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Issues completing call with slash character in contact phone number

Treo 650, WM 6.1, ActiveSync with Exchange 2003.
Contacts pulled/queried from Exchange global address list contain a slash separating the area code and the rest of the phone number (e.g. 404/123-4444). When I attempt to call a number with a slash, the dialing sequence halts at the slash, but still tries to make the call (e.g. the phone dials 404 and activates "send").
Before someone states the obvious like try to import as many contacts as possible to my personal contacts and replace the slash, let me say this is not practical. Also, my company predominantly uses Blackberry for its handheld needs and this does not cause issues for those devices, so I cannot ask that the company go in and change the phone number formatting for 50K+ entries. Lastly, I have tried searching xda and the rest of the interweb to no avail - feel free to search-slap me with a valid search link (one that is properly formated url including search string) if you know of one that has relevance to my plight.
I've tried changing regional settings hoping another country setting would "interpret" the slash to no avail so far. Tried other contact software, hoping there would be a setting for controlling "special characters", but nothing yet.
xda-developers, you are my only hope
Thanks in advance!

Tweak HTC Sense Contacts?

I've searched XDA high and low (and the rest of the interweb) and can't find anything that seems to answer my question....
I'd like to tweak the information that Sense displays for contacts. When I am in a person's contact screen, I can see all their phone numbers, email addresses, groups, but I particularly would like to see their company name. There are a couple of contacts for which I only have first names, and the only way to tell the 2 "Tony"s apart is by company name. As it stands right now, I have to click "Edit contact" and scroll all the way down to see the company name.
It seems like it should be pretty straight forward to get this information on to the contact screen.... I'm sure other people would like to see birthdays, or mailing addresses, without having to hit "edit contact".
I'd rather not use a 3rd party contact manager (although I guess HTC Sense technically is 3rd party), I really do like HTC Sense contacts.

Is this in the wrong forum? If so, please move it, mods... Thanks!

I've been wondering this too.
I've been looking for the same information too. On my contact list, companies don't even show up. They are listed as <Unnamed> on the list and I have quite a few of them, but since I don't have a Contact name associated with them, I don't even know whose number is whose.
If you find any mods that address this, let me know. I'll let you know if I do. Or if anyone reads this and has found a solution, please let us know!

Don't know if this helps but- for Windows Mobile Users
I have the same question, and am searching for an answer as well, however, if you use the WINDOWS contact manager, which is seperate from the SENSE manager, you will see the company names as well. If you want to access the Windows version, use the start menu, and select contacts.

you can accomplish this by changing the "file as" setting under the winmo contacts and then it will show up in Sense the way you want it. You have to edit the contact in the "winmo contacts" and select the name as if you are going to edit it to get the "files as" option.
I also found a simple utility called "fileaschanger" but cannot find the thread so I'm attaching the cab. It allows you to change the "file as" setting for ALL your contacts in one step.
There is also this other utility but I have not tried it yet. http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-contact-utilities-v1-0b.html
In addition to the company name, I would like to see the Notes field and fax numbers. I may be the only one but it annoys me that I have to hit "Edit Contact" to get more info. The should have just labeled this "More info"

[Q] Linking contacts with mulitple names

How can you specify which Name should be displayed when linking contacts in WP7?
According to MS this should be possible (see ***.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/people/link-two-or-more-contacts.aspx)
"When you link two or more contact cards that have different profile pictures or names, you can choose which picture and name will represent the whole. To learn how, see Add a picture to a contact."
But there is only a description for the contact picture, not for the names...
Does anybody know how to do that?
Cheers
Meinrad

mjeanrichard said:
How can you specify which Name should be displayed when linking contacts in WP7?
According to MS this should be possible (see ***.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/people/link-two-or-more-contacts.aspx)
"When you link two or more contact cards that have different profile pictures or names, you can choose which picture and name will represent the whole. To learn how, see Add a picture to a contact."
But there is only a description for the contact picture, not for the names...
Does anybody know how to do that?
Cheers
Meinrad
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Open the desired contact and then tap "edit" in the bottom bar. Right beneath the profile picture you'll find "name". Tapping that opens a form where you can enter first name, last name etc. That name will be displayed in your contacts hub according to the settings you made for how your contacts are shown (last name first and so on).

