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Number change on JFv1.31?

Hey all,
Not sure if anyone has run into this, or has an idea on it so I figured this would be a good place to ask.
I have a G1 with JFv1.31 on it, and recently ported a number over to replace the number I had on the phone. After a few days, inbound calls and texts are correctly going to the phone at the new number, and outbound texts and calls show the new number correctly in the from/CID.
However, in Settings -> About phone -> Status, the old number is still shown under "Phone number". After doing some reading, this is the number that's used to auto login to T-Mobile hotspots, and will cause issues still showing the old number there. As far as I've read, this is generally changed by an OTA from T-Mobile, which I imagine won't work on my rooted G1.
I've tried wiping the phone, but the old number is still there. If this can be changed via an OTA update, I would imagine it's possible to change myself since I have root access - the only question is where and how? Has anyone ran into this or came across where this data is kept?
Any help's appreciated.
Thanks,
-Dan

overridex said:
Hey all,
Not sure if anyone has run into this, or has an idea on it so I figured this would be a good place to ask.
I have a G1 with JFv1.31 on it, and recently ported a number over to replace the number I had on the phone. After a few days, inbound calls and texts are correctly going to the phone at the new number, and outbound texts and calls show the new number correctly in the from/CID.
However, in Settings -> About phone -> Status, the old number is still shown under "Phone number". After doing some reading, this is the number that's used to auto login to T-Mobile hotspots, and will cause issues still showing the old number there. As far as I've read, this is generally changed by an OTA from T-Mobile, which I imagine won't work on my rooted G1.
I've tried wiping the phone, but the old number is still there. If this can be changed via an OTA update, I would imagine it's possible to change myself since I have root access - the only question is where and how? Has anyone ran into this or came across where this data is kept?
Any help's appreciated.
Thanks,
-Dan
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I ran into this myself, but I'm not sure how to change it on the g1 itself. I just threw it in my old razr to change it

JesusFreke said:
I ran into this myself, but I'm not sure how to change it on the g1 itself. I just threw it in my old razr to change it
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Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I had switched from Verizon to T-Mobile to get the G1, so I don't have any other phones that use SIM cards. Were you able to make the change on your Razr yourself after switching the SIM or did you have T-Mobile send an update to change it?
Thanks,
-Dan

overridex said:
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately I had switched from Verizon to T-Mobile to get the G1, so I don't have any other phones that use SIM cards. Were you able to make the change on your Razr yourself after switching the SIM or did you have T-Mobile send an update to change it?
Thanks,
-Dan
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I was able to do it myself. There's a way to change it lurking somewhere in the settings on the razr. I couldn't tell you where for the life of me though. It took me a little bit to find it when I tried.

[Q] Persistent Voicemail icon in Notification...

Hello all Xda'ers,
First of all, I am deaf and I was put on a special data plan that is customized for the hard of hearing and deaf subscribers. When I first got my NS4G, I got that voicemail icon as soon as I walked out of Sprint store. I should have went back to talk to the rep but I was late for work.
With that said, since May 8th, I still have that icon and I have been looking for solutions to remove it. I have searched this site as well as other sites for any remedies but with no avail. I do have Google Voice and have had GV set to use my current phone number so the voicemail can be ported over then I disabled GV after 20 minutes and the voicemail icon is STILL THERE!!!
I even tried Youmail and my heart jumped when it said I had one voicemail message and I was like YES! but then it was the youmail voicemail, probably greeting and congratulating me for installing youmail on my phone, because I saw what the message was and deleted it, but nope, VM icon is still there...
I have read somewhere, where you power down the phone, take the battery out for 30 seconds then put it back and power back on and it should be gone. Well, I did that and even waited 5 minutes and as soon as my homescreen came up, bam! voicemail icon appears. I told my Sprint rep that I can't remove it and he said something that struck me as odd. He said the NS4G has a visual voicemail and I should be able to remove it with no problem. I searched everywhere on the phone and couldn't find it. He said he got the same phone, even bought it right after selling me and my wife the phones. I emailed back and haven't heard from him since so...
I really don't want to put a ROM on this phone, probably because I have been putting it off since but other than putting a ROM on my phone, is there a solution to finally get that VM icon off?
Oh, to add, I have had my hearing friend call my voicemail for me, but he said that the automated response was something like, "This is no longer in service, the number you are trying to dial does not exist" or something like that, but he was NOT able to access my voicemail at all.
Sorry if this has been resolved elsewhere, but I had searched everywhere on this forum as well as all over the Internet as you can tell, it took me since May 8th to finally give up and post this on Xda, but why? You all are awesome!

