am newbie here but spent a lot of time testing the builds that developers have offered us. Big thanks to all the developers who are truly making HD2 more sexy and top toy in the market even though it has been there for almost a year (which merely happens to other phones, dare I say this?)
Currently using Froyo (mattc, RC1.2) on HD2 with exceller dualboot loader (V1.02), working very stable and smooth. Asides the points which have been listed in their posts, I found the following not functioning properly (or just happened to m2??)
1. Every time it reboots, the bluetooth automatically turns on (reported by other users). The HTC bluetooth toggle works funny when I tap it to turn it off- becomes gray but seems refuses to turn off...
2. Can not use google voice search- "process com.google.android voicesearch has stopped unexpectedly-force close". Found some solution in Android Software Development in the forum (just search "voice search"), but I suppose it is only for nand android thus not the solution for our case?
3. The voice in Google navigation is funny, quite robot-ish, any way to change it?
4. My winxp-64bit cannot recognize it as USB storage. Charging with USB cable to PC is fine, but it does not pop-out for selection of functionality, even I manually change it to USB storage. (solved: using different USB port followed by uninstalling the driver in PC device manager, also I installed JRT Auto Mount software listed in market, which might help as well))
5...
Hope this thread is useful, and list your findings here so that our lovely developer can make HD2 perfect.

oxhaotong said:
3. The voice in Google navigation is funny, quite robot-ish, any way to change it?
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This is totally normal. It is a Text-To-Speech-Technology
Advantage: Everything is spoken - Streetnames, Cities, Autobahn-Numbers etc.
Disadvantage: It sounds like an robot.

no internet .. no my location update.... stock 1.66 greek rom... 2.12.50.2.2 radio....

if you have no internet connection you should check your provider APN and the option you subscribed, I need to change the APN name each time I re install a android rom but it works !!!

Liveview connection issues with Xperia arc.

Ive had the liveview a while now and it was working perfectly fine with a motorola Defy. Ive recently bought a Xperia arc and now it disconnects every 15-20 minutes. The only way to get it to reconnect is to unlock the screen. The phone and liveview have the most up to date software according to SEUS and the liveview app is the latest from the market.
Has anyone else had issues or does anyone know if theres a work around?
edit : ah crap, this was meant to be in general - could it be moved?

I do this 3 steps:
-1º step
-Using Root Explorer, apply the Fivef Process (this seems to be needed only for non-Sense 2.3.x ROMs - looks like Sense in 2.2 builds allows LV to connect without confirmation).
fivef said:
I have found a solution for the repairing problems occurred on my desire HD with cyanogen 7 RC 1.
copy this file with e.g. root explorer to your SD card. edit it with e.g. astro as described below and then copy it back with root explorer. Restart your device.
/data/misc/bluetoothd/[device bt id]/linkkeys
your linkkeys file has to look something like that:
00:1D:BAD:8C:57 FF579860A41CD5A627D9D1596526715C 0 4
00:01:95:08:20:6F 809CC84592E6C1B06AB750170C365812 0 4
6C:23:B9:9B:4A:85 5AF503E766858EA7916D46C16DD31A34 0 4
The last entry is my liveview.
I just changed the last two numbers from I think
-1 0 to 0 4 so that it looks like the other entries.
The 0 is the linkkey type and the 4 the pin lenght.
But I don't know what the 0 stands for.
Have no time for futher research.
I just know that now the liveview automatically reconnects without an annoying pairing prompt.
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-2º Step
- Find in the market & install the BEST Android program I've seen yet - "AutomateIt!"
- Create the following rule in this program:
-TRIGGER: BLUETOOTH DEVICE CONNECTED (LIVEVEW)
-ACTION: START APPLICATION (LIVEVIEW)
Using this incredible program, you can completely control every aspect of your phone's behavior - for example, automatically start PlayerPro and disable WiFi when wired headset is connected, automatically start WiFi when GPS detects that you have entered your home or office (!) and do million other cool things.
-3º Step
-Install liveviewcharm from market:
This application will maintain processes from "liveview app" always on, preventing android system to kill them.The LiveView app needs to put itself in the Notifications bar in order to keep from getting killed when it's in the background.
I think that guide will fix all liveview connection problems with all compatible devices and CM7/MIUI/STOCK.
thanks to Drakosha Old, fivef, ishii.

