have read a lot of threads about this issue
when i receive calls, there is no country code in number and some of my contacts are stored with country code included: result : Contact is not recognised
when i receive sms, country code is include in number and some of my contacts are stored without country code and result : Contact not recognised
this is the most stupid issue in android imo and i still haven't found a proper solution for that...... i don't quite understand why there isn't any proper fix (apart saving contact with 2 numbers (one with country code and one without country code) for that till now!
the next most stupid issue in android is sms ordering issue... (i still can't believe that there aren't proper fix for these 2 issues.. i use handscent sms for ordering issue... quite stupid honestly that u need a third party app for that)
It's just you. Works fine for me
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i saw several threads with this problem : all threads are either without answer or there's a workaround (save 2 numbers per contact)... wanted to know if there was a clean way to fix this issue instead of saving 2 numbers per contact(pretty messy)
look how many people has this issue
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4134
no solution on google's site since ages
i am trying my luck here... maybe there's a third party app that fixes it?
No one has a solution. I have installed touchpal dialer and it identify the contacts properly when I look at the call log. Is there a way to use touchpal dialer to handle incoming call screen so that it can identify my contacts properly?
was trying to write an app to fix this issue but realised that on the android emulator, there is no such problem... is it because on my actual phone, i am on htc sense? can someone with htc sense confirm that this issue occurs only on htc sense?
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Hi,
I found a strange little bug with the HTC Sense People app.
I have all my contacts synced from my Google Account but the problem is "Call Mobile" has 44 at the start of the number. Meaning when ever I try make a call it says number not recognised - I think it needs to have +44. When I got into edit contact it has the actual mobile number with 077 etc...
Any suggestions?
I've noticed this, I'm betting the contact you have this problem with is linked to Facebook. If you look at that persons Facebook details I bet they've put a phone number in that starts with 44. There is no way around it unless you can persuade them to change it. It seems that it uses this info over the Google info. The only thing to do is to unlink the contact from Facebook till they sort their number format out.
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I've noticed this, I'm betting the contact you have this problem with is linked to Facebook. If you look at that persons Facebook details I bet they've put a phone number in that starts with 44. There is no way around it unless you can persuade them to change it. It seems that it uses this info over the Google info. The only thing to do is to unlink the contact from Facebook till they sort their number format out.
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Thanks for getting back to me and yes they are synced with Facebook.
I have found a little work around though, when you are in the dialer and have their name highlighted use the optical pad to move left and right and it will choose their other numbers.
Ah! That's interesting to know, although I usually select ppl to call or text via the people app, so it kinda stuffs you that way. Oddly it will work for sending texts but not calling.
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Hey guys,
i just found out that if you change the number (from mobile to work or home or something like that) it sort of fixes it. You still get the wrong facebook number in there but ay least you also get a usable number to call.
Hey,
This has been a problem on my Hero as well. But contacts that sync with Facebook accounts that have the phone number added add the country code without the + symbol and that makes me not able to call the number without changing the number. This is REALLY annoying. I make the mobile number normal in the profile, but when I use the dialer to search for people I keep getting the FB numbers without the +. Is there anyway to fix this?
no one else is having this problem? I had it on my Hero as well!
yeah, i have the same problem, and all of us do... didn't find the solution yet though. Hope someone comes up with a solution...
its ridiculous :/
me too...
+1 for the ridiculous problem, that is.
ok.. here's my problem.. i stored my contacts phone numbers without the country code... i had problems with sms or phone calls.... that i couldn't recognise them when incoming number came with country code...
so i changed all my phone numbers and added the country code... issue with sms has been resolved using handcent sms but for phone calls.. when incoming number is without country code.. it does not recognize it!!! very frustrating!!!
my old SE w700i didn't have this trivial problem
Have you tried saving the incoming call number to the contact (overwrite the existing)?
I recall having the same issue on a .... nokia smartphone. Was a mess. Until I overwrote the existing contact number with the new. Problem solved with both sms and calls.
problem sometimes incoming number comes with country code and sometimes no... i just can't save 2 numbers for each contact.. what a mess... any fix?
Sorry about reviving an old thread, but has this been fixed?