I'm having this problem too ever since we got my wife the mytouch 4g slide. The CSR told me that I needed a new sim card. We put it in my NS and there is the icon.
I'm currently trying to put it back on T-Mobile voicemail service and calling my line from my work cell. It went to my GVoice so far so I guess I need to leave it for longer.

Pyro,
Since you are on Sprint I may have a solution. I also have this happen once in a while. After spending much time on the phone with Sprint here is their solution. Go to a land line phone and call your cell. Let it go to voice mail, give it a couple of minutes. Now on your cell go to your voice mail. You should have the message you left yourself. Listen to it all the way through and only press "7" to delete the message after the system prompts you to. After deleting the message hang up. The voice mail notification should disappear. This is a known Sprint problem, according to Sprint. If this doesn't work, take your phone to a Sprint repair center.
Good luck.
I just re-read your post. If your problem is the same as mine, you may have to have a hearing friend do this. I am not sure what Sprint may have installed on your phone to make it more usable for you.

[Q] ICS Update works but Caller ID always shows Unknown?

Ok so I've done two flashes today and both have come up with the same result, my caller ID shows Unknown name, Unknown number for all calls??
Here is the ICS rom I'm running now but I can't post in that forum because I'm a newb.
Has anyone else seen this yet? Or have I done something wrong? I have searched and can't find anything specific to this phone.
Also, if I go back to the original Gingerbread the numbers come up as they are supposed to.

Sorry, please ignore this... got home and tried with a different number and it's working now?
Delete this thread at will

I'm actually seeing this as well - sort of. When a contact calls, it displays caller ID correctly. When someone not in my contacts calls it shows up as unknown. HOWEVER, my Any.DO app has functionality for missed calls (you can add a missed call to your task list to call later or ignore) and when that pops up I see the phone number of who called.
Weird...

when you go home, you probably connect to your home wi-fi. the app only works and does a "reverse lookup" whenever a data connection is working properly.
however, if the data of location is already stored on your contacts from previous SUCCESSFUL data reverse lookups, your phone will pull that information first if no data connection is available.

Strange... so I flashed the Alien ROM last night and all was good nunbers all worked etc. So just for kicks I've flashed back to the ATT rom and it's not working again.
all numbers just come up as Unknown (no number at all, just the word Unknown). I'm wondering if it simply takes some time for the networks to sync or something?
I'm gonna leave it on for a while and let you know what happens.

JoeSmoo said:
Strange... so I flashed the Alien ROM last night and all was good nunbers all worked etc. So just for kicks I've flashed back to the ATT rom and it's not working again.
all numbers just come up as Unknown (no number at all, just the word Unknown). I'm wondering if it simply takes some time for the networks to sync or something?
I'm gonna leave it on for a while and let you know what happens.
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Are you using the built-in City ID app? cuz if so, it still requires a DATA connection.!! Wi-fi or Data. Without it, it will return "unknown". UNLESS it has been manually entered and/or retrieved from a previous session....
are you not understanding? I felt like I just repeated myself lol.

fongz27 said:
Are you using the built-in City ID app? cuz if so, it still requires a DATA connection.!! Wi-fi or Data. Without it, it will return "unknown". UNLESS it has been manually entered and/or retrieved from a previous session....
are you not understanding? I felt like I just repeated myself lol.
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Thanks for that... I do have a data connection, both WIFI and 4G/LTE from my provider...It still doesn't work. I have no idea what you mean by a "City ID" app. Is there something I've missed?
I should also mention that this has NOTHING to do with my contacts. ANY call either a number I have in my contacts or a number that is not in my contacts, neither show up at all. When I get a phone call the screen goes black and I see the word UNKNOWN at the top and then the answer or hang up buttons at the bottom.

i am also facing the same issue

Found a reason behind the problem in another forum, have a look here
Its not the perfect solution but it does work and it means you have to call Rogers.

