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Prompt to add contact

Does anyone know of any good app that prompts you after a call to add a contact thats not in the phonebook?

Wow, I think I remember it doing that on my phone, and now it doesn't. Could be when I was using the Dialer One replacement.

Clarkster said:
Wow, I think I remember it doing that on my phone, and now it doesn't. Could be when I was using the Dialer One replacement.
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Yeh, i was using Dialer One too and got accustomed to it but the buttons are too small on Dialer One so i opted to switch back to stock...i saw an app somewhere but the name i dont remember:-$

Both stock (Wysie-modified? I'm using CM) and Dialer One do that.

Anyway to get msl without talking to sprint?

I tried 3 times today with different people and no dice

Call them and act like there's a problem with your voicemail or tell them your not receiving your text messages. They're more then likely give you the MSL code to check and see if everything is in order. Or tell them your msid number is wrong or blank. They will have to give you your MSL to reprogram your phone.
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What do you need the MSL for? I'm not 100% sure what it is used for.
I spoke to a sprint tech and he gave me ##786# and then reset and gave me a 6 digit number. Is that my MSL? The reason I called to speak to sprint was that my phone would say "unknown" when I turned on 4G and would never turn itself on. You can use this excuse if you call them. (The fix to this problem was replacing the phone. Factory reset and re-flashing didn't fix it.)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=689470

that worked got my msl thanks!!!
the reason is i am looking to change my slot index but now i cant find where it is

Nevermind someone beat me to it.

An easier way to get it is the "getprop" command in ADB or the ConnectBot App connecting locally. It clearly shows those 6 magic numbers and tells you that its your msl several lines down.
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Easiest way - get the free MSL reader app from the market!
Though I think it requires root.
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churro7 said:
that worked got my msl thanks!!!
the reason is i am looking to change my slot index but now i cant find where it is
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Slot index is controlled at the tower. No matter what you switch your phone to, the network will override it.

dang it well maybe i dont remember the name correctly
but its the number that controls how often the phone checks in for calls
i remember the hero had it and the pixi

Shauli20 said:
Easiest way - get the free MSL reader app from the market!
Though I think it requires root.
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Does not work on Epic (did not work for me).

pg2k3 said:
An easier way to get it is the "getprop" command in ADB or the ConnectBot App connecting locally. It clearly shows those 6 magic numbers and tells you that its your msl several lines down.
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This is the easiest.

the getprop command in ConnectBot works even without root Pretty easy to identify the msl as the property is called [ril.MSL].

Confirm ConnectBot worked on an unrooted Epic
1. Run ConnectBot
2. From the dropdown on bottom left corner select local if not already selected
3. Use any name
4. Type getprop press Enter
and scroll up a little and there it is, thank you pgk23 and drkgouki

pnptech said:
Confirm ConnectBot worked on an unrooted Epic
1. Run ConnectBot
2. From the dropdown on bottom left corner select local if not already selected
3. Use any name
4. Type getprop press Enter
and scroll up a little and there it is, thank you pgk23 and drkgouki
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Thanks this was easy.

Another easy way is this. You will need another working sprint phone. Yes its kinda long and convoluted but it works. Log into your sprint account online. Find the thing that says I want to...Activate new phone. Turn off both phones. Activate the second phone on the account and let it turn off the first one. I forget what screen it is but after the screen that you have to wait while it's activated, there's going to be programming numbers in there. I think the first field is secondary blah blah. Then under that is one time blah blah. The secondary is your msl. You don't need to program the phone like it says on that screen if the phone is used. If it's brand spankin new, then yes you do. Anyways, the screen after that one is the last screen. Turn on the second phone and let it stay on for a few minutes. Make sure you can make calls and use data. To be on the safe side and not confuse the network because you switch phones like every five minutes, wait like thirty minutes to an hour then turn off the second phone. Now go back and do the same routine with the phone you originally wanted the msl. Don't rush it or you might have to call customer care for real to have them fix your mistakes. There was occasions that the data didn't want to come back on so I had to call them from another phone, but that doesn't happen very often. Just give the network some time to change over to the other phone before you start changing things again.
Getprop didn't work on all the phones I've tried. It worked on moment but I couldn't get it to work or find the number with the evo I think.

pnptech said:
Confirm ConnectBot worked on an unrooted Epic
1. Run ConnectBot
2. From the dropdown on bottom left corner select local if not already selected
3. Use any name
4. Type getprop press Enter
and scroll up a little and there it is, thank you pgk23 and drkgouki
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+1 unrooted Epic

easiest way..:
connectbot
getprop [ril.MSL]
that gives the msl without you having to search for it.

Thanks
Thanks for posting this and the people who supplied the answers, this site and all the people are awesome, now its time for me to switch threads and do the streaming/video fix. Thanks again!

Thanks for the info.

