Hi,
I was wondering if anyone uses any other software to do SMS or whether everyone just uses the normal messaging app.
I've found that the standard app doesn't seem to do new lines - so when I get email alerts from Orange, they are all on one line which is hard to read.
Also, if someone calls when my phone is off, Orange sends me an sms alert with the number in. On my old Treo 600, it highlighted the number as a link - when I clicked on it, it popped up a box which allowed me to dial the number - and, if the number was in my contacts, their name appear in the title bar of that box - very useful! - on my M2000, the number just appears as plain text so if I dont know the number then I dont know who it is (you can't search contacts by a number can you??).
Thanks!
--ian
I am desperately seeking this "phone number link in SMS messages" too!
Anybody wanna tackle this one?
-BD
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I've always understood that you could add or change contact fields to accomodate more than 3 email fields. So far I can't seem to figure out how to do that, anyone care to share?
Thanks.
Cyph
I don't think it is possible with Contacts - even Microsoft Outlook supports only 3 email entries.
I wish you could have more than 1 Mobile/Cell Phone number listed for someone. When will M$ change this? Now people do have more than 1 cell phone.
You can use other redundant fields for additional numbers, e.g., I use the Pager field for the 2nd mobile number - not many ppl have a pager where I live these days
i know you can do that, but if you want to text someone, you can only text to numbers listed as mobile (without having to pull up the contact list & manually selecting the number). i type the name of the person i want to text in the "to" field, & only mobile numbers show up when you do that.
Sadly that is a limitation of a lot of the software - they presume you can only text to mobile numbers
I want to text my home number too (where I live you can sms to landlines, provided they have a phone with text capability) but I bypassed the problem using a separate Contacts entry with the home number stored as a mobile number - not convenient I know.
Thanks all.
Someone noted a nice lil work around for convenience, it you add a note to the contact with mailto: in front of it, when you tap on it, it'll launch a new email. Nice.
Cyph
My HTC TP2, WM Prof 6.1 has stopped showing some contact names on phone calls and texts. I think it is only out of area code numbers - although some out of town numbers do show the contact name. I think (sorry for all the "I think") all my area code numbers do show the the contact names. It may have all started when I deleted all my SIM contacts and moved them to Outlook Contacts, or when I turned Touch Flow 3D.
Do I have to add a "1" before the number in my contacts. The incoming out of area code phone numbers do have the "1".
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My HTC TP2, WM Prof 6.1 has stopped showing some contact names on phone calls and texts. I think it is only out of area code numbers - although some out of town numbers do show the contact name. I think (sorry for all the "I think") all my area code numbers do show the the contact names. It may have all started when I deleted all my SIM contacts and moved them to Outlook Contacts, or when I turned Touch Flow 3D.
Do I have to add a "1" before the number in my contacts. The incoming out of area code phone numbers do have the "1".
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easy test... when you get a phone call from someone who you KNOW is in your contact list but its not showing their photo and name etc when they call at the end of the call use the number they called you on and replace it in your phonebook... the next time they call you'll know what has to be different. If when they call it's in a different format or an extra number at the start etc.
That'd be where I would start!
I know on my set up if the number isn't associated with a contact it will ask me if I want to save the number to my phone book or add to an existing contact. If you dont get that pop up then you'll just have to do it manually.
thebrenda said:
My HTC TP2, WM Prof 6.1 has stopped showing some contact names on phone calls and texts. I think it is only out of area code numbers - although some out of town numbers do show the contact name. I think (sorry for all the "I think") all my area code numbers do show the the contact names. It may have all started when I deleted all my SIM contacts and moved them to Outlook Contacts, or when I turned Touch Flow 3D.
Do I have to add a "1" before the number in my contacts. The incoming out of area code phone numbers do have the "1".
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You need to update your profile and signature to tell us more about what carrier you use and what version of ROM your phone has.
I'm on T-Mobile, and a "1" is not required for dialing.
