choosing which contact info gets displayed in phone - Desire General

my gf has two entries in my phone book; her name, and also ICE (in case of emergency). but whenever I get a call it comes up as ice,. is there a way to control this behaviour?
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Go to your gf's contact with both numbers displayed, press and hold the one you want as the default number. When the option menu comes up select 'set as primary number' option.
That should work.
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ah, no, other way round. Same number, two contacts. ice always comes up but I want her to come up instead.
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patp said:
ah, no, other way round. Same number, two contacts. ice always comes up but I want her to come up instead.
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I had this too - does her the first letter of her name start after "I"? You might be able to change her name to "A"+ her name ???

MadMic said:
I had this too - does her the first letter of her name start after "I"? You might be able to change her name to "A"+ her name ???
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No, her name begins with A already! For some reason ICE always wins.

patp said:
No, her name begins with A already! For some reason ICE always wins.
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weird! Is ICE all in caps? Try changing it to lower case???

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Strange status bar icon

Hey all.
Out of nowhere this strange icon appeared, and stayed there for about 20 mins never to be seen again. I've never seen it anywhere before.
Anyone know what it is?
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Could it be:
- call hold (my moneys on this)
- flight mode
ozy944 said:
Could it be:
- call hold (my moneys on this)
- flight mode
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Flight mode - plane mode? That dissables signal totally, and I had signal. As for the call on hold, that'd be on the left of the status bar. This was a permanent icon amongst the right side.
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Let me have a stab at this...
I think it's the icon denoting your phone microphone is mute.
To test, make a call and then tap on the mute button. See if the mysterious icon appears...
To me it looks like 'Phone is bricked' ... but that would make no sense
streetdaddy said:
To me it looks like 'Phone is bricked' ... but that would make no sense
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LOL. That would be a great black icon all across the screen.
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Ask the person who made the theme, might be a replacement for something else...
I have passed this thread to a few people on the VillainRom IRC channel and most seem to think its related to "call barring" or a similar feature.
Thats icon for TTY-telephone typewriter mode
SPARXX1981 said:
Thats icon for TTY-telephone typewriter mode
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Which is??
EddyOS said:
Which is??
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aka text phone.
For deaf and or mute people.
Didn't know our phones could do this... can they?
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streetdaddy said:
To me it looks like 'Phone is bricked' ... but that would make no sense
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Simple way to tell me
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mercianary said:
aka text phone.
For deaf and or mute people.
Didn't know our phones could do this... can they?
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How on earth would I have started that? My phone was left in my pocket. Max of 5 mins of sitting in the car before I checked and that was there.
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Frustration when selecting contacts

When in the dialer and I enter the first few letters of someone's name, it sometimes only allows me to only select the default number, it does not give me the option to select other numbers for the specified contact. Is there a way to fix this or am I missing something?
Thanks.
what rom and theme are you using?
I think that's a touchwiz thing to be honest. I can't say for sure though. The only way I've been able to go around it is by hitting the 'contacts' button towards the top of the dialer or to go into the actual contacts 'app' and choose from there.
Jm, having u tried doing that right from ur contacts instead of the dialer?
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androidmaster1 said:
Jm, having u tried doing that right from ur contacts instead of the dialer?
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That's not his question. It works from contacts.
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Yes, I know it works from contacts.
I am currently on RandomRom Thunderhawk 3.3 but I do not think it is ROM related as I have experienced it with other roms.
Ok..I'm going to try what u did with the rom I'm on and see what happens...
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the weird thing is that it does not happen all the time, sometimes it gives me a choice and other times it does not
Ok, I tried it. Press the letters of the contact, u will have a little arrow next to the contact, press the arrow, it will bring up that contact on a small separate window. Press the number again and it should display the other numbers for that specific contact. If there is only one number, that's all its going to show as the end result.
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androidmaster1 said:
Ok, I tried it. Press the letters of the contact, u will have a little arrow next to the contact, press the arrow, it will bring up that contact on a small separate window. Press the number again and it should display the other numbers for that specific contact. If there is only one number, that's all its going to show as the end result.
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Ok, just to clarify.. my issue is choosing numbers belonging the same contact
When you start typing name, if you select contact before hitting drop down arrow it will only match the default number. To choose non default number you must hit arrow before tapping the contact if it is the 1st result.
Thanks.
jmsnyc said:
Ok, just to clarify.. my issue is choosing numbers belonging the same contact
When you start typing name, if you select contact before hitting drop down arrow it will only match the default number. To choose non default number you must hit arrow before tapping the contact if it is the 1st result.
Thanks.
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Perhaps clear the defaults for the contacts in question. Setting one number for a contact as a default is likely causing your dialer to DEFAULT to that number. For contacts without a default number the dialer will ask you which number to use.
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That's why I stated the particular method.
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Select text onscreen

I was going through my mails and I wanted to copy some part of mail to send it as sms.. I found that I couldn't do it by pressing screen for long. It used to be so on my earlier phone note 2 but I am not sure if the feature doesn't exist or is it that I am not aware of it..
So anyone encountered similar problem??
Is there any workaround or built in feature for the same???
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It works for me in email and any other area with text available for selection. Long press will give you the ability to move the selections "controls" around how much text you want to select. Once selected, a few icons will pop-up (I know one is for Copy and another is for Find)
For email it is working after pressing for sometime but let's say you want to copy the phone no. from the contacts..you go to edit and try the same and it won't work
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Hmm for me a simple 2 second long press on the phone number itself( after pressing edit as you mention) results in a pop-up with a selection to copy
akshayjangra said:
For email it is working after pressing for sometime but let's say you want to copy the phone no. from the contacts..you go to edit and try the same and it won't work
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for me long click doesnt work as usual, I need to double tap on the text!! try it! It works every time!
Rob1972 said:
for me long click doesnt work as usual, I need to double tap on the text!! try it! It works every time!
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Same here, takes me a while to figure this out...

