Dialing "p" for wait - General Topics

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.

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calling cards issue

Guys i am an ex-sx56 user moved off to treo (600 and then 650) and am back to the wizard... I had a phone dialer tool "TAKEPHONE" in the palm world that I used to use and was very handy for phone dialing.
I had a rue setup if there is any number starting with +44 it used to use one calling card and dial the 1800# and with for me to click another button then dial the Pin and the automatically dial the number. That way I never had to change my contacts so that when i am here in the US i use the calling card and when in am there un UK i disable calling card and all the numbers are workable and no updates needed...
I am missing this utility as I travel a lot and dial international a lot… I have looked and have not found any decent tool to do the same.
I looked at the long distance dialer but did not work well with WM5.
I am willing to write some tool if I can get some tapi API in MS.net I have written a utility to make the call now I need to get it to check the state of the line and dial extra digits which I cant figure out
In WM5 I managed to partially solve the problem where I create a new contact with 1800XXXXXXXppYYYY where x is the calling card # and Y is the pin after doing this my calling card service is looking for the actual # it also allows me to fins a number but when I click it it dials another call instead of keying in the digits on the first call….
Not sure if I am expressing this clear but I need help.
I will pay for this kind of app.
I am using long distance dialer , it works ok on my HTC wizard
but I would like to have the one you talking about

Any software to make sending DTMF touchtones possible??

Hey guys,
I just started using Treo 750. I love it so far except few things I miss about my old Nokia. Earlier I used to dial a calling card number and then just choose the contact's destination number by selecting "Touch Tone" option from the menu while in call, and it would touch tone that number for me and I was connected. Now, WM5 phone app doesnt seem to be able to do it, and I have to write down the contact's number on a paper first before dialing calling card access number.
Also, I know a comma can be used a 1-second soft pause, but any possible way to add hard pauses in the phone number like traditional cell phones can do... Its cumbersome carrying calling card's PIN code in pocket, and then entering it after dialing calling card number and then punching in destination number from a paper again... its frustrating...
I tried to look up a lot of dialers and apps, but none was a helpful find. Could someone suggest any way out.
anybody???
http://www.google.dk/search?source=...c&btnG=Google-søgning&meta=lr=lang_da|lang_en
I am using a product called MagiCall which has the calling card feature as well as calls filtering and SMS filtering.
I think it can help you.

M0111 comes up when dialing prestored numbers.

Anyone else yave this problem? On some stored numbers in my contacts when i click on the person it dials an m0111 befoe the regular number. But when i look at the contact before i press call the correct regular number is there. Its only when i hit call it tacks that on. The contacts are verizon numbers also. Ok the M is normal as it means mobile number that is being called. The last 1 in the 0111 is the start of the area code. Ex 1-201-52*-****. I called the verizon and they said it is trying to dial international for some reason....they want me to hard reset i said no im not doing that yet.

[Q] 7 digit dialing?

Whenver I dial with 7 digits, the phone does not recognize the contact entry. I'm pretty sure that my previous phone (iPhone 4s) would recognize 5551234 as the same as 123 555 1234 and know my contacts name. At least it did with my home area code, probably not for numbers outside my area code.
This phone just calls it unknown. Is there a setting for this I can adjust to dial with 7 digits?
Nope. Sorry
i called tech support about the same thing. I'm coming from t mobile. had to ad my area code to majority of my contacts...sucks. Another thing i miss is t-mobile had caller id with name for numbers not in your contact list. Worked like land line caller id. with ATT we're stuck with just the number It seems like those types of things would be easy to implement features..
nugzo said:
i called tech support about the same thing. I'm coming from t mobile. had to ad my area code to majority of my contacts...sucks. Another thing i miss is t-mobile had caller id with name for numbers not in your contact list. Worked like land line caller id. with ATT we're stuck with just the number It seems like those types of things would be easy to implement features..
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its the provider issue...
if you put your local tmo sim into your HOX, you could still enjoy the 7 digits calling feature

