When using the XDA Mini S, be it with the old version ROM and the newly released one in April 2006, when dialing a number I cannot enter a pause command (the small p which most phones like Nokia can produce when you hold down the * button for a few seconds).
The international plus symbol works by holding down the zero button for 1 second, thereby omitting the "0" number.
This is really annoying because I program my landline phones and other mobiles with the pause button to make use of special dialing numbers before I dial international numbers. In any case, all phones except the XDA/HTC have this ability.
Can anyone assist or know a way of getting a pause command to work?
Thanks.
Dan
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Any one know how to enter contacts phone numbers in the xda so i don't need to enter the international number manually to use this prefix number 07744 97 4995 to get free calls. i tried all 3 options here
www.cheap-phonecall.co.uk/Free_International_Calls_Mobile.htm
ie P, * & 0 and none work. on my old p800 sticking a "P" in between worked nicely.
Hi,
in the old (and current I believe as well) Nokia phone - and most other pure mobile phones for that matter - you can dial a "p", typically by holding down the "*" for a while. The "p" makes the phone wait a little while before continuing to dial the rest of the number.
I need this feature!!!
I am using some prepaid phone cards for which this feature is really necessary.
So, anyone have a clue how to get a similar functionality on WM5? The "p" certainly does not work ...
Thanks in advance - Andy
if you're dialing live, you can dial only the connection number then open the keypad to dial the rest of the keycode manually. If you want to automate it, create a contact with the full number and you can enter in "p" there.
I have a contact for my voicemail which dials the voicemail and waits and the pin + #. this works great with voicecommand cause all I have to do is say "call voicemail" and it'll dial, enter in the password automatically and I don't have to touch the phone at all...
Interesting ... I did migrate all my number from my previous phone, where i had the "p" included in the number. The numbers also seemingly came up correctly on the PPC phone. However, when I tried to dial the number, it would not take the complete number with the "p" - I cannot remember exactly what it did, but it did not dial the whole thing. Thats why I thought/ hoped that there is another way. I guess, after what you are saying, I should give it another try ...
And yes, the application that you are describing is very similar to what I want to use. There is a prepaid international call provider, which has a local dial-in number and lets me call abroad for very little money. I call the local number - the service provider recognizes my account by the incoming phone number of my mobile - and then I dial the destination number. For the recognising part however, it is needed that the phone waits a little before it continues to dial the destination number.
Alright, alright .... works! Thx for the assurance! Tried it again and it just takes a lot longer - the pause is longer - than it used to be on my Nokia. Also, I do not hear the dialing tones after the "p" anymore, which probably put me off before.
Thanks! Thread closed
Try replacing the "p" with a "," . It will pause for a few seconds once the other side picks up the phone.
Does anyone know the best way to use an MP3 as your voicemail greeting? I am currently thinking use a modem in a laptop and phone software to use the modem as a phone and then going to record message and playing the MP3 on the laptop.
It's either that or play it on a speaker into the mic of a regular phone, but that sounds awful.
Thoughts / suggestions please.
FYI I have a Kaiser on T-Mobile UK, but a device / operator independant solution is always best IMHO...
Got a couple of gems I want to use - both Simpsons...
"<error tones> The finger you have used to dial is too fat. To obtain a special dialling wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now"
"Hello, and welcome to the Springfield Police Department Rescue Phone! If you know the name of the felony being committed, Press 1. To choose from a list of felonies, Press 2. If you are being murdered, or are calling from a rotary phone, please stay on the line. <sound of beeps as numbers are pressed> You have chosen "Regicide". If you know the name of the King or Queen being murdered, Press 1..."
Hi,
I used for a very long time Nokia and SE. Now I switched to HTC. I have an old habit: I often get new phone numbers while I'm speaking. So, On Nokia and SE, I just type in the phone number, close the active call and the new number was sitting on the screen. On WM6, to do this I have to open a note, type in the number and save the note. This is usually hard to be done with one hand. Otherwise, if I type in the number, once the active call is finished, the typed number dissaper.
Of course I can get used with the "note style", but I'm just wondering if the "old" method is not available (changing dialer maybe ...)? Any sugestions ?
TIA,
Bogdan
Hi,
I often call conference call lines where you have to enter an access number to get in. To add a wait to a number I simply ad a ";" (semicolon) where I want the wait to be. A number could look like this: 1-866-345-2350;23456678#. A window pops up at th wait and asks me if I want to send the following numbers, the ones after the ":". Normally when I hit "Ok" the numbers are sent. Not so on this Android 2.1 powered phone (Huawei Ascend). Nothing happens when I hit "Ok" so I am not getting into the conference. I am able to enter the numbers manually, but since I do this a lot it's really cumbersome having to do it.
I'm not sure whether this is an Android 2.1 or Huawei hardware problem, but I sure would like to find out! Does anyone here have any idea what the problem might be?