One thing abut the dialer that bothers me....

Is how I need to put in the area code before it will bring up contacts. Is there a way to auto populate the area code so I don't always have to???
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You could just type their name?
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The main thing that bothers me with the phone app is that you can't set which tab it opens when you open the app. I like going to my contact list first bc it has my favorites up top.
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thepolishguy said:
You could just type their name?
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I could....but typing a persons name on the dialpad isn't exactly easy in a pinch.
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mpetruzz said:
I could....but typing a persons name on the dialpad isn't exactly easy in a pinch.
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For me its easier than typing their number because I don't have anyone's phone numbers memorized anymore. Lulz.
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sanders539 said:
The main thing that bothers me with the phone app is that you can't set which tab it opens when you open the app. I like going to my contact list first bc it has my favorites up top.
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you could just press the contacts app..... rather than the phone?
andybones said:
you could just press the contacts app..... rather than the phone?
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True. I guess I just got so used to AOSP on the Rezound, going back to sense is just weird. I would love to run Infection or Tron on this phone!
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sanders539 said:
True. I guess I just got so used to AOSP on the Rezound, going back to sense is just weird. I would love to run Infection or Tron on this phone!
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Agreed about aosp. I've been running that and I'm used to it.
Guess I can always use a different dialer app.
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After using the S4 for a bit. This dialer/contacts/people app is a godsend!
I installed exdialer and its pretty cool. I like the stock phone app but just hate having the always type the area code in before it will recommend contacts.
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mpetruzz said:
Is how I need to put in the area code before it will bring up contacts. Is there a way to auto populate the area code so I don't always have to???
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Don't you always dial area code anyways? Been that way for about 15 years for me lol. Then again I do suppose each area of the country is different.
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cstrife999 said:
Don't you always dial area code anyways? Been that way for about 15 years for me lol. Then again I do suppose each area of the country is different.
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On the aosp dialer and even the s4 dialer you can start to key in the phone number and matching contacts pull up.
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On the aosp dialer and even the s4 dialer you can start to key in the phone number and matching contacts pull up.
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Maybe your dialer is messed up then. Mine starts pulling contacts while typing in number. Or maybe I'm just not understanding.
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The thing that bothers me is when I start typing in a contact's name or number, it only gives me one contact at a time at the top of the list, with a little box to the left of the input area with the rest of the matches.
Coming from the HTC Incredible, it used to show multiple suggestions at the top of the list.
I played with a ONE in Costco a couple days before I received mine in the mail and it had multiple contacts (though none had pics) up top.
Anyone know how to configure it that way? I've been trying to figure it out
I installed exdialer and its sweet!!
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Speed dial problem.

On my wife's HTC one can, this doesn't work.
So everyone understand me, I'm thinking on the thing when you dial for instance 627 for Mark or 23 for Adam.
How to turn this on?
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Its turned by default :S There is nothing about that in settings..And it works for me..
Not working here
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Are you running stock rom? Try with cleaning cache of Phone app..Im running stock too and it's working.. (ss)
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Cleared cashe and still nothing
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Well only thing that is left factory reset :/
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Seems like it... Thanks...
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Nuuq said:
On my wife's HTC one can, this doesn't work.
So everyone understand me, I'm thinking on the thing when you dial for instance 627 for Mark or 23 for Adam.
How to turn this on?
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When you are in dialer press number you want to assign speed dial and hold you will see menu to assign the number you want!
Thant said:
When you are in dialer press number you want to assign speed dial and hold you will see menu to assign the number you want!
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I know that. But that's a lot of work. Would like simple out of box smart dialer...
Nuuq said:
I know that. But that's a lot of work. Would like simple out of box smart dialer...
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The other way is like on picture on @big noob press on numbers and there where you see 32 matches just press there and you will see the name matches with the pressed letters
Thant said:
The other way is like on picture on @big noob press on numbers and there where you see 32 matches just press there and you will see the name matches with the pressed letters
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Mr Thant, that's the issue. I don't have that. That's what don't work, and I can't make it work.
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Nuuq said:
Mr Thant, that's the issue. I don't have that. That's what don't work, and I can't make it work.
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Are you on stock Rom the speed dial is different in the 4.1 and 4.2 and if you are on stock rom it is impossible to miss. try factory reset if you are on stock and not rooted or clear cache and davik cache if you are rooted. or go in settings\apps\all and found Dialer and clear data and cache on dialer
Thant said:
Are you on stock Rom the speed dial is different in the 4.1 and 4.2 and if you are on stock rom it is impossible to miss. try factory reset if you are on stock and not rooted or clear cache and davik cache if you are rooted. or go in settings\apps\all and found Dialer and clear data and cache on dialer
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Seems that I'll have to do factory reset... That's the last thing cause I'm unrooted, and don't want to delete all sms and stuff... It is there a way to backup this on htc??? Thanks for help though.
Yes try the app called helium.
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Thant said:
The other way is like on picture on @big noob press on numbers and there where you see 32 matches just press there and you will see the name matches with the pressed letters
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That's cause i press only 3 buttons..for HTC..And there is 32 contacts that have that 3 letters..
big noob said:
That's cause i press only 3 buttons..for HTC..And there is 32 contacts that have that 3 letters..
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Yes I know this I just mention where to press to see the mach name
Fixed. HTC sense keyboard was disabled. Thanks all.
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