Buzz Noob friendly

1. IS YOUR WILDFIRE (buzz) ROOTABLE..?
Rooting is the process with which one can have superuser previlages. And custom recovery is needed for installing custom roms. The present popular custom recovery for wildfire buzz is ClockWorkMod recovery. CWM custom recovery helps us to make advanced things like installing custom roms, nandroid backups, advanced nandroid restores..
Presently every wildfire can be rooted along with installing custom roms. If your hboot is 0.80 then unrevoked is the way to root your phone. Unrevoked roots your stock Rom along with installing custom recovery so that you can install custom roms. And if your hboot is 1.01.x you need to use alpharevx for making it s-off and then you can root and install custom recovery with easy procedures.
** If ur device is htc bee, the above things will not be applicable to u. And sorry, i heard that there is no custom recovery for htc bee. So, u cannot install custom roms.
2. CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS: (includes features + bugs + fixes)
Basic ways of connectivity is through USB, BLUETOOTH, WIFI
Wildfire bluetooth profiles: Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate, A2DP, FTP, OPP, AVRCP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, PBAP, SPP, Service Discovery Application Profile.
Wanna learn something about BT profiles, go with wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth_profiles
a. BLUETOOTH DIAL UP NETWORKING (dun)
This is for tethering the mobile 2G/3G internet to a bluetooth enabled pc. Wildfire doesn’t natively have the DUN profile. But some applications emulate this profile. “Pdanet” is best application for this. It works both on rooted phones and unrooted phones. Regarding using BT DUN, the pc version of pdanet need not be installed. But pdanet had issues with some bluetooth drivers of pc (for example, it wont work with the latest bluesoleil drivers). Sorry i cant tell u the list with which it works, maybe that's what the users must post. Another application called “easy tether” is expected to support BT DUN in future. So check for its updates if u r intrested. Easy tether presently supports usb tethering to pc.
b. BLUETOOTH PERSONAL AREA NETWORKING (pan)
This is for tethering mobile 2G/3G internet to a bluetooth enabled pc. But unlike dun, this doesn’t need to edit some settings in pc connection. Its just like internet sharing through LAN. Wildfire doesn’t natively have the PAN profile. Presently there are ROOT ONLY APPS for this feature. “wireless tether” is the application for both wifi tethering and bluetooth pan tethering. U need to enable bluetooth pan in its settings for using this feature. One more requirement of "wireless tether" is u should have a custom kernel which supports netfilter. This works great on cm7 rom.
c. WIFI hotspot tethering:
This is the tethering of mobile internet to PC over WIFI. This is present as a default feature in stock froyo. It isn’t there in eclair. If u want to use root only apps “wireless tether” also works here as said above. There is
d. USB TETHERING:
This is included as an inbuilt feature. The only thing is it takes a couple of minutes to establish a connection. Just u need to install htc usb driver or htc sync in the windows pc to make this work (no need of drivers in linux). Pdanet also works great(also need to install desktop version of pdanet to connect). It establishes connection in 15sec. Pdanet desktop version is a 14day full functional trial version. After 14days, the limitation will be, “u cannot access secure websites (websites which require login)". Another application is "easy tether" which also works with limitation (its lite version blocks secure websites). An advantage in using application for usb tethering is, u can use the mobile simultaneously as a disk drive.
e. REVERSE USB TETHERING:
what i mean by that word is, "using the computers internet connection to the phone via usb". U must have root access. There is a process which worked for google nexus one and im just giving the link. Hope it (works or) helps someone to acheive that in wildfire. http://blog.mycila.com/2010/06/reverse-usb-tethering-with-android-22.html#comment-form
f. BLUETOOTH FTP [FILE TRANSFER + STREAMING] :
there is an application called "Bluetooth File Transfer". I recommend this for file transfer and streaming over BT. Actually there are other file managers which transfer files over BT but they limit the file types. This "Bluetooth File Transfer" allows u to access any files in a computer or another device (the things to be accessed depends on BT shared folder on other device). Also it can send any file type to other device. And also, this application allows u to stream the music and video files on the other device. Streaming depends on the file types supported by "Streaming Media Player" and also depends on the BT data transfer rate (around 200KBPS only).
g. FILE SHARING THROUGH WIFI:
There is an app called "File Share" (by Nav Jagpal) which can transfer files using wifi network .There is also a root only app called "Samba Filesharing" with which u can access the memory card of wildfire as a network shared folder in windows pc. Use drag and drop to copy files to and from..... Pls post the result if u have checked these things.
h. CONNECTING TO WIFI AdHoC NETWORK:
U need to have root access to use this. Go with this link for the setup http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8201393&postcount=5
i. BLUETOOTH A2DP (advanced audio distribution profile) :