Hi in my country Lebanon ,mobile numbers starts with 03 or 70 or 71 than the 6 digit contact number.. the problem is that my HTC desire doesn't show SMS sender name upon receiving sms sent from senders that starts with 03(local sms), instead showing the sender number.I am having this sender in my contact list. There is no issues while receiving international SMS or senders with phone numbers starting with 70 or 71.
But when the same person calls me, its displaying the caller name correctly.
What would be the reason?
I tried the adding the country code +961 to the contacts, but if i do that, the sms problem disappear BUT call receiving stopped showing caller name - only number is shown.
One thing i noticed is, while receiving SMS, the sender number is preceded by country code(+961) while receiving a call only caller number is there.
a temporary workaround is to add 2 numbers for each contact: when with the country code +961 and another one without it.. but it is frustrating if u have hundreds off contacts
My iphone had the same problem but it was fixed easily by downloading a program "Caller Id fix, i think this is due to the number of digits in the phone number it seems.the device needs minimum 8 digits and it doesn't consider the zero in 03 as a digit!
Any help?
I am in Lebanon too and I have the same problem.
Since we have the (03) area code, the matching fails on it because the phone number would be 1 digit less than the configured matching preset in Android.
This sucks big time. I've read on all forums, and there's no fix. I tried asking in htc-linux chat room, and no one answers We're doomed lol..
I'm on Android 2.2 by the way, and the problem is still there.
Apple fixed this on iPhone it by adding a database of countries and specifying the matching preset for each country. Android = no
Same problem here, there must be a way. Perhaps modifying some XML in Android root?
Same problem here. no solution yet.
Only workaround is to Backup ur google contacts (CSV), edit them in Excel so that you would have 2 numbers for each contact, then re-import into google.
Even with hundreds of contacts it should not take you more than 10 minutes.
Hopefully this would be fixed soon.
i am using handcent sms. it is a good temprorary solution. it shows contact names correctly..
But I would like to see a solution for the built in sms application from htc
ebaak said:
i am using handcent sms. it is a good temprorary solution. it shows contact names correctly..
But I would like to see a solution for the built in sms application from htc
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I agree.............
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I agree.............
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Hi Guys,
Anyone found a solution for this issue. I am on HTC Desire HD and still have the problem.In addition if you store the number as 9613xxxxxx then the name will not be shown when someone calls in.
Apparently it's a problem only with HTC since Samsung Android doesn't have this problem.
Thanks
Are you all on custom software? Have you recently flashed a new ROM??
I had the same issue once, where I hadn't restored Contacts from Titanium properly, so all SMS I received did not show sender ID.
Just a thought...
Hi.
I've been experiencing an annoying bug with Windows Mobile 6.1/6.5:
Whenever an incoming call was answered by my mailbox, a text message is send.
This is how it should more or less look like (translated from German):
Code:
From: Mailbox. You have 1 new message. To listen to your messages call 333.
The weird thing is that WM incorrectly matches the number with one of my contacts. I have a contact (let's name him Adam) with a number like +49176000333. Now all these mailbox notifications are incorrectly tagged as coming from Adam and the message reads
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From: Mailbox. You have 1 new message. To listen to your messages call "Adam, h (+4917600033)".
Please notice: Whereas the message says "From Mailbox" (which is simply part of the text message) the actual sender is said to be Adam!
Why does WM incorrectly match this number (it looks as if any number ending with 333 is incorrectly matched)?
I've tried several things:
First, I created a 'Mailbox' contact with the number 333. Unfortunately this didn't do anything.
Second, I've sent myself text messages including different phone numbers, however I've never managed to get the same result as with the provider-messages above. If I merely send a single number like 333, it is displayed as simple text. If I include a '+' sign and the national prefix number +49333, it is displayed as link and if I click on it, a menu pops up "Verify the number is correct:...".
When I use the number of one of my contacts, the matching is done correctly, let's say I have a contact named Briand with the mobile number +491761234567, and I send myself the text message
Code:
call +491761234567
I get the message
Code:
call Brian, m (+491761234567)
However if I add a 'Mailbox' contact with either the number "+49333" or just "333", it doesn't match the name, I simply get
Code:
call +49333
where +49333 is a clickable link.
