Just wondering if anyone knows how to fix this:- I have the phone numbers input in my contact list in this way - 8765 4321. Whenever I make a call, either directly from the contact list, or by inputting the phone number using the phone keys, the phone number display automatically changes to (876) 54-321. When I have incoming calls, caller ID also shows (876) 54-321. I know it does the job (of making phone calls) but it's a bit annoying to have the numbers displayed like that. Thanks
try going to regional settings, then choose your country, or any other country except usa... Hope this helps!
mangal said:
try going to regional settings, then choose your country, or any other country except usa... Hope this helps!
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thanks for your suggestion, I've selected Hong Kong in regional settings and it works ok now.
Hi! My mom just bought a HTC Wildire S and she is very happy with it but she is having one problem with it. All her contacts are saved on her google account and linked to facebook. But when some contact calls the phone always shows Unknown.
I think the problem is that all her contacts are saved with "+354" in front of the phonenumber but when the contact calls it doesnt display the "+354" part, just the phone number. I have an Desire and my contacts are set up in the same way and work perfectly. Any ideas how I can fix this?
Its a common error. I have it on my wildfire s too. Think the problem started from android 2.3 but it happens in certain countries only. This is what HTC support told me.. The solution is either add a number twice for the same contact. Once with the country code and other one without.
You may also get a software called prefixer from the market. it will add the country code to incoming calls and the contact name will show after proper configuration.
My freind just bought a Galaxy nexus, he had a nokia phone and I told him to sync his contact with google to get them on his GN. everything thing went well and all of his contacts now shows in pepoles app in the phone.
when he recives a call the name will be displayed in the caller ID and in the miss call notification bar but not in the call log. all incoming, outgoing and miss call in the call log don't show names only numbers but in the contact list it shows all of his contacts. any ideas? suggesions?
I have the same problem even though my previous phone was Nexus One!
Solution
I found a work around the problem that I've read somewhere but i can't remember. Basically add to your contact's phone number the international key +1, +2, +44 etc. It's long an painful but it can't be helped .
Gale6 said:
I found a work around the problem that I've read somewhere but i can't remember. Basically add to your contact's phone number the international key +1, +2, +44 etc. It's long an painful but it can't be helped .
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Thanks for the trick, it would take him sometime to edite 500+ numbers but it does the job
Akarim47 said:
Thanks for the trick, it would take him sometime to edite 500+ numbers but it does the job
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search the market. there are apps that can do this for you
Gale6 said:
I found a work around the problem that I've read somewhere but i can't remember. Basically add to your contact's phone number the international key +1, +2, +44 etc. It's long an painful but it can't be helped .
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Close but no cigar...
I live in Argentina and all my previous android phones used to work fine (caller id contact name was displayed) even if you used the international dialing prefix for Argentina mobile phones + 54 9 XXXXXXXXXX.
After getting my GN i found that contact names would not be recognized unless i take the "9" out of each number, which is inconvenient if you travel a lot overseas and you need to call back.
Is there any way to set the maximum digits that Android matches to a contact phone number ??
I was having this exact same problem and changing the code to (+44) (UK) did not work. I have searched long and hard as to why this is happening and I don't know. It is not due to the fact is not at +44 because sometimes the contact name will display and other times it won't. Is no-one else having this issue? It happens for the Messaging too! Gets quite annoying after a bit
I have same problem
I got an Irish Galaxy Nexus a couple of weeks ago (my 1st smartphone and 1st Android).
All my numbers are saved in international format, ie. southern Ireland numbers like 0861234567 are stored as +353861234567 and UK numbers like 07845123456 are stored as +447845123456.
The problem arises when someone rings me and their number shows in non international format - it doesn't show the persons name from contacts.
This was never a problem with any phone I had previously - any ideas?
Please see http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=24026. There's no solutions yet, though.
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Gale6 said:
I found a work around the problem that I've read somewhere but i can't remember. Basically add to your contact's phone number the international key +1, +2, +44 etc. It's long an painful but it can't be helped .
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That doesn't work for me, I always have saved my numbers in international format but this just seems to be a bug with how the nexus matches numbers with contacts.
All previous phones (non smartphones) I have owned have not had problems like this, I think all they used to do was.match the last 7 digits of the number against the contacts.
HI all
im having a problem on my m8 tmobile.
i got it in the US and im using it in another country - all works good except one thing.
lets say i have a contact saved in my address book as DAVE and his phone number is 12345678
when Dave calls me i see his name on the screen - all ok
when dave sends me an SMS the sms app doesnt recognize him as one of my contacts and the only thing i see is the country code and then 12345678.
i tried to add the country code to the contact and the SMS worked fine but when i get a call from him now its not recognized there and all i see on the screen is the country code and his phone number 12345678.
bottom line - its not just dave , its for 100% of my contacts.
please please help
BL
boazlaz said:
HI all
im having a problem on my m8 tmobile.
i got it in the US and im using it in another country - all works good except one thing.
lets say i have a contact saved in my address book as DAVE and his phone number is 12345678
when Dave calls me i see his name on the screen - all ok
when dave sends me an SMS the sms app doesnt recognize him as one of my contacts and the only thing i see is the country code and then 12345678.
i tried to add the country code to the contact and the SMS worked fine but when i get a call from him now its not recognized there and all i see on the screen is the country code and his phone number 12345678.
bottom line - its not just dave , its for 100% of my contacts.
please please help
BL
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I'D guess it's set to expect a ten digit US phone number. I think that is a property set in the build.prop. what country or locale do you want it to default to? I'm not sure I can help but I'll try...
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I'D guess it's set to expect a ten digit US phone number. I think that is a property set in the build.prop. what country or locale do you want it to default to? I'm not sure I can help but I'll try...
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hi
thanks for the reply.
im using a verizon m8 and its all good there.
about the 10 digits - i changed all of my contacts to 10 digits and then it recognize the senders when i recieve an sms but then it wont recognize them when they call me.
the default country is israel.
thanks!
anyone have an idea for this problem?
i also have this
Hi,
I am using a T-Mobile HTC One M8 Lollipop bought in the US about 1.5 years ago in my home country (Israel) with local SIM.
Most of my contacts are saved with country code (+972-xx-xxxxxxx) but incoming calls are coming without country code (0xx-xxxxxxx).
So the problem is that the HTC doesn't recognize the contact that is calling.
If I save the contact without the country code it is fine, but I need to keep all my contacts with country code so this is not the solution.
The phone need to recognize a phone number according to it's last 7-9 digits.
I guess the problem is only with service providers phones used in other countries, because my old Unlocked HTC One M7 is working fine.
Looked all over the web for solution but couldn't find any.
I saw that there is a fix for windows phone in here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=573692
I need the same fix for Lollipop.
Does anyone knows how to solve this?
Thanks!