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Changing my phone number

I ported my old Orange number onto my TMobile contract. All seems to have worked correctly, apart from the fact that my TP still displays the temporary TMobile number in Start/Settings/Phone. Is there any way I can change that?
I've spoken to TMobile CS, and they reckon it can't be changed, and all phones do that. I'm sure in the past when I've ported a number it's been displayed correctly (been a long time so I'm not 100%).

There is no such number on mine at Start/Settings/Phone. I use Vodafone. Where is this number?

It's the very first thing on the 'Phone' tab, right at the top. It says 'Phone - ' then my number in international format. It's not an editable field, just a label.

There is no way to change it as that number is hardcoded into the SIM, To be honest that is actually still your number, when people call your ported in number it is in a way call diverted to your true number, it is transparent process from the point of view of end users, but in the background that is what it is doing.

ice_coffee said:
There is no way to change it as that number is hardcoded into the SIM, To be honest that is actually still your number, when people call your ported in number it is in a way call diverted to your true number, it is transparent process from the point of view of end users, but in the background that is what it is doing.
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I too thought that this was the case, but it IS possible to change the phone number displayed and here's how.
People->All People
Menu->SIM Manager
Menu->Tools->List of Own Numbers
Then Edit the top one which is your phone number.

AMoosa said:
I too thought that this was the case, but it IS possible to change the phone number displayed and here's how.
People->All People
Menu->SIM Manager
Menu->Tools->List of Own Numbers
Then Edit the top one which is your phone number.
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Cool, I never realised

Cool but mine cannot be saved. When I close sim manager, it 's gone.

Hmm, I'll probably end up with the same situation from october 6, when I port my orange to Tmobile. The sim already provided, has a different number
I'll be *****ing about that in the Tmobile shop if I can't resolve that for sure....

AMoosa said:
I too thought that this was the case, but it IS possible to change the phone number displayed and here's how.
People->All People
Menu->SIM Manager
Menu->Tools->List of Own Numbers
Then Edit the top one which is your phone number.
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Excellent. I needed to switch off/on, but it worked a treat.

Numbers instead of contact names?

i've searched but couldn't find a topic about this issue.
whenever i receiver a sms it shows a number instead of a contact name is there a solution for this?

Weird, the Mogul doesn't do that. Must be a bug, should do it automatically. Do you have your phone prefixes set correctly, since you imported the phone?

TheBundo said:
Weird, the Mogul doesn't do that. Must be a bug, should do it automatically. Do you have your phone prefixes set correctly, since you imported the phone?
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yes my phone prefixes are set correctly

i have the same problem, sometimes.
some times the contact name is shown , other times only the number.
have to look further to see if i can find why number or contact.
grtx , arnold

I have the same problem.
with me it's like it can't switch between te land code and 0, (wich is for me +31 or 0 and the other way around)
This is also when the phone me..
Does anyone know how to solve this?
thanks already
Paul
edit: I found a solution to my problem some where on the net,
in the regestry edit
HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone\CallIDMatch
change the value from 12 to the desired number 7 (or 8 in my case)

advanced config ----> Phone ----> Call Id match: 9
this was the solution for me

Also, check that you don't have the same number in your phonebook twice...

[solved] Problem with Contacts and International Country Codes

So Ive been using my HTC Ozone (6.5 Standard, 3VO rom) for a while in israel, and the way the cellular network works is as follows:
country code is +972
the number that shows up on an incoming call is 052-555-5555.
The number that shows up on an incoming text is +972-52-555-5555.
The number that shows up on an outgoing call when dialing without the country code (aka 052-555-5555) is +972-052-555-5555.
All of these differences mean that if I have a number saved in the contact manager (in only one of the above forms), it isnt displayed 2/3rds of the time. If i send a text to ME(052-555-5555), the reply comes back from an unsaved number, in a new thread is +972-52-555-5555.
Is there a way for me to just save the base number (052-555-5555), and have the phone's contact manager realize that its the same number is the +92 equivalent? My current workround is saving all the forms of a number to a contact, but 1. its tedium to go through all my contacts and do this, and 2. you can only save so many numbers to a contact, which means im screwed if the contact has two different numbers.
I see all these fields in the "current country" setting, but I have no idea what they mean, or if that is even the solution.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

hey , i got the same problem on my Omnia 2 with windows mobile version 6.5
The local incoming call won't show the country code, and sms does the opposite way.
check through all my phone setting, can not find any related option for this.
Thanks for anyone can provide a resolution.

