Hi there,
I'm sure you've probably overheard someone before say "I've got someone calling me that I don't recognise, anyone know what country starts +33?". I have too and would like to resolve it.
Does anyone know of a piece of software or hack which, when the number is not recognised on an incoming call, display the name of the calling country instead of the contact name?
Thanks!
Yeah that would be really helpful. I've been looking for something like this for ages now.
its not what your looking for but may help.
http://www.countrycallingcodes.com/Reverse-Lookup.php?calling-code=33
I'm new to this messaging arena, so my question may have an obvious answer. I get some messages at times, that I have no idea who they are from. They have no name associated to them, but have some number listed above them, that is almost long enough, to be a phone number, but not quite. Hows do you tell, just who is texting you?
Yesterday, I got a text, saying my address had been updated, to one in Los Angeles. I looked at, and figured it was some idiot, who sent it to the wrong person. I have not been to LA in about 30 years, and live where I always have, some 2,000 miles from there. So, it's obviously a bad text. But, how do you determine, just who it is, that has sent you a text, if they don't identify themselves? And just what do the set of numbers associated about the text, mean?
As I said, the answer may be an obvious one, but I don't know it. Can someone please explain this to me? Thanks.
are the numbers 5 digits?
Sometimes you'll get a text from your carrier (sprint, verizon, etc) that will match the description your getting. I've also seen spam texts come to my phone as well. With text messages, if its coming from another phone, it will almost always include the area code so the number you see will be 10 digits.
Maybe spam? it's bad to post your number online i learned my lesson with emails.
The numbers I speak of, are either 8 or 9, not the 10 needed for a phone number. AT&T unfortunately is who I was stupid to choose instead on Verizon. Where I live, Verizon has 3G that works, but AT&T only has 2G, which takes 4 or 5 minutes, to connect to, using EDGE. IF YOU CAN EVEN CONNECT. Paying to have your own WIFI, is the only way I can use my Captivate, on the web. But with a couple of text messages from AT&T, they identify themselves. The text message I asked about, was saying my address was now switched to Los Angeles. It gives a zip, but no name or clue, on who it is. I may have got out of whack by it, but I texted them back, and saud THANKS. BUT WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? No response back, but it may very well be a fishing attempt, to see if anyone answered back. I noticed when I turned my Captivate on last night, there was an odd looking icon in the tool bar at the top of the phone. I open the screen to see what it was, and it was an offer to MEET SEXY WOMEN AROUND WHERE I LIVE. Never had that one before, and it may be tied in to my getting, and texting back, that change of address text. But the numbers I speak of, are at the very top of the message, and like I said, those I don't understand, are 8 or 9, not 10, so it can't be phone numbers. But, what are they?
Okay. I learned from an AT&T Techster, that the numbers associated with SMS TEXT, are called SHORT CODE, for 4 to 6 numbers, and LONG CODE, for more numbers. This id's the textster, in much the same way, that your IP address, ID's you, while on line. I gave him the 9 digit number, that was associated with my spam text, but he was unable to ID just who, or what, had texted the spam to me. He said that AT&T had a software program, that allowed them to search for the id's of texting spammers, but this was a paid for version. He said he was sure there was personal versions, some free, that people who own a cell phone, can use to try and id those texting them. He was unable, to give me names of software, and so far, I haven't found personal software, either for my computer, or my Captivate. I realized, that maybe for the Captivate, someone in this forum, would have a suggestion. It's like the CALLER ID, of landline phones, and might be able to id, just who is trashing, or spamming you. Any ideas, on SHORT or LONG CODE software one could install?
Hi folks,
I am trying to figure out the best way to store numbers in the phone app.
I usually store the number as 01234567890 with the leading zero so that I can call the number from anywhere in the country.
The network operator sometimes sends the caller ID as +11234567890 which is the international format. Windows phone fails to match this with the contact in my phonebook. I want it to match only the last ten digits of the number. My old dumbphone was doing this straight out of the box.
