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Help dialing glitch in 2.1 contacts?

tonyv69

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May 1, 2010
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ok i just got back from my sprint store, not sure what to do.
heres the issue
problem: step 1. open contacts select a contact
2. press green call button to make the call.
the phone dials the wrong number.
it seems random which number it picks to dial
they were going to reflash my phone to 2.1 again, but on a whim he took out his
moment and tried it, his phone was doing it too...
he asked another rep over to try his phone and it was missdialing as well
when you tap the number it dials correctly

can anyone check their phone to confirm if this is a 2.1 glitch?
 
I too am getting the same random number dialing. But I don't know if this was happening in earlier versions or not because all my contacts have at least 2 numbers so I have never tried to dial using this method. I have always pressed the number that I want to dial. This really not a problem for me, just "old habit" I guess.
 
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I can't seem to reproduce this bug...are you talking about the physical green call button or the little green phone icon next to a contacts phone number? Either way, it has called the correct number each time...if everyone else has this bug, I must be doing something wrong when I attempt to reproduce it.

Yeah it seems they are talking about the physical call button. The icons on screen work fine. Doesn't matter if the contact has 1 or several numbers. Pressing the button dials a random number. If the contact has no number listed (just an email address for example) it does nothing. I rarely press that green button so I doubt I ever would have noticed this.
 
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The Green button is a Redial for the last person that you called.

In Android 1.5the Green button would dial the contact who is selected. In Android 2.1, you have to touch the contact then touch the phone number you want to dial.

I'm not sure if its a bug or an interface change.

I can tell you it has nothing to do with who you have recently called... This has happened twice and both times it was people I don't think I have talked to since I have had my Moment...
 
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In addition, since upgrade to 2.1, none of the contact numbers with *82 prefix show up in contacts. When I go into edit mode, the *82 prefix numbers are present; they just don't show up when viewing contacts. This is a significant problem, as I need to block my number for most calls, but unblock for others.

Do any of you know a setting fix or workaround? It makes no sense to have to dial these numbers...

Thanks
 
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In addition, since upgrade to 2.1, none of the contact numbers with *82 prefix show up in contacts. When I go into edit mode, the *82 prefix numbers are present; they just don't show up when viewing contacts. This is a significant problem, as I need to block my number for most calls, but unblock for others.

Do any of you know a setting fix or workaround? It makes no sense to have to dial these numbers...

Thanks
 
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