This distributes the media audio of wildfire to another device, like a bluetooth headset or a bluetooth pc (played through pc speakers) with advanced audio [remember wildfire cannot receive the audio distributed by another device. Wildfire only distributes its media audio]. To use this, just pair (first enable the BT advanced audio feature in PC BT driver and then pair) the devices and then in wildfire, go to BT settings / devices, long press the device name and go to options. Then check the "Media" checkbox and press connect. As it is a dedicated profile, it does not depend on the bitrate of media file. I have used this with 3 simultaneous music players. *** And the same process works with headset profile, where u can have call functions through BT PC with headset profile or a BT heasdset. U need to just check the "Phone Audio" checkbox.
3. SUGGESTING APPS:
Just suggesting some apps with a little info. And donot use many app/task/process managers as they slow down the system.
--"160by2 - Free SMS" is a text sms sending app using mobile internet (in supported countries only).
--"Android Assistant" - has lot of features like quick boost, process manager, cache cleaner, system clean, batch uninstall, file manager, startup manager.
--"APP 2 SD" (by Sam Lu) - lists the apps that can be moved to sd card (by froyo default apps2sd). batch moving
--"AppBrain AppMarket" + "Best AppsMarket" -search apps and filter apps. U need to enable fast web installer.
--"App Protector" - protects ur favourite apps with a password or pattern.
--"Astro File Manager" - has file manager + process manager + app backup.
--"Daily Horoscope" - nice app for horoscope believers only.
--"Dolphin Browser" - available in 3 formats mini, normal, HD. the hd has many addons and is not recommended for slow connections.
--"Dropbox" - online storage of ur personal files in a secure dropbox account.
--"Droid Meter" - displays the data transfer rate (U + D) on the home screen or n the menu.
--"File locker" (by Marcin Wojas) - lock ur personal files with a specific password.
--"Heyzap" - android gaming community.
--"IMDb Movies & TV" - internet movie database.
--"Moon + Reader" - an ebook reader which can read online and offline files. Also downloads ebooks.
--"QR Droid" -an app that decodes qr images. Also has many other functions.
--"Shazam" - what an app..! It hears to the audio from external source and gives the media details (using mobile internet).
--"SMS Backup & Restore" - it backs up (+ restore) the text messages to sd card to be saved as xml format.
--"Swype" - a better and a faster text input method.
--"X-plore" - nice file manager with many inbuilt features.
MEDIA PLAYERS: for playing music, "TTPOD" is an app which has the features of lyrics and album art picture download. For both music and video, u have the players "Real Player" and "Double Twist Player". double twist paid app has the feature of air sync.
Then for playing videos, "Rock Player" will be nice. It has optimised CPU variant versions, so download the arm v6 version from its website. Another player "MoboPlayer" will also be nice, and it has seperate codec support. Wildfire can also play the videos slightly greater than the QVGA resolution (previously it didn't).
USER INTERFACE: If u like sense widgets, then u will be most probably using htc sense. But if u have an idea to keep htc sense aside, then "Launcher Pro" will be the nice option for u right now. It has great features with great performance. great transistion effects, 3D app drawer, scrollable widgets, smoother scrolling, no lag etc.., explore its settings. The other apps u can consider next to it are "ADW Launcher" , "Go Launcher EX" , "Regina 3D Launcher". Have a look at regina 3d launcher once. If wildfire had gpu, then it might be the prefered one.
4. SUGGESTING GAMES:
Wildfire, with no GPU and QVGA resolution makes gaming horrible. However there are games that can be played decently. As there are already threads created, i will not focus much on this. But i will try to make it somewhat better.. LINKS: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824589 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997860
a. LIGHT GAMES: -- "Droid Jump" , "Diamond Islands 2" , "Traffic Jam" , "Yoo Ninja". droid jump is a nice smooth game using sensor (The game ending should be told by the highest scorer).
b. HEAVY GAMES: maybe playable or laggy or unplayable
--"Angry birds" , "Angry birds Seasons" , "Angry birds Rio" -the legendary android games. All of these can now be playable even on stock roms. Their performance is now better than it was before.
--"Asphalt3: street rules": an older version game unavailable in market. somewhat laggy.
--"Armageddon Squadron": too laggy
--"Reckless Racing": - laggy
--"Skyforce" playable
--"Super KO Boxing 2": paid app. needs additional game data to be downloaded to sd card. Playable
--"Wave blazer": too laggy. may expect performance improvements.
c. EMULATOR GAMES: U will be definately more satisfying with emulator games. Only negative point is their controls (even though playable).
-- go to the market and download "Gameboid" , "Nesoid" , "SNesoid" , "Emulator Game List" , "Rom Gripper". Previously, "Rom Gripper" is a freeware in the market. Rom Gripper lists all the game emulator roms and downloads the roms to ur phone. Present rom gripper has issues with downloading roms, so check its reviews before purchasing. The "Emulator Game List" does the same thing as rom gripper except downloading (it just lists the roms). U can alternatively download the roms by googling. The Gameboid , Nesoid , SNesoid are the android game emulator engines which play the emulator roms. There will be many nice and cool emulator games. Im not gonna make a list bcoz, it will be in thousands....
please donot ask/post WAREZ. It is against the forum rules (rule 6).........
AND PLS DONOT FORGET TO LEAVE UR COMMENT.........