JoeSmoo said:
Found a reason behind the problem in another forum, have a look here
Its not the perfect solution but it does work and it means you have to call Rogers.
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Naw that doesn't work for me, I don't have name display. It does that regardless, unless I spoof tbe caller id and then I work fine. I think rogers has a specific format that they detect for caller id and if it doesn't match then you get nothing.
I can't share how to spoof caller id because I have my VoIP company and so there certain things that I can do which otherwise isn't doable.
Basically the phone that's calling has to format the number in international calling string. +1 999 999 9999
Or the receiving phone has to change it to that since caller id works as a two step thing.
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100 carrier msgs in 1 day!!!

UPDATED
I´ve just been using the HTC ONE X for about 4 days and I´ve been receiving hundreds of repeated msgs from my carrier. They say "Vivo RJ 21" (Vivo is the carrier, RJ stands for Rio de Janeiro...the city, and 21 is the area code for Rio de Janeiro). I´ve already tried several factory resets with no luck. I´ve also tried a micro sim card from a different carrier and I kept receiving the same msg (except for the carrier name). I´ve received other regular msgs from my carrier and from other people that were not repeated. It´s just this one.
What are my options here????

Do you still have the same number ported over? If so then maybe it might be a glitch in there system. If not then it might be spam from the poor person before you. Either way either get a block on that or call carrier to stop it.

The worst part is that I cannot even block this number because whenever I try to add the number to the Mr.Number app it tells me to add a valid number. The number is only 2 digits...it´s 50

Looks like it would be best to either call them or go in store and ask them to test the phone. Sounds more like a software hiccup, but who know? Hope you don't have to receive that many texts tomorrow

But do you guys think there is a chance this could be phone related?
I might just try to get a micro-sim to sim card adapter and test it another phone to see if it still happens.

Its a broadcast message
U can stop it in message setting
It will not harm u
Press thanks
Or u can give me ur one x as a gift

How do I stop that in settings? I´ve tried everything and I don´t think it´s that simple.
It must be getting close to 200 messages.

Just go to your carrier already! Or if nothing works, then do a barrel roll~

Don´t you think I would have gone to the carrier if it wasn´t closed during the weekends! I´ve already called them 3 times and they did different things. The last thing they did I was supposed to wait 24h.
What is a barrel roll?

Can you remove the SIM and use the phone without it? If not then try finding some other app that blocks numbers... maybe one that supports blocking operator numbers?

as said before carrier messages can be blocked...I'm assuming a battery pull did nothing?

troyism said:
as said before carrier messages can be blocked...I'm assuming a battery pull did nothing?
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Ok, just let me know how. So far I´ve tried about 7 differente text/spam blockers apps and none has worked.
The HTC One X´s batt cannot be removed.

Do you have message settings
Just check there might be option of broadcast message
Keep our forum clean

I do have message settings but there are no options there that would help me with this (only stuff like notification types, signature, forward to email, etc).
Today I´m going to the store where I got the micro sim card to have it changed. I REALLY hope it works because it would be a real shame if this was the HTC One X and not the micro sim card.

When I go to "about the phone", then "network" it shows:
operator name - unkown
signal strenght - 0
mobile network type - unkown
service state - radio off
roaming - not roaming
Nonetheless I can make and receive calls, send and receive text msgs, navigate, etc. The only issue is really the operator msgs informing my city area code over and over again.
I went to the carrier and got a new micro sim and did a factory reset WITH the micro sim card inside the phone. The date above got populated. I will wait to see if I will get anymore msgs but I think this might be it.

I´ve tried with a micro sim card from a different carrier and the problem persists. This is phone related for sure. I really don´t know what else to do...maybe try a different rom other then the stock?

I´ve called HTC again and they instructed me to do the following:
-> "settings", "call" and then disable the option "cell broadcast".
So far no msgs. Lets wait and see.

[Q] My phone won't receive text messages.

