Hey there,
Long time Android user but first time Samsung owner. USA, 950U. My Samsung dialer seems to have an issue where since I store everyone's numbers as 10 digits including the area code, sometimes when I try to call my friend, it'll take their whole number and try to call +1234567890 instead of (123) 456-7890... which results in a "we're sorry this international number doesn't exist". It looks like the dialer thinks it's two identical contacts, so they show up separately on the recents call list. What's up with this? I tried to look at the contact info and see if there were duplicate numbers, but there aren't. Am I doing something funky?
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They are coming up when I start to text someone and their name and number start to list in a "predictive" area, not sure of its real name
In this number I gave you, obviously the x's are the numbers and the ?'s DO show up between the numbers
I was thinking it was the SIM card number, but it just happened the last day or so, and I have been confused with some contact prolems, AND I am a total 'newb.'
My second question,..might this have something to do with this.
This is specifically related to the Samsung Vibrant. So if you are unfamiliar,please, feel free to ignore and move on
But with the phone, with the Samsung widget, Buddy ?, It is a square or ferris wheel type widget, I can select a contact put on it I can message or call them. BUT, Origininally I thought it was the FIRST number put on the widget if the person had more than a mobile number. But when I moved a couple of contacts mobile numbers first and I messaged them, and I got their HOME number, I knew that something waa up.
Might you know what that is?
AND might it hahve something to do with the number xxx?xxx?xxxxx or the SIM card numbers
Thanks a whole lot.
I am not as technical as a lot of you. It is greatly appreciated.
Quite honestly, I have no idea what you just said.
ETA: I think I figure out what your second question is. When you open a contact, press Menu > Mark As Default and select the number you want to be the default.
Never had/heard if this issue...personally if go to Tmobile and ask them what's up, maybe its your phone specific, maybe you somehow have another country's format, doesn't sound malicious or any thing though so I wouldn't worry too much.
On a Vibrant, using this app-thingy
i think he's saying his contacts are listed as 123?456?7890
Yeah, that's pretty much it. I think it may have something to do with SIM card format. It happened right after I sent my numbers to the SIM card yesterday
Just as it says a format for a phone number, where ?'s are placed in between
Thanks
Just received my Nexus 4 today. SMS messages from some of my contacts are not showing up their names, instead just showing the number.
I'm sure I had this bug in 4.0.3 on my Nexus S but was resolved with 4.0.4.
It seems to be where I have contacts saved without the country code, but the SMS receives the number including the country code. What is odd though is that I can click the generic avatar next to the message and it does show me the correct contact details.
Anyone else suffering this issue?
i have contacts without country codes and sms is working fine
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xdatastic said:
Just received my Nexus 4 today. SMS messages from some of my contacts are not showing up their names, instead just showing the number.
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No issues here with the described problem, could it be that you have these specific contacts or numbers double in your address book ?
I have had a similar scenario once before on my Sensation and this was the conclusion ; if the contact and/or number occurs more than once in the address book then logically the phone does not know which one to display and will display none.
Hope this might help ! Good luck !
Same problem here, contact has two cell phones. Work cell doesn't show the name in messages or group messages.
fahadmp said:
Same problem here, contact has two cell phones. Work cell doesn't show the name in messages or group messages.
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Yeah same issues here.
I have most of my contacts in the phone with a leading zero (ie 0424 xxx xxx), instead of with the leading country code (ie +61424 xxx xxx, +61 being Australia).
When people call me, Telstra shows their numbers generally with the leading zero, however in text messages they come through with the leading country code. The phone doesnt seem to understand the country code, and so treats the two numbers as being different, even though they are the same number expressed differently. Quite frustrating!
Googling it seems to bring back a few hits with people having the issue, but I cant find any resolution?
grimreaper2 said:
Yeah same issues here.
I have most of my contacts in the phone with a leading zero (ie 0424 xxx xxx), instead of with the leading country code (ie +61424 xxx xxx, +61 being Australia).