I come from Redux 1.2 ROM. With Stock Desire, was having this issue, but not with Redux. Now I went back to HTC Sense based ROMs: InsertCoin v25 and RCMixHD 1.4 and the problem is back. Now, not even Handcent can see the contact names (it could on stock Desire, where Message app failed)...
Any help on this?
i think it is htc sense doing that... i have just installed cyanogen 7 and does not seem to have this issue. is redux a sense rom? if it is not, then that's surely htc sense which is causing the issue
I think it's HTC Sense too.
Redux was a no-Sense ROM.
i was prefixer to kind of solve this issue.. just add a rule in prefixer to append your country code to each incoming phone number and match it with your contacts... this is the only workaround i have found... but if you can live without sense, go for a senseless rom like cyanogenmod 7(i am using atm) or some other roms
I have flashed this custom ROM onto my new Defy+ as per Walter79s instructions and it is all working fine apart form a few small problems that I haven't been able to find a solution to. I have used search in both Walter79s thread with it's thousands of replies and in the defy forums search and drawn a blank in both.
1. My contacts do not seem to be synced with my SMS, instead of showing a contact it shows a number e.g. +447xxxxxxxxx instead of Boss or Wife or Mother-in-Law!!!. Quite annoying as barely anyone ever signs a text.
2. Any contact (synced from my Blackberry through google sync) who has a photo attached to their gmail account seems to have Chinese characters above their number when viewed in the dialer. Not really an issue just a funny little bug.
3. An aside to this Chinese characters is that when I first installed the ROM a few other things had these characters too. The only one I can remember off the top of my head is the calendar which had the dates both in numbers and Chinese characters. Went away after I reset the location.
Edit: 4. The SMS compose bar is tiny. Is this in anyway adjustable.
I am very new to android but Walter79s MS2Ginger installation guide and Zephyrot's All-in-One have got me through rooting annd flashing on my first custom ROM. Just hope that an ICS/CM9 stable ROM isn't too far away.
Thanks.
I have been searching high and low for this issue and it appears not to be uncommon but with out any definitive fix. I have played around with a number of things, changing all the 07s to +447s just meant that SMS contacts were recognised but callers were not. I also tried a couple of prefix apps, these did work but only showed you the caller in a 3rd party bubble not on the main display. Tried setting IP prefix to 0044 but this made no difference as I believe it is for outgoing calls only. I haven't managed to find a fix for it but there does seem to be a couple of work arounds.
1. You can double up on all your contacts e.g. have both 07123456789 and +447123456789 listed under the same contact. A right pain with so many numbers. Also tried exporting and "find and replace" 07 with +44, this lead to some interesting numbers where the 07 was in the middle!
2. Live with the prefixer app so you can see who is calling and SMS contacts. OK but not great for missed calls or call logs to clients or colleagues.
3. Live with it or go back to the original Defy+ ROM. Rather not as that MotoBlur thing got right on my wick.
Any ideas would be gratefully received.
Ta
Update: Using my Sherlock Holmes like powers of deduction I have managed to find the source of this problem. My contacts book only appears to be using a max of 11 digits to identify numbers. It will recognise 07xxxxxxxxx but not +447xxxxxxxxx. However if I change the number that is saved to 47xxxxxxxxx the contact is recognised. I'm going to try re-flashing the ROM to see if it's just an error that occurred during instillation. If this doesn't work I will try a different ROM.
I am wondering whether my baseband setting might have any connection to this? It is currently EPU93_U_00.60.00 but there are several UK specific options in my baseband selector. None for my provider (Vodaphone) so I am a bit cautious of changing this.
Once again any ideas would be gratefully received.
Flashed MS2Ginger2.1 with deblur patch. Working great. Thanks Walter79! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1140839
Ok So My Major Problem In Sense Is The Contacts. After using the phone for a day or two my contact name doesnt appear in messages, just the number appears but when i go to people the name of the contact appears. so What must Be The problem when contact number appear instead of their names?
ps its fixed after a reboot but will come again after
This is a known issue, nothing you can really do. Other have suggested using a 3rd party messaging app like gosms. So you can try that if you want