Thanks for your reply, but i doesen't quite answer my question. I know that I can edit this information, but thats not what i want.
I'll try to be a bit more specific:
I have a Windows Live contact with the name 'abcd' and an Outlook contact with the name 'Aaaa, Bbb'. On my phone i linked these two contacts (since they represent the same real person). But my phone always uses the name from the Live contact. When I edit the image, i can choose if i want the image from the Live account or from the Outlook contact (and from what i understand from the MS doc this should be possible for the name as well).
-> the only workaround I found so far, is to delete the name entry form the live contact. (Contact -> edit -> edit Windows Live -> delete)

Can't test it right now (on a different phone) but it depends on what linked profile comes first.
For example I link a Live and Facebook contact and to show the Live name, it needs to be the first one... if any of that made sense.
Sent from XDA App

Yeah,... I know what you mean, but the live contact is always the first in the list. It doesn't matter if I select the Outlook contact first and then add a link to the Live contact or the other way round.
Can you reorder them?

Something not quite right linking contacts.
Linking contacts seems only half implemented.Ive also had this problem,renaming the linked contact card only works sometimes, but always renames the first linked contact, I dont wont that.Also there does nt seem to be any logic to which name it chooses for the card.I ve stopped linking contacts anyway because in text messages you get several message threads from the same person with no idea of what number its from to text or call back ( if they have more than one mobile number ). Lastly I would like to be able to rename the catergory of the number ( Mobile,Company, etc ).Because I would like moblie 2 or Work Moblie.I Hated having to look at the phone numbers all the time to decide which one is right to use.
Call Mobile
**********
Call Mobile
**********
Call Mobile
**********
Text Mobile
**********
Text Mobile
**********
Text Mobile
**********

mjeanrichard said:
Yeah,... I know what you mean, but the live contact is always the first in the list. It doesn't matter if I select the Outlook contact first and then add a link to the Live contact or the other way round.
Can you reorder them?
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Sorry if I can't see it on my WP7 device atm, but I do remember being able to use the Facebook profile first and the Live profile came second.... have ya tried open Outlook contact, press link and then chose the Live contact ?

im not quite sure what u mean but here goes:
if you have 2 contacts. One is named ABC and the other one is AB. If you want to link them both but keep the ABC name, then you need to go to ABC and link it with AB.
Similarly if you want to keep the AB name, then u need to go to AB and link it with ABC.

ammarmalik said:
im not quite sure what u mean but here goes:
if you have 2 contacts. One is named ABC and the other one is AB. If you want to link them both but keep the ABC name, then you need to go to ABC and link it with AB.
Similarly if you want to keep the AB name, then u need to go to AB and link it with ABC.
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Unfortunatley that method dos nt work for me

I have the same problem, I want to view my contacts by the facebook name and I can't... :/

Address & Phone number Linking From WEB Sites

I 've seen it with a G1, that addresses and phone numbers form the web are highlighted and when you klick on them it opens maps.google.com or initiates a phone call. How can I have this feature on my new HTC Sensation. Which browsers support it? Thanks!

The stock browser ("Internet") allows you to tap on phone numbers in order to call them. They are however not highlighted. Try it. Not sure about addresses, but should be supported. I think I heard something like that in a HTC Tutorial ("Show me" app)

Yes, that"s right. When you tap on a phone number whithin Inernet Explorer it copies it to the dialer. It doesn't work with the addresses though.
If anyone knows about an app for that, please share.
Thanks!

Need an app that displays additional contact info please

Hi, would appreciate if anyone can recommend an app that displays additional info saved in the contact (I'm mainly after tite, company, notes).
I used to use an app called Call Informer which did just that, but then it seems the developer abandoned it and it doesn't work well anymore.
The only apps I can find do an online search while the phone is ringing in order to look up details on the number. I'm more interested in displaying data already saved in the contact.
Thanks.