When people call me, Telstra shows their numbers generally with the leading zero, however in text messages they come through with the leading country code. The phone doesnt seem to understand the country code, and so treats the two numbers as being different, even though they are the same number expressed differently. Quite frustrating!
Googling it seems to bring back a few hits with people having the issue, but I cant find any resolution?
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Same issue here.
hi Android Community,
i am just about to reorganize my phonebook, i have used different methods of saving numbers to my phonebook e.g. for germany 004996122222 for person xyz, 0049 stands for country code 961 stands for area code and 22222 stands for the landline, usually Android displays incoming calls like this area code "space" and landline number, it also displays the city where the area code belongs too e.g. waidhaus which is near my hometown.
i still have misc problems the way android formats these numbers. still no problems calling contacts, but one issue was when i type the phone number manually android only suggests me the phone number of one specific person i have in my phonebook either i type in this persons phone number or another persons phone number (manually!!) this is way of wrong.
it displays me this persons name either it is this persons number or any other. i have had this bug years ago with my first htc desire still preserving; it started when beginning saving phone numbers the lol way e.g. 004996122222 where it was not necessary to save it this way unless you are in holidays abroad
due to different formatting of phone numbers from persons around the globe because of the int code &the different way of handling of the leading zero according the country you call to i still have issues, i know there is a way you can edit phone nr in google contacts (gmail) so that it can be updated with next sync. but that did not helped me, still issues from what i have written above
is there a app available that removes this bug of only displaying this one persons contact either i type in his number or anyone else, i think it is because of googles data collection rage and/or my sold htc desirewhich may have had a bug in htc sense and the availability of updates for this device (now i have sgs3 and cm whatever version i dont know and have no issues atm)
or maybe it was because of my mistake setting the phone number the proper way, i think there is no wrong in setting the phone number the way +1NewYorkCityAreaCodeBureauofPersonXYZ but i did probably made a mistake in doing this way making it difficult to reorganize my phonebook.
the problem with this has nothing to do with outgoing calls as there are no problems when typing 004996122222 it always works well (destination germany either i am in germany or abroad), but when a incoming call comes from a saved contact i suggest that it would properly display the orign of the call (only as it is with landline numbers either it is within a country or abroad but no mobile numbers as there are limitations to this),
i wonder if anybody can tell me if there is a builtin library in Android that handles this task i would appreciate your answers to this topic even if i could have written a book on this topic,
wishing you can be indulgent too on my write rage even if it could be explained a smarter way, if you have questions feel free to ask.
thegrayrace said:
hi Android Community,
i am just about to reorganize my phonebook, i have used different methods of saving numbers to my phonebook e.g. for germany 004996122222 for person xyz, 0049 stands for country code 961 stands for area code and 22222 stands for the landline, usually Android displays incoming calls like this area code "space" and landline number, it also displays the city where the area code belongs too e.g. waidhaus which is near my hometown.
i still have misc problems the way android formats these numbers. still no problems calling contacts, but one issue was when i type the phone number manually android only suggests me the phone number of one specific person i have in my phonebook either i type in this persons phone number or another persons phone number (manually!!) this is way of wrong.
it displays me this persons name either it is this persons number or any other. i have had this bug years ago with my first htc desire still preserving; it started when beginning saving phone numbers the lol way e.g. 004996122222 where it was not necessary to save it this way unless you are in holidays abroad
due to different formatting of phone numbers from persons around the globe because of the int code &the different way of handling of the leading zero according the country you call to i still have issues, i know there is a way you can edit phone nr in google contacts (gmail) so that it can be updated with next sync. but that did not helped me, still issues from what i have written above
is there a app available that removes this bug of only displaying this one persons contact either i type in his number or anyone else, i think it is because of googles data collection rage and/or my sold htc desirewhich may have had a bug in htc sense and the availability of updates for this device (now i have sgs3 and cm whatever version i dont know and have no issues atm)
or maybe it was because of my mistake setting the phone number the proper way, i think there is no wrong in setting the phone number the way +1NewYorkCityAreaCodeBureauofPersonXYZ but i did probably made a mistake in doing this way making it difficult to reorganize my phonebook.
