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Contact Name not showing for Phone Calls - sometimes

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".

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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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.

[Q] How do i take down a number during a call?

Had this problem with my hero as well.
How do you take a number down if you are on a call?
ie if on a call asking for a number from the other person how do you write it down and use it for next call?
On nokias, the number you input stays after you hang up, so you can call, save etc.. But on Android, when you hang up the number you input disappears too!
AM i missing a way to do it (short of saving it to contacts (which i might not want to do), or dialling and hanging up)?

you can tap the number you enter which will dial the number you entered followed by immediately ending the call which will store it in your call history and return you to the original call all in about 2 secs. Not exactly elegant but works.

thats pretty much what i do, but its so silly to do it that way I thought ther MUST be a better way. I mean its not exactly a rare or unusual feature to need, is it? ;-)

I normally use a pen......Have done for a while now and it never fails

This applies to the stock dialer - don't know if it works like this on Sense.
Press Add Call, enter the digits. Now long-press the entered number. Select cut or copy. Then back button to cancel Add Call. After the call is over you can paste it back into the dialer the same way or into a contact.

Just tried, didnt work, no long press, any press just dials the number...
Now you've reminded me of another question:
The software usuuuaaaallly recognises number formats in emails or texts, and hyperlinks them to the dialer. HOWEVER Ive never been able to PASTE a number (copied from somehwere that the software didnt recognise as a number) into the sense dialer. Anyone can confirm this is not possible?

I'm unable to paste too on FroYo.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Ah, well it was worth a shot. I haven't spent more than a few minutes on a Sense phone so I'm not so well-acquainted with how the dialer works. I can confirm that the stock dialer of both Milestone's Eclair and N1's Froyo has an editable text field, in which one can long-press to get the "Edit Text" popup.
Can a Sense Android use an alternate dialer app?

there are thousands of notes apps thats what there for lol i think even htc has a notes widget for sence (i cant remember) neway yeah use your apps

There is an app which specifically does what you want. It's called Number Saver and it shows up in the notification bar whenever you make a call.

cool, will check it out!
Always weird that someone has to come up with an app for some function that should have been there to begin with, oh well!

Problem with Smart Dialing, disappearing contacts... Please HELP!! (not a n00b)

Hey, everyone,
I've got a prob with Smart Dialing on my CDMA Rhodium running a stock WM6.5 ROM. Okay, here we go...
Whenever I delete a call entry of a contact from the Call History, Smart Dialing no longer works for that name. If, however, I manually dial any of the contacts numbers, the call dialog displays the contact name, and from that point on, the entry's returned. Soft resetting does not return the contacts, only manual dialing.
It seems pretty random, but it's a real pain in the @$$. Has anyone had this problem, and if so... HEEELP!!

[Q] pause and # on dialed digits from contacts

Hi,
I have to dial several conference calls during the day and what I used to do my Samsung galaxy was to add the full dialing strings to get into the conference call without having to send any extra keys after I pleced the call. I had on my contacts the following
888888888,#,78878787#
and it would dial the number, wait 2 seconds, send the #, wait 2 more seconds and then send 78878787#
It worked like a charm, but now on my new LG optimus G pro when I dialed the same contact what I see being sent is.
888888888,78878787
so it seems it is dropping the first #, the second pause and the last #
I found that I can replace the , by ;, but this way I have to press the ok button to send the other digits, when before by just dialing the contact I would get into the call without any other intervention.
Any help is appreciated.
Would this be caused by the dialer or by the contacts app and how can I get the Samsung dialer or contacts app on the LG (if possible)?

Can't recieve calls from 2 people.

So I am running bliss rom Marshmellow I looked at blocklist setting and its empty so I assume its not my end. they are both with wind mobile but every time they phone me it goes straight to voicemail I am with virgin mobile.
So after a week of this happening I phoned virgin they claim its winds problem so they were going to run some tests wind says nothing wrong on there end Ps I do not use any sorta blacklisting app.
The funny thing is I can phone them no problem. and I can recieve calls from anyone except my parents who like I said use wind. It makes no sense to me.
They have tried leaving voicemails to but I don't get them with virgin mobile. Yet I do get every voicemail from everyone else who phones me.
So virgin phoned me back and now claims its an issue with wind...
Device: Z00A

Go to the Contacts app, to the relevant contacts. Press the 3 dots button on the top, and make sure that "All calls to voicemail" isn't checked by mistake. This is a different settings from the Blacklist.

BobboVilla said:
Go to the Contacts app, to the relevant contacts. Press the 3 dots button on the top, and make sure that "All calls to voicemail" isn't checked by mistake. This is a different settings from the Blacklist.
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Hello thanks for the response I have looked at that already and it is not checkmarked for both contacts so I am not sure what's going on... Wind claims its not there end and so does virgin.

I'm sorry, I don't have any other ideas. Maybe you installed some kind of antivirus app, and it has a blacklist feature?