What I didn't manage to reproduce is the behavior of the provider messages where the contact matching is wrong (333 matching the number +49176000333 and also (and more important) the sender is incorrectly matched!).
This looks like a both annoying and also very serious WM bug, because this could be used to fake text messages!
Windows mobile does by itself (up to WM6 at least) no number-to-name match for incoming SMS in the SMS itself. There is a software called "intruders SMS fix" that may be in your cooked ROM which is doing this.
Mind that the SENDER of the SMS would be (correctly) matched in the address field of the messages list. It is the text inside the message that is treated as above.
If the Sender is correctly matched in the list, you can:
- either press the "green button" in the SMS list to call the sender
- or when the SMS is open (the sender is already highlighted) press enter to access its contacts record
Thanks for your reply.
tobbbie said:
Windows mobile does by itself (up to WM6 at least) no number-to-name match for incoming SMS in the SMS itself. There is a software called "intruders SMS fix" that may be in your cooked ROM which is doing this.
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Well, I'm using 3VO's latest 6.5 ROM and this software is not listed. I had been using Rickywatt's 6.1 ROM before and had exactly the same problem.
Please notice, that it obviously matches 333 to ANY number ending with 333.
Is there any quick and easy way to get the source of a text message? So I could have a look at the provider messages. This problems reminds me of a typical flaw when comparing database entries with a 'LIKE' parameter.
I guess (just a guess), that the matching works like that:
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input: number n from the text message
output: contact from address book
algorithm:
for each contact c in address book:
if c's number ends with n:
return c
return null
The reason for that matching is obviously that the matching should work, even if no country code or regional code is provided with the number.
Mind that the SENDER of the SMS would be (correctly) matched in the address field of the messages list. It is the text inside the message that is treated as above.
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It SHOULD be like that, but with the above-mentioned provider messages, the SENDER is also matched incorrectly!
Simple but sad - seems like from WM6.1 onwards WM is doing this match by itself (consistently wrong). Try to search the more general fora at XDA to learn about number to name matching in Windows Mobile. Good luck
Since replacing my S7 with an S9, I can no longer tell what number of a contact I am text messaging with. I have several family members and friends/coworkers where I have them as a contact but with both work and home cell phone numbers. There are times when I need to text them on their work phone and times when I need to only text them on their personal cell number. On my S7 I used to be able to see the phone number (or even email address if I was texting an email address for a reminder or something) underneath the contact's name at the top while in that text messaging exchange, but when moving to the S9, it only displays their name at the top. Tapping on the contact name does no good as it just takes me to the contact card for that person and shows me all of their available contact numbers/addresses. Any idea how to clearly/quickly tell which number that text exchange is with (other than by guessing based on the context of the past messages in that exchange?)
This comes in handy for reminders for myself as well. I have several different text strings going with myself to send reminders to my work email, home email, etc. There is no way to easily tell which number or email I am sending a text to unless I'm missing something.
Thanks for any help!
I had to load up Samsung messages to look at that since i used it 2 minutes before i decided i didn't like it. The only way i can see is when you click on the contact's name their number shows with a > besides it. Click on their number and select the number to text. Inside a text i see no way of identifying the number. I see your problem though. My son works in a high security area where he might text me from his business phone but never from his personal phone while there. If he texts me I alway just reply to wherever the txt comes from. So far it's worked but I can see where it may not if he moves from one area to another.
You can tap the phone icon in a text message and it will pull up the dialer and show you which number it is. Like I have my wife's work cell and her personal numbers and I have them designated as mobile and work. Hope that helps.
Probably easier to create a new contact for each number tbh
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Probably easier to create a new contact for each number tbh
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If I have contacts with multiple numbers, I just designate what each number is like I did with my wife. On the S9, if she texts me from her work phone, it doesn't add to the currently ongoing text conversation I have, it is a new text thread.