Question Three Problems Setting Up My Voicemail

I'm trying to set up my voicemail and although I was successful, I did run into a few problems.
1st problem: I tested my voicemail by calling my cellphone from a landline. I was able to leave a message and I was able to hear the message when I checked my voicemail. After listening to my message, I tap the star key and then I get a message on my P7P that says "Visual voicemail isn't working" and that I should "Call voicemail to finish setting it up". What is "visual voicemail?
Furthermore the P7P states, "Saved voicemails (0)---->" even though I did save my message. If I tap the ">" that's to the right of the "Saved voicemails..." I get a "Saved Voicemails" screen that says "You don't have any voicemail messages yet." I don't know why these messages are appearing. What should I do?
2nd problem: When I'm asked to enter my password I press the Keyboard symbol but I can't see the full number pad without fiddling around with it. It does eventually appear. How do I get rid of whatever keeps blocking the full number pad?
3rd problem: How do I get rid of the little dot indication that's at 1 o'clock on my phone app icon?
Skuddle said:
I'm trying to set up my voicemail and although I was successful, I did run into a few problems.
1st problem: I tested my voicemail by calling my cellphone from a landline. I was able to leave a message and I was able to hear the message when I checked my voicemail. After listening to my message, I tap the star key and then I get a message on my P7P that says "Visual voicemail isn't working" and that I should "Call voicemail to finish setting it up". What is "visual voicemail?
Furthermore the P7P states, "Saved voicemails (0)---->" even though I did save my message. If I tap the ">" that's to the right of the "Saved voicemails..." I get a "Saved Voicemails" screen that says "You don't have any voicemail messages yet." I don't know why these messages are appearing. What should I do?
2nd problem: When I'm asked to enter my password I press the Keyboard symbol but I can't see the full number pad without fiddling around with it. It does eventually appear. How do I get rid of whatever keeps blocking the full number pad?
3rd problem: How do I get rid of the little dot indication that's at 1 o'clock on my phone app icon?
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Voice mail is carrier-related, not device-related. So the first question is, who is your carrier?
Second, I find it hard to believe there are people who don't know what Visual Voicemail is. That is an app that is set up through your carrier that transcribes your voice mails into text and is accessible in your dialer or the VM app itself so you don't have to call your VM, you read and manage it through the app
Here's what I do for easy access to voicemail...been doing it for years.
I create a new contact and name it AaaaVoicemail. All the A's make sure it stays at the top of the alphabetical list.
Then for the phone number I use the default voicemail number supplied by your carrier followed by TWO commas and the 4 digit passcode with NO SPACES and ending with the #.
Here is a generic non-functional example of what it looks like: 18056377356,,9999#
The commas are for a short delay between the phone number and the passcode.
One comma may be enough but I find that 2 commas works best.
Then all you have to do is call this "new" contact and it inputs your passcode for you automatically.
Or you can just bring up the phone dialer and hold the 1.
PS. If you are managing your cellphone voicemail from a landline or another phone. Michael Jordan will tell you, "Stop it, Get some help"
@jaseman-
When I tried to edit my voicemail number I ran into more problems. Here's what I did:
I tapped my voicemail number and on the resulting screen I tapped the Edit icon at the top right of the screen. That brought up the contact info edit screen with the voicemail number.
I tapped the number. The cursor appeared at the end of it and the keypad appeared below it. But there was no comma on the keypad that I could tap, so I couldn't add the commas and my password (which, by the way, has to be 7 digits on my P7P).
How do I then add the 2 commas if they're not on the keypad???
HipKat said:
Voice mail is carrier-related, not device-related. So the first question is, who is your carrier?
Second, I find it hard to believe there are people who don't know what Visual Voicemail is.
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My carrier is Consumer Cellular.
I thought Visual Voicemail was what one used if one wanted to send a live, moving message. I didn't think that "visual" meant the voicemail would be translated into text, since the P7P has a voice-to-text option already installed.
schmeggy929 said:
If you are managing your cellphone voicemail from a landline or another phone. Michael Jordan will tell you, "Stop it, Get some help"
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No, I'm managing it from my P7P.
Skuddle said:
@jaseman-
When I tried to edit my voicemail number I ran into more problems. Here's what I did:
I tapped my voicemail number and on the resulting screen I tapped the Edit icon at the top right of the screen. That brought up the contact info edit screen with the voicemail number.
I tapped the number. The cursor appeared at the end of it and the keypad appeared below it. But there was no comma on the keypad that I could tap, so I couldn't add the commas and my password (which, by the way, has to be 7 digits on my P7P).
How do I then add the 2 commas if they're not on the keypad???
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Without editing the actual voicemail number, just follow the guys instructions - [note down or copy the original voicemail number] create a new contact and use the name 'AaVoicemail' (Aa so that the number is always at the top of your contacts list). Then enter the voicemail number followed by 2 commas and your pin/password. If you still don't have the comma option, try using Truephone Dialer and Contacts... See screenshot, it has comma option. OR, using the full keyboard in any text environment (so that commas are available) type out the number, commas and pin as you want it, then select and copy that text. Then create the new contact as described by previous guy or above and when it comes to entering the number just paste in the text you copied.
Don't think there's any other way to explain in more plain terms with every step...
HipKat said:
Voice mail is carrier-related, not device-related. So the first question is, who is your carrier?
Second, I find it hard to believe there are people who don't know what Visual Voicemail is. That is an app that is set up through your carrier that transcribes your voice mails into text and is accessible in your dialer or the VM app itself so you don't have to call your VM, you read and manage it through the app
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Well you live and learn, I've never heard of it lol
@reg66
But I can only see the bottom part of the keypad and I cannot find any way to get rid of the text that's covering the top part. Please see Problem #2. Any ideas?
HipKat said:
Voice mail is carrier-related, not device-related. So the first question is, who is your carrier?
Second, I find it hard to believe there are people who don't know what Visual Voicemail is. That is an app that is set up through your carrier that transcribes your voice mails into text and is accessible in your dialer or the VM app itself so you don't have to call your VM, you read and manage it through the app
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I would argue the complete opposite. 4 providers in total offer it here in the UK, 3 MNOs and 1 MVNO. That's it.
ExperiencersInternational said:
I would argue the complete opposite. 4 providers in total offer it here in the UK, 3 MNOs and 1 MVNO. That's it.
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Sure, a lot of it depends on your locality and carrier.
But, it's been around going on 20+ years now, and it is (or was, I suppose) a VERY highly requested feature, for quite some time. Many carriers in the US, or perhaps a couple, wouldn't provide the service, not for a techncal reason, but mostly because you weren't buying a phone from them.
I suspect the same is the case in the UK, to some extent?

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