Hi guys,
I'm really upset right now, I just switched carriers from Lycamobile to Ultra Mobile. Porting my number took 5 days... I really like the deals that Ultra Mobile has, but I haven't been able to receive text messages since I switched. I CAN make/receive calls, send texts, and use the data, but not receive texts.
I've tried:
Taking the battery and SIM card out overnight
Factory reset
Sending a text to myself (which worked)
Flashing a new ROM (3 times)
Checking the SMSC number (It's correct)
Trying a third party messaging app
Wiping cache partition and dalvik cache
Clearing the messaging app's data and cache from the Application Manager in the settings
I've put my SIM card in another phone and waited 15 minutes, but nothing happened.
I've called Ultra Mobile customer service at least 10 times in 72 hours.
They tried resetting my texting service but that didn't work. They also said it's possible that the when I ported my number, there was a mix up and some of my services are stuck on my old carrier. (How the hell does that happen?) Then another guy told me that it says it was successfully completed on their end.
I just took it into the T-Mobile store near my house (Ultra Mobile uses T-Mobile towers) and they tried sending a text to me with the SIM in their phone, which worked. So I know that it's NOT the SIM card OR the service. It HAS to be something with my phone. I think it might be the settings, but since I factory reset it and it still doesn't work is really confusing me. Do any of you guys know a possible solution?
I'm using SAZY ROM 5.0 with that ROM's firmware. I tried Dirty Unicorns and ExSlim also.
Thanks in advanced.

bkbikardi said:
Hi guys,
I'm really upset right now, I just switched carriers from Lycamobile to Ultra Mobile. Porting my number took 5 days... I really like the deals that Ultra Mobile has, but I haven't been able to receive text messages since I switched. I CAN make/receive calls, send texts, and use the data, but not receive texts.
I've tried:
Taking the battery and SIM card out overnight
Factory reset
Sending a text to myself (which worked)
Flashing a new ROM (3 times)
Checking the SMSC number (It's correct)
Trying a third party messaging app
Wiping cache partition and dalvik cache
Clearing the messaging app's data and cache from the Application Manager in the settings
I've put my SIM card in another phone and waited 15 minutes, but nothing happened.
I've called Ultra Mobile customer service at least 10 times in 72 hours.
They tried resetting my texting service but that didn't work. They also said it's possible that the when I ported my number, there was a mix up and some of my services are stuck on my old carrier. (How the hell does that happen?) Then another guy told me that it says it was successfully completed on their end.
I just took it into the T-Mobile store near my house (Ultra Mobile uses T-Mobile towers) and they tried sending a text to me with the SIM in their phone, which worked. So I know that it's NOT the SIM card OR the service. It HAS to be something with my phone. I think it might be the settings, but since I factory reset it and it still doesn't work is really confusing me. Do any of you guys know a possible solution?
I'm using SAZY ROM 5.0 with that ROM's firmware. I tried Dirty Unicorns and ExSlim also.
Thanks in advanced.
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flash stock as sometimes custom ROM have problem receiving text messages.

@SidDev said:
flash stock as sometimes custom ROM have problem receiving text messages.
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Are there any stock ROMs that are flashable through CWM Recovery?
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It didn't work

I got same problem too, but then i take off my sim card,I put it in other device, and then i go to textmessage settings, and I changed some kinda number of there it was something like textmessage center or something like that. I don't know do we have same problem, cuz i'm from finland.

rs tony said:
I got same problem too, but then i take off my sim card,I put it in other device, and then i go to textmessage settings, and I changed some kinda number of there it was something like textmessage center or something like that. I don't know do we have same problem, cuz i'm from finland.
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I think I know what you're saying. Did it work for you?

bkbikardi said:
I think I know what you're saying. Did it work for you?
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Yes, it work. Check ur textmessage center number from ur mobile company site. And then change it to textmessage settings.

I checked them and they were both correct already.

rs tony said:
Yes, it work. Check ur textmessage center number from ur mobile company site. And then change it to textmessage settings.
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Are u sure? U can't check them with custom roms i think. I put my sim card to my sister ancient phone and changed It from there.

It maybe with your Service Provider
"Having A Kind Heart In A Cruel World is courage, Not Weakness"
Press The Thanks Button If I Ever Helped You!

I "fixed" it. Well, not really. I just switched service providers. I couldn't put up with that crap for much longer. But the service I switched to is much better. $20 for unlimited data and texting, and 500 (I believe) talk minutes. It's called "Red Pocket" if anyone wants to check it out. I think it runs on T-Mobile towers, not 100% sure though. Also, you need to unlock the phone, but it's worth it.