Ok done and will be updated regularly.
Due to some limitations, i cant check every application working in the thread. Pls let me know if u find any differences.
And pls donot forget to leave ur comment.....

Good to see all the things at a place. Thanks

My wildfire HBOOT is 1.01.xxxx with S-ON,How can I rooted my device?
It's said can make with XTC clip,where I can find it?
Sorry,newbie in here...tq
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

lumina_1 said:
My wildfire HBOOT is 1.01.xxxx with S-ON,How can I rooted my device?
It's said can make with XTC clip,where I can find it?
Sorry,newbie in here...tq
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Just to make et clear: you can't root your wildfire just using software.
The XTC clip gives you S-off (security-off), wich is ten times better than just root-access, but it is something you must pay for (hardware)..
For unlucking your device with the XTC clip there are three options:
1. google for it and buy one
2. google for somebody in your neighbourhood and ask him if he wants to unluck your device (usualy much cheeper than buying the clip yourself). You can search for those people here on xda forum as well
3. Wait for the so-called XTC CLIP PAY AS YOU GO (PAYG). it is a cheeper solution in where you can use the clip only once and you have to reload by buying credits. This third solution isn't ready for sales yet, but it shouldn't take long.
For more information about the xtc clip payg:
forums.phone-tools.cn/showthread.php/37190
You find more information about rooting and S-off there as well!
Erwin.

Thanks for u advise but I deside to change with another device..
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

lumina_1 said:
Thanks for u advise but I deside to change with another device..
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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Perhaps let HTC know via a customer mail or something like that. They must get more and more signals that they should open up there bootloader, or people will go to other devices.
Good luck with your new phone!

lumina_1 said:
Thanks for u advise but I deside to change with another device..
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
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pls sign the compaign if u r thinking of changing the device for root access.
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1050222

Problem solved with Bluetooth hands-free

Problem: After pairing the phone, I got randomly connect. Almost always not connected, but off and on, linking and unlinking, managed to connect.
Solution:
The problem is the internal application BluetoothPbap.apk which is used to check permissions when transferring contact list from phone to car. For whatever interferes with communication.
The detected when installing the Rom 10.2 DarkyROM Resurrection.
As you can see not install this application and therefore the Bluetooth link to the car I asked for a confirmation of the PBAP (Phone Book Access Profile). And it worked perfectly possible to do all the tests always got a call from the hands-free, which the previous version of ROM 2.3.4 JVQ hung up at the slightest.
Was doing tests add applications to that detected when you install the above confirmation PBAP BluetoothPbap.apk asked to link and from there all errors when calling handsfree.
So I suggest a package in the ROM that ye may have quiteis this application. It's simple:
1 - You have to have the mobile root.
2 - Install the file explorer. Root explorer.
3 - Switch off Bluetooth and reboot.
4 - Launch Root explorer and go to the folder: / system / app.
5 - Click on "Mount R / W" at the top right.
6 - Select the file and move it to BluetoothPbap.apk eg / sdcard (it may erase, but just in case we move it, this way you can undo the change).
7 - If another file BluetoothPbap.odex also move.
8 - We got out and reboot.
Now we can link the mobile to the car and we will not ask for confirmation of PBAP.
Thus this application is not loaded and you will see there is no communication problems.
NOTE: Of course you are sending the list of contacts to the car, but without prompting. Sorry for my English Google.
Thank you all.

also try a simpler fix: alter contacts on the phone so that the display is "phone numbers only" then when the bluetooth connects it gets just the phone numbers it will use