What dialer are you using? Newbie needs some suggestions

Not sure if this changes in 2.2, but the stock dialer is horrid compared to HTC, it isn't the worst thing in the world, but I am surprised there aren't more dialers available. I was wondering what people use for a dialer, do you usually download a 3rd party app? Use a dev-made dialer?
Just have not had this so long, I would love to just hear the responses.
Thanks so much in advance (and can we stick this to 2.1? The dialer may change in 2.2 but I have stuck with 2.1)

Dialer in 2.2 is not any better. In fact it logs your sms as call logs so for somone like me who goes through 6000 ( literary) texts a month it becomes annoying. I'm using "diar one". Its fast and has a lot more cutomization options. Give it a shot. It's free on the market.
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shahin26 said:
Dialer in 2.2 is not any better. In fact it logs your sms as call logs so for somone like me who goes through 6000 ( literary) texts a month it becomes annoying. I'm using "diar one". Its fast and has a lot more cutomization options. Give it a shot. It's free on the market.
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My rom disables this. Can I ask? What don't you guys like about it?
cd's or tapes?

Hi. What rom r u running? I'm on dk28 and my text logs show up in my call logs. I can switch to missed or dialed calls through the setting but that is not the friendliest way. I liked the stock one but since I went to 2.2 the daler anoyed me a bit.
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I am on 2.1 on the Quantum ROM but I am 99% sure it is the stock dialer, maybe colored differently.
What I don't like about it is that when you start typing someone's name in the htc dialer, i.e. you start typing "aro" it will pull up "aron" and other names with "aro" in it or the numbers in it, and you can scroll down through the names.
With this dialer, if you are trying to say call David, you may need to type "DAVID" before it actually shows up because when you hit "D,A,V" you can't scroll through them all, it gives you ONE suggestion.
Maybe it's just personal preference, I just wish I knew how to update the .apk better, a 3rd party sounds a little iffy.

Try FastDialer. It is fast and pretty complex.
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On your stock dialer start typinyg D A V then to the right of where u r typing an arrow should appear (righ above the "3 DEF" button) click that arrow and you should have a list of names that contain D A V or the associated numbers. That's assuming yu have other names or numbers that are similar to D A V. Let me know if it worked. Thx.
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I like "Dialer One" a lot. It's free on the market and has all the features I expect from a good dialer.

ROM or App with a feature to block caller ID for one call only?

On several of the old flip phones I've had, before Android, they had a feature where you could block your caller ID for one call only.
Is that available on custom ROM or app?
It's useful in that normally I let my Caller ID go through when I'm making a call. But occasionally I don't want whom I'm calling to know my number, so I block it. But then many times forget to go through the several step process to unblock it again. On several old pre-Androd phones I had, you could block you ID for one call only, and then it would go back to the previous setting.

Just dial *67 before dialing the number. I think that still works give it a try. Maybe that's just a landline thing not sure. Doesn't hurt to try
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Open up the phone and go into Settings,then scroll down til you see Additional Settings and its in there(not one call tho)(on carbon 1.8)

NerdFurgison said:
Just dial *67 before dialing the number. I think that still works give it a try. Maybe that's just a landline thing not sure. Doesn't hurt to try
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I'll try it again, but in the past, it didn't work from cell phones, which is why I liked the old option from the phones menu. But, perhaps it does work now, which is why I don't see the option anymore..

twogubs said:
Open up the phone and go into Settings,then scroll down til you see Additional Settings and its in there(not one call tho)(on carbon 1.8)
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Thank you. But that's the whole point of the question...so I don't have to go through a 8 step process!

[Q] Soft pauses in phone numbers only work with speaker

Hi all,
I love being able to add pauses to numbers, to enable me to redirect our support telephone at work from anywhere. But there is a snag. This is the number:
0211xxxxxxxxx,**700xxxxx#,#1
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(x is a number, sorry, but wouldn't want anyone to use this)
This worked fine on my old Galaxy S2, with stock rom and with custom rom. On my Galaxy S5 it kind of works.
When I dial it from my contact list it does its thing and seems to stop at the second comma (this is only a guess...), after that the call stops and the redirection is not working.
If I do the same while on speaker, it works as expected.
Now I guess, that no one here will be able to solve my problem from this vague description, but you might have ideas to send me in the right direction. Could it be, that pauses on speaker differ from those not on speaker, for example in length?
Thank you for your ideas
Sven

I used to do the same for making Google voice calls for specific numbers, dial my gv # then pause, then 2, then pause, then dial then number I wanted to call, then press #.
I found on my S5 I had to do three comas before the 2 and two comas after it, or it would not work.
Also, try using the wait option in the "sym" menu
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Hi finndo,
Thank you very much for your enlightening post! I was very surprised when I read about three commas, but I'm definitely going to try
The only thing I can't find is the 'sym' menu, where can I find that?
Thank you very much
Sven
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EDIT: just getting rid of some erroneous words

On the dialer screen in a contact, when adding the phone number, should be in the bottom right, second one up.
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Ah, I see, found it! Thank you for your help finndo ?
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