i just resolved my problem. hope this way can help you as well.
get a regedit software on your windows mobile phone.
go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/ControlPanel/Phone
under it, you should able to see a key name "CallIdMatch", change the value to maybe 8 or 9, which means it will match the last 8 or 9 numbers for each incoming call or sms. (use decimal) after the changing, reboot your phone.

Wow, it worked!!
Thanks a lot man!

thanks for the tip jason_ma!
i was also wondering about it.

Anyone know how to edit CalIidMatch an an HTC hero

[Q] Moto G - Incomming calls come as Unknown

This has been a problem (do not now if it is) since day 1 where I have 2 sims in the phone and some calls come as a Unknown although the number of the person is already in the contact list.
Morever problem becomes more worse where if the call is missed and the you try to call back, it does dials as there no number.
I have a friend who is also using Moto G and he is not facing the issue.
Would you please help in this ? Is is some setting that needs to be done ?
Thanks & Regards,
Harish

NMAndroid said:
This has been a problem (do not now if it is) since day 1 where I have 2 sims in the phone and some calls come as a Unknown although the number of the person is already in the contact list.
Morever problem becomes more worse where if the call is missed and the you try to call back, it does dials as there no number.
I have a friend who is also using Moto G and he is not facing the issue.
Would you please help in this ? Is is some setting that needs to be done ?
Thanks & Regards,
Harish
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Hi Harish,
Check the numbers stored in your contacts... Sometimes while saving a new contact number the "+" in the "+91 xxxxx xxxxx" does not get saved... Instead it is saved as "91 xxxxx xxxxx"... it might be the cause of your problem...

tharas said:
Hi Harish,
Check the numbers stored in your contacts... Sometimes while saving a new contact number the "+" in the "+91 xxxxx xxxxx" does not get saved... Instead it is saved as "91 xxxxx xxxxx"... it might be the cause of your problem...
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Hi,
Have checked and that does not seems to be a problem.
Thanks

I want the moderator to ban me.

Caller ID issue

I am wondering if anyone had this issue after rooting the phone, but when I receive calls, their caller ID comes wrong: The number is always is missing the country code:
for example, instead of receiving +1 248 123 4567, i get +248 123 4567. So not only saved numbers are not recognized because they do not match the caller id, but if i let the call stop and try to call back that missed call, I get the operator's automated message saying that the dialed number is wrong.
Any idea about how to fix this?

tuntex said:
I am wondering if anyone had this issue after rooting the phone, but when I receive calls, their caller ID comes wrong: The number is always is missing the country code:
for example, instead of receiving +1 248 123 4567, i get +248 123 4567. So not only saved numbers are not recognized because they do not match the caller id, but if i let the call stop and try to call back that missed call, I get the operator's automated message saying that the dialed number is wrong.
Any idea about how to fix this?
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Go to phone/settings/calls and disable/enable assisted calling
Plus set your current country to match the country code

luis052593 said:
Go to phone/settings/calls and disable/enable assisted calling
Plus set your current country to match the country code
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I tried both enabled and disabled assisted dialing. Problem still persisting. Country code is matching (USA). Any hints?

tuntex said:
I tried both enabled and disabled assisted dialing. Problem still persisting. Country code is matching (USA). Any hints?
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My phone was doing the same. I downloaded prefixer from playstore and its fixed now

NvWatts said:
My phone was doing the same. I downloaded prefixer from playstore and its fixed now
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I installed prefixer a couple of days ago... still not fixed. Can you walk me through how you made it work please?

My phone keeps getting worse... home screen changing to pink randomly, dialtone not working anymore. Rooting my phone was the biggest mistake ever. I wish i could reverse all this process.