Hello,
Me and my trusty G1 have recently moved out of the US. Im running CM's latest, and just like the stock ROM, phone numbers stored in the phone have the xxx-xxx-xxxx US format. This format does not apply to most countries outside of the US. So here when someone calls (or when im trying to add a new contact) phone numbers tend to look weird since phone numbers here have an XX-XXX-XXX format (8 digits total), and so they end up showing as XXX-XXX-XX, which is just confusing.
So in short, is there any way to stop the dashes from showing up in the call log/ caller id/adding new contact form??
Thanks alot!!
No one has the same problem or has heard of a fix to this???
Hi, my G1 & I moved out of the US recently, too. The way I did it was to change all the numbers while logged in to Gmail in my browser. It was tedious but it lets you use a proper keyboard and mouse instead of trying to do it on the phone. All you really need to do is type the new prefix/country code once, and then cut and paste it in front of all the US numbers. Gmail will then just push it out to the phone right away. Hope this helps...
My biggest concern isn't fixing the already existing numbers in my phone book. My concern is when adding a new number or when someone not in my phone book calls, the number looks confusing because of the existence of the dashes.
But thanks anyway for your suggestion.
I have MoreLocale2 installed and when i changed it to my language i got the correct formatting.
Hey I just wanted to bump this thread to point out that morelocale 2 worked like a charm! so thanks a lot for the suggestion
Sorry to bump an old thread but i'm having exactly the same problem and its driving me mad I cant get MyLocale 2 working, it doesn't take the dashes from my numbers
Old thread, but might help someone: I also had the dash problem although in Gmail my contacts had no dashes. Changing the locale from US to UK removed the dashes for me (Home/Settings/Locale and Text/Select locale/ English (UK)).
aygunes said:
Old thread, but might help someone: I also had the dash problem although in Gmail my contacts had no dashes. Changing the locale from US to UK removed the dashes for me (Home/Settings/Locale and Text/Select locale/ English (UK)).
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Thanks aygunes, this is a realy easy solution to have the numbers format without dashes.
Find a way to export your contacts to a CSV file or a single vCARD file. Then you can just use something like a shell command:
Code:
cat file.csv | tr -d '-' > cleanfile.csv
or just edit the resulting file with any text editor and import back. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417184
[EDIT] I forgot that probably ALL phone numbers are stored without dashes in the (latest) contacts database.
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hybridb said:
Hello,
Me and my trusty G1 have recently moved out of the US. Im running CM's latest, and just like the stock ROM, phone numbers stored in the phone have the xxx-xxx-xxxx US format. This format does not apply to most countries outside of the US. So here when someone calls (or when im trying to add a new contact) phone numbers tend to look weird since phone numbers here have an XX-XXX-XXX format (8 digits total), and so they end up showing as XXX-XXX-XX, which is just confusing.
So in short, is there any way to stop the dashes from showing up in the call log/ caller id/adding new contact form??
Thanks alot!!
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I have a similar issue. I'm in Brazil and I'm using a Galaxy S 3 that I bought in US. Our numbers are stored as (XXX)prefix-XXXX-XXXX.
When I receive a sms or a call it doesnt show my contact name... only the numbers. How can I change this?
A friend has a S3 he bought in here... when he dials any number they appear without dashes and spaces like this XXXXXXXX. When I dial it appears XX XXXX-XX.
Anyone could help?
this might be a stupid question but for the life of me i can figure this out.. all my contacts are sorted by last name and i want to change that to sort by first name, does anyone know how to do this..?
T-MO HD2
Have a look here I found it with a 2 second search.
that worked great.. thanks
Hi all,
I recently got my htc one, have messed around with it, rooted it, and applied some cool mods. I just need one more thing to really fall in love with the phone. I noticed that whenever I get an attachment via text(haven't checked if it's the same with email attachments) it ALWAYS saves it to the folder " dowloads ". In previous phones I've had, if memory serves, you could chose where to save the attachment.
Does anyone know if this option is available on the One at all? or if a mod or app out there that can help with this?
I have done some research, but haven't gotten an answer or seen anyone else bring up this query. If this was already discussed and solved, it would be great if you could leave a link. Otherwise, feel free to suggest possible solutions, or what your attempts at solving this " issue " were, if it was an issue for you.
Thanks everyone,
please ask questions in the questions section. thanks
Hi all,
I recently got my htc one, have messed around with it, rooted it, and applied some cool mods. I just need one more thing to really fall in love with the phone. I noticed that whenever I get an attachment via text(haven't checked if it's the same with email attachments) it ALWAYS saves it to the folder " dowloads ". In previous phones I've had, if memory serves, you could chose where to save the attachment.
Does anyone know if this option is available on the One at all? or if a mod or app out there that can help with this?
I have done some research, but haven't gotten an answer or seen anyone else bring up this query. If this was already discussed and solved, it would be great if you could leave a link. Otherwise, feel free to suggest possible solutions, or what your attempts at solving this " issue " were, if it was an issue for you.
Thanks everyone,
Hello everyone,
This is my first post here so be gentle. Ive attempted to root two devices before, the Note 8 and the Asus Transformer. Finally I received my Note 3 as my first smartphone through my own funds and I, after long thought, decided to root and screw the warranty. Ive had alot of trouble along the way, including no messaging for lack of a SMSC number and many other things. I have re-flashed Cyanogen Mod 11 multiple times but I still have two errors. I have a phantom voicemail notification saying I have four new voicemails. I have signed up for google voice and that did not fix it. My second issue is that my home button does not wake my device. I have tried the settings change on line 172 in the generic file but that did nothing and I do have it enabled in settings.
I appreciate any guidance I can receive.
P.S.
This forum has gotten me out of about 4 boot loops now, hallelujah! To put into context the "own funds" statement, im a sophomore in highschool.
Thanks again. Sorry for the long post.