Am I missing something or does the Windows Phone 7 phone app just not support this?
Best Regards,
Gowtham
If you're in the US (I assume so, since you have country code of 1) then you might as well just store the number with the leading 1 (or +1 if it's really needed, but it shouldn't be). I have some number stored without the area code, some with area code but no country code, and some with both, and it seems to work out. A leading 0 is probably confusing the phone though.
I am based out of India at the moment. It is standard procedure to put in a 0 to call mobile phones located in a different state in our country.
After a soft reset and sync, my phone seems to function properly for now.
I'll post updates if I discover anything else.
Hi,
A friend of mine had had a Mi4 for some months, with miui based on android 4.4.4 (if I'm not wrong). One thing that impressed me was that his phone was able to write on screen the city I was calling from when I was in another town here in Italy! I know there are some simple "localization" apps that just check a database to determine the city of a landline number, but in this case I was calling from a cellphone (a BlackBerry locked on 2G), so there was nothing to spot on a database except the fact it was an Italian cellphone.
My friend was using 4G, so I suppose the network sends some extra data to the phone about the city when a new call is coming.... and I know for sure my was not "cheating", because we checked several time with different cities and he was able to tell me where I was.
My friend now has another phone (LG G4) with Lollipop, and this feature it's not there anymore..
My question is: is it possible to have this feature on another android-based phone?
Thanks!
Ste
Starting about 8 weeks ago after owning the phone for more than 2 years, I started missing calls and texts that would only show up after a reboot. People also told me that when they called sometimes, there was no connection and no way to leave a voicemail.
People are usually still 7-digit dialing and texting here. I live in New Mexico and most of the the state is 505 since forever, so people here never think of 10 digit dialing unless it's out of state. After about 5 hours with 2 different Fi tech chats and some research and experimentation, I figured out that when my phone was switching to Sprint, it was getting a "shadow" number with a 214 area code, which is Dallas. When on TMO everything works fine but if it switched to Sprint, I would miss a lot of stuff, and with 7 digit dialing be calling Texas, or sometimes getting notice of an invalid number, and sometimes I couldn't connect to the network at all.
From a reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectFi/c...ile_on_sprint/ that has some other interesting info which seems plausible:
"I think it's because of your Sprint Shadow Number; on Fi, Sprint and US Cellular assign an "invisible" internal number to you so that the towers are able to know who you are, as well as routing your calls properly, among other things. When you dial a 7 digit number, the area code of your phone number is appended to the beginning of the number, that's why they work fine when you dial a local number. However the Sprint number is often times not a local number, and the area code usually differs greatly from that of your actual Fi number, so the 7 digit number is now trying to call somewhere else, probably a number that is invalid."
The codes used to monitor and force a switch to a specific carrier might be google-able, though I haven't found them just yet (I got them from the chat) but using an app called Signal Spy or FiSwitch one can easily monitor and force a switch to a specific carrier without having to memorize and enter the codes, though the codes are available through those apps. Also reading the mountain of reviews you'll see how many people are having problems with Fi carrier switching choices.
I turned off my network reporting in the Fi app and have the Signal Spy app running and so far haven't had any switches to Sprint, though I don't know if that has anything to do with it. I don't know why this just started happening and they couldn't or wouldn't explain it. They just told me, from Bangalore or wherever, to just 10 digit dial, but that doesn't help when people frequently 7-digit dial or text me here. It's New Mexico!
What I've been looking for is a code to lock it on a carrier but haven't figured it out yet, though there to be a possibility here on this page which has a pretty exhaustive list of the codes but none of the codes used through my chat with the Fi tech to reveal connected carrier, change to T-Mobile or Sprint, or repair the network are on any of the lists I've seen so far! They are in those previously mentioned apps, though:
https://mobilespecs.net/phone/codes/...gle_Pixel.html
After 2 years of flawless, stress-free usage and glad to be away from the gouging and control of the major carriers, my Fi bubble has burst. Anybody else having Fi heartburn?