the problem with this has nothing to do with outgoing calls as there are no problems when typing 004996122222 it always works well (destination germany either i am in germany or abroad), but when a incoming call comes from a saved contact i suggest that it would properly display the orign of the call (only as it is with landline numbers either it is within a country or abroad but no mobile numbers as there are limitations to this),
i wonder if anybody can tell me if there is a builtin library in Android that handles this task i would appreciate your answers to this topic even if i could have written a book on this topic,
wishing you can be indulgent too on my write rage even if it could be explained a smarter way, if you have questions feel free to ask.
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hi Android Community,
i googled around some keywords regarding my topic and found a way it could be solved
here it goes
contacts+formatter+android in google search box
i ll give it a try, many thanks even no answer
bye bye
Just switched my VZW G5 from VZ to ATT (unlocked, non dev)
I'm noticing my synced google contacts don't show up when I get a call.
When I call them, it works, the phone app shows their name and number, but when they call me, I just see the number even though that number is in my contact list.
I have noticed when I call out, the contact number is displayed with the country code ( 1 ) and the 1 isnt there when I get a call. Could that be it?
joebarkho said:
Just switched my VZW G5 from VZ to ATT (unlocked, non dev)
I'm noticing my synced google contacts don't show up when I get a call.
When I call them, it works, the phone app shows their name and number, but when they call me, I just see the number even though that number is in my contact list.
I have noticed when I call out, the contact number is displayed with the country code ( 1 ) and the 1 isnt there when I get a call. Could that be it?
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I believe that is your problem. I had to change my numbers to 9 digit instead of 6. (area code) 123-4567 if any are not the 9 digit format they only show up as a number with no name.
All my numbers stored have area codes. Another weird issue: when i call people back from the recents tab of the phone app, i get a busy signal or an error for making an international call, when its my area code.. I look at the number dialed and its just the same number with a space between the first and second digit, altering the number.
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Same issues here - Verizon S6 (G920V) on AT&T, ever find a solution?
So my girl has a few guys in her frequently contacted log and she claims she hasn't talked to them! Is it possible that a contact be on that list and she not have talked to them? Also how recent is the log and how many times would one contact a person in order for them to appear on the frequently contacted list? Please let me know I feel like she is lying to me!
The contact log basically just keep track of incoming , outgoing or missed call ...
So there's no chances of phone number appearing there without without you knowing. ...
However if it was someone spoofing your phone number , it would not have been logged
And If you reach out to a person multiple time over a specific amount of time they will be listed in your frequently contacted.
However If they reach out to you they won't be listed until you reply to them or otherwise make an attempt to reach them. :highfive:
HoW long do the numbers stay in frequently contacted log?
cincyfella513 said:
HoW long do the numbers stay in frequently contacted log?
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As long as you don't remove them
guys my life is on the line here, my wife thinks im cheating on her as there is a number of gurl in my frequently contacted list, my devise is samsung s dous grand, i didnt call this number at all, but the same number called me few times but i didnt take the call, its showing in my list at the bottom,
while at the same time there is many number that i call and many number that they call me are not showing in the list, PLZ GUYS i need clear answer about the mechanism of this **** list
mohm84 said:
guys my life is on the line here, my wife thinks im cheating on her as there is a number of gurl in my frequently contacted list, my devise is samsung s dous grand, i didnt call this number at all, but the same number called me few times but i didnt take the call, its showing in my list at the bottom,
while at the same time there is many number that i call and many number that they call me are not showing in the list, PLZ GUYS i need clear answer about the mechanism of this **** list
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The list only shows all incoming and out going calls even if you didn't answer all calls are there as long as you din't remove them
If there is a number call you and you don't want him to call you or